this isn't enough, more ships coming!
more PNS Dropships land on the planet.
Me: Kankuck, do it
Kankuck: Yes sir
Me: Sorry guys, detonate now. if you find me, revive me
(Transmission Terminated by seven massive thermonuclear explosions.)
Holmberg Republic Hospital Ship Calventry...
medic: he okay?
doctor: yes, even after what he has been through.
A Galaxy Divided <Continued from "Memo to enemy ship" thread>
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AdmiralTigerclaw
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Get-up get-up get-up...
Domegulus Eight..._
PNS Forward Strike Base..._
Get-up get-up get-up...
Dropships continue to pour forth from an asteroid base located within the planetary debris ring, hundreds, supplying the far away battle for Holmberg Prime...
Get-up get-up get-up...
Unfortunately, their overconfidence has overridden their security methods and given away their location...
Get-up get-up get-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
In a flash of lightning the Hastings decloaked right in front of their parimiter defense and began launching bombers.
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
THIS IS OUTTA' CONTROOOOOOOOL!!!!!
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
...
Get gone...
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"ENEMY SHIP INBOUND! LAUNCH EVERYTHING! RECALL OUR STRIKE FORCE!"
"STRIKE FORCE HAS BEEN DISSABLED!"
"WHAT!?!"
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Now look who's commin, YEAH! look who's BACK!
Quick! Drop the bombshell, straight to the TRACK!
The first salvo of bomber launched implosion torpedos collided with the launch bay, destroying it instantly.
The twenty-first century KILLING MACHINE!
Burnt on the inside, a five headed TEAM!
Dropships scrambled to break formation as a flight strafed them on their jump vectors. They started to explode left and right.
Now I'm not the same, cause you're not the same.
And you're not the same, cause I'm not the same.
And we're not the same, this could never be the same.
And we just wanna' surviiiiiiive!
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"They're annihilating our strike forces! Call for assistance!"
"The communications system is destroyed!"
"Launch a probe!"
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GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
THIS IS OUTTA' CONTROOOOOOOOL!!!!!
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
...
Get gone...
Phoenix bombers lined up and launched all the torpedos they had directly at the asteroid base...
GET UP GET UP!
(Drop the bombshellllll!)---------------------------------------------------
"Incoming!"
"EVACU-"
---------------------------------------------------
GET UP GET UP!
(Drop the bombshellllll!)
The base exploded violently, throwing rock, metal, and equipment into space....
YEEAAAAH!!!!
YEAAAAH!!!!
YEAH YEAH YEAAAAH!!!!
In a single swift strike, the Hastings bomber group, 'Dragonstorm' eradicated the staging base, preventing further dropship reinforcements and sealing the fate of the PNS attack once and for all.
Domegulus Eight..._
PNS Forward Strike Base..._
Get-up get-up get-up...
Dropships continue to pour forth from an asteroid base located within the planetary debris ring, hundreds, supplying the far away battle for Holmberg Prime...
Get-up get-up get-up...
Unfortunately, their overconfidence has overridden their security methods and given away their location...
Get-up get-up get-uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
In a flash of lightning the Hastings decloaked right in front of their parimiter defense and began launching bombers.
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
THIS IS OUTTA' CONTROOOOOOOOL!!!!!
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
...
Get gone...
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"ENEMY SHIP INBOUND! LAUNCH EVERYTHING! RECALL OUR STRIKE FORCE!"
"STRIKE FORCE HAS BEEN DISSABLED!"
"WHAT!?!"
-------------------------
Now look who's commin, YEAH! look who's BACK!
Quick! Drop the bombshell, straight to the TRACK!
The first salvo of bomber launched implosion torpedos collided with the launch bay, destroying it instantly.
The twenty-first century KILLING MACHINE!
Burnt on the inside, a five headed TEAM!
Dropships scrambled to break formation as a flight strafed them on their jump vectors. They started to explode left and right.
Now I'm not the same, cause you're not the same.
And you're not the same, cause I'm not the same.
And we're not the same, this could never be the same.
And we just wanna' surviiiiiiive!
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"They're annihilating our strike forces! Call for assistance!"
"The communications system is destroyed!"
"Launch a probe!"
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GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
THIS IS OUTTA' CONTROOOOOOOOL!!!!!
GET UP! GET UP! GET UP!
DROP THE BOMBSHELL!!!
GET UP! GET UP!
...
Get gone...
Phoenix bombers lined up and launched all the torpedos they had directly at the asteroid base...
GET UP GET UP!
(Drop the bombshellllll!)---------------------------------------------------
"Incoming!"
"EVACU-"
---------------------------------------------------
GET UP GET UP!
(Drop the bombshellllll!)
The base exploded violently, throwing rock, metal, and equipment into space....
YEEAAAAH!!!!
YEAAAAH!!!!
YEAH YEAH YEAAAAH!!!!
In a single swift strike, the Hastings bomber group, 'Dragonstorm' eradicated the staging base, preventing further dropship reinforcements and sealing the fate of the PNS attack once and for all.
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Khaak_Hammer
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TO: Admiral TigerClaw.
FROM: Nija Halycron.
Good work admiral! Our rescue efforts continue as planned but we are overcome with huge lists of casualtys can you send some hospital ships?
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TO: The Jakal
FROM: Khaak_Hammer
Urgent Urgent! Return to the Star Adventure at once, We are leaving the system alone and your ships are the only fighter protection in the area.
dock with the flagship as soon as possable. Your pay has been transfered.
Khaak_Hammer out.
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FROM: Nija Halycron.
Good work admiral! Our rescue efforts continue as planned but we are overcome with huge lists of casualtys can you send some hospital ships?
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TO: The Jakal
FROM: Khaak_Hammer
Urgent Urgent! Return to the Star Adventure at once, We are leaving the system alone and your ships are the only fighter protection in the area.
dock with the flagship as soon as possable. Your pay has been transfered.
Khaak_Hammer out.
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Colonelnj10
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- Joined: Mon, 6. Feb 06, 03:56
The battle for both the Holmberg planet and the asteriod belt had finished, both with the PNS ships being successfully driven back. Gorleans Revenge had been refitted and repaired with the cargo bay conversion finished all courtesy of both Khaak_Hammers supplies and Admiral Tigerclaws techinicains. The frigate now had a mix of both the anti fighter and anti capital ship turrets and at the loss of half the cargo bay a hangar with enough space for 10 ships up to the size of a small trnasport of which he now had 2 together with Wolfpack which now had their fighters boosted to 7 and 4 new pilots brought in. All this had been exchanged for schematics and as much information as the techinicians could get out of the ships database.
Jakal was currently onboard one of the small transporters on route to his renamed flagship (OOC: I've decided to change it as I thought Gorleans Revneg sounded at bit stupid) which was just having his company logo and name finished, so it now read SMC Dmoninator (Star Mercenary Corp) after having just collected his 300,000 credit pay.
His new orders were simple he was being given temporary command of this system which he was meant to be protecting as all the GaGeran ships were occupied elsewhere . He'd already set Wolfpack to patrol it and so far nothing apart from a few pirates had bothered to show up.
The transporter was slow and took a long time to reach SMC Dominator where, upon arrival the 4 fighter escort provided by Nija broke of and returned to thier base station.
The transporter pulled into the hangar of the ship and docked quickly allowing Jakal to make his way to the bridge while storage bots took the missiles that the transport was carrying and placed them in storage.
Once on the bridge Jakal ordered the ship to make its way to the centre of the sector they were meant to be protecting before sitting back and relaxing.
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Meanwhile Outsider who had been given control of SMC Lair was transporting some important information about the ship and possible PNS strategies to the Admiral Tigerclaw flagship when a small force of pirates approached him.
Pirate Leader: Stand down, were coming aboard.
Outsider: What?
Pirate Leader: I repeat. Stand down, were coming aboard.
Outsider: Not if I can help it.
Pirate Leader: Don't do anything stupid, stand down were coming aboard.
Outsider: Screw you.
