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"Supreme Council of the Confederation! I have here the coffin of Overrider720. He must have been killed when you launched your Destroyer Missle at the incoming fleet. Now we can test our newest weapon against the Rebellion! The Incarnator!" the captain of the Gunboat said. "Shall we take him to the center?"
"Yes, you will. And then, we will have the greatest spy on our side the Rebellion has to offer!" commanded the Supreme Councler.
--------------------------- "Huh!" Overrider awoke. "I'm alive, where am I? I've got to get out of here!" Overrider left the room in a hury and found a spare Gunboat. Overrider pilots the small fighter to get to Turin.
Overrider jumps in to the Turin systems and the Rebels open fire. "Cease fire! I'm a rebel it's me Overrider!"
"What!" shouted Skyblade "Cease fire! Overrider I want to talk with you!"
"Overrider how are you alive?" questioned Skyblade. "Everyone thinks you were blown up in the Sol system"
"Well I launched my escape pod but the ignited and the next thing I new was that I was lying on a bed with some machine hanging over me. There was a sign in the room that said Confederation Operations Unit. Well, I got out of there as fast as I could and now i'm here"
"Well, were glad to have you back" said Skyblade.
Overrider takes his fleet of 9 Cruisers (ten if you count the Devil's Arrow, his ship) 25 Destroyers 50 Mantas and 45 Rebel Gunboats for a full scale invasion on Sol
Overrider cloaks immediatley on entering and lets his armada take out the 5 Cruisers 40 frigates and hundreds of fighters while he goes to take out Stardock Alpha. Overrider gets on to the severley damaged station and heads for sheilding and manuel override. "Overriding, my specialty" Overrider says as he arrives in the area quickly killing the 4 guards undetected. Overrider blasts the sheilds unit and starts to hotwire the manuel override. Overrider ignitiates the countdown to 45 seconds.
"Selfdestruct sequnce in 45.....44......43......42.....41....40........"
Overrider runs as fast as he can away to his ship and calls the evacuation as soon as he pilots away. The Rebels jump out of the system and the Confederates are really confused. overrider wathes it all on the view screen far away from the system as it countsdown to zero "5.......4.......3.......2.........1......0 have an ni-" the station stops. "Main Power disabled Self Destruct sequence disingaged" the computer said"
"Dammit! Gwydion I could use your help in the Sol system now!!!!!!!!"
(This message has been edited by Overrider720 (edited 06-04-2001).)
Where'd you guys go?
------------------ My very first EVO Chronichle called "The UE's Dread" Followed by the "U.E.S. Inconvertrable" Then "What Happened to Huron" finally "Ontario the Azdara" What do you think?
Um, I think you kind of ruined it by pretending to be a quadruple agent in all six governments by destroying the Voinians.* I didn't quite understand why you fnished it so soon. The goal was to blow up Stardock Alpha, and suddenly, by odd spying means, you managed to blow it up and also think the Confeds liked you. You went waaaay too quickly in my opinion, and I didn't think that your posts made much sense... And, you kind of made it no fun for me, as I was going to lead a commando strike on Stardock Alpha.
*I'm exaggerating the 'un-sense' you managed to create.
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(This message has been edited by Lord Gwydion (edited 06-02-2001).)
Sorry :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown: :frown:
I never wanted my charachter to be an agent for the confed's their machine backfiered it was supposed to be a confed but it didn't work. I thought it was cool the way I blew the station up
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Originally posted by Macavenger: **
P.S. Skyblade, stock Rebel Cruisers don't come with torpedoes.
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And Stock Mantas don't come with javelin rockets and four turbolasers.
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I'll try to make a really long post like the Battle of Turin soon. I'm short on time at the moment, so I'll try to post later today...
Gee, you didn't tell me we were using any upgrades you want... In that case, next battle my Destroyers will have some after-market additions which will cause them to be renamed "Rebel Assault Carriers", a private design of mine, which carries 8 Mantas.
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(quote)Originally posted by Macavenger: **Gee, you didn't tell me we were using any upgrades you want... In that case, next battle my Destroyers will have some after-market additions which will cause them to be renamed "Rebel Assault Carriers", a private design of mine, which carries 8 Mantas.:)
Speaking of the topic, did anyone like the "Battle of Turin" post? I spent nearly an hour writting it, and seems to have ended the topic (which wasn't my intention)...
