NationStates Jolt Archive

Massive bodies moved through the blackness of the Normandeicht system. There was a collapsed, charred body, the remnant of the sun. Wreckage of the space stations and thousands of ships floated among the emptiness. A small, white vessel sped through the system. Sweeping blue beams scanned the nearby bodies, from dust to asteroids the size of a moon of Atheos.

"Admiral, the Genesis torpedo is ready for launch, power-up sequence is completed"

The bridge of the science ship was still. They were hoping that the Shivans had left no serveilence ships. Every scan had turned up inconclusive, but there was still the chance.

"Put is into position, helm." Uttured the admiral. He stood, hands clasped behind his back, facing toward the holoscreen. He had barely escaped Normandeicht alive, and every day he relived the terrible sight of his men and the planet being eaten by an invisible foe.

The nanites had destroyed Normandeicht, however, one nanite was found inactive. It was sent to Heidleburg, the research world of the Federation, for study. So far all attempts to destroy them had proved futile, but they would find something.

A glowing cylinder of light shot from the torpedoe tube of the science vessel, straight for the center of the system. The entire ship watched screens on every deck as a great sphere of white light spread from the center of where Normandeicht's sun once was, and would be again.

"Take us out, lieutenant," the admiral spoke. "We'll come back later, to check how playing God worked. Hopefully His anger is past."

As the small ship jumped to warp, the entire ship hoped for a new future, and rest assured, a Monolith would be constructed and set in-system. The names of every person who fought, who died or lived, every ship, and every nation that defended Normandeicht would be inscribed, so that all races or ships who saw it would know. So that the brave would live forever in their glory and honor.

ooc: Heh heh heh... The Shivans didn't win for long...

bump... just want all spacefaring nations to be aware of this...

okay, one last bump before I announce re-colonization and construction of the monolith...

Normandeicht had been a barren, desolate, desert world. Military installations were easily hiddin in the great, unending dunes of this dry, hostile world.

IMO Normandeicht was not so.

IMO Normandeicht (In Memoriam Of), also called Norman the Second, was green and blue. It was a lush, tropical world, mountains, jungles, seas... It was completely unlike the desolation of the previous world.

Federated military branches had already begun rebuilding bases, Starbases, Shipyards, and even a few civilian inhabitations. Progress was going well, and Normandeicht II turned out to be a wonderful change of events.

And then there was the matter of the Battle for Normandeicht.

Construction had began upon a monolith, a pylon forty miles high, and one hundred feet at a side. Inscriptions of the Nations that defended, the ships that orbited, and even the men and women who served on those ships and who fought upon the surface. It detailed why this great battle was fought:

"Here, within this now-reborn system, nations cast aside their animosity and united against a common foe. They fought as men and women of the same brotherhood, defending this outpost of Humanitry from destruction by a merciless foe. A race bent on the destruction of all Mankind met here on the field of battle, and the defenders of Normandeicht valiently defended to the last. Although this one battle was lost in the end, It has been rebuilt, and this monument now stands to honor those ESUS, AON, and USF soldiers who bravely fought and died here..."

And so, though the Shivans had victored in one battle, they would never truly win. The Human spirit cannot be dominated by ANY creature...

ooc: SEE THIS, SHIVANS? You did not win...

OOC: I thought the Genesis effect created rather unstable planets...

ooc: we fixed that...

OOC: I thought the Genesis effect created rather unstable planets...

OOC:
The problem with that planet was that it was formed from a nebula, the use of Genesis on an exisiting planetoid should not result in any instabilities.

That and the planet was "linked" to Spock... whose pain triggered tremors, etc...

OOC:
The problem with that planet was that it was formed from a nebula, the use of Genesis on an exisiting planetoid should not result in any instabilities.
OOC: From what I remember, that wasn't the reason. The instabilities happened because Dr. David Marcus used protomatter in the device. Protomatter was an unstable substance that had been condemned by almost every scientist and banned from use. Its presence in the matrix rendered the resulting planet unstable and caused it to age at a rapid pace.

As Hampton Shire stated, the Genesis Device was never meant to be deployed in the nebula like that. Anyone who has read "The Genesis Report" knows that protomatter was NOT the reason for the destruction of the Genesis planet. Basically, the Genesis Effect exhausted all of its energy in creating a planet from the Mutara Nebula, thus, when the planet finally formed, there was no energy left sustain it.

I have this to say to Germanische Zustande, although you have indeed beaten me to a Genesis plot, you have opened Pandora's Box. You're not the only one that can play God around here.

OOC: From what I remember, that wasn't the reason. The instabilities happened because Dr. David Marcus used protomatter in the device. Protomatter was an unstable substance that had been condemned by almost every scientist and banned from use. Its presence in the matrix rendered the resulting planet unstable and caused it to age at a rapid pace.