Outsider swung Lair around opening up on the nearest ships ripping one apart with the mass drivers and damaging another one severly. The group which origianlly numbered 7 now only numbered 6 and one of them were damaged to bad to fight and they lost another before managing to pull out of the weapons range of SMC Lair also losing the badly damaged one.
Outsider: Nice attempt, now take your toys home and tell mummy you've all been bad boys.
Pirate Leader: You have made a big mistake.
Outsider: Right what you gonna do get daddy on me?
Pirate Leader: You could say that.
Outsider who was now laughing looked out of the viewing screen before almost choking. Three ships all of which were more powerful than his had just entered the sector and 2 flights of fighters had formed up around the gate behind him.
Outsider: SMC Dominator please say you've finished your refit I'm in hot here and it ain't good.
Comm-officer: This is SMC Dominator yes the re-fit is complete I'm putting you through to Jakal.
Jakal: Outsider?
Outsider: You anywhere near me I got some trouble with a large group of pirates and I ain't gonna be able to hold out for very long let alone take them on?
Jakal: Were on our way. I'm sending Wolfpack on ahead they should be with you in 20 mizuras but its gonna take us a bit longer the engine isn't working at peak efficiency at the moment.
Outsider: Alright I'll try my best to hold out.
SMC Lair hit its maximum speed and headed towards the fighters surronding the gate knowing full well that even agaisnt these fighters he stood little chance and considering the ships behind him were faster he was definetly between a rock and a hard place.
The fighters had obviously expected him to head towards them and formed into smaller groups before heading towards his ship. As the two forces neared Outsider released a salvo of missiles causing the first 2 groups to go evasive losing 2 of thier numbers in the process. Even with them occupied it was still him agaisnt around 30 more fighters and Wolfpack was still 15 mizuras away, also to make matters worse the ships behind him would reach him in about 13 mizuras.
The second wave were on him now and although they weren't having much success getting his shields down they were still holding him up. Outsider released another salvo of missiles at them catching 4 this time as they were a lot closer. The missiles would take their toll but with only 3 salvos left he couldn't relie on them.
By now the first group had finished dealing with the missiles and had started to bear down on him again. With this and the third and fourth groups nearly on him he was beginning to run out of options. Though one group would do little to damage his shields the three combined were beginning to take their toll and he was really beginning to worry when the computer informed him he had 65% sheilds left.
Outsider: Hurry up guys I can't hoild out much longer sheilds are falling pretty fast.
Wolfpack Leader: Hold on a little longer were only 2 secotr away and closing quickly.
Outsider: I don't know if I can hang on that long, their all faster than me.
Jakal: Outsider listen, below the control panel to the left theres a button, you should be able to feel it with your hand. It's an illegal upgrade computer designed. It gives you a major boost of speed almost doubliong it if I can remember right. This comes at the cost of a lot of power though and so your shields will be brought down to nothing and your weapons will come offline.
Outsider: Oh well here goes if I stay here I'll die anyway.
Outsider hit the button and was immediatly thrown back into his seat. The ship shot forward smashing a fighter out of the way before bursting through the gate and into the empty sector the otherside. Well the supposedly empty sector, they had obviously taken into the account the chance of him breaking through and 10 fighters awaited him the otherside.
The speed was to fast thoguh and as he shot past they couldn't do anything but watch. As he shot further away from the gate though the fighters did respond and pulled away after him. this however wasn't such a good idea as there were 3 erxplosions as ships entering the sector at speeds faster than the gate rules suggested in an attempt to catch him crashed into the accelerating ones casuing confusion all around.
This would have given outsider the chance to retreat fully if it wasn't for the fact that the combined strain of the speed boost and the damage taken in the collision now took their toll slowing the ship down to nearly a stop and shutting down the weapon controls.
Just as the fighters became organised and Outsider was beginning to give up hope completely the escape gate came to life signalling the arrival of Wolfpack.
Wolfpack Leader: Right guys you know the drill everyone form up with SMC Lair were getting him out of here.
Wolfpack: Yes sir.
Wolfpack Leader: And remember this is a rescue mission not an engagment we leave that till Jakal arrives.
The two forces both sped towards the stranded ship both closing the gap quickly. The pirates would have beaten them if it wasn't for the fact that the missiles were still working on SMC Lair whcih he used to keep the first few fighters busy. Thanks to this both forces hit at the same time Wolfpack smashing into the pirate pack like a shark into a shoal of fish destroying 5 of them for no losses.
The pirates though shaken held their ground and quickly engaged Wolfpack in dogfights. Wolfpack had the advantage of the better ships and pilots though and it wasn't long before the pirstes numbers were beign whittled down.
This fight was to much for them and as the 3 large ships entered the sector the remaing 17 pirate fighters broke off and headed back to attack at the same time.
The pirates despite falling back were still faster than the small SMC force due to the limping Lair.
Jakal: This is a sector wide message. Now you've had your little fun its your turn to stand down and prepare to be boarded.
The apperance of the SMC Dominator still didnt stop the pirates form attacking and it took the loss of one of there large ships and 6 more fighters to force them to fall back towards their own gate where a squardon of GaGeran fighters had just entered the sector.
Jakal: Now you truly are trapped stand down and your lves will be spared.
Pirate Leader: You will never have us.
As the 2 forces approached the pirate force which had stopped thier engines a small and fast ship fell away form each of the large ships and sped away.
Faced with a small fleet and the desertion of them by thier leader the remaining pilots surrendered and were quickly rounded up by the GaGeran fighters as well as the ships. This wasn't before Jakal had claimed 2 of the large ships leaving one for the GaGeran forces.
With the fight over and Outsider safe the small force headed back to the sector they had been assigned to.
Jakal was currently onboard one of the small transporters on route to his renamed flagship (OOC: I've decided to change it as I thought Gorleans Revneg sounded at bit stupid) which was just having his company logo and name finished, so it now read SMC Dmoninator (Star Mercenary Corp) after having just collected his 300,000 credit pay.
His new orders were simple he was being given temporary command of this system which he was meant to be protecting as all the GaGeran ships were occupied elsewhere . He'd already set Wolfpack to patrol it and so far nothing apart from a few pirates had bothered to show up.
The transporter was slow and took a long time to reach SMC Dominator where, upon arrival the 4 fighter escort provided by Nija broke of and returned to thier base station.
The transporter pulled into the hangar of the ship and docked quickly allowing Jakal to make his way to the bridge while storage bots took the missiles that the transport was carrying and placed them in storage.
Once on the bridge Jakal ordered the ship to make its way to the centre of the sector they were meant to be protecting before sitting back and relaxing.
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Meanwhile Outsider who had been given control of SMC Lair was transporting some important information about the ship and possible PNS strategies to the Admiral Tigerclaw flagship when a small force of pirates approached him.
Pirate Leader: Stand down, were coming aboard.
Outsider: What?
Pirate Leader: I repeat. Stand down, were coming aboard.
Outsider: Not if I can help it.
Pirate Leader: Don't do anything stupid, stand down were coming aboard.
Outsider: Screw you.
Outsider swung Lair around opening up on the nearest ships ripping one apart with the mass drivers and damaging another one severly. The group which origianlly numbered 7 now only numbered 6 and one of them were damaged to bad to fight and they lost another before managing to pull out of the weapons range of SMC Lair also losing the badly damaged one.
Outsider: Nice attempt, now take your toys home and tell mummy you've all been bad boys.
Pirate Leader: You have made a big mistake.
Outsider: Right what you gonna do get daddy on me?
Pirate Leader: You could say that.
Outsider who was now laughing looked out of the viewing screen before almost choking. Three ships all of which were more powerful than his had just entered the sector and 2 flights of fighters had formed up around the gate behind him.
Outsider: SMC Dominator please say you've finished your refit I'm in hot here and it ain't good.
Comm-officer: This is SMC Dominator yes the re-fit is complete I'm putting you through to Jakal.
Jakal: Outsider?
Outsider: You anywhere near me I got some trouble with a large group of pirates and I ain't gonna be able to hold out for very long let alone take them on?
