NationStates Jolt Archive

A shuttlecraft, with a shield pod, approached the S.C. Athena, first of its class. The Athena class was a frigate, intended to serve where the Edison Class Corvette had insufficient mission range due to its small size, and where the Einstein Class Destroyer was unsuitable. It had particle beam/pulser cannons, normal pulser cannons, normal torpedos, and the new Desolator torpedos... truly a force to be reckonded with. It had a small crew of five due to heavy automation, with space to hold up to ten ground troops.

"This is the Orbital Command. Unidentified shuttlecraft, stand down. Please deactivate your engines or be fired upon." radioed in orbital command, but Ralph Sovven ignored it. He and his ten co-conspiritors laughed as the orbital command tried to bring the defense drones, at the edge of the area, in before they got close. They reached teleportation range, and beam aboard with a cache of weapons.

The immediately took out the crew of five. They were all former Spacefleet officers, just out of the service. They planned to become pirates, smugglers and raiders. Five of them took stations on the bridge, while the others moved their weapons down to the cargo hold. They fed the bodies into the matter de-assembly array, to be converted into other things as needed.

The renegades fired at the mooring clamps, and sped out of the shipyard. They engaged the cloaking device, and easily got a safe distance from the asteroid belt to activate their spatial distortion drive, and sped away at superluminal velocities.

Specifications for the Athena Class, for reference:

Top Speed:
Sublight: .25c (c being the speed of light) limit imposed for relativity concerns by the computer. Top speed, theoretically, 99.99 (con't) % C
Faster than Light: 102c, boostable with distortion energy field modifications. These modifications are typically only done in combat, because they wear the engines down more.

Armament:*
2x Energy Pulser (Both forward, located at the front of the nacelles)
3x Particle Cannon/Energy Pulser Combination (2 Forward, 1 on the bottom)
3x Torpedo Tubes (2 Forward, one aft)
1x Desolator Antimatter Torpedo Launcher (Forward)

Crew: 5

Engines:
Sublight: 2 Ion Jets (Located at the back of the nacelles)
Faster than light: Spatial Distortion Drive (Located at the back of the ship)

Teleportation System: 2 Units

Shuttles: Two standard shuttles

Length: 130 m
Decks: 5
4 Science Labs

Specifications for the Upgraded Athena Class, for reference:

Modifications are in red

Top Speed:
Sublight: .25c (c being the speed of light) limit imposed for relativity concerns by the computer. Top speed, theoretically, 99.99 (con't) % C
Faster than Light: 102c, boostable with distortion energy field modifications. These modifications are typically only done in combat, because they wear the engines down more.

Armament:
2x Energy Pulser (Both forward, located at the front of the nacelles)
3x Particle Cannon/Energy Pulser Combination (2 Forward, 1 on the bottom)
3x Torpedo Tubes (2 Forward, one aft)
1x Desolator Antimatter Torpedo Launcher (Forward)
1x Shockwave Mine Laying Bay
Shockwave Mines are an alien weapon they purchased that create a large shockwave in space that causes resonance within all matter the shockwave hits, damaging the atomic structure.

Crew: 5

Engines:
Sublight: 2 Ion Jets (Located at the back of the nacelles)
Faster than light: Spatial Distortion Drive (Located at the back of the ship)

Teleportation System: 2 Units

Shuttles: One Standard Shuttle, One Alien FTL Shuttle
Length: 130 m
Decks: 5
3 Science Labs

Other upgrades they purchased were better sensors, and an improved shield generator.

Also a warning to those who wish to get involved: The ship is armed with a Desolator Torpedo Launcher. Specs are below:

It is fired in five stages:
1. Fired out of a specially designed unmanned space station at the target. Procedes to it, starting off with an ion jet thruster engine.
2. Engages, for a maximum of 10 seconds, a spatial distortion drive, taking it to 102 times the speed of light.
3. Collides with ship, and enters it due to extremly high density of the front, and high speeds.
4. Eight pods, each filled with antimatter, are sent out in all directions at high speeds inside the ship.
5. Main warhead and pods detonated. Huge explosion most likely rips ship apart.

Has a yield equivilent to 429.4 Megatons of TNT for the main warhead, plus 21.47 Megatons for each of the breakoff pods, for a total explosive yield equivilent to 601.16 Megatons of TNT, all detonated inside the enemy ship.

