The Dark Shadow

<Private message to: REDchigh>
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Sir, the UE cruiser designs are complete. Here are the stats:
Shields: 420 (took advantage of Igadzra shield gen.s)
Armor: 220 (took advantage of our Voinian Armor samples)
speed: 110
Accel:225
turn: 3
fuel: 8 jumps
cargo: 35
Weop Space: 60
shield re: 500
Weopons:
7 turret slots (to be used by my new weopon You're developing)
4 standard Rocket Launchers; 100 rockets
2 SAI launchers; 40 SAI modules

Please note, these are just the blueprint, and are subject to change. As of now, the price would be 16M (EVO price) would cost us 8M to build for our own military.
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PROJECT COMPLETED:
Arada Dock
Mass: 60, stabelizers: 14, weapon storage: 16
Price: Yet to be decided

After leaving the base on Xarnes and having his plan turned down, ESPilot goes to his ship and takes off. He recieves the message from Esponer, he responds with a message, and heads off for Igazdra.

<<Encrypted Message for Esponer of the Igadzra>>

You may purchase the blueprints for the newly-completed Arada Dock for 2.5 million credits.

<<End Message>>

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' Cross me, you die. Cross me twice, you die again ' —ESPilot

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Originally posted by Anna Baloshova:
these are just the blueprint, and are subject to change. As of now, the price would be 16M (EVO price) would cost us 8M to build for our own military.
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<Private message to Anna B.>
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<Great job. I'll staryt building the prototype right away!
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That week, the fighter pilots return with the Voinian Techs. only two fighters return...
The fighters were able to take on a lone frigate fairly easily, and get the techs, but another fleet came in. the other fighters didn't stand a chance. REDchigh talks to the first pilot- But How can you carry weopons when a fighter only has one ton cargo space?!
"Easy. my fighter has a neutron cannon replacing it's blaze. the other has got rid of it's rocket launcher, and has a layer of Dospect. I also have a half-ton sample of Bronev in mine" "Great Job!"

I get my scientists to start workin on my primary more... use the neutron (Voinian), Phase(Igadzra) and blaze, to make a weopon.
the firing rate of phase, Shield damage of Phase, Range and accuracy of neutron, and armor damage of Blaze. Also, the compactness of Blaze or Phase (No 35 Ib turrets!)
will take four posts. will be called the X turret and X cannon respectively. Xturrets will be the main weopon on the Cruisers. the Cruiser project is postponed until the X turret design is complete.

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The difference in
insantiy and ingenious is
measured just by success.

Rima considers what has happened and realizes that she now has no Zidgar ECM.She decides to remedy that situation.She goes to the closest Zidagar base and buys another one.Then she quickly hightails it southward before the Zidagar find out what happened.

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I'm not dead yet.In fact I feel pretty good!"
I cut off your arm!""It's only a flesh wound!"
"Bless this holy hand grenade..."

The Neutron Blaster will be complete very soon, now.

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Esponer begins saving to build more Igazras.

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My signature now includes the working link. Thanks for pointing out the problem, Redchigh.

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"I'll be there!" Thunder replies to Zacha Crusader, returning to prep his ship for launch. As soon as he had the S.S. Psychadelic ready, he launches and sets course for Dewe.

Upon entering the system, he finds the Zacha vessels already locked in battle with a fleet of renegade raiders.

"Okay guys," Thunder calls to his bridge crew, "It's time to show the Zacha what we're made of!" Immediately the Miranu Courier speeds forward, engaging a renegade arada. Normally the arada would have the edge, but Thunder was a skilled pilot and knew that Renegade Aradas were only armed with forward firing weapons. He used this to his advantage, staying out from in front of the arada while pummeling it with his phase turrets. Soon it's armor was being ripped away; and the arada was destroyed. Thunder's ship was still at 92% shields.