No, the protomatter was the key. The 'haven' that was created beneath Regula was thanks to the Genesis device, which uses protomatter. The instablility arose from the fact that a planet was not 'remade' be created from a nebula resulting in a weak 'matrix'.

Additionally, it should be noted that exposing protomatter to a sun is a very, very bad thing.

Very, very bad.

Our genesis device reorganizes matter into the shapes of planets and stars by converting energy released from protomatter into usable material. At least, I think that is how the stupid thing works...

Anyway, point is, we re-created a system that had been destroyed.

Sigh...

Heres the 'Official Description':

The Genesis Device was a sophisticated technological innovation designed to alleviate sociological problems such as overpopulation and limited food supplies. It was developed by a team of scientists led by Dr. Carol Marcus and her son, Dr. David Marcus.

The device initiated a process of rapid terraforming, by which previously uninhabitable worlds could be turned into class M planets ready for colonization. This was accomplished by launching the Genesis Device, which was torpedo-shaped, into a lifeless planet. Upon impact, the device caused a massive explosion, reducing the entire area to subatomic particles. A preprogrammed matrix then reassembled these subatomic particles into the desired configuration, creating an atmosphere and environment in a matter of hours that was inhabitable by humans, whatever the test area’s original composition.

Development and testing of the Genesis Device took place during a year-long period on a space station orbiting Regula, a class D planetoid. Test were carried out by Dr. Carol Marcus and her team in three stages, the first of which involved experiments conducted in a laboratory on the space station. In the second stage, the device was deployed within lifeless underground cavern deep inside the Regula planetoid. The intention of the third stage of testing was to introduce the device to a lifeless space body, such as a moon or barren planet.

Unfortunately, if the device was detonated where life already existed, it could prove to be the most powerful doomsday weapon ever invented, destroying all life in favor of its new matrix.


Also, read The Genesis Report by Pocketboks me thinks, thats a wonderful Genesis Tool.

so, essentially I was right... okay. Thanks... If anyone would like to help us build the Monolith...

OOC: GZ taking a nanite for study is Ignored as you never rp’d it. Wormia DID, you did not. You did not allow me to respond you did not allow me to counter your attempts Ignored.


“We have company. We are no longer alone. We must devour.”

“No, we can not act right now, we must take our time, have patience.”

“Very well we will merely watch and see.”

ooc: Okay then... I just figured that with all those nanites, at least ONE would have become inactive, maybe while latched onto a smallcraft... Anyway, no nanite... but we still have data...

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Federal cutters now patroled every Federated system, and Normandeicht II was no exception. The first defense StarBase had been completed, and another three were nearing so. Federated military contractors had already finished the massive Shipyards, and were placing the latest weapons platforms on Normandeicht's new moon.

Again it could be said, "And about Normandeicht were ringed many defenses."
(maybe you BFG people'll recognize that...)

However, a great ruins of a city of the Ancestors had been buried beneath the surface of Normadeicht's dunes at the time of it's demise. Great wonders had been unearthed there, but the Shivans had destroyed it. This was probably the greatest loss of the battle. With the knowledge there was to be gained, we may have found a way to defeat the Shivans once and for all...

But that was in the past now.

Captain Jack Weischt, captain of the FSS Ubernocht, stood on the bridge of his ship, staring out into the cold reaches of space. There, the Starbase hung majestically over the vivid blue sea of Normandeicht. And a little to the right the great shipyard complex orbited over the main continent; Thats where they were headed.

Captain Weischt had received orders that he would be given a new command. This had surprised him greatly. He had been captain of the Ubernocht only three months. But Intelligence had picked him, of all the captains in the entire Federated Navy.

And so, he found himself in a system he had just recently seen destroyed. Twenty-four Navy vessels had been destroyed that day, all but the Reagan. It was that monstrous vessel that he had docked his small picket craft right before it Jumped.

The Ubernocht had pulled nearly to the Shipyards, and there, sitting within one of the construction cages, sat a black-red ship. It wasn't very large, no larger than a Destroyer, but it screamed with power. It did not have the customary prow of all Navy vessels, but instead there was a dish depression into a rounded hull. Within that depression a deep, red glow eminated. It seemed like a smouldering fire, caught in the house it was burning. The ship had no visible bridge, no visible weapons pods, but everywhere this strange black metal alloy seemed to compose everything. The ship was rounded, very smooth, very fluidic. It was like nothing Jack had ever seen.

Most Navy vessels were white and blue, standard colors of the Federation.(must make new flag). They had a bow like that of ancient steam ships, straight vertically and the ship curved to it. All federation vessels were relatively thin, so when they rammed or charged an enemy line, they weren't that easy to hit.

