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A faint signal dwindled across space.A distress call of unknown origin.

"Att-..units..Th-..is the Hiigar-..Flagship Kahrd-Surin..w-..under attack!
Assist!"

The frequency faded now.Inaudible sounds fluttered through the beacon.Finally a single co-ordinate crackled through.

"267-821,Eckarion Rif-..."

Lieutenant aboard the Kuran: "Sir! picking up a faint distress beacon, shall we investigate?"

OOC: I'm not going to develop this more if you say I can't join, but assumin I can, I will. Basically, can i?

Bump...

OOC:Sure,join.This is an open rp.

Bumpage

Continued from above ^^

Captain: "Helm! set course for that transmission, notify the fleet!"

Captain(To whole fleet and crew): "All Hands, battlestations this is not a drill, repeat All hands battlestations, this is not a drill!"

The Kuran, and her escort fleet began charging their jump drives to follow the signal's source as it faded away.

Ships in the Kuran's escort fleet:
(1) Kuran class Falgship (one in existance)
(2) Impaler class Dreadnaught
(4) Dai Katana class Cuiser
(2) Hauler class Carrier
(6) Hell storm class Destroyer
(10) Firestorm class Frigate
(192) Firebolt class Fighter
(60) Trailblazer class Corvette

The ten Marauders that just left Kohr-Ah space in a hurry to follow their Eternal Doctrine, picked up the distress signal, whilst in HyperSpace. They change their course to the general area where it came from.

GDHC Memnon, Patrol, Regulus System

"Sir, we're picking up a distress call."

"Huh? What? Oh, I'm sorry honey, I have to go. Duty calls."

Hangs up the phone and slowly walks to the communications station muttering to himself

"What is it?"

"We have a distress cal from a UH ship. it seems that they're under attack."

"UH? Oh s***. They're in the GA, we have to help them. You know, I was hoping for a nice quiet patrol, maybe play some cards. But no, they have to go and be attacked. Radio to GD, tell them to send a Deimos and a few fenris's out to check it out."

"Yes sir. message sent."

"Good, now back on patrol."

He slowly walks back to the phone.

What the resquing fleet found would be a horrible mass of twisted metal and bodies.A small clump of ships still fought on nearby.

3x Ion Frigates

1x Dervish Frigates

1x Flak Frigate

1xCarrier

1x Destroyer

10xAcolyte

The Carrier was the source of the distress beacon.The conventional drives were missfiring and it spun slowly in space,absorbing shots from the enemy.The Ion frigates still fired from time to time weakly.Backing slowly away from the enemies.The destroyer was nearly gone.

OOC:Try to keep this thread alive.Ill be on again later.

The fleet dropped out of hyperspace, to a gruesome sight, metal twisted radically out of shape, with the occasional organic "component" floating in space. In the cenetr of this mass of twisted metal, a few ships valiantly fought on.

Captain: "All ships, form a defensive screen around those ships, launch all fighters and corvettes!"

Captain: "Helm, bring us towards those attackers, prepare to ram the nearest one if they do not respond to our hails"

Captain(to attackers): "Unidentified ships, stand down immediately, or be destroyed, you have 15 seconds to comply."

At the base, red lights started flashing while the sound of alarms ripped through the atmosphere. As personnel ran through the hallways, heading for their stations, a young lieutenant gave the bad news to Miran Liir-Ha, currently the military commander of the Kharakian Colonies.

"Ma'am, something has penetrated the outer sensor rig. We lost contact with two proximity sensors seven minutes ago. From that same position, an unknown vessel is emiting emergency calls. Please advice."

Miran, connected to many systems inside the colony with neural uplinks, took a moment to analyse the available data. Then, she opened her eyes and spoke to the officer standing before her.

"Those are Hiigarans out there. They deserve our help. Send a relief force"

Series of orders and launch authorizations were immediately sent to the shipyards above Kharak. Strike craft were manned, supplied and attached to their base ships. Missiles were loaded on their vessels and crews entered their ships. Minutes later, an assault group, consisting of one Carrier, two assault frigates and three ion frigates launched out of the main hangar bay of the Stratos Shipyards. The Carrier had a force of 3 Interceptor Squadrons, 2 Attack Bomber Squadrons and 4 Squadrons of Heavy Corvettes on board. Additionally, it carried 5 repair corvettes to execute emergency repairs if needed.

OOC: who is the enemy?

Gamma Draconis, Fleet Headquarters

"Sir! We have received a distress call from a UH ship!"

"Send a few ships to check it out, I'm busy!"

He continues to clip off his fingernails (the Klonor fleet doesn't really do much now-a-days)

"Sir, Blademasters ships have a;ready gotten there, and they say it's a real battle, not just some joke."

"Oh s***."

"Attention! This is General Salm, I want the GDS Intrepid (Orion Destroyer), three Deimos's, and 5 Fenris's out of dock now! Set course for these co-ordinates. When there, engage all hostiles, and protect the UH ships. Now move damnit!"

The attackers relentlessly pound their weaponry against the Hiigaran ships, the sheer size of the Kuran daunting them not in the least.

OOC: just realized ive been calling the commander of the Kuran captain all along, its actually Admiral Darksword who incidentally happens to be the ruler of blademasters just a side note

IC:

Admiral Darksword: "Weapons, open fire, Comms, Alert all ships that thse raiders are to be destroyed, show them no mercy."

With that, the Kuran's hundreds of weapons turned on a single destroyer, and opened fire. The destroyer seemed to dissapear as weapons fire racked its hull, splitting it along the beam. the other atatckers seemed unfazed, and turned their weapons fire to the Kuran, their weaponry doing little damage to the 6 meter thick armor plating.

As the rogue Kohr-Ah closed in on the source of the distress signal, they chose to stay in HyperSpace, to observe what is happening in TrueSpace without being fired at. It does not take much time for them to realize that there are more ships there than they are willing to take on. They might be mad, but they are not stupid. They stay there, silently, observing TrueSpace with their sensors.

OOC: currently noone is the bad guy, my flagship is pounding them into oblivion though :D

The Klonor ships pour into real-space in an eye-blink, directly behind the attacking ships and just in time to see one completely blow away by the Blademasters ships.

"Nice shot. Men, we can't let them upstage us can we?"

An echoing NO came rebounding up the hallways.

"All guns, traget the lead ships and open fire. Send a message to the Deimos's, I want them at our sides and keeping us clear. Fenris cruisers, go have some fun."

With that the 5 Beam Cannons open up and rip right through the hull of the first ship. And the fenris cruiser come roaring in, speeding right through the attackers and simply slicing them in half.

It seemed an easy battle. it's amazing how quickly these things can backfire.

As the VTX assault group exited hyperspace, they were able to oversee the battle from a safe distance, having arrived above the scene of the actual battle. Observing the numerous ships of several nations fighting each other, the captain of the Carrier Katana gave out his orders:

"All vessels, stay in position. I want the frigates positioned between the battle and the Katana. Launch the Heavy Corvettes and let them take defensive positions around the frigates. Shoot everything that approaches us with powered weapons. We don't know who is who in this battle."

