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SF Form PUB-502
Public\Diplomatic Relations Phamplet 2
Aug 2501
Previous Versions are Obsolete
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After a long and costly construction phase, the Starbase was cpompleted ahead of schedule by 5 months. Starbase 69 represents the new political, economic and military centerpiece of the Imperial Vanguard outside of our home system. In orbit of the planet Tarsonis, in the K sector, Starbase 69 features 9 docking ports which can accomadate a Phoenix Class Battleship, the largest in the fleet. However due to geometric issues, only 3 Phoenix Class Ships can dock at once, but this is not a problem for us since we only have 3 of them anyway. There are 12 full size shuttle bays and 8 dedicated fighter bays which can each hold a full size Stryker class vessel or 40-60 fighters.

Even while the massive starbase was being constructed, the shipyard (docked underneath) was working on the PHX Vengance, the latest Devastator Class Super Destroyer.
The Vegance has nearly all the features of the older Avenger Class Destroyers which it is based upon, but with a few deadly suprises, which will be detailed at the commissioning ceremony; Which, by the way, is open to any that wish to send a small delegation or observer...


All vessels will be subject to scrutiny (inculding passive and active sensor scanning)
We suggest you send small, lightly armed vessels to allow for easy docking with the station (which will be crowded with our own ships) and passage through customs.
Military vessels may be turned away if deemed too imposing. (Read: Vessels of 400 meters and up, high density of weapons etc)


OOC: open to any FTL capable nations, no funny buisness plz ;)
Real purpose is demonstration of the Devastator Class Super Destroyer and to publicize the details of the station, also to establish realtions :).
OOC2: now filled up, closed, not open sorry

come on :(

A Eugorian Diplomat would be delighted to attend this monumentous occasion. If you give your leave, he will be there shortly upon a Dagobah Class transport ship.

Signed,
Migor Tor'pok

We anxiously await your arrival :)

A Delagate from the Federation of Stellar Nations will attend.

The Lord Commander would normaly come, but he is currently in the middle of a battle.

The delagate will arrive in a Tornado-class Surface to Space shuttle. Information on the shuttle and the delagate will follow, so youmay identifyy them correctly

Tornado-class shuttle:
Transponder ID: A3621J93
Designation: Speed Demon
Armamaents: 3 Electromagnetic Cannons, 1 Electromagnetic Pule Cannon
Maximum acceleration: 5 Gees
Crew: 3

Delagate Erridian Sheil
ID#: 1253910

Our Chancellor Alkienna would be honored if you would permit her to be present at the opening. She has taken a great interest in the Phoenix militia.

We are planning to send one delver class cruiser, with permission.

The delver class cruiser, Model 3:
300 meters long
40 meter radius at widest point
20 meter radius at thinnest point
8 medium plasma cannons
6 missile bays
4 Ionic Disruptors
18 fighter capacity
class 3 shields
Wormhole drive capable of 15 times lightspeed

We will dispatch the Explorer Class Starcruiser "Sava".
Shes one of the smaller FTL capable ships we have. A small delegation of military, science and diplomatic officers will be aboard. I hope pictures will be allowed, we are also sending a journalist. :)

- TSA Foreign Minister

Priority 3 Subspace Transmission
From: TPM Command
To: TSA, CS, SN; respective commands
Message: All of your requests have been recieved and
authorized. Your ships are all welcome.

"Excellent, Eugoria IV, Stellar Nations,Trans-System Authority, all sending delegations or representives... Cyrian space is even sending thier Chancellor!" the Commander of Starbase 69 reported.

"Very good, about 24 hours from now they should all be here and we can get started with the tours and the ceremony, we'll have to stop accepting newdelegations soon, we won't have time to check them all out if we let new ones in up till the ceremony starts.... make the arrangements won't you, I need to get some rest" Soon-To-Be-Commander of the PHX Vengance, Commodore Ryan Vrelck III said as he walked off to his personal quarters in the shipyard section of the starbase.

OOC: you have 23 hours and 38 minutes realtime to request to send a delegation, or you miss the.... festivites, and the chance to gain any IC knowledge on the Devastator Class Super Destroyer (which could be useful at a later time ;) )

An Xizorian Elite Battlecruiser came out of subspace near the base.


"Open a Comm link to thes men"
"Yes sir, open"

"Attention whoever is in charge, We wish to infrm you that we would love to attend the occasion. With your Permission, we wish to send a shuttle to the station. The Shuttle will contain no more than a sphere camera crew, a Diplomat, and six escort soldiers. The Shuttle will be escorted, according to standard procedure, by six Xizorian Fighters. We hope to see you soon.-End transmition."