Jakal: Were on our way. I'm sending Wolfpack on ahead they should be with you in 20 mizuras but its gonna take us a bit longer the engine isn't working at peak efficiency at the moment.
Outsider: Alright I'll try my best to hold out.
SMC Lair hit its maximum speed and headed towards the fighters surronding the gate knowing full well that even agaisnt these fighters he stood little chance and considering the ships behind him were faster he was definetly between a rock and a hard place.
The fighters had obviously expected him to head towards them and formed into smaller groups before heading towards his ship. As the two forces neared Outsider released a salvo of missiles causing the first 2 groups to go evasive losing 2 of thier numbers in the process. Even with them occupied it was still him agaisnt around 30 more fighters and Wolfpack was still 15 mizuras away, also to make matters worse the ships behind him would reach him in about 13 mizuras.
The second wave were on him now and although they weren't having much success getting his shields down they were still holding him up. Outsider released another salvo of missiles at them catching 4 this time as they were a lot closer. The missiles would take their toll but with only 3 salvos left he couldn't relie on them.
By now the first group had finished dealing with the missiles and had started to bear down on him again. With this and the third and fourth groups nearly on him he was beginning to run out of options. Though one group would do little to damage his shields the three combined were beginning to take their toll and he was really beginning to worry when the computer informed him he had 65% sheilds left.
Outsider: Hurry up guys I can't hoild out much longer sheilds are falling pretty fast.
Wolfpack Leader: Hold on a little longer were only 2 secotr away and closing quickly.
Outsider: I don't know if I can hang on that long, their all faster than me.
Jakal: Outsider listen, below the control panel to the left theres a button, you should be able to feel it with your hand. It's an illegal upgrade computer designed. It gives you a major boost of speed almost doubliong it if I can remember right. This comes at the cost of a lot of power though and so your shields will be brought down to nothing and your weapons will come offline.
Outsider: Oh well here goes if I stay here I'll die anyway.
Outsider hit the button and was immediatly thrown back into his seat. The ship shot forward smashing a fighter out of the way before bursting through the gate and into the empty sector the otherside. Well the supposedly empty sector, they had obviously taken into the account the chance of him breaking through and 10 fighters awaited him the otherside.
The speed was to fast thoguh and as he shot past they couldn't do anything but watch. As he shot further away from the gate though the fighters did respond and pulled away after him. this however wasn't such a good idea as there were 3 erxplosions as ships entering the sector at speeds faster than the gate rules suggested in an attempt to catch him crashed into the accelerating ones casuing confusion all around.
This would have given outsider the chance to retreat fully if it wasn't for the fact that the combined strain of the speed boost and the damage taken in the collision now took their toll slowing the ship down to nearly a stop and shutting down the weapon controls.
Just as the fighters became organised and Outsider was beginning to give up hope completely the escape gate came to life signalling the arrival of Wolfpack.
Wolfpack Leader: Right guys you know the drill everyone form up with SMC Lair were getting him out of here.
Wolfpack: Yes sir.
Wolfpack Leader: And remember this is a rescue mission not an engagment we leave that till Jakal arrives.
The two forces both sped towards the stranded ship both closing the gap quickly. The pirates would have beaten them if it wasn't for the fact that the missiles were still working on SMC Lair whcih he used to keep the first few fighters busy. Thanks to this both forces hit at the same time Wolfpack smashing into the pirate pack like a shark into a shoal of fish destroying 5 of them for no losses.
The pirates though shaken held their ground and quickly engaged Wolfpack in dogfights. Wolfpack had the advantage of the better ships and pilots though and it wasn't long before the pirstes numbers were beign whittled down.
This fight was to much for them and as the 3 large ships entered the sector the remaing 17 pirate fighters broke off and headed back to attack at the same time.
The pirates despite falling back were still faster than the small SMC force due to the limping Lair.
Jakal: This is a sector wide message. Now you've had your little fun its your turn to stand down and prepare to be boarded.
The apperance of the SMC Dominator still didnt stop the pirates form attacking and it took the loss of one of there large ships and 6 more fighters to force them to fall back towards their own gate where a squardon of GaGeran fighters had just entered the sector.
Jakal: Now you truly are trapped stand down and your lves will be spared.
Pirate Leader: You will never have us.
As the 2 forces approached the pirate force which had stopped thier engines a small and fast ship fell away form each of the large ships and sped away.
Faced with a small fleet and the desertion of them by thier leader the remaining pilots surrendered and were quickly rounded up by the GaGeran fighters as well as the ships. This wasn't before Jakal had claimed 2 of the large ships leaving one for the GaGeran forces.
With the fight over and Outsider safe the small force headed back to the sector they had been assigned to.
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Khaak_Hammer
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*Deep Space en-route to Rema 4*
The “Star Adventure” sails through space while in her ready room Grand Admiral Khaak_Hammer has assembled his senior officers.
“I’ve called you to this meeting to discus a dire threat to the galaxy at large” said the admiral.
His first officer, a tall GaGaren with a severe face stood up, “With all due respect sir,” he said “This is extremely unlike you, or the council, especially after recent events. What has got the GaGaren council so scared that they would send a Grand Admiral, alone with no hope of support into an unknown sector of enemy space that is most likely crawling with torpedo wolf-packs?”
The Grand Admiral sighed , “Before I reveal anything to you, you must realise that this goes no further then this ship and crew.
As each member of the room spoke there accent the admiral’s face grew more drawn, finally he spoke, “Very well. With the data we gathered from the damaged cruiser we have discovered that the PNS are constructing a weapon, a terrible weapon. One that could mean the doom for every life form in the galaxy,”
His engineer who had until then remained silent, spoke up,
“What kind of weapon could threaten the combined technology of the GaGarens, GCFA and Holmberg Republic?”
“One word engineer, Thalaron”
Commander Dinatra was the first to speak ,
“Thalaron? But that has been outlawed for almost two century’s years by every sentient race in the galaxy, how could the PNS have gotten hold of some?”
“(*) gave it to them. Not directly but when the fragments of (*) ships were analysed
They discovered that a by-product of (*)’s Bio-absorption was Thalaron particles, and when the (*) ships, severed from the (*) entity’s control exploded they produced huge amounts of Thalaron radiation. Hence the PNS supply, they simply colleted the Thalaron particles after our ships had left.”
“but wouldn’t the ships have been affected with Thalaron radiation poisoning?”
“That hasn’t been explained but the fact remains that they have managed to do it, our orders are clear, while our fleet attacks PNS holdings in the beta sector, we plus the “Victory Fire” will attack the base and destroy the experimental Thalaron generator.”
“But why wasn’t this found out as soon as a ship scanned a (*) infested object?
“Since the last particles of Thalaron energy were destroyed by a Red Giant star nearly a century ago they haven’t been entered into a ships known detectably elements sensors, they would just show up as “Effect Unknown” and be filed away as such.”
“Our course sir?”
“First we will rendezvous with the “Victory Fire” at Rema 4 then proceed to the test site.”
“And the location of the test site?”
“I will reveal it after we meet with Nija’s flagship until then, you have your orders.”
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TO: Trenton Holmberg
FROM: Nija Halycron.
I have bad news Trenton, My master has discovered a plot to create a weapon of unrivaled desructive power and I must leave to join him while my fleet attacks PNS forces to divert them from our target, While I know the damage done by the PNS if you have any ships avilable then send them to assist the strike force in the beta sector. I am sending this message to the GCFA and the SKOM, we MUST prevent this weapon from being used on the galaxy. My ship and that of my masters is going to attack the sector were the weapon is being tested with ant luck we will destroy it before it can be transfered to a ship for combat useage. You must not send ANY assistnce if the PNS find a huge fleet in there system they will recall all ships to protect the base and simply transfer the weapon anyway. This is our only hope, the murder of the billions on holmberg prime WILL be avenged.
fairwell.
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OOC: This one's mine, please don't interfere. feel free to blow things up but the base is mine.