An instant later, two Missile Destroyers exited hyperspace. Being the huge vessels they were, it had taken slightly longer to prepare for battle than the rest of the assault group. After a short communication with the group leader, they took position on the left and right of the Katana, waiting for what would happen.

As the fleet awaited the outcome of the battle, a group of three fighters approached the vessels. Despite the warnings broadcasted on all available frequencies, they continued course. Immediately, the nearest assault frigate rotated its Mass Drivers and opened fire, taking out two fighters. The third flew on, trying to bore itself into the bridge of the frigate that had taken out his comrads. A well-aimed salvo from three Heavy Corvettes foiled his attempt in a cloud of fire.

"Enough! Open a communications channel!"

#This is the VC Carrier "Katana". You have all violated the territories of our Kharakian Colonies. Any ship that does not stand down in the next five minutes, can and will be shot down.#

At the same time the message was dispatched, a second group, consisting of two Destroyers and four Support Frigates, exited hyperspace 20 kilometers away from the Katana, enforcing the Corporate forces.

OOC: currently the enemy is noone, we are just killing basically a big pirate fleet.

OOC: currently the enemy is noone, we are just killing basically a big pirate fleet.

OOC: Thanks. No get out of my sovereign space! :wink:

IC:

As the seconds passed, the strike craft aboard the support frigates and the "Katana" were brought to full standby, ready to be launched seconds after the flight order was given. Fully fueled, armed and crewed, all gun batteries and craft stood ready to defend their territory.
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Interceptor ready for launch

Admiral Darksword: "This is the Armed Republic of Blademasters Flagship, BSS Kuran we are responding to a distress call, and will defend ourselves if attacked, we ask that you allow us to remove this threat, and escort the damaged ships out of your space. Any attempt to destroy any Blademasters ships, or ships under our protection will be dealt with with deadly force."

The Flagship ceases firing, returning fire only as the unidentified attackers dish it out. The rest of the fleet pulls back in a defensive formation around the damaged ships, and begins shepherding them towards the borders of Vortex.

-Admiral Andras Darksword
ruler Armed Republic of Blademasters
founder Firestorm region
member Galactic Alliance

"Ditto for us."

The commander of the orion destroyer wasn't big on words.

Slowly, like the Blademaster ships, the corvettes and cruisers form a defensive sphere around the Orion, and the UH ships still in the area. They are being shepherded towards the borders, where they'll hopefully be taken out of harms way.

A peristroyka class battlecruiser, the Lech Walesa, hears this message.

"Captain, we're picking up a distress beacon from a United Hiigaran ship. Ekarion Rift, it seems."
"Hmm... Helm, take us there."
"Aye, sir."
"Make sure we're ready to give them everything the moment we exit hyperspace. Anti-caps weapons?"
"At 87% power and climbing."
"Anti-fighter weapons?"
"Full and tracking within perameters."
"Torps?"
"All tubes are ready. Torpedos are in their launch sequence."
"Launch control, prepare the fighters."
"Aye, sir! All fighter flights, prepare for launch! Scimitar flight, board your craft!."
"Sir, course has been plotted. Entering hyperspace in three....two....one....now!"

The Walesa's 30 guns prepare for action, 10 for anti-capitol ship and 20 for anti-fighter/corvette/frigate. The massive 1tw powerplant also prepares for action. Soon, the blue hyperspace waveform appears in front of the ship.

A peristroyka class battlecruiser, the Lech Walesa, hears this message.

"Captain, we're picking up a distress beacon from a United Hiigaran ship. Ekarion Rift, it seems."
"Hmm... Helm, take us there."
"Aye, sir."
"Make sure we're ready to give them everything the moment we exit hyperspace. Anti-caps weapons?"
"At 87% power and climbing."
"Anti-fighter weapons?"
"Full and tracking within perameters."
"Torps?"
"All tubes are ready. Torpedos are in their launch sequence."
"Launch control, prepare the fighters."
"Aye, sir! All fighter flights, prepare for launch! Scimitar flight, board your craft!."
"Sir, course has been plotted. Entering hyperspace in three....two....one....now!"

The Walesa's 30 guns prepare for action, 10 for anti-capitol ship and 20 for anti-fighter/corvette/frigate. The massive 1tw powerplant also prepares for action. Soon, the blue hyperspace waveform appears in front of the ship.

The Lech Walesa arrives on the scene, to find that the battle is for the most part over, and that they are in a debris field. Seeing this as a prime salvage oppourtunity, a barge is called for.

As the Klonor ships begin to withdraw a group of enemy ships begin to swarm in in tight formation. Seeing them, the Intrepid launches a single Harbinger torpedo towards the ship, snuffing out the ships in an eye-blink.

"Excellent shot!"

"Thanks you sir. That's most of them."

"Excllent, begin full reatreat, let's get the UH ships out of here before those other guys get really angry."

"Yes s.... Oh s***! Sir, we have massive incoming contacts. I'm reading dozens, make that hundreds, of ships charging at us, and they're charging weapons. They match the ships that just took out the UH ships. i guess we didn't see the whole bunch."

"Great. Launch all fighters. Inform the other combatants. Get on the horn to GD and get some reinforcements. And then all hands to battle stations. Again. We're not done yet."

SCREWEY DOUBLE POST

Lieutenant aboard the Kuran: "Sir, we must withdraw, we cannot stand up to that kind of firewpoer, and we are damaged already!"

Admial Darksword: "Agreed lieutenant, but I hate to leave our allies when we are needed... contact the homeworld, and have the second fleet, some TUGs, and escorts jump out here at once. Recall the rest of the first fleet to the Kran, and order them in a defensive formation around us, the TUGs and escorts can take the Hiigaran ships saftely to our repair docks. when the 2nd fleet arrives, order them into the 1st fleet formation"

2nd Fleet:

(6) Impaler class Dreadnaught
(10) Dai Katana class Cruiser
(8 ) puppetmaser class Drone Ship
(10) Hell storm class destroyer
(20) Firehawk class Frigate
(72) Trailblazer class Corvettes
(144) Firebolt class Fighter

"Sir, the Blademasters are sending out for re-inforcements. ours should be here soon."

"Excellent. Let's try to keep these ships off the UH's until our back-up arrives. Then let's get the hell out of here."

With that the Klonor 4'th fleet, its' heavy combat fleet, jumped in and began to pour Heavy Beam fire into the opposing forces.

Klonor 4'th Fleet:

The Colossus
3 (three) Orion class Battleships
9 (nine) Deimos class Corvettes
7 (seven) J’Adorien class Destroyer
12 (twelve) Fenris class Strike Cruisers
10 (ten) Leviathan class Heavy Cruisers
15 (fifteen) Dreadnought class Corvettes
532 (five hundred thirty two) Fighter Craft

The Lech Walesa, seeing this oncoming threat, prepares its weapons.

"Sir, about one hundred new enemy contacts bearing on Klonor ships!"
"Engage!"
"Aye, sir!"
"Torps bay one, launch!"
"YES!!! Bridge, LNBs have taken down 20 pirate fighters so far!"

