NationStates Jolt Archive

A message sent in every known language and code:

Hello, We are the Admirals of Rajer. Years ago, we developed a Hyper/subspace scanner. We have seen many objects move through this space, Flashes, to days long looks at massive ships. I, Gregory Muck believe you exist, do you. If so please come. We wish to see you, engage in cultural exchange, and join you in your stellar exploration. I anticipate you arrival.

Gregory Muck
Stargazer

One of the multitude of scout ships that transversed the universe happened to be passing by when the Admirals of Rajer broadcasted their message. As per regulations, the vessel which happened to be the Tiax, re-entered regular space, re-oriented and jumped to the system in which the message had it's source.

Hello!
We can see you. Please come and land, we wish to see you in person.

Please provide landing co-ordinates as well as a flight trajectory.s

as the Beliskner class ship I.N.S. Thor's Light moved through space it picked up the transmission.

"bring us to the sorce of this message." said the commander

with that said the Thor's Light entered a Hyperspace Window and headed for the sorce of the message...

OOC: Beliskner class ships can travle very fast(from the Galaxy Ida(sp?) to the MW Galaxy in about 10 minutes. (spead is one of the best things about my ships :P

A Federation armed transport was moving through a hyper-conduit when the sensors picked up the faint transmission, a little garbled but recognizable. The transport immediately veered off course, figuring not much time would be lost, and hypered towards the transmission source.

From: Starship Fist of Fury
To: Admiral-Bell

TRANSMISSION FROM GLOBAL CORPORATION OF DYIK RAAH

"We exist. We greet you. We are willing to open trade with you, and do cultural exchanges. We are ready to personally meet with your nation. May the friendship and peace between two civilizations be eternal."

Ship sent message to Admiral-Bell, and changed it course towards source of message.

Hello all!

Please land at our capitol airfield. Their we hope we can accommodate your ships, and see you in person. We will be happy to exchange cultural and scientific ideas.

Gregory Muck
Stargazer

The Tiax angled down, following the given co-ordinates and vectors to land at the airfield.

OOC: how big is this airfield?

Nebarri_Prime:
Big enough to land a 2000 meter inter-planetary vessel.

OOC: if its only one airfield then i don't know if your field is big enough. (a Beliskner class is about 1.5 Kilometers, not sure about anyone elses ships)

the commander of the Thor's Light suspecting his ship may be to big, beamed several members of his crew down...

Click
Click
Click

In rapid succetion. There was Gregory Muck, in all his richness. He was encrusted all over in U-238, a most pleasing hue. He was one of the elite. All of his 100 legs glittering. He was a 5 meter centepeed. Standing, loking at these wonderful people. How strange the are. He flashed a body signal:

"Hello! Hello! Hello!"

OOC: The Admirals of Rajer see and speak in infared

Jerome tapped a knob on his suit, activating a board-spectrum scanner. He then ran the IR info through Tiax's banks. Figuring out the meaning, he used a 'tagger' to flash back an IR code of, "Hello yourself."

The being was odd in appearence, but no worse than others Jerome had seen.

Gregory smiled.
I cannot believe you are actually here. If you wish, we may stay here to discuss trade and the like, or you may come to my house.

"Why do you find it hard to believe?" He flashed back.

"It has been my dream since birth." said the stargazer. "I have alwase stared with all my might at the stars, and now you are here. It is my life's dream. I have always felt a call to the stars." he wiggled. "so first we must remove all cultural misunderstandings. First, How do you speak, you obviously don't body sign."

"I normally speak through vocalisation." Jerome replied

"You use sound waves?" he was shocked "How do you see then, surely not by sound."

"I don't see them, I hear them. Hearing is a method of 'seeing' soundwaves." He explained

"Do you have sences besides sight and sound? We have touch, do you have more senses?"

"There are two other senses, and some have an additional one." He replied

"What are these aditional senses? Can you explain them?"

"There is taste which is similar, thought different than touch. It is the touching and determaining, to a limited extent the make up of a substance. There is smell, which is likewise similar to taste, yet it is the ability to sense the make up of a substance by means of microscopic particles that emenate from objects. The last one is psionics, and is quite rare. It is the ability to study the world around them, and the nature of another's mind thought picking up the vibrations that are given off." He explained, thought it was by necessity a limited explaination.

"I understand captain. May we retire to my residence, There is much to do.

"Lead on then." Jerome replied

Gregory led the captain to a long tube.
"This is on form of travel we have. You are sucked up a tube to your destination." he body-signed a smile."I doubt you could use this, could you use an aircar?" he pointed to a long cylindrical tranport, covered in chrome.

"I should be able to manage with an aircar." He signed back.

