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OOC : we are looking for someone to play the leader/admiral of the unknown fleet . Anyone can also choose to join forces with the unknown fleet for their own cause .

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At 5:00 PM International Time , a group of 5 Cossack Class Frigates who were on Patrol in the Martian Sector encountered a fleet of 40 Calamari Battlecruisers and immediately sent out a message , requesting identification . "This is Mationbuds Patrol Team DeltaBravo . Identify yourselves ."

The fleet commander , or whoever was commanding the fleet did not respond by words but by immediately opening fire with their Laser Cannons and Plasma Turrets accompanied by Proton Torpedoes and 2 Squardrons of TIE Fighters .

"Commander , we're under attack and our radar spots 2 squardrons of TIE fighters approaching towards us . What shall we do sir ?" a visibly nervous Lieutenant Page asked Commander Whilby .

"Immediately launch our X-wings and T-Wings to intercept enemy TIE fighters and concentrate fire on a single battlecruiser one at a time . Send this to all Frigates in our Patrol Team . Also send a notice to HeadQuarters requesting Reinforcements"

"Yes Sir ." When the Lieutenant finished his words , a frigate burst into flames , damaging a nearby frigate in the process .

"Argh ... " The Commander shielded his eyes from the intense light . "Also send a message to all nearby countries requesting assistance from Unknown Threat ... Better send it to ALL nations ."

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OOC : Bump . The slot is still open .

"Sir , we've lost another Frigate to the unknown fleet . We have also lost 5 X-Wings and 2 T-Wings ! We're down to 3 Frigates , 7 X-Wings and 10 T-Wings . " Lieutenant Page reported . "The enemies have only a severely damaged Battlecruiser !"

"Yes , I can see . And inter-gallactic help is not here yet !!!! We're clearly doomed . Recall all fighter jets and prepare to jump to hyperspace ." Commander ordered .

"Yes Sir !"

The fighter jets were recalled but several were shot down in the process . As the ships prepared to jump to hyperspace , the severely damaged Frigate exploded , damaging the nearby Frigate's Hyperdrive Engine . The Commander's frigate's hyperdrive engine was also destroyed by enemy fire .

"Looks like we're doomed forever !" Lieutanent Page wailed , but it was shortlived because he noticed several dots appearing on the radar , followed by more and more as the Reteliation Fleet appeared to help the stranded frigates .

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This is what the Reteliation Fleet Consists of :
*1 Flagship (Rear-Admiral Jansen Holmes)
*4 Imperial Star Destroyers (2 absent)
*8 Victory Class Battlecruisers (2 absent)
*10 Cossack Class Frigates
*12 Knox Medium Destroyers
*5 Imperial Assult Ships (3 absent)
*4 Eliminator Class Destroyers

-ooc-I have decided to fill the position of "unknown commander". Any rules/guidelines you want me to follow? -ooc-

"Commander Janus, the holo's are holding. Do you have any orders?"
Janus smiled. After defecting from the Empire, or what remained, he hoped to return with a fleet capable of wiping out the Republic and the remains of the Empire. "Ensign, start up the generators; make more ships 'appear' from hyperspace. Transmit this message: 'surrender now, and your lives will be spared.'" Janus turned, and called back, almost as a sidenote "Oh, and kill one of the holos. Make it go in a flash of light and explosions...they cannot suspect what is happening. I'm going to pay a visit to our new ships."

In space, a trio of Destroyers appeared to come out of hyperspace.

All Radio Channels:

"This is the fleet Artemis' Flight, power down your weapons and prepare to be boarded. All forms of resistance will be met with death. Cooperate and your lives shall be spared, along with a cruiser to transport the prisoners to the nearest Republic planet."

OOC :
*There are no guidelines for you to follow except you can't use the fleet to add on to your own fleet :)
*To Everyone : You can also create your own slots (example a merchant company/ship or pirates etc)

"Commander , more enemies have just appeared out of hyperspace , 3 Destroyers ." Lieutanent Page reported to his Commander and played the message sent by the unknown fleet .

"Darn it ... those neutral people , or whoever their siding are a though lot and won't give up . And the Retaliation Fleet that just appeared seems to be like just watching ... perhaps they're just readying themselves for battle" no sooner did the Commander say this , bolts of Blue Ion Lasers shot past him towards the enemy ships and he could see sparks as some lasers damaged the enemy's deflector shields while others simply deflected off shields or simply missed .

"Wow ... That was cool" Lieutenant page whispered but was shushed by his commander .

"I doubt that the fleet will be able to destroy the enemies because not the entire fleet is here yet and they overwhelm us by sheer numbers ... patch me through to headquarters . Now !" Commander ordered and a holo image appeared before him "Commander , what do you request of this time ? You've already requested reinforcements and we've sent the Retaliation Fleet !"

"I know General , however I doubt that what you've sent will be able to destroy the enemies ... not even the whole fleet has arrived" Commander protested before the hologram flicked off as the General ended the transmission .

"Sigh ... I just wish that Grand Admiral Jedi Bror Jace and his capital ship were here . But he's away , got something else on ." Lieutenant Page thought before screaming "Sir , all shield systems down , hull integrity 46% . I suggest lauching escape pods immediately" as klaxon sirens balzed .

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OOC :
*There are no guidelines for you to follow except you can't use the fleet to add on to your own fleet :)

-ooc- quick thing, this is for you (and not your characters) to know. I would prefer that you not use this in battle, but to avoid breaking your rules, I think I should tell you: my fleet is (mostly) non-existant. The weaponry is a very, very powerful image projector. Very few your ships have been destroyed, just boarded/invaded. My commander chose to couple powerful tractor beams with an experimental holo-projector. REMEMBER, ONLY YOU, not your characters, KNOW THIS!! -ooc-

All Radio Channels:

"I repeat: This is the fleet Artemis' Flight, power down your weapons and prepare to be boarded. All forms of resistance will be met with death. Cooperate and your lives shall be spared, along with a cruiser to transport the prisoners to the nearest Republic planet. Please comply immediately, or a boarding party will extract an answer from you. You have five minutes before we start firing again."


The trembling pilots were forced to stand in the presence of the Commander.
He gave each of them an appraising look, and turned to his officer. "Execute all but one, send that one back to them as a courier. Tell there fleet that I need an immediate answer."

The muted sounds of lasers sounded off, and two of the three men dropped.
Janus approached him, and carefully wiped off splatters of blood with his gloved hand. "Son, do you know what destiny is? No, of course you don't. Tell your comrades that I will not hurt them. These," he waved towards the executed pilots "were merely distractions." He smiled, almost sympathetically. "I don't want to kill again...please. If you surrender, I swear that you will survive...I only need your ships to unite the 'verse."

With a wave of his hand, the pilot was dragged over to an old ship, a disarmed 77 Hammerhead-X. Just powerful enough to make it back home.

Janus reached down and triggered the com-line. "All fleets to battle stations...aim your shots carefully. We need to cause damage if we are to keep up this charade."

The gunners took their positions, and aimed...

OOC: I'll RP. Looks like we have a battle going on here... I better stay out of it... but we'll see.

IC:

The nearby light source played on the hull of the Jade Stone as she flew out of the lightspeed gap.

A man about 5' 11" in stature swiveled in a black chair, and looked out across the spacious expanse. Out here he felt free.

The man was jerked backed to reality by the voice of the captain, "Sir, readings are reporting multiple signals off to the starboard bow. And it's not just ships sir, it seems they're shooting over there!"

A grimace played across the face of the man in the chair, but at the same time, a smiled existed on his features. Strangely enough, he looked innocent. You would have either thought he was smiling wickedly or trying to make the best of his circumstances.

Time would tell which was true.

"Captain, scan the ships, set the Stone on standby, and let me know when you find something."

The Captain replied too quick, "But Lord Ramoth, there's a BATTLE going on over there, shouldn't we do something!"

Ramoth had had enough, this stool pigeon should never speak to him in a such a manner... after all, Ramoth thought, my word is law.

In a extremely quick instant Ramoth was on his feet, and was facing the Captain. Before the Captain could utter a sound, or the rest of the crew standing on the Stone's bridge had realized what was happening, Ramoth had put a laser slug in the chest the insubordinate officer.

"I said let me know when you find something... but it looks like you won't be finding anything at all." He smiled wickedly as he stooped over the body of former officer. "Lieutenant!"

"Yes sir..." was the hesitant reply.

"You are hereby promoted... I hope that you will prove more helpful then the Captain here."

"Yes sir."

Ramoth returned to chair.

"Turn the ship so I may view the battle."

The new Captain gave the order, "Port 90 degrees."

Ramoth looked across the battlefield of space and watched as explosions rocked starships in the distance. He was not in a good mood today... but he rarely ever was.

"Sir, sensors detecting a small fleet within communications, whould we persue it?"

Janus shook his head. "No, not today. However, I believe our 'fleet' should be arriving soon. Lessee...call in four or five destroyers, a couple frigates, and a squadron of X-wings. They wanna have diverse fleet, let's show 'em a diverse fleet. Have one of the destroyers deploy a squad-"

An explosion rocked the command deck, and the lights flickered out for a second...but in that second, to Janus' horror, his pseudo-fleet flickered out of existance, and back in.

"Goddamit, what happened down there?" Janus ran over to a console.

"Sir, they had a lucky shot, and it pierced one of the generators. The generators are online, but I'm not sure if they saw."

"Fuck....call the generals, alert them to our situation. Make sure that they are prepared to retreat, in case they saw. Chrissakes, don't we have shields?"

The ensign trembled and dropped to the floor before Janus. "Please sir forgive me! I diverted power from the shields into the holograms to prevent them from flickering. The new fleet would have been too much of a strain on the systems unless I did it."

Janus swore violently. "Look, I don't know the constraints of this system. Tell me next time, a'ight?"

The ensign trembled as he rose. "Sir, yes sir."

OOC: Could i jump in here? Im usually a lower tech but il change out the railguns for powerful energy weapons.

OOC: Could i jump in here? Im usually a lower tech but il change out the railguns for powerful energy weapons.

OOC: I believe it's still open! :)

BTW... can we make the rule that the language is kept to a minimum... I don't like the fact that there is a bunch of swaring in the middle of the game. Is that cool with everyone?

"Commander , enemy ships have returned fire again , in a heavier barrage and are already causing some damage , but not destruction to our reinforcements " Lieutanent Page reported .

"Fairly well , since hull integrity is rather low , I shall leave you in charge of this frigate , only evacuate if hull integrity hits below 10% . I will be in a escape pod and heading towards the Camarack , which is the Flag Ship of the Retaliation Fleet and will be discussing battle plans with Grand Admiral Jeid Master Bror Jace ." the commander replied before abruptly turning away and walking towards the escape pod bay .

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1/2 hour later :
"Grand Admiral , I'm so sorry that I had to abandon my ship alone to my Lieutenant because I had to come here and report some very important events and to discuss battle plans with you" the commander spoke while saluting the Grand Admiral .

Bror Jace returned the salute before continuing "Your actions are honourable but yet cowardly at the same time . So , report what you have to say" and so the commander reported .

"Admiral , our shields are taking damage !" a officer shouted while running towards the admiral to report .

"Power up shields and order gunners to concentrate fire on weaker ships who have already been damaged and order the launch of all TIE Fighters , X-Wings and T-Wings innemdiately ! " the Grand Admiral ordered .

Below him , a the Gunnery Captain received the order and repeated the orders to all his men who quickly aimed at the weakest ships and fired simountaneously ...

"Admiral , we have a new report , several ships have appeared on radar and the ID of the flagship is the (Jade Stone) ." the same officer reported after hearing what was spoken to him over the com-link .

"Roger that . Send a message to them requesting assistance immediately . Tell them we're in a naval battle against a fleet of unknown battlecruisers and destroyers . Tell them statistics of Enemy Ships too ." Grand Admiral ordered .

"Aye aye sir ."

OOC :
To Spizania - of course you can join , simply tell us what role youre gonna play and then you can start . You can be anything you want , control a imaginary merchant company or your own fleet (your nation's)
To Geneticon : well , swearing is actually okay but of course not too much , because this is a war , swearing actually helps to simulate real life agitated commanders . So is that okay with you ?
To Everyone : There are still many more places to go , you can join if you want . Here's something new , you can join the unknown fleet if you please .
To Nadias : You can rename the fleet into something else so we can call it the xxxxxx fleet when refering to it .

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"Commander , we have yet another report , the trio of destroyers that recently appeared have flickered on and off . Our intelligence officers are now confirming it . And the enemy's flagship has sustained a hit , but not critical enough to destroy the ship . Intelligence once again thinks that they have diverted their power away from their shields to creating a illusion ." the officer reported .

"That's excellent seageant james , change the order and tell all ships to concentrate fire on the flagship but order the TIE Fighters , X-Wings and T-Wings to provide cover against enemy fighters and enemy batteries ." the Grand Admiral oredered while meditating , a trick the Jedi used .

When he finished , he looked out of the commanding deck and saw guns firing from all ships at the enemy flagship and finally a smile came to his face . However , he did not yet know what tricks the enemy might be up to , but he did not have a very good feeling about this .

OOC : Bump . There are still many slots available . The most needed ones are - Pirates , Terrorists , Merchant Vessel(s) , Your own Nation's Fleet to Join the Battle . --- Terrorists and Pirates can choose to join the unknown fleet if you want .


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Rear-Admiral Sith Master Marcus Periera was elated because he too was promoted to a Grand Admiral . Now he sat in his chair in his flagship , looking out and saw many workers loading supplies onto the other cruisers , frigates , destroyers , assult ships , mother ships and fighter carriers because they were going to launch off soon for Earth to help drive some militants out of a nation . He thought to himself that his friend and co-worker Grand Admiral Jedi Master Bror Jace was fighting out in the Martian Sector and was not looking very good , the outcome of the battle .

He said to himself "I cannot let this happen !" and decided to ignore orders and go instead to help out his friend in distress . He spoke into his com-link to all his ship Commanders "This is Grand Admiral Sith Master Marcus Periera , I want all of you to prepare double time and set hyperjump coordinates to the Martian Sector instead ."

"Yes sir ! " they replied one by one .

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After 2 hours : The Retaliation Fleet finally jumped to hyperspace towards the martian sector , which will take approx 1 hour . He had plenty of time to meditate .

OOC: I guess it's fine with me... but if you start using the "f" word can you at least cover it with ***. Thanks.

IC:

"Sir, it's one of the Fleets sir, calling for our assistance. It seems they believe that we are friends."

Ramoth jumped out of his chair... he didn't like getting involved so soon. He had to know more about this first.

He snapped, "What frequencies have you detected on those ships that contacted us?"

The reply, "We have at least 4 Star Destroyers sir."

"Imperials, eh?"

"Sir, what should we reply?"

Ramoth turned and faced the battle again, with his back to the new captain. He hands flew behind his back and one of his hands caught his other wrist. He was tense. This was a big decision.

"Well Captain... hmmmm..." a hesitation, "Captain, use one of those Imperial codes we recovered in the Karfac system... wire a message that they are to give us information on the enemy, tell them to convince us exactly why we should engage in this battle, and tell them we will only fight if we can get something out it for ourselves... what would they offer?"

"Yes sir... transmitting now."

Ramoth stared at the large ships in the distance. He fully intended to fight... but it was now a question of who. His flagship was only supported by two small frigates, who were relatively useless, but the Stone herself could easily rip a hole the size of a spaceport in the side of an Imperial cruiser. Especially if the cruiser was already damaged.

Once again Ramoth smiled and grimaced simultaneously.

"Captain,"

"Yes sir?"

"Open communications with the opposing fleet... although they seem much larger just from a glance... Republic or Pirate likely. In any case, wire the same message that we sent to the Imperials through to them as well. This time you'll need to send it several times with several different codes, seeing how we don't quite know who they are yet.
And Captain, do my eyes deceive me... or did I just see one of the unknown ships flicker?"

"I'm not sure sir but ---"

"FIND OUT!!" Ramoth screamed at the man, turning on his heel to stare the man down.

"Yes sir." the Captain whimpered. He had already seen one of his comrades dragged out in a body bag today, and he didn't want to be the second casualty.

OOC : That's fine with me . I seldom use the f word but if I do , i'll "mask" it .
To Nadias : You can make the fleet call up real reinforcements , but not too many . Lets say a maximum of 10 more Mon Calamari battlecruisers , 4 star destroyers and 4 cossack class frigates . Is that fine with you ?
To Everyone : Slots still open , welcome to join !!!

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"Admiral , the newcommers have sent us a message , requesting for more information about enemy fleet and how to attack ." Lieutanent James reported . "They also assumed that we were Imperials"

"Alright James , patch me through to them . I want to talk to them . " almost immediately , a holo image appeared in front of him .

"Admiral or Commander of the new fleet , we have Identified you as Geneticon Navy and are using Imperial Codes and assumed that we are Imperials too . However , we are neither New Republic or Imperial , but we use both kinds of vessels . We are also going to transmit to you the info you requested now . As for the gains , the only gain that I can think of is that after the battle , the fleet's home base will be virtually undefended and we can find out the location and take it down ." the Grand Admiral and Jedi Master told the Uniformed Officer the other side .