Next he turned to handle another arada, using a similar strategy, but before he could disable it he saw a renegade Lazira coming in, firing SAD modules. Luckily Thunder's ship was outfitted with an ECM system, and only 1 of the several SAD's managed to hit its mark. Knowing that a Lazira was a far more dangerous ship than an arada, Thunder opened fire with pursuit missiles, dealing heavy damage to the Lazira. He then hit his afterburners and charged the Lazira head on, swerving at the last second, but getting in a volley of phase cannon fire. This maneuver drew the Lazira away from the Arada Thunder had been been attacking, giving him time to go back and finish off the arada before turning his attention back to the Lazira. Now it was a 1 on 1 battle, and both ships opened fire with phase turrets, the agile courier matching up well against the more powerful Lazira. Phase turret fire was difficult to evade, but somehow Thunder managed to keep a step ahead of the turrets at least some of the time, while almost constantly hitting the mark with his own turrets. Soon both his ship and the enemy fell into armor, but Thunder knew he had the advantage here, his ship being outfitted with extra armor. He opened fire with pursuit missiles once again, knowing they'd be more effective against armor than phase vfire. Soon the Lazira went up in a ball of flames, and Thunder took stock of the situation. His armor was down to 85%; it was time to retreat to the Zacha battle lines to let his shields recharge. He set a course for the Zacha battle lines, and did just that...

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A hatch opened up and the aliens said,
"We're sorry to learn that you soon will be dead,
But though you may find this slightly macabre,
We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job."

ESPilot's fleet lands on Hizdriar after making a short change of course, and a team of happy scientists and researching are waiting at the port. They present him with a small tomato-sized metal ball, with several outlets in it.

PROJECT COMPLETE:
Ultimate 'Tomato' Shield Generator
Mass: 0 tons
Shields increased by: 50% of the ship's original shields

One of the scientists says "It's only the prototype, so we'd like you to test it." ESPilot says "I'd gladly test it, and report any deficiencies back to you guys." He then leaves for his ship, and after hooking the prototype up to his shield generator takes off and goes to Dewe, where a force of Renegades are massed, and through all the Zacha and Renegade craft, ESPilot most of all notices a Miranu Courier low on shields.

He launches all five of his Crescent Fighters, sending them into the fray, as his CW escort launches his 3, and each of the Heavy Carrier-TT's (which look like ordinary H. Freighters) launch their seven fighters, making a total of29 fighters from the fleet. ESPilot's fleet launches their guided weapons at the renegades, taking them by surprise, as the wave of Crescent Fighters swarm them completely, added to the efforts of the waining Zacha forces. Then ESPilot's fleet engages in close combat, the modified mercenary ships being more than a match for the renegades. He then spots the Courier, which has now regained shields, firing Pursuit Missiles and phase turrets, outdoing the renegades with its speed.

As a Renegade Lazira is disabled, one of the TT's from ESPilot's fleet gets alongside it, boarding tube appearing from the hull and sounds of troops coming from the tubes. Soon the Lazira is captured, and becomes added to ESPilot's fleet. The rest of the renegades have been destroyed, and ESPilot's fleet goes to Outpost Zachit for refuelling and resupplying, with the S.S. Honor Blade's shields reduced only 30% from the Ultimate Tomato. He sees someone walking past him in the station, Thunder, and asks him "Were you the pilot of that Miranu Courier back there?"

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' Cross me, you die. Cross me twice, you die again ' —ESPilot

Esponer was in his office when the report came. A tall, cloaked Igadzra came in
through the door.

"Commander, the prototype Neutron Blaster is complete. It's not 100% operational,
but it should work well." the man said.

"Good. Equip it on one Igazra with SAI modules, and then come tell me. I'll personally
see to testing it."

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The Igazra leaped into the Mavs system. 2 Crescent warships, 3 Laziras, 2 Aradas
and three Crescent fighters were present. The Crescent warships quickly sent out
their six fighters, and the nine fighters moved to attack the Igazra.

"Launch SAIs! One for each fighter!" Esponer commanded. A bunch of 3 SAI modules
came out from the Igazra, destroying three Crescent fighters instantly. Five more
were destroyed before they reached the Igazra.

