Wave of Destruction - Ch. 16-22

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The War with the Acarra still rages on as the war seems to lull in activity, but only for a moment. The March of the Wolves has begun as the Acarra begin the final phase of the assault, and all the while the Dark continue to not venture out of their own space, being completely defensive.

Meanwhile, a different offensive has already begun, and ended. The Dragons, the group of fleets under the command of Prelate Zaertarul himself (the C&C; of the Acarra navy), have marched on the Gyn'Thar. The Ride of the Dragons has ended with the stunning capture of most of the Gyn'Thar navy, and now the only remnants of this now completely mind-controlled race is the Gyn'Thor system itself.

In the Milky Way, the Miranu, Azdgari, Coalition, and others desperately try to develope ways to stop the Acarra. So far there has not been one real victory over these seemingly invincible warriors, but that is about to change. With the new Shamtul allies, and with the Acarra closing in on all sides, the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance.

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OOC: ESPilot: A nearing event will be convenient for you then ;). Just keep controlling it for a few more posts. Carno? Im gonna post about the Zidigar soon....

Message to: UEA
From: Shamtul
We thank for space and passage. We like information. DNA Samples of beings.
Appreciate.
End

All through The Milky way, the Shamtul bases are growing slowly, and nodes are growing between the orbs (in individual systems), soon to connect them. They are already beginning to produce worms, which quickly cocoon.

In a single developing mother in the Sol system, named Pikh, a worm, exposed to a recently coincidentally blended chemical, begins to screech and a line forms, cutting the body in half the long way. The two pieces quickly grow and split apart.
The Shamtul have discovered Mitosis. The Pikh quiclky takes in all the information of what happened, and gets to work figuring out how to make it possible for a Ghalok or other large shamtul to do it.

New Ship: ETC 3 posts
Mitosis Learning: 5 posts

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Azdgari: Nothing to post...

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"And as the Darkness descends, do you follow the light, or embrace the darkness?"
~Diane Kinsman
(little known philosopher, early 21st century)

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Originally posted by -REDCHIGH-:
**OOC: ESPilot: A nearing event will be convenient for you then;). Just keep controlling it for a few more posts. Carno? Im gonna post about the Zidigar soon....
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OOC: Hah-hah-hah. I didn't even know about your second Attar-ish event when I decided to drop command of the Zidagar. I'll control them for this last post.

Espilot received a second message on his wristcomp. "Admiral? This is Kalej." "What is it?" "The Shamtul...the slugs that were blamed for the disappearance of a number of Miranu freighters, have allied with all but the Acarra, since they dislike them. And I've agreed for several of them to stay in outer Zidagar space..." Espilot's security-obsessed espionage agent side got the best of him; "WHAT?! No. I don't want murderous bugs floating around in my space. Especially when we can't even communicate. The Acarra were bad enough; we don't meed another similar incident. Tell them to leave or we will employ force." "Yes, sir."

A large group of destroyers jumped into the Pozdag system. "Shamtul, the Zidagar have decided we do not want you in our space. You must find refuge elswhere. Failure to comply will result in extermination."

The new anti-matter missile hyperdrives were complete. The missiles were now being fitted to all Zidagar vessels to replace now-obsolete Ciat Missiles.
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Anti-Matter Missile Hyperdrives-Complete
Anti-Matter Reactor-2 Posts
Zidagar Mechs-3 Posts

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(message to: Coalition)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Scientists)
I for one will accept your aid; but should your scientists be found reporting anything out of the accepted criteria of their research to you, they will be punished in the usual manner for Dark Angel spies and traitors. It involves a long step out of an airlock
Ciao,
-Saraine