"Admiral , our ship has sustained more damage , apparently they're aiming for us ! We also have news that the Viper Fleet is going to come to assist us ." Lieutenant James reported with a salute .

"Excellent . Pull our ship to the back of the battlefield , I want this to be only a command post , not a War Machine , for now although what we're commanding is a Super Star Destroyer ."

"The Dictator and Lord of the Sith Darth Matter has ordered a new type of vessel , the Lambada Class Battlecruiser to be added to all fleets . Each fleet will receive 10 Lambada Class Battlecruisers !" Lieutenant Page replied with enthusiesm .

"That once again my friend is good news !" the Grand Admiral finally managed a broad smile after all that fighting , knowing more good things were to arrive .

"And Lieutenant , send this message to the unknown fleet . (Leader of the Unknown Fleet , identify yourself once more , are you Pirates , Terrorists , New Republic or Imperial . We give you one last chance to stand down and we will grant you amnesty .) !"

"Sir, we've received a reply from the Imperials... along with some information regarding the other fleet attached."

"Excellent... play the message." Ramoth was pleased to be getting results....

"Admiral or Commander of the new fleet , we have Identified you as Geneticon Navy and are using Imperial Codes and assumed that we are Imperials too . However , we are neither New Republic or Imperial , but we use both kinds of vessels . We are also going to transmit to you the info you requested now . As for the gains , the only gain that I can think of is that after the battle , the fleet's home base will be virtually undefended and we can find out the location and take it down ."

Ramoth smiled wickedly... how foolish this all seemed to him.

"I guess I was wrong in assuming they were Imperials from the look of their fleet... but they are not to be trusted... they could be anybody or anything. It's better to know for sure. What type of information was attached?"

"General information regarding the unknown fleet sir, the number of vessels, types, and things like that."

"Useless to me... but priceless to you. Give me a full report in 20 minutes about this 'unknown' fleet Captain... after you've run the information through your computers."

"Yes sir."

Ramoth chuckled as he once again sat in his revolving chair. He pulled on a black cloak that rested on the edge of the seat. Things were going uite nicely... it was time for a deeper communication though... there was far more to this than was at first apparent.

"Capture an undefended base indeed... how totally useless that would be to me. Captain, inform the Imperial fleet that I wish to speak to their leader directly."

"Yes sir."

Message relayed to Imperial fleet:

Our leader wishes to speak directly with the commander of your fleet. He requests a live holo imager meeting within the next half hour. Out.

Ramoth stood once again as his Captain processed the information. He pulled a transmitter from out of no where and hit a frequency.

A tall man popped up on the holo transmitter. "You wish to speak with me Lord Ramoth."

"Yes Jahnt... the time has come... evacuate both frigates and come aboard the Stone. Make sure you prepare the vessels before you leave. How long would you expect it to take to carry out this order?"

"Approximately 20 minutes sir."

"Very well Jahnt. You have your orders... don't take your time with it."

"It will be done sir."

The image flickered and disappeared. Ramoth's plan was developing before his eyes. He could already see several shuttles leaving the bays of the frigates and heading towards the Jade Stone. All was going according to the emergency plan.

Ramoth once again turned to face the Captain, "Any reply from the unknown fleet?"

"Not yet sir... perhaps we haven't sent the right code yet. But we're trying."

"I want results... not attempts Captain... you have exactly 15 minutes, starting now, to make contact. Your occupation is at stake Captain..."

"Admiral , there is some movement down at the Geneticon fleet . We have also picked up a signal from the Geneticon fleet to the unknown fleet . We don't know yet for what reasons but our slicers are trying to decrypt it ." Lieutenant James reported .

Meanwhile , on board the Frigate with Lieutenant Page :
"Hull Integrity 8%" , the voice over the intercom played again and again , while klaxon sirens blaze .

"Lieutenant , I think we should really evacuate ship ." a scared seageant begged the lieutenant .

"No we shall not . Pull away from Battle and set hyperjump coordinates to nearest ally/Mationbuds overseas bases ." Lieutenant Page ordered .

"Yes sir" the seageant whispered while trembling .

Within moments , the badly damaged frigate was gone , headed towards Yurka , the nearest ally to seek repairs .

Back to Grand Admiral Jedi Master Bror Jace's Flagship :
"Sir , the 2 badly damaged cossack class frigates has jumped to hyperspace and are on their way to Yurka"

"Those cowards , how dare they . Anyway my fellow Grand Admiral , Marcus Periera and his Viper Fleet are there ." the Grand Admiral fumed at the atrocity that just happened .

"Weaponary Master" he spoke into the comlink "I belive this ship is armed with 80 Concussion Missile Tubes right ?"

"Yes Sir"

"Fire 40 concussion missiles at their shield generator to disable it and fire another 40 to destroy their command bridge ."

"yes sir" and he repeated the orders to the crew operating the missile tubes .

The Captain trembled in his boots... no reply had come yet from the Imperial fleet... or the unknown fleet for that matter. And time was ticking down.

"Sir, the assume we are a Geneticon fleet... are you going to do something about it."

"Darn you! Shut up while I'm trying to think..." stammered Ramoth tensely.

If there was no answer within the next few minutes, he would make his move...

"Captain... what have your scanners found out about the unknown fleet?"

"Not much sir, it seems it is quite large... but we can't explain why there is so much flickering. They may be trying to activate cloaking devices unsucessfully."

Ramoth stared at the strange ships... "No chance. Why would they waste their precious energy on a cloaking device in the middle of a heated battle. It's something else. I must know..."

He leaned back and relaxed, closing his eyes in meditation. Something was not right here. There was something extremely peculair about that unknown fleet.

His eyes opened as soon as he heard a beep from his holo-transmitter. "Sir, we are 75% evacuated... the other 25% are preparing the ships. All will be ready within the next fifteen minutes."

"Very good Jahnt." Ramoth replied as he held the transmitter tight and let his eyes slip closed again. "Come to the bridge as soon as they are finished... I wish to speak with you personally."

"Yes m'lord."

The dark cloaked lord lean back and chuckled. The whole thing was really just a game. A simple game.

And the object of the game is to find out what the game is. He thought. What could possibly be the truth behind those flickering ships?

"Captain... once more... re-transmit the message to the fleet with the 4 star detsroyers. Tell them they must repsond within ten minutes."

"yes sir."


Message relayed to Imperial fleet:

Our leader wishes to speak directly with the commander of your fleet. He requests a live holo imager meeting within the next ten minutes. Out.


"And Captain," Ramoth swung his chair around to face the officer. "You have 5 minutes to reach the uknown fleet... or I will have to find your replacement."

Ramoth swung around once more, and unmistakably caught the Captain gulping, out of the corner of his eye.

Ramoth smacked a control on his chair bringing up a viewing screen from the floor. He spoke into the console, "this is the lord of the Jade Stone, we are not of Geneticon descent, although their ship is surprisingly of good make, but we will not reveal who we are until we have a full live holonet meeting. You have ten minutes to respond or we will be forced to take drastic measures."

he hit another button and the console shifted back down into the floor. He swung once more and faced teh Captain...

"Add that to the message relay."

New message relayed to supposed Imperial fleet:

Our leader wishes to speak directly with the commander of your fleet. He requests a live holo imager meeting within the next ten minutes.

"this is the lord of the Jade Stone, we are not of Geneticon descent, although their ship is surprisingly of good make, but we will not reveal who we are until we have a full live holonet meeting. You have ten minutes to respond or we will be forced to take drastic measures." End message.

FYI : We have made a major reshuffle of the cabinet and there are many new ministers . The Minister of War and the Minister of Defence have requested a major Military Upgrade and it was done . Here are the stats of the new retaliation fleet .

*Retaliation Fleet
-2 Execuator Class Star Dreadnaughts (One is Flagship for Grand Admiral Sith Master Marcus Peirera)
-10 Vindicator Class Heavy Cruisers
-10 Mon calamari Class Cruisers
-25 Carrack Class Light Cruisers
-20 Nebulon-B Frigates
-2 Twilek Class Motherships
-4 Venator Class Star Destroyers
-2 Sovereign Class Dreadnaughts
*****Primary Role : This fleet is meant to assult and capture hostile planets and can easily win a space battle with enemy fleets . Usually used to take revenge at enemies who have done something to hurt Mationbuds .

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"Sir , we have dealt some damage to the enemy flagship but we don't know the extent . We also have a request from the new commers to have a holo meeting within 10 seconds or face drastic action ." a proud officer reported to the Grand Admiral .

"Hmmm . Patch me through to their leader ." he replied and almost immediately , he was connected and a holo image appeared before him .

"Admiral Ramoth of the Geneticon Fleet , what do you request ?"

--- Meanwhile back at the Dictatorial Palace :

A group of protesters have gathered outside the Palace , demanding that the Dictator stop this "mini war" immediately . And when confronted by Royal Black Guards , they fired at them with Blaster Pistols . The Guards returned fire and a huge gunfight errupted .

"Darth Matter , my lord , a gunfight has errupted outside your palace . My lord , what is your command ?" a nervous Officer asked the Dictator .

"I will personally go and settle them !" and started heading towards the door .

"Sir , I think you should not do that and I will stop it !!!" and he took the blaster pistol out from his belt and fired 2 shots , thinking he could easily kill darth matter .

Darth Matter moved like the wind , drawing his red sith lightsaber and blocking the shots before shouting "Officer dawson , do you think it would be that easy ???" and he did a force choke on the poor man .

Officer Dawson held his neck , desprately trying to breath but unable to . Within seconds , he was dead .

Darth Matter proceeded downstairs and outside to face the protestors .

"My people ! Why have you gone crazy ?" Darth Matter asked .

Almost immediately , many of the protestors put down their weapons and fled , leaving one man behind .

"zzzzz" the sound of a lightsaber hummed to life as the man drawed a green lightsaber .

Darth Matter was shocked at how he managed to lay his hands on a lightsaber but nevertheless , he did not make an effort but simply executed a force lightning . The man was paralyzed , he could not move .

"Citizen , do you think I will let you off ? You cant even block a simple force trick !" before killing the man completely .

"Sir, the Imperial fleet has responded and is beginning the holo feed now."

"Very good Captain, I give your life a five minute extension." Ramoth grinned and grimaced once more. It was certainly a trademark... learned by many years of hardship.

As the holo image protruded from the floor, Ramoth pulled the hood of his cloak down over his head, covering his eyes, but at the same time allowing him to see the image.

"We thank you kindly sirs for responding so quickly to our requests... for this I am eternally grateful. I would hate to think what would have happened if you had not responded when you did."

Ramoth shifted slightly in his chair, being cautious to not reveal his eyes to the communicating parties.

"I wish to speak to you on a matter of some importance. I realize that there is a battle going on, and that your time right now is quite valuable, and again I thank you for giving up some of it to speak with me.

But I think you will find it in your best interests to speak with me. Let me get to the point. You obviously have no clue who we are, or where we are from. This information may be helpful to you... it may not. But in any case, our ships would definitely help your cause."

Ramoth paused, he couldn't give away one of his only bargaining chips, no he would wait.

"Sirs, I would like very much to know who you are, where your allegiance lies, and exact information about your fleet. We are only three ships ourselves, the Jade Stone and two frigates. But we would request to know exactly who you are working for, whether it be Imperials or Republic or otherwise.

If you provide us with this information, and it proves satisfactory, I think you will be pleased in the long run.

Respond."

Ramoth noticed the Grand Admiral was very imposing... this would be a tough egg to crack.

Dang those Republic officers...

Millions of thoughts corsed through Ramoth's brain in that millisecond of empty time and space. Images flashed by faster than a Couroscant subway train.

Ramoth opened his eyes and blinked once... coming out of the lightning fast meditative stage.

It really is all about me isn't it... his thoughts surged as he awaited the reply.

"Admiral Ramoth , allow me to introduce myself . I am a Grand Admiral and a Sith Lord ." the Grand Admiral replied as he swirled his cloak , partially exposing his lightsaber .

"And we have no allegience to any faction . However we have ties with both the Empire and the Republic ."

"Though what you have with you now may be small , it may be useful . We have one thing to ask you . What allegience do you have and what nation's navy are you from ? And re-adressing the problem about a small fleet , you can always call for re-inforcements from your base . Right ?"

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The New Viper Fleet's Stats :
*Viper Fleet
-1 Executor Class Star Dreadnaght (Flagship for Grand Admiral Jedi Master Bror Jace)
-2 Venator Class Star Destroyers
-4 Mon Calamari Class Cruisers
-4 Victory Class Star Destroyer
-5 Interdictor Cruisers
-5 Vindicator Class Heavy Cruiser
-15 Carrack Class Light Cruiser
-1 Twilek Class Mothership
***** Primary Role : This fleet is mainly used to attack enemy orbital bases or take on major enemy fleets .

------- Meanwhile in Yurka :
"Grand Admiral and Jedi Master , we have reached our destination" as the seageant finished his words , the lines of stars gradually became back to normal again .

"Excellent work Seageant !" the Grand Admiral replied while stroking his lightsaber .

"Report sir . Our sensors have picked up 3 vessels that the Retaliation Fleet are assuming Geneticon Warships . And the enemy has lost 2 battlecruisers !"

"Great News , prepare our TIE Fighter , TIE Interceptor , TIE Bomber , X-Wing , B-Wing , Y-Wing and A-Wing Squardrons for battle and set them off to assist the Retaliation Fleet's own Fighter Crafts ."

"Together , our 3 major ships , 3 Executor Class Star Destroyers can easily destroy the enemy fleet . With each ship ....." before the Seageant could continue ranting , the Grand Admiral shouted "Seageant . Shut Up . Here is my battle plan . Inform this plan to Retaliation Fleet's Grand Admiral too ! I want our FLEETS to move into position and execute a pincer attack movement . Overwhelm the enemy by pure firepower . And inform the 3 ships , see if they can assist us ."

"Yes sir !"

The Grand Admiral peered out of the Bridge of his Flagship and saw the 2 fleet's vessels moving to the position he ordered . After 10 minutes , they were all in place except for the 3 Geneticon warships .

"This is Grand Admiral Jedi Master Bror Jace , I can clearly see that you're all in position . Now , commence the attack !!!" And immediately , the ships started closing in on the enemy fleet , their guns ablaze , continuously firing .The admiral's flagship was firing concentrated fire and he could clearly see several enemy ships on fire and some had holes through them .

He knew that those holes could lead to the destruction of a entire enemy vessel unless it takes precautions .

Bump . Come on , theres still many more slots . The more people involved , the better . And Nadias , whats the hold up ? No offence meant though .

OOC : That's fine with me . I seldom use the f word but if I do , i'll "mask" it .
To Nadias : You can make the fleet call up real reinforcements , but not too many . Lets say a maximum of 10 more Mon Calamari battlecruisers , 4 star destroyers and 4 cossack class frigates . Is that fine with you ?

To Nadias : You can rename the fleet into something else so we can call it the xxxxxx fleet when refering to it .


-ooc several things to cover. First off, sorry to everyone for cursing violently. I did not take into account whether you all would be comfortable with it or not. Secondly, my fleet is unnamed(for now). Third...well, I think I may have to pull out very soon. Damnable illusions, they never work! -ooc-

"Ensign, let's do this quickly, or we're all dead. Assign pilots to all of the ships that we captured. Assign power to illusions; crowd the space with them, so that the enemy cannot see us. Make it so!"

Seconds later, ships of various sizes began appearing, crowding in a defensive barrier around the flag ship. As they waited, squadrons of ships previously thought destroyed swarmed out through the illusions, and set upon the nearest Cruiser.

"Alpha leader, disable engines. Delta's, take out those weapon emplacements. And I want the Epsilon's to take out the communications- go!"

"Roger"

"Roger"

"Roger"

Janus lowered his head onto his chest. "Ensign...open the com channels. Broadcastan SOS signal for 20 minutes...that should call in every pirate in the sector. If we can fool them with our illusions, maybe they may join our side, with the prosepect of gaining a frigate or two in the process.

-ooc- OK, I know the illusions cannot actually block shots, but they can f*** up your targetting systems, and make it difficult to find where the "real" ship is. As for the other ships? Well, if you look carefully at my other posts, I never actually destroyed any of your ships. I have captured them. That's how Janus has planned on amassing a fleet. So, it may be frightening for your guys to look out and see ...*checking*...4 frigate's (1st and 2nd post), 5 X-Wings (2nd post), 2 T-Wings (2nd post). Loverly, eh? -ooc-

Executor-class Star Dreadnought Vithrynet, Bridge Section

"Admiral sir, we have picked up what looks to be a large firefight on the edge of the sector"

"How large?"

"We've picked up an Executor, and multiple ships of various classes."

"Get me a shuttle to the Red Coruscant, and assign 12 Imperial Star Destroyers and 34 Victorys to it."