Permission granted, please direct your vessels to shuttle bay 7 where we will be recieving you.

To: The Phoenix Milita
From: P3X1299 Foreign Office

It has come to our attention that you are hosting a gathering of diplomats for the commissioning of the PHX Vengance. I wish to be on this list. It would be an honor and a privilege to witness the commissioning of a new destroyer. Is it acceptable for me to travel to your station in one of our Eagle class frigates?

I have attached the relevant specifications:

Class Name: Eagle Class Supralight Reconnaissance Frigate
Length: 70 meters
Beam: 80 meters
Crew: 25 plus 7 Naval Guardsmen
Shields: [classified] Shield Generator
Armor: 6 centimeters [classified] Alloy
Weapons:
Wingtips: 2 gauss cannons
Spinal: 1 [classified] projector

Sincerely,
Jeff O'Malley
P3X1299 Secretary of State

"I just sent the communication confirming P3X1299's request, that will be the last we can accept since we need to get this kicked off soon."

"Very good Commander, I will be on the bridge of the Vegance, contact me when the first arrival gets here... the commodore said as he went over to the lift which lead down to the shipyard portion of the station and prepared for the commisioning and maiden flight of the PHX Vegance.


ooc: have to go for a little bit, be a few more hours and I'll start :)

Eridian climbed into the compartment. A few hours from now he would be seeing the new space station, and the new PHX Vengeance. The rest of the delegation climbed abord, the pilot taking his seat at front, along with the other crew. They cleared permission for launch from ISF Ground Control, and flew out of the atmosphere and into space. They then engaged the hyperdrive.

Five hours and 33 minutes later, they entered the system. The Navigator contacted the station.

"Starbase 69, this is ISF Shuttle Speed Demon, bearing the Stellar Nations delagate Erridian Sheil, requesting permission to land"

The Frigate Vengance ( only 390.2 Meters ! ) dropped out of warp near the shiny new station.

The Captain got up, and strechced out " This is the Federation Heavy Frigate Vengance, We wish to see the opening of this statoion, and the demstation you have planned. Also we want to establish an embassay., prehaps. Lowering Dampning feild for scanning. "

The Borg collective of Blackgrue will delagate a queen to these procedeings to establish permenant relations. An assimilator class vessel will be dispatched

*my ship arrives*

"I just sent the communication confirming P3X1299's request, that will be the last we can accept since we need to get this kicked off soon."

"Very good Commander, I will be on the bridge of the Vegance, contact me when the first arrival gets here... the commodore said as he went over to the lift which lead down to the shipyard portion of the station and prepared for the commisioning and maiden flight of the PHX Vegance.


ooc: have to go for a little bit, be a few more hours and I'll start :)

I put some things into bold print for you last two that may be helpful. Phonix is probably going to ignore you

P3X1299 System, in orbit of P3X1299

A Falcon Class Supralight Heavy Cruiser hung in a high orbit over P3X1299, charging its energy banks and waiting for the order to open a wormhole. For a brief instant, planet and ship were connected by a stream of electromagnetic energy. That was the cue that the cruiser was waiting for and it began the countdown which would sunder space and allow the instant passage of the diplomatic ship, to somewhere far close to its destination.

Aboard the frigate, the captain studied the readouts on his screen and watched the energy arcing around the cruiser with trepidation. Suddenly, there was a massive spike on the energy readout and a hole in space opened.

“Take us in,” the captain ordered.

He looked over at his important passenger, who had been invited to observe from the bridge. The man was flanked by a pair of bodyguards, looking imposing in their crimson uniforms.

The important visitor watched as he wormhole on the screen began to move closer and closer.

“Frigate, this is Wormhole Control. Our scans show you are clear to proceed.”

“Wormhole control, this is frigate. Roger that. Out.”

The frigate proceeded closer to the maw of the wormhole. Suddenly, it disappeared from the sensors of the heavy cruiser and reappeared light years away.

The captain began to give orders and the ship jumped to FLT for an extremely brief instant and emerged about three light seconds from the station and came to a halt.

The communications officer plugged in a prerecorded that he had been given and broadcast a message.

This is Secretary of State Jefferson O’Malley. I have been invited to witness the launching of one of your naval vessels. I am aboard this ship and request permission for it to dock at your station.

OOC: Phonix. LOL.

We have two vessels inbound, identified, they are from P3X1299 and Stellar Nations. the comm officer excitedly annouced.

Bring them in. The commodore ordered.

