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ESPilot's fleet takes off from the Hizdriar spaceport, and heads to Mira to outfit his newly-acquired escorts. They land on Mira, and the two former renegade captains go to the outfitting yard. They return later with their ships upgraded with better shields, speed, new outfits, and even better armor. The fleet takes off, and heads for Renegade territory to destroy some renegades.
------------------ ' Cross me, you die. Cross me twice, you die again ' —ESPilot
(This message has been edited by ESPilot (edited 04-18-2001).)
85m, gb .1m/d
It was obvious what was going on in Urslavabad, Ursla's main source of Fuzzes. A small group of anti-fuzz activists had traveled down from the moon to sabotage a Courier drone bringing fuzzes up to a miranu courier in orbit, when they discovered- a convoy was coming! Before Entropy's rise to power, all the CSLF was capable of doing was planting small incindiary devices with their single crescent fighter- but now that the CSLF navy was large, they could do something... --------------------------- Entropy calls his second-in-command, a rather homocidal Azdgari named Ffrith, to his office. They begin planning their asssault- after the convoy leaves Ursla and enters the DSN 2006, they will find 1 Crescent warship w/ full CF compliment, 1 Aradas, 1 stolen Renegade Arada, 2 Laziras, 1 Azdara, and 1 Emalgha fighter waiting for them. While the Crescent fighters, Azdara, and Emalgha fighter take put any fighter escorts, the Aradas and Laziras destroy any slower armed escorts as the Crescent warship reaches the fleet, dodges defense pods, and disables all the slow frieghters. By then all the escorts should be destroyed, so the entire CSLF forces converge on any Couriers and Frieghters not disabled by the CW, leaving the entire fleet immobilized. Then, all participating forces fill their cargo bays with fuzzes and wait for the CSLF MF and MCs to come and fill their bays. Then they retreat and make an anonymous call to the militia to come and save the crewmembers. It seemed like a foolproof plan... ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
------------------ THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! (Lies are in your head.)
The fleet lay in wiat in the DSN-2006 system. It would be any minute now... better take a last minute tally. Entropy gets on the comm and makes sure all ships are there.
"Vigilant?" A voice comes over from the gleaming white CW, which Entropy can see dominating the space in front of his Lazira's viewing chamber. "Roger, Entropy." "Stalwart?" The other Lazira responds" "10-4." "Vindictive Fuzz? Vengeful Fuzz?" The two white Aradas emblazoned with the blue CSLF emblem (a fuzz rolling over Urslan plains) reply: "Check." "Check." "Malevolent Fuzz?" The renegade arada, (Blue with white emblem,) fires off its phase cannons as way of reply. "Ah. Homocidal Fuzz?" The steel-plated, chrome-bedecked Emalgha Fighter swoops so close to the view screen that entropy can see its pilot (Vriima Straightsword) waving merrily. The emblem emblazoned in deep white it not the standard CSLF emblem- Vriima painted it himself. It displays a Fuzz standing victorious on a pile of dead enemies, apparently Fuzz merchants. "Antimercantilism?" The black Azdara is nearly invisible against the stars. Ffrith flashes his illuminable emblem twice. "And the Resolute, (MF,) Unvavering, (MC,) and Loyal (MC,) are coming. Good. THat's everone. Now for the convoy..." ----------------------------
Jess, I can't kill ESpilotbecause thats againsts the rules, but I can try to destroy hisa government.
Message to Captain Carnotaur: Would you be willing to help us destroy the Miranu and the Zachit? end of message
------------------ But beware the Gates. Gates leads to Microsoft, Microsoft leads to Windows, Windows leads to... suffering.-Starkiller
The convoy hypers into the system. A quick scan reveals 2 Bulk Frieghters, 5 freighters, 4 Couriers, and 2 merchant Aradas- but not a warlike escort in sight! Odd for such a large convoy...
As the convoy grows closer, (the ships have not yet detected the CSLF,) it becomes obvious that these ships aren't in stock form- every single one is moving faster htan normal. Only one group needs to do that... "Smugglers!" says Vriima. "What fun!" The CSLF ships engage their engines andspeed towards the convoy. "I bet they're not just carrying fuzzes," shouts Ffrith. "Probably narcotics, too."
At first, everything went as planned- the glittering white mass that was the CW swept down on the Bulk freighters and raked them with phase fire. The two Aradas increased speed to take the smuggler aradas, while the Laziras went after the Couriers.
Then, Entropy saw the gold emblem on the side of one of the Freighters- "The Free Traders Guild!" Smugglers of the worst order- and who usually never went without armed escort...
Then the convoy fought back.