"Keep the rest of the fleet on standby for my signal, we leave as soon as i am aboard"

OOC: This is getting really confusing really fast... and I have a super small fleet compared with everyone else... well... hopefully I'll be able to come out on top. We will see... it's about to get deadly.

Thanks Nadias for keep the language down. I appreciate it.

How do you think I feel... I only have a flagship and two frigates!!?!?? Time to make my move and get out of here.

IC:

"Admiral Ramoth , allow me to introduce myself . I am a Grand Admiral and a Sith Lord ." the Grand Admiral replied as he swirled his cloak , partially exposing his lightsaber .

"And we have no allegience to any faction . However we have ties with both the Empire and the Republic ."

"Though what you have with you now may be small , it may be useful . We have one thing to ask you . What allegience do you have and what nation's navy are you from ? And re-adressing the problem about a small fleet , you can always call for re-inforcements from your base . Right ?"

Ramoth assured himself that his face was covered, he couldn't risk exposure this soon. He responded to the satisfactory reply:

"Thank you for your time Grand Admiral. It is good to know that you are not taking our presence as hostile. There are far too many weak men who have taken our three vessels as an extreme threat.

As for your being a Sith lord, I must confess that I am extremely opposed to both the Sith and Jedi... but for right now I guess I can respect your repulsive religion.

As for us... well..." Ramoth hesitated... Perhaps this is time to tell him the truth... I won't survive this unless I side with someone. "Ok... let me level with you Admiral. We are escapees from a Republic detention and reeducation center on Karfac. You may say that we have taken part in some... hmm.... matters of questionable legality.

After escaping we were able to hijack the Jade Stone and these two frigates, and we have been picking up various things on other systems. And somehow we have stumbled upon this battle.

I find this entire operation extremely intriguing and--"

Ramoth was interrupted by his Captain. "SIR!!! We have found out something of extreme importance!"

"Excuse me for a few seconds Admiral. Mute the hologram for a minute!" Ramoth swung his chair around and faced the Captain.

"Sir, we have performed a deep scan on the unknown vessels... according to our technical information... over half of the fleet does not even exist!"

"WHAT?!?" Ramoth leapt from his chair, "If you are lying to me Captain..."

"I swear... this is the truth sir."

Ramoth pointed his finger at the man desperately, "It had better be." He spun around and stared at the battle, those ships looked real enough... but again he saw the flicker.

Like a thunderbolt it came to him. A projecting device of some sort! That must be the truth behind this engagement! Ramoth instantly regained his composure, sat back down and faced the holo transmitter, and yelled, "Captain... un-mute the holo feeder, resume transmission."

"I apologize for the interruption Admiral, my stupid Captain has been very inefficient today... sometimes you have to put them in their place."

Boy am I a liar... I hope he can't tell... stupid force.

"Anyways most generous Grand Admiral... I will make a deal with you. We will make a hit and run attack upon the unknown fleet. We have no reinforcements, and we only have enough firepower to make one attempt, this should create quite a diversion, and it should allow you to do considerable damage to their fleet while we attack.

Meanwhile, we will concentrate our main attack upon their flagship... it's an all or nothing attack for us personally.

If we succeed, you have gained a considerable advantage in the battle, if we fail, you have lost a somewhat worthless ally. What do you say?

All you need to do is lay down a heavy amount of concentrated firepower on the perimeter enemy starships, and we will make our attack.

I assure you this is in your best interests. Do you agree?"

Ramoth once again checked to make sure his cloak was down low over his eyes. This had better work...

-ooc- quick thing, someone asked my fleet name? Artemis' Flight. Said it in one of the first posts. Well, if a fleet of pirates do not arive, I'm going to have to bump out, or perhaps surrender. God, I thought I may have (theoretically) won! Damnations! Also, my cursing, it's part of my (and my character's, for that matter) behavioral patterns. It's what makes us, well...us. I really, eally didn't mean to offend anyone.-ooc-



The battle was quickly turning sour. If his projection devices had not been damaged, Janus may have been able to successfully take on three fleets...but more than that, he was sure would destroy him. "Ensign, what's our status?"

"Not good, sir. Most of our captured ships have been destroyed, but we still have a frigate and a wing of X's. I do not beleive that they have realized that those are our captured ships. Also, one of the bordering fleets has been penetrating us with deep-scanning; I beleive they have found out our secret, as well."

Janus cursed violently, in severall languages. It ws good to be multi-lingual. "Ensign, attempt to warp out. If that is not an option, I want a com-line to be patched through to the most powerful fleet. We're not going to surrender to a bunch of p****ies, we want to be under the protection of the big dog.

OOC : Bump . We're looking for some pirates or terrorists or neutral people to RP to help the unknown fleet .

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"Sir , it appears that a Excecutor Class Star Dreadnought with 12 Imperial Star Destroyers and 34 Victory Class Star Destroyers have just appeared on our sensors . They have appeared to take no sides yet and we are still trying to get a ID from them ." seageant James reported .

"Hmmm . Send this message to them (New Commers Number 2 , Identify yourselfs immediately . We are the Retaliation Fleet from the Mationbuds Royal Fleets)" the Grand Admiral replied before continuing "Do it NOW !"

Turning back to the hologram , he continued "Yes , I thank you for accepting my religion . And we also thank you for helping us to attack the flagship . As for your illegal activities and as escapees of a detention centre , we won't report you in as a reward for your cooperation and on behalf of Mationbuds , I am authorized to thank you for helping Mationbuds defeat a threat ." the Grand Admiral replied , thinking that the other fleet was truthful . If he found out that they were lying , they would be dead in no less than a couple of minutes .

--------Meanwhile on the Flagship of the Viper Fleet :
"Sir , we have news . Your pincer strategy seems to be working . Many enemy ships have been destoryed and only a few of our ships are damaged and one is Severely damaged , which I've ordered to pull out and return to base ." Seageant Smith reported to Grand Admiral and Jedi Master Bror Jace .

"Excellent Work seageant . Wise of you to pull out our damaged ship ."

"And admiral , we have also captured a enemy X-Wing and have sucessfully put its pilot in an Interrogation Room and are interrogating him now . However we don't expect anything to come out of it ." the Seageant continued his report .

"Once again Seageant , I'm proud to have such loyal people in my fleet . I personally wish to be better than Grand Admiral and Sith Lord Marcus Periera's Retaliation Fleet !" the Grand Admiral whispered .

The Viper Fleet and the Retaliation fleet's vessels moved in to finish off the remainder of the enemies but were wary because they knew that some pirates or terrorists may come to the aid of the enemies .

"And seageant , launch 5 more squardrons of B-Wings to bomb the enemy ships with Proton Bombs and Proton Torpedoes . And order our Turbolaser batteries to blast down all enemy starfighters or fighters ."

"Yes Sir" Seageant Smith replied .

"Excellent... Grand Admiral... I thank you." Ramoth dipped his head as the holo image disintegrated.

He grabbed his handheld holo transmitter and hit the button, only to be interrupted by the bridges airlock door sliding open. He swung the chair around.

"Why didn't you knock Vince?"

"Sorry K. but we have no time... you gave me the password for just this purpose."

Ramoth grinned and grimaced once more. "So I did." He let out a slight chuckle. "Are the frigates prepared?"

"More than ever sir, they are awaiting your command."

This time Ramoth's chuckle erupted into evil laughter. "Gooooood! Very Good!" He turned and looked out at the battle... now that he had the right information it became quite easy to determine which ships were real and which ships were projections. Time to execute the plan...

It actually seemed like their flagship was pulling out of the battle... could it be?!?

"Captain," Ramoth yelled, "All ahead full direct towards that flagship. Shields at maximum, and have the tractor beam at the ready. We can't let them get away."

Vince looked at his friend and commander strangely...

"What are you staring at Jahnt?"

"Sir, it's just that, you've not yet given the frigates an order."

Ramoth smiled wickedly (this time without the grimace) "Oh yes... our little toys... they are much faster than the Jade Stone, send the first in to attack the flagship... we can't risk it getting away. Keep the other one back, awaiting further orders... and at a safe distance."

Jahnt knocked his heels together and saluted, "It will be done as you say m'lord."

The frigate already seemed hundreds space miles in advance...

Will they be in for a shock... Ramoth silently chuckled.

"It looks like its time for my performance already" said the Admiral as he spun away from the table.

"Open the com to the Retaliation Fleet"

{Retaliation Fleet this is Admiral Rorlan of the Empire, aboard Executor Dreadnought Red Coruscant flagship of the Fleet of Chains. We request a status report on the situation}

There way was blocked. There could be no escaping from the inevitable.

"Ensign...open the com lines to Jade Stone."

"Y-yes sir."

"Ensign?"

"Yes?"

Janus smiled. "You've been a good soldier. Wherever you go, keep it up."

"Thnk you sir. Com line open...now."


"Commander of the Retaliation fleet, this is Janus, of Artemis' Flight. I have calculated the odds, and realized the impossiblility of our situation. Power down your weapons; we will disable ours. If you stop killing my men, I will surrender the fleet to you. The only conditions I ask are this: guarentee them safe passage to any number of worlds.

The Jade Stone rumbled full speed toward the enemy fleet. Someone was going to die.... unless...

The Captain spoke, "Sir, we've finally been able to open reach the unknown fleet. It appears there communications were locked down earlier, they are now open to speak with us."

Ramoth looked desperate, but at this good news he lightened up a bit. "Excellent Captain, you may have just saved you job and life. Jahnt, command the frigates to halt. Captain, all thruster disengage, but prepare to beam them if they try to get away."

"Yes sir,"

"Wire the appropriate message, you know what we're after."

MESSAGE SENT TO UKNOWN FLEET:

Sirs, we are pleased by your opening up of the operation. Your situation is quite desperate, and we see that you wish to negotiate. At this time, we have every intention of charging in and destroying your flagship, but we are willing to barter.

Your lives will be spared, and you ships saved, if you will agree to our two requests:

First, you must hand over the holo projection device that you used so efficiently during the early phase of the battle.

Second, you must send us your second in command as a hostage, we will do with him what we please, we can't take any chances on you giving us the wrong piece of equipment.

Agree to these, and we will halt our attack. If you do not concur, you will be destoyed, and small though we are, we are at full power and efficiency, and could blow you out of the universe in seconds.

You have five minutes to provide a satisfactory response, and send over the two items via a shuttle... who's captain and pilots will also be our hostages.

End Transmission.

_ooc- OK, I've said it a dozen times; my fleet is "Artemis' Flight". -ooc-


"This is Janus, of the Artemis' Flight. I am afraid I cannot comply with your request. I wwould be willing to hand over myself as the commander and the holo-projector, along with all programming capabilities, but I cannot endanger the lives of any of my men. Again, I will give you myslef and the projector, but not my second-in-command.

Ramoth swore when he heard the answer to the message... he had not gotten what he had wanted. Oh well... he would get the next best thing.

"Captain, tell him we will accept his terms. He has 20 minutes to arrive."

MESSAGE TO Commander of Artemis' Flight:

"We apoligize for not correctly naming your fleet. In any case, we highly respect your courage in this matter, and your bravery to take the place of your own officer. Therefore, we accept your terms, and will expect your shuttle to arrive (loaded with yourself and the projector) within 20 minutes. We expect you can operate the shuttle yourself. In addition, we require that you leave your lightsaber behind in your flagship... we cannot allow you to bring it on board. We trust you will comply... it would be the safest course to follow, many of your soldier's lives hang in the balance."

Janus blinked. Lightsaber?


I...I'm sorry, lightsaber? I am not jedi; I carry my wits about me, rather than any gun or sword.

In addition, the projector is too large to fit in any ship. I will bring over a disc containing programming codes, blueprints, a list of materials, and enough credits to buy said materials. After my crew has left, I will, if you wish it, detonate the self-destruct sequence.


"Ensign, power down all systems, save life support and propulsion. Tell the men that they are to load into there own personal fighter, or a communal frigate to be deported to the nearest planet. Divide up the credit housing among them, equally. After that, you yourself must leave. Goodbye, and good hunting."

Janus walked briskly down the corrider to the escape pods, stopping only in the projection room to shut down the device, and grab the disc.

I'm surprised that Janus isn't a Jedi... nearly every other fleet commander was. At least it seemed that way...

"The day has been carried by me." Another evil grin. "Jahnt, prepare a welcome party for Janus, and when he arrives, bring him before me.

Captain, once you see his shuttle, tractor beam it with a protective beam, to ensure it is not destroyed... and make sure he doesn't double cross us."

Two choruses rang out, "Yes sir."

With this new technology we will be able to carry on with less risk. Fabulous...

"And Vince,"

"m'lord?"

"we need to find a nearby spaceport to create the projector, find a suitable one and report to me A-sap."

"Yes sir."

The two frigates flew backwards and headed away from the battle, while the Stone awaited the arrival of their hostage. Shields still at full... Ramoth wasn't taking any chances.

Masses of unarmed ships flew away from the dwindling cruisers, each of them giving space a final goodbye kiss, exploding into fiery beuty, and being sucked into nothingness in the deadness of it all.

One ship aimed a different dir4ection of the others, aiming towards the imposing structure of the Jade Stone.


This is Commander Janus of the fleet Artemis' Flight. Requesting permission to dock. My shields and weapons systems have been disabled, and I carry with me the codes as per your request. My comrades are retreating; please do not pursue them.

The Captain held the tractor controls as the Stone awaited the arrival of the Janus. When the message came through, and he spotted the shuttle, he grabbed it quickly with the required beam, which sucked the small craft into the dock much quicker than it normally would have taken to reach the hanger.

Meanwhile, Vince Jahnt stood on the deck of the hanger, with 8 heavily armed and battle hardened convicts (in this case guards). As the shuttle made its landing, Vince stepped forward. "Time to find out who it is we've been fighting... and get those plans."

As the shuttle came to a stop... the hangar doors slammed shut behind it. The Captain was certainly not taking any chances with this prisoner escaping.

They were careful to have grabbed the ship with the same frequency of the message. One passenger, scans indicated unarmed, carrying a disk and several papers. The scan seemed quite efficient. They had what they wanted.

The Jade Stone's reverse thrusters jammed into service, as the Captain maneuvered the flagship to the starboard side. Once the first half of a three point turn was complete, he pulled the lever. The Stone made its jump to lightspeed in seconds.

As a final precaution, the two frigates held in the space of the battle, although a great distance from it. Ramoth would let them know when they could leave.

Ahh... the beauty of hyperspace... thought Ramoth as he stared at the blue tunnel they were riding.

"Sir , the Geneticon Fleet is moving , supposedly to attack , all going according to plan . And the Russo-Soviet fleet has sent us a message" and Seaeant James played the message .

"Excellent . Open the com channel and reply as follows (We are now sending you the status of the battle . And the Grand Admirals of the Retaliation and Viper Fleet wish to know which side you're on .)"the Grand Admiral of the Retaliation Fleet replied .

"And sir , we have supposedly caught a transmission from the Enemy Fleet to the Geneticonian Fleet requesting to surrender their fleet to the Geneticons . And for that , they expect a safe passageway ." Seageant James reported to his superior.

"That is indeed Grim News . If the Geneticon Fleet were to do that , we would have no choice but to destroy it . And if I'm not wrong they're pirates ."the Grand Admiral replied harshly .

-------Several minutes later :

"Sir , apparently the enemies have accepted the Pirate's offer and are sending a vessel to the Jade Stone ! They are also preparing to jump to light-speed soon !"Seageant James urgently reported to bot Grand Admiral Marcus and Grand Admiral Bror Jace .

"We cannot let this happen . Pull 2 Interdictor Cruisers off from Battle Formation to block them from Jumping to Lightspeed . And send 4 Squardrons of TIE fighters , 2 Squardrons of X-Wings and 2 Squardrons of B-Wings to surrouund the Jade Stone and the 2 Frigates . Send 4 Victory Class Star Destroyers to block any further escape attempts and do what you see fit , Seageant . And send this message to them (Jade Stone , this is the Flagship of the Viper Fleet , what are your intentions and why have you broken your word . Disable your weapon systems and engines immediately or we have to do it by Force .)" Grand Admiral Bror Jace instructed Seageant James of Retaiation Fleet .

"Yes Sir , although youre from another fleet ."Seageant James wearily said .

Grand Admiral Marcus stared out of his command deck and saw 2 Interdictor Cruisers surrounding the Jade Stone and its 2 Frigates , effectively blocking them from Jumping to HyperSpace . He could also see the Victory Class Star Destroyers moving into position while discharging squardrons of TIE Fighters , X-Wings and B-Wings .

Marcus was fuming that Admiral Ramoth had broken the deal and was supremely angry , this was good for him because he was also a Sith Lord . When a Lieuteant came in to say an unimportant message , he could not take it any more and killed him using Force Choke .

"Take him away now ."he ordered a Protocool Droid nearby , who replied "Sir , I'm only a Protocool Droid , not a Morgue Droid ." Marcus was in such a rage that he whipped out his Lightsaber and cut the droid into half .