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade: **Do what you wish, but just make sure you remain realistic.:)
I thought it was great. A little lengthy, but it's all in good fun, right?
I liked it now everyone go bsck to mt post when I blew up the Star dock Alpha i've edited it
Gwydion your entrance could be useful
Great post. Question: How do four turbolasers fit on a Manta? In Empire 2, they weigh 40 tons.
------------------ Let's see...they're diamonds on wheels. Cool.
The 42nd battle fleet headed off to Capella, reinforced by the new Assault Carriers, modified Destroyers which carried 6 Mantas, 3 Turbolasers and 10 torpedoes each. The 42nd consisted of 10 Rebel Cruisers, 42 Destroyers, 8 Assault Carriers, and 75 extra Mantas with their essential Turbolaser batteries and Javelins. They had been modified slightly. Each Manta now contained 2 Turbolasers, 60 Javelins with two launchers, and something special:
The Mantas on the Carriers had a prototype of a beam weapon which had been purchased from GriffinTech. It was called the Compressor Beam, and its main function was to take out engines more efficiently by destroying the structure of the engine. It accomplished this by firing a stream of compressed particles at the target. To be sure, it was a lighter, weaker version of the beam, but it was quite powerful. Two of the Assault Carriers also had the full version of the beam.
Vaten was leading the 42nd to Apollo for reinforcements. His Destroyer had also been given the Compressor Beam. Vaten had given the Particle Beam over to the rest of the Turin Warfleet to study for future replication, if they wanted to.
As they were in the Vulcan system, there was a roaring of sirens as 5 missiles exploded against the side of the Zalif. "Pirates," he hissed. "Carriers, you may release Mantas and fire."
A quick scan of the system revealed that there were 15 Kestrels, 25 Corvettes and 20 extra Lightnings in the system. Vaten swore some oaths, then got control of himself. "How could all these ships possibly have known we were coming?" A bad idea started to form in his mind. However, as he clearly did not have time for that right now, he put it aside for later.
The Assault Carriers and Destroyers were already firing on the Kestrels.
"Cruisers, you may fire torpedoes. Do not release the Mantas, however." Over sixty torpedoes were fired on the Corvettes during the first minute of the fight.
Captain Ma'ose's voice came crackling over the radio. "The pirates have lost 8 Kestrels, 13 Corvettes and at least 15 Lightnings. We have taken only the loss of two Destroyers and 9 Mantas." "Keep going," Vaten roared back. "The rest of this should be easy."
Suddenly, a hiss and a bright blue ray of light filled the air right in from of the Zalif. Two Mantas exploded in seconds. "The Kestrels have particles beams! Try to take out the engines with the Compressors," Vaten yelled over his radio.
Admiral Davies' voice filled the air in Vaten's ship. "Vaten, I'm sending a wing of 15 Mantas to disable the Kestrels with particle beams attached." "Good. Send the rest of them to destroy the Lightnings."
The air was suddenly charged with Turbolaser fire as the Mantas removed the Kestrels' engines.
Ma'ose's voice came over on the radio again. "Vaten, the Kestrels are trying to retreat. They have only 4 of them and 15 Lightnings left." "Send the Mantas in for their engines," Vaten declared.
And just as suddenly as it had started, it was over. "Loss count," came Admiral Davies' voice. "1 Assault Carrier, 25 Mantas and 5 Destroyers."
"Good. Hyperspace to Apollo, now."
The fleet refueled at Apollo and picked up some reinforcements. The Particle Beam from the Zalif was left there for research, and when they left, the 417th numbered 15 Assault Carriers, 20 Rebel Cruisers, 60 Rebel Destroyers and 100 Mantas. The fleet headed off to take Capella. If they had it, it could prove to be a very powerful base against first Vega, then Sol. They could be coming at Sol from three different directions.
The 42nd was also accompanied by two other types of fighters. One was the new Star Cobra, the Rebellion's Heavy Fighter. (Captain Skyblade explained this in detail.) The other was the new Starscreamer, otherwise known as the tactical bomber. It had a new weapon from Palshife: The precision bomb, a weapon that could change the course of the war.. The Starscreamer had two bomb racks and 15 of these bombs. It also had 5 Turbolasers, a far cry from the Manta's 2, but not as many as the Star Cobra's 6. It also had a Compressor beam, the same as the one on the Manta. Its speed was only 375, but this was made up for by the amazing weaponry it carried It had 30 shields and 10 armor, respectable numbers. The Assault Carriers had been modified for carrying these. They now had 6 Star Cobras and 6 Starscreamers. Additionally, 50 Star Cobras accompanied the fleet.