Comm traffic can be heard from all parts of the ship-

"Target that pirate destroyer!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! 10 more down!"
"Ahahahaha!!!! Destroyer down!"
"We're taking fire!"
"Got em! Grid six, threat is eliminated!"

And from surrounding space, from the cockpits of LRR fighters-

"This is red lead, break, break, break!!"
"Got one!"
"Three down!"
"IM HIT!!! GET THIS GUY OFF MY TAIL!!!!"
"Be right there, 15."
"Scimitar 1, this is 2. Targets are in sight."
"Commence attack!"
"Roger, one! Got three already!"
"Pilot, this is gunner! The top turret's out!"
"Damn! Transfer ammo to the bottom!"

The rogue Kohr-Ah became weary of the fight as it raged on, and they left the area of HyperSpace. No one knows where they will come up next, but when they do...

wanna hear a BUMP- BUMP joke?

As the attacking forces begin to attack the newly arrived 4'th fleet, the Klonor ships already in system swoop behind them and begin to attack their open rear. With all their firepower attacking, the Klonor ships backs were completely exposed (hint, hint).

A Mentu Class Cruiser of the tri-alliance got the distress call from the UH ship, and called the 1st fleet.

ooc:
4 Mentu Class Cruisers
2 Advocet Class Heavy Cruisers
12 Patriot Class Destroyers
216 N-1 Starfighters(12 per big ship)

IC:
commander masee uth: all ships go to Z-space.
the white of Z-space ingalphed the fleet

Bump sos I can explain what the hell is happening.

A choked voice would crackle across the comm to the helping ships.

"We..we thank you.We need repairs yo our drives,until our fleet arives."

The damaged fighters attempt to dock with the rotating carrier,as do the frigates.

Explain away

That devistated voice continues on,"T-they came out of nowhere,no pre-echos,no hyperspace signatures,nothing..we were unsure of what to do until they came in with weapons hot.They had taken out our frontal defenses before we had a chance to react."

The skeletal hull of another carrier drifts by.

"You can see the damage done.."

Bump..

After the transmission had stopped the Klonor captains confer quietly, then open communciations.

"Right now our 4'th fleet has them pre-occupied. We need you to come behind the Colossus while we retreat. It should shield you from the fire, but there are to many. It can't hold it for long. We need to get out of here soon."

lieutenant on seto, one of the Advocet Class Heavy Cruisers:
commander the UH ship is moving. shall we follow?

commander masee uth on the zingto, the other Advocet Class Heavy Cruisers: yes, but stay in Z-space

he walk to the Helm

commander masee uth to Helm officer: how long?

Helm officer: 2 hours

OOC:That wasnt the Carrier going by,it was the tattered remains of its Sistership,which was destroyed.

OOC: So?

IC: "Captain? Can you hear me? This is the Klonor Fleet calling the UH vessels, do you acknowledge? Are you going to comply?"

"We comply Klonor Vessels."

EDIT:OOC:Sorry Klonor,that was Bobs post.

OOC: Okay. And do you want this to end soon, or do you want it to be a long thing. I could work either way, I was just wondering.

IC: "Excellent. The Colossus is approaching your position. We're going to form a sphere and try to escort you out. If you have any secret weapon, now would be a good time. The Colossus is big (it's really big), but it can't take this kind of beating for long. We need to move. Klonor out."

"We read you Klonor,maneuvering.No special weapons.Our drives are repaired enough to maintain pace with the Colossus.."

OOC:I wanted it to be rather long.Could you somehow keep this thread alive whilst Im at school and such?

ooc: you are drifting, right?
IC:

commander masee uth: and till we arive?
Helm officer: 1/2 an hour.
commander masee uth: good.
he walks to his chair and sits down.
commander masee uth to the fleet: we have 2 hours till Z-space rearanges.

"We read you Klonor,maneuvering.No special weapons.Our drives are repaired enough to maintain pace with the Colossus.."

OOC:I wanted it to be rather long.Could you somehow keep this thread alive whilst Im at school and such?

OOC: I guess you don't live in America (it's summer here, no school. YAY!)

IC: "Excellent. The Jump-node is approximately 10 minutes out. If the fighters can keep them off us we can make it."

Aside to his second, "We can make it, right?"

"I don't know sir. They have us vastly outnumbered, and outgunned. Blademasters has their own problems, and those other guys are gonna attack any second now. We can last until the Jump-node, maybe, but not much past that."

"Let's hope nothing gets in our way."

Helm officer: SIR Z-SPACE IS MOVING!!!
commander masee uth: S*** GET US OUT NOW!
commander masee uth to the fleet: OUT OF Z-SPACE!
at his words the fleet dropped out of the white void and returned to normal speed.

Bump-a-licious

"Sir, we got it figured out"

"Excuse me?"

"Sir...we know who are the real enemies here. After our warning, all fleets started backing up and assumed more defensive formations, except the ones now marked red on your display."

"Allright. All squadrons, assume attack formations. Let's kick these nutjobs out of our space! All vessels, fire at will."

Immediatelly, the Corporate fleet starts to advance. The Ion firgates assume a wedge formation, with one assault frigate above and beneath them, bashing through enemy squadrons with guns blazing. On their flanks, the Missile Destroyers advance, each launching a volley of 48 missiles, taking out dozens of smaller craft in each salvo.

With destraction provided by the capitol chips, the 45 interceptors move in and engage enemy fighters, giving the 30 attack bombers an opening to unleash hell at the enemy capitol ships.

"Sir, it's going very well. Squadrons report minimal losses. Looks like the enemy expected us not to get involved."

"Excellent. Let's get this over with. Keep those Heavy Corvettes here for protection. What are those four Support Frigates carrying exactly?"

"Ehr...two of them are carrying a squadron of Defenders, and the other pair has 5 MultiGun Corvettes each."

"Allright, new orders. Direct the 20 heavy corvettes to the battle, escorted by the 10 multigun corvettes. Then get those defenders flying and keep them here for defence."

"Yes sir!"

As these new orders are carried out, all fleets are notified that the Corporate forces will help in attacking the pirates. As the wave of thirty corvettes move into battle, all vessels start blazing at full again, pounding at the enemy forces to defeat them quickly.

"Sir, hull integrity 70%! We are under heavy fire!"
"How many pirates have we destroyed?"
"150, sir! Acolytes report losses, though!"
"Helm, move us into the Colossus's gun covrage!"
"Aye, sir."

More radio from around the ship-

"Got one!"
"This is A grid, we're taking heavy fire!"
"On it, A grid."
"Yeehaa! Owned!"
"Five more down!"
"Fire at the pirate carrier! All HNBs fire on the carrier!"

And from the fighters in the surroundng space-

"One down! Haha! 10th kill of the mission!"
"This is 45, I'm hit! Out of control! I'm ejecting!"
"I hear you, 45. This is 28. I'll have you in a snap."
"All scimitars, fighter formation at your 12 low! Move to attack!"

"Sir, good news! We've got new support. The Vortex guys have joined the battle, as we expected, but they're going against those other people, not as we expected. They seem to have the attackers mystified."