The “Star Adventure” sails through space while in her ready room Grand Admiral Khaak_Hammer has assembled his senior officers.
“I’ve called you to this meeting to discus a dire threat to the galaxy at large” said the admiral.
His first officer, a tall GaGaren with a severe face stood up, “With all due respect sir,” he said “This is extremely unlike you, or the council, especially after recent events. What has got the GaGaren council so scared that they would send a Grand Admiral, alone with no hope of support into an unknown sector of enemy space that is most likely crawling with torpedo wolf-packs?”
The Grand Admiral sighed , “Before I reveal anything to you, you must realise that this goes no further then this ship and crew.
As each member of the room spoke there accent the admiral’s face grew more drawn, finally he spoke, “Very well. With the data we gathered from the damaged cruiser we have discovered that the PNS are constructing a weapon, a terrible weapon. One that could mean the doom for every life form in the galaxy,”
His engineer who had until then remained silent, spoke up,
“What kind of weapon could threaten the combined technology of the GaGarens, GCFA and Holmberg Republic?”
“One word engineer, Thalaron”
Commander Dinatra was the first to speak ,
“Thalaron? But that has been outlawed for almost two century’s years by every sentient race in the galaxy, how could the PNS have gotten hold of some?”
“(*) gave it to them. Not directly but when the fragments of (*) ships were analysed
They discovered that a by-product of (*)’s Bio-absorption was Thalaron particles, and when the (*) ships, severed from the (*) entity’s control exploded they produced huge amounts of Thalaron radiation. Hence the PNS supply, they simply colleted the Thalaron particles after our ships had left.”
“but wouldn’t the ships have been affected with Thalaron radiation poisoning?”
“That hasn’t been explained but the fact remains that they have managed to do it, our orders are clear, while our fleet attacks PNS holdings in the beta sector, we plus the “Victory Fire” will attack the base and destroy the experimental Thalaron generator.”
“But why wasn’t this found out as soon as a ship scanned a (*) infested object?
“Since the last particles of Thalaron energy were destroyed by a Red Giant star nearly a century ago they haven’t been entered into a ships known detectably elements sensors, they would just show up as “Effect Unknown” and be filed away as such.”
“Our course sir?”
“First we will rendezvous with the “Victory Fire” at Rema 4 then proceed to the test site.”
“And the location of the test site?”
“I will reveal it after we meet with Nija’s flagship until then, you have your orders.”
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TO: Trenton Holmberg
FROM: Nija Halycron.
I have bad news Trenton, My master has discovered a plot to create a weapon of unrivaled desructive power and I must leave to join him while my fleet attacks PNS forces to divert them from our target, While I know the damage done by the PNS if you have any ships avilable then send them to assist the strike force in the beta sector. I am sending this message to the GCFA and the SKOM, we MUST prevent this weapon from being used on the galaxy. My ship and that of my masters is going to attack the sector were the weapon is being tested with ant luck we will destroy it before it can be transfered to a ship for combat useage. You must not send ANY assistnce if the PNS find a huge fleet in there system they will recall all ships to protect the base and simply transfer the weapon anyway. This is our only hope, the murder of the billions on holmberg prime WILL be avenged.
fairwell.
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OOC: This one's mine, please don't interfere. feel free to blow things up but the base is mine.
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Kurt Shur'Tugal
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*meanwhile in SKOM staging area (the only area where anyone non-manticorans can get to) they prepare for a massive battle...*
Admiral sensors have just detected 2000 PNS SD (P)s and supporting elements dropping out of hyperspace
*Kurt* so they finally arrived, ok bring the fleet to full readiness and head towards them
*2000 SKOM ships head towards the PNS fleet*
we will be in firing range in 5 min sir
*Kurt* good good, roll pods and begin firing when in range, however do not stay at a distance like we usually do, with this many ships on both sides casualties will be horrendous unless we can close quickly.
yes sir opening fire now.... sir they r returning fire
*Kurt* carry on...
-to be continued by ME later- -in other words do not continue for me- and srry for being away so long ive been busy with school...and guild wars
Admiral sensors have just detected 2000 PNS SD (P)s and supporting elements dropping out of hyperspace
*Kurt* so they finally arrived, ok bring the fleet to full readiness and head towards them
*2000 SKOM ships head towards the PNS fleet*
we will be in firing range in 5 min sir
*Kurt* good good, roll pods and begin firing when in range, however do not stay at a distance like we usually do, with this many ships on both sides casualties will be horrendous unless we can close quickly.
yes sir opening fire now.... sir they r returning fire
*Kurt* carry on...
-to be continued by ME later- -in other words do not continue for me- and srry for being away so long ive been busy with school...and guild wars
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somewhere in the depths of PNS space...
Me: we find the PNS Metropolis planet yet?
CONN:yes sir, rockets ready for launch
Me: great, time for some payback!
Gravidar Operator: Sir, Slipspace ruptures off our battlefleet
Me:Show me
Gravidar Operator: 15 PNS capital ships holding position just outside the kill zone.
Captain Oaklan: This is Captain Oaklan, we are engaging the enemy.
Me: Negetive Captain, form a defense around our fleet.
Me: Something's not right, the fleet that destroyed Holmberg Prime was 50 times this size.
Gravidar Operator: Sir, Boarding craft incoming!
Me: Marines, Defend this ship!
(I got this mission locked down, don't interfere)
Me: we find the PNS Metropolis planet yet?
CONN:yes sir, rockets ready for launch
Me: great, time for some payback!
Gravidar Operator: Sir, Slipspace ruptures off our battlefleet
Me:Show me
Gravidar Operator: 15 PNS capital ships holding position just outside the kill zone.
Captain Oaklan: This is Captain Oaklan, we are engaging the enemy.
Me: Negetive Captain, form a defense around our fleet.
Me: Something's not right, the fleet that destroyed Holmberg Prime was 50 times this size.
Gravidar Operator: Sir, Boarding craft incoming!
Me: Marines, Defend this ship!
(I got this mission locked down, don't interfere)
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"I said to adjust the Turbothrust engine, not dismantle it!"
Low Jovian Orbit, near IO..._
Sol Defense Fleet Flagship "Andraste"..._
DOCKING BAY THREE..._
"I had to dismantle it sir, the SD coils were completely fried. You pushed this vehicle well beyond its limits to get from the Fringe to Earth. You're lucky it didn't invert-compress and cause a subspace shockwave right in the spaceframe."
"Well, most interceptor pilots aren't engaged by three PNS heavy cruisers by themselves. I had good reason to nearly fly the damn thing apart. THREE good reasons, all with hundreds of smaller good reasons pointed at me..."
"Well, I can get you another fighter prepped in no time, but try not to reprogram engines on the fly. The computer controls those for a reason. Gutting the avionics control program and routing every last joul of energy into the fastest hypercruise you can get is lunacy."
"Lunacy or not, I was inbound to my Carrier when it was ambushed by those monstrosities. Don't ask me what the sensor network was at the time, but they definately came out of the Cygnus Gap. Appearantly the attack on Holmberg Space wasn't their only operation. My message has already gone up to the Admiral, but I need to get over to Blackstar Point, where I'm going to meet up with the carrier 'Angelfire' which is joining the Galaxius Battlegroup bound for the Fringe."
"It's probably a missdirection..."
"We know, but The Fringe has almost no real fleet support, and it's too close to Holmberg space to be ignored. Homberg Prime is devastated, and if they launch a secondary attack from the Fringe while the fleet is taking offensive measures, they won't have anyone to assist in ground defense or orbital combat."
"Right, anyway... take number fifteen in bay two. That pilot just got reassigned and the fighter was due to rotate into the backup group."
---------Technical Database access..._
Turbothrust Engine..._
Low Jovian Orbit, near IO..._
Sol Defense Fleet Flagship "Andraste"..._
DOCKING BAY THREE..._
"I had to dismantle it sir, the SD coils were completely fried. You pushed this vehicle well beyond its limits to get from the Fringe to Earth. You're lucky it didn't invert-compress and cause a subspace shockwave right in the spaceframe."
