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A Brief History and Explanation for Eveything

The Kelnacht star Cluster is a small group of six stars that are relatively closely grouped stars. All of the stars are within 75 light-years of each other. Two of the star systems have no planets capable of supporting life. these star systems both have K-type stars, which are orbited by several gas giants and one or two balls of lifeless rock. The other four star systems have G-type stars and have planets capable of supporting life. Only one of the star systems atually eveloped intelligent life (This system is actually known as the "Kelnacht System"). It has five planets, one of which can support life while the others are lifeless balls of rock with thin or no atmospheres. Several hundred years ago thenative inhabitants, the Kelnacht, developed sub-light space travel.

The Kelnacht are a humaniod race, the typical example standing at 5'11" in height. They are similar in many aspects to the human race. They are bipedal and have two arms and two hands as well as a mouth, eyes, and ear. However their blood is not iron-based and the tructure od their internal organs very different. They did evolove rom primates either, but from a race of warm-blooded reptiles. They ae very lizard-lik in appearn, a thy have hort, stubby snouts. They no longer have tails, as their ancestors once did an their eyes are located for binocular vision. Their sclaes are a pale green, but colors can range anywhere from red to blue. They have no body hair.

Kelnacht society is baed upon clans and the family unit. Each clan rules an area on their home planet and usually several colonies. Each clan sends a representative to the Ruling Council and the Ruling Council elects a PRresident every ten years. The council mmbership can be changed every five years. On a more local level, officials are elected in elections.

They proceeded to colonize the other planets in their system, most of which are balls of rock with thin atmopheres. Most of the colonies are used for mining and natural resources. One hundrd years ago an enterprising Kelnachtian scientist hit upon an amazing discovery: a way to travl faster then light. Known as a "tran drive" it opens a wormhole in space, allowing the ships to travel from place to place at incredible rates of speed.

The government quickly sieed on this nw technology and used it to colonize and explore the urounding star systems. They began constructing new ships and put gas-harvesting stations in orbit over gas giants. All planets capable of supporting life were colonized (there are four others scattered throughout the cluster). Those that could not support life were exploited, an mining or construction colonies established. Afte contact with an errant space probe thy realized they were not alone in the Universe an began home system. The ships were large; the capital ships were over a kilometer in length and bristling with weaponry.

The Kelnacht people have established dominance over the newly christened "Kelacht Star Cluster". They end their own probes into deep space. Fou years ago they began transmitting mesages into space, hoping that other races would detect the messages. One year ago the Council Announced that they were going to end and exploration and colonization fleet into space. It would be made up of several warhips, transports, and science vessels. The day of the fleet's departure has arrived. Will it go over smoothly? Will the messages and probes they launched into space prompt a raction? What is the destiny of the Kelnacht people?


OOC: Open, for now. Tis is an intro for my FT nation. I'm currently working on designs for the Kelnacth warships and weapon technology. Have at it.

ooc: can i join in? or you want your ships to meet other once you send them?

OOC: Like I said, it's open. They've been beaming messages into space for awhile now, plus they hav probes out and about. Join in if you want.

`Captain, i think you should see this.` The ensign turned towards the captain and continued...`There is a message coming on one of the bands and it seems like first contact situation.`

`Do you have the origin point?`

`Yes sir. Should i plot a course?`

`Make it so ensign.`

The captain looked at the young ensign and smiled. It was the first alien species that he will encounter. He`ll remember it for the rest of his life. Now hopefully they were friendly.

Twenty minutes later, a jump-gate opened in the system where the message originated. Exiting the vortex, a huge cruiser, impressive in sight, one mile long and even higher then that, a Sharlin class war-cruiser made his entrance and started transmiting a message as soon as the universal translator decripted the messages between the alien planets.

`This is the ISS Sharia, of the Calpian Empire. We come in peace with the wish to open diplomatic relations.`

ooc:
pic of the sharlin class war-cruiser (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/muahdib/storefront/sharlin.jpg)

Listening Post, Moon of Kimdil, Edge of Kelnacht Home System
"Lieutenant! Unidentified ship entering the system...it's huge! Over a mile high!"

Lietutenant Kalnetn glanced up from his command chair with a grimace. At least it was something besides a wayward comet.

"Combat alert, Level 2! Signal Kelnacht and High Command. The Red Sun should already know...By the Gods. First COntact with an alien race."