Spies also reported a new Heavy Fighter in production at Luna. It was reported to have 8 Heavy Rockets, 8 Missiles, and 5 proton cannons, as well as 45 shields and 10 armor. It could mean some trouble before it was through.
(This message has been edited by Sattomax (edited 06-04-2001).)
After spending three days at Turin following the great battle the had previously occured, Admiral Phillips promoted Captain Skyblade to the rank of Commander, which game him command of the entire fleet. Phillips on the other hand, had been called by government forces on Pashlife to command the newly-constructed 73rd Rebel warfleet; nearly twice the size of Skyblade's command. Following the battle of Turin, the 17th Battlegroup and the 417th Warfleet had combined forces to compose the 213th Navial Division. After receiving reinforcements from the surrounding Rebel planets, the 213th now boasted twenty-five cruisers, sixty-six destroyers, and four hundred mantas. In addition, the brand-new "C" class Rebel Cruiser was being added to the fleet in limited numbers. Though it is the exact same design as the original Rebel Cruiser, the "C" class carries four of the Rebellion's most recent fighter, the Star Cobra (A Lightning Fighter adapted by the Rebellion for heavy fighter role). These deadly craft are armed with twin missile racks, eight missiles, twin javelin pods, 250 pod rockets, and six turbolasers. Since it doesn't carry heavy rockets, the craft is far more agile then the original Lightning fighter. Twenty-four of these new fighters were now in the 213th Division, carried by six "C" class cruisers.
"Incoming message, commander," radioed Lieutenant Dobson from the communication's room of the Triton Corsair. "Comm channel three, line secure."
"Thanks Lieutenant, put it through," Skyblade replied.
"Commander Skyblade? This is Jonathan Navarone, and we've got your next assignment ready."
"Why, I find it an honor to speak with you, Mr. President," Skyblade spoke, with a bit of shock in his voice. "What might those orders be?"
"Well now, due to the amazing and stunning victory at Turin three days ago, it is now time that we make a strike for the Confederation core worlds. Due to the strength of the 213 Division, we believe you could pull off such an offensive with considerable ease, that is, if we catch the Confederation by surprise."
Commander Skyblade sat back in hit seat a moment before speaking. "A surprise offensive, you say?"
"That's right. Now normally, such an offensive would be performed in and around Diphida and Centauri, but that's not the plan. Our target is to avenge the lost battle of Sol, which your own fleet suffered from."
"Sol!?" Skyblade said with surprise. "How could we pull off such an attack with surprise? After all, it is the capital of the Confederation, and the senate on earth is not ignorant enough to be blind to such an assault."
"True, but that's one reason why we ordered General Phillips to come to Pashlife. We want him to lead an assault on Capella with the 73rd warfleet, to create a diversion. Though we've tried such things in limited numbers in the past, this is different. Hours ago, we intenionally sent a message to Spica, where the 73rd is currently headed, over an unsecure comm line. Now knowing the obsession the Confederation has for intercepting our military messages, we are actually hoping they caught the signal, and decoded it. If they did, then our plan will likely work."
"Could you explain?" Skyblade asked.
"Yes. Though the message contained plenty of information that is needed for the assault on Capella, a few lines contained were false. We stated in the message that the entire Rebel fleet would be attacking Capella, which is obviously not the case. During Phillip's attack on Capella, you will attack Stardock Alpha once and for all, where our agent, code-named Overider, failed to detonate the shield generators hours ago. Of course, you will have to lead yet another commando raid on the station, but you'll have hundreds for backup, instead of the ten men you had under your command last time. Are the orders clear?"
"Yes sir. the 213th Division will be ready to move at your command."
"Very well," Navarone went on. "You will move tommorow at 3:00 A.M. sharp, and head directly for Sol. Avoid or destroy all Confederation patrol craft along the way, as we don't want the Confederation to know of this attack. This offense it top secret, and if any vessel warns Sol of your coming, you'll be involoved in another battle even bigger then Turin. Good luck, and God bless."
"Thankyou, sir. Triton Corsair over and out."
Commander Skyblade briefly went over his orders again, recorded into his computer, before reaching for the communication's button.
"Lieutenant Dobson, put the ship on the comm, channel five," Skyblade ordered.