The Bulk frieghters blasted the CW with a barrage of SAD modules, forcing it to retreat. The merchant Aradas blasted the CSLF Aradas with dispersal rockets, destroying one (the escape pod jettisoned just in time and was saved by the CSLF Loyal. Ffrith retaliated by disabling one of the Aradas and attacking one of the Freighters, which had so far only defended themselves with phase fire, skillfully eliminating all the shields and 80% of the armor, and being rewarded by the cloud of escape pods jettisoned from it, and then disabling it and leaving it for later. Meanwhile, the Arada and renegade Arada had destroyed the remaining arada and had attacked the couriers, who were skillfully dodging the fire of the Laziras and getting in shots edgewise- at least until the Laziras used SAD modules, disabling two of the couriers. The two Aradas then attacked one of the Couriers while one fled into hyperspace, leaving a trail of smoke evidencing that it would probably explode before i completed the jump, exposing the escape pods to acceleration so high that when they reached the destination it would be as molten, compressed lumps.
The CSLF CW had retreated from the two bulk freighters (one at 25% and the other at 65% shields, the CW at 45% shields.) Suddenly four Crescent fighters appeared from their hidden docks under the rear wings- do-it-yourself weapons mounting was a specialty of the FTG. THe CW released its compliment of Crescent fighters, and the four FTG fighters engaged the 3 CSLF fighters and Ffrith. Two of the FTG CFs attacked a CSLF CF at the same time, destroying it utterly. Ffrith retaliated, blowing the cockpit glass out of one of them as Entropy's lazira attacked the other with the lasers designed for fuzz removal- but still efficient at slicing the entire craft in half. The pilot of the first CF was briefly given a panoramic view of space before his lungs exploded, splattering him all ove Ffrith's azdara and causing his CF to spin wildly in place. The two remaining CSLF CFs engaged the remaining CF, hitting its engines, igniting the fuel tank.
The CW then attacked the weaker Bulk Freighter (the two BFs had become separated,) which had expended all its SADs. It easily dodged the Defence pods and disabled the giant craft.
I'll have to finish this later.
O.K. this is getting to confusing.can we tell us excactly whats going on in this universe?
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4.95m, gb .1m/d
What- the CSLF-FTG battle or the complicated politics at work outside of the little world of the CSLF? -------------------------------------------- 1 bulk frieghter and 4 Freighters to go.
Spooked by the fighting furiously occuring in the convoy, one of the Freighters engages its hyperdrive and attempts to flee- but then Vriima, who has snuck up behind it, fires his Emalgha cannon directly into the engines- puncturing the molten plasma tank. HIs ship is momentarily engulfed in a wave of plasma but manageds to ride it out, but with significant losses to shields., and with the unlucky consequence that his ship is not glowing red-hot, and since Emalgha fighters are well-insulated but poorly air-conditioned, it becomes almost unbearable inside and Vriima is forced to retreat to the edge of the battle. The freighter spews plasma into space, eventually igniting its fuel tanks and blowing the rear of the ship of- fortunately the cargo bays are untouched. THe explosion propels it away from the battle.
I'll finish this soon.
'How much would you pay to have ESPilot killed?' I think this is one for the bar people, but not here because none of you heard me talking to Titan.
Titan, I didn't mean kill him, just do some damage that will cost him a LOT of money.
Jess sends 7 CWs, pretending to be renegades, to raid Terapin.
------------------ I came; I saw; I hid behind a tree.
Message to Titan: Yes, I will attack the Miranu.
The Voinians have begun assembling three large fleets to attack the Miranu. Each fleet now has 30 ships each.
------------------ To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond! -------------- Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it. Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).
3 MFs and a BF to go.
The Vigilant recalls it fighters, and, along with the Stalwart, attack the remaining Bulk freighter. Its shields are at 70% and it hasn't had any fight taken out of it (The Vigilant is at 55% and the Stalwart at 95%.) It fires off its remaining SAD load at the Vigilant (now at 45%) and attacks the Stalwart with its two phase turrets. (Stalwart at 90%) The Vigilant releases its two remaining fighters (100%, 100%) and All four ships attack the Bulk Freighter as the Malevolent Fuzz (RA, 97%) and Ffrith (100%, vision slightly impaired by bile smeared on viewing screen, as the designers of the Azdara did not assume that the ship would be at such close quarters with the enemy and therefore did not include windshield wipers. Together they make a joint attack on the Bulk Frieghter, and disable it while suffering no damage (the gunners didn't no which attacker to fire at.) Meanwhile one Freighter flees into hyperspace while another is disabled by the two aradas and the Unwavering, which suffers heavy shield loss but is not destroyed or even disabled.