Speed Demon, Starbase six niner here; ISF Shuttle Speed Demon,
you are to dock starboard side shuttle bay 4, its on the top ring marked
with a big red 4, you cant miss it


Falcon, Starbase six niner here; Faclon Class Cruiser originating
from P3X1299, please dock on outer port side docking node 3, we will
have 2 fighters guide you in with thier lights.

"Heavy cruiser docking to port, the shuttle has also made deck contact in bay 4" the officer of the deck reported.

"Very well, Ill be in my quaters, preparing my speech." the commodore said as he turned.

"Sir, If you can just look over these other communications quickly ..." the comm officer of Starbase 69 trailed off

"Go ahead" The commodore allowed, slightly anoyed.

"We were hailed by a Federation Heavy Frigate, named the Vengance they want to join the party"

"Which Federation?"

"The East Coast Federation, Sir"

"Bah!! Doesn't matter now. They are too late, plus there is only room for one ship called Vengance in this sector! Ask them to come back another time, we are quite busy"

"Aye Sir, next comm: The Balrogga Empire wants to send thier Emperor..."

"Damn that's too bad... tell them we are sorry but thier request came to late, perhaps they can visit the station at another time. Anything else?"

"Last, something calling itself an assimilator class vessel of the Borg collective of Blackgrue has just come into sensor range asked to come visit... I think..."

"Dispatch the Vrelck, and a few Interdiction Class Destroyers, have them go to full alert and ask them to leave the area, weapons free if they cross into our territory... Let's get our dress uniforms on, we cant be reciveing dignatares in our utilities now can we."

"At once sir, I'll be back in 30 mins."

"Make it 20."
The senior officers hurridely changed into thier dress uniforms, the 'black 'n reds', some food was laid out in the reception hall along with some wine and the Starbase prepared to recieve the delegations.

OOC: Come on ! I need some RPage!
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" We do not require a docking port or space of any kind, we can simply beam onto your fine station. "

IC: Erridian checked the charge on his hand laser, the ammo on his mini EMC, and the sharpness on his knives. Both of them. He had his EMc in his holster on his left hip, and his knives on his boots. The laser was concealed in his sleeve, and was made of almost entirly plastic, in case of any emergency.

Doing so, he walked outof the ship and towards the welcoming commitee. He turned to the guards and said "I'm assuming you will be wanting my weapons?" After which he pulled out his EMc and handed it to him, then knelt down and gavve him his knives.

He then turned to the Commodore (OOC: if this isn't the proper person, pease correct me)"Sir, I am Erridian Sheil, Stellar Nations Delagate. It's a pleasure to meet you." He held out his hand for a handshake

The Captain of the frigate played the message again. There must have been some mistake. His frigate was not a cruiser by any stretch of the imagination. He shrugged and ordered a reply.

Starbase six niner this is the P3X1299 Diplomatic envoy frigate. We have received your message and will comply. Frigate out.

The captain gave the necessary orders and the frigate began to follow the fighters on their course to the docking node. After a brief ride, the ship arrived at the designated docking spot and settled into place with a soft clank.

Jefferson O’Malley, P3X1299’s Secretary of State and his two bodyguards headed for the airlock. The stepped out onto the station and glanced around for the official welcoming party.

OOC: The cruiser is just the ship that generated the wormhole.

In space near the Federation Vessel.
"This the PHX Vrelck calling Federation Vessel Vengance, I regret to inform you that you will not be allowed within transporter range of the station, If you wish to return at a later time, we will be happy to have you, but we cannot allow you to come on such short notice, the commander of the station extends his apology. We are needed elsewhere please vacate the sector as soon as you can, have a good day, Vrelck out" The captain said as he went to low warp to rejoin his escorts on the edge of the system

Back on the station.
...The 'guard' (actually hangar crewman only armed with his issue sidearm) looked strangely at the Delegate as he took the weapons
"uh... thanks but, you're allowed to carry these onboard if your want Sir.." the crewman said as he looked towards the approaching Commodore, wondering what to do with the weapons he now held.

"Welcome, I am Commodore Ryan Vrelck III, commander of the PHX Vengance, senior officer aboard the station. If you will come this way with me to the observation lounge we can walk and talk, while I pointout a few things about the station on the way." the Commodore stated as he grasped Erridian Sheil's hand and wrist, and then led him down the ramp into a lift.



Meanwhile, at the same time on the other side of the station...

