NationStates Jolt Archive

Every nation has their one ship that is the pride of their navy, the epitome of their technology, the baddest toy on the block. Until now, there has not been a way to prove it without risking the destruction of your pride and joy in battle.

The Balrogga Empire is pleased to announce the first ever Flagship Tournaments.

We would like to organize several nations to battle it out with their flagships. We will be using full wargame rules meaning everything will be done with targeting lasers, dummy warheads, and computer simulated superweapons. There will be no actual risk to any of the ships. Every weapon will be modified so it cannot do anything worse than, at most, a scratch in your paint. Defenses will be fully powered but all ordinances would be filled with marker gel and the ships will be sprayed with a clear coating (which we will also remove afterwards) that will react to the targeting lasers showing hits.

The Competition will be held at our Void Trading Station located just outside the Milky Way Galaxy. This will allow nearly unlimited space for those big babies to maneuver. The entire proceedings will be recorded and televised in each nation that participates.

All those nations who are interested in participating, please submit your single entry below. When I get enough participants I will begin the matches. Also, just for fun, there will be a massive free-for-all after the awards ceremony.

Please note; we will not be entering a ship in these events. It would not be fair to judge the contest when we have our own ship entered.


Entries so far


Mini Miehm -- Metal Militia III
Amazonian Beasts -- Virulent
Chronosia -- Sword of Arioch
Tannelorn -- The Arc Impulse
Hyperspacial Travel -- The Kitten
The Phoenix Milita -- The Ultra Phoenix
Warshtike -- Ihl Marrin Savaige
Xeno -- Pennsylvania
Otagia -- Joseph
Trinity Prime -- Neti
Kuhenberg -- Totenkopf
Thrashia -- Arc Angel
The Federal Union -- Winston S. Churchill
Sephrioth -- The Doombringer
The Vuhifellian States -- VSS Nortoga
Imperiox -- Red Swastika


Additional Entries for the Free-for all after the Awards Ceremony:



Kendari -- The Doomweaver
Kyanges -- ???
Huntaar -- ???
Nova Boozia -- The Schmaldt
Maldaathi -- The Pride Of Yatze
Jordaxia -- The Wraiths Blossom
The Exodains -- The Baiulus
-your ship here-




The OOC Thread is:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10504870#post10504870


So these are the matchings:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/flagshipcontest.gif

OOC: w00t! Now comes the tough choice, the massive, powerful, slow, and hard to kill Metal Militia III, OR, the fast, maneuverable, relatively fragile, but still powerful Black Dream... MMIII. All the way, definitely...

IC:

We are interested in this, and submit our mighty Metal Militia III for this competition. We sincerely hope you have the time and equipment to retrofit the thousands of weapons to fit the wargame rules.

The newly reconstructed Dominion would like to submit the powerful dreadnought Virulent for the competition.

The Imperium submits the Sword of Arioch once known as the Ecstacy of Slaanesh for this competition

Mini Miehm, Amazonian Beasts, Chronosia.

Welcome and thank you for being the first nations to sign up. As sooon as we get enough, the competition will be started. I will match the nations in the first round randomly together but after that, it is a process of elimination. Before each contest, both ships will be thoutoughly scanned to make sure no weapons were "accidently" left unconverted. The entire contest will be broadcast to the participating nations.

If there is anyone you want to fight, get them to enter.

OOC: Sounds interesting. I'll think about it.

ooc i dont have a flagship, i have either A hero cruiser/battle ship or one of the 4 SDF's and well..bringing a mobile battle fortress that would make the death star nervous may not be fun haha. So i will send in one of the Zweihanders.

Think of it not so much as a battleship, but an old naval dreadnought. Designed to kill battleships..well ships in general.

So lets set this up, The Arc Impulse [same name as a destroyed vessel] Shall be present..as i dont really have a flagship just famous Crews. Hetcaptain Margulis is the captain of the vessel.
Simple Zweihander as listed in the fact book.

Is it acceptable if we send a simulacrum of our most powerful flagship? If so, a simulacrum of the ship which name is synomous with death, the Fluffy, Cute Kitten, will be joining this tournament.

