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The Sijak colonies on EC-105 and Quirdon had been prospering in the little time they had been around. They were quiet, with no wars that they were involved in, and little contact with the outside galaxy.
It was thus that the events that took place came as quite as surprise, but then again, hearing a voice speaking across two star systems at the same time is quite a surprising event anyway.
Clouds formed over the colonised planets, and the skies rumbled as if they were about to unload a violent thunderstorm. A voice spoke out, but it was not the huge voice, crackling with lightning, they had expected, but an aged, wise, and commanding voice.
**I am of the Senn, custodians of Eta Cassiopea. I am the last, the Watcher, and I have seen all that has taken place here, and beyond.
You may remain where you are, Children. We do not destroy those who near us. Heed this, however; our system is our own, and you shall not land or linger there. We have cleared the stars, and another path shall take you to Quirdon, and back to your homes. You need not enter our system.**
And then the clouds passed in a moment, but the message had not ended. The next sentence went out to everyone in Eta Cassiopea.
I shall see no violence occur in my lands. I am of the Senn, I am the Watcher, and I keep or make the peace. None of you can ever reach eternity, if you constantly fight among yourselves...
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Upon transmission of the Senn message to Milky Way command, Galactica reacted like it normally did. With one of its millions of back up plans. Ships moved.
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Galactica has begun an upgrade program to its planetary based shield generators, since the current design leaves them open to sabotage. The current single generator on each planet will be reinforced with 2 smaller generators, doubling current capacity, and providing more flexibility. They will have the ability to project far more layers than ship based generators. Power generation is being increased at the same time to compensate for the heavier power drain. ETA:7 posts
Modified Freighter ETA: 4 posts
Installation of improved shielding ETA: Completed
Missile grav sheath upgrade ETA: 4 posts
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A large Galactica fleet continues to grow, but slowly so as not to attract attention. The attack would soon continue. The fleet has been fitted with the latest shield technology, and a number of Heavy Beam Cruisers are in the fleet.
The colony in EC-213 has been completed, and construction of an orbital has begun. The orbital will be minimally armed, in accordance with the Senn's decree.
Galactica has begun shipping prefaricated battlestation parts to the Raiek to aid in their construction projects.
Planetary Shields upgrade: 6 posts
Freighter project: 3 posts
Missile grav sheath upgrade: 3 posts
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(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 01-02-2002).)
OOC:Okay shade. All that stuff is right. I'll go colonise somewhere else.(EC-218) ---------- On the planet of New Liadon, the Hinwar were amazed by the voice. It meant to them that there were a lot of people in the Eta galexy. Grunadulater ordered everyone to work twice as hard on farms so they could build other things without worrying about food. ---------- Farms ETA:4(four farms left)
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The fringes of the Tollb system were lit with the white-blue light of ships exiting hyperspace as the Galactica 3rd Fleet entered the system. With no warning given to the Confederate Alliance, 2,000 Galactica Imperium vessels jumped into Tollb. Included in the massive fleet were several of the new Heavy Beam Cruisers.
However, instead of stopping and destroying the Confederate forces in Tollb, the bulk of the fleet continued at full speed and made the jump into hyperspace, exiting the system before the Alliance could react. A Strike Cruiser battlegroup, supported by a small force of Missile Frigates, peeled off from the main force to buy them some time. As the Confederate defense fleet scrambled to intercept the Galactica invasion fleet, the Strike Cruisers and Missile Frigates began to destroy Confederate ships and distract them.
Sir, Battlegroups 13LC and 4LF have reported a successful engagement of the Tollb fleet and they are now beginning a tactical retreat. reported one of the bridge crew of the G.S.S. Retaliation, command ship of the Galactica 3rd Fleet.
Good. Tell them to make sure that the Feds dont follow us, at least for a little while. responded High Admiral Voharn, an ancient Voinian who had once fought in the war against the former United Earth. How long until we enter realspace in Azdgari?
Just under a minute, sir. All Battlegroups are readying Missile Pods and charging primaries. Battlegroup 15HC reports that the Support Cruiser G.S.S. Tientu has a jammed missile loading device, but all other warships are fully operational.