"Well, most interceptor pilots aren't engaged by three PNS heavy cruisers by themselves. I had good reason to nearly fly the damn thing apart. THREE good reasons, all with hundreds of smaller good reasons pointed at me..."
"Well, I can get you another fighter prepped in no time, but try not to reprogram engines on the fly. The computer controls those for a reason. Gutting the avionics control program and routing every last joul of energy into the fastest hypercruise you can get is lunacy."
"Lunacy or not, I was inbound to my Carrier when it was ambushed by those monstrosities. Don't ask me what the sensor network was at the time, but they definately came out of the Cygnus Gap. Appearantly the attack on Holmberg Space wasn't their only operation. My message has already gone up to the Admiral, but I need to get over to Blackstar Point, where I'm going to meet up with the carrier 'Angelfire' which is joining the Galaxius Battlegroup bound for the Fringe."
"It's probably a missdirection..."
"We know, but The Fringe has almost no real fleet support, and it's too close to Holmberg space to be ignored. Homberg Prime is devastated, and if they launch a secondary attack from the Fringe while the fleet is taking offensive measures, they won't have anyone to assist in ground defense or orbital combat."
"Right, anyway... take number fifteen in bay two. That pilot just got reassigned and the fighter was due to rotate into the backup group."
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Turbothrust Engine..._
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Turbothrust MK V Engine
"The Turbothrust line of Super Kineteic Ion Hyperpulse Warpjet Engine (SKION HYP WJE, or "SKION HYPERWEDGE") is an efficient starfighter engine developed to produce low mass, high output, efficient engines for starfighters."
The primary principle is of this engine is a hyper pulse-firing ion drive, utilizing an inverted subspace displacement drive system.
The ion engines fire pulses of charged ions into the SDD shafts, which then accellerate the ion waves to well above VOLL One.
(( VOLL reffers to the Latin: 'Volo Lux Lucis', "Speed (of) Light". Where VOLL 1 is lightspeed. VOLL 2 is Twice Lightspeed, etc.))
This principle was developed for starfighters shortly after the incorporation of the advanced Railcannon systems utilizing Subspace Displacement Mass Drivers to fire projectiles at or above lightspeed. This system makes the ions act on both the physical parts of the engine, as well as the engine's field, increasing the kinetic handoff.
Because of the amount of kinetic energy gained by firing mass out the engines at super-luminal velocities, the efficiency of the transferred energy is far superior to that of older pulse ion drives, ion drives, Pulse Detonation Engines, Scramjets, Ram jets, and jets. This translates into FAR greater net thrust. Incidently, Turbothrust engines are quite cool compared to Jet engines or standard ion engines. (Although, you STILL would not want stand in the exhaust.)
In addition, the MK IV, and MK V variants have been configured for Hypercruise. The MK V engines being more compact than the older MK IVs...
Hypercruise, or sliding along the edge of hyperspace, is attained in a Turbothrust by expanding the inverted Subspace Displacement Field around the fighter and using pulse jumping to accellerate it above the VOLL 1 threshhold. Once there, the field pulse is accellerated and inverted (made right side out) until the engine chamber forms a 'subspace vaccume'. At VOLL 12, the subspace vaccume is strong enough to create a hyperspace transition field, which slingshots the craft to the edge of hyperspace, accellerating it dramaticly from VOLL 13, to the megaVOLL (VOLL 100 or greater) range in seconds. The ship continues to slide along the edge of hyperspace using the pulse-firing of the SDD, also known as a Pulsewarp Engine, never really entering hyperspace. This allows small craft such as fighters to attain hyperspace speeds (barely) while not having to incorporate heavier, larger, power sources and a full sized Subspace Displacement Drive or Hyperspace Transition Drive.
While Hypercruise is not as fast as full hyperspace, it is energy efficient, allowing light craft greater range than a hyperdrive on an equal amount of energy. This is to an advantage to starfighters, which can gain greater manueverability through their reduced mass while maintaining the range and speed of larger vehicles. It also has the advantage of being able to monitor the realspace environement, since the vessel never actually transitions into hyperspace.
The mechanics of the engine are too complex for manual, or standard automation, and are always controlled by a triple redundant engine control computer tied in to a fighter's Avionics Computer. Thousands of timing and energy adjustments are made a SECOND to maintain stable engines. In the event of total computer failure, the engines are designed to failsafe shutdown and shunt all active energy into the exhaust. This is to prevent the possibility of engine explosions, which are common among the energized innards of spacecraft engines.
The Mark Five version Turbothrust Engine is currently only installed on the SF-36 Raptor Interceptor. The larger Mark Fours are installed on Phoenix Bombers.Get some Space Music:
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Colonelnj10
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Aboard the Command ship HRS Sol Invictus...
Me: Go marines! take down the PNS!
Marines: Hoorah!
Me: Here is the plan, we will secure the ship, head down to the HEVs and then secure the planet's surface.
On the PNS command ship...
Admiral Morland: Going as we planned, the Holmberg Republic is falling
(Holmberg Carrier explodes)
Captain Ishmael Ikonovich: INCOMING!!!
(Holmberg Nova smashes through the bridge)
Me: One less fighter...
(somewhere on the surface of the PNS Metropolis...)
PNS Commandant: Yes... the Holmberg Republic will lose...
PNS Comms Operator: PNS Linegre come in... COME IN!!!
PNS Commandant: What's going on?
PNS Comms Operator: We lost our command ship!
PNS Commandant: Not only that, Sectors Ringo Moon and Heretic's end are being assaulted right now.
PNS NAVIGATOR: THIS IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION
PNS Shipyard Operator: get all ships up! unfinished or unfinished!
PNS NAVIGATOR: SMART MOVE NUTCASE.
Above the Planet...
Me: Only one person has the ability to do this... the NAVIGATOR.
HR Comms Officer: Sir, the NAVIGATOR wants to speak with you.
Me: Patch me in.
NAVIGATOR: NICE TO MEET YOU, OLD MASTER
Me: who are you?
NAVIGATOR: YOU DON'T REMEMBER, THE FIRST BATTLE OF HOLMBERG PRIME, MY SHIP WAS CAUGHT IN THE BATTLE.
Me: Kenneth? but... the PNS destroyed your ship.
NAVIGATOR: NO, THEY CAPTURED ME, MADE ME THEIR LEADER.
Me: why did you destroy Holmberg prime? your family, loved ones, friends were killed in the opening bombardment!
NAVIGATOR: LIAR!!!
Me: I speak the truth, 11/12s of Holmberg Prime's Population is gone.
NAVIGATOR: YOU LIE!
Me: true, the Gagarean people helped me, but it was too late.
NAVIGATOR: NO, LIES!!!
Me: how about we settle this out, duel on Holmberg Prime?
NAVIGATOR: YES, WE WILL SETTLE THIS OUT ON YOUR TERMS
Me: Great... Admiral Holt!
Admiral Holt: I know what I must do.
Me: I wil be leaving the battle group
(one single fighter leaves the HRS Sol Invictus)
Me: Go marines! take down the PNS!
Marines: Hoorah!
Me: Here is the plan, we will secure the ship, head down to the HEVs and then secure the planet's surface.
On the PNS command ship...
Admiral Morland: Going as we planned, the Holmberg Republic is falling
(Holmberg Carrier explodes)
Captain Ishmael Ikonovich: INCOMING!!!
(Holmberg Nova smashes through the bridge)
Me: One less fighter...
(somewhere on the surface of the PNS Metropolis...)
PNS Commandant: Yes... the Holmberg Republic will lose...
PNS Comms Operator: PNS Linegre come in... COME IN!!!
PNS Commandant: What's going on?
PNS Comms Operator: We lost our command ship!
PNS Commandant: Not only that, Sectors Ringo Moon and Heretic's end are being assaulted right now.
PNS NAVIGATOR: THIS IS A HORRIBLE SITUATION
PNS Shipyard Operator: get all ships up! unfinished or unfinished!