"Of course you can have the PDS designs." Saraine told Mamajama. "We can also give you standard Angelfire tech while we're at it - it's still good, if not as powerful as Coalition Ion technology."
He turned to Farren. "Would you mind showing Commander Jen how to use the Psi Rifle?"
Saraine's wristcomm beeped again.
"Yes? Who? What?!?!?! Aaaaaargh! Run for your lives!"
Raven turned to him, startled. "What is it? Are the Acarra invading?"
"Worse! It's my aunt Sluine!"
"How is that worse than the Acarra?"
"Until you've tried my aunt's fruitcake, don't speak on what you don't know. Acarra weaponry has nothing on that fruitcake. Oh dear, she's coming in to land now."
Raven looked in the direction of his hand to see a sleek blue craft drop gently through the atmosphere. The name Blue Suede Cat was emblazoned in Strand script along the hull.
Finally the ship came to a stop, settling nicely on the nearby VIP landing pad.
The hatch hissed open, and a panicked-looking Dr. Krist ran from the ship.
"Pleef." he mumbled, "Oo gotta 'elp me."
"Why in Ceilen are you talking like that, man?"
"Brok' me jaw on tha' damn froo'cake."
"Told you that fruitcake was a dangerous weapon." Saraine whispered to Raven.
An elderly Strandless appeared in the hatch.
"Saraine! Wonderful to see you! I hear you still can't cook."
"Neither can you, Auntie." Saraine replied. "Still inflicting that fruitcake on people, I see."
"There - is - nothing - wrong - with - my - fruitcake." Sluine dictated. "Now, be good and introduce me to all your friends."
Saraine sighed.
"Auntie, this is Mamajama of the House of Jama, ESPilot of the Zidagar, Commander Jan of the Zidagar, Farren, a Human psychic, Raven, my good friend and research head, Raiessa, her deputy, K'res, the fourth member of the Seraphim and commander of the Dark Angel warfleets, and sundry other researchers.
Everyone, this is my Aunt Sluine."

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Commander Jen, after firing off the rifle and accidentally blowing a hole in the wall, said "I say, miss, I'd never miss a chance for a good scoff! Howabout layin' down some of that fruitcake for me, wot!" "Why, certainly! Here, just a moment.." Sluine went back into the Blue Suede Cat , and brought out a large lump of fruitcake. Jen took it, bit into it, and chewed it with absolute relish. "I say, mighty fine stuff this. A bit tough, but definately top hole grub!"

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(This message has been edited by ESPilot (edited 05-04-2002).)

OOC: Now for your daily dose of comic relief! 😉

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Sluine suddenly frowned. "But you know, something strange happened. I'm missing several of my fruitcakes! I sent them off to somebody in Dirach, who said she couldn't eat them and was going to send them back, but I never got them! I wonder what happened to them....

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Onboard the Command Ship Armageddon

The door opened to the science lab. Two Acarran scientists were waiting for the Varin, a soldier which is highly experienced with engineering, who was bringing them some new equipment. Putting down the cargo container, the Varin, whose name was Zalek, took out an odd-looking food.

"What's that?" asked Yelk, one of the scientists.

"Looks like something that some mad scientist created..." said Hajorn, the other scientist.

"We found it in the cargo bay of a crashed cargo vessel. They call it a 'fruit cake'," said Zalek, barely pronouncing the word correctly and setting the odd food on the table.

The three Acarrans all crouched down and stared intently at the "thing", cocking their heads occassionally. Finally, Yelk took out a fork-like instrument and tried to take off a piece. He frowned and tried harder. "For Zagun's sake, this thing is tough!" he said, trying to wrench off a piece. Finally, the fork broke.

"ZELP!" said Zalek, his eyes wide.

"Here, let me try..." said Hajorn, taking out a larger fork, and prying off the other end of the fork and a piece of the fruitcake. He tasted it with his tongue. His eyes crossed and turned pink and he spit it out and dropped the fork. "Yulk..." he mumbled.

Yelk tried taking off another piece; the fork broke again. Zalek, impatient, took out an energy welder.

"Isn't that a tad.... crude?" asked Hajorn.

"Not really...." Zalek said, slicing off a piece of the cake. He put the whole thing in his mouth and tried chewing it. Fifteen minutes later, he was still chewing it. "Iss weally stilcky...." he mumbled with a mouthful as Yelk tried breaking off another piece. This time, the fork got stuck in the cake, and no amount of banging or pulling would get it out.

"Condemn that thing!" Yelk cried, taking out a psi saber and slashing down with it. The fruitcake split in two. "Aha! Finally did it."

With Zalek still chewing away and Hajorn gulping down large amounts of a strong Acarran drink to get the bad taste out of his mouth, Yelk picked up a piece of the fruitcake with tweezers and studied it intently. "What is all that stuff?" Yelk muttered. "Is that.... egg shells?"

"Is hop its isnat..." Zalek mumbled.

Yelk then took out a magnifying glass. "Kerosene?" he asked.

Zalek stopped and his eyes got wide, and Hajorn gulped down three more cups of the strong liquid in seconds.