"Excellent! Okay, let's try to end this here, I want you to detail 2 Orions, 4 Deimos, and 10 Drednoughts to stay behind. These guys attack our allys, they're not getting off easy. Once we're out, tell them to blow these miscreants straight to hell."

"Yes sir!"

OOC: I live in the US, and am in school

IC:
The 1st and 2nd fleets slowly pulled back, their weapons laying down covering fire.

Admiral Darksword(to all ships in the area): "All ships, the blademasters' 1st and 2nd fleets have sustained heavy casualties, and our remaining ships are damaged. We will be falling back, to provide cover if you require assistance, we can cover any damaged ships wishing to pull back with us."

As the fleets pull back, an Impaler class Dreadnaught, burning heavily and leaking plasma pulls hard to starboard, annihilating a dai katana in its path before erupting is a massive ball of shrapnel, and flame.

Admiral Darksword(to the 1st and 2nd fleets): "All ships, this is admiral darksword. Any ships who have l;ost more than 50% hull integrity are to fall behind the Kuran, all fighters, some of your carrier ships have been destroyed, if you need to dock and refuel, or re-arm, return to the Kuran."

Lieutenant: "Admiral, we have just lost a reactor, about a third of our weaponry is now operating at less than optimal capacity sir!"

Admiral Darksword: "Helm, all astern FULL"

Admiral Darksword(to all allied ships): "All ships, this is the Kuran, we are heavily damaged, and must fall back to effect repairs, the rest of the fleets will follow our previous orders, and stay in position as long as possible. We will return with any ships we can round up as soon as possible."

With that, the Kuran swung about, bringing in fighters as she went, and then suddenly disappeared into jumpspace

OOC: Huh. I didn't know any schools that were in school in Aug. Wait, do you go to an all year school?

IC: "Sir, the Kuran is in trouble, they're pulling out."

"Oh s***."

"Yes sir, but what do we do?"

"Okay, I want you to cancel my previous order. Send those ships that I'd detailed to stay behind over to Blademasters ships. Once the Kuran jumps, I want them to go and give the other ships cover fire until the Kuran either gets back with reinforcements, or until they jump out."

"Yes sir. Sir, we're approaching the Jump-node!"

"Ecellent. Ready the jump-drives. Make sure the UH ships are with us. Excellent. All ships (that are departing), set course for Gamma Draconis. Fire engines on my mark. Three.....two.....one....mark."

With that the main Klonor fleet jumps out, escorting the badly damaged UH ships. Behind is a small task force assigned to help Blademasters. As the Klonor ships dwindle, the remaining vessels turn around and head to help their allies.

OOC: no, I live in North Carolina, most of the south-eastern US starts early.
BTW, the Kuran is really big, and really hard to damage, therefore, these are not puny lil pirates, this space engagement could go on for long time *hint hint* and we could oooooooooooh idea... tell ya later...

OOC: Ah, I didn't know that they started early (I've only been in NC once, for about 3 days.)

And I know it's really big. (I saw what you said at the GA forum).

And a few posts ago I asked UH, and he said that this is supposed to be a major thing that goes on for a while. I know that they're not just some priates (They made my 4'th fleet retreat. That's my "bug guns" fleet)

"Sir, hull integrity at 50% and dropping! Repair bots losses 65%!"
"Pull back! Ready the hyperspace engines! Make for Hiigara!"
"Aye, sir!"
"All LRR craft, return to the ship!"

"This is red lead! All survivors, return to the ship now!"
"Understood."
"Scimitars, return to the ship!"

A group of 25 acolytes (Lost 25) and 5 (lost none) Scimitar corvettes return to the Lech Walesa.

"All remaining ships are docked!"
"What's our kill tally?"
"170, sir!"
"Alright. Helm, take us into hyperspace."
"Aye, sir. Course set, ETA seven hours."

"Open a communications line to the current Blademasters command ship."

"Line open, sir."

"Attention, this is Cpatain Valdiez of the GDD Intrepid. The LRR ships have jumped out, and our main force is transporting the UH ships to our base at Gamma Draconis for repairs. The attacking people have us outnumbered, outgunned, and outmatched. When do you expect the Kuran to get back with reinforcements? We need 'em"

"Line closed."

"Okay, now get the Ursas into the void, I want our load of Harbingers opened. I want them to think twice about coming to close."

Transmission from the BSS Darkwing (Impaler class Dreadnaught): "Captain Valdez, the Kuran left no indication as to when it would return, or when reinforcements would arrive, but we are falling back towards the homeworld (at sublight speeds)."

OOC: I want to incorporate Lost Colonies in this, so can we have this be a defensive battle moving towards Blademasters space (not far)

IC:

Just after the transmission was sent, the BSS Darkwing began to lose structural integrity, her port wing twisting horrbily out of shape, and her fighter bays depressurizing, killing over half of the crew.

Captain Edwards(commander of the Darkwing): "This is the BSS Darkwing to all ships, mayday, repeat this is the BSS Darkwing to all ships mayday, we have lost hull integrity, and are requesing emergency assistance!"

Two TUG class Transports nearby moved in, engaging their tractor beams, to drag the Darkwing back from the battle. Meanwhile, One Dai Katana, damaged almost beyond recognition began to hurtle towards an enemy battlecruiser. The Dai Katana slammed into its hull, buckling the armor plating. The cruiser did not stop, her plasma engines burning fiercely, even as her reacor went critical, completely decimating the battleship.

"Send three Elysiums, try to get the crew off that ship! Now damnit!"

"Yes sir! They're on the way."

"Good. Open a channel.

Captain Edwards, we are sending three Elysium transports to help evacuate the crew of the Darkwing. They should be arriving in about 5 minutes. Intrepid out."

"Line closed"

"Okay. Communication, send a message to the Dreadnoughts. Tell them to form a sphere around the Darkwing. Put the ships on automatic, then have the bridges dock with the Darkwing (the Dreadnoughts bridges are capable of seperation and independant flight) and take off as many people as they can. Once they're off, keep the Dreadnoughts in the sphere. Use the PBC's to keep the enmy vessels clear, and use the Disruptor missles. If used in tandem they should be able to nock out the enemy cruisers. Hopefully this will keep them off the Darkwing long enough for the crew to escape."

"Message sent, sir."

"Excellent. Now, I see a carrier over there just ripe for the picking. Have the corvettes come up behind it, while we head staright for it. While it locks onto them, target it's enginges with the Beams, and nock out its fighter bays with the turrets."

"We're on our way"

It was quite an explosion.

Over the distant planet Hiigara, a blue hyperspace waveform materializes.

Captain Edwards: "Thank you for the offer of assistance, however the Reactor has been stabilized, and breached sections sealed off, we cannot afford to lose any more ships than we have to."

The TUGs that were assisting the Darkwing move off to assist another vessel, even as the Darkwing slowly begins to inch towards the battle. More and more of Blademasters' top of the line starships fall prey to the pirates, while inflicting more casualties than losses. But it seems to have no affect, for every ship they destroy, another appears to take its place, the seemingly endless fleets of ships overwhelming to even the best trained officers.