"Sorry about the mixup, we thought your frigate was a little small to be classified as a cruiser" a young ensign said through the intercom as he equalized the air pressure of the airlock.
"If you will follow me to the observation lounge, we will meet up with the Stellar Nations Delegate and the Commodore of the Vengance, they are on thier way from one of the lower shuttle bays" he sad as he motioned toward a short hall which led to the internal tram system.
Waiting near the end of the hall was the Commander of the station. After exchanging pleasantries they boarded the waiting tram car. The tram would send them through one of the "spokes" and stop in the center of the station. Then it would be a short lift ride to the main ovsevation deck and lounge. The metal sides had been replaced with transparent panels for this occasion, so that the passengers could enjoy the breathtaking views of the station and even look down at the surface of the planet as they wisked by one of the open areas.

The Explorer Class Starcruiser, NS Sava finnaly dropped out of hyper~space and entered the system. They were an hour late and the delegation was annoyed with the ship's captain crew, even though the engine malfunctions could not have been forseen.
The 6 military, science and diplomatic officers along with a reporter and a pilot boarded a Fate Class Shuttle/Dropship - it's sub-light engines were faster than the Sava's - and sped off toward the station.

"This is the TSA Shuttle Sierra 7 Alpha, inbound from the NS Sava, our mothership has had some engine troubles so we had to take the shuttle to make it in time. Authentication code 6179-DG"

Roger Sierra Seven Alpha, please stand by and prepare to be scanned

The scanning beam passed over the shuttle craft, verifying that the shuttle was indeed of known TSA design and vectored from the Sava, which was still a few million kilometers away.

Starbase Six Niner to Sierra Seven Alpha, you are cleared to dock,
sending you waypoints to shuttle pad 1 now

" Can I beam over, or shoud we leave? "

OOC: Edited post #24
sorry but If i let you in i would have to let everyone in :(

" Not a problem, Helm Engage Transwarp "

The Ship dispaeers.

Secretary of State O’Malley shrugged at the guide that greeted them. He really didn’t mind if they mixed up the ship that he was traveling on. It didn’t matter, so long as he got to perhaps, make some contact with other nations, although treaties would be a hard thing to persuade his government on.

Jefferson and his bodyguards followed the representative apparently from the Starbase crew. He watched excitedly as the tram car traveled through the station, staring at the sights. He could tell that he was going to have a very interesting time aboard this station.

As the tram passed through the open truss-like structure which was around one of the tubes, the passengers could outside the station. As they moved along the Commander pointed out various features of the station and started to explain some of the boring details with all the numbers and figures. The commander saw the Secratary's attention fading so he began to look around for something interesting to show him...
"Let me show you some of the defenses, there, you see that purplish stripe over there, up on the top ring?" he asked as he pointed above and to the right of O’Malley's head.
"That's one of the black talon phaser arrays, there are eight arrays on each of the rings of the station, and the core module has another 2, and then there are 4 more on the shipyard section. They are mainly for point defense, but they are effective against everything from asteroids to starships" the station commander explained as they passed back into an enclosed area.

ooc: i'm buying time till the others get here.. should i just assume they are all on the station by now?

Erridian rode the tram car, watching outside, analyzing the defenses. He found them to be much more adequate than the defenses on the single space station on the Stellar Nation's hoomeworld.

He listed to the commander explain the defenses, and made sure to complement him.

(ooc: note, a chancellor is like a senator of Cyrian Space. They are elected from each city and surrounding area. The high chancellor is elected by the chancellors to serve as a figurehead and to break close ties. The High Chanceller has a strange mix of power and restriction, and their are daily official debates as to the exact limits of his power.)

The Delver class Cruiser "Lifeshield" can be seen from a distance as an insanely stretched out ship, four prongs on one end. The stretching affect is caused by the wormhole drive used to travel faster than lightspeed.
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The ship arrived outside of the dock of the new starbase 69. The call went over the comm "Chancellor Alkienna of Medradel secter, Cyria, requesting clearance to dock."

"Starbase six niner to Lifeshield, please dock on the upper
ring, port side, node 6. It will be illuminated with red strobes
for easy navigation."

As the others met up on the observation lounge an ensign whispered something in the Commodores ear and they both had to exuse themselves and hurry off down a corridor, they would meet up withthe Chancellor once the Cyrian ship was docked.

The lifeshield glided onto the dock and disengaged it's engines. The hatch opened, and several Cyrian bodyguards piled out, followed by a Bluish yellow sedenta (20 foot lizard with vestigial wings). Chancellor Alkienna, with her dull red fur, walked into the starbase. She looked to her Sedenta companion. "Reene, is everything prepared?"
Reene looked up to Alkienna. "Everything's ready. Let's go meet the humans now."
Alkienna, trailing her entourage, went to meet the people in charge of the base.