"Hmmmm... I want to open up that piece..." Yelk said and hit a large piece of the cake with a fork. Nothing. He hit it with a large metal bar. Nothing. He hit it with a saber. Nothing. He hit it with a pickaxe.... repeatedly. All he got then was a slightly bent pickaxe. Finally, he jumped up onto the table in a frenzy and started viciously chewing away at it. Giving up with a sore jaw, Yelk got off the table.

"It's hopeless," he muttered, snatching one of Hajorns drink and downing it himself.

"Yos cun sawy thet agan..." Zalek mumbled again, still chewing.

"I have an idea..." Hajorn said, grabbing a psi sniper rifle and levelling it at the fruitcake. BLAST! Pieces of molten fruitcake flew everywhere.

"That worked...."

Suddenly, the door opened, and Paladin Zunthul Tardan walked in. "Hey guys, I have a new job... for.... you...." he looked around at the science lab, which was in shambles, and at Hajorn (with five empty glasses nearby and two half full ones in his hands), and Zalek (who was still chewing away and making a funny face), and Yelk, who was surrounded by broken or bent tools. Zunthul Tardan sighed, moaned, and put his head in his hands. "You guys...."

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OOC: Hope you enjoyed that. 🙂

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HahahaHAHAHA HAHAHA haha!
ROFLMAO!
OMG that's funny you can just imagine the look on Zunthul Tardan's face when he comes in!

(No eloquent, witty post today; Carno's takes the cookie. Or should I say, takes the fruitcake? :))

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Originally posted by Shade:
**HahahaHAHAHA HAHAHA haha!
ROFLMAO!
OMG that's funny you can just imagine the look on Zunthul Tardan's face when he comes in!

(No eloquent, witty post today; Carno's takes the cookie. Or should I say, takes the fruitcake? :))

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steals fruitcake My fruitcake! Now respond to my post!

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Commander Jan looked up to see the others all looking at him.
"Commander, are you feeling okay?" Saraine asked.
"Never better, old chap! I've never had fruitcake so tasty before "
"He seems to have collapsed." Saraine said, looking at the figure of Commander Jan sprawled on the ground. "Now will you concede that your fruitcake is dangerous?"
"My fruitcake is no more dangerous than your Cheese Balls."
"In that case, we'd better start mass-producing it for use against the Acarra." Raven quipped. "If you're correct, then it's the most powerful weapon ever devised!"
"Are you saying my Cheese Balls are bad?" Saraine's eyes narrowed.
"Yes, I am. Your Cheese Balls taste like dried-up Quira dung."
"Thanks a lot!" Saraine huffed. "I'd like to see you do better."
Raven grinned evilly. "Alright then. Everyone!" - she called over the others - "Dinner is now convened in my quarters in two hours."
Saraine's eyes met Sluine's, and the two Strandless shared a voiceless thought of dread; We're doomed.

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Paul stood in a large industrial complex on the suface of Mira, and stood in front of ten large replicators. These were the Capitol Ship Replicators that had just been completed, and were now going to be used for the first time. Several small replicators stood nearby, and were replicating anti-matter containment capsules that were, surprise surprise, filled with anti-matter. There was a large anti-matter reactor that was hooked up to each CSR to give it the immense power required to9 replicate large warships. In the event of an attack on the replicators, a secondary system was hooked up to it. It would supply energy to shields around the replicators and reactors and to a capacitor system so that ships could still be replicated even when a large amount of the energy was going into powering the BattleCarrier-Grade Shields. After a few minutes an odd noise was heard from the reactors and faint shapes began to trace themselves out in the replicators. After a few seconds, ten shiny new MVAG's appeared. Crewers rushed aboard them and started the ships up. Soon they lifted up to feuled at New Hrekka Station and join the fleet. A few minutes later, this act was repeated and all too soon there were no more crewers and slave-rigged vessels started to appear out of them.

The large shield generators that were being used to gaurd the CSR's had sparked the minds of several scientists. They wanted to create shield generators that could cover an entire planet. Since most shield generators just needed to be built big enough and fine tuned to the ship they are installed on, it would be relatively easy to make them. Designs were being made up for an experimental system to be installed on Mira. It would protect the planet from all but the most persistant attackers, and even then they would suffer great losses if planetary weapons were installed. R & D began research right away.
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Miranu Trading Alliance Tech
Factory Ships
ETC:2 Posts
Planetary Defense Grid Design
ETC:3 Posts
Non-Government Building:
Mech Mass Production
Total:475
Per Turn:75
Upgraded:50
MVAG Mass Production
Total:46
Per Turn:78

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DSN-7294 System

"What the heck?" one Coalition patrol pilot muttered as the system began to glow green. Suddenly, in hundreds of tiny green flashes, a massive warfleet jumped into the system, their weapons armed and ready.