Gregory led the captain out of the aircar andonto his property. A smaller being of the same body design as Gregory came over to the pair and offered Gregory a small packet of liquid. Gregory gulped it.
"I doubt that you could metabolize this, you being a carbon based life form. Come inside my residence please.

Jerome followed Gregory into the residence, "Who was that?" He asked, refering to the smaller being.

"One of my servants, They are a lesser being. Do you have them too?"

The incredible bulk of the Spear of the Emperor had been racked by disturbances in the Warp for most of it's month-long journey through the Immaterium. By sheer coincidence, it had been at an exit point corresponding to the system that the inhabitants of the inquisitive nation looking for outsiders lived.

The augur systems picked up the civilisation after a short period of scanning. Across the ship everyone was at alert. Tech-priests reconsecrated machinery and weapons, naval guards cradled shotcannons and lasguns, just in case these were unfriendly Xenos-scum.

On the bridge, the Lord Solar Macharius himself composed a message for the locals, text-only.

this is the Macharian Crusade flagship Spear of the Emperor. We have been washed up in your system, and we can assure you that if you are human, we mean you no harm, and if you are xenos, we do not wish to carry ou the Exterminatus in Extremis order that would most certainly result in a vast war.

"Excuse me a second Jerome," apologized Gregor and looked at one of his messages. It was relayed from a reciever to his central brain.

Exterminatus in Extremis, this cannot be good he thought. "Captain, we have matters far more pressing than my servants, quickly please, into my house."

Planetary government:

This is Spear of the Emperor. We request to know the race of the inhabitants of your world.


On the vast launch bays of the Spear Adeptus Astartes Marines were readying weapons, ready to carry out the duty that there was a small chance they would be called upon to. D-D-D. Exterminatus in Extremis.

"Those who choose to serve, yes, lesser beings, no." Jerome replied as he followed Gregory into the building, wondering what was causing his host irritation.

Upon entering the house he activated his transmission implant and asked the house to project a light spectrum hologram into his paurlor. Gregory walked into the room and hailed the Spear of the Emperor.
"I have just recieved a direct threat from a new ship orbiting the planet. I am replaying their 2 transmitions here on the hologram."


Quote:
this is the Macharian Crusade flagship Spear of the Emperor. We have been washed up in your system, and we can assure you that if you are human, we mean you no harm, and if you are xenos, we do not wish to carry ou the Exterminatus in Extremis order that would most certainly result in a vast war.

and

Planetary government:

This is Spear of the Emperor. We request to know the race of the inhabitants of your world.

"I see, so what do you intend to do?" He asked after listening to the messages.

"I hope you can help dis arm and assure that these zenophobiac warmongers will not raze our planet." Gregory signed a sigh. "You probably have more expirience in interstellar diplomacy. Can I ask for your help."

The house continued to hail the Spear of the Emperor.

"Sure, I'll try to get them to leave you alone." Jerome replied

OOC: waiting on you The Macharian Crusade

The Adeptus Astartes were ready to go, straining against the leash. They went through endless combat simulations, ready to board the battle barge contained within the specially altered hangar bay of the Spear. The virus bombs that would be used in the event of an exterminatus were ready and loaded, and the massive lance batteries charged.

This is the Spear of the Emperor. Our purpose has become clear to us.

"We must activate the shields!" Gregory said and rushed into another room. "Its obvious they wish to eliminate us!" He furiously pushed buttons with his apendages then sighed in relief. "The planetary shield is active, we should be safe.

"I take it you're the top dog here?" Jerome asked as he watched Gregory fiddle with his shield.

Drifting through the void of space, the Malorian destroyer Blade of War heard a signal from the depths of space.

A message sent in every known language and code:

Hello, We are the Admirals of Rajer. Years ago, we developed a Hyper/subspace scanner. We have seen many objects move through this space, Flashes, to days long looks at massive ships. I, Gregory Muck believe you exist, do you. If so please come. We wish to see you, engage in cultural exchange, and join you in your stellar exploration. I anticipate you arrival.

Gregory Muck
Stargazer


"Kouki Ookami, what do you command?"

The figure thus adressed leaned back in her command chair, reading the message as it scrolled across her data pad. A smile slowly crept across her face, and her emerald eyes gleamed with predatory amusement.

"Set course for the origin of the transmisson. Perhaps they will prove worthy opponents. If not, then we will leave them be. Death before dishonor."

"Yes, Kouki."

Powering up, the ship hung still for a moment, as a space rift tore open. Then passing through the rift, the destroyer vanished, along with the tear, leaving only a tranquil starfield behind.

seceret ic a cloaked sephrion sta destroyer observed the new ft nations

The vast battle barges of the Adeptus Astartes Kill Squads slid out of the cavernous hangars of the Spear of the Emperor. A smaller shuttle-like craft leaft the Spear, and disappeared into the Warp.