While Jack was admiring this strange new vessel, his ship had already docked.

"Cap'n?" His XO tapped his shoulder.

"Huh. Uh, What?" Richard shook himself out of his reverie.

"Sir, we've docked," replied the somewhat amused XO replied.

Jack brushed past him and headed for the docking port. He had to see this new ship.

ooc: Normandeicht is now also a R&D and experimental facility. That is a new ship designed to fight shivans.

The people of Warhaven would like to offer their condolences to those that have lost thier lives in fighting the Shivans. If there is anything we can do to help please, let us know.

Over eight million persons were killed on our side during the battle. There is nothing that can be done to bring them back.

ooc: thanks for offering, though... but the nations that fought are all large enough to cope with their losses.

As a friend and ally, I thought I would ask.

Your new planet is really quite pretty though. Are the effects of a Genisis torpedo random, or can you specifically make them produce a desired effect?

The Federation appreciates the gesture.

As for your question, we were able to program everything. From the mountains to the DNA in the plants and animals on the surface. It is a fully customizeable weapon, and can be used in battle, as exampled by our use of it in the war with Neo-Mekanta.

Thank you for answering, it had me wondering. Would you like help with the monolith? I have several thousand skilled Artisans that have built marvels in some of the places I have visited. I can loan them to you to use at your discresion if you'd like.

That would be of great help. We plan on placing a beacon on it, so that anyone passing within a hundred lightyears will be aware of it. Hope it's big enough...

Alright we will transport them in using Point-to-point Teleportation Technology, still in the early stages of Beta testing.

We could supply you with that technology...

We use Crystal Based Technology, basically all our things look like Giant Crystals, it is a diffrent form and method of using concepts in science, the long part comes in making it usuable by silicone based Technology.

It is only a drive system that can be installed on ships, or it can come in Gate form...

Our main propulsion system uses a crystal to channel the field...

I think we can Manage with that. What is the maximum distance on the Teleport, or is it Infinete?

Now, the teleport is not instantaneous. It operates by folding space, sort of like connecting the opposite sides of a piece of paper. The vessel or whatever then moves over to the other point. viola.

Right now maximum effective range is 2,000 light years. The stepping stone method is used to travel distances longer. However, we are not very far into this technology, so we tend to stick with Warp Drive and Slipspace...

Thank You, Our Artisians, 500 in all, have arrived and await your instructions, they have been informed of the beacon at the top and have included that in their Ideas. They await by yon landing pad. as to the Teleport drive I greatly appriciate it. I do have warp, Trans-Warp, and have even gotten Slip-Stream drive technology from a destroyed ship found floating dead in space. it only needed major Repairs.

Uh, I mentioned this is floating in the middle of the sytem, right?

But, they are a help, nontheless. We are also searching for methods by which we can disable sentient machines...

I am working on time based Technology, but, It is not going well. I may be able to get you something out of that when I get further into it than a Time-Space bomb.

ooc: okay, time to kick some Shivan butt... if they have butts...
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The small black vessel powered up. Lines between armor plating began to glow a deep red. With no sign of any propulsion, it moved out from the shipyard's docking arms.

Jack held his hands, clasped behind his back, in the traditional Navy way. His new ship was absolutely ingenious. A new form of propulsion, all-new weapons, state-of-the-art sensors, and even a new armor type. It was unlike anything in the Federated Navy.

And his job was suicide.

He was to take this ship to a system, known to be a Shivan stronghold. They were going to test this ship in battle against the Shivans, and a single pod would return the information to the Federation. The ship carried a device that would automatically vaporize everything within a kilometer, ensuring that the enemy would be unable to study any remains.

He had said his final goodbyes to his family, and then boarded the attack craft. He would never see the Federation again.

As the ship prepared for the Fold, Jack placed his hand upon the viewport and stared one last time at the teal seas of Normandeicht.

ooc: Heh heh heh.... Still at war with the Shivans...

I wonder if the Shivans even see this...

bump...

ooc: I'd love to get in on this; of course I'd advise against folding space-time; Haven't you people seen Event Horizon!?

Eh... I dunno... I'm waiting for someone like IB or Ekardia to see this and respond...

bump

IB is no longer Shivan, so meh.

Fine then. US, I'm sending a new ship to that system to attack you.

OOC: Unified Sith is Imperial Brits, its just my modern tech nation.

This is Ekardia

Clarify a few things for me GZ.

What system are you going to?

What are the stats of this ship?

And that's all for the moment.

Okay. THe ship is heading for the gravometric distorsions created by the SHivan Worldships. I will not disclose its weaponry right now...

For the attack on the Shivans, I think I'll just create a new thread.