"All fighter wings retreat!"

"Move back! Move back!"

"They're firing-"

"Nooooo-"

The Coalition fighter wing was scattered within seconds, and what remained of it fled madly. The Acarra ships, black and sleek, slowly cruiser through the ship, oblivious of anything but themselves. And in the center of this garguantuan armada lay two of the greatest vessels the Acarra had ever built; command ships. Huge, gigantic supercruisers. The Myrmidon and the Elysium lead the fleet through the system, their colossal hulks dwarfing everything but the also fairly large Wolf Starcruisers.

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Notai System

The lone Zidagar Zidara cruised idly through the system on its regular patrol route, its two fighters running about the system. It was boring, and so the pilots were having a little fun.

Suddenly, Admiral Lhevaks fleet of 600 warships entered the system. The fighters tried running but were vaporized in an instant. The Zidara fled just in time. The command ships Quezacoatl and Triton lead this fleet, and their target; Zidagar.

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Vacar's Learning

Vacar was now working on a new type of technology; cloaking. He was trying to experiment with bending light around him using psionic energy. A very hard thing for even him to do, yes, but he believed he could make it possible.

The Knight Assault Fighter

While the war in the Milky Way raged on, Supreme Imperator Carnotaur was working on a backup plan. In case the assault should fail, which Prelate Zaertarul said it shouldn't, Carnotaur wanted the Acarra well protected against an attack. They needed something powerful that could make sure that the Acarra were safe. Operation Nemesis was put into action, the first step being the designing of the "Knight" Assault Fighter.

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Acarra R &D;

Cloaking Device - 10 Posts

Knight Assault Fighter - 12 Posts

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the scientists head out to DA space and will arive soon.
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the fighter wing made it back to Sol and made its report.

"all civilians are to evacuate now. send all available freighters to get everyone but nessesary military personel out of the 2 systems near there and send fleet of ships to intersept them."
"sir there is too many. there is no way you coulds stop them."
"i dont intend to. ill attack to slow them down so we can evac."

(message to Shamtul)
(shamtul encryption)
the Acarra are on our borders and will attack soon. are you strong enough to repel them yet? there are 300 ships. dont let this pressure you as we dont wish for you to die off. after all, we'll need you to protect this system.
~UEA
(end)

"sir there is some good news."
"what?"
"we have the big replicaters"
"good get working on that Aegis Pocket Battleship! also send 100 mechs to each planet in Talii and Ariane. they just might keep us the systems. should they attack Talii and take one planet have the other planet bombard it. arm all planetary weaps, put up shields, and be ready for their transports. send 2 battleships to each system, red alert all ships. have reenforcements waiting in hyperspace. one last thing, send the prototype Aegis' in too. we must be ready."
"yes sir your orders are out and will be completed befor they attack."

(message to Milkyway)
(milky)
we are expecting an Acarran attack on our space soon. please send help because the Coalition may not survive this one. this is a request not an order.
~UEA
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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Durasteel:
ETC: 1 posts

Station Upgrade:
ETC: 17 post

Big Replicaters:
ETC: Complete

Aegis Pocket Battleship: fills the gap between warcruiser and dreadnought.
stats:
Speed: 250
Accel: 260
Turn: 160/sec
Shield: 2000
Armor: 2800
Regen: 100
Weapons:
12 ionic Beam Turrets
10 Turreted Spur Launchers and 1000 ammo
3 Photon Tubes and 500 ammo
ETC: 3 posts.
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Mech Construction:
Total: 675 ETC: 75 per post

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Insanity has its advantages

OOC:Uh, UEA, I think you underestimate the power, size, and cost of Photon Torps. They are pretty much straight line killing machines. 15 Can take out a medium sized warship.
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Paul recieved the message from UEA and sent some of his ships to help out. He sent 24 of them to assist UEA. They were sent to the Sol system, to be dispatched to wherever he need them. THe rest were kept in reserve in case the Accaran attacked the Miranu.
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Miranu Trading Alliance Tech
Factory Ships
ETC:1 Posts
Planetary Defense Grid Design
ETC:2 Posts
Non-Government Building:
Mech Mass Production
Total:550
Per Turn:75
Upgraded:50
MVAG Mass Production
Total:124
Per Turn:78
Total deployed:24