"Spray fire from remaining phase turrets!"

Indeed their weren't many phase turrets still on the Igazra - only two. It was enough,
however, to secure the fate of the lone Crescent fighter. The fighter quickly
exploded.

By this time the Laziras and Aradas had reached the Igazra, and were attacking it,
causing heavy damage. The Igazra fired out a blast from it's Neutron Blaster, and
another one followed a few seconds later, destroying one Lazira.

It fired off another two neutron blasts, levelling another Lazira. Shields were getting
low now, and the phase turrets had only picked off one Arada.

By this time the Crescent warships were also coming close.

"Fire SAIs at one Crescent warship!" Esponer commanded. A cluster of SAIs flew out,
followed by another cluster, and another. One Crescent warship exploded.

The Igazra turned on the two Aradas, dispensing one with a neutron blast and another
with phase fire. Now one Lazira and one Crescent warship were attacking it, but
luckily the Lazira was out of heavy rockets.

A blast of neutron energy smashed into the Lazira, followed by phase fire and another
neutron blast. The Lazira exploded.

"This Neutron Blaster is very good." Esponer remarked.

"Yes, but it's almost completely depleted our fuel supply."

"Hmm... Send the command back after the battle to give all Igazras 20 jumps fuel."
Esponer murmured.

The Igazra, which was now at critical shields, hit the Crescent warship with one neutron
blast while the renegade ship made a pass, and another neutron blast fired out when
the Crescent warship was almost on top of the Igazra.

"Disable it!" Esponer commanded.

The Crescent warship was disabled, and the fuel was stolen.

Shields on the Igazra were down.

"We need to a) raise fuel, and 🆒 raise shields. I'll have to work on both of those
right away." Esponer commented.

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ESPilot takes off from Outpost Zachit, heading to Hizdriar. He lands and contacts the scientists and researchers who made the Ultimate Tomato Shield Generator and says to them "The test was successful. My ship took on a Crescent Warship, a Lazira, disabled another Lazira (which was added to the fleet) and four Aradas with 70% of my shields left." The researchers are overjoyed with this and one, a Zidagar scientist says "We'll be producing as many as we can, and since the tecnology and parts needed aren't short in supply, we can mass produce them easily!" ESPilot asks them "About how much would these be sold for?" One replies "About 3 million." ESPilot says "Raise that to 5.2 million, tech sergeant." He then leaves to his ship, while the scientists begin starting to make more of the 'Tomatoes'.

New info on ESPilot:
Official CEO of BlackMarket Industries and Blackmarket Shipyard Inc.

He then sets course to Igadzra.

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' Cross me, you die. Cross me twice, you die again ' —ESPilot

With Esponer, having just watched the attack.
"We are not, I repeat NOT, giving the Neutron Blaster to the UE. Personally, I think giving them the SAIs was a bad idea, it would have been better to give the now obsolete, but still very good, SAEs. You must remember that they have no tech to give us, though it would be nice to see them destroy the vionians... I suggest that we try to get access to their new ship. I will GIVE you my 30mil credits to invest in an even better form of the SAI. And please consult me before making big decisions. When the Zidagar reply I think we should attack the Azdgari straight away, but I don't yet know what the map is like, so I couldn't really say where. I suggest fast, simultaeneous hit and run attacks from the Zidagar in several systems, then we sweep through with about 2000 Igazra.

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I came; I saw; I hid behind a tree.

Esponer begins to address the problems.

He takes 40 tons on the Igazra and uses to to increase the fuel to 30 jumps, and
takes 20 tons on the Igadzra Arada to raise it to 15 jumps.

The shield problem remains, but Esponer hears that a man named ESPilot has
devised a device that greatly raises shields....

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<<Message to ESPilot>>
<<From Esponer of the Igadzra>>
<<Top Class Courier>>

I'm offering you 7m for the blueprints for your "Tomato" Shield Generator, and 5m
to keep it from other races.