Starbase Six Niner to Sierra Seven Alpha, you are cleared to dock,
sending you waypoints to shuttle pad 1 now
"Roger, Sierra 7 Alpha, now landing...."
As the pilot set the shuttle down on the pad the pasengers felt a re-assuring thud as the landing skid made contact and the rear ramp was lowered.
The military officers felt... over-armed... and left the 1.3 meter long machine guns in the shuttle, opting to carry the same less obtrusive pistols that the others were carrying. The lead officer, Commander Bailey, of the Diplomatic Corps was the first off the shuttle. After he helped the young Ms DiVero, a reporter from the Trans-System News Agency, down the steep ramp, he looked around to see who was there to meet them.

The Commodore stepped cautiously toward the Cyrians, he had never seen another species in person before, and was in awe of the sedenta.
"Greetings, I am Commodore Ryan Vrelck III, welcome to our starbase"


Meanwhile back on the observation deck, the station commander motioned toward a screen and announced that they would now watch the contstruction of the PHX Vengance. A crewman punched a few keys and the 60 foot displays switched on
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The video screens displayed the time-lapse photographic series at 300x speed, some spots were censored but for the most part it showed the complete construction of the Vengance, complete with a few real-speed clips and audio commentary.

This gave the Station Commander time to go and meet the TSA represenitives.
He and an aide ran through a corridor and to the central lift, in a matter of minutes they were in the shuttle bay where the TSA Shuttle was.

"Welcome to Starbase 69, I am Commander Gromer, the commander of this station, and I will escort you to the observation deck, feel free to ask me any questions about the Starbase, we will be taking a scenic route so you can view some of the systems. :) "

.

Jefferson and his bodyguards turned away from the window and watched as another representative walked into the room.

[OOC: Sorry it's short. I'm tired and worked on a college paper.]

OOC: I have been busy. Forgot about replying. I'm ready now.

IC:

The Xizorian Elite cruiser addressed itself as the Achilles. Three more battlecruisers appeared beside it. They were the Apollo, the Zobris, and the Pairish. The Apollo had contained the Grand Admiral, the Zobris the Consolman, and the Massive Ormi, the Leader of Azurbajan and the Entire Black Sun System, Emperor Xizor. They all boarded a single shuttle and headed for dock 7.

The Commodore stepped cautiously toward the Cyrians, he had never seen another species in person before, and was in awe of the sedenta.
"Greetings, I am Commodore Ryan Vrelck III, welcome to our starbase"


Meanwhile back on the observation deck, the station commander motioned toward a screen and announced that they would now watch the contstruction of the PHX Vengance. A crewman punched a few keys and the 60 foot displays switched on
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The video screens displayed the time-lapse photographic series at 300x speed, some spots were censored but for the most part it showed the complete construction of the Vengance, complete with a few real-speed clips and audio commentary.

Chancellor Alkienna gladly shook hands with the Commodore, which likely was strange for him, with the Cyrians six fingered symmetrical hands.
When the commodore turned, he saw the Sedenta's exposed neck, her head bent backwards, her yellow horns touching her back.
Chancellor Alkienna explained. "That is the Sedenta formal greeting to the leader of another tribe that they're on friendly terms with. Just rub her throat a little to accept her. Her name's Reene, by the way."

Erridian looked at the construction of the Vengeance wth much interest. At one point, he asked for it to be paused. "What, exactly, is that? I don't recognise it. i uderstand if it's classified.." he pointed to the thing in the nose (The thing with the 3 claws)

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"Good question, that is the centerpiece of the Devastator class, the "Talon Cannon" a Lieutenant said as he changed the image on the screen for a moment
"Sorry, I can't tell you much more about it, the Commodore is the only one with the clearance.... " he said as he let the rest of the image play out

Meanwhile, back at the command center, Azurbajani vessels were detected, and the officer of the deck directed them into range as one of them sent off a shuttle.
"Azurbajani shuttlecraft you are cleared to dock, shuttlebay 7"
The shuttle docked without any delay, and soon was offloading passengers.

The Commodore escorted Chancellor Alkienna along the hallway where they met up with the delegation from Azurbajan at one of the adjacent shuttlebays. After brief introductions they all proceeded to join with everyone else on the observation lounge.

Xizor and his companions walked to the site where they could see the construction. Xizor's consoleman was growing weary of the station and sudgested they left. "I will not leave until I can confirm this station is not a threat to our Empire." said Xizor "If it is, than we would need more ships woulden't we........." The Consoleman turned to Guri. She was a fearless assassin and bodyguard and never left Xizor's side. "Xizor has gone into his scheming ways again. I hope we benefit from this station and do not have to attack." The consoleman said."Xizor is not as ignorant as you seem to make him look," Guri replied "He actually does know what is right. He just has to obey the Heirarchs."