Captain Edwards (To fleet): "All ships, this is the Darkwing. All fighters are ordered to return to their ships, we can olny take about 6 due to damage, and all corvettes are instructed to fall back to the landing bays as well. All frigates, and destroyers are to pull behind the heavier ships' guns, and prepare their hyperspace cores, if reinforcements do not arrive soon, we will have to jump out."

OOC: just waiting for an opportune moment to bring in reinforcements :wink:

On the outskirts of the Lost Colonies' system...

Lieutenant: "Sir, we are picking up a massive fleet heading our way... If their intent is hostile, we will not be able to stand up to those sher numbers... wait, we are reading our own identification markers on some of those ships, they must be Blademasters."

Captain Ellison: "Lieutenant, inform fleet command, perhaps they are engaged in abattle, we must provide our brethren with any assistance they need!"

Lieutenant(to fleet command): "Fleet command, this is the LCS Ragnarok, we have detected Blademasters ships approaching, along with others, in what seems to be an oganized retreat, orders?"

commander masee uth: damige?
Helm officer: 2 Patriot gone, the neso(a Mentu)'s hyperspace drive is no longer working, and all Z-space drives.
commander masee uth: how far are we to the UH ship?
1st officer: to far.
commander masee uth: time?
Helm officer: 1 hour

OOC: So, you're going to be controlling both nations? Well, this should be interesting

Captain Edwards: "Thank you for the offer of assistance, however the Reactor has been stabilized, and breached sections sealed off, we cannot afford to lose any more ships than we have to."



IC: "That is good news Captain Edwards. We have just gotten word that the UH ships have arrived at Gamma Draconis, and that the rest of our fleet is on their way back. It should take a while, but they'll be here."

To All Klonor Ships: "I want the Dreadnoughts to form a perimeter around the Intrepid, and the corvettes to keep up a constatntly shifting attack pattern. Ursas, use your Harbingers sparingly, we don't have many. Dreadnoughts, if any capital ships approaches, I want you to use a concentrated barrage of Disruptor missles to take it down. Corvettes, you need to make sure that any smaller vessels that get through are tagged for the Ursas, and that you keep out of the way of the shockwave. Keep a 3 km. distance from any missle. Let's make sure we make it until the Colossus arrives."

And at just the right moment,they arrived.

The backup called in by the UH vessels drops from hyperspace above the dmagaed Carrier and her guardians.

15xIon Cannon Frigates

10xDervish

2xCarriers

2xHeavy Cruisers

40xAcolyte

40xAttack Bomber

30xBlade Interceptors

4xDestroyer

2x"Deacon"Destroyers(Including the Flagship Naar)

Fleet Command(to the Ragnarok): "LCS Ragnarok, you are ordered to contact the Blademasters fleet, and ask if they require any assistance, the Devras orbital facility can be used to repair any ships up to 1km in size."

Captain Ellison(to the approaching fleets): "To all Blademasters, and allied ships, we can provide repair facilities for your smaller craft, and fire support if you need it."

The other Ragnarok class ships began to close in on Tarel (lost colonies homeworld), along with the Harbinger class

The ships begin to form defensive spheres around the vessels.Several Support Frigates launch from the Carriers docks and begin assisting the wounded.

Captain Edwards(in response to transmission from the Ragnarok): "Who is this, and how do you know who we are?"

A lieutenant interrupted him at this point, telling him that they had the same ID beacons as their ships, and he figured that they were a group of lost colonists that had built a new home.

Captain Edwards(to Ragnarok): "You are from some of the lost colony ships? why did you not say so, what assistance can you provide?"

At this moment, the Kuran reappeared, along with a small fleet of Devilkin class Battlecruisers, Puppetmaster class Drone Ships, and Hauler Carriers

Admiral Darksword(to the fleet): "All ships, reinforcements have arrived."

Current Blademasters presence:
(1) Kuran Flagship
(6) Impaler Dreadnaught
(3) Dai Katana Cruiser
(6) Devilkin Battlecruiser
(8 ) Puppetmaster Drone Ship
(2) Hauler Carrier
(98 ) Firebolt Fighter
(42) Trailblazer Corvette

Soon, an LRR fleet arrives to assist the UH, Blademasters, and Klonor ships. It consists of

1x Peristroyka Class Battlecruiser
2x Orion Class Destroyers
8x Archer Class Frigates
3x Luis Borges class frigates
3x Demios Corvettes
100x Najid class Heavy Fighters
150x Thunderbolt II class bombers

Aboard the LRRSV Albert Schweitzer, a Peirstroyka class battlecruiser....

"This is the LRR 1st Patrol fleet. Where do you need us?"
"Sir, all ships are out of hyperspace."
"Launch all fighters!"
"Aye, sir. All craft, prepare for launch."
"Weapons status?"
"All ready, sir."

Aboard the LRRSV Theodor Mommsen, an Orion class destroyer.....

"Sir, we've been given the launch order."
"Very well. Launch all fighters!"
"Aye, sir! Pilots, man your craft!"
"Prepare the beam cannons! Train all weapons on the nearest pirate capitol ship."
"Aye, sir! All weapons stations, aim for the neares pirate cap ship."

Aboard the LRRSV Lars Soderbolm, a Luis Borges class frigate.....

"Helm, you ready?"
"Aye, sir!"
"Very good. You all know what to do. Just keep us out of the guns of the larger ships and we'll own them."

Aboard the LRRSV Betrand Russell, an Archer class Frigate.....

"All archers, move into formation! Aim for the nearest carrier!"
"Aye, sir!. Moving into position."
"The others are doing the same, sir."
"Good. Ok, prepare to fire! Helm, you've got the weapons."
"Aye, sir. The cannon is charging at 73% and climbing."

And in the surrounding space, where 250 fighters and bombers prepare to attack.

"This is Blue lead, form up."

A chorus of "Aye, sir"s come from the other 25 Najids in blue group.

"Thor wing, Thor leader, pick your targets. Stay with your wingman."
"Thor wing, ready?"
"Command, Thor leader. We're ready."

Two Dervish seperate from the spheres to fend off a new wave of enemy fighters.

Ion frigates began to form away from the sphere against a wing of Caps.

Transmission from the Naar,which was leading the inner defenses at the moment"LRR,we are spread abit thin here!Can you somehow tow our damaged Carrier into a slipgate?Its hyperdrive is down."

OOC:I need someone to play the offenders.So we dont godmod slaughter the whole enemy before this goes anywhere.

OOC: currently, we are being torn apart by the "endless" enemy fleet... I dun think we're in danger of godmoding.

Bump..

Two Dervish seperate from the spheres to fend off a new wave of enemy fighters.

Ion frigates began to form away from the sphere against a wing of Caps.

Transmission from the Naar,which was leading the inner defenses at the moment"LRR,we are spread abit thin here!Can you somehow tow our damaged Carrier into a slipgate?Its hyperdrive is down."

Aboard the Andrei Sakharov, a Luis Borges class frigate......