If you don't mind, when in use by Igadzra ships it will be known as the "Enhanced
Shielding".

Esponer out.

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Esponer begins building a new type of ship - a carrier. The carrier is larger than
an Igazra, and each one costs 30m credits - 15m to produce. They hold 6 Igadzra Aradas, use a Neutron Blaster, 2 phase turrets and SAIs.

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OOC: The income is way too slow. It would take me 2.5 days of no research and total
saving up to produce 1 of these ships, so making an army large enough would take a
about six months.

Are you sure you don't want to consider making a more reasonable income figure for
everyone?

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Research project initiated: SAWs (Search And Whatever)
Time to completion: 6 Igadzra posts (me or Esponer)
Don't worry Esponer, the 1mil per day will come out of my 30
Description: Flash Octarine, about twice as powerful again as SAIs, but only against shields. The same strength against armor.

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I came; I saw; I hid behind a tree.

Project complete:
Ship name: Shadow Cruiser
Shields and armor: 500 shields, 250 armor.
Weapons: 5 Phase Turrets, 3 Pursuit missle launchers, 50 missles, Creacent fighter bay, 3 fighter, and a cloaking device.
Cost: 6M

Titan builds 2 of them.

Project:
Type: improved cloaking device

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Anakin Flyswater, meet Obi-wan Beloni!

<<Message for Esponer>>
<<Encrypted>>

I recieved your transmission, and I would be obliged to give you a blueprint. Although, I can't guaruntee that it won't be sold to other races, since the generator itself is already being sold for 5.2 million each. And it has also come to my attention that you're building a new carrier, which you deem far too expensive for mass production. I would like to discuss in private a plan which will solve this problem.

<<End Transmission>>

Later, ESPilot's fleet arrives at the Igadzra spaceport where he disembarks from the S.S. Honor Blade and heads toward Igadzra Headquarters. He is, again halted by a guard. He murmurs to himself "I'm getting tired of this.." and says to the guard "I'm here on official business." The guard replies "And what busniess is that?" ESPilot responds "I have something to discuss with your superior, Esponer." He then goes to the central quarters where Esponer is to discuss his plan.

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' Cross me, you die. Cross me twice, you die again ' —ESPilot

Esponer reluctantly agrees with Jess, and then smiles. He then picks up a small
spherical device with several buttons, and presses a combination.

"All SAI we gave to the UE are now disabled. When they report the failure, we'll
give them SAEs to replace them, and call them SAIs." Esponer says. "Okay?"

Jess agrees, but isn't so sure.....

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OOC: And here's the plan, so you know, Jess:

Research SAWs
Construct the Igara Carriers
Purchase "Tomato" shields
Go kill someone

Also, I'm very sorry for making decisions without you, and in the future I will
try and consult you before I breath. 🙂 <--- Only joking, I'll be nice in the future.

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Titan sends a fleet to capture Lothe prime, the fleet includes: 10 Creacent warships, 10 Turncoats, 15 Arada's, and a Shadow cruiser the R.S.S Avenger flagship of the renagades.

Can someone make a map?

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But beware the Gates. Gates leads to Microsoft, Microsoft leads to Windows, Windows leads to... suffering.

I'm still working on the map.

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The Voinians are planning and preparing to set up a station in Grenits.

The two other fleets that the Voinians are assembling each have 35 ships in them currently.

The Voinians have completed Raptor Missile technology and are immediately beginning to work on installing these missiles on the two assembling fleets as well as the entire Voinian navy.

Project Initiated: Borb Armor
Time to Completion: 4 posts
Description: Not much to tell. It's really just enhanced, upgraded, and miniaturized Bronov plating.

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

I here by make Titan and Carnotaur a mod. This story is getting to hectic!
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ESPilot, I did not turn you down! I was gone for today and couldn't responed! Also I am not on Azdgari HQ, I'm with Entropy.
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And Carnotaur, I need that map NOW!
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CONTINUATION:

Research project initiated

Project item name: Dulplex shielding

Estimated time to finish: 5 posts.