So, the convoy is disabled. Entropy counts the ships- The Merchant arada, motionless and pitted with phase scarring, the crescent fighter, spinning wildly away towards Vriima, who moves to intercept it and stops it dead, (when it is repaired it will replace the crescent fighter destroyed by the FTG,) the two bulk freighters, the three MFs, one abandoned, one half-destroyed, and one disabled but with the crew still alive, and the three couriers (one abandoned by the crew- the escape pods were now out of range and probably would not be rescued by anyone but instead float through the blackness of space forever.)
The CSLF had lost 1 Crescent fighter and 1 Arada.
The CSLF then proceeded to open the cargo pods to see what was inside- the ships manuevering up close to the sides of the disabled ships so that their airlocks/loading docks were paralell and attaching themselves via magnets and spikes, and then forcing or cutting the airlock doors open. This differed from standard procedure (blasting a hole in the cargo bay from afar and sending cargo drones to carry all the cargo away, and thus minimalizing any contact with the crew because unless the crew sealed the bays clsoed than they would all be sucked out into the vacuum,) but when the cargo was living creatures like fuzzes, you simply couldn't do that. You had to quickly seal the interior doors to prevent the crew from resisting your efforts (crew usually wouldn't be in the bays in the pirst place, as the pressure is kept slightly lower in them and it is uncomfortable, anyway, if you were facing the possibility of having your hull cut open and you being sucked into the vacuum, it was simply suicide. Fortunately, in Miranu freighters and bulk frieghters the crew can't get into the cargo bays, as they are in the form of removable pods.
Entropy and his crew took the first Bulk Frieghter, the Vigilance took the second, the Steadfast took the disabled MF, Ffrithe the half-destroyed one, the Malevolent Fuzz the abandoned one, The Vindictive Fuzz and Vengeful Fuzz both took couriers, and Vriima took the abandoned Courier. -------------------------
Entropy, a look of sucess on his face, stood near the cargo bay airlock with fuzz handlers beside him to help the fuzzes into the ship, a specialist with an electron prod to attempt to force the airlock open, and two crewmembers with cutting lasers if that didn't work.
The exterior airlock doors opened and intense heat was applied momentarily (the outer hull of the Bulk Friehgter would be at freezing temperature,) and then the interior doors opened. Entropy felt the freighter's door- it was still very cold, but not cold enought to freeze his fingers off. The type of control panel the electron prod was designed to short wasn't there, so Entropy and his crew retreated as the blowtorch wielding crewmembers sliced it open- the airlock being larger than the Lazira's, a Lazira-airlock-shaped segment of door fell into the ship and the blowtorch crewmen pulled it away with some difficulty. The electron prod worked on the smaller interior lock, though- it opened easily.
Entropy gazed out into the multitudes of Fuzzes- they would all fit in his hold, although just bairly- and this was only one of the three cargo segments: he have to have the Resolute take the rest- if it was only Fuzzes they found. Entropy had a strong suspicion that that wouldn't be the only cargo on this ship- and he was right. As the Fuzzes were herded into the ship, he noticed that half of them were unmoving- dead? No, stuffed. Entropy picked one up- it burst and a black powder came out of it. Hexabanine- one of the strongest narcotics available- and very valuable, too... he didn't want to become involved in the narcotics trade, but there was a fortune here...
"Partition the hold! Put the live fuzzes in one half and the stuffed ones in the other!" ------------------------------- After the fuzzez, living and stuffed, were loaded into the holds, he called the Resolute up and ordered it to open the second pod. After a few minutes, a voice crackled over the intercom. "No fuzzes in here! Just a bunch of big, heavy grey things- wierd. What are they?" "Wait a second- do they have red markings on them?" "Yeah- why?" Space Mines! This obviously wasn't your run-of-the-mill convoy. "They're space mines. Be very careful with them- fill one of your pods with them, I guess." ---------------------------- The other pod contained more fuzzes, but not as many stuffed ones. The Resolute filled its other pod and headed back to Ursla's moon to put the mines and fake fuzzes in storage, and then to Ursla to release the live ones. ---------------------------- The Vigilant discovered that one of the Bulk freighters pods was full of useless tchotchkies. It didn't put any in the hold. The second pod contained all live Fuzzes, with which it filled 3/4 of its hold. The third pod contained- about 50 tons of dispersal rockets, and about 100 tons of padding to prevent them from accidentaly detonating. It partitioned the hold and put as many dispersal rockets in as it could fit (no padding) and transferred the rest to its empty SAD Module bays and several in the fighter bay- the fighters own holds were filled, and the FTG Crescent fighter- which had been taken into the bay to be repaired eventually, was filled with them- they would be sold eventually. It then returned to Ursla's moon, and then to Ursla to deliver the Fuzzes. ---------------------------- I have to run. I WILL finish this, I swear!