The consoleman was getting annoyed. "Listen to me! Those Heirarchs are just as stupid as Xizor! Don't you see this is a weapon? If I were building a superweapon, I woulden't invite people to watch! These bastards are planning something. I sent word to the shuttle, and me and my escort are getting outta here. Please, I beg of you, bring yourself and Xizor too." By this time, all eyes were on him, Including Xizor, Guri, The Consoleman's escort, and the foreign soldiers and crews. Xizor began to open his mouth. "Guards, remove this insignifficant drone from my counsel. Have him sent to the holy city as a Heretic!"

The Consoleman drew his weapon and aimed directly at Xizor. His Escort was completely loyal and did the same. Xizor's men had targeted the Consoleman, while Xizor summoned Guri to get the foreigners involved...........

Erridian ran to the guard he had gave his weapons to. "He quickly grabbed his two hand-EMCs and ran to where the consoleman and Xizor were.

He pointed them at the Consoleman. "Lower your weapon. You do not draw weapons on a foreigner's ship, especialy when you were INVITED! Now, you have to the count of five to lower your weapons."

"One."

"Two."

"Three."

"Four."

"Five."

The Consoleman simply looked at the man as he counted down numbers, and then layed his weapon down right when he said "Five"

"Security team to the observation lounge" the commodore spoke in a low but authoritative tone over his collar mounted MCA(Mobile Communications Apparatus) as he holstered his own sidearm and motioned to the two KOP(Knights Of Phoenix) in the room to lower thier weapons as well.
His other hand had been hovering over a switch which would have emitted a disabling electric shock from the bulkheads and ceiling, he sighed in relief as he replaced the plastic cover over the ominous red button and walked towards
Emperor Xizor.
"Now now, calm down everyone, we'll have no trouble here, whatever internal difficulties you have with one another, settle them back on your ship. What would like me to do with these.... compainons of yours, sir?" he asked the Emperor as he made a subtle motion to the 12 security officers who had just entered the room.

"Good choice." erridian said when the consoleman lowered his weapon.

"Take their weapons. I sugest you stripsearch them. Not here, of course. But it's the onyl way of knowing wether they ahave more weapons or not"

I do agree to send this incompitant fool back to my ship. However, I do not wish to be searched. If you can manage to let this isolated event go, I wish to resume the observation of your project.

"There is no need for a strip search in this day and age", laughed the Commodore as he waved over one of the security personnel.

The young security officer walked over to the Azurbajanis and collected their weapons, handing them off to a crewman. From his belt he unclipped a small device about the size of a small book. He moved the device up and down in the air, pointed at the Emperor and informed the commodore that there no additional, concealed active energy weapons or explosive signatures on any of the men.

The Commodore turned and declared: "Now, you may stay for the rest of today's events but only if you behave yourselves. My men will be joining you for the rest of your stay aboard Starbase 69." He flinched as the dozen security officers took their seats on the plush couches, their body armor digging into the new upholstery.

Alright if ya'll can keep from blowing eachother's heads off for a few minutes I should be making my way to the bridge of my ship." Commodore Vrelck said as he made his way to the door.
"Davis, Turpin, you two escort the Consoleman back to the shuttle bay as it appears he doesn't enjoy our hospitality" he turned and said to the KOPs as he walked out the door..

*Five minutes later*

"This is Commodore Vrelck to all crew members. Report to your duty stations, the Vengeance will launch in 12 minutes" the commodore said over a starbase and ship-wide PA system operated from the bridge of the Vengeance.


The commander of the station now directed everyone to a what had been a video screen a few moments ago but was now a 50 meter panoramic window, the Vengeance in full view...

"Let it be known that the Devastator Class Super Destroyer, Registry Number PHX-704, from this day foward shall be known as the PHX Vengeance.
Commisoned this date of February 16th 2505 by authority of Fleet Command, and The Leader of the Phoenix Militia."

Commodore Ryan Vrelck III read from a status screen in front of his captians chair as he gave the nod to camera.
Watching on board the shipyard control station, an ensign pushed the torpedo firing control, and out from the underside torpedo tube of the main superstructure of the shipyard section, came a bottle of Champagne, vintage 1999. It crashed onto the hull of the Vengeance and the foamy mist of the wine shrouded one of the external camera's just for a moment.
On board the starbase the commander handed out glasses of the same vintage champagne to the delegates.
"Reactor 1, 2 and 4 poweringup, full power achived"
"Launch sequence start."
"Docking clamps released."
"Gravity generators... equalised"
"Main engine start"
"Positive thrust achived"
"Detach docking node"
"Jettison tethers
"Disengage magnetic locks"
'FIRE THRUSTERS!!!"
"We are away"
"The Vengeance is away"
The radio chatter stopped for a moment as the Vengeance made 1/4 of an orbit and engaged its impulse engines on full.
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The window turned backinto a view screen and tracked the Vengeance from a series of probes.