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OOC: that may be but the Acarra are tough. and 15 is quite a lot. all my stats stand.
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"sir your orders are completed and Benden sent 24 MVAGs to help with the defence."
"send him a thank you and get 12 in Ariane and 12 in Talii"
"sir dont you think your overreacting. after all we've got like 200 ships in each system."
"you can NEVER be too ready. we need a cloak and the Confeds wond give theirs up so we must make our own"
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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Durasteel:
ETC: Complete

Station Upgrade:
ETC: 16 post

Aegis Pocket Battleship:
ETC: 2 posts

Cloak: one ship cloak. not as effective as Confed ones but almost there.
ETC: 5 posts
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Mech Construction:
Total: 750 ETC: 75 per post
OOC: remember that the UE made a cloak in the game and the Coalition is the UE partly plus im more Advanced.

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Insanity has its advantages

Grunadulater stood in front of the leaders of the Confeds.
"Okay, the Accara are coming and attacking everyone. We are trying to hold them off with mines, but they will eventually get through. Any suggestions?" An old general who had been injured in an Accara battle spoke.
"Ve vill not let zee Accara taike overr the Convederazy vithout an fight!"(Russian accent)
"Ram all theym Accara to the neaxt galacay!"(farm/ ol' accent)
"Lets just join them, so we can rule alongside them!"(normal accent)
"Errm... any other suggestions?" A young general spoke.
"We evacuate. All we have to do is point the Hyperbeam in the direction of the edge of the galaxy and fire it. It has enough energy stored to get to the next galaxy. We could just leave when the Accara come to us." Grundy was amazed. It was a good idea. As soon as the Accara came, they would fire the weapons.
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Emalghion and Guradhion are abandoned. All fleets move back, lining the hyperlinks with mines as they go.

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"Oops, I think I killed it..."-Me

OOC: Espilot, I didn't hear from you in regard to this, but since we agreed on this earlier, I'll go ahead - anything with Zidagar you don't like, I'll edit. Carno, you specifically said that the Acarra did use hyperlinks, so I don't know what you're doing with the "hundred points of light" jumping insystem thing, but this should slow you down considerably.


Tolb

Over the last week, fast, cloaked ships from Poch had been arriving in the Tolb system. These ships carried a strange payload - families and friends of Poch mercenaries and scientists, plus a full cargo of favorite foods,music, literature, arts, and entertainments of various sorts. The 60 refitted Ultra Slow vehicles had been waiting in Tolb for weeks, being fitted with Angel and Zidagar technology.

Mamajama went to greet the newest arrivals. Her ship, the Foster's Revenge , had been fitted with the AngelfirePoint Defense System, thanks to Saraine, and was as capable of defending Poch as it was likely to get. She had designated her Second, Harmon, to use her ship for Poch's defense, in case she didn't return from her upcoming mission. She also had directed Farren, the Earth psychic to return to Earth with some replicated Gadzair psi rifles, whenever her work on Tolb was done, and had messaged UE Admiral that Farren and psi rifles would return.

That evening, in the tradition of Dark Angel haute cuisine, a huge feast was prepared. Poch roast Grivian swimming in shroom sauce, plates piled high with grains and tubers flavored with herbs, and dessert carts overfowing with delicacies arrived in course after course to delight palates and fill bellies. Fruitcake and Cheese Balls, however, were not on the menu.

Mamajama's crew, the Poch mercenaries, USHOV scientists, Zidagar pilots, the Dark Angels, and their families, ate until they could eat no more, and were delicately (or not so delicately) sipping on Saalian Brandy, Poch Bluebell Beer, and other fine Earth and Strand vintages.

At last, Mamajama stood to address the room. The small, dark, Miranu woman climbed on a table, and used her Bridge Voice to carry to the farthest corners of the hall.
"Friends and allies, we have been preparing for tomorrow's venture for weeks. This is our one chance to cut off the Acarrans from their seemingly endless sources of resupply. Our Zidagar and Seraphim allies have cooperated to put Singularity Bombs on the ultra-slow vehicles. These are simply Singularity Beams, which have been completed for weeks now, fed into an endless loop until they create a Singularity, or a Black Hole in layman's terms.