"Sir, we're recieving a message from the incoming ship...Putting it through now."

Kalnetn listened for a moment as the message played through over the communicator, then snarled, "How can they know our language? It's impossible!"

"Yes, sir. The Red Sun is signaling us, sir. She's moving into defense position."


The Red Sun, in Orbit over Kimdil, 384,000 kilometers away

The KSFS Red Sun was a Kelnacht Komo[i]-class frigate, 460 meters long and carried two squadrons of starfighters. It as a fast and manuverable craft.

"Move into defensive position between the ship and the planet. Hail them."

"Yes, sir!"

"Attention [i]Sharia, this is the KSFS Red Sun. Remain where you are. We are contacting our superiors."

The war cruiser replied couple of minutes later:

`Understood Red Sun. We will wait here. As we said, we come with peace in mind.`

`Do you think they`ll fire sir?`, asked the young ensign, looking for the first time at an alien ship.

`I dont think so ensign. Its not very logical to send probes to atract aliens, and then start a war with them. But they might be nervous about it if we`re the first to enter their space. `

~The space rippled around one of the colony ships as several plasma bombs impacted on the shields. Sensors flared as a wing of bombers sliced through the void across the hull, quickly darting away from the counter attack. Energy spikes signaled the arrival of a cruiser and two destroyer class vessels as they shimmered into existence several kilometers from the convoy. More explosions rocked the fleet as beams of energy ripped into the nearest military vessel. Dozens of small star fighters began screaming out of the launch bays to start their attack run on the startled defenders.~

cruiser
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destroyers
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fighter/bombers
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~The space rippled around one of the colony ships as several plasma bombs impacted on the shields. Sensors flared as a wing of bombers sliced through the void across the hull, quickly darting away from the counter attack. Energy spikes signaled the arrival of a cruiser and two destroyer class vessels as they shimmered into existence several kilometers from the convoy. More explosions rocked the fleet as beams of energy ripped into the nearest military vessel. Dozens of small star fighters began screaming out of the launch bays to start their attack run on the startled defenders.~

cruiser
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/azureink/ships/raiders/fastattackfrigate.jpg

destroyers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/azureink/ships/IonCannonFrigatemod2.jpg

fighter/bombers
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/azureink/ships/raiders/fastattackinterceptor.jpg

ooc: DO can you get on mirc or send me an AIM, MSN, YMsg id through TG? wanna ask you something

`Captain, they are under atack. Sensors say its the Draconic Order.`

`Yellow alert. Raise shields and standby. Last time i checked we had a peace treaty with them. I dont want to start the skirmishes again. What the hell do they want with these decloak and atack tactics. I`m starting to be sorry that we didnt waited for that cloak detector to be installed, but damn it, another month in shipyard to wait for the damn Victory destroyers to get it first. Bahh. Record the battle ensign, and send a message to ISF Command and ask for instructions.`

`Aye sir.`

Captain Bioren stood silent as the ensign relayed the message, shred between the desire to help the most probably innocent aliens, and the not that tied his hands to the back....the damn peace treaty with Draconic Order, signed to stop the battles that started each time calpians and draconic met. He will stand down for the moment, and wait....wait for orders from superiors.

ooc: DO can you get on mirc or send me an AIM, MSN, YMsg id through TG? wanna ask you something

AIM, and what is your screen name?

AIM, and what is your screen name?

ooc: empireofcalpe

`Alyt, we got a message from the Grey Council.`

`Already? Put it through.`

Seconds later, the face of Satai Ashan appeared on the screen.

`Alyt Bioren, you are beeing ordered to go into battle. We have a peace treaty with the Draconic Order, but it says only that they will not atack us. Never again will you restrain yourself from coming to the aid of a helpless nation. Is that understood Alyt?`

`Yes Satai Ashan.`, answered Bioren with his face towards the ground, not daring to look him in the face. `It shall be done as you command.`

`Tak`Mora Alyt Bioren`, were the last words of the member of the Grey Council, before dissapearing from the screen.


`Red Alert. All crew to battlestations.`, ordered Bioren with anger in his heart. He had received the equivalent of a verbal spanking from a Satai in front of his crew. Only blood will wash this shame.