The doors didn't budge, no matter how much Janus tried to open them. "Excuse me...I can only give you the plans if you open the doors. Hello? Is anyone out there?"

Rather than hope for the best, Janus steeled himself for the grim possibility of an interogation, perhaps even involving painful torture.

{We would be happy to fight by your side, if you will assign us vectors we will take up positions.}

"Bring up the status report their transmitting*

OOC: Is this starwars tech only?
IC:"We've arrived at the location of the hostilities, sir, but nothing much is
happening. One fleet is gone, another diminished."
The engagement had been detected only recently, and there had been no rapid response squadron ready, so the Boozian navy had taken its time arriving.
"I don't want to piss Mationbuds, but hail both fleets. Keep it clandestine, don't let them know were duping em. And prepare our boats. Load with marines. If they give me an excuse, I'm gonna steal their ships and throw em in the brig. Then leave before Mation can catch up with events." The Commodore raised his voice, and flicked on the all oficers channel in his console.
"I need someone who knows about FTL. Anyone done a course? Right commander, join up with the marines, if you please, and get the coordinates for a jump back to Fortress."

OOC: Hey Mation... what has happened has happened... Janus is already aboard and we have already completed the jump to hyperspace... if you had wanted to interfere you should have posted much earlier I'm thinking.

And the whole Artemis fleet is totally gone, at least that's what Naidus siad, they all hit the self-destruction buttons. So there's pretty much nothing left to destroy. I would have kept to our bargain... but the enemy surrendered.

BTW Mation... how did your men find out about my plans to jump to lightspeed? I didn't even plan to do that until the instant I did it... your men would have no time to react to my jump, because I didn't even know I was going to leave until I did, so I'm not sure how your men would know.

So... I'm not sure what to do in this situation... it all happened so quick.

In any case... I'm not quite sure you want a fight... all that is left behind on the battlefield are my two frigates... two ensure none of the Artemis fleet escaped. Which none did.

You could chase me if you're not happy...

OOC :
To Geneticon - Sorry , I only saw the thread you posted recently . And its not that I'm not happy , its just that I want to prolong the story . Make it interesting .
To Nova Boozia - No , it doesnt have to be all Starwars tech , I'm only relying on them because information on them is easy to find on the net .

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"Sir , the Russo-Soviet Fleet has asked if we need any assistance and would be ready to fight when we've sent them the vectors to attack ." Seageant Smith reported . "And we've also spotted several unidentified ships approaching ."

"Send the Russo-Soviets this (We thank you for your request to assist us but currently we've destroyed the whole Artemis Flight and are now preparing to pursue the Remnants and the Pirates . Could you possibly assist us in this ? You don't need to send your whole fleet to help us though .). As for the new group of ships , they could be Pirates answering the Artemis Flight's distress call . Ready your men for action ."Grand Admiral Jedi Master Bror Jace of the Viper Fleet replied .

"Yes sir ."

"And before you go , tell Grand Admiral Marcus to lend me 2 Interdictor Cruisers and 5 Carrack Class Frigates . On our part , ready 2 more Interdictors , 5 Carracks and 2 Victory Class Star Destroyers . We're going on a hunt ."

"Yes sir !"

The Grand Admiral looked out several minutes later and saw the ships he requested for in position , ready to jump to Hyperspace upon his command .

"Sir , Grand Admiral Marcus will remain here with the remainder of his fleet and your fleet . And do we prepare your flagship too ?"

"Yes Seageant , do it . I'm comming along . And give the order to jump ."

"Yes Sir !" and he issued the command "This is the Flagship Chinmerea to the Pursuing Contingent . The Grand Admiral has ordered we move out ."

And once more the Grand Admiral looked out and saw ships disappearing as they jumped to Hyperspace before all he could see were lines of stars . Soon he would be arresting that traitor ...

And hows it if we had a follow up of this , where new complications arise and hopefully we can get more people to RP . I would welcome Nidias , Geneticon , Russo-Soviets and Nova Boozia to RP in the follow-up . And try to get more peopel to RP if we were to have a follow up .

OOC:

I would certainly be willing to play a follow up...

Thanks for clearing up the difficulty... it can get confusing at times.

And so the chase is on...

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IC:

Jahnt noticed that the passenger was trying to open the shuttle cockpit, but was having a little difficulty. Duh! The tractor beam was still active... Vince reached for his radio.

"Captain, disengage the tractor beam, it's holding the shuttle closed tight, and using valuable energy that we need to travel light space with... we may have to slow the jump or even exit all together because of an energy shortage... shut the beam down quickly!"

"Oh no... sorry sir... shutting down now."

Jahnt heard a loud humming sound and then silence. He walked up to the shuttle and grabbed the handle. He swung open the door and found a middle aged man huddled inside.

"Welcome to the Jade Stone..." Vince chuckled under his breath at the prisoner.

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Meanwhile, up on the bridge, Ramoth had learned of the Captain's failure to turn off the beam...

This was a bad day for the Captain.

Seconds after the discovery, Ramoth had ordered the Captain be dragged to the brig, he was to be dealt with later. In the meantime, Ramoth himself would handle the controls.

Darn that Captain, we will undoubtedly have an energy fallout and have to leave hyperspace before we planned to... we'll have to find a new destination now...

Ramoth hit some controls and pulled up the viewing station for the two empty frigates.

"Odd, it seems some of that fleet with no allegiance (Retalion I think) has just made a jump to hyperspace... I wonder..."

Ramoth hit some controls, and in seconds the two frigates had made their own jump.

"Just in case..."

OOC : Yeah , its the Retaliation Fleet . But I actually have 2 fleets amassed at the battle ground , namely the Retaliation Fleet and Viper Fleet . Some ships from both ships have just jumped to hyperspace .

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IC :

"Sir , we have news that the 2 Frigates back there have also jumped to hyperspace . We don't know what's the reason yet ." Seageant Smith reported to the Grand Admiral while they were still travelling through hyperspace .

"Hmmm . Tell 1 Interdictor Cruiser , 1 Victory Class Star Destroyer and 2 Carrack Class Light Cruisers to go in pursuit of the 2 Stray Frigates . I want them to submit me a full report and if the 2 Frigates open fire , vaporize them ." the Grand Admiral replied cooly .

"Once we reach there , I think there should be a slight battle between the Jade Stone and our contingent . We should easily apprehend them with our 2 Victory's and my Flagship , a Executor Class Star Destroyer should easily vaporize them if they refuse to comply"he thought to himself before continuing "This war is going on very long . I wonder who is behind all these , Seageant ."

"I have perfectly no Idea Sir ."

OOC: Before I reply I want a reply from Nadius. That way everything will happen at once.

The commodore swore under his breath.
"Were we tracing them?"
"Not actively, sir, but we did have a good sensor lock. We can probably jump to long distance sensor range."
"Do it."
The squadron warped again, and arrived in the rough area of the frigates, immediately launching boats. Fleeing a Boozian hailing message wasn't technically a hostile action, but a suspicious one, and boarding was the procedure there.

OOC : Okay

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IC :

"Grand Admiral Marcus, the Nova Boozaians have some suspicious activity going around ."Captain James reported.

"Well send 2 Squardrons of TIE Fighters and 2 Squardrons of X-Wings to investigate and report back."the Grand Admiral replied calmly . He feared that they may be ship thiefs trying to take advantage of the situation to gain a few warships .

"Yes Sir ."

bump

OOC: How do you intend to get the tie's there? They have no hyper-dives.
IC:"Scanning, this could take a while."
"Divert all power to sensors and engines."
"Ah, there's something. Only one signature, large. New jump?"
"Yes."
The squadron collected it's boats and warped into close range of the Jade Stone, then, as they had never shut the hangars, immediatly re-launched the boats.

OOC I'll join as a pirate if someone tells me whats going on?

OOC:Artemis flight (illusionary fleet) self destructed, but the crew were evacuated. The flights commander has been captured by the Jade Stone and escorts, who have fled the field, with my squadron in hot persuit, and now Mationbuds is sending some fighters to investigate me. The Russo-soviets fleet aren't doing anything much.

OOC I'll join as a pirate if someone tells me whats going on?

OOC : Great . And if there's a followup , please do join .

Here's whats going on : The Unknown Fleet (Artemis Flight) has been destroyed but its Second in Command is abord a traitorous group of 3 ships that promised to help us but ran away with the benefits when given the opportunity . Some ships from the Retaliation and Viper Fleet have went to chase them but most of the fleets ships are still at the battleground with Russo-Soviet forces and some unknown Nova Boozia ships . You can play as a pirate here to attack the remainder of the ships and/or to steal some of them . Its up to you .

OOC: Err... I think your a little off there. I thought it was Artemis flights high commander who was captured, and I've also warped out already, persuing Jade Stone and the frigates.

OOC: Err... I think your a little off there. I thought it was Artemis flights high commander who was captured, and I've also warped out already, persuing Jade Stone and the frigates.

OOC : Maybe I'm wrong .. oops . And the Commander was not captured , he surrendered . Oh , so you've warped out and my fighters are still chasing you . OOps . And by the way , are you playing Pirates or a Nation's Fleet ?

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IC :
"Sir , the Nova Boozians have jumped to lightspeed ."Capt James reported .

"Recall back our TIE Fighter Squardrons as they cant do hyperspace travel but send 2 more additional X-Wing squardrons with the other 2 squardrons of chase the Nova Boozians ."

OOC: is this still open? I'm usually MT/PMT but..I've been wanting to try FT for a while and this looks fun..if this is closed then Consider this post ignored *nods*

IC:
The Large shimmering blue light, that was a Hyperspace window appeared briefly as space and time were literally yanked apart and several ships traversed the vastness of space, sub space and Hyperspace and crossed back into normal space. The Miliado class dreadnought was centre of the small fleet, more akin to a battle station than a battleship it was the crown jewel of the space forces, surrounding it were four Ikari class battleships and 12 of the smaller Kusranada class cruisers. There ships bore no markings to any known space navy but they certainly weren't pirates and too well funded for mercs they just operated outside of the 'normal running of things;

Aboard the Miliado Class ASD Glory, Grand Admiral Trent stood in full dress uniform (minus the hat) "Sir, Passive sensors are picking up ships, lots of ships" said an ensign in an very British accent; "Multiple destroyer class and fighter class ships" he added.

The Grand admiral stood from his comfy command chair and looked out at the ships on screen; "Ready All weapons, Missile racks first, then the guns, target these two fleets" he said pointing (OOC Retaliation and Viper fleets); "Fire when ready" he said. There would be no hails, no warnings and no mercy.

The Glory's thirty, 15 cell Phalanx II missile batteries activated, the launching covers opening in a matter of seconds, mere moments later they unleashed a powerful storm of Harpoon Missiles. The Harpoon was the latest in a long line of lineage in the space navy, designed to penetrate armour first, then explode to do maximum damage.

The Glory's first salvo alone equalled 450 Missiles, each able to select its own target, once launched the doors closed for Reload there initial salvos fire. As the Glory's guns came to bear on the enemy fleets its one hundred and twenty 15MW Vengeance Laser Turret Batteries, fifteen 450MW Long Range Sun Fury Tachyon cannons and Thirty 300MW Magma Hammer Turrets came to bear on multiple targets on the fleet. The gentle hum of the charge capacitors known only to the crew of the Glory, The Glory on her own was a formidable opponent and she hadn't even raised her shields yet or activated her silk steel armour. The turrets rotated and locked in on their targets the Glory prepared to fire seconds after the missile attack impacted.

"Start Charging the Sky Rails, Target there biggest ship", He ordred, hands clasped firmly behind his back as he watched the main viewer

The dark of space was disrupted as the gentle blue hue of the 1.5GW Extreme range Sky Rail Guns began charging, there power banks humming with power, power that would soon be unleashed upon the centre of the enemies forces - there command ship. The Oldest rule of war, cut off an army's head and its body will die in chaos, its officers and commanders represented the head, if they die, the body will fall apart around it. Grand Admiral Trent knew war indeed.

OOC : Of course this RPs still open . Welcome .
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IC :

Aboard the Executor Class Star Dreadnought , Captain James was delivering his hourly report to Grand Admiral Marcus when suddenly multiple hits rocked the ship , damaging its shields but not any effect on the hull integrity yet .

"Sir , shields damaged and down to 60% . Hull Integrity still 100% . A group of Dreadnoughts have just arrived out of Hyperspace and have opened fire !"Captain Smith reported nervously .

"Out of all times it must be this time !!! Order all ships to defensive postion and open fire on the enemy Flagship . Launch 15 Squardrons of TIE Fighters , 10 Squardrons of X-Wings , 10 Squardrons of TIE Interceptors , 10 Squardrons of B-Wings and 5 Squardrons of Ship Boarders !"the Grand Admiral Bellowed .

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OOC:A ship boarder is a modified mole miner . It has heavier armour , armed with 4 Turbolaser Turrets , 2 Concussion Missile Tubes . Its job is to ram itself into a enemy ship before unloading its crew of 15 Black Guard Elite Troopers , 10 Vanguard Troops and 10 Technicians and they will try to capture the enemy ship .
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The ships moved into defensive position and started returning fire with Turbolaser Turrets , Turbolaser Batteries , Ion Cannons , Heavy Turbolaser Cannons , Concussion Missile Launchers , Proton Torpedo Launchers and Rail Cannons .

"Captain , send word to the Russo-Soviets requesting assistance to overcome this threat and broadcast a aid message to all nearby planets and countries seeking assistance . And order Intelligence to trace where this fleet came from !"

"Yes Captain ."

--------Meanwhile aboard the Chinmaera , Flagship of Viper Fleet :
"Sir , we're catching up with the Pirates ."Captain Smith reported before suddenly interrupting "The remainder of Viper Fleet and Retaliation fleet under Grand Admiral Marcus of Retaliation Fleet have come under attack from unidentified fleet of Dreadnoughts !"

"Dang it ! Looks like we've to divert some of our ships back . Order 2 of the 4 Victory Class Star Destroyers and 4 out of the 6 Carrack Class Light Cruisers to return back to assist Grand Admiral Marcus ."

"Yes Sir !"

Almost immediately , the 2 Star Destroyers and 4 Light Cruisers changed course and direction before jumping to hyperspace in a different direction .

"Thats better Captain "

Grand Admiral Trent watched as the Harpoon missiles slammed into the enemies shields, should have known they'd have had those up he thought to himself; "Sir, Detecting multiple in bound targets on attack vector, fighter, missiles and what looks like breaching pods also detecting incoming fire" reported a female Lieutenant. Her raven hair cropped short and barely touching the collar of her uniform.

"Raise Shields, and activate Silk Steel armour" Trent ordered.

The Glory's Silk Steel generators activated and created a thin outer layer of extra armour over the ship, so named because it was as thin as spider silk but strong as steel hence the name. The Miliado class was the only class in the Navy to get the silk steel generators and now they would be put to good use. A second later the graviton field surrounded the ship as the shields came online. The Surrounding support battleships and cruisers also raised their shields accordingly.

"Open Fire, All Batteries", Grand Admiral Trent ordered.

The Glory's guns opened fire, filling space with Laser, Ion and plasma fire of varying colour aimed at the capital ships of the Retaliation and Viper Fleets ignoring the fighters completely as if deeming them unworthy of there time. The other ships could take care of those.

The Glory's Sky Rails were now fully charged, the gentle blue hue of the fifteen cannons making the ship glow in space, there was a brief surge of light as the Sky Rails fired. A blue beam of light cut across space and a white-hot ball of super heated higher energy plasma shot along it. The beam itself was a 1.5GW laser moving at the speed of light, but the real destructive power lay in the plasma that travelled along it and toward the enemy command ship and likely through anything that got in its way.

"Order to Fleet to open fire, all batteries, Target the incoming ships with missiles", Trent ordered.

And the Fleet deed, the 4 Ikari class Battle ships and 12 Kusranada class Cruisers made there opening salvos. Each Ikari class Battleship fired with there eight 15 cell Phalanx II Missile batteries, the Kusranada class cruisers did like wise with their two 15 cell batteries launching a total of 1200 Predator Missiles between them at the oncoming fighters, bombers, breaching pods, incoming missiles and the capital ships behind them. The Predator was the Harpoons predecessor used primarily against fighters and excelled in a fighter killer role thanks to its guidance system. The Fleet began warming up the gun batteries ready for the second salvo, which would certainly target the enemy fleet

OOC:
1.5GW "Sky Rail" Turret - The Sky rail is the newest addition to the weapons locker, essentially firing rounds of super heated plasma contained in a magnetic 'bubble' along a high powered laser for extreme accuracy at close to the speed of light. When struck it is capable of creating an effect so powerful it can literally rip apart ships much like the kinetic based 'rail gun' on conventional naval battleships. Sky rails are moderately slow firing and immensely powerful however they require a large amount of power to run so take a while to actually charge, think Independence day guns.