Good. Order Hyperspace Carriers to maintain formation CSA-14 and stay in hyperspace untilI order them to enter realspace.
Ahead of the main force, a small group of Galactica freighters entered the Azdgari system. They had been packed with antimatter and gravitonic charges, and as they exited hyperspace they set shields to full power and charged into the minefields set by the Confederate Alliance. As the freighters made contact with the first mine laters, the resulting explosion took out a good deal of the minefields and temporarily blinded the Confederate sensors with thousands of pieces of debris and a large energy spike.
As the blast cleared, the Galactica fleet entered the Azdgari system, right on the heels of the freighters. Any and all ships with Standoff missiles instantly began to unload their payload at the massive Confederate Alliance command station. As Support Cruisers dealt with the last of the minefield, Strike Cruisers and Laser Frigates began to charge forward, supported by constant volleys of missiles.
Disruption Webs began to activate as the first Standoff missiles entered the stations range, but there were just too many. A Galactica fleet of 2,000 warships could fire an amazing number of missiles in a few seconds, and the station began to rapidly lose shield integrity. Standoff missiles with gravitonic warheads followed the initial Antimatter warhead barrage, pulling Alliance warships into the station and causing massive hull breaches.
The Confederate Fleet, as always, began to charge. However, as always, they lost a staggering number of vessels to the unending missile barrage of the Galactica fleet. The Command station, too, took many missile hits and, if the barrage kept up, it would be crippled within a few minutes. Soon, Azdgari would be in the hands of Galactica.
Improved Planetary shielding: 5 posts
Freighter project: 2 posts
Missile grav sheath upgrade: 2 posts
Moiraine was thinking about a Disruption Web upgrade. Unfortunately, the Tribunal was currently researching so many items that to add another would completely stop shipbuilding. She decided to send Tasina to ask the Confederacy for help.
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It was a quick ride to Dreden, and some hours later, Tasina disembarked from his ship, where he was met by a detachment of guards. They led the Admiral through Dreden Station, into a small room. Someone was waiting there.
The Generation II ships were finally almost complete. Prototypes would be completed soon, and after that, the ships themselves would start being built. While only new ships would be constructed, all the old ships would remain in service.
The Fusion Beam and CRD upgrades were also going nicely. When the Fusion Beam was completed, the Charon Supercarrier would have three turreted beams on it, which would make it by far the most powerful ship in the Tribunal Navy.
The CRD upgrade would make the Phoenixes more effective, allowing them to conceal more ships. The Tribunal would soon be very successful in surprise attacks.
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Title: Fusion Beam upgrade ETA: 2 posts
Title: CRD upgrade ETA: 4 posts
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Originally posted by BattleDoctor: The fringes of the Tollb system were lit with the white-blue light of ships exiting hyperspace as the Galactica 3rd Fleet entered the system. With no warning given to the Confederate Alliance, 2,000 Galactica Imperium vessels jumped into Tollb. Included in the massive fleet were several of the new Heavy Beam Cruisers.
The Confederates quickly called in 250 ships from the nearby system of Molar, and another 250 from Chak. These vessels, once they entered, quickly pounced on the Galactica fleet from behind.
Galactica took even more losses from the ships, while at the same time dozens of drones from the Citadel Defense system swarmed them, taking down ship after ship.
However, the pure number of Galactica ships hit the Confeds hard. Soon they had only 600 ships left, while Galactica had about 1000. Galactica still outnumbered them, but the Confeds had their standard system defenses, and the remaining Galactica warships were heavily damaged.
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As Tasina entered the room, he was greeted by two mean-looking Azdgari guards, who scanned him, then let him into the room. Then Tasina came face to face with a 7' 2" Voinian admiral. To be exact, it was Admiral Yakuza.
Tasina quickly explained her plan, and the hulking admiral listened carefully. Once he was finished, Yakuza spoke. "This seems quite interesting. We would be totally willing to help, but at the moment, we can't research anything else. If you would wait a while (5 posts), we could help you. What do you say?"
Planetary Shield Upgrade Upgrade Project ETA: 6 Posts
Molecular Disintigrator Weaponry Research Project: ETA: 8 Posts
Minaturization Technology Research Project: ETA: 5 Posts
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(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 01-02-2002).)