Titan starts building forces at the Rock.
------------------ But beware the Gates. Gates leads to Microsoft, Microsoft leads to Windows, Windows leads to... suffering.
Well I was scrolling down the screen and I have to sratch my nose so... I pause and what do I see. A big fat thingy of text saying sure i'll atack the murainu. Please i beg of mercy noooooooooo what have I done...
And also I just got back from vacation and this is hard stuf to read.
ITS ATTACK TIME!
Of the Zacha forces ready (10 Crescent Warships, 200 Miranu Gunships), they split up into 2 groups and attack the NT Renegades with everything they've got.
5 CW's and 50 Gunships to go The Rock to crush any Renegade resistance there...... 5 CW's and 150 Gunships go to North Tip Station and attempt to capture it! The fleet of Zacha Crusader, consisting of a CW and 6 Zacha Aradas, follows.
"Attention all units! We will attack the enemy with extreme prejudice and then land our commandos on the Renegade bases to bring them under our control. You know the plan. Good luck and may we be victorious!"
(My computer broke last weekend, and I won't have regular internet access until it's fixed, so I'll only be posting very rarely if at all for a while)
Thunder, now that he is a member of the Zachit, gets into his Miranu Courier and follows Zacha Crusader to help in the attack on North Tip Station. Hopefully the Zachit will be able to win the day...
In the system where the Rock is, all was going well for the Zachit. The Renagade ships were dropping like flies. Then, suddenly, a Azdgari fleet hypered into the system. The Zachit, baffled, were in utter confusion. The Renagade and Azdgari ships moved in and destroyed the remaining Zachit ships. Then the lead Renagade ship hailed the lead Azdgari ship: Renagade: "Thank you very much! We will not forget you for this!" Azdgari: "No problem. We are always willing to help our allies. Well, if you ever have trouble with the Zachit again just call us! So long!". And with that, they were gone.
------------------ Long live the Rebellion! --------------------- (url="http://"http://www.pautsch.com/nova6")Visit my cool EV website!(/url)
(This message has been edited by Nova6 (edited 04-20-2001).)
The three Voinian fleets have been assembled. All three fleets now have 40 ships in them. They all set off for multiple locations...
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In the Priat system, one of the three Voinian fleets hyperspaces in. The Miranu are stunned. They've only heard stories of the Voinians and their massive warships and now their puny defense fleet must contend with a massive Voinian armada.
The Miranu are instantly thrown into panic. The same thing happens in the Zanat and Leita systems. In all three battles the Miranu are totally unprepared for the massive assault that the Voinians launched. The Voinians easily capture the Zanat and Priat systems and Leita is under intense planetary bombardment. To add to the Voinians success, large amounts of reinforcements are being called up.
Kirrim, Himgro, Blaga, and Mira are also being raided by the Voinians.
The Voinians have also sent some reinforcements to North Tip Station to help secure it.
The Voinians are building up forces in their outpost at Sumer.
(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 04-20-2001).)
After a few succesful raids (which earned 10 million credits) Jess decides it could be time for decisive action. 10 Igaras and 300 Igazras have been produced in the Mark system over the past months. The raids have proved Zidagar defence to be fairly weak. All that is left to do is contact Nova6.
Message, Encrypted: Attack Zidagar very soon. Are you in or out?
<Message to Jess> <Encrypted> <Yes, I'm in. It will be good to get rid of the Zidagar scum once and for all!> <End Message>
Meanwhile, in the Plogok system, a fleet of Azdgari Warships hyper into the system. The Zidagar ships, cought off gaurd, are dissorginized and confused. The Azdgari Warships launch their Azdaras. Then they pummel the Zidagar ships with their Phase-Neutron weaponry. The Zidagar ships fire all their weapons, but the Azdgari's shields are to strong, and it is of no use. The Azdgari ships move and destroy the rest of the Zidagar ships in the system. They then destroy the rest of the Zidagar defence fleet, and call in reinforements.
In Terapin, all is peaceful. Suddenly, a Azdgari fleet hypers into the system. The Zidagar ships are cought of guard, and are quikcly destroyed. Then the Azdgari fleet charges the Zidagar, guns blazing! The Zidagar ships fire all their weapons, but, again, they have no effect. The Azdgari fleet swarms the Zidagar defence fleet, destroying it.
Carnotaur: You are dead.