A brief Size Comparison of my ships..the Glory is a Miliado glass
http://www.animeonscifi.co.uk/hosted/animarnia/Image4.gif

And thanks for the welcome. :)

OOC : Only the Retaliation Fleet's flagship is present because part of the Retaliation and Viper Fleet with Viper Fleet's Flagship have gone on a chase
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IC :

"Sir , enemy Turbolaser batteries and Ion Cannons have opened fire with Rail Gun support . Enemy has also deployed extra layer of shield . " Captain James reported before adding "some ships from Grand Admiral Bror Jace have arrived out of hyperspace , 2 Victory Class Star Destroyers and 4 Carrack Class Light Cruisers ."

"Excellent . Tell the Twilek Class Mother Ship to deploy her Mon Calamari Class Shield ships around our fleet and create a shield around our fleet by linking each shield ship's shield wave to each other ."Grand Admiral Marcus ordered .

The ship rocked once more as more enemy barrage hit them and the Intercom reported "Shield Integrity down to 50% ."

The Grand Admiral knew that the shields would not hold for long although the Ship was a Executor Class Star Dreadnought . "Power up shields and mantain rate of fire ."

"Yes sir !"

He looked out of the Window towards the Enemy Fleet and knew that the battle would be a long and tiring one . He knew that each ship would have its vulnerable spot . "Captain , lead me to the Superlaser Cannon" .

"Yes sir " and he led the Grand Admiral and Sith Lord to the Superlaser Cannon .

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OOC : A superlaser is the kind of laser they use on Death Stars except this is a scaled down version of it with only 3/5 of the Death Star's power .
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Marcus sat down and looked through the aiming console , letting the Dark Side of the Force flow through him , he aimed at a Nearby Ship's weak spot and fired . He knew that the Superlaser was powerful enough to penetrate through any shield and destroy a capital ship but firing at a weak spot ensured that .

He watched as the Superlaser traveled at the 1000 times the speed of light towards the ship ...

OOC: Come on Nadius.... I need a reply.

IC:

Ramoth was getting furious. "Where is Vince!"

"Sir, we dropped a scanning beacon at the site of the battle, it seems that the Retalion fleet has been engaged by some new unknown vessels. Also, multiple ships have made the jump to hyperspace after we did."

Ramoth cursed, "They're after us! Wire a message to the Retalion fleet with that beacon."

"Yes Sir.".

Message sent to Retalion fleet from scanning beacon, no tracing possible:

Sirs, we see you are in quite a situation. We apoligize for running off so fast, but we have things to attend to. However, seeing how you are in a dire situation, we offer to send aid to you A-sap. The only thing we ask is that you call off your ships that are following us through hyperspace. Do we have an agreement? I assure you that this time we will fight, the only reason we didn't last time is because everything was destroyed before we even got into the heat of it. You're going to need me this time. Ramoth out.

Back on The Eliminator , The Flagship for Retaliation Fleet :
"Grand Admiral , we have received a message from a untracable source" Captain James reported before playing the message .

"Hmmm , forward this message to Grand Admiral Bror of Viper Fleet now !"

"Yes sir !"

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On the Chinmaera , the Flagship for Viper Fleet :
"Sir , we have a forwarded message from the Eliminator ."Captain Smith said before playing the message .

"Hmmm" the Grand Admiral considered for a while before continuing "Alright , call off our remaining 2 Victory Class Star Destroyers , 2 Carrack Class Light Cruisers , 4 Interdictor Cruisers off and jump back to battleground and send this message to them (This is Grand Admiral Bror Jace of Viper Fleet , who is now chasing you . We are calling off the chase but you must assist us pronto . If you do not keep to your promise , we'd eventually trace you and hunt you down with a bigger force .)" the Grand Admiral replied .

"Yes sir" and he issued the command through his comlink .

The Grand Admiral could see the starlines gradually become back to normal and the Ships turning angle back to previously where they came from before all he could see again were starlines .

"Recharge the Sky Rails", came the orders, as enemy laser, Ion and Rail gun fire hit the shields of the fleet; "Shields down to 92%" an officer reported from her station.

The Bridge was busy as officers went about there business to maintain battle stations; sensor reports were coming in every second from the active sensors and longer ranged passive sensors; "Sir, All Missile batteries have reloaded, should we fire another salvo?" said an officer.

"Indeed, Fire all missile batteries, Continuos fire on all guns" Grand Admiral Trent ordered, and the Glory once again released a full compliment of Harpoon Missiles towards the enemy ship from its Phalanx II batteries, 450 Missiles were launched. And Glory's Entire mighty arsenal was brought to bear upon the enemy ship, a star destroyer class vessel. The Glory's one hundred and twenty Vengeance Laser batters, fifteen 450W Sun fury Tachyon Cannons, thirty-five 300 MW - "Magma Hammer" Ion Particle Cannon Turrets and twelve "Iron Hammer" 80 mm GAUSS Turrets opened up on the Flag ship

The Fleet did likewise, with the twelve Kusranada class ships beginning their opening exchanges with twelve Vengeance Laser Turrets, eight Sun Fury Tachyon Cannons and four Magma Hammer Cannons each. While the Ikari Class Battleships began salvos with there Thirty-two 15MW "Vengeance" Laser Turret Batteries, Two 450 MW "Sun-Fury" Tachyon Cannon, Six 300 MW - "Magma Hammer" Ion Particle Cannons, Four "Iron Hammer" 25 mm GAUSS Guns respectively while they waited for the missile racks to reload. The Ikari class cruisers began to charge their own Sky Rail Cannons a lengthy process.

"We have a full complement of Torpedoes correct?" The Grand admiral asked.

"Aye sir" replied one of the officers.

"Load all tubes, Get me a firing solution on that ship", Trent ordered; "And Load the Inferno missiles into the racks for the next salvo", he added perfectly calmly Star destroyer class ships were nasty blighters. They didn't have much in the way of firepower but were bloody hard to shoot down they could simply out endure most ships in firefights

The Suddenly the Green beam of light shot out from the enemy ship towards the fleet striking a Kusranada class cruiser and overwhelming its shield in a second; striking the ship amidships, a fireball consuming the middle of the vessels hull. The fire extinguished a moment later by the vacuum of space, as the cruiser was ripped apart in the middle exposing the crew in those areas to vacuum.

"Get me my damn torpedoes!" Trent ordered firmly

OOC : Is your fleet a Animarnian fleet or a rogue/pirate fleet ?
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"Sir , the enemy has increased its barrage with more powerful weapons . Shield integrity of the Ship up to 85% but Hyperdrive core power has decreased because we sucked power from there . And shield integrity of the Shield Web down to 98%" Captain James reported before continuing "ahh. Sir the Viper Fleet flagship , 2 Victory Class Star Destroyer , 2 Carrack Class Light Cruiser and 4 Interdictor Cruisers have just appeared out of Hyperspace to rejoin the battle ."

Suddenly a explosion rocked the ship and for a moment the Grand Admiral got out of the Superlaser Cannon and looked out and to his relief saw a Carrack Class Light Cruiser which had strayed out of the Shield Web explode into a vacuum . He was reliefed that his ship did not explode .

Marcus wanted to return back to fire the SuperLaser but he remembered that it required at least 1/2 hour to charge . "Captain , update Grand Admiral Bror on the status of the battle and order another 10 Squardrons of TIE Fighters , 10 Squardrons of X-Wings and 15 Sqaurdrons of B-Wings . And tell Grand Admiral Bror to make use of his Superlaser onboard his flagship , which is also a Executor Class Star Dreadnought ."

"Yes sir !"

The ship shook and vibrated as cannons and laser batteries fired and as the ship received ocasional laser shots which managed to penetrate through the Shield Web .

"Sir, they agree and request assistance!"

"Very well, send one of the frigates back to help, small as it may be, it will do considerable damage. And I mean considerable..."

"Yes sir."

Somewhere, deep within the realm of hyperspace, one of the frigates whipped around and headed back toward the battlefield.

Ramoth smiled... those new enemies will get a shock, and we have now saved our tails.

"Sir , the Geneticon Pirates have sent a lone frigate back to assist us ." Captain Smith reported to Grand Admiral Marcus and Bror .

"Hmm . Sounds fishy , ask the Grand Admiral of Avenger Fleet back at Mationbuds to send 2 Interdictor Cruisers , 1 Victory Class Star Destroyer and 3 Carrack Class Light Cruisers to secretly pursue the Jade Stone and the other Frigate . Use cloaking device on them ." Grand Admiral Bror replied

"Yes Sir "

"And don't forget to welcome that frigate , we don't want them to have any idea ."

OOC: I am a national navy.
IC: The boats closed with Jade Stone. A hailing message was transmitted.
"Vessel, your flight from our hailing message is considered suspicious action. Respond or you will be boarded. You have five minutes to comply."

-ooc- sorry, was sick for a couple of days. Gonna reply fom here, seeing as that's the last place I'm mentioned. -ooc-

Jahnt noticed that the passenger was trying to open the shuttle cockpit, but was having a little difficulty. Duh! The tractor beam was still active... Vince reached for his radio.

"Captain, disengage the tractor beam, it's holding the shuttle closed tight, and using valuable energy that we need to travel light space with... we may have to slow the jump or even exit all together because of an energy shortage... shut the beam down quickly!"

"Oh no... sorry sir... shutting down now."

Jahnt heard a loud humming sound and then silence. He walked up to the shuttle and grabbed the handle. He swung open the door and found a middle aged man huddled inside.

"Welcome to the Jade Stone..." Vince chuckled under his breath at the prisoner.



As the door quietly slid open, Janus stood up straight and smoothed his uniform.

"Welcome to the Jade Stone..." The man chuckled.

Janus walked towards him quickly and extended a hand. "Thank you. I am Janus, of the Artemis' Flight. And you are? No matter, I'll assume you are the commander. Shall we go somewhere more cozy, so I can discuss the plans of my Illusionary Fleet with you?" Janus made a half-turn and gestured towards his hover-case, laden with program keys and plans.

OOC: I am a national navy.
IC: The boats closed with Jade Stone. A hailing message was transmitted.
"Vessel, your flight from our hailing message is considered suspicious action. Respond or you will be boarded. You have five minutes to comply."

OOC:

NOVA BOOZIA:::

A couple things. First, I had no idea you hailing me... sorry, but I didn't pay any attention to your message because you entered a battlefield that I left before you even arrived.

Please make it obvious next time by sending an atcually message through quotes like this:

Message to Jade Stone:
We hail you!

Second, I jumped to hyperspace (with the Jade Stone) before you even arrived on the battlefield, there is no way that you could hail me when I am far away in hyperspace, I don't really even know you exist except for that scanning beacon. So technically why would you chase me? Because this is assuming the hail wasn't responded to... but there shouldn't have ever been a hail.

You can't hail someone who is deep in hyperspace and a fleet you never saw in the first place.

If you were hailing the frigates, you should already know (and have the tech to know) that they are completly abandoned, nobody on board, and remotely controlled. They jumped to hyperspace just after you attempted to hail... if you are chasing them, you can't be chasing the Stone, they are in two different parts of hyperspace, and one of them has turned around and headed back to the battlefield.

Third, EVEN if you had chased me (the Stone, which wouldn't make sense anyway) you would hardly be able to catch me. I move at the same rate of speed as you would traveling in lightspeed... how do you expect to catch me in the middle of hyperspace?

And finally, you can't hail me right now because I'm still in hyperspace.

Please go back and read through the posts...

Don't want to be harsh... just want to ask you to read through all of a fleet's posts carefully before you try and interact with them.

OOC: That's fine... welcome back Nadius.

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IC:


Vince looked at the man... younger than I am, yet the commander of an entire fleet... wow. Ramoth always did keep me second-rate.

He responded to the man, "Welcome Janus. No, I'm not the commander, Ramoth doesn't always come himself, he usually sends me. He did this time too. My name is Vince... that will do for now. Yes, we would like to discuss the plans. Lord Ramoth is waiting for you, please come with me. Oh... and take the hover-case with you..."

Jahnt motioned and the 8 guards encircled the prisoner, and they began to march.

OOC: Events went something like this: I arrive, seeing two frigates (I have double checked, these were there when I arrived). My primitive sensors can't relly distiguish life from anything, it's just heat blips, fading into the running heat of the ship, so I hail. The ships leave, and, not considering that it could have been done remotely, because I warp very differantly, I (IC) assume that they are fleeing. Already having a sensor lock, (you said Mation could persue Jade Stone, and that was all he had), I follow. Here is my mistake. I assume the frigates had left hyperspace before I jumped, so I jump out, scan thoroughly, as this was only a rough chase, and pick up Jade Stone, which I warp to and deploy my boats. Forgive my mistake.
Also, I can trace a hyperspace jump very well, but not chase it, because I use the BFG warp, not hyperspace.

Here my suggestion for new events: all goes as it had up to my warp jump. The commodore realizes he has been left in the lurch, and contacts base for new orders. They say come back, but on the way they pick up Jade Stone and drop out. Sound okay?

Also, I consider it rude to state someone elses tech.

OOC: We're black ops, technically we don't exist

"Casualty reports coming in from the Yorktown sir, at least 375 dead sir, and a further 150 missing, likely trapped or exposed to space", reported Natasha Grindenberg, ships XO. Grand Admiral Trent was not pleased; he hated to lose any of the men and women under his command.

"Sir I have a firing solution on the enemy flagship" reported an officer

"Good, Transmit it to the other ships in the fleet; I want to hit that bloody ship with everything we have, take it out of my sky!" he bellowed.

"Sir, isn't that a little…overkill", the officer hesitated.

"They Destroyed the Yorktown, Captain Sirius is a friend of mine, I don't care if I have to nuke them, they are going down" he said simply; "Tell the fleet to focus the sky rails on the area that laser fired from, everything else fire at will"

The Officer on weapons control complied and the fleet fired all its Sky rails, fifteen on the Glory and a combined sixteen distributed amongst the four Ikari class battleships. The blue beams cutting across the void all trying to hit the same place on the enemy ship, there was no way its shield could stand up to the sheer firepower of Thirty-one Sky Rails. The rest of the fleets fire was distributed evenly amongst the rest of the ship, when the four hundred and twenty (420) Inferno Cluster Missiles launched from there racks followed by a combined one thousand two hundred (1200) Predator Missiles from the rest of the fleet all of which heading towards the enemy flagship.

The Sun Slayer Torpedoes were next, the essentially big dumb propelled warheads fired towards the enemy ship two hundred and twenty (220) of them from the Glory alone and a further two hundred and eighty eight (288) from the combined firepower of four Ikari class battleships, bringing the total to five hundred and eight torpedoes (508). Where Torpedoes were much dumber and slower than missiles they had a staggeringly large payload designed to obliterate capital ships, 2 or 3 torpedo hits could cripple a ship where it might takes hundreds of missiles to do the same job

Half way to the target the Inferno Cluster Missiles separated from there carrier vehicle into 6 separate smaller missiles, each capable of independently selecting a target on there own however this time they had been pre-programmed before launch to target the Eliminator class star destroyer equally two thousand five hundred and twenty (2520) light payload warheads. The combined arsenal of the entire fleet were now focused firmly on the enemy ship as if the Glory's firepower alone wasn't enough.

It was compete overkill for one ship but Trent didn't care, he was angry and would settle for nothing less but the complete annihilation of the enemy flagship, there goose was cooked and it was time to carve this turkey

"Sir, Ships just jumped into this sector and are sending incoming fighters", an officer reported.

"Very Well Scramble the Hammerheads and Sabre's", Grand Admiral Trent ordered; "and get me a sit rep on our missile stocks" he added,

The fleet launched a total of four hundred and thirty two Hammerhead fighters in a matter of minutes; the small craft exiting the launch tubes specifically designed for rapid deployment. One hundred and ninety two of these we're launched from the Glory alone, two hundred and ninety two Sabre Space Superiority fighters also launched into the void giving a total of seven hundred and twenty four fighters launched and steaming towards the incoming fighters

OOC: That's fine Nova... I'm not trying to godmod your fleet or anything... and I'm not trying to make my self invinceable or unreachable... I'm also not try to be mean... I just want to make sure you understand the whole situation.

My apoligizes for trying to predict your tech... but I do think it's illogical to be able to scan hyperspace, especially if you don't even use the hyperspace tech yourself.

I am still in hyperspace right now. You can drop out of a warp if you want... but I'm still traveling through hyperspace.

OOC: Forgive me, but I thought Jade Stone was in realspace. Also, I never scanned into hyperspace intentionally (although I see I have done so now), I could only do that with a dedicated detector ship, which is not part of the rapid-response squadron. If I can ever be arsed to make up standard patterns for these squadrons, I'll post a link.

From now on, lets assume the commodore realized the hopelessness of his situation and left, but left a frigate behind, just in case.