Crew named so far:

David Sovven- Captain
Jane Wright- Science
David Calson- Engineer
Natalie Roberts- Systems Operator

OCC: S&E, where are you located?

OOC: Our home territory is the area inside an asteroid belt the forms a perfect circle far out from a planet in the Alpha Centauri B Star System.

Ok.

IC:

The LRR patrol destroyer, LRRSV Bob Dylan, cruises in its regular patrol pattern, giving it good coverage of this part of the galaxy.

"I'm detecting a science vessel leaving the S&E homeworld in hyperspace. Going pretty fast, too. Looks like some commotion."
"Shall we give chase?"
"Charge up the hyperspace core!"

OOC: Spatial distortion drive does not involve hyperspace. It creates a "bubble" of space-time around the ship to protect it from relativistic effects, and is propelled by smaller "bubbles" of spactime jetting out the back.

IC:

"Hey, Ralph," said Jane Wright, "We've got a LRR patrol destroyer on our trail. They can see through our cloak somehow." Ralph quickly said, "Power down all non-essential systems, save engines, and reroute all freed up power to the cloak. After we have submerged deeper into cloak, engage evasive manuvers."

OOC: Spatial distortion drive does not involve hyperspace. It creates a "bubble" of space-time around the ship to protect it from relativistic effects, and is propelled by smaller "bubbles" of spactime jetting out the back.

IC:

"Hey, Ralph," said Jane Wright, "We've got a LRR patrol destroyer on our trail. They can see through our cloak somehow." Ralph quickly said, "Power down all non-essential systems, save engines, and reroute all freed up power to the cloak. After we have submerged deeper into cloak, engage evasive manuvers."

"Reading energy fluctuations aboard the target ship. The sensors can barely see it."
"Lets hope that they run out of juice some time soon."

"I told you we should have stolen the ship after its shakedown cruise," said the engineer, David Calson. "Shut up, and get that cloaking device tuned. I want full sensor and visual invisibility yesterday!" Ordered Ralph Sovven.

Calson scurried through the maintenance tubes to the cloaking device. "Damn designers... never take the time to make sure the cloak will actually work on the ship" he muttered. He fiddled with the graviton field resonator, and tightend the particle condensator. He took a piece of gum out of his pocket, chewed it, and stuck in inbetween two of the tripolar anodes. The ship flickered for a moment, and became completely invisible, detectable only through indirect means, such as particles hitting it and bouncing off the hull, and the particle being detected.

On the bridge, Ralph ordered "Make a few more evasive manuvers... then resume course for our destination." Their destination was the Mokara system, known galaxy-wide as a haven for outlaws. They would buy some illegal system upgrades, maybe line up a few jobs, etc.

"I told you we should have stolen the ship after its shakedown cruise," said the engineer, David Calson. "Shut up, and get that cloaking device tuned. I want full sensor and visual invisibility yesterday!" Ordered Ralph Sovven.

Calson scurried through the maintenance tubes to the cloaking device. "Damn designers... never take the time to make sure the cloak will actually work on the ship" he muttered. He fiddled with the graviton field resonator, and tightend the particle condensator. He took a piece of gum out of his pocket, chewed it, and stuck in inbetween two of the tripolar anodes. The ship flickered for a moment, and became completely invisible, detectable only through indirect means, such as particles hitting it and bouncing off the hull, and the particle being detected.

On the bridge, Ralph ordered "Make a few more evasive manuvers... then resume course for our destination." Their destination was the Mokara system, known galaxy-wide as a haven for outlaws. They would buy some illegal system upgrades, maybe line up a few jobs, etc.

"This thing's real hard to see. We're gonna have trouble following it."
"Where's it going?"
"I'll bet you 50 pus that its bound for the Mokara system."
"Deal. Helm, set course for the Mokara system."
"Roger that."

"I told you we should have stolen the ship after its shakedown cruise," said the engineer, David Calson. "Shut up, and get that cloaking device tuned. I want full sensor and visual invisibility yesterday!" Ordered Ralph Sovven.

Calson scurried through the maintenance tubes to the cloaking device. "Damn designers... never take the time to make sure the cloak will actually work on the ship" he muttered. He fiddled with the graviton field resonator, and tightend the particle condensator. He took a piece of gum out of his pocket, chewed it, and stuck in inbetween two of the tripolar anodes. The ship flickered for a moment, and became completely invisible, detectable only through indirect means, such as particles hitting it and bouncing off the hull, and the particle being detected.