There was polite applause from the TSA representives as the ship seperated from the station.

"Where is the ship going?" the reporter Ms DiVero asked.

ooc: wait, where were we? The last thing I remember, the commodore was shaking hands with chancellor alkienna, and then what, he appeared at the observation deck?

"The Vengeance is going to test her full suite of systems in the nearby asteriod belt, it will just be a few minutes" answered one of the officers.




OOC:
The Commodore escorted Chancellor Alkienna along the hallway where they met up with the delegation from Azurbajan at one of the adjacent shuttlebays. After brief introductions they all proceeded to join with everyone else on the observation lounge.
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Jefferson briefly clapped his hands as the ship departed the bay within the facility. He had noticed the fracas, but not paid any attention, knowing that his guards were capable of handling the situation, instead preferring to watch as the ship was launched.

Erridian applauded the ship's departure. He thought to himself I wonder how well it would do against the devastator

OOC: Erridian departed before the SN was overtaken

OOC: Phonix, may I crash your party? well, sort of. Just with the random arrival of the Devastator and it's accompanying fleet. No attack or anything like that, thouhg

OOC: Erridian departed before the SN was overtaken
The who and the what was what?


OOC: Phonix, may I crash your party? well, sort of. Just with the random arrival of the Devastator and it's accompanying fleet. No attack or anything like that, thouhg
You may arrive right after the weapons test
(saying you detected the energy surge and were investigating or whatever)

"If you will all direct your attetion to the main screen once again" announced the Commander of the Station as he pointed at the flat screens.
"The asteriod here is nearly 70% solid tungsten with pockets of iron carbide and uraniuim. This asteriod stripped 4 drill bits and was abandonded. For the test we have bolted on some Tritanium alloy armor plating, overall giving it the strength of most starship hulls. Furthermore we have established a sheild net around the armor...." he went on for a few moments while the ship got into final position.

We shall now demonstrate the destructive power of the Talon Cannon" announced Commodore Vrelck from the deck of the Vengeance as he prepared to issue the firing commands.
"Start firing sequence"
"Open the first valve"
"Aye"
"Lock targeting scanners"
"Locked"
"Equalize tank pressure"
"Opening valve two"
"Flood the Warp reactor!"
"Flooding....60%, 80% 100%!"
"Valve 3 and 4 now open, ready to fire, already energized"
"FIRE!!!"
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In an instant the asteriod was vaporized in a ball of flame, impressing even the Commodore.


Unbeknownst to the delegates and onlookers, the "shields" were realy just surplus deflector arrays designed to keep speks of dust and other space junk from impacting a ship while it traveled at high speed. They were almost useless against all but the most primitive of space weapons. Also, the asteriod had its cored drilled out long ago by miners, and was packed with explosives and otherunstable material, other than the loose ice and dust.... well the armor plating was actually applied... the asteriod was nothing more than a hollow ball ready to explode from a single 9mm bullet impact!!

The commodore ordered the sensor sweeps, this was a real test, not of destuctive power as the delegates were led to belive but of power output.
A small science vessel measured latent effects as it analzed other data.

....The power output turned out to be an increase of 45% over the previous 3 models of the Talon Cannon, all this while using only 3/4 of the warp plasma required for the other canons, but this was kept secret.

"Sir, we're about 45 seconds from reversion"

"Good... Let's hope this place is inhabited..."

"Three seconds, two seconds, reversion, now"

The Devastator and her fleet reverted to normal space just before the Talon Cannon fired. The signals were immedeatly picked up.

"Sir, energy surge, seems to be weapons grade. Bearing 302 by 006."

"Set course, full speed."

Three minutes later, the PHX Vengeance was being hailed.

"Unknown craft, this is the ISF Devastator and acompanying fleet. We do not intend harm. We are on a peaceful mission. I repeat, Unknown craf..."

A minute later, the Vengeance picked up the fleet. The fleet consisted of two heavily armed 20km long ships, along with over a hundred other ships, though about three quarters of those ships were civilian craft, with little to no weapons, sheilds, and armor.