IC: The Boozian assault cruiser (ooc: ramming, boarding, and ridiculously short ranged mega-cannons) Great Michael warped in, dismissing the frigate, which left. The captain surveyed the Animalian's humongous wave of ordinance being launched, and whistled.
"Can you say overkill?," muttered a midshipman.
"Well, time to change the master plan, sir. Orders?" That was the first lieutenant.
"Well, don't stand in front of them. We're here for the suspect, that’s all. Send a message to all combatants, standard, call em a suspect and two engaged neutrals who we don't want to annoy."
The standard recordings, who were actually done by actors, not officers, were sent. Animalia and Mationbuds received:

We mean no harm, please feel free to continue your current course of action

The frigate received:

You are suspected of crimes, due to fleeing passive hailing message. You have five minute to explain yourself, or you will be boarded

OOC: sorry about the mixup... glad it has been cleared up.

I'm assuming that message to the frigates is to me... actually only one of my frigates is there, it's actually touching down in this next message. The otehr frigate is still roaring through hyperspace.

-ooc- wow, lotta mix-ups... -ooc-

Janus went along quietly, not protesting when the Hover-cart was taken from his possession. "So,...Vince, right? How am I gonna be treated hear. Not to obsess over small details, but I prefer to be interogated in less...harsh manners than the old Republic would use."

Grand Admiral Bror Jace of the Viper Fleet ordered the Admiral of the Avenger Fleet to tell the group pursueing the Jade Stone and her escort Frigate to fire a long-range homing becon onto the Jade Stone once in range so as to be able to fully track the Jade Stone wherever she goes .

OOC: I did mean to send the frigate message to you, Geneticon. Is it still uncrewed?

OOC: I did mean to send the frigate message to you, Geneticon. Is it still uncrewed?

OOC: Unfourtunately, yes it is. Controlled remotely from the Stone. It won't bother you anyway, it has a job to do.

OOC: Unfourtunately, yes it is. Controlled remotely from the Stone. It won't bother you anyway, it has a job to do.

OOC : One question though , is that remote controlled ship able to manevour and attack ? And do you know that we have a small group that is secretly chasing you under the protection of Cloaking Technology .

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IC :
Aboard the Command Ship Ecliptor of the Strike Force (from Avenger Fleet) pursuing the Jade Stone :
"Sir , we are closing in on the target as ordered by Grand Admiral Bror Jace of Viper Fleet !" Seageant William reported .

"Excellent . Tell all ships to activate cloaking devices and prepare weapon systems . Tell the Interdictor Cruisers to prepare to activate Gravity Projectors upon my command to pull the Jade Stone out of Hyperspace ." Captain Palleon ordered .

"Yes sir ." he replied before continuing "What about our Victory Class Star Destroyer (the Ecliptor) ?"

"Ahhh . Don't forget to tell our system to prepare weaponary and also Tractor Beams . Tell the Interdictor Cruisers that too . And tell all Fighter Pilots aboard the Interdictor Cruisers , our Victory Class Star Destroyer and 4 Carrack Class Light Cruisers to prepare for quick activation !"

"Yes sir !"

Captain Palleon knew his orders well . To intercept the Jade Stone and pull her out of its Hyperspace Jump and prepare to apprehend it once the Order was given from Grand Admiral Bror of Viper Fleet who wanted to see if the Frigate the Jade Stone sent was able to fight .

OOC: Yeah, I guess I'm still being chased, but I think you'll have reason in a second to call them off. The ship I am controlling remotely cannot fire any weapons, it only can manuever, you will learn in this post why it is there.

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IC:

Vince brought Janus into the elevator and hit the access code. In a few seconds they were roaring up towards the bridge, with the hoverpod as Jahnt's side.

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Ramoth stared at the viewer with his beady black eyes. His cloak was still pulled down over part of his face... although he wasn't quite sure why.

Oh yes... the Captain Janus... musn't let him see who I am.

The viewer showed the the lone frigate had just about to leave hyperspace, and arrive on the battlefield. It would be put it right in the middle of the massive space battle.

"Hey you," Ramoth said pointing to a communications officer. "Send the message."

"Yes sir."

Message sent to Retalion and Viper fleets:

You're in a dire situation, but our frigate has arrived just in time, we hope you are grateful. Enjoy. Ramoth out.

The frigate left it's jump.

Ramoth hit a control that sent the frigate careening towards the new fleets flagship. The frigate had arrived only seconds before, and it was so fast that it would reach it's target in a matter of miliseconds. The frigate roared towards the enemy's flagship's bridge.

Here we go...

The instant before the frigate made impact, Ramoth slammed a large red button on his control pad. The viewing port hurled out into space, showing the frigate for only an instant before it vaporize right on top of the flagship's bridge. The explosion was terrifying. (OOC: This explosion has the firepower of 1 billion Hiroshima bombs) The ship had been packed with so much firepower that any shields would be useless.

The ship had done what it was supposed to do, and if Ramoth was right, nothing could have survived.

And the incredible part was, it had only taken 2.6 seconds after the ship left hyperspace for the ship to explode.

Ramoth laughed as he continued to stare at the viewport to look for the damage. And he still had another frigate just like this one.

I'm brilliant... Ramoth prided himself.

OOC :
To Geneticon : What kind of ship is the Jade Stone ?
To Nadias : Eh what about all the other crewers of the Artemis Flight ?

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IC :

As Grand Admiral Bror Jace was talking to Grand Admiral Marcus over the Comlink , a tremendous explosion rocked the ship and he immediately checked the Ship's Statistics and sighed in relieved .

"Captain James , send this message to the Jade Stone (We appreciate your help and nice fireworks !)"

"Yes sir !"

"And tell Captain Palleon of the Commandship Ecliptor of the Strike Force from Avenger Fleet to tell his all his Carrack Class Light Cruisers and 1 Interdictor Cruiser to abandon chase but instruct Palleon to continue to intercept the enemy ship with 1 Interdictor Cruiser and his Victory Class Star Destroyer ."

"Yes sir !"

"And tell him to tell them that they are not being intercepted for apprehension but to have a brief talk . Instruct Captain Palleon to tell the Interdictor to pull the Jade Stone out of Hyperspace now"

Grand Admiral Bror Jace was a person who would do anything to get information and wanted to squeeze as much information from the Jade Stone's Ramoth and it captive from the Artemis Flight .

OOC: I'm willing to post now... but if Animarnia would reply with his damage (which I would think could be considerable) I would be able to talk much more and it would be more realistic timewise.

OOC :
To Nadias : Eh what about all the other crewers of the Artemis Flight ?



-ooc- they jettisoned away, as per the agreement. None of them are in armed ships, and I assume they have all warped away, to begin lives elsewhere. As for the fate of Janus... I probably won't post/reply until something comes up that directly affects him. For example, if someone asks him a question, or something. I can (and will) reply to something if someone specifically requests it, though. -ooc-

Geneticon: Ah Sorry, didn't notice your post at me :) will write and edit this..erm..and Mationbuds needs to reply to the damage I delt him on my attack that was launched BEFORE you rammed me..that would help me work in the attack, timeline. I attacked, he takes damage, you attacked, I take damage, so I really need his damage to keep it flowing smoothly

Geneticon: Ah Sorry, didn't notice your post at me :) will write and edit this..erm..and Mationbuds needs to reply to the damage I delt him on my attack that was launched BEFORE you rammed me..

Right... Mation definitely took some damage (heck I might in a sec too)

lol... it was more of a suicide terrorist attack than a ram... :p

OOC: Yup a hell of a lot of damage..my fleets torpedos are designed to take out big capital ships, the sun slayer CAN Carry up to a 400 Megaton War head :) high payload. plus almost 5000 missiles ish and the guns I still got firing at his ship, I think his flag ship is toast in any kind of realistic senario...though I can't see the Glory fairing much better after that Ram attack

OOC: Yup a hell of a lot of damage..my fleets torpedos are designed to take out big capital ships, the sun slayer CAN Carry up to a 400 Megaton War head :) high payload. plus almost 5000 missiles ish and the guns I still got firing at his ship, I think his flag ship is toast in any kind of realistic senario...though I can't see the Glory fairing much better after that Ram attack

all too true... you're both in a bad situation... and I might not be in a better one in a bit.

OOC: I would like to join in, except that I'm not sure which ships are where anymore (are there still any active interdictors?)

OOC: I would like to join in, except that I'm not sure which ships are where anymore (are there still any active interdictors?)

OOC : There sure are . And to Geneticon and Armania . Sure Armania's Warheads ought to have damage on my flagship but there's 2 factors why I didnt RP it . 1:There's a shield web around my fleet . 2:1 Frigate took the bulk of the warheads and the Shield Web took the remainder . Ocasional warheds that entered hit the Flagship's Shields . The shields are terribly strong cuz they're Executor Class Star Dreadnoughts . And Aerospace Forces , which side are you likely to join ?

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IC :

Multiple Explosions rocked the ship and nearly threw Grand Admiral Marcus over .

"Captain ! Damage Report !"

"Shields down to 70% !"

"And sir , there's one more thing you outta know . Dictator Darth Matter has got wind of this tragedy and is ordering the Mation National Fleet to come assist us . He will be comming along in his own Eclipse Class Star Dreadnaught along with some other more powerful ships like the World Destructors !"

"Yes !!! Thats great news Captain . Tell Grand Admiral Bror Jace to use his Executor Class Star Dreadnought's Superlaser Cannon !"

"Yes sir !"

-----10 Minutes later :

On board the Vengence , GA Bror Jace's Flagship :

Grand Admiral Bror Jace was at his ship's Superlaser Cannon , took a seat and peered through the Cannon's Aiming Consol and scanned the surroundings with Zoom Function on before focusing on the Enemy's Flagship , letting the Force flow through him before calling Grand Admiral Marcus "Marcus , use your Superlaser Cannon too ! We'll fire together !"

"All right !!!"

Grand Admiral Marcus did the same aboard his own Flagship .

Both of them were now ready , the Force flowing through both of them . Grand Admiral Bror Jace continued "3 ... 2 ... 1 ... FIRE !!!"

At the Same Moment , both Superlaser Cannons fired , sending 2 Carefully Coordinated Superlaser Charges towards the Enemy Flagship's Weak Spot , garunteed to make it go Ka-Boom !

The lasers continued to home in on their target ...

bump

OOC: idk... Mations. I think you would definitely take more than just a 30% shield reduction. He hit you with everything he had! I mean, I know you can choose your damage, as is your right when you RP... but to be realistic your flagship should probably be down to like 50% hull...

Oh well.. w/e just my two cents, you don't have to change it if you think I'm wrong...it's just IMO.

OOC:I agree with Geneticon.
IC: "...Johansen, what in the seven hells was that!"
"Ram, captain, but not our way. That frigate had no armoured prow, so just crumpled against the larger vessel, but essentially self destructed at just the right moment."
"Well, that's that then. We'll hang around here, waiting for the fighting to end, and see if we can't nab a hulk or two."

OOC : All right . I have to agree that 60% Shield Damage is not good enough . I shall increase it to 45% Hull Damage . But the part where I said both ships fired Superlasers together is still on .
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IC :
"Sir , new damage report ! Hull Damage 50% !!!"Captain James reported urgently .

"Thats horrible" Grand Admiral Marcus replied as he got out of the Superlaser Cannon's aiming console .

"Prepare my Carrack Class Light Cruiser (which is in the Executor Class Star Destroyer's Hull) for immediate escape to Grand Admiral Bror Jace's flagship and you will lead the ship and its crew to a hyperspace jump back to Mationbuds for repairs immediately !"

"Yes sir !"

Grand Admiral Marcus immediately went down to the Hull of the Flagship surrounded by his Armed Guard , consisting of 10 Black Guards , 5 Black Guards in Zero-G Suits and 5 Footman Armed Droids and entered his personal Carrack Class Light Cruiser , which was modified to give it more shield , hull integrity and power .

Once entering , he ordered the pilot to blast off and the Hull's bottomside opened up and the Carrack went through and on towards Grand Admiral Bror Jace's flaghsip .

For a moment his own flagship was there , the hull closed before it suddenly disappeared as it jumped to hyperspace .

---20 Minutes Later , aboard Grand Admiral Bror Jace's Flagship :

"Grand Admiral Marcus , my comarade . Welcome to my flagship , the Chinmaera !" Grand Admiral Bror Jace welcomed his friend .

"Yes its great to see you but currently we have more stuff to attend to .Lets have a look at what damage our Superlasers had on the Enemy's Flagship ." And both Grand Admirals peered out of the Command Deck towards the enemy's flagship ...

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OOC : Armainia , here I will need you to reply to continue .

OOC: Thanks for modifying it Mations... now it's much better. :)

Yeah... I also need to know what kind of damage my explosion did to Armainia... before I can make my next post.

OOC : Haha . So bump , Armania, pls reply so the story can continue . Not tryin to be impatient though .

OOC: making post now watch this space... erm and my ALL my Sky rails were targetig one spot to breach your shields on the mega laser thingy so one mega laser should be out but eh I'll work around.

OOC: going to take a little liberty here and say your flagship is on fire because a flaming Star destroyer is a cool image. Whew LONG post, bear with it.

IC

Trent watched with almost glee as the Animarnia fleet unloaded a combined Barrage targeted at the enemy flagship essentially throwing everything they HAD at it in one go. A star destroyer of this class was indeed a mighty foe, built to out last an opponent more than out fight them. Now however the flagship was on fire and all but sunk another wave of fire would certainly finish it off.

"Report on missile stocks?" Trent ordered

"Sir, All Harpoon Missiles have been used, as have the Inferno's we do have a full complement of Predator missiles though, and we have enough torpedo's to launch another spread"

"Very well, Reload all tubes and Missile racks; we'll give 'em hell" he ordered all too unaware of what was about to transpire. They had received the message from the other ship but chose to ignore it; they wouldn't fire on the new ship but didn't really have anything to say to them either.

"SIR! Ship coming out of Hyperspace! Close, TOO Close" A Young Ensign reported from her console, this was her first assignment aboard the Glory, she was six months out of the academy and already up to her armpits in blood.

"Fire the engines! Move us out of the path! Jesus H Christ!" Trent ordered but it was too late, the main engines kicked in but the Glory wasn't the fastest ship in the world and the way the enemy cruiser had jumped in only seconds before impact there was no way they could avoid the collision. Red Klaxons sounded all over the Glory as the ship was rocked, her shields standing up for a few seconds then the enemy cruiser missed the bridge because of the engine burst but rammed right into the Port side of the Glory.

A staggeringly large explosion rocked the Glory on the port side with the force of 100 Gigatons (About 1 billion Hiroshima bombs at 10-15kiltons each) the Silk steel armour for the most part did what it was designed to do, which was take the damage.

Silk Steel wasn't impenetrably however, and it too was overwhelmed by the blast, the initial impact zone was completely vaporised along with a layer of ablative armour and a large part of the Port hull underneath took considerable damage and was mostly aflame. Further out from the blast the Silk steel armour was merely scorched and torn in places but the hull underneath was intact as the armour took the brunt of the blast, and further away again the armour was intact. The shock wave from the blast also did damage to the ship causing mini explosions throughout the ship However that wasn't to say The Glory was in good shape, but for what she'd been subjected to all things considered she was doing well.

On the Bridge cables were dangling from the ceiling sparking wildly as power still ran to them, they were like fish wriggling and flapping about trying to find air to breath, the ship was dying. Several bulk heads had fallen down, the young ensign who had reported the collision had been instantly decapitated by a falling support beam, another Lt had been crushed by part of the ceiling collapsing and another had been electrocuted to death. Several had suffered burns when their consoles exploded.

They barely had time to recover from the chaos when they were hit with the two super laser blasts, directly to the front of the ship head on and for that Trent was thankful. As the blasts struck the part of the remains of the silk Steel armour and the Ablative armour underneath tearing it apart and scorching it. The super lasers cutting into the hull it protected but took a large portion of the energy out of the beam cutting through almost 3 meters of combined armour, one of Silk Steels main properties was laser ablation. One of the main plasma lines over loaded and a string of mini explosions rocked through the ship from bow to stern on the port side in a line causing more damage to the ship

Trent had a look of sheer disbelief on his face as he looked at the Star destroyer still there - it was impossible. It shouldn't be there, it should have been obliterated to dust with the amount of firepower they had thrown at it they had fired enough to level a small moon. He broke out of the almost hypnotic trance and look at his crew who all had similar expressions under all normal laws of reality that ship should be gone but they had no time to contemplate the who's, what's or why's they had a job to do

"Damage report" Trent asked trying not to look at the dead bodies that were strews on the command deck. The ships AI Avatar appeared as a hologram next to the command chair as Trent sat down bewildered.

"We've lost one main plasma line, port hanger bays are non functional, 6 Sky rails, 35 Vengeance turrets, 8 Missile batteries, 3 Magma Hammers, and 2 Iron Hammer GAUSS guns are all offline, Hyper drive is online but using it would likely tear us apart. 35 Torpedo tubes are also offline, Communications are offline, life support on several decks are offline, the cargo bay, mess hall and several decks have been vaporised and we have fires on at least 15 decks though fire suppressants are active and keeping them from spreading. Casualties are predicted at a minimum of 1500 crew with several hundred missing, oh and shields are offline" the AI sounded off.

