NationStates Jolt Archive


A Message in Time (Future Tech RP)

Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 01:07
Durscht sat in his repuslorchair, looking over the latest data from the Ruins.

Federation scientists had been diligently working on Temporal Technology for decades. The latest fruition of the research had been Nothingspace Shields.

However, an ancient city of the Ancestors had been generating quantum disturbances, giving off strange energy readings, etc. Archeologists and Linguists had reported old scars just vanishing, or color returning to white hair.

It was strange indeed.

The engravings in the Ancestor's language spoke of great power, and the great responsibility needed to contol it. There were mentions of devices, technology, beyond the wildest dreams of any person. Great capabilites, and great destruction.

It had been determined that Temporal Technology was what this spoke of. Apparently the Ancestors had developed a high level of temporal technology. Perhaps this could explain their mysterious disappearance after the devastation of the Great Evil...

Durscht ran some calculations over a field that would be much more powerful than the Level Four Temporal Shielding that the Federation had. However, there were still a few crucial elements that Federation scientists didn't understand. For one, how could we remove ourselves from the Universe completely? Thereby making the ship invulnerable from all but a collapse of time itself. There were more dillemmas than this that the Federation faced, but the greatest minds in all of Federated space had come together to work towards the ultimate development of more powerful technology for the Federation.

Experimental Temporal weapons had been developed, but nothing more than a simple Temporal distortion wave, annihilating torpedoes and beam cannons as though they never existed.

However, A treaty had been intercepted many months ago. It stated that severe retribution would follow for disturbing the timeline, and that destruction would follow shortly. From then on Federal Scientists had tread with caution, being extremely careful not to destroy anything that could possibly upset the Timeline of the universe.

Durscht threw himself onto his feet and walked. He didn't have any particular destination in mind, he just walked, head bent down to read the report. He wandered around, and after nearly an hour, he found himself deep in the very ruins which he was so engrossed reading about.

He found himself in a previously unexplored chamber, and before his wide-open eyes, he saw a glowing white cylinder, spinning above a sort of raised dias. White light shed from it in every direction, nearly blinding Durscht.

It spun, hanging above a receptor. Durscht immediately pulled out his Scanner and began to take energy readings from this device of the Ancestors.

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"That device was not a relic of the Ancestors. I don't care what you think, it wasn't."

It had been a very long day for Teman. This scientist had somehow stumbled upon the greatest achievement of the Federation. He had to make sure that he didn't reveal any of this. He had come on this mission for a single purpose, and he would carry that order out.

"That is the latest in our struggles. We got that off of Normandeicht just before the Nanite invasion. Millions died to buy us the time to escape with that core. It is of the utmost importance that you don't say a word about this."

With that, Teman leveled a CardioStun at Durscht's chest. He pressed the small black button.

Durscht fell to the floor with a loud thud. Dead.

ooc: I will speak with certain nations about this device to see if I can make it into what I plan it to be, or if I have to come up with some other uber-device... and more will come later...

If anyone would like to join in, please TG me...
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 01:20
bump! Bump!
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 01:28
Just want all the futuretech people, especially CF, to see this...
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 01:42
Hm... I wonder... Can power be drawn from time itself? from the very fabric of the Space-Time continuum?
TheLiberator
25-08-2004, 01:46
not sure..... if so, that must be a very advanced tech.
Central Facehuggeria
25-08-2004, 01:55
Just want all the futuretech people, especially CF, to see this...

*Sigh.*

I do believe this falls under one of the Temporal accord's restrictions.

Specifically, Article 1.

(And since you're trying to join the accord...)

But at any rate, I'm fortunate that I've got my own temporal shields. I don't use them often because I OOCly despise temporal technology, but I still have them.

Last I looked, your shielding was either level two or level three, according to Indra.

Developing new temporal weapons is strictly forbidden by the accord, which is bound to prevent the construction of such weapons.

But meh. I have no way of ICly knowing this yet. Indra on the other hand...
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 01:58
I thought it just meant stuff that could really damage the STC... Simple controlled experiments shouldn't be too terribly bad...

and he said something along the lines of "at most level 4", so I'm taking the "at most".
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 02:14
allow me to clarify:

The primitive Temporal Weapons that we possess only erase from the present, and thereby the future. Everyone still retains their memories of that person/ship/machine, all events caused by that still happened, etc...
Ruthless Slaughter
25-08-2004, 02:24
**TAG**
OOC:I think I'll wait for things to develope more along the lines of "ohmygod, someone is trying to steal the core" then I'll jump in. I prefer militaristic interdiction in a futuer RP, but hey, that's just me.
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 06:25
Teman knew the true history of the device.

It had been discovered in the depths of the ruins, powering the defense systems of the Ancestors. Those devices had killed many, but they were finally circumvented by SpecOps teams.

The Core had been built by the Ancestors so long ago, its secrets lost to the Federation. For decades Federation Scientists had been trying to crack the secrets of the Core, but so far the discovery had eluded them. They could use it to a limited degree, but there was still great information to be learned from it.

He walked through the research complex to where the next test was scheduled to take place. They were going to perfrom an erasure test on a torpedoe, and would use the Core to power it.

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"Success!"

The scientists dropped their Padds, papers, styluses, and shook hands, threw hats, and cheered. The test was a success.
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 15:59
bump
Germanische Zustande
25-08-2004, 18:00
Warhaven? Would you care to join? Maybe you could rp as the Ancestors...
Skeelzania
25-08-2004, 18:17
/tag/
Germanische Zustande
26-08-2004, 07:15
bump...