"Roger sir. Comm frequencies to the ship now open."
"Crew of the Triton Corsair, this is your commander. I've just spoken with the president, and we've got some new orders. Now I know everyone of you is exhausted from the battle we struggled to win a few days ago, but sitting here isn't going to win the war for the Rebellion. Just remember that the sooner we finish this war, the sooner we can all go home to our families. Tommorow morning, we set course for Sol, in a second attempt to destroy Stardock Aplha. I will lead my own commando team, while a few more officers lead squads of Rebel Crack Troopers to protect our flanks. I'll be more specific with the orders when the time comes, but for now, everyone get some rest. Commander Skyblade out."
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Alright everyone. I will continue the battle that has been mentioned in the above text when time allows, as well as the commando raid etc. Feel free to post anything else...
Originally posted by Sattomax: **Great post. Question: How do four turbolasers fit on a Manta? In Empire 2, they weigh 40 tons.
These aren't the turbolasers you're thinking of. For the plugin I'm designing for Nova, "Operation Overlord," the turbolaser is an upgraded laser cannon. It has incredible range, and improved accuracy and damage rate. The beams are also orange instead of green. And between five to eight tons would be a logical guess for each turbolaser...
Oh. Sounds cool.
Originally posted by Sattomax: **Oh. Sounds cool.
Turbolasers? You bet.
It had been decided that the 73rd warfleet was to take Capella. Vaten's 42nd went on to Eridani. It consisted of 15 Assault Carriers, 10 Rebel Cruisers, 5 C-Variant Rebel Cruisers, 50 Rebel Destroyers, 80 Mantas, 45 Star Cobras and 30 Starscreamers. They were counting on the message to Spica to make it look as if Eridani was completely safe. When they refueled at Dune, they heard slightly different circumstances.
Jonathan Navarone's voice rang out in the debriefing room. "Unfortunately, your plot to take Eridani has been discovered by Central Command. They are sending their warfleet to cover it. This puts us in a very difficult position. I want you to go up and around, through Satori, down through Sauron, and into Sirius Station. There you to take Sirius Station. Hopefully the warfleet will still be covering Eridani, and there will be almost no resistance at Sirius Station. If there is, you will have to fight through. Remember, you leave at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning. Good luck." He then went back on his way to Apollo, with his escort of assorted Rebellion fighters.
The 42nd warfleet went on their way to Sirius, destroying all Confederation ships in their path, so they could not report back home. The message to Spica had apparently been intercepted, as their were a lot of ships in Capella.
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This battle will appear when the time comes for it.
As 2:30 A.M. August 16th, thirty minutes before the beginning of the assault on Stardock Alpha, the communication's room again called on Commander Skyblade.
"Commander Skyblade, we are receiving another message from Pashlife. Message can be received on channel three. All routes secure."
Commander Skyblade, who was half-awake upon receiving the message, quickly jumped from his bunk and threw on his uniform. He then raced to the bridge.
"Lieutenant, put the message through," Skyblade said weakly.
"Aye, sir. Channel three open."
"Commander Skyblade? This is Jonathan Navarone. I thought that since you were about to launch your offense on Stardock Alpha in half an hour, I would bring you the good news. Apparently, we have the Confederation right where we want them."
Commander Skyblade yawned briefly, then answered in surprise. "Oh, so I assume the minor offenses as well as the one on Capella have been successful?"
"Correct," Navarone continued. "Although the battle at Capella is still raging as we speak, reports have been good. The Confederation sent an entire warfleet to challenge Admiral Phillips, so we now know for sure that our message sent to Spica was intercepted."
"Why, that is good news, sir. So we can expect Sol to be protected by small patrols?"
Navarone chuckled. "You never know, commander. If the Confederation has really been fooled, then we can expect small numbers of patrol craft. But be on the ready. As soon as you board Stardock Alpha, word will spread that the Rebels have again gone on the offensive. The Confederation will do their best to get to Sol as quickly as possible to aid the forces in Sol, so time is everything. Just remember that even though you nearly annihilated an entire Confederation warfleet, there are still thirteen more out there, fully prepared to take action. Good luck."
"Thankyou, sir. Operation Stardock will be underway shortly. Triton Corsair over and out."
Commander Skyblade then quickly switched to the ship comm.