PNS NAVIGATOR: SMART MOVE NUTCASE.
Above the Planet...
Me: Only one person has the ability to do this... the NAVIGATOR.
HR Comms Officer: Sir, the NAVIGATOR wants to speak with you.
Me: Patch me in.
NAVIGATOR: NICE TO MEET YOU, OLD MASTER
Me: who are you?
NAVIGATOR: YOU DON'T REMEMBER, THE FIRST BATTLE OF HOLMBERG PRIME, MY SHIP WAS CAUGHT IN THE BATTLE.
Me: Kenneth? but... the PNS destroyed your ship.
NAVIGATOR: NO, THEY CAPTURED ME, MADE ME THEIR LEADER.
Me: why did you destroy Holmberg prime? your family, loved ones, friends were killed in the opening bombardment!
NAVIGATOR: LIAR!!!
Me: I speak the truth, 11/12s of Holmberg Prime's Population is gone.
NAVIGATOR: YOU LIE!
Me: true, the Gagarean people helped me, but it was too late.
NAVIGATOR: NO, LIES!!!
Me: how about we settle this out, duel on Holmberg Prime?
NAVIGATOR: YES, WE WILL SETTLE THIS OUT ON YOUR TERMS
Me: Great... Admiral Holt!
Admiral Holt: I know what I must do.
Me: I wil be leaving the battle group
(one single fighter leaves the HRS Sol Invictus)
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Colonelnj10
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Somewhere on Holmberg Prime...
Kennith Blake: Where is that numbskull?
Me: right here
Several quick jabs later...
Blake is on the floor
Me: This is for all of the innocent civilians you killed!
(gunshot rings)
Me: this is over,
Blake: no, not yet... I regret attacking innocent people
Me: did my people have any regrets? NO! They were killed by a sadistic madman bent on destruction of Humanity!
Blake: no... Holmberg...
Me: SHUT UP!!!
(Another shot rings out)
Me: That has to take care of him.
Kennith Blake: Where is that numbskull?
Me: right here
Several quick jabs later...
Blake is on the floor
Me: This is for all of the innocent civilians you killed!
(gunshot rings)
Me: this is over,
Blake: no, not yet... I regret attacking innocent people
Me: did my people have any regrets? NO! They were killed by a sadistic madman bent on destruction of Humanity!
Blake: no... Holmberg...
Me: SHUT UP!!!
(Another shot rings out)
Me: That has to take care of him.
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Nija Halycron strode onto the bridge, He had discarded the standard Commodores uniform for the more traditional GaGaren Jedi suit of black homespun cloth. It was much more comfortable. Under normal circumstances it would have been forbidden but as the admiral had pointed out, these were not normal circumstances.
“Report!” He barked at his sensor officer.
“all systems read green and the HL drive is functioning perfectly.” He reported “But as yet we have no clear readings from the rift.”
“How long until we reach the rift?”
“12 minutes”
“Position of the admirals ship?”
“2.3-3.1 AU behind us”
“Can you confirm that?”
“No, in the dense EM fields of the rift sensors are impaired and with the added effects of the HL drive it makes it almost impossible to get anything more then a faint echo even from a ship we already know the position of.”
“*sigh* very well. Time to the rift?”
“6 minutes”
Nija felt the tension twanging back and forth across the bridge. You could have used the com officer as a bowstring. He suddenly realised that he too, was counting under his breath and feeling a bit embarrassed drew breath with an audible gasp.
“feeling all right Captain?” asked his First Officer with genuine concern.
“Fine number one, just that the tension on this ship is enough to make me count the seconds with an unusual vigour.”
“How far did you get?”
“Two hundred thirty-four to be exact” Said Nija with a faint smile.
“that would make…”
But at this point the sensor officer interrupted. “Sir we have cleared the rifts outer edge and are 10 seconds from the eye”
“Slow to conventional drives and divert warp power to the dampening field.” Nija ordered breaking the tension with an almost audible snap.
The “Victory Fire” dropped out of hyper-light speeds and ploughed through the final wisps of gas from the rift and entered the “eye” were the random graviton fields had created a small calm area devoid of the sensor-obscuring fog.
“Scanners functioning again” reported the sensor officer. “One large metallic object detected, looks like a science station/shipyard combination with a few add-ons the computer can’t even focus on. However we will have to get closer to obtain a clearer reading from the structure.”
“Close to five thousand KM and hold” Nija’s first officer snapped.
As the “Victory Fire” approached the station became clearer, it was roughly shaped like a large cylinder with large angular protrusions every hundred or so meters. Some were probably fuel storage or raw material processors but others were unknown and many were completely unmarked except for a single inscription, “Handle With Care”
But it was at the huge construction scaffold that the real mystery (or truth) set in.
A massive ship fully 6 times the size of his old “Fire Of GaGara” was docked at the scaffold. A huge arrow-head main hull gave way to vast pair of segmented wings each tipped with a strange flower-petal shaped device that constantly opened and closed, each time it did so a huge orange spark would arc around the inside of the dish then dissipate into the void.
“My God” whispered the first officer in awe.
Nija stared at the monster black ship before him, hypnotised by its alien design. But nothing could disguise its real purpose. For every square meter of the hull was lined with phaser strips, torpedo tubes, disrupter banks, plasma beams and a few other weapon struts that weren’t identifiable. “Tactical analysis” said Nija.
“43 Phaser strips 34 torpedo bays 74 Disrupter banks 23 plasma cannons 13 missile launchers, primary, secondary and tertiary shields grids.” reported his Science officer.
“She’s a predator” Nija half-hissed “A battleship designed for one purpose, to annihilate our respective empires and subdue the galaxy”
“She just might be able to do that sir” Said the sensor officer. “My sensors read the hull is layered with quantum armour, atoms packed together as close as scientifically possible make a material so dense that nothing can break them apart. Our weapons would just bounce off or dissipate on the surface.”
“can nothing break through?” asked his first officer.
“A few areas can’t be layered with it, such as the engine ports, pulse weapon exits, sensor arrays etc”
“engine ports? Would a torpedo through it’s shields cause enough damage to destroy/disable it?”
“no, the layering is made in such a way that maybe we could reduce it’s manoeuvrability by about 60% and speed by as much as 80% but we could never get deep enough inside to do more then temporary damage to its weapons and engines”
(debate continues for several minutes)
*Shnju base-Thalaron testing site*
Base commander Whence Hong was a terrible sight to behold, his face had been scared beyond repair during the battle of TAU 64 were his battleship had blown 3 GaGaren cruisers to rubble only to be rammed by the forth and the anti-matter radiation released during the collision had been enough to cause the skin on his face to run like hot wax in the 30 seconds it had taken him to activate the bridges radiation shielding. Scared and horribly maimed he had been the only bridge officer to be rescued and while his internal damage had been repairable his appalling scars had been beyond PNS ability to heal. Now he was angry, very angry he had been rudely awakened be the alert klaxon and summoned to the command centre with barely enough time to put on his stiff commanders uniform. Now he marched into the poorly-lit ops centre of the base.
“Why was I disturbed?” the snapped at his first.
“We detected a very faint signal in the area a few minutes ago, reads as a very faint EM signal fading in and out. We’ve managed to localise it to within 10000 KM but we still can’t get a lock, if it wasn’t for the new sensors we’d never have picked it up”
“speculation?”
“A HL equipped vessel could be responsible but then again it could be just about a million other of the things that cause EM flux in this region of space.”
“Is there any way to confirm your suspicions?”
“No, only going to full red alert. If it is a GaGaren ship then it will most likely interpret it as a response to there detection”
“Very well, Power up the station disrupter banks and ready fighters for launching, and….alert the EXP to prepare to immediate departure”
“are you sure sir? The EXP’s reactor was only tested last week”
“Continue with launch”
“But sir….”
“CONTINUE WITH LANCH!!!”