Many of the Ultra-Slows have also been fitted with guidance systems for the Zidagar Anti-Matter missiles, and ESPilot has given us the arming codes for the missiles. The USHOVs are also cloaked with Zidagar or Miranu cloaks. Our goals are twofold: One, provide an inter-hyperspace guidance system for the missiles, which the Zidagar are firing to explode in the middle of an Acarran ship traversing the hyperlinks in subspace; and two, set off the Singularity Bombs to destroy the hyperlinks, and as much of the underlying slipstream subspace as we possibly can."

"At best, the Acarran supply routes will then be replaced by growing Black Holes; at the least, the subspace where they use slipstream technology will be unstable and unsuitable for travel for weeks, if not years. In the grand old tradition of military strategy, we will have cut off the enemy's supply routes." Mamajama paused for a sip of brandy.

"Most of the pilots and key people on the USHOVs will be Poch natives - for some reason, our legendary Poch hard-headedness makes us resistant to the Acarran psi attacks. The worst we've gotten is a bad headache. If the Acarra, in hyperspace, become aware of us, we should still be immune from psionic attack, and able to complete our missions. I will be one of the Poch natives piloting an USHOV - I would not ask you to go into danger that I don't share. You should know that dozens more USHOVs and USHOVcrews are meeting tonight in Poch - they will travel to the northern links to Acarran space."

"Unfortunately, we haven't had time to figure out how to navigate the slipstream subspace levels ourselves; the best Zidagar scientists have been able to do is to figure a way to make slipstreams unstable. In the future, if any survive, perhaps we can complete this
promising field of hyperspace travel research. However, as we know from millenia of tragic history, it is not necessary to understand something in order to destroy it. That is our goal. We will destroy or disable the hyperlinks to Acarran space. The Acarrans will be
cut off in the Milky Way, and will have to fight only with what they have brought with them as of now. Hopefully, our Shamtul allies will aid in the fight to rid us of the Acarra."

"We don't know if the USHOVs will survive after detonating the Singularity Bombs in the hyperlinks. This may be your last night with your loved ones. I'll stop pounding your ears, and you should use the time to enjoy each other, and say your goodbyes. Good night."

To thunderous applause, Mamajama stepped down from the table. She retired to a suite with her family and crew to set some final items of estate and fleet business in order. She also said goodbye to Raven. The two old friends were at peace now, the old quarrel finally laid to rest. All over the hall, people slipped into dark, quiet rooms, to enjoy some last sweet hours with the ones they loved, and were ready to die protecting.

The next morning, the USHOVS shoved off. In the cloudy purple dawn, the strange, clunky-looking freighters flashed briefly in the sky, then disappeared into hyperspace to carry out their mission.

Three days later. Hyperspace systems connecting Kade, Dirach, DSN 1273, Diudir, Querid, DSN2143, DSN-7294 , Hrekka, DSN2322, Notai, DSN7962, Leslor, U2172, U2661 systems to Acarran space

Most of the 60 USHOVs had reached their destination hyperspace connections. The Miranu and Zidagar cloaks had stood the vehicles in good stead on their journeys to their respective systems. When the Acarra had noticed the slow, clumsy freighters, the lack of any obvious missile or armor systems had made the mighty Acarra, in their arrogance, dismiss the "harmless" traders and research vehicles. Only fifteen had been casually destroyed by bored Acarran scouts. The rest, according to a pre-arranged timetable, were ready to complete their mission. The Zidagar ships, faster and better cloaked, had for the most part reached their destinations through the Acarran blockade.

"Beware of arrogance, for it will always jump up and bite you in the butt," muttered Mamajama, putt-putting her way across the Dirach system under the distracted surveillance of an Acarran scout.

The faster Zidagar ships, bearing armed anti-matter missiles, were poised a system away from each USHOV, ready to deliver their payload of missiles into hyperspace. Their goal: materialize the missiles inside Acarran ships in hyperspace.

Hyperspace, Dirach to Girach system

Mamajama, on board the USHOV 1QB , dubbed the Queen Bee by its crew, watched the luminous, achingly bright fibers of hyperspace twine around the ship. Sensors had detected a large Acarran vessel, slipstreaming in. The Queen Bee fixed on two anti-matter missiles, just fired by a Zidagar vessel, aiming them to materialize inside the bridge of the Acarran ship Armageddon.