The Spear itself was not passive. Cyclonic torpedos, designed to rip apart planetary crusts, streaked towards the shield, impacting with terrible force. The lance batteriers on three sides of the ship blasted away at the shield. The battle barges also fired with their guns, virus bombs ready to fire into any gap that appeared in the shield.

Surrender. Let the Emperor's Mercy embrace you.

TO: Spear of the Emperor
We would request that you cease and desist from your actions. You are targetting humans, in contrast to your message of wishing no harm upon humans.
From: Tiax
The Tiax sent the message as the vessel began attacking the planet.

"The shield is holding." Gregory was surprised. " It could actually stand up to this indefinitely. However we cannot return fire, at least not yet. We have one gun in production, but it will take some time to finish building it. Woulld you assist us in its procurement?"

"How would I be able to assist?" He asked his host.

"I will explain the technical problems in the Aircar, I believe it is time for another ride."

"Then let us be off to where ever you need to go." Gregory said

In orbit, a rift opened, crackling with energy, and from within emerged the Blade of War.

"Kouki, we are detecting large energy readings from orbit, and from the planet itself. It would seem an unidentified ship is currently engaged in a planetary bombardment."

Ookami's eyes widened in shock and horror.

"What?! Are you sure?"

"Yes, Kouki."

Angerily, she opened a com channel, and hailed the vessel.

Unknown vessel, this is the Malorian destroyer 'Blade of War'. We demand you cease this vile assault at once. It is a crime against the Path of Life, and a stain on the honor of true warriors, to purposly target planets filled with life, as though slaughtering the mother of infants.

As the hail sounded, targeting systems activated, and weapons locked on the Spear of the Emperor

On the edge of the system, a subspace disturbance formed, growing in size. There was a flash of bright light, and three ships emerged, the disturbance closing behind them. These ships were two Bane-Class Light Cruisers and one Vengeance-Class Destroyer; the Pharaoh, the Victory, and the Indestructible.

Message to Spear of the Emperor:
This is the CES Indestructible of the Chroli Empire. We have detected your attack on this peaceful civilisation, and demand that you cease your bombardment at once.

The three ships began to accelerate towards the planet, shields up and weapons charged, ready to engage the Spear of the Emperor if the attack continued.

the sephron star destroyer droped cloak com those attacking the planet stand down or be destroyed this is your only warning

fire one wanring shot full power from all the phasers

In the aircar:
"We can't get the beam to tighten, by the time a Gamma beam we fire is in orbital height, its a mile wide."

"You still haven't said how I could help, thought a mile-wide beam would be a useful." He commented

"But it is supposed to be an inch wide beam, so it ends up with no power at all. We need you to help us allign it so we can return fire."

"The shield is holding." Gregory was surprised. " It could actually stand up to this indefinitely. However we cannot return fire, at least not yet. We have one gun in production, but it will take some time to finish building it. Woulld you assist us in its procurement?"

[INDEFINATELY? Cyclonic torpedoes are like death-stars in little packages.]

"I'm neither a weapons engineer or technician so I'm not sure how much help I'd be." He commented

"Alright, then there is nothing I can do but wait for them to finish. What was the meaning of that comment you made on my servant, since we have nothing better to discuss."

"What are you refering too?" Gregory asked

"Those that choose to serve, not lesser beings. I quote you."

"You commented that your servent was a lesser being. Those who choose to serve in our lands arn't." He replied

'There was no choise involved. I bought it."

"Then it is not a servant, but a slave. Those do not exist in my land." He replied

As the vessal "Spear of the Emperor" was firing on the planet in this sector, little under two dozen ships dropped out of Hyper space.

As Captain Dortos rubs his chin he tells the Ensign to open all channels in all languages that the computers know of.

"Attention peoples of these different ships and planet! Stop this violence or you will have the full wrath of the Earabian Corperate Navy punish those that attack this peaceful planet. This is Captain Jon Dortos, stop this senseless violence!"

Dortos waves his hand and the message is ended.

"Send out the flight groups 1 through 4 to patrol around the fleet. And ready the Shock Troops squads 1 through 4." He ordered.

"Aye sir!"

Spear of Emperor, cease fire on this planet!They have done nothing to you!
"Translate this message into every language and code presently known."

"Yes captain"

"Scan the ship for any of the following:

Kaftid
Lerdethak
Hork-Bajir
Andalite
Yeerk"

"Yes,captain Arquan."

OOC:I didn't make those races up.

"Let me make this clear to you captain, this is a non-sentient being. This is not a slave. It is as intelligent as one of our computors, which I can assure you, are more than idiotic at times."

"Ah, so no advanced computers." Gregory commented

"No, we just don't have sentient computors. Have you ever asked the computor foor a mug of coffee and it tellls you it cannot legally assault you?"

