NationStates Jolt Archive


The XGP Project

Gaian Ascendancy
24-02-2005, 08:31
((OC- fans of Outlaw Star should appreciate this. =^^= And yes I've been watching that series of late too. =^^= ))
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*Nergal Diamond Fleet Docks; between the orbits of Opal Diamond and White Diamond/Sapphire*

Advisor Yurika Tenkawa was walking along a long viewing tube in the midst of the heavily busy Fleet Yard Bays, where rows of five, columed by ten more, on both sides to view, were Warships, High-Mobiles and Hiagarain Android vessel Classes were being constructed, many Class types.

Easily in her sight was a new McKenna Class Battleship that would come into active service in about a years time. All about, droid manufacturing units were moving large subsections of the various vesseling under construction, like a large swarm of artifical bees.

Behind her was the Core Command Station, with a Texas Battleship, Bronze Wolf holding station about 15,000 meters away, unseen with it, three Crusiers that were being refitted with Boson Jump Drives, but otherwise fully operational. All there was to the process was a compartmentalized Drive swap. Omni technology even was up to WarShip levels, and the refit would only take a few days for each vessel. The Texas Bronze Wolf had already been fitted from the onset of it's keel breaking.

This was only one section of the 15,072 square area kilometer Yard, and unseen were fourteen more Sections with WarShips in various stages of construction.

The MO-Resource Fields were being lept busy with moving new molecular material for the nearby Yard Foundries, several hundred producing the components for the Yards. The System Oort Cloud, and mined resources throughout the Republic were feeding the MO-Fields throughout the Republic, and hence the Foundries and numerous Yards, though none as large as this Yard was.

In the distance, through the latice grill work the constructed vessels were caged in place with, was the sight of InterSystem Commerce in progress. Two JumpShips dominated in a small stream of shuttle and small craft traffic, all bringing goods throughout the Republic. Some brining detal parts for the Yards and the vessels themselves.

And despite all this, Yurika and her Admirals were here for an entirely 'new' reason. Inspection was not on Yurika's mind.

..Approval was. A new concept was about to meet her gaze full on for the first time.

However, she occasionally liked to talk. "Did you know that just last night, I had to get Akito dear to choose the Ball Gown for the Ascendancy Ball? I mean he's sweet and everything, but he seems to want to avoid me whenever I bring that up?"

Core Admiral Cor McKenna just quips, as he's the only one that dare tries. "Did he approve of the color Advisor?"

Yurika leaps a skip. "Oh yes! I think he thought I looked ravishing. That's my sweet, dear Akito for you. I should be able to match Seto's scandalous gossip this year."

McKenna just shakes his head and pegs in. "If the matter of the Munchowsin Project could garner attention?"

Yurika just stops and looks over her shoulder. "Hey, I was glossing over my Akito, you mind until we 'get' there to talk shop?" Said in her dry tone. The Admiral just sighs anime like. "Indeed milady."

The Admirals endure for the rest of the 1,435 yard tube extent, what after only 2,432 meters before, blabber as they reach the Small Vessel Yard Section.

Here, the sight of newly purchased Lambada Shuttles and Beta Assault Shuttles were being stripped and tinkered with for their reverse engineering projects. But here also, out of sight, was a brand new sight.

It was a marvel to look at, all 189.4 meters of it. A gray unpainted vessel, four perpendicular placed thruster engines, a long midsection that bulbed outwards into a rounded bow, running to a rounded point in front. Underneath was a boxy area, where two grappiler classified arm-units were tucked in. To the rear was a set of propeller like ring sections, fitted together tightly, yet made to rotate smooth, the cockpit section was a bulby node with only a small section visible for a viewport. Several small just established where the weapons, missile tubes, and communication/sensor arrays were fixed.

Overall, it was a marvel of miniaturized vessel technology.

Yurika took one look at it. "So that's the XGP-010-A1."

McKenna came unto his own. "All our efforts to create a small vessel capable of independent Boson Jumping, as well as the power, advances, and capability of a Frigate.

The cargo section is large enough for small scale commerce transporting. And the first active A.I. Enhanced interface with interactive capability, as well as hyper-advanced logic circuits, equal to a protocol-astromecha droid unit. The I.Q. quotient of the unit is equal to a normal human's, and has the E.4-S3 Logic Command Obediance Circuit. C4I installed, best communications and sensors availalble.

The Boson Drive has the ability to enter the subspace Jump layer, the Etherstream Plane, as well as standard Boson Fold Jumping and basic K-F Drive abilities. Speed rating for trials should be at .87 sublight, making it rather quick and nimble, with the gravity inertia induction maneuvering thrusters.

Crew of five, as well as the.. um.. subject being trained. Though still why you chose 'them' for a crew we'll never know.."

Yurika quips.. "They were at the same high school center we all went to, my family, friends and I."

McKenna only nods.

"Speaking past.. all for both the military, exploration and commerce sectors. As the Council demanded.

First Shake down is set for a week from today. If all goes well, we can begin mass production of custom models, and deploy them to prospective volunteers. They shoiuld be able to free the Fleet from active Exploration duties, allowing for the Fleet to stay close to home territories.

Personally speaking, she looks great."

Yurika looks back. "This from the guy that was skeptical of this concept from the start." McKenna only coughs and looks away. Yurika looks back... "Our own fleet of independent vessels, and better still, fielded by volunteers that want to explore space.

If this works, within five years, we can flood all of space with such souls.

..and then.. dear Akito and I can have our own little love boat too!" ..she finishes with a glee filled skip. McKenna just wonders silently how this person got the StarFleet CIC yet again.

"I felt that.." Yurika quips. McKenna hides behind a holo-Padd board.