"We'll try, UH. Be there in a minute. Helm, take us to the UH carrier."
"Aye, sir!"
"One Pirate frigate down!"
"Haha! Six pirates down!"

The Sakharov shoots through pirate formations at high accelleration, keeping ahead of the guns on the Pirate cruisers and destroyers, designed to combat ships of analougous size and function, not small, swift frigates like the Luis Borges class. The Soderblom also joins with the Sakharov, and they tear through pirate fighters and corvettes on their way to the damaged carrier.

Aboard the Soderblom.......

"Got one, captain! That'll show 'em to mess with the GA."
"Fire into those fighters!"
"I see them! Anti-fighter stations, concentrate on the delta of pirate fighters at 9:00!"
"Got one! Got one!"


The Archers also begin the attack.

Aboard the Betrand Russell, an Archer class ion frigate......

"Targets in sight! Fire away!"
"Aye, sir! Hold on, here we go!"

The claw of Archers moves to engage the first pirate frigate in their sight, tearing through it with their hi-power ion cannons. Meanwhile, the larger LRR ships prepare to attack. The Two orions start up thier engines, and prepare to do battle. The Albert Schweitzer waits for the other seven Peristroykas dispatched from Starchaser 2, with ETA three hours.

((OOC: I could play 'em, if I can choose what kind of things they really are! ;) ))

"Warning,warning!Cruiser under fire!Hull stability dropping."

The two cruisers had been drawn away and were surrounded by something resembling a multi-beam frigate.each hounding the big super-caps with 5 or more shimmering beams of energy.

The two Luis Borges dispatched to the UH carrier evade the pirate heavy guns with their speed and agility, but the two Orions aren't as lucky.

Aboard the LRRSV Theodor Mommsen.....

"Sir, we're taking heavy fire! It seems like we're the biggest targets!"
"Concentrate on the pirate carriers! Torps bays, are you ready?"
"Aye, sir."
"FIRE!!!!"

40 EMP torpedos of the first volley streak twoards the pirate cruisers.

"Sir, hull integrity 88% and falling!"
"KEEP FIRING!!!"

Meanwhile the 250 Najids and Thunderbolts start their attack.

"Thor flight, Thor leader. Targets selected? Excellent! Ok! Attack!"
"Thor 23, we're attacking the cruiser at 10:00."
"Thor 100, we'll join."
"Thor flight, Thor leader, engage the cruiser at 10:00! Keep it loose."
"Im hit! Im h- (Radio static)"
"Thor 141, I'm out of control!"
"Thor 34, be right there, 141."
"Thor 50, I've lost drives!"

"Blue flight, blue leader, engage!"
"Blue 10, that's a kill, 5."
"Stay loose!"
"I'm hit! I've lost propulsion!"
"Be right over, 55. Just sit tight."

"Attention Cruiser wing,Acolytes to assist."

"All wings form on me,Delta and Starfire formations."

"Attention Cruiser wing,Acolytes to assist."

"All wings form on me,Delta and Starfire formations."

(Aiding the UH cruisers, right? 'Cuz I'm attacking the pirate cruisers.)

Communication from Bladmasters homeworld: "To... a... shi.... we... re... .... atta... nee... ass..."

Admiral Darksword: "All ships with functioning jump drives, proceede to the homeworld immidiately, they must have tracked our jump signatures, and have begun attacking it."

Nearly every Blademasters ship jumped outsystestem almost immediately, barely recovering their fighters before jumping. Only Three ships remained, The BSS Darkwing, an Impaler class Dreadnaught that was heavily damaged, the BSS Fireball, a damaged Puppeteer Drone Ship, and the BSS Katana, a Devilkin class Battlecruiser that had suffered a critical failure in its jump drive. about 4 Fighters and 1 Corvette remained.

Captain Edwards: "All remaining ships, we will begin falling back towards the Lost Colonies' planet, and effecting what repairs are possible there, before returning to combat."

Captain Edwards(To Lost Colonies): "Lost Colonies, any assistance you could provide would be appreciated, most of the fleet has jumped to the homeworld, which is under atatck, we require repairs, before we can return to combat."

Captain Ellison: "We cannot support your ship, and the other massive ship, they are too big for our shipyards, however that smaller ship could be repaired. We will deploy our entire fleet to assist you."

The 4 light ships, and 14 fightercraft streaked towards the Blademasters ships, to reinforce them.

The two Luis Borgeses arrive at the UH carrier, several km away from the jump node. The two frigates nudge the carrier into the node with their reinforced noses. The two frigates are also drawn into the jump node, along with the carrier.

((OOC: Bah, since no one reacted to my offer, I'll just start being this opposing force then.))

IC: As the fleet of the Blademasters thought that the enemy fleet had started attacking their homeworld, they did not realize that they attacked it with only a small part of their strangely large fleet. It was a diversion, as most of the fleet had somehow gone into Hyperspace. They were following the UH ships. They were not going to fight the Blademasters on their own territory, no, they were going to finish what they had started.

((OOC EDIT: I assume(d) that the ships were already able to go through the jump node... If that's not the case, just tell me. EDIT AGAIN: Bah, looks like I was too hasty this time... So... Text edited a bit.))

OOC: oh, thats fine, but i wanted an excuse to make the bulk of my fleet go away for RP purposes

IC:

Captain Edwards(to Captain Ellison): "Thats all you have... a modified freighter, 14 fighters, and 3 ships all under 150 meters?"

Ka-BUMP

OOC:UH is ma puppety,so ill play as him for now,I dont feel like switching back and forth...

IC:The UH Carrier dissappeared into the jump-node,and the Cruisers managed to lock in jump co-ordinates before they were torn to shreds.
The Acolytes and other remaining strike craft returned to the carriers that birthed them.All attention diverted to going home..

OOC: gtg for tonight, so we'll just say that the Blademasters and Lost Colonies ships are effecting repairs, somwhere undisclosed

OOC:Oh joy.Where is everyone else?Kolonor??? :x

((OOC: I edited the text above a bit to fit the actual situation... ))

IC: The bulk of the fleet followed the ships of UH, and they were silent in their movement. The massive fleet moved unnoticed... Waiting for the ships to jump out of hyperspace. The surprise should be an evil one, as the unsuspecting ships move towards their destination.

((OOC: I'm going to sleep, so... I'm gonna continue being the bad guys later.))

OOC:Ill be going to sleep too soon..someone keep this thing going?

OOC: Sorry, I had to go to Karate.

IC: With almost no warning, the 1'st, 2'nd, and 4'th Klonor battle fleets jump in-system, all repaired and ready to go.

As the Orions spread out to the sides, the Colossus stays in the middle, flanked by the smaller ships. On one command, the Beam Cannons of the entire fleet open up, shooting outwards, and all moving in. With the enemy ships trapped between them, the Cannons sliced right through them.

As the collective cheer went up, it quickly turned into a groan. For hundreds of ships poured into the space where the others had just been vanquished. The battle was on. Again.