Xizor looked at a viewscreen and saw the battle test of the Vengence. He looked up from his screen and went to the highest official he could find and said simply: "If you can reveal to me what you intend to do with this ship, I would greatly appreciate it"

"Sir, Tracking has confirmed. There is a planet within the liquid water zone. We are reciving updates as they come in."

"Good. Keep me informed."

A few minutes later, the officer reported again. "WE have confirmed signatures of a few craft. Upddating now."

The Lord Commander looked at the plot. There was a science ship not to far from the asteroid that had beendestoryed, along with the Vengeance. In orbit aroun the planet was a space station, along with some other craft.

"Have the civvies go to the rear. The warships are to come to the front, along with the hellbore and the Devastator. Keep weapons ready to power up, bt do not power them, same with the sheilds."

a few minutes later, the fleet was spread out over the light-seconds, it's civilian ships the most defended

bumpity bump

"I'm tracking two large, huge warships, at least 12 miles long, also tracking over 100 smaller vessels in formation... Claiming to be on a peaceful mission, no shields or weapons seem to be online, but they are still heading towards the system." The tactical officer reported.

"Open an encrypted channel to the task force, have them form a defensive perimiter around the starbase code black, order the science vessel to withdraw as well...
Send a priority one subspace message to fleet command, inform them of our disposition in case we have to go off the air, and reload... just in case.."The first officer ordered.

"Open a channel to the lead ship." the Commodore ordered the comm officer
"Attention ISF Devastator, this is Commodore Vrelck, commander of the PHX Vengeance, you have entered territory of The Phoenix Militia, with quite a large fleet I might add, please state your intentions." he said and then keyed the microphone off and scanned his status panel quickly for any new tactial information as he awaited a response.

---
back on the station, that same time...

In his earpiece, Commander Gromer, the station commander recieved a flash warning:unscheduled incursion into the K sector, unknown number of ships, all military assets ordered to code black.
The station commander then turned to Xizor and said "Sir I can assure you that the Vengeance, and all other previously built Devastator Class Super Destroyers are built to defend our citizens and our interest, now If you'll exuse me, I have to coordinate operations with the fleet surface forces." as he turned and headed towards the command deck, located at the very core of the station. He stopped and looked back at the delegates and announced:
"Excuse me for a moment, we have a number of unkown ships apporaching the test site, no need for alarm, we are investigating, I am needed at my station, please relax." he then turned into the corridor.

OOC:no

"SIR! We are being hailed!"

"Take it."

after listineng to the Commodore's transmission, The Lord Commander replied.

"Commodore, we intend no harm. If we had wanted to, we could have done a lot of damage in the time we've been here. WE are simply looking for supplies, and allies. We are cut off from our homeworld, with no way back."

After conferring for a second with his first officer the Commodore replied.
"You have come to the right place, if you would like to join me back on the space station orbiting the planet I could introduce you to representatives from several different nations.. and I can already guarantee that The Phoenix Militia can offer you supplies... for a small price of course. If you would like to join us on the station I will give you docking co-ordinates, I'm afraid you will have to send only one of your smaller vessels, as we cannot accomadate the larger ships in your fleet."

Andon laughed "There are very few who can accomodate ships of this size. I'l comein a Cruiser." He got into the siad ship and it moved towards the station

oops... I meant to psot as ISF Devastator. Honest!

"Very well, we will escort you to the station when you are ready."

"Attenion Phonix ships. WE are reciving transmissions on ISF frequencies. All of our combat ships wil be jumping immedeatly after this broadcast. Civilian ships will be left here, with a civilian oficer with power to negotiate."

The transmission of the comm officer cut off as the ships jumped.
OOC: I'm still RPing, but my military shipsare needed elsewhere

Good day Pheonix Militia,
I am Leo C. Blue of ASC, I am sending this message from an out-of-dimension(universe) station. We would like to visit your station to learn about your tech. Also we would like to ask, is your station defended with shielding? If not we can help, as we have helped many other nations.
Please consider, as we are beggining our ships drive system and will be re-appearing in your dimension(universe).

Leo C. Blue
-Recorded at 0100 hours-

"I am sorry but we can not accept you at this time, The Imperial Vanguard has already mastered shielding and we can not, at this time, allow for any additional factions to be allowed into the station on such short notice as there may be conflicting interested." A liason officer replied over the communications link.

---meanwhile---


Now that the military fleet had departed, the Commodore was a bit relieved, even though they were peacefull, the thought of so many armed ships around him was unsettleing. After a brief test of the docking system, the Vengeance mated with the main ring of the starbase for the first time and the Commodore headed back to the observation lounge.


OOC: sorry to all but I am trying to wrap this up :(

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