“Yes..sir”
(Aboard the Star Adventure)
“SIR” cried the sensor officer, “The science station has just gone to alert status, we read it’s weapons and shields have come on-line and the mega-ship has initiated decupling sequence”
“Full alert! Prepare for emergency hyperspace jump. Inform the “Victory Fire” to get out……”
At this point the stations disrupter banks blazed into life, filling space for a thousand KM with green fire.
“Get us out of here!!” roared Nija as the “Victory Fire” was rocked by several near-misses. “Helm, engage fusion engines and get us out of here, best speed to Homeworld!” The Victory Fires engines went from off to full in less then 5 seconds the inertial dampers overloaded and both ships were catapulted into the nebula.
(no temporal torpedos please TC)
“Report!” He barked at his sensor officer.
“all systems read green and the HL drive is functioning perfectly.” He reported “But as yet we have no clear readings from the rift.”
“How long until we reach the rift?”
“12 minutes”
“Position of the admirals ship?”
“2.3-3.1 AU behind us”
“Can you confirm that?”
“No, in the dense EM fields of the rift sensors are impaired and with the added effects of the HL drive it makes it almost impossible to get anything more then a faint echo even from a ship we already know the position of.”
“*sigh* very well. Time to the rift?”
“6 minutes”
Nija felt the tension twanging back and forth across the bridge. You could have used the com officer as a bowstring. He suddenly realised that he too, was counting under his breath and feeling a bit embarrassed drew breath with an audible gasp.
“feeling all right Captain?” asked his First Officer with genuine concern.
“Fine number one, just that the tension on this ship is enough to make me count the seconds with an unusual vigour.”
“How far did you get?”
“Two hundred thirty-four to be exact” Said Nija with a faint smile.
“that would make…”
But at this point the sensor officer interrupted. “Sir we have cleared the rifts outer edge and are 10 seconds from the eye”
“Slow to conventional drives and divert warp power to the dampening field.” Nija ordered breaking the tension with an almost audible snap.
The “Victory Fire” dropped out of hyper-light speeds and ploughed through the final wisps of gas from the rift and entered the “eye” were the random graviton fields had created a small calm area devoid of the sensor-obscuring fog.
“Scanners functioning again” reported the sensor officer. “One large metallic object detected, looks like a science station/shipyard combination with a few add-ons the computer can’t even focus on. However we will have to get closer to obtain a clearer reading from the structure.”
“Close to five thousand KM and hold” Nija’s first officer snapped.
As the “Victory Fire” approached the station became clearer, it was roughly shaped like a large cylinder with large angular protrusions every hundred or so meters. Some were probably fuel storage or raw material processors but others were unknown and many were completely unmarked except for a single inscription, “Handle With Care”
But it was at the huge construction scaffold that the real mystery (or truth) set in.
A massive ship fully 6 times the size of his old “Fire Of GaGara” was docked at the scaffold. A huge arrow-head main hull gave way to vast pair of segmented wings each tipped with a strange flower-petal shaped device that constantly opened and closed, each time it did so a huge orange spark would arc around the inside of the dish then dissipate into the void.
“My God” whispered the first officer in awe.
Nija stared at the monster black ship before him, hypnotised by its alien design. But nothing could disguise its real purpose. For every square meter of the hull was lined with phaser strips, torpedo tubes, disrupter banks, plasma beams and a few other weapon struts that weren’t identifiable. “Tactical analysis” said Nija.
“43 Phaser strips 34 torpedo bays 74 Disrupter banks 23 plasma cannons 13 missile launchers, primary, secondary and tertiary shields grids.” reported his Science officer.
“She’s a predator” Nija half-hissed “A battleship designed for one purpose, to annihilate our respective empires and subdue the galaxy”
“She just might be able to do that sir” Said the sensor officer. “My sensors read the hull is layered with quantum armour, atoms packed together as close as scientifically possible make a material so dense that nothing can break them apart. Our weapons would just bounce off or dissipate on the surface.”
“can nothing break through?” asked his first officer.
“A few areas can’t be layered with it, such as the engine ports, pulse weapon exits, sensor arrays etc”
“engine ports? Would a torpedo through it’s shields cause enough damage to destroy/disable it?”
“no, the layering is made in such a way that maybe we could reduce it’s manoeuvrability by about 60% and speed by as much as 80% but we could never get deep enough inside to do more then temporary damage to its weapons and engines”
(debate continues for several minutes)
*Shnju base-Thalaron testing site*
Base commander Whence Hong was a terrible sight to behold, his face had been scared beyond repair during the battle of TAU 64 were his battleship had blown 3 GaGaren cruisers to rubble only to be rammed by the forth and the anti-matter radiation released during the collision had been enough to cause the skin on his face to run like hot wax in the 30 seconds it had taken him to activate the bridges radiation shielding. Scared and horribly maimed he had been the only bridge officer to be rescued and while his internal damage had been repairable his appalling scars had been beyond PNS ability to heal. Now he was angry, very angry he had been rudely awakened be the alert klaxon and summoned to the command centre with barely enough time to put on his stiff commanders uniform. Now he marched into the poorly-lit ops centre of the base.
“Why was I disturbed?” the snapped at his first.
“We detected a very faint signal in the area a few minutes ago, reads as a very faint EM signal fading in and out. We’ve managed to localise it to within 10000 KM but we still can’t get a lock, if it wasn’t for the new sensors we’d never have picked it up”
“speculation?”
“A HL equipped vessel could be responsible but then again it could be just about a million other of the things that cause EM flux in this region of space.”
“Is there any way to confirm your suspicions?”
“No, only going to full red alert. If it is a GaGaren ship then it will most likely interpret it as a response to there detection”
“Very well, Power up the station disrupter banks and ready fighters for launching, and….alert the EXP to prepare to immediate departure”
“are you sure sir? The EXP’s reactor was only tested last week”
“Continue with launch”
“But sir….”
“CONTINUE WITH LANCH!!!”
“Yes..sir”
(Aboard the Star Adventure)
“SIR” cried the sensor officer, “The science station has just gone to alert status, we read it’s weapons and shields have come on-line and the mega-ship has initiated decupling sequence”
“Full alert! Prepare for emergency hyperspace jump. Inform the “Victory Fire” to get out……”
At this point the stations disrupter banks blazed into life, filling space for a thousand KM with green fire.
“Get us out of here!!” roared Nija as the “Victory Fire” was rocked by several near-misses. “Helm, engage fusion engines and get us out of here, best speed to Homeworld!” The Victory Fires engines went from off to full in less then 5 seconds the inertial dampers overloaded and both ships were catapulted into the nebula.
(no temporal torpedos please TC)
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TO: Nija Halcyon
FROM: T.Holmberg
I have discovered a relic on the PNS metropolis, it said that the PNS were feared and they took over paranid prime by force, until the Argon, Paranid and Teladi took the sector back... the PNS had a weapon under the surface that could kill the invading forces. they swiched it on, killing many soldiers and destroying their cities. Five years later... We landed on the planet... and named it Holmberg prime.
The PNS Attack on Holmberg Prime was just to get that weapon.
Our home... it's a ticking time bomb
FROM: T.Holmberg
I have discovered a relic on the PNS metropolis, it said that the PNS were feared and they took over paranid prime by force, until the Argon, Paranid and Teladi took the sector back... the PNS had a weapon under the surface that could kill the invading forces. they swiched it on, killing many soldiers and destroying their cities. Five years later... We landed on the planet... and named it Holmberg prime.
The PNS Attack on Holmberg Prime was just to get that weapon.
Our home... it's a ticking time bomb
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Khaak_Hammer
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(Deep Space, on-route to Homeworld)
*Admiral Khaak_Hammer has summoned his command staff along with Nija Halycron and the chief engineer from the Victory Fire to the confeance room aboard his flagship*
The Admiral stood to address the assembled officers.
"As you all know, the unknown PNS warship has launched from its base and it's course is plotted as a direct line through the most populated areas of the galaxy, namely our respective Homeworlds. Our scientists have re-viewed the data we gathered and confirmed our worst fears, my apprentice will tell you more, Nija?
