NationStates Jolt Archive

The 127th Scientific Fleet was the mainstray of the Siesatian exploration intitiatives. It carried both the big science vessels, such as the USS Jennifer and the USS Nemiz, and the big name carriers, such as the recently constructed sister ships, Lexington, Tiger's Claw, and Concordia, who packed a punch; carrying 3600 Fighters all together.

The fleet had been assigned to exploration of the system designated SYS-X-8934. They had reached it, and made detailed scans, searching for minerals, and life. They had something, energy patterns, but a closer examination was needed. The fleet began to move deep into the system.

SYS-X-8934, aka Nagano System

"General Alert!"

The military facility on Nagano IV had been the first outpost planted in the system by the MSE; unfortunately it was the only operational military facility in the system. Commander Ichiro hurtled down the corridor to the operations room, where the staff were huddled round a sensor screen.

"What the hell's going on? Who called General Alert?"

The sensor operator jumped from his seat and snapped to attention. "I did sir! We have unidentified contacts entering the system; some of them are enormous!"

Ichiro double-checked the readings. "By Daikhito! Have they attacked anything?"

"No sir. However, we've advised all settlements in the system to make for their shelters just in case. Perhaps we should see what's out there."

Ichiro shook his head. "No, we don't want to antagonise whatever's out there. Perhaps they'll just pass us by...if not, then we shall surrender our lives to defend this system."

The fleet continued to move in towards the first planet in the system.

USS Concordia
"Sir, I'm definately detecting energy below." the sensor officer told the captian, a tall imposing Burmecian by the surname of Blazespear.
"Launch alert fighters, and begin active scanning, Temporal and Conventional. I want every inch of it catolouged and sitting in a report on my desk in 2 hours."
"Yes Sir." he said,
"Bridge to hanger deck 15, launch Alert Fighters, passive-Aggressive only."

The fighter pilots launched their fighters only 2 minuates later. They began to take up defensive positions around the Concordia.

"Sir...."

Ichiro glared at the sensor readings. "Perhaps we should try diplomacy. Even if we got our fleet here, there's no guarantee that they'd be victorious. I'm going to try talking to whoever that is; if things go wrong, well, we probably won't be around to be disciplined for it. If this was Daitou or Genyosha then we'd have no problems; why'd we have to be stationed in such a far away system?"

The military outpost began broadcasting on all frequencies. "Unidentified ships, this is Commander Ichiro of the Marimaian Sphere Empire. You have entered Marimaian territory, so please identify yourselves."

"This is the Unified Worlds of Siesatia 127th Scientific Fleet. We are here exploring the system." Captain Blazespear told them. "This system was not laid public claim upon, and it was assumed to be either empty, or inhabited by STL peoples."

He finished the message, and ordered another group of alert fighters to protect the fleet. He was not normally one to trust his instincts, but right now, they were telling him to be prepared for anything.

"Public claim? I would think that our presence was enough to show that this system is claimed! Our empire does not wish conflict, so stand down your weapons. We will be sending a greeting party to you shortly."

Ichiro finished the message before making his way to the shuttle bay; as ranking officer, he would have to be the empire's representative in this meeting. After final preparations, the shuttle took off and headed towards the foreign fleet, escorted by two fighters.

"It is normally customary for a nation to announce its claim publicly. If you did, we did not hear of it, information exchange has been.... sporadic of late, there are numerous conflicts simultaniously engaged. We shall be ready to recieve any ambassadors, or diplomats.

Ichiro sighed in relief. "Excellent news! Now, if you wish, I can carry out initial negotiations here, or I can give you the coordinates of our home system; we've already sent a message to them regarding your presence, they may have received it by now."

The Diplomatic procedures may take place aboard our vessel. Our bays are open.


OOC: Sorry for lateness and shortness, I am a bit sick....

The Diplomatic procedures may take place aboard our vessel. Our bays are open.


OOC: Sorry for lateness and shortness, I am a bit sick....

OOC: Hey, no problems. Hope you feel better.