Total Klonor Forces:


The Colossus
7 (seven) Orion class Battleships
21 (twenty-one) Deimos class Corvettes
15 (fifteen) J’Adorien class Destroyer
30 (thirty) Fenris class Strike Cruisers
24 (twenty-four) Leviathan class Heavy Cruisers
48 (forty-eight) Dreadnought class Corvettes

commander masee uth: time?
Helm officer: 30 min.
1st officer: coming on close range sensers.
commander masee uth: who are the other poeple?
science officer: Klonor, Blademasters, Lunatic Retard Robots, and The Vortex Corporation.
commander masee uth: Open a channel to Blademasters.
communication officer: Open.
commander masee uth to Blademasters: this is commander masee of the zingto. do you need help?

Bump-tastic

As even the Klonor fleet went for the diversion, most of the fleet they had been fighting with kept following the UH ships in Hyperspace. They did not really care about the other ships, only the UH ones. They had taken something that is not theirs, and all of them must be annihilated for that same reason... Why they did not do that when they had a chance, is unknown. But now they are after them, waiting for those UH ships to jump out of Hyperspace.

OOC: So you're going after the UH ships, and the rest of us are mere irritants? Cool. Just checking. And I'm fighting a diversion? Phooey. Any way I could figure that out "IC" so I stop being a side-note?

((OOC: Well, I thought the only way for them to actually have that many ships is that they re-integrate after disintegration, so you're actually fighting the same ships all the time instead of new ones... Unless you actually vaporize them, of course. But I guess you could suddenly realize that the fleet is quite a bit smaller than it used to be at some point. But it really wouldn't matter, since their mission parameters are "Destroy the UH ships, then go back home". Unless you find the ship/s that control/s them all, you can't get rid of the fleet. And you should be fast enough to catch up with them when they jump out of hyperspace to destroy the UH ships, but you'd think that should be hard.

They are jamming the communications of the UH ships, and staying out of sight, so you can't really warn them either, even if you realized that they're not there anymore.))

OOC: wait, they reintegrate? I must have missed that post. And what I meant was is there any way I could figure out that their purpose was to destroy the UH ships.

OOC: wait, they reintegrate? I must have missed that post.

((OOC: You didn't miss anything, I just thought that would be the most logical explanation for their numbers. If they didn't re-integrate, how the hell would they have so many ships?))

And what I meant was is there any way I could figure out that their purpose was to destroy the UH ships.

((OOC: I think you could just deduce that. What was the enemy doing there? Why had they attacked that fleet? What do they *want*? It's not like they would attack without a reason. Maybe the UH had taken something that triggered the fleet to attack them? It's not just some random act of violence. There are no such things.))

OOC: Actually, there are many random acts of violence. Look at Kristallnacht. Was there any reason for that? Nope, it was just violence without reason.

OOC: Actually, there are many random acts of violence. Look at Kristallnacht. Was there any reason for that? Nope, it was just violence without reason.

((OOC: That's random violence because of insanity or something like that. There's always a reason behind most actions, and there is definitely a reason for this fleet to do what it is doing.))

OOC: I know, you just told me

The seven LRR battlecruisers dispatched from Starchaser 2 also follow the UH ships in hyperspace.

bump

yet again, bump

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OOC: I be abck from school... now... to continue where I left off..

IC: With the Puppetmaster fully repaired, and the new "reinforcements" integrated into the Blademasters task force, they once again set out for the battle, only to find the unidentified attackers jumping into hyperspace, with the allied forces hot on their tails.

Captain Edwards: "Damn it all, we've missed the party, Helm track their course, and inform fleet command so that they can send a force to track them down. Alert the Puppetmaster drone ship, the Freighter, the Harbinger,and the Ragnaroks to follow them, while the Darkwing along with the Devilkin stay back to defendt their homeworld."

((OOC: I never said that ALL of them jumped into hyperspace, just most of them. They left enough to create a diversion. As UH said, they couldn't detect them coming out of Hyperspace, so why would they be detected going into it?))

IC: Seeing the majority of the enemy fleet jump to hyperspace, the Klonor ships use their technology to track the ships on their course (I love this, the FreeSpace ships and tech work out so well for me here, they have all this tech that other places don't). Ignoring the ships left in system, knowing them for a decoy, the Klonor battle group launches after the ships, hoping to be able to save the UH ships from their destruction.

The LRR ships drive the pirates back, slowly but surely eliminating the remaining forces. This is not without heavy casualties, though, as nearly half of the bombers have been destroyed, and the Najids are kept away from the frigates by waves of pirate fighters.

"Blue 56 to Blue lead, I've seen h-space signatures!"
"Copy, 56. I'll tell command. Command, we've seen hyperspace signatures in the area!"

Aboard the Albert Schweitzer, positioned a good deal away from the main battle and flanked by a Luis Borges frigate......

"We copy, blue flight. We picked up a wierd energy reading too."
"Sir, we've got pirate h-spaces."
"Understood. Open up a comms channel to the Tiirshark base. It should be closest."
"Aye, sir."
"Tiirshark, we need reinforcements. Send in the Dreadnaughts."

Aboard the Tiirshark base, the commander hears this message.

"Understood, Schweitzer. Launch the Dreadnaughts."
"Aye, sir!"

20 Dreadnaught Frigates (Klonor's Corvettes) make the jump into hyperspace, following the UH ships.

LRR, do you even use any of your own ships?

LRR, do you even use any of your own ships?

Once and a while. (The Thunderbolts are mine, and I used 50 Super Acolytes and 5 Scimitars earlier. But they retreated along with the battlecruiser that I committed to Hiigara orbit. They'll be back as soon as they get repaired and restocked with fighters. The battlecruisers are mine, too. All of my own tech is co-Somtaaw, since we did the storefront together.)

You use my Orions, my Sobeks (excuse me, the Luis Borges), my Dreadnoughts, my fighters, etc. I'm not complaining (more business for me), just wondering.

OOC: you askhow could we plot their course through hyperspace? simple. when entering or exiting hyperspace, every ship creates a hyperspace signature. this signature, the variations in it allow us to track where they are headed, along with where they came from, I thought that was common knowledge... apparently not.

You use my Orions, my Sobeks (excuse me, the Luis Borges), my Dreadnoughts, my fighters, etc. I'm not complaining (more business for me), just wondering.

I like your ships, Klonor. They are good ships. Not to mention, I can always blame you for any inadequacies. :lol: Just kidding. And I use a lot more Peristroykas than I use Orions, a lot more Sobeks/Borges than Dreadnaughts, I don't use any of your fighters, do I? The S. Acolyte was stolen from Homeworld and modified to meet my demands. And you do use some of my Light Nuclear Blasters.

OOC: you askhow could we plot their course through hyperspace? simple. when entering or exiting hyperspace, every ship creates a hyperspace signature. this signature, the variations in it allow us to track where they are headed, along with where they came from, I thought that was common knowledge... apparently not.

Very good.

*Gives Blademastes a smiley face sticker. :D *

But the LRR fleet did not expect that the "pirate fleet" would re-integrate, as they had missed but one ship, that observes the fight from a good distance. They are no pirates, they are an ancient defensive system activated by the UH ships. It will not rest until it has done its duty.