`Launch fighters and engage the enemy cruiser.`

Fifteen Nial fighters launched and headed for the draconic fighters, while the Sharlin cruiser started firing on the capital ships. The command chamber switched to holographic mode, allowing the officers to see everything that was happening on the battlefield, while eighteen Gravimetric Neutron Cannons started firing on the enemy ships. As they aproached the targets another eighteen heavy Fusion Beam Cannons came into action, picking one by one the targets, while concentrating on the draconic cruiser.

Bioren turned his attention for a moment to the fighters, only to see them engage their draconic equivalents with their heavy neutron guns. He turned back towards the capital ships, aware that there lies the danger.

~As the first blasts leveled into the Draconic skirmishers from the Calpe ships, something strange happened. Instead of fighting back they started to withdrawl. Under the glow of the energy fields that were being bombarded, the cruiser turned away from the convoy, their fighters flittering around the fighters and larger ships of the innocent and the Calpe, as they headed back to their mother vessels. The guns on the cruiser and destroyers fell silent as they slowly accelerated away, their damage done.~

The captain of the Red Sun clambered to his feet, swaying. He looked around at his bridge. Destruction was everywhere. The helm officer was dead, killed when his console exploded. His Chief of Operations looked badly burned...

"Sir..." the voice of his Tactical officer made it's way through the ringing in his audio receptors. He shook his head to clear it.

"Report!"

"Sir, the enemy ships are withdrawing. The colonization fleet was on it's way out when they hit...They got hit pretty badly. One of the colony ships has been destroyed. Two others are badly damaged. The first ship helped drive off the other..."

"Are the enemy ships still in range?" he snapped.

"They are in range of our warhead launcher, sir. Our rail-guns have been knocked out."

"Load EMP warhead and fire on their command ship!" he growled, sitting back in his chair, "And get Damage control going. Notify a medical team that we need help on the bridge. And transmit a message to the other alien vessel. Thank them for their assistance."

"Sir. Loading EMP warhead...Firing."

The EMP warhead was designed to emit an Electromagnetic Pulse in a 180 degree arc in front of the warheads impact area, shutting down elcetronics and scrambling computer systems. It was designed to be used at long range to break up the enemy.

They heard a dull "whomp" as the long-range warhead flashed from the missile tube. It scoured the distance between them and the enemy fleet in seconds, it's powerful engines kicking into overdrive. It impacted.

Message to Sharia

Thank you for your assistance. Please standby. We have taken heavy damage and we have reinforcements on the way. Any assistance you could provide for our damaged vessels would be accepted with heart-felt gratitude.

Captain Douglas Mcdonald, Kanuckistani Adventurers' Guild Vessel KAGV Error in Judgment, pondered the telemetry his stealthed recon drones were sending him via entanglment from much farther into this system.

His contacts had been right; a first contact had happened. And his gut had been right; fighting had erupted. But no sooner had the contest begun than the agressor had begun to retreat!

And here he sat at the very heart of a battlecruiser, stealthed up the wazoo, fifteen million kilometers away from the combatants; unless something else went to hell for the locals, this trip would have been for...

"Eh Skip," the call from his right drew his attention; the cheetah-like biped seated there continuing with a predator's grin, "Befor you start mopn', sir, I think you oughta take a real good look at their exit vector."

Douglas blinked, eyes turning to his repeater; sure enough, his commander was right - the bastards were headed straight for him.

"Bugger me," the hunam captain muttered, considering this fortuitous turn of events.

"Alright; prepare for battlestations - queue up and launch six of those Mark 21 Shoal-heads; slip them out quiet and align those one-shot mine-layers to drop stealthed laser-heads in the Hostiles' path. After that, tube the usual mix - I want fighters and limpet-drones at the ready..." He paused for breath; the call to covert battlestations already echoing in the background, "As well as the marines, boarding craft - ECM and FTLi primed to fly.. and whatever the hell you do, don't comprimise our position; we all paid for our fancy new stealth systems - being able to null our mass shadow'll mean squat if we stop blending into the background or, Emperor forbit, ping the bastard with actives."

And with that he sighed, leaning back in his command couch; "Aye"s ambient in the wake of his orders - more than one cringing.

Newbies, the Captain's mental voice only mildly anoyed; Still, they're learning.. and atleast no one's made a major screwup outside of the sims.