"Alright, crew. We move out in twenty-six minutes. Get to your stations and be prepared to enter hyperspace. Though it will be days until we arrive at Sol, all plans aimed at diverting Confederation forces have been successful. Commander Skyblade over and out."
On Earth, the Senate Defence Committee was holding an emergency meeting with the military concerning the recent rebel incursions. "I think the time has come to begin installing the particle beam cannon that was developed by our researchers on Ruby on all of our heavy cruisers," explained David Arthur, speaking for the Ministry of Defence. The motion was put to a vote, carried unanimously, and the governor of Terran Naval Yards issued orders for work to begin immediately. "This will, regrettably, leave some of the outer Core Worlds less defended than usual, as the ships of the fleet not currently fighting at Capella congregate in the Sol system for refitting at Stardock Alpha over the next few days, but hopefully the rebels will not pick up on this."
"However, there is a more serious matter to discuss. Military coordination on Landfall has alerted me that during the battle of Centauri, the rebellion used some sort of spatial distortion technology to mask their ships from sensors and effectively render them invisible. While our research laboratories are at work trying to develop countermeasures, it is necessary that our captains be briefed on this 'cloaking device' and that tactics to counter it be developed."
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A few hours later, a small blue Argosy supervised the entry of the Confederate ships arriving in the Sol system to be upgraded.
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I think Capella is in Rebel hands right now. I and Captain Skyblade both launched fleets to it, and I don't think a planet could stand up to a fleet an a half. If somebody thinks that the planet wouldn't have been captured, I can edit my post.
Anyway, contiuation:
Lord Gwydion gathered his strike force to attack Earth from Eridani again. They would travel on Luxury Liners, captured from the Capella system, and land on Stardock Alpha while the repairs continued on it. Suddenly, while they were dressed up as tourists, they would take out proton pistols and shoot the guards of the station power plant, and pick up their proton (or even neutron) rifles. Then they would quickly swarm the station, taking over all radio transmitters and destroying them, while four of the group would plant bombs on the power plant.
After all this was done, a stolen Confed Frigate would hyper into the system, landing on Stardock Alpha, and pick up the strike force. While the Confeds were still realising what was going on, a few select Rebel captians would jump into the system in Rebel Cruisers and divert the Confeds to them, not the strike force.
The team of commandoes got ready on Capella, trying their new tourist outfits out. They boarded the Luxury Liner, and set off. As they entered the Eridani system, they held their breath, hoping that the Confeds wouldn't notice them. They were lucky. The Confeds didn't.
They finally, after what seemed like a year in the Eridani system hoping they wouldn't be spotted, jumped into the Sol system. They were again not noticed, and managed to dock.
They jumped off of the ship and looked around. There were Confeds everywhere.
'Um, I think they might have seen us,' the lead commando, Ralph Bloag, whispered to the second-in-command.
He was right.
The Confeds opened fire as fast as they could, and the strike force jumped back into the Luxury Liner as fast as they could. Three of them were too late.
Ralph quickly sent a transmission to Lord Gwydion and the captains telling them urgently to divert the attack.
He pulled out his proton pistol, and, after taking a peek out and getting fired at with red bolts, ducked back and readied a fusion grenade. He tossed it out, and heard some screams from the Confed guards. He jumped out, guns blazing, with all the other commandoes, but then noticed that all the guards were dead already.
He picked up a neutron rifle.
'This'll come in handy,' he said, and ordered the strike force to pick up all of the neutron rifles, keeping the proton pistols handy, also.
He then looked out of the station and saw huge fire-fights going on, and a Confed Frigate coming towards the station. He hurried the force up.
He himself ran to the power plant, and planted bombs all over it.
But, as he was about to leave, he saw that the Confed Frigate carried enemy reinforcements, and was not being used to pick them up!
He fired his neutron rifle over and over again, threw fusion grenades, but to no effect. He finally got desparate and used the reserve EMP grenade he had, and that did the trick. The Confed Frigate lay still, it's crew scrambling off and getting showered by neutron bolts.
But the strike team had other problems. The bomb was timed, and the station had been evacuated because of the original attacks on it, leaving no escape route. And the Rebels were fighting a losing battle in the Sol system. And yet more Confed reinforcements were pouring onto the station from Earth...
PS-Two things: One, Skyblade's character doesn't know of my operations (the attack on Stardock Alpha), and I don't know of his, and Skyblade is free to control my character.
(This message has been edited by Lord Gwydion (edited 06-04-2001).)