On the bridge, Ralph ordered "Make a few more evasive manuvers... then resume course for our destination." Their destination was the Mokara system, known galaxy-wide as a haven for outlaws. They would buy some illegal system upgrades, maybe line up a few jobs, etc.

"This thing's real hard to see. We're gonna have trouble following it."
"Where's it going?"
"I'll bet you 50 pus that its bound for the Mokara system."
"Deal. Helm, set course for the Mokara system."
"Roger that."

Still under cloak, the Athena entered orbit of Mokara III a few hours ahead of the patrol destroyer. They had detected it on a similar heading as theirs, and had taken the appropriate precautions of maxing out the engines. They sent four of the crew out in spacesuits, and painted the ship black to make it blend in more with space, even when the cloak is on.

Ralph Sovven, David Calson, Jane Wright, and Natalie Roberts teleported down to a black market on the planet. They each had a hidden pulser pistol and a personal sensor dampening field that prevented people with handheld scanners from getting accurate scans and prevented ships from detecting their presence from orbit. The bought a menagerie of alien weapons, and several upgrades for their ship. They also bought a small alien FTL shuttle. They sold one of their standard shuttles, which have no FTL drive, to help pay for it all. They teleported it all back aboard the ship, and teleported their shuttle back down.


Specifications for the Upgraded Athena Class, for reference:

Modifications are in red

Top Speed:
Sublight: .25c (c being the speed of light) limit imposed for relativity concerns by the computer. Top speed, theoretically, 99.99 (con't) % C
Faster than Light: 102c, boostable with distortion energy field modifications. These modifications are typically only done in combat, because they wear the engines down more.

Armament:
2x Energy Pulser (Both forward, located at the front of the nacelles)
3x Particle Cannon/Energy Pulser Combination (2 Forward, 1 on the bottom)
3x Torpedo Tubes (2 Forward, one aft)
1x Desolator Antimatter Torpedo Launcher (Forward)
1x Shockwave Mine Laying Bay
Shockwave Mines are an alien weapon they purchased that create a large shockwave in space that causes resonance within all matter the shockwave hits, damaging the atomic structure.

Crew: 5

Engines:
Sublight: 2 Ion Jets (Located at the back of the nacelles)
Faster than light: Spatial Distortion Drive (Located at the back of the ship)

Teleportation System: 2 Units

Shuttles: One Standard Shuttle, One Alien FTL Shuttle
Length: 130 m
Decks: 5
3 Science Labs

Other upgrades they purchased were better sensors, and an improved shield generator.

The patrol destroyer comes out of hyperspace a safe distance away from the planet Mokara III, afraid of what defenses might have been put in place.

"Do you know where the ship is?"
"I'm trying. A lot of this stuff's pretty new to me."
"Bring up the SID charts."
"Aye."

One of the bridge crew brings up the SID charts, which appear as sidebars on the viewscreen projector. Small labels begin to appear on the objects in the 3-d tactical display.

"Bring shields to full."
"Shields are at full power. PD system on-line."
"Bring up the ion cannons."
"Primary ion cannons are on-line."
"It has to be here somewhere."
"If its still under cloak, we don't have much of a chance of finding it."
"Energy spike, from over there!"

The sensors operator points to an empty area of space above the planet.

"I think its a teleport!"
"Move us in. It might just be them."
"All ahead three quarters."
"Aye, all ahead three-quarters."
"And ready a boarding team."

"Sir, we are detecting the patrol destroyer moving towards us!" said Jane Wright. "I told you we shouldn't have gone to such an obvious place." said David Calson. "Shut up. Engage spatial distortion drive, top speed!" ordered Sovvan. "Full reserve power to the engines... they must have detected us through the hole in the cloak we lifted up to allow us to teleport down."

The ship sped off towards interstellar space, as did about 100 other various criminal ships, both in orbit and on the planet, in response to the arrival of a Lunatic Retard Robots Patrol Destroyer.

"GAH!!! We'll never pick them out in this gaggle!!"
"We can just barely make them out!"
"ALL CRIMINAL SHIPS!!!!! STOP IMMEDIATELY IF YOU VALUE YOUR RUSTING HULKS!!!!!"

The captain attempts to scare some into stopping, and perhaps the Athena would take a course of action which sets it apart from the rest of the criminal flotilla.