The Hive has been watching. They are not ones to miss such a chance. Structured to the efforts of war against Humanity. Since the Peace had been made, more then Five More Planets had been Clensed and mined. So now the home ship was once More wandering the Void of space. They had seen the Messages sent following the peace, and probes and scouts had been sent to moniter the place. After a few months of study, they had been deemed non-human and eligable for an allience. Thus is it was that the massive home ship, almost Three Hundred Miles in Length, arrived in one of their systems. Diplomat Kran sent a message straight away.

To the Kelnacht

We are the Liac. We have come in peace. Please do not open fire apon our home ship. We have learned your language through months of observation and study. we will await your plesure.

The Kran.

Message to Red Sun

We can teleport couple of teams of engineers on your vessels, provided that the temperature on your vessels is not very high. We are used to more cool environments. Please reply on what vessels do you want us to help with the repairs if we are needed.

Three Crystaline objects appear at the edge of the system. Soon after the largest one transmits

"Greeting organics We have observed what has happened here while scaning two nearby star systems for possable colonies we are ready to render aid."

The message is in Kelnacht but very flat as if synthisized.

A Hive-world ship of the Aldu Alliance, Built to aid in the evacuation of planets near flaring stars in the galactic core, had been picking up patchy transmissions from a cluster of stars for a few days. The ship was badly damaged from a solar flare, a star not predicted to flare for quite a while yet. Most systems were operating, life-support and pressurization was still running in most zones, engines were online, yet needed more plutonite fuel, and sensors were still working, but barely. Fuel and other supplies were running low, as was morale of the ship.

"Lord commander, more materials will be needed to complete repairs on the sensor arrays. in particular, molybdenum, titanium, cobalt and Talrium."

"My only hope is that these signals are from an Aldu supply post. How many of the crew were killed?"

"Approximate reports suggest around 170, among them some of the most intelligent of the crew, Lord commander."

The lord commanders tentacle moved to scratch an area near a machine implant on his shell.

"Let us pray that the machine gods look favourably upon us...."

~The EMP torpedo hurled towards its target at impossible speed. As it approached its detonation range, it veered away as if plucked from the void by an unseen hand and sent hurling far enough away from its target so that the edge of the blastwave came within 100m of its target, detonated harmlessly. During the sensor shadow it cast over that sector of space, the unidentified ships faded from visual, three small energy spikes indicated their jump from the system.~

OOC: THis RP is now closed. If you've already posted in it you're in.

IC:

Orbit over Kimil

With a flash five Kithil-class cruisers, a Domon-class carrier, two Komo-class frigates, and ten gunboats appeared in orbit with weapons and deflector shields fully armed and active. Their active sensors swept the area. A full-band transmission was made to all ships in the immediate area.

"Attention all alien vessels, this is Admiral Koln Dernith of the Kelnacht Space Force. I have been authorized by High Command and the RUling COuncil to accept your diplomats and officially welcome you to the Kelnacht Star Cluster. Please remain in your current orbits. To the captin of the Sharina, please beam repair crews to the Red Sun and the two damaged colony ships. We would be greatful."

"PLease send your diplomats, by shuttle or other transport to the [b]Void Dragon[/n], the large carrier ship. YOur diplomats will be taken further in system to Kelnacht to meet with our Ruling Council. Thank you. Signing off."

Bridge of the Red Sun

"Did you see that?"

"I most certainly did. Our warhead aprubtly changed course. No explantion."

"Must be some kind of defensive shield...Well, whoever they were they're gone now."

THe sensor officer looked at his board, then gaped. "Would you look at the size of that ship! 300 miles long!"

"That's incredible!"

"Alyt, we got a message from the alien capital ship. They need repair crews on 3 ships, and are inviting us for diplomatic talks on one of their ships."

"Beam three teams to the main ship, and two for each of the others."

"Yes Alyt."

Alyt Bioren left moments later, with only two guards at his side, and took his place onboard a flyer. The small transport ship (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/muahdib/storefront/lintira.jpg) quietly left the bay, and headed for the designated ship. He wondered how he would be received back home by the Grey Council. They would no doubt be dissapointed in him for allowing the Draconic Order do this. He sighed and moved his attention to the large carrier in front of him. They were close. He touched the communications console and spoke:

" This is the Takari transport to the Void Dragon. Please send us coordinates of the landing bay ."

Mcdonald muttered a curse as, unblinded by the EMP, his recon drones watched the agressors withdraw.

I hate it when they ruin a good ambush.


