Bryn Shander
22-08-2004, 08:54
Due to the unlawful occupation of Liebermonk by TAR, the Principality of Bryn Shander issued a warning to TAR today. To put it simply, if TAR does not withdraw from Libermonk in one week's time, action will be taken.
In orbit near TAR, the preperations for the final part of the warning were underway. Throughout the Bryn Shander fleet, inflatable dummy ships were being deployed. When all the dummies were ready, the effect would seem to be a huge armada of more than twelve hundred ships, almost six thousand mobile suits, and more than sixteen hundred fighters. Hopefully the dummy fleet would scare off any would be attacker, but if not, the dummies would draw fire and give the real ships and mobile weapons time to counterattack.
As the last dummies were put into place, Minovsky Particles were broadcast, jamming or scrambling all low level EM activity in the area. The crew of the Dagger, a new Trebuchet Class ortillery destroyer was busy loading a small DU rod into the ship's main gun, a 100cm railgun. At only 380mm by 3000mm, this projectile would only be enough to leave a small crater where it hit. Probably no less than 5m across. Perfect for a warning shot.
When the rod was loaded, the ship aimed at TAR, it's many apogee motors adjusting the ship as the targeting computers directed. When aimed correctly, the gun was accurate to less than a meter. Taking aim at a fountian in the courtyard of the TAR leader's palace, the Dagger began to charge the electricity needed to fire the main gun. The twenty large capacitors running along side the gun began to glow with a slightly bluish tint. One minute later, it fired. Arcs of electricity scattered along the surface of the capacitors, hopping from capacitor to capacitor. In less than a fraction of a second, they were all back to normal.
The DU rod ripped through the atmosphere at 8km per second, striking the fountain before anyone on the ground could notice the blur on their radar screen. In an explosion of dirt, rock, and water, the fountian dissapeared and was replaced with a crater 4m wide and 2m deep. As the dust settled on the shattered walkway, TAR knew what would happen if they did not withdraw.
In orbit near TAR, the preperations for the final part of the warning were underway. Throughout the Bryn Shander fleet, inflatable dummy ships were being deployed. When all the dummies were ready, the effect would seem to be a huge armada of more than twelve hundred ships, almost six thousand mobile suits, and more than sixteen hundred fighters. Hopefully the dummy fleet would scare off any would be attacker, but if not, the dummies would draw fire and give the real ships and mobile weapons time to counterattack.
As the last dummies were put into place, Minovsky Particles were broadcast, jamming or scrambling all low level EM activity in the area. The crew of the Dagger, a new Trebuchet Class ortillery destroyer was busy loading a small DU rod into the ship's main gun, a 100cm railgun. At only 380mm by 3000mm, this projectile would only be enough to leave a small crater where it hit. Probably no less than 5m across. Perfect for a warning shot.
When the rod was loaded, the ship aimed at TAR, it's many apogee motors adjusting the ship as the targeting computers directed. When aimed correctly, the gun was accurate to less than a meter. Taking aim at a fountian in the courtyard of the TAR leader's palace, the Dagger began to charge the electricity needed to fire the main gun. The twenty large capacitors running along side the gun began to glow with a slightly bluish tint. One minute later, it fired. Arcs of electricity scattered along the surface of the capacitors, hopping from capacitor to capacitor. In less than a fraction of a second, they were all back to normal.
The DU rod ripped through the atmosphere at 8km per second, striking the fountain before anyone on the ground could notice the blur on their radar screen. In an explosion of dirt, rock, and water, the fountian dissapeared and was replaced with a crater 4m wide and 2m deep. As the dust settled on the shattered walkway, TAR knew what would happen if they did not withdraw.