K'Sarragh was in a meeting with his councillors on Ka'Skria ,on the policing of the Andornik Cluster when the skies outside suddenly darkened. The great voice echoed from the air about them;
"Well,I guess that solves that problem." K'Sarragh said. And also the problem of Raiek invasion he thought. The ramifications were astounding,the prescense of the Senn,still alive unbelievable. The meeting soon turned to different matters
Soon afterwards, a Firestorm Missile Cruiser left Cempak IV. System scans reported a strange,near-derelict ship passing through,going deeper into the Andornik Cluster. The Firestorm had been sent to track it down. Following the weeks-old ion trail,the cruiser hunted northwards,until finally it reached EC-218. The cruiser went into orbit of the planet,sensing several automated satelites orbiting the planet.* The Skraine ship pinpointed the new Hinwar colony,and sent a message:
We are the Skraine Interstellar Coalition of Worlds.We mean you no harm; we come in peace. We wish merely to learn of our new neighbours, and to greet them.
Meanwhile,a second Missile Cruiser left Paros to travel the long stretches of the Senn Sector,until it reached Hasan.** It was suprised to see a new jumpgate,leading to Quirdon,and passed through. It then moved to the very edges of the Quirdon system,and sent a hyperfrequency message to the Senn system.
We are the Skraine;we thank you for this galaxy,which provides us shelter,and the peace we have so long tried to keep between our new neighbours. We wish only to know of you and your kind;we wish to embrace all the peaceful peoples of the galaxy in friendship. Will you not talk to us?
The civilian Coloniser design was complete,and the Skraine Colonisation Bureau would now concentrate on building up it's fleet of Colonisers.***
OOC: *I assumed that the Hinwar dropped orbital sats for mapping etc before landing. **The Watcher said it would provide a new route from Quirdon;I assumed that that was to Hasan,as it's the closest world on the main Senn Sector loop. ***In one of my previous posts,where the expeditionary fleet went into Ross 154, I forgot to post my research ETAs.Thus my research this post is two posts down from when I last listed it.
ETA until coloniser complete: complete ETA until Organic Armour Upgrade complete:4 posts ETA until Blaze Gunship complete:4 posts
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The Hinwar comm. officer ran up to Grunadulater. "We just recieved something over the comm. You had better see it."They ran to the comm. center. He added"Some of the message is static, though." They reached the center and looked at the message: "We are the Skraine Interstellar **********. mean you ** harm; we come in *****. We wish ***** to learn of our new ********, and to ***** them." "Where did it come from?" "We don't know, it just appeared on our message logs. We will get the static worked out soon." ---------- Farms ETA:3 posts(3 farms left)
In orbit of New Liadon,the Firestorm continued:
"We wish to send down a shuttlepod, so that we may meet you face to face.We ask your permission before doing so.May we come down?"
ETA until Organic Armour Upgrade complete:3 posts ETA until Blaze Gunship complete:3 posts
"Were getting another message and we decoded the other one... now we got the static off this one. Look here Grundy." ////"We wish to send down a shuttlepod, so that we may meet you face to face.We ask your permission before doing so.May we come down?" "Put me on a message and send it to them when I'm sone."Barked Grundy /Message to Skraine "Hello, and welcome. Please disarm all your weapons and land at the designated landing area." -Uploading landing area files... complete- Grunadulater sprinted to the landing site and waited for a shuttlepod to come down. ---------- Farms ETA:2 (2 Farms left)
On Unity Starbase,Magistrate K'Sarragh began to restructure the Skraine WarFleet. With war forbidden by the Watcher,all that was required was a fleet to patrol each system and a division for extraterritorial patrols or exploration.The new navy would be known as the Skraine Interstellar Police Forces.