Nija stood up and with a very grave look on his face spoke:
"The ship in, in essence a biological weapon, the primary generator is hooked up with a super-Thalaron emitter array, once power is supplied to the device the Thalaron partials will start a cascade sequence like that a of nuclear reaction but due to the properties of Thalaron radiation the increase will not be hundreds or thousands or even millions but in billions in such away a single particle of Thalaron energy could become large enough to encompass a entire planet, but here there are thousands of particles. If that ship activated the generator at full power then the resulting reaction would be enough to render every object with one thousand light-years totally devoid of life. And with the quantum armour protecting it that ship could withstand the entire combined firepower
of our empires without a scratch. and seeing it's projected course we can only assume that it's going to unleash its weapon directly into the heart of our empires, our Homeworlds themselves.
The Admiral waited until the gasps of terror and astonishment died down and spoke again.
“Our scans show that the ship will reach its destination in less then 6 days we have that long to formulate a plan to stop that thing before it annihilates our peoples I am putting the entire GaGaren scientist comunaty on working on a way to stop that ship but we need more time, I will get in touch with the GCFA and see if they can help, in the meantime we are returning to the Homeworld to oversee the defence force in case we don’t find a scientific answer to our problem. Any questions? Very well, Dismissed.
*Admiral Khaak_Hammer has summoned his command staff along with Nija Halycron and the chief engineer from the Victory Fire to the confeance room aboard his flagship*
The Admiral stood to address the assembled officers.
"As you all know, the unknown PNS warship has launched from its base and it's course is plotted as a direct line through the most populated areas of the galaxy, namely our respective Homeworlds. Our scientists have re-viewed the data we gathered and confirmed our worst fears, my apprentice will tell you more, Nija?
Nija stood up and with a very grave look on his face spoke:
"The ship in, in essence a biological weapon, the primary generator is hooked up with a super-Thalaron emitter array, once power is supplied to the device the Thalaron partials will start a cascade sequence like that a of nuclear reaction but due to the properties of Thalaron radiation the increase will not be hundreds or thousands or even millions but in billions in such away a single particle of Thalaron energy could become large enough to encompass a entire planet, but here there are thousands of particles. If that ship activated the generator at full power then the resulting reaction would be enough to render every object with one thousand light-years totally devoid of life. And with the quantum armour protecting it that ship could withstand the entire combined firepower
of our empires without a scratch. and seeing it's projected course we can only assume that it's going to unleash its weapon directly into the heart of our empires, our Homeworlds themselves.
The Admiral waited until the gasps of terror and astonishment died down and spoke again.
“Our scans show that the ship will reach its destination in less then 6 days we have that long to formulate a plan to stop that thing before it annihilates our peoples I am putting the entire GaGaren scientist comunaty on working on a way to stop that ship but we need more time, I will get in touch with the GCFA and see if they can help, in the meantime we are returning to the Homeworld to oversee the defence force in case we don’t find a scientific answer to our problem. Any questions? Very well, Dismissed.
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INCOMING MESSAGE:
TO: Khaak_Hammer.
ENCRYPTED MESSAGE
TO: Khaak_Hammer.
ENCRYPTED MESSAGE
Code: Select all
The following information is LEVEL A classified.
Unauthorized disclosure of this material is punishable in a time of Conflict by excecution. If this material is not addressed to you, DESTROY IT immediately.
For Admiral Khaak Hammer's and allied eyes only.
Quantum armor, composed of densly packed particles, has a density making it nearly immune to any form of attack, save a few. However, Quantum armor is extremely mass intensive, and can only be employed by ships who's structure is 90 % Engine, or is otherwise immobile.
The first course of action to dissabling a vessel using quantum armor is to identify, and dissable its engines.
If a tactical action can be employed to dissable the ship's engines for event five minutes, the following strategic action can finish the job.
The following information is Code Black Level A Top Secret.
- Vortex Decay Beam Emmitter Cannon -
CODENAME: Starcluster Supernova Cannon.
Vortex Decay is an event that takes place in the propperties of Sub-quantum particles. The spin propperty of quarks can be exploited and manipulated by a finely tuned high energy Electro-gravitic beam. Vortex Decay involves charging or altering the spin of Quarks to offset them from their natural state, causing them to spontaniously collapse and decay into a burst of radiation. Similar to an Antimatter reaction, minus antimatter. Since this effect is at a very primordial level of material construction (Sub-quantum level.), absolutely no matter is immune.
The spacifics of the weapon cannot be revealed here... However, details are as follows.
The beam generator, requiring a phenominal power source, fires what appears to be a typical high energy laser at a target. Upon contact with target mass, the energy splashes through the target mass, 'infecting' the particles, resulting in a chain reaction that, within roughly sixty seconds, causes vortex collapse on all contacted matter, which produces a massive burst of energy that takes out the uneffected parts of the target.
If used on a large body, such as a star, this can trigger a synthatic super-nova when the beam manages to punch to the core.
The 'Vortex Decay Beam Emmiter Cannon' is only mounted on one vessel.
SUGGESTED TACTICAL AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
Massive armor is not impervious to subspace and gravitational weapons. Attacks using Subspace Shockwave Cannons and Hyperwave Cannons can damage internal structures of such armored vessels through spatial stress side-effects. Tactical use of advanced wave field weapons is suggested for engaging the target vessel.
Thalaron weapons are classified as bio-nuclear-energy weapons, and bio-nuclear hazzard precautions must be considered when engaging anyone equiped with one. Destruction of energized weapon can result in lethal contamination if not completely annihilated on first strike. Materials contaminated with low levels of the energy can be equal to high level radiation hazzards, and disposal procedures must be accounted for.
No less than total destruction, or dissabling of weapon permanant quarantining of battle area within five lightyears can be considered accecptable mission outcome.
END OF MESSAGE.
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Colonelnj10
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Inside the Holmberg Republic ship "Eisengberg"
Commander Johnson: Why have you called this meeting sir?
Me: Listen, the PNS attack on Holmberg Prime was to activate a weapon.
Admiral Edwardson: yes, appearantly we should defend the planet, unlike Admiral Becksworth...
Admiral Becksworth: Hey! At least I wasn't the only one who lost ships.
Me: Admirals Zhar and Jacobs, show us your plan
(alarms start going off)
Me: WHAT NOW?!?!
Crewman: Grand Admiral Holmberg, a PNS Carrier patrol just opened fire on us.
Me: men, get to your shuttles, crewman, your name?
Crewman: Warrent Officer Edward A Anderson.
Me: All right... Officer Anderson, give me acess to the ship's INTERCOM.
Crewman: Yes sir!
Me: THIS IS ADMIRAL TRENTON HOLMBERG, ALL PERSONNEL WITH FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, HEAD TO THE FIGHTER BAYS, MARINES, HEAD TO ALL AIRLOCKS AND DEFEND THIS SHIP!
Admiral Jacobs: have a plan?
Me: Yes, I will lead some Special Forces Troops into the PNS ship.
Commander Johnson: Why have you called this meeting sir?
Me: Listen, the PNS attack on Holmberg Prime was to activate a weapon.
Admiral Edwardson: yes, appearantly we should defend the planet, unlike Admiral Becksworth...
Admiral Becksworth: Hey! At least I wasn't the only one who lost ships.
Me: Admirals Zhar and Jacobs, show us your plan
(alarms start going off)
Me: WHAT NOW?!?!
Crewman: Grand Admiral Holmberg, a PNS Carrier patrol just opened fire on us.
Me: men, get to your shuttles, crewman, your name?
Crewman: Warrent Officer Edward A Anderson.
Me: All right... Officer Anderson, give me acess to the ship's INTERCOM.
Crewman: Yes sir!
Me: THIS IS ADMIRAL TRENTON HOLMBERG, ALL PERSONNEL WITH FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, HEAD TO THE FIGHTER BAYS, MARINES, HEAD TO ALL AIRLOCKS AND DEFEND THIS SHIP!
Admiral Jacobs: have a plan?
Me: Yes, I will lead some Special Forces Troops into the PNS ship.