"Alright; stand down to ready-alert status and begin covert missile retrival. They may be back, or something else may go wrong for the locals; with way, I want recon drones deployed throughout the outter system - solid coverage, but don't go nuts, and stay atleast a hundred thousand kilometers away from anything that could concivibly hold a sensor."

As the sounds of affirmation faded and orders were execuited, he gave his bridge a casual once-over, befor turning to his second in command.

"I was planning on remaining here for another week befor moving on; maybe longer if tensions develop out there. Any thoughts?"


The cheetah lass shifted to face him, considering for a moment as she did so, befor replying.

"Just one, sir; if you're laying a recon net, there doesn't apear to be any reason to remain so long as we stay within jump-radius of the system. You.. weren't planning on turning this into a contact mission, were you?"

Douglas laughed, "Of course not! But we've still got more rough edges than I like; the ship and crew are making great progress, Alice, but another week of exercises befor we go looking for our next fight wouldn't hurt, and it's a perfect opertunity to practice covert ops."

"Ah; of course, sir."

"We copy transport. Come to heading 123.4.We'll bring you in.

OOC: Short, but I'm pretty busy right now.

"We copy transport. Come to heading 123.4.We'll bring you in.


The small flyer slowly advanced to the received coordinates and waited for the pickup. Alyt Bioren started to wonder how would this go. His first-contact mission, though he have seen his number of aliens before. `Valen help me to make this right`, he whispered.

The Void Dragon glided towards the small shuttle. A few moments later the shuttle rocked as docking clamps locked on to it and began reeling it in. Within a few minutes the shuttle was safely stored on the floor of the docking bay. This was obviously a smaller one, for private craft. It opened up into a huge, much larger fighter bay. It ran the length of the ship, with large armored doors on either end. As the shuttle came to a stop twelve armored figures, toting some rifles and acompanied by a important-looking Kelnacht officer. The armored soldiers formed two ranks and presented arms as the shuttle's doors opened.

The Void Dragon glided towards the small shuttle. A few moments later the shuttle rocked as docking clamps locked on to it and began reeling it in. Within a few minutes the shuttle was safely stored on the floor of the docking bay. This was obviously a smaller one, for private craft. It opened up into a huge, much larger fighter bay. It ran the length of the ship, with large armored doors on either end. As the shuttle came to a stop twelve armored figures, toting some rifles and acompanied by a important-looking Kelnacht officer. The armored soldiers formed two ranks and presented arms as the shuttle's doors opened.


Bioren stepped forward with his two guards behind him, and stopped for one brief second in the door to watch them before coming out. He smiled and left the shuttle, heading for the Kelnacht officer.

He stopped in front of him and spoke through the universal translator:

`Sim`wa, I am Alyt Bioren of the Calpian Empire.`


ooc: this is how the calpians look: pic here (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y159/muahdib/rumors.jpg)

The officer bowed, one hand palm down over his left breast.

"Greetings. I am Liutenant Kodo and I will be your liasion officer for the duration of your stay here on the Void Dragon. Please follow me."

He motioned towards a door set into the wall. As they approached it hissed open, revealing a brightly lit elevator.

General transmition:

"We welcome the chance to greet new races. Sadly we do not carry shuttles on these ships if you could send a ship with an airlock we will send out an officer to enter your ship. Thank you." This time the voice sounded musical but in an odd glass rim being rubed with water in it way.

The officer bowed, one hand palm down over his left breast.

"Greetings. I am Liutenant Kodo and I will be your liasion officer for the duration of your stay here on the Void Dragon. Please follow me."

He motioned towards a door set into the wall. As they approached it hissed open, revealing a brightly lit elevator.

Bioren stepped into the elevator and waited for the lieutenant. He wondered how long before they`ll arrive at the meeting place.

"there appear to be several races in this sector, Lord Commander. I just do not know how they all manage to co-operate!" giggled the initiate manning the radar screens.

"At last!" screamed the helmsman "A gas giant, in this sector here" points the helmsman "It contains raw Pluto-Ether, the very substance that keeps our ships' energy coils running!"

"Initiate, do we have materials to build a Pluto-ether gas harvester outpost?" questioned the Lord Commander.

"Yes, but we would have to dismantle parts of the ship to construct it."

"Train construction crews. We will have to find out some way of communicating with these races. The dominant forces in this sector appear to be the "Kelnacht". I hope they are friendly towards our race, preliminary scans indicate the species to be Reptilian. it has been so hard for our aquatic species travelling the stars....."