They started to re-integrate the moment they were destroyed. The battle is not over yet.

((OOC: I'm saying that there are several ships that keeps the whole defense system together. Either you eliminate those ships, or let the fleet finish their... Business with the UH fleet. But first you should realize this in IC. Good luck finding that out.

And about the Hyperspace thing... They're using a more sophisticated method, so they'll just cause an energy spike, but you will never know *where* they are going (unless your commanders are wise enough to realize that they're after the UH ships). Then it always might be that I'm just a bastard who prefers using a Babylon 5/Star Control type HyperSpace. There are at least 3 different Hyperspaces used in NS. Looks like we're using different ones.))

But the LRR fleet did not expect that the "pirate fleet" would re-integrate, as they had missed but one ship, that observes the fight from a good distance. They are no pirates, they are an ancient defensive system activated by the UH ships. It will not rest until it has done its duty.

They started to re-integrate the moment they were destroyed. The battle is not over yet.

((OOC: I'm saying that there are several ships that keeps the whole defense system together. Either you eliminate those ships, or let the fleet finish their... Business with the UH fleet. But first you should realize this in IC. Good luck finding that out.

And about the Hyperspace thing... They're using a more sophisticated method, so they'll just cause an energy spike, but you will never know *where* they are going (unless your commanders are wise enough to realize that they're after the UH ships). Then it always might be that I'm just a bastard who prefers using a Babylon 5/Star Control type HyperSpace. There are at least 3 different Hyperspaces used in NS. Looks like we're using different ones.))

'Taint a very difficult assumption. Are you saying that your ships reform from the wreckage?!?!?!

'Taint a very difficult assumption. Are you saying that your ships reform from the wreckage?!?!?!

((OOC: Not my ships, but the ships of some unknown race who left them to defend a place where the UH went. The thing is that they're... Made of very small parts that don't quite lose their integrity like a normal human ship does. Find the controlling ship, and the parts will self-destruct. I couldn't find a better reason for their "ever growing fleet of ships", other than it really grew only because of the ships "re-integrated". That's more logical than "Oh, a fleet of thousands of ships that just sends more of 'em in drops!"))

'Taint a very difficult assumption. Are you saying that your ships reform from the wreckage?!?!?!

((OOC: Not my ships, but the ships of some unknown race who left them to defend a place where the UH went. The thing is that they're... Made of very small parts that don't quite lose their integrity like a normal human ship does. Find the controlling ship, and the parts will self-destruct. I couldn't find a better reason for their "ever growing fleet of ships", other than it really grew only because of the ships "re-integrated". That's more logical than "Oh, a fleet of thousands of ships that just sends more of 'em in drops!"))

Oh. This is not good.

Aboard the LRR command ship, the Albert Schweitzer, this news is not recieved very well.

"Sir! The emeny ships are- reforming!"
<Captain's reaction edited out for decency reasons.>
"Sir, there's an un-ID'd ship that's been sitting out the battle. That might be a target."
"Redirect all fire on that ship!!"
"Aye, sir. All ships, be advised, concentrate all fire on the small ship about 60km away from the main battle!"

The AI controlled ship soon "realizes" that it has been detected, and it starts taking evasive action, and the ships that have already reformed attack the enemy fleet that attempts to destroy their controlling unit. The ship puts its shields to maximum. Some of the wreckages start reforming into a massive wall of armor between the ship and the LRR fleet, in an attempt to stop them from destroying it.

OOC: Okay, I really don't think we should have the whole reintegration thing. And I don't use nuclear blasters. I stick with my tech (I just really love that game). And my tech tracks ships through hyperspace, it doesn't need any "energy signature". So, I can still follow the mysterious ships. And did you get the ideas for the ships made out of many small parts from the replicators on Stargate: SG1?

IC:"Sir, we're gaining on the mysterious ships."

"Excellent, have all guns made ready, we nee dto blast them the second they drop out of hyper."

OOC: And I don't use nuclear blasters. I stick with my tech (I just really love that game). And my tech tracks ships through hyperspace, it doesn't need any "energy signature". So, I can still follow the mysterious ships. And did you get the ideas for the ships made out of many small parts from the replicators on Stargate: SG1?

((OOC: Partially, but I made it a bit different, as they don't "replicate", they just... Lose parts, integrate to the other "wreckages" of their ships and such. But still, it's a lot more plausible explanation for their massive numbers than the fact that someone had really built thousands of ships, just to get it smashed by some other fleet.

The hyperspace explanation's good enough for me, even if they are running silent. And they can be destroyed, as I explained earlier. They are kind of simulating a living organism that defends itself from intruders. Think of the the commanding ship as the heart, the brains and such of the fleet.))

OOC: I know everyone uses a uniqe FTL system, mine is unique frm everyone else's too... if you are curious as to how mine works, conact me by TG, or if you want more info on our tracer systems, or how to acquire either (always the buisnessman...)

IC:

The Darkwing, and accompaniement engaged the few ships remaining, weapons fire lancing across empty space.

Special Assistant Advisor to the President, Admiral John Kristler rolled over in his bed and picket up the phone.
"Kristler." he spoke into the reciever.
"John, this is Admiral Ritter at the Grey House. Something's happening. I want you down here in twenty minutes."
"Yes sir."
"John, what is it?" said his fiance, Dana.
"Ritter wants me downtown."
"When will you be back?" she asked.
"Dunno. I'll call."
He showered and changed to his SPACECOM uniform, kissed Dana, and jumped into his new car. He raced to the Grey House, through Lenniski Platz, and into the parking lot. He jumped out of the car, flashed his pass to the guard, who proptly saluted, and walked to the Circle Room.
Seated at the table when he arrived were the president, the secretary of state, the secretary of defense. The chief of SPACECOM was absent, and the president explained that since he was sick, Kristler would have to fill in as acting chief.
"Allright, what's wrong? Kristler asked.

OOC: Is it just me, or is this not making much sense anymore? Everybody is playing their own thing. I'm gonna back out now

OOC: "Sir, we've lost the mysterious ships."

"Damn! There's nothing more we can do here. We've left the Empire nearly defenseless, we must get back. Transmit our apologise to the UH government. And set a course for home."

OOC: agreed, plus i can't keep up with this and homework... for now

IC:

Captain Edwards: "Lost Colonies, thank you for the assistance, we will be returning to the homeworld, our trade convoys will begin to arrive in your system in a few weeks, to sart relations between us again."

One by one, the Cruisers jump out of realspace, on their trek home.

OOC: Is it just me, or is this not making much sense anymore? Everybody is playing their own thing. I'm gonna back out now.

((OOC: Well, that's what you basically get when there's no one playing the enemy from the start, and everyone has a different view on them because of that. It gets... Very funky. Actually, to me, this thing made no sense from the start. You just kept shooting a fleet that just kept on growing. And then you destroyed more of 'em. And it happened again. And again. And still, there were more coming.))

Has the ememy been defeated?

No, we're just giving up and going home

No, we're just giving up and going home

Awwwwwww............ Oh well. All good things must come to an end, I suppose.

Bum,for referance toi the new thread.