Then, Mamajama let out a breath. "Better do it now, before they detect and destroy us," she muttered. "Goodbye, my friends...see you on the other side," she said. Smiling, she activated the controls for the Singularity Bomb. The Singularity Beam, now in a tight
feedback loop, quickly roared a black hole into existence. The USHOV attempted to propel the black hole out and "down" into subspace - however, the thing quickly grew out of control. Within seconds, the USHOV, the hyperlink, Mamajama, crew, and the Acarran vessel vanished into the event horizon of the growing Singularity. Subspace levels used for slipstreaming quickly grew unstable, the majority of them vanishing into the event horizon as well.

These events were repeated in all other systems and hyperlink jump points used by the Acarra. The Acarra lost dozens of ships that were in transit in the links, ships and crews spiralling helplessly down into the Singularity wastelands. Many also were surprised by an anti-matter missile suddenly, terribly, blooming where a bridge officer had been. The Zidagar, too, had completed their missions.

Now the Acarra would have to survive in the Milky Way with only what they had brought with them. In less time than it takes to read this post, the Acarra were cut off.

(This message has been edited by mamajama (edited 05-06-2002).)

OOC: Ummmm.... Mamajama; what the heck are you talking about? What's so bad about making hundreds of points of light begin as Acarra ships jump into the system?

Oh, btw, your destruction of the Armageddon is revoked. It's already in Dirach, so why does it suddenly have to hyperspace in? And second, nice try for blaming the Acarra to be arrogant; sure, they're arrogant, but they're not stupid either. They'd shoot down your ships in a heartbeat. But, ah well, I'll let that pass.

Sorry to see you go, Mamajama.

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Lythrawn was furious at the new reports; they had been completely cut off from the Acarra coreworlds by powerful singularity charges.

But then, his whole attitude brightened...

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Emalghion System

The first of the many Acarra advancements had already begun. In Emalghion, five-hundred Acarran warships slipstreamed into the system, their weapons armed and ready for battle, thousands of Acarra stormwarriors ready to begin landings, damage repair crews standing by in case a hull-breach should develop or power conduit rupture.

But there was no battle, no horrendous exchange of fire, no massive explosions which lit up the whole system.

The Confederates had already evacuated.

As legions of stormwarriors began landing on the planet to take possession of its resources and facilities, Ravaer stood on the bridge of the Amun Shiva , pondering his next move.

"General, your orders?"

He did not respond.

"General, your orders? We need your orders."

He growled quietly. "Chase them. Set course for the Voi'Nek system, and have Legion Transports capture the Guradhion system; no doubt it is evacuated too."

The lieutenant's eyes lit up. "Yes sir! This is a glorious day for the Acarra indeed..."

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Voi'Nek System

Blasting through hyperspace and only taking limited hits from the mines, many of which had been incorrectly deployed and thus useless in stopping them, the Acarra now slipstreamed into Voi'Nek....

OOC: Grundy, you can say if there's any Confeds there, and if they are there, what they will do.

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Emalghion System

Fourth General Tronos arrived a few hours earlier, after Ravaer had gone off to chase the Confederate navy. Quickly stopping to recieve any new tactical report, Tronos continued on....

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Romit System

The Coalition forces were completely unprepared for the assault that now awaited them; in seconds, 500 warships, many of them Gyn'thar warships, entered the system and unleashed an apocalyptic barrage of torpedoes and missiles. The Coalition fleet was incinerated, and those who survived were destroyed seconds later.

Deploying a dozen or so Legion Transports and leaving behind some fighters and a few frigates, the fleet continued on....

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Voinia System

Now the fate of the galaxy would be decided as the Acarra began the biggest naval battles in history.

Five-hundred heavily armed and ready-for-combat warships entered the system. Not only were many of them Gyn'Thar vessels, but there were also a few new Paladin Battlefrigates. Though the battlefrigates numbered a total of only two or three dozen, they might just come in handy in the battle to come.

Eying the equally huge Confederate fleet, the Acarra prepped their torpedoes and missiles and locked their targetting scanners onto enemy ships. The two sides launched their barrages of missiles at the same time, though soon it was apparent that the Acarra's was far more destructive. Whole waves of fighters and destroyers were vaporized and capitol ships reeled under the heavy impact of hundreds of torpedoes and missiles. The Acarra were also hit bad, but their Point Defense Systems knocked out many missiles.