The Rest of the fleet fared much better as the target was the Glory, there shields protected them although the blast threw the ships out of formation damage was fairly light and fighters were too far away from the explosion to be effected at all. Until communication with the Glory was restored, this put Captain Marcus Young in charge of the fleet aboard the Ikari class battleship ANS Cardiff. Marcus could only watch in horror at the attack on Trent's command ship

"All Ships advance toward the enemy fleet, weapons firing give the Glory some cover! Reload the tubes, get me missiles in the air as soon as the batteries are re-armed" he ordered.

"Sir, the fleet has enough Predator missiles for two more salvos but after that we're out of missiles, well we do have a stock of the prototype Eraser EMP Missiles" an officer reported.

"Alright, Load half the batteries with Eraser EMP missiles and the rest with Predators, that should give us enough for one more full Salvo of Predator missiles later" he ordered; "And for gods sake call for re-enforcement's, that ship seems to be able to bend bloody reality" he added.

The Fleet launched 600 Eraser EMP Missiles and 600 Predator Missiles towards the enemy fleet, the Eraser Missiles were prototype Electromagnetic Pulse Warheads designed to penetrate shields before exploding and sending out an EM Pulse that would fry a ships electronics and disable it. They should get rid of the pesky shields and disable weapons on the enemy ships, then the predators would follow up and do some hull damage.

OOC : Yea , the Superlaser Cannon aboard Grand Admiral Marcus's flagship has been badly dmaged and cannot be used until further repairs and the ship itself's integrity is 45% . Its shields are down so the Grand Admiral ordered it to return to base while he overseed the battle with Grand Admirl Bror Jace on Bror's flagship .

OOC : Its not a star destroyer but a star dreadnought , which is far more mightly powerful ... haha :)

This RPs really getting interesting . After this one's done , I'll compile it and put it up here . Then we'll also have a follow-up with more twists and plots and all who were in this RP are invited to the follow-up , when this one's done . ;)

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IC :

On Board Grand Admiral Marcus's Flagship (without him) on the way back to Mationbuds through Hyperspace .

"Captain James , our hyperdrive cores are running critically low on fuel and there's a fuel leak reported at Hyperdrive Core number 8 ." Seageant William reported .

"Great ... That's bad news enough for one day . This is a crisis . Signal Maten Airbase to send a escort of 4 Carrack Class Light Cruisers , 2 Victory Class Star Destroyers and 6 Ship Tug Boats . I guess this time we're gonna have to virtually limp back to port ! "

Before the Captain could continue , a explosion rocked the ship . "Holy Hell , what on earth happened !!!" and he immediately checked the ship's statistics and saw that Hyperdrive Core No 8 had blown , damaging Hyperdrive Cores 7 and 9 in the process . The ship's engineers were desprately trying to control the damage by sealing up the affected areas . Klaxon alarms were ringing everywhere and over the Intercom "Hull Integrity Critically Low at 30% !"

"Seageant . I want you to send that message NOW before you become nothing but part of plant life !"

"Yes sir !"

----Back on the Chinmaera :

"Sir , enemy Command Ship critically damaged but enemy fleet advancing towards us in attack formation with Proton and EMP missiles heading towards our direction !!!" Captain Smith reported anxiously .

"Great work . Order the Shield Web Crew to power up Shield Web temporary to take main blast before powering it down and retreat back to mothership and then fall the fleets into Defense Position and attack back ." Grand Admiral Bror Jace replied calmly .

"Yes sir !"

Immediately the intensity of the Shield Web was increased as it took the bulk of the missile barrage . Suddenly to his surprise and horror , the Shield Web collapsed and the remnants of the Proton and EMP missiles headed towards his flagship .

"Captain . Immediately power shields to 200% and lower down hyperdrive core power !"

"Yes sir !"

Multiple Explosions rocked the ship as the missiles hit the Star Dreadnought square in the chest . Both Grand Admirals fell to the ground as more explosions came .

Over the explosions , Captain Smith reported "Sir , Shields rapidly decreasing and down to 60% ! Now at 50% !!!"

"Darn it ! Order the Twilek Class Motherships to provide temporary shields for the fleets !!"

"Yes sir !"

Over the Intercom "Shield Integrity down to 30% !"

And suddenly the barrge finally ended . The Grand Admirals looked out of the Command Deck and were shocked by the devestation . 2 Victory Class Star Destoryers were severly damaged while 2 Carrack Class Light Cruisers were obliterated totally , their crews floating in space and dying of a lack of oxygen . 1 Ecliminator Class Assult Ship was on the verge of Explosion .

"Captain ! Get that Assult Ship back to base . Same for the 2 Star Destroyers . Send a recovery fleet to pick up any survivors !"

"Yes sir !"

OOC: I would suggest that this RP ends soon. There's not much less to do, unless you attack me Mation. I will have a little chat with you and Nadius, and then I plan on landing on some unihabitted planet and build the prjector for my fleet.

I suggest that at that point we start the follow-up.

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IC:

Ramoth laughed with glee like a little child when he saw what was left of his target. Barely anything. This ship was pretty much useless, and the commander would likely have to evacuate.

"Sir, we've just recieved a message from the commander of Retalion."

Message reiceved:

We appreciate your help and nice fireworks!

Ramoth grinned. "Well of course the fireworks were nice."

Suddenly, something was happening...

"Sir, we've just fallen out of hyperspace!!"

Ramoth's mood swung quickly... "WHAT!??! That stupid Captain, he will lose his life for this!"

"No sir, it wasn't an energy fall out, it seems that another ship has pulled us out of lightspeed."

"What? Retalion perhaps? I thought I told them to call off the hounds."

"Further recieving message sir,"

Message recieved:

You are not being intercepted for apprehension but to have a brief talk.

Ramoth was angry, but had calmed himself down. He was about to speak when one of the bridge doors flew open.

Vince walked in with some guards and a man in the middle. A hover case was beside them. Jahnt spoke first, "Sir, I have the prisoner here."

"Good Vince, wait a sec, we've got a situation."

Ramoth looked to the communications officer, "Boy, tell the incoming ships that we will speak with them, and open up the proper communications routes."

"Yes sir."

Ramoth swung his chair to stare into the stars. His back faced Vince and the rest of the bridge.

"So, Admiral Janus, so nice to speak with you again. Vince," his hand motioned... but that was all any of them could see of him, "Dismiss the guards, and take a look at our explosion on the rear viewer."

"Yes m'lord." Vince headed off and the guards left too, the communications officer was busy, so it was only Ramoth, Janus, and the hoverpod in the area.

Ramoth spoke again, "So nice to meet you in person, Janus. I thank you for your swift decision, and your upholding of the bargain. I can assure you that you will be handled with care aboard this ship, as long as those plans are correct, and remain undamaged. In other words, those plans are your life, if you've double crossed me, I have no reason to let you live.

Understood?

So what do we have here, explain the information and plans you have brought."

Ramoth swung the chair around, waiting for Janus to respond.

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Somewhere, deep in hyperspace, the 2nd frigate roared towards the Jade Stone's position.

Young watched the damage, this was good they had to make sure that the Glory was covered, in combat there are always three options, run, hide or fight, since they couldn't run and they couldn't hide so that left fight. The Fleet continued to advance in attack formation with the Kusranada class cruisers breaking off and focusing their attacks on the damaged ships trying to finish them off. They'd just given the enemy a bloody nose and were going to press the advantage.

"Tell the Hammer heads to start making strafing runs on the capital ships, let the Sabre fighters do what they were designed for" Captain Marcus Young ordered.

"Aye" came the reply as a Lt Relayed orders; "Sir, Re-enforcement's are on En route, the Glory's Sister ship - Atlantis and a small escort fleet of battleships" the crewmember replied.

"More guns are always welcome, Get me a firing solution for the torpedoes", he ordered; "and make sure the fleet knows to come in firing"

The Hammerhead's fighters broke off their engagement on the enemy fighters and began to make strafing runs on the enemy capital ships with their 20mm Rail guns and Ship to Ship missile pods, one hammerhead wasn't much of a threat however four hundred was more of a problem. The 200 odd Sabre space superiority fighters started to mop up the enemy fighter's ten sabres was worth a 100 of any enemy variant; they were designed specifically as fighter killers

"Sir, I have a firing solution" Reported an officer.

"Hit 'em" was all Captain Young said and the Ikari class battleships opened fire with a salvo of Sun slayer torpedoes a total of Two hundred and eighty eight (288) were launched from the four ships. Meanwhile they were still firing with their Laser, Gauss, Ion and Tachyon based cannon weaponry to keep the enemy as suppressed as they could determined to keep the enemy fleet on the defensive. When the Sky rails were fully charged and the Ikari class battleships fired focusing the mighty plasma beams at the super laser station determined to take it out before it could fire again.

---On Board the Glory--

Mini explosions were still rocking the ship as damaged systems started to mount up; "Sir, Mannheim reactor two is overloading, we need to shut it down" reported an officer.

"Very well, shut down reactor one and let the remaining two compensate, the back up nuclear reactors online to help share the load;" he ordered.

-ooc- I agree w/ ending it soon...though I think the conversation may be kinda fun. -ooc-

"Admiral...I'm sorry I didn't get your name. We can discuss pleasentries later, but I must stress something to you. I am an Admiral. As such, don't pull any of this intimidation Bullshit on me. I know that those plans are my only chance for survival. As such, i will cooperate with you completely. Assuming that word of my projector doesn't get out to the core planets, Intimidation will become your greatest weapon."

Janus smiled. "The projector was my brainchild...my brother and I worked on it for years, and it was nearly perfect. It requires monstrous amounts of energy, but besides that, it's as close to perfect as any weapon you could devise.

"It runs off of an old TI-X97 model holo-projector, but with a couple of modifications. Mostly, you need to know strategy. However, I will tell you that when we are in a more secure location. Preferably somewhere with a set of databanks, so I can utilize my programs completely. Shall we go, Admiral...admiral whomever you are?"

IC:

"You are sharp," Ramoth sneered at the man, "but I like you. My name is Lord Ramoth... you need know no further."

Ramoth shifted in his seat, but assured himself the man couldn't see his eyes.

"We will head to a secure location as soon as our little rendezvous with the Retalion fleet has finished. I thank you for your co-operation, perhaps we can be friends instead of enemies, eh?"

OOC: Can I play as a neutral merchant/scouting expedition?

IC:

Aboard the Corellian Corvette Firestorm

"Well, we're still going through hyperspace smoothly" said Captain Darren.

"Yes, it appears..... Sir, we've been interdicted out of hyperspace!"

"Cut the hyperspace motors before they are damaged! Where's the rest of the fleet?"

"Scanning... They've also hit the interdiction field!"

"Alright, let me take the com system... Alert, all Aerospace craft! Cut hyperspace motors, raise shields but don't power up weapons. This might get nasty, but we're to avoid hostilities!"

He also hailed all of the ships in the system
This is ASC-CC Firestorm, part of the Aerospace Trade Route Expedition Force. We will not engage hostilities. However, if you decide to attack us in any way, you will be attacked, and larger warships will be summoned.

Finally, he said one last thing into the com system, "All corvettes, defensive formation around the bulk cruisers. Just in case if they try anything."

OOC: Can I play as a neutral merchant/scouting expedition?

IC:

Aboard the Corellian Corvette Firestorm

"Well, we're still going through hyperspace smoothly" said Captain Darren.

"Yes, it appears..... Sir, we've been interdicted out of hyperspace!"

"Cut the hyperspace motors before they are damaged! Where's the rest of the fleet?"

"Scanning... They've also hit the interdiction field!"

"Alright, let me take the com system... Alert, all Aerospace craft! Cut hyperspace motors, raise shields but don't power up weapons. This might get nasty, but we're to avoid hostilities!"

He also hailed all of the ships in the system


Finally, he said one last thing into the com system, "All corvettes, defensive formation around the bulk cruisers. Just in case if they try anything."

OOC: Were you pulled out by the same thing I was?

Janus smiled. "Quite frankly, Mr. Ramoth, I love making friends with anyone I am not currently trying to kill. And I assume by giving yourself the title 'Lord' and hiding under that expansive cloak of yours, you fancy yourself a sith? Or have I gone to far," Janus put on a mock frown and curtsied "M'lord?"

He straightened himself, and smiled warmly. "I do not mean to be impertinant...I just have never felt comfortable being in servitude, or acting like it, for that matter. I know that if you are indeed a sith, my lifespan is shortened severely for my sarcasm, yet...yet, I don't really care. Although, before I die, I would just love to try my hand at a lasersword duel. They just look so...fascinating."


-ooc- If, and this is a big if, you decide to kill me straight off, do you mind if Janus is an Adept at the Force? If you don't want him to, it's cool, jes' wanted to check in advance. -ooc-

OOC : Okay . Once either Armainia or I retreat back to base and Geneticon and Nadias finish their little discussions , we'll start a follow-up .
To Aerospace Forces : Of course you can . But I doubt for long because this is gonna end soon . But you can continue in the followup though .

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IC :

On the Chinmaera , at the Battlesite :

"Sir , more waves of enemy missiles approaching at sub-sonic speed ! Enemy fleet also closing in and firing barrages of laser weaponary !" Captain Smith reported .

"Power up aft shields and order fleet to move into attack position . Pincer strategy . Order 4 Victory Class Star Destroyers to move into position to counter-attack once our fleet meets their fleet in close range laser combat . " Grand Admiral Bror Jace replied calmly .

"Yes sir !" and he issued the command through his comlink . Although there were 2 Mationbuds Fleets there to meet the threat . They were tired and weary ones because they're engaging one fleet after another .

Out of his viewport , the Grand Admiral's could see the fleets moving into attack position , raising shields and weapon systems . After 10 minutes , they were all ready .

"Captain , start the attack !" Grand Admiral Marcus ordered .

"Yes sir !" , and the attack began . The fleets began moving in , firing Ion cannons , Plasma Turrets , Turbolaser Batteries and Heavy Turbolaser batteries firing rapidly . And Tractor Beams were pulling enemy fighter jets close enough to be blasted by Quad Turbolaser batteries .

Grand Admiral Bror Jace stood up to give his next command when a explosion shook the ship , nearly throwing him over once more ! He recovered to his feet only to be knocked down again .

"Darn it Captain ! Give me a damage report !"

"Shields just now powered up to 90% , before taking reudction til now at a critically low 40% !"

"Shit ! This battle is going for the worse for us . Order 50 TIE Fighter Squardons (all together 600) , 40 X-Wing Sqaurdrons (480) , 40 TIE Interceptor Squardrons (480) , 20 B-Wing Bomber Wings (240) and 30 TIE Bomber Wings (360) to scramble to attack the enemy head craft and fully blow the flagship up to pieces !!!"

"Yes sir ! What about the T-Wing , Y-Wing and A-Wing squardrons ???"

"Launch 20 T-Wing Squardrons , 20 Y-Wing and 25 A-Wing Squardrons to attack the enemy . The A-Wings will provide cover support for the T , B and Y Wing Bomber Sqaurdrons while they bombard the enemy ships with heavy energy lasers , proton torpedoes , proton bombs and concussion missiles ."

"And captain , launch the Elite C-Wing Force (comprising of 100 C-Wings ) ! That should teach the enemy a major lesson !" Grand Admiral Marcus added in .

"Yes sir !"

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OOC : The C-Wing elite force are Retaliation and Viper Fleet specials . Each pilot is extremely well trained and the C-Wings are modified to give it extra shield , power and weaponary . Its weaponary include : 6 Laser Cannons , 8 Proton Torpedo Launchers , 4 Proton Bomb Hatches , 6 Concussion Missile Launchers , 4 Ion cannon Turrets and 2 Heavy Shield Penetration EMP Missiles .
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IC :

Meanwhile back at the Task Force sent to Intercept the Jade Stone :

"Sir , our interdictor cruisers have sucessfully pulled the Jade Stone over . And they are so far cooperating with us . We have also accidentally pulled a large group of shipping merchant fleet , which sent us this message ." Seageant William reported before playing the message .

"Seageant , we need to ask the Jade Stone's Ramoth to answer these few questions : 1)What are they're intentions . 2)What technology of the Artemis Flight are they holding. 3)Where do they plan to set up base . " the Captain replied before continuing "Don't forget to secetly attach a stealth homing becon to trace the Jade Stone wherever she goes to . "

"Yes sir ! What about the Merchant Fleet ?"

"Oh . Ask them to identify themselves and if they're hostile ... We can't afford to open fire . Numerically they outnumber us . But power wise , our fleet is stronger in technology , so I'm not sure if who will win ... And I don't want a fight to errupt either ."

"So seageant , send this message to them (This is the Ecliptor from the Avenger Fleet of Mationbuds . I am Captain Oldham . May I ask of what is your business in this area ? And currently the Viper and Retaliation fleets of Mationbuds are facing stiff resistance from Armainian Forces , or what force they are . If your company has a fighting force of its own , may we request for assistance ? We're sending you the coordinates to the place in the Martian Sector)" the Captain instructed the Seageant to do as he ordered and send the Merchant Fleet the coordinates .