"Nope. Ours are intelligent." He replied

Surrender Spear of Emperor!Reapeat,surrender!20,000 turrets are currently aimed at you!

"Translate this message into the lagitimate language of this race."

"Yes,captain Arquan."

You have AI?!

"Yes we do, and we have AS as well." He replied

ooc: Yep(disregard the IC if your post wasn't intented as IC)

OOC: it was IC

"Well, then I see the difference. You believe that your computors and anything that responds is sentient. We, do not. Will you accept our practice?"

"Accept that you practice it, yes, agree with it, no." He replied

"We have no choice, captain.We must fire on this ship."

"Very well"

Spear of Empire, prepare for ahniallation!
Semmingly from nowhere, 200,000 bolts of bright purple energy fired on the
Spear of the Emperor.

"Then that matter is decided,There seems little else to do or discuss as we sit under this bombardment."

"Guess so, so want to show me the sights?" He asked

"Very well, to the shuttle then, we have plenty to show."

"Lead on." He replied

Flying ove the administrative capital, Gregory pointed out the national palace, largest building in the land. "It is now the center of administration."

Flying over the coast, Gregory asked. "Can you swim?"

"Like a fish." Gregory replied

The Diian ship Arc Majj appeared,firing indefinetly at the Spear of Emperor.

OOC:Machardian Crusade,I very possibly just ahnialated your ship.

"Heh, well, we have some very nice fish. Would you like to see them."

"That sounds like it'd be interesting." Gregory replied

Gregory landed the shuttle and hopped out. "You first."

Jerome hopped out and prepared to follow the native.

ooc: Ack, got my character's name subbed

The two had landed on the coast of a large ocean. The sand was green to human eyes and the ocean a deep purple. "Can you swim in it? It shouldn't be toxic, its mainly water."

"Should be able to." He replied

"Then jump in." he said and jumped in.

He dove in, and as he breached the water, his suit generated a micro-field, to keep any corrosive materials off the skin of the suit.

Gregory swam by wiggling his rear end, using it as a flagellum. He then surfaced and gave his equivelent of a laugh. "You enjoy swmming to?"n

"Somewhat." He replied as he swam.

"I think you will enjoy it more when you see our undrsea life. Can you swim underwater?"

"I can swim subsurface fine, so lead on." Jerome replied to his host.

Gregory dove down and, as always was amazed. He never ceased to be amazed by the coral reefs in the area. (OOC: This thing is on the scale of australias barrier reef.) "What do you think."

"Very interesting." He replied

After viewing for a few minutes Gregory said, "You must be hungry, and do you need a rest cycle?"

"Need, no, would enjoy, yes." He replied

"Then let us return. Let us leave the water."

"As you wish." He replied, "Do you have any questions for me?"

Gregory climbed out of the water. "Time for buisness, eh? Well then, we do have recources. We would like to trade for faster than light technology. So the question is can we trade? But first, rest for the weary and food for the hungry. I have food in the shuttle."

"Alright." He replied as he followed to the vehicle.

Gregory laid out Rajerian delicasies. Mostly plant matter, it was probably edible for humans. "How does this food look to you?" inquired Gregory.

Jerome began scanning the food to determain suitablitity. He then began selecting those that came up clear.

Gregory watched this man eat. It was peculier, but not too bad. Gregory ate as well, enjoying the somewhat normal food. It was a bit lower class, but enjoyable.Gregory cleaned his eating area. "Now, lets talk turkey."

"What are you talking about? Talking a bird?" He asked

"Talk buissnes, negotiation, work?"

"What would you like to talk about?" He asked

"I would like to purchase, or trade for, hyperspace technology. My people would benefit."

"What would you be willing to offer as payment?" Jerome asked

"We have fairly enhanced neural control implants. We have piles of theoretical physics papers lying around, the theories that are put forth will never be used for millenia. Genetics, as you saw with my servant, is another of our strongsuits. Much else,I don't know. Do you have something in mind?'

"What do you have in the way of alloys and metals?" He asked

"Lots of computing materials, some titaium and uranium."

"Anything more exotic?" He asked

Gregory leaned over and whispered, "Antimatter, loads of the stuff. Its actually quite common in this system and we've been stockpiling it."

"Actually I meant exotic metals and alloys." He replied

ooc: Anti-matter would, in all likelyhood, not be naturally occuring, except in rare/extreme situations.

"We have small quantities of element 117. It is, as far as we can tell, the strongest non-alloy metal. 117 alloy is thrice as strong.

"Do you happen to have a complete history, dictionary, and cultural biography of your nation?" He asked

OOC: I'll have to make one

"I believe we have something like that. I'll have to hunt it down."

"That would be a tradeable item." Jerome replied