Finally, both of them ran out of ammunition at the same time, and a moment of peace followed, but only for a second. The Acarra charged forward, their beams firing off into space at the enemy fleet, and the enemy firing back with all they had. Plowing through the enemy line, the Acarra began to win quite easily, slaughtering the Coalition fleet. The Gyn'thar proved to be quite useful in a battle, with their traits combined with the Acarras, forming an incredible powerful force.

However, as dozens upon dozens of Coalition ships fell every minute, the Acarra knew that the Coalition would have hundreds upon hundreds more ships incoming. That was the one thing that Tronos feared...

OOC: UE Admiral, please remember to state just how many ships you send to Voinia. Right now, you only have about 100-150 ships left in Voinia.

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Research & Developement

With the links to the Milky Way severed, the Acarra immediately began work on devising a counter against it. They decided on using a super-powerful and heavily-modified Sub-Space Stabilizer. The stabilizers had been used numerous times before to fix damaged hyperlinks, but they would have to be amazingly more powerful to knock out these kinds of distortions.

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Acarra R &D;

Cloaking Device - 9 Posts

Sub-Space Stabilizers - 11 Posts

Knight Sub-Space Fighter - 11 Posts

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If at first you don't succeed...Hit it harder! - Me
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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).

(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 05-06-2002).)

There were no ships in Voi'Nek. Only about 500 million mines. The mines smashed into the Accara, hundreds of mines exploded everywhere. The Accara would no doubt take losses from this.
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The Confeds have started to massproduce mines. All hyperlinks to the outside space are mined.

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"Oops, I think I killed it..."-Me

OOC: Grundy, I doubt you could have 500 million mines, and if you did, you wouldn't have any other mines for any other systems.

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Voi'Nek System

The Acarra, fortunately, could control how far into a system they slipstreamed, and only their front frighter wing and frigate wing were destroyed. Ravaer was now faced with a difficult decision; continue on and attack, or go and help Tronos attack Voinia.

He finally made up his mind. As the Acarra threw derelict hulks into the minefield to detonate and destroy it, and as troop transports began to land, Ravaer ordered the fleet to Yiadron. He knew that if they had put so much mines in Voi'Nek, there could only be a very small amount left in Yiadron...

OOC: Grundy? What happens in Yiadron?

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If at first you don't succeed...Hit it harder! - Me
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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).

(message to milky way)
(milky)
this is it. what the humans call Armageddon. the end of everything as we know it.
however it is writen in the holy scriptures of earth and many other races, that 2 will stand in the field and one will be taken. the people of the milky way will be taken and Acarra will be left, to face the wrath of the all mighty. we will by most odds be killed. but so will the Acarra. i ask you all now to unite. we may not have to stand on that field. we can repel the Acarra. may Borb or God or whomever ever your race belives in, be with us all.
~UEA
(end)

"sir i think that is a good going away speach."
"well i hope so cause the Human race will almost if not totaly become extinct."

Voinia
all remaining dreadnoughts, a Battleship, and nearby Warcruisers etc... jump in amounting to 1 Battleship, 15 Dreadnoughts + 60 escorts each, 200 warcruisers, 300 Sharks, 200 Gunships, 250 Fighters, and Carried ships. Photon torps crash into the Cammandship doing massive damage. seemingly endless spurs fly through space and everywere you look there are ion beams. the Acarra loose many of their mediam(sp) ships and 80 or so fighters. the Coalition ship back off dodging Acarra torps like mad when 20 freighters filled with antimatter hyper toward the command ship smashing into paladins and wolves. 8 of them make it to the command ship knocking its shields down to 15% with all the beating and still dropping. the Coalition loosing more ships than the Acarra call in the reinforcements that were waiting in hyper space. 50 more war cruisers fall into formation launching ships. and another wave of 25 SFs crash into Acarran capital ships blasting even more away. the Acarra well mached in this fight are taking more loses than in any other assult. Borb and Station 5569 Stations fire all their spur turrets and beams taking out even more accara ships. Voinia is not idle either as it too is blasting away.
"acivate all mechs on the stations and planet. the Sheilds wont hold forever."
soon 150 mechs were combat ready on each stellar with more on their way.......
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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Station Upgrade:
ETC: 15 post

Aegis Pocket Battleship:
ETC: 1 posts

Cloak:
ETC: 4 posts
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Mech Construction:
Total: 825 ETC: 75 per post
OOC: the Coalition too is arrogant but also not stupid.

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Insanity has its advantages