Commander Chirakka checked his crash harness and gave the order to launch the shuttlepod. The Skraine shuttlepod was a fat ovoid,studded with reactor nozzles and impact-lessening systems. As it fell into the atmosphere of New Liadon,it began to glow a radiant cherry-red as friction heated it up. Two kilometers above the landing area the pod's landing jets cut in,and the shuttlepod decended to the ground on a pillar of fire. Twelve meters above the ground the three stubby landing legs extended. Half a meter from the ground the landing jets turned off,and the pod came to ground with a bump. There was a hissing as pressures equalised and the hatch opened. Chirakka and his XO exited to see a group of excited-looking aliens. "Greetings," he said, "I am Commander Chirakka of the Skraine Interstellar Police Forces, the military division of the Skraine Interstellar Coalition of Worlds. Who are you?I have not seen your race before."
ETA until Organic Armour Upgrade complete:2 posts ETA until Blaze Gunship complete:2 posts
Grunadulater smiled, "We are the Hinwar, a race that faced extinction a long time ago. Tell me, do you know of the Voinians?" ---------- Farm ETA=1 post(1 farm left)
"We know that they were the founding race of our allies the Galactica Imperium. We are also allied with the Confederate Alliance of Worlds and the Sijak. But the Galactica seem likeable enough.Why do you ask?"
ETA until Organic Armour Upgrade complete:1 posts ETA until Blaze Gunship complete:1 posts
Grunadulater frowned. The Skraine did not know of the terrible deeds the Voinians had caused. "We once lived on a planet near the Voinian empire, and we were happy. The Voinians came and enslaved us. We had no ships at the time, yet we managed to escape on a Voinian Frigate that fell from the sky one day. We fixed the Frigate, and made a city inside it. We managed to get away fromt he empire and went to a nortn-western Voinian planet to stay until the Voinians were gone. We 50 are the last survivors. Do you of the Emalghia? They saved us. Then, they too were killed by the Voinians. We have been interceping news transmisions from the past 50 years, and we have finially got to the new galexy. We wish only for peace."Grunadulater paused, to think and to let the words sink in."We need something though. Could you fill us in on the most powerful weaponry of this age. We are still using neutron weapons." ---------- Farms=completed
Project=Village ETA=7 posts ---------- The farms were completed, and the Hinwar were building a new Village.
(This message has been edited by grunadulater (edited 01-03-2002).)
OOC:Grundulater,you have 50 Hinwar.That's a village,not a city.
"The Watcher prevents war in our galaxy. The Watcher is apparently the last of a race we know as the Senn,who once ruled the entirety of Eta Cassiopea.We didn't know any were left,but the Watcher is proof that at least one is. Anyway,we don't know much about the weaponry of other factions,but the Skraine use EMP weaponry,as well as new Particle Beams.We used to use Plasma weapons. We don't know about other factions,however. But here in Eta Cassiopea,you have definitely come to the right place for peace war cannot occur here."
The Skraine Organic Armour Upgrade was now complete,and all vessels in the new Skraine Interstellar Police Forces were now armoured with it.
The Blaze Gunship was also complete,and would be released in squadrons of three to patrol Skraine space in the SIPF.
Deep in the outer fringes of the Cempak IV system,the Skraine Science Scout Ion Blade was drifting. The Ion Blade was just finishing a three-week trip to search the outer ice asteroid belt for traces of life,and Executive Officer Kathrii was tired. Wearily she punched the "withdraw arm" button on the ice corer, retracting the final sample into the cargo hold. The Ion Blade exited the Cempak IV system,heading back to Skrineen and the Skraine University of Stellar Technology. Unbeknown to the crew, every time the ship travelled through hyperspace,the ice samples somehow "absorbed" the hyperspatial radiation, releasing it slowly. By the time the ship reached Kling'Dret,all the crew were dying of hyper-radiation poisoning. By the time the Ion Angel reached the Skraine University of Stellar Technology, only XO Kathrii was alive,barely. SIPF vessels-shiny new Gunships-read the abundant radiation signature of the ship,and sped to investigate. Shielded rescue workers brought Kathrii from the derelict,and the scout was towed in to SUST,where the ice samples were removed and studied. It was found that when certain rares gases in their solid states were hit by hyperspatial radiation,such as when a hyperlink formed or broke,or when a ship exited hyperspace,they stored it in their supercooled lattice formations,and gained a limited ability to "bend" space-time. After several days of study,researchers reported to Councillor Karaze;they had figured out the theory,and had an idea. By incorporating hyperlattice crystals into ordainary shield generators,they should be able to "deflect" around 40% of any damage into hyperspace. This would in effect make Skraine shields 40% more powerful. A search went out for other systems holding hyperlattice ice asteroids,and five were found- Paros, EC-220 and Cincal in the Skraine-inhabited worlds of the Senn Sector,Cempak IV in the Andornik Cluster-and Cempak V. Cempak V was swimming with hyperlattice ice asteroids,and the Skraine Colonisation Bureau was directed to colonise it to mine the ice. The mining colony would be built using new Colonisers,and supplied by the colony in Cempak IV.