IC:

Ichiro looked in awe at the Siesatian vessels as his shuttle flew towards them. The empire had been considering larger battleships, and the size of the ships in the scientific fleet convinced him to plead with Central Command for larger vessels, and many of them.

The shuttle headed into the bay, and Ichiro prepared himself for his first diplomatic mission.

"Diplomatic shuttle, you are cleared for hanger A-2. Welcome."

Tyr Silverspear sat, waiting in the hanger for the representatives.

Ichiro stepped off the shuttle and looked around at his hosts.

"I bear greetings from the Marimaian Sphere Empire! As previously stated, I am Commander Ichiro. I am but a mere outpost commander, but our laws permit me to initiate diplomatic proceedings. Any discussion of formal treaties will require travel to our home system, where the Ministry of Ambassadorial Affairs would take over from me.

Anyway, welcome to our territory. I hope that our discussions here can lead to a more lasting relationship between our peoples."

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Genyosha System

Upon receiving Ichiro's message, Central Command ordered the dispatch of the Hitoyoshi Carrier Group to the Nagano system as support for Ichiro.

"We agree with these terms, we have been allowed to carry out diplomacy in the name of Siesatia. Please, follow me to the conference room, just down this hall."
The captain led Ichiro into the conference room, where Tyr Silverlance sat waiting.

"I am Tyr Silverlance, representative of the Unified Worlds of Siesatia. Welcome to the Concordia, lets get down to buissiness." The Burmecian said, before sitting down.

Ichiro sat down and smiled politely at his host.

"Basically, we are a remarkably quiet empire. If you leave us alone, we leave you alone. However, we can be known for our diplomacy.

All we would normally propose is recognition of each other's territory and occasional trade. In this situation, I can see something else we would propose. Our FTL technology is not always reliable, so we only equip it to certain vessels. We would be interested in acquiring details of your FTL drives, so that we can travel around more easily; it would greatly improve our economy if we could reduce travel times. Of course, you would be greatly compensated for this technology. Knowing our diplomatic corps, we would probably offer you exclusive trade rights and the freedom of our territory."

OOC: Meanwhile...on the far side of the system...the Star Ship USS Voyager emerged from some crazy space conduit

Captain Janeway sat provocatively in her padded captain's chair with her legs spread at an almost unlady-like angle.

Captain Janeway - "So what so we have here?"

Commander Tuvok - "We appear to have come across two unknown species. However, my vulcan powers indicate that they are most likely Siesation and Marimian"

Captain Janeway - "Well I'll be a doodle bug in aunt betty's root cellar...those sound like some pretty hostile species to me!"

Cammander Tuvok - "Indeed...perhaps we should destroy them just to be on the safe side"

Captain Janeway - "Agreed...RED ALERT...Raise Shields...charge phasors...prime photon torpedoes...let's target these aliens scum and blow them to vahalla"


*Nothing like the smell of phasor fire in the morning* thought Captain Janeway...

OOC to Marimaia: Let him play... I've been dying to crush a noob for a while, and remember, I have quite a few very powerful ships in cloak.

OOC to Neo Theocrats: If you're going to use Voyager, at least make the characters believable, Janeway wouldnt be caught saying 'Doodle Bug' If you have to, just say Fuck.

"Sir, I am picking up a rather small vessel arming it's weapons." The Sensor officer exclaimed.

"Send out the warning message, arm weapons, and shields."

~Message to USS Voyager~
Any attack is suicidal, and will result in a state of open war against your nation. We shall not hesitate to open fire should we feel threatened.




"We have detected a hostile ship in your system, should they open fire, our fleet will destroy it, you of course will get the debris, and any technology it offers." Tyr told the Marimaia representative.

OOC: Sorry, been otherwise occupied....

If you're still interested, we can continue. Blasting Voyager or taking it over would be perfect really; my space empire would gain access to working warp engine technology.

IC:

Ichiro smirked. "Oh please, be my guest. Eliminate that bug."