"Also tell the fleet our Task Force status . I mean like we have 1 Victory Class Star Destroyers , 2 Interdictor Cruisers , 4 Carrack Class Light Cruisers etc . Understand Seageant ?"

"Yes sir !" the Seageant replied before quickly going to do the tasks that the Captain ordered .

OOC: Were you pulled out by the same thing I was?

OOC : That seems rather obvious . Because no where in this RP has anything been pulled out of hyperspace by an Interdictor than this part . haha

Janus smiled. "Quite frankly, Mr. Ramoth, I love making friends with anyone I am not currently trying to kill. And I assume by giving yourself the title 'Lord' and hiding under that expansive cloak of yours, you fancy yourself a sith? Or have I gone to far," Janus put on a mock frown and curtsied "M'lord?"

He straightened himself, and smiled warmly. "I do not mean to be impertinant...I just have never felt comfortable being in servitude, or acting like it, for that matter. I know that if you are indeed a sith, my lifespan is shortened severely for my sarcasm, yet...yet, I don't really care. Although, before I die, I would just love to try my hand at a lasersword duel. They just look so...fascinating."


-ooc- If, and this is a big if, you decide to kill me straight off, do you mind if Janus is an Adept at the Force? If you don't want him to, it's cool, jes' wanted to check in advance. -ooc-

OOC : I don't think so . So Janus is a adept at the Force too ? In Mationsbuds , there's only 3 people adept at the Force , naemly the Dictator Darth Matter (who is the ruler) , Sith Lord Marcus Periera (Grand Admiral of Retaliation Fleet) and Jedi Master Bror Jace (Grand Admiral of Viper Fleet) .

bump

OOC: Here I am... no, I won't kill you Janus... I need you.. hehehe.

I have a question Mation, how would your people know I am holding technology? I have never elduded to it in a message to your fleet... all you should know is that I have the commander aboard... you should not even have a clue about the plans I have.

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IC:

Jans stared at the man. "You think I'm a Sith... far from it young man... far from it. You are a little on the disrepectful side, but you have a certain air of cunning that I rather like. I will let you live, for now."

Jahnt rushed over, "Sir, those fireworks were awesome! It worked! We've also just recieved a message from the group that just pulled us out of space."

Ramoth looked at Janus, "If you promise not to make trouble I will let you stay on the bridge during this little meeting." He turned to the communications officer, "Put it through boy."

The message came through and immediately Ramoth made a decision.

"Boy, send them this reply..."

Reply to Retalion fleet:

Thanks for continuing to chase us and breaking our agreement. We really owe you nothing further, we just wiped out your enemies flagship for goodness' sakes!! But, we will tell you what you want to know. First, our intentions are to leave in peace, and to not be chased everywhere by you. Please leave us alone. As for the Artemis flight, we have their commander aboard and will keep him as our share of the battle spoils. As for where we intend to dock, right now we cannot say. We have no idea really and we haven't had a moment to decide because we have to keep talking to you. Please leave us in peace, we upheld our end of the bargain to you need to uphold yours.

"Sir, some new ships have netered the area. Merchants!"

Ramoth grinned, "If those Retalion boys give us any trouble, we can always instigate a war, and then take off again. Vince, where do you suggest we go?"

"Dantooine I believe would suit our purposes. Small, out of the way, relatively no inhabitants."

"We will go there then... as soon as we can get rid of the fly on our backs. Jahnt, I suppose our energy is powering up once more?"

"Assuredly sir, if we need to jump at maximum speed we'll be able to do it."

"Excellent, ensure that we are not surrounded and use a reversed magnetic shield to repulse any tractor beam."

"Yes sir."

"I want to mak this clean."

OOC: You realise my 12 Kusranada class cruisers are taking on your damaged ships since you haven't had them jump to Hyperspace? And I think you might be over stating the power of a Star dreadnought, I just launched about 288 anti-capital ship Torpedoes. My Torpedoes designed specifically to take out large capital ships, stations and planetary bombardment, a star dreadnought is not invincible and I doubt it could carry over thousand fighters single handed… Oh and each Hammerhead is armed with one forward 20mm Rail gun (with a 50o kill arc), one rear turreted 20mm Rail gun, and six ship to ship missiles, the Sabre fighters have 8 internal hard points for ship to ship missiles and two forward facing Vulcan 20mm Rail guns. The ships internal computers also help feed information to the pilot and give it great manoeuvrability, it also has an experimental drive core which it draws power from for a short range FTL jump and shields. I do have design sheets for all this; I'll have to upload for you before we start the follow up

IC:

Captain Young saw the mass of fighters heading towards them and subsequently the Glory behind them, he knew they were going after the crippled ship "Those bast*rds!" he yelled; losing his composure for just a moment. The Glory was all but crippled they didn't need to kill her, it was pure vindictiveness but Captain Young could do Vindictive too he just hoped the Glory's Tarantula Anti-fighter defence turrets were still online.

"Order the Sabres to do a short range FTL Jump directly in front of those bombers and take them out before they can figure out what happened" he ordered; "Then Order the Hammerheads to break off and re-engage the enemy fighters" he added.

"I'm authorising the use of nuclear weapons," he said, as he inserted a key into a console next to the command chair and turned it, The ships main computer responded by dimming the lights on the Cardiff's bridge.

"Please command code and state password"
"Command code, Kappa-Gamma-55138-Omega-break-break"
"Password - "Shut up and do what the hell I tell you"

"Authorisation, accepted, Voice command code, Verified, Password, Verified, all Nova Bomb Nuclear weapons are armed" the computer responded.

"Give me a volley of Predator missiles from the fleet, they'll cover the nukes" he ordered and the fleet launched its last volley of 480 Predator Missiles from the Ikari class battleships. Meanwhile the Kusranada class launched 330 Inferno Missiles, which immediately separated from there carrier vehicle just after launch creating a total of 1980 light payload missiles swarming from all sides at the enemy

A moment later, Captain Young hit the master arm on the same console, and pushed a red button. The Cardiff launched six 400megaton Nova Bomb Nuclear Hypersonic missiles towards the enemy fleet, with 3 targeting the areas directly around the flagship to do splash damage to all ships and 3 targeted directly at the flagship itself. The three directly targeted missiles aiming at the rear engines, forward bow and middle of the vessel for maximum effect.

"Order our ships to pull back to the Glory, make it look like we're limping back preparing to retreat, keep firing the rear gun batteries though on all ship" he ordered.

The 9 Kusranada class cruisers having lost a further fire to enemy fire just after they launched there missile barrage and all fighter wings began a path of retreat, the Hammerheads firing there rear Rail guns as they ran back towards the Glory. They only had to hold out until re-enforcement's arrived…

Losses
2 Kusranada class Cruisers destroyed
30 Hammerheads destroyed
1 Ikari class battleship hull damaged
1 Ikari Class battleship Shields failing

3015 men killed
500 Wounded
300 Missing

-ooc well hell, you had the stereotypical air/bravado of a sith, thought I'd take a guess. -ooc-

"Ah, well it's good to know I'm in the presence of a human." Janus frowned. "Never liked the Sith. Bloody power-hungry. I mean, sure they can use the Force, but it's not that hard once you get down to it. And laser swords? Why not just go for the guns and be done with it. But enough about them. Let's finish this battle, so you and I can talk strategy."

"By the way, after all this is over, do you mind setting me down ona nice planet? Preferably one with beaches and a sun or two...how about Mon Calamari? I hear they have great hotels...perhaps a quieter one, like Gelukestrand? The women there" Janus sighed "well, they don't get more beutifal than a Gelukestrand."

OOC : Oh I concluded that the Projecting Technology would be somehow valueble . Therefore I "suspect" you have it . Does that sound right ?

To Armainia : True , a Super Star Destroyer can't carry thousands of fighters but we have 2 fleets . Total up their fighters and they can amount up to way far more than what I've just launced . And if you would upload the designs , I'm sure it will clear up any misconceptions . Thanks . And as for the anti-capital ship torps , I still have a shield web (independent generators) around my fleet , though its severely crippled and possibly your torps took them down and some got to my Flagship .

And yes , your cruisers are taking on my damaged ships but we'd have prefrably left 1/2 Light Cruisers/Frigates as decoys while the rest safely jump to Hyperspace without any interference by Interdictors .

To all : I said something about the Mation National Fleet comming right ? I think it'll have to wait till the follow-up comes , so as to give the Follow-up more action and to reduce the length of this RP .

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IC :

*On the Command Ship Ecliptor from Strike Force Pursuing Jade Stone :

"Captain , we have received a response from Admiral Ramoth ." Seageant Oldham reported before playing the message .

"Excellent ! Captain, tell the Gunnery Crew to fire the Stealth Homing beacon as instructed onto the Jade Stone . Do it without their knowledge and then de-activate Extra Gravity Generators aboard the Interdictors and let the Jade Stone do its Hyperjump Maneouver ."

"Yes sir !"

---Bakc at the Battlescene , aboard the Flagship Chinmaera :

"Grand Admiral , the Enemy have launched a new wave of Missiles , which our systems have identified as Nuclear Warheads !" Captain Smith reported .

"Captain , I realise that our fighting morale has decreased after one after another fights . We cannot hold on much longer . Instruct all ships in the fleets to immediately power up Hyperdrive Engines while keeping continuous fire on the Enemy Fleet ." Grand Admiral Bror Jace ordered .

"Yes sir !"

"And also order all Fighters to immediately pull back while the Quad Turbolaser Cannons provide cover from enemy fighters ."

The Fighter Planes immediately started pulling back while the Quad Turbolaser Cannons provided cover from enemy fighters and the Ion Cannons , Rail Guns , Turbolaser Batteries , Heavy Turbolaser Batteries opened fire on enemy vessels .

Several minutes passed before all the fighters were back in their hangars . The ships had already powered up their Hyperdrive Enigines and did pre-jump manevours .

"Captain , instruct the ships to jump when ready !"

"Yes sir !" , at the same moment , several powerful blasts hit the Chinmaera , causing the Grand Admiral to duck reflexively , pre-warned by the Force .

"Damage report sir , shields down to emergency levels of 18% ! However hyperdrive cores are still undamaged and we're launching to hyperspace in 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... 0 . We're off" and with that , the stars swirled into endless lines .

Several ships around him did so to , jumping to hyperspace .

OOC : Bump to Aerospace Forces . And I think you should really join the follow-up as a mercheant because it'll be more suitable . Currently this RP's about to end . So I suggestyou join the Follow-Up .

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Losses :
1) 3 Carrack Class Light Cruisers Destroyed
2) 1 Severely Damaged (Hull and Shield) Executor Class Star Dreadnaught
3) 1 Crippled (Shield) Executor Class Star Dreadnaught
4) 1 Hull Damaged Venator Class Assult Ship
5) 1 Shield Damaged Twilek Class Mothership
6) 25 TIE Fighters Lost
7) 20 X-Wings Lost
8) 5 B-Wings Reported Missing
9) 5 TIE Interceptors Destroyed
10) 2 Shield Failing Imperial Star Destroyers

10) 3000 Men Killed
11) 523 Men Wounded
12) 250 Men Missing In Action
13) 5 Executed for Showing Disrespect/Traterious Signs

OOC: Sorry for my lateness, homework overload. Are there any hulks lying around? This assumes yes, but if not, then I'll change it so I just leave, still searching for Jade Stone explaining my part in the follow up. Also, perhaps Mationbuds is angry I stole the hulk and still thinks I'm a looter pirate? Maybe we should all work out our role in the follow up.
IC: Great Michael, which had been making a sedate silent run on it's momentum, rapidly reactivated and opened it's boat bay, deploying four assualt boats, loaded with marines, which advanced carefully towards a Carrack hulk. It sent a brief message, and a tow ship, a destroyer sized vessel which ould pull anything up to a star battlecruiser into the warp and control it, warped in. The boats clamped onto the hulk, and the marines flooded in, swiftly spreading out in five man teams, with sensor carts trailing behind one in every three teams, scanning for life. A brief search revealed nothing, so the boarding party entered the hold, sealed the exits with a kind of warp resistant rubber door, and lay around waiting, as their boats trailed back to the Michael. Finally, all three ships vanished into the warp.

"I will think about it Janus..." Ramoth said.

The com. officer yelled, "Sir, they say we're free to go."

"Excellent boy..." Ramoth turned to Vince. "Set course for Dantooine, jump there A-sap!"

"Yes sir. I will also redirect the frigate to meet us there."

"Do that."

The Jade Stone leapt into hyperspace a few moments later... Dantooine would be far more peaceful than any of this day had been.

OOC :
To Nova Boozia : Yeah , there's still many hulks lying around . At the battlesite , there are several abandoned/damaged/destroyed Mationbuds Cruisers/Frigates and a whole fleet of crippled Armainian Warships . Then at the Jade Stone area , there's the Jade Stone with the Mationbuds Avenger Fleet one of its Strike Forces with a whole group of Merchants (RPed by Aerospace Forces).

I also unfortunately can't reply to your post now because I'm a little confused . You're at the Jade Stone site right ? And I have to agree that in the follow-up , we should really identify the roles we're playing before starting .

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IC : (On board the Ecliptor , Command Ship of 5th Strike Force of Avenger Fleet)

"Captain , we have received reports from our Stealth Homing Becon on the Jade Stone . Apparently they're heading for Dantooine with the Captive . We are not sure of their plans yet though . It'll be impossible to crack , let alone imagine ." Seageant Oldham reported .

"True enough and very interesting . Order a Squardron of X-Wings with Stealth Capiblity to secretly follow the Jade Stone without being detected and to confirm if the reports are true . For a start , use the Hyperjump Coordinates the Jade Stone plotted . This would at least be correct . From then on . Who know what the emptiness of space holds ...."

"True Captain ."

"And don't forget to submit the report to Grand Admirals Bror Jace and Marcus and our own Rear-Admiral of our Avenger Fleet . Be sure to report to the 2 Grand Admirals , or else they'll hunt me down with their scary light sticks and eerie so called (Force) powers !!"

"Certaintly captain ."

OOC: Actually I was at the Mationbuds-Animarnia site. Sorry for not making that clear. It was a Mationbudsian Carrack class I looted, because I'm trying to capture foreign FTL drives to create an inhibitor.

OOC: I'm technically finished with this part of the RP now... between this and the follow up my ships will land on Dantooine and set up base, and work on the projector... but nothing further than that really.

I think we should start getting ready for the follow up.

OOC : Yep , I have to agree . I'm also done with my part and it seems like everyone is done . Excellent . Okay , we'll start a follow-up soon enough . Once I've readied a new plot and some fictional characters/fleets etc .

And a note to everyone who RPed in this . Youre most welcome to join the follow-up . You can choose to assume your same character or start afresh with a new one .

And once I've finalised everything , I'll start a follow-up and I will also put a link to the follow-up from here to inform anyone who is still RPing here . I'll also compile this RP and any future follow-ups into a collection .

If any of you have any suggestions , you're welcome to post them here . So watch out for the follow-up , the title will most likely be "Unknown Fleet of Battlecruisers Sighted Follow-Up (Space Age Open RP) ." . Sounds okay with everyone ? Or should the name instead be replaced by the Subject of the New Plot/Twist ?

OOC To Nova Boozia : Okay . Thanks for clarifying .

OOC:I like that name, because it will be easy to find, and encourage newcomers to read this first.

-ooc- Cooly cool. Oy, if I'm to participate, send me off a telegram when it's ready, 'k? -ooc-

OOC: Same here.

OOC: Same here.

fine with me too.

OOC: I'll just post this to close up my part of the RP here, so my ships arn't floating in Limbo ...

IC:
Animarnia ships retreated back to the Glory, firing as they did so, to keep up the image of retreat. Then there were six explosions as the 400-megaton nuclear weapons detonated. They knew they'd done some serious damage with that attack as the enemy fleet jumped to Hyperspace and ran.

Just as the enemy fleet jumped out, Animarnia ships jumped into the sector of this space the Atlantis - Glory's sister ships, 15 Ikari class battleships and 30 Kusranada class cruisers took up positions around the Glory and started to send out medical transports escorted by Hammerhead fighters

"Sir, the Atlantis has just arrived", said one of the officers

"Ok, tell them to take up position between the Glory and the enemy, she'll be a big shield until the Glory is Hyperspace worthy", Captain young ordered

"Aye sir", came the reply.

"Begin scanning the wrecks of enemy ships left here, take as much technology as we can and start gong over the battle data. I want to find an advantage of those dreadnoughts of theirs next time we meet" Captain Young ordered. The Atlantis launched several Space Armour personal carriers stocked with Marines and Ravager units for boarding parties they were going to loot this battle zone for all it was worth…

OOC :

I've created a sign-up/clarification thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470922)for new people to join the follow-up and for us to clarify our roles . Once we have clarified our roles , we can then start the actual RP follow-up .

The URL is : http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470922

Sure , I'll send everyone a telegram when the follow-up starts . But for starters , lets clear up all misconceptions etc .

OOC: Sorry, had a lot (and I mean a lot) of things to do this week...