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Grunadulater was riding in one of the 3 land rovers that had been stored in the Frigate. He was a long way away from the makeshift homes, and would sleep out there. He aproched a huge moutain, very very huge. As the rover drove up the mountain, Grunadulater saw a plateau and stopped there. Taking some samples of the rock, he sliped them in the computer onboard his rover and it analized them as: 80% Grimagite 20% Phosphironite Grundy then used a laser cutter to scoop a chunk of rock of the mountain, and put it on the ground. He took out his neutrol blaster and aim carfully. A blast sound filled the air. He walked carfully to the smoldering rock, and found that a small peice hadn't been destroyed. He analized it again and found that it was 100% Phosphironite. He smiled and put the rover at full speed back to the village. ---------- When he got back, he asked the Captain if he could barrow a EMP blaster. He again put the metal on the rock, and took a shot. as the beam hit the rock, it erupted in a wave of force, invisible to the naked eye. He walked up to the rock and found that it had been reduced to the size of a large lumpy marble. He picked it up and went back to the Frigate (telling the Captain hed be right back). When he got there, he told the scientists to make a sheet of metal about an inch thick. ---------- Village ETA=6 posts Metal fusing ETA=1 post
ooc: My diplomats are still in the MIlky Way, so I'm still waiting for answers from my last post of them.
The Sijak were surprised to hear the Senn's voice, but immediately they decided that since this was originally there space they should respect there requests. They spread among the ships that no one was to go into the Senn system, and all the maps they sold had Forbidden on the Senn's system.
Those who were taking surveys of the planets now had the Senn system eliminated from the surveys, and the Sijak turned away from it. They didn't need anymore trouble from anyone.
Besides that the Sijak marked Sansol, Yavon, and Hasan for smaller colonies, with Quirdon being the capital in Eta, and EC-105 the second biggest. A few of the stream of ships were diverted to those 3 systems, and the smaller colonies were on the way.
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Kenra fidgetted down on Sija, wondering why she had to have been the one chosen to be Leader, and not to be one of those who had the adventures. She shrugged, and went down the the Spaceport. She opened the doors to a door that said, Authorized personnel only.
Inside was a Ghost market with silver lightning bolts, and in black letters, the name SilverDawn. Kenra climbed inside quickly, taking off. Smiling as the ship went through space, she looked thoughtfully at the map, and then to the map so far of Eta, and Kenra looked at the growing colonies.
Well, it was part of her goverment, so she could go there too, and no deep confrences, if they found her there anyway. The route to Eta was quickly traced and the ship jumped into hyperspace.
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Research: Sijak Engine Upgrade- 1 post
Yes, still building 300 assorted ships a post, though not for much longer, perhaps.
------------------ Formerly known as Rima.
The Confederates in Azdgari continued to battle on as a few more ships from nearby shipyards quickly arrived and aided the struggling Confederate fleet. As missiles and torpedoes streamed from the planet, the many moons, and the massive battlestation.
Fortunately for the Confeds, they were able to actually move their standard battlestation using tractor beams to a position where it could more accurately fire on the Galactica fleet, which was taken rather heavy losses by this time.
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The Confed colonizing fleet moved into the systems of Andornik I and Andornik II, and quickly began setting up colonies on both planets. Both of the stellars were found to be quite rich in certain kinds of resources and materials, and so they would greatly aid the ECTA.
Planetary Shield Upgrade Upgrade Project ETA: 5 Posts
Molecular Disintigrator Weaponry Research Project: ETA: 7 Posts
Minaturization Technology Research Project: ETA: 4 Posts