Desc: It's a special kind of shields that use Hyperspace cores to power them. They are 10 times as strong as regular shields.
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<Message to ESPilot>
<Encrypted>
<What is this plan of yours? Tell me and I will give you 5 Azdgari Warships plus 1 million credits.>
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Meanwhile, where ever Entropy is:

"Ok, I'll give you my complete support and coperation. Maybe if people see a strong Empire protesting they'll change their minds."

Nova6 grins.

Entropy responeds....
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Posted by SilverDragon:
**The Igazra leaped into the Mavs system. 2 Crescent warships, 3 Laziras, 2 Aradas
and three Crescent fighters were present. The Crescent warships quickly sent out
their six fighters, and the nine fighters moved to attack the Igazra.

"Launch SAIs! One for each fighter!" Esponer commanded. A bunch of 3 SAI modules
came out from the Igazra, destroying three Crescent fighters instantly. Five more
were destroyed before they reached the Igazra.

"Spray fire from remaining phase turrets!"

Indeed their weren't many phase turrets still on the Igazra - only two. It was enough,
however, to secure the fate of the lone Crescent fighter. The fighter quickly
exploded.

By this time the Laziras and Aradas had reached the Igazra, and were attacking it,
causing heavy damage. The Igazra fired out a blast from it's Neutron Blaster, and
another one followed a few seconds later, destroying one Lazira.

It fired off another two neutron blasts, levelling another Lazira. Shields were getting
low now, and the phase turrets had only picked off one Arada.

By this time the Crescent warships were also coming close.

"Fire SAIs at one Crescent warship!" Esponer commanded. A cluster of SAIs flew out,
followed by another cluster, and another. One Crescent warship exploded.

The Igazra turned on the two Aradas, dispensing one with a neutron blast and another
with phase fire. Now one Lazira and one Crescent warship were attacking it, but
luckily the Lazira was out of heavy rockets.

A blast of neutron energy smashed into the Lazira, followed by phase fire and another
neutron blast. The Lazira exploded.

"This Neutron Blaster is very good." Esponer remarked.

"Yes, but it's almost completely depleted our fuel supply."

"Hmm... Send the command back after the battle to give all Igazras 20 jumps fuel."
Esponer murmured.

The Igazra, which was now at critical shields, hit the Crescent warship with one neutron
blast while the renegade ship made a pass, and another neutron blast fired out when
the Crescent warship was almost on top of the Igazra.

"Disable it!" Esponer commanded.

The Crescent warship was disabled, and the fuel was stolen.

Shields on the Igazra were down.

"We need to a) raise fuel, and 🆒 raise shields. I'll have to work on both of those
right away." Esponer commented.**

Revoked, you did not give Titan a chance to responed. Please edit your post.
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Posted by SilverDragon:
**The shield problem remains, but Esponer hears that a man named ESPilot has
devised a device that greatly raises shields....

<<Message to ESPilot>>
<<From Esponer of the Igadzra>>
<<Top Class Courier>>

I'm offering you 7m for the blueprints for your "Tomato" Shield Generator, and 5m
to keep it from other races.

If you don't mind, when in use by Igadzra ships it will be known as the "Enhanced
Shielding".

Esponer out.**

Revoked, you have NO idea what he is doing. Also, how did you know it was called the "Tomato" Shield Generator?
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Posted by SilverDragon:
**OOC: The income is way too slow. It would take me 2.5 days of no research and total
saving up to produce 1 of these ships, so making an army large enough would take a
about six months.

Are you sure you don't want to consider making a more reasonable income figure for
everyone?**

I'm not going to use the econamy report anymore. What good is it?
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Posted by SilverDragon:
Purchase "Tomato" shields

Revoked. Everything that has to do with SilverDragon getting or knowing about "Tomato" shields is revoked.

-Nova6

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