OOC:Are we allowed things such as interceptors?? Or guns only?? Ill be putting a ship in this for sure, no energy is safe!!

hmm...should I use the Eclipse II or the SSD Executor?


http://www.wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com/Drawings/SW/Eclipse.gif

The Imperial Vanguard Submits the Ultra Phoenix Battleship.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/grunt74/phx.jpg
A converted terraformer, she is by far the largest ship in the fleet. Weapons range from Standard Disruptors,Standard and Black Talon Phasers, as well as a mini-hornet generator, conventional, quantum and sunfighter as well as sun spire torpedos and a full complement of fighters.

Use the one ship that personifies your nation. If I were not holding this competition myself I would have to use The Serendipity, the Dreadnaught my Emperor uses as his personal flagship. That is what I mean.

I am going to edit in a list of contestants and their ships in the first post. Those nations who haven't entered their ship better hurry before spots fill up. When I start I an going to run four at a time so there will not be so much waiting for your turn, They will all be in a seperate thread with links to the main thread.

There will also be an OOC thread to post your stats and pictuures.

The Protectorate of Warshrike will enter the Ihl Marrin Savaige, a Mitani Sleiah class ship.

And you dident answer my other question. Are interceptors/fighters that are carried aboard ship allowed or not??
Also, do we have to have pic's?? If we do... you should ignore me completely... 8>)

Balroggan High Command-

We would like to send a small number of observers to this event, by your leave of course. We would like to see these flagships in action under the harshest of circumstances that you have provided with this contest.

We await further communication.

~Baron Aeraeon Skye, Primarch, Triad Consortium of Godular

TOP-UBER-MEGA-HYPER-SECRET ADDENDUM

And well played. Well played indeed.

The Xeno will send the battleship Pennsylvania, which is the flagship of the Xeno navy.

Otagia will field the Dreadnought Joseph. While not our flagship, it is the closest approximation to such a vessel in the Otagian fleet.

The Federation of Trinity Prime wants to use this opportunity to join in this friendly competition.

We will be sending the"Neti (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jeudesprit/trinity/battleship.png)", the second of the "Cerberus" Class Conductor Vessels. The Neti is on her way to assume her role on an edge of the expanding network of Semi-Space Portals.

While not a strict war design, her design capabilities and duties within the network do make her a superior combatant, and she is a true example of our drive into the unknown.

- Admr. Roald M. Sorrin, TPSS, ASOC

Hmm ooc: ill send a ship in... hehe if im invited?)

Really interesting, i'd like to apply, and we will send one of our bests battle cruisers, the first-class battlecruiser "Totenkopf" will be send if we are accepted into this competition.

The Empire of Thrashia wishes to submit the Arc Angel, Imperial-class Mk III Star Destroyer.

ooc: should I post the specs?

I updated the list to show that there are a total of 16 slots available for this contest. The stats and a picture (if you wish but not necessary) will be posted in a seperate OOC Thread I will start.

The event is open for anyone who enters (four slots left) and like I have said twice before, it will be available for broadcast to the participating nations. The only other way to view this is in person at the Void Station. I am rescheduling all my cruise ships traveling through the ITH system to visit the day before so anybody can use them to attend the event.

The ITH is open for non military vessels to use to attend the event but the flagships will have to use their FTL systems or put in a request to the Balrogga Empire for a wormhole transfer of their ship if they cannot make it there on their own.

The contestants can use whatever resources they have permanently assigned to their flagship (modified so there is no damage caused) prior to the announcement of this contest.

The united states would like to enter The Winston S. Churchill as its flag ship

the sephrions would like to enter their flagship the grand super stardestroyer the doombringer

We will enter the VSS Nortoga into the event

e desire this (http://files2.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_on_12_14_2003_23_15_13/ship1.jpg42976923-4DCD-4F43-854B25214B82E9A6.jpgLarge.jpg) as our entry. It is our pride as it is a prime ship. We desire it to be called the Red Swastika. Named after it's royal colours, and the people's desired original name.

The slots have been filled. If any would like to enter in case someone drops out or fot the Free-For-All, please continue submitting.

All flagships are to meet at the Void Station at the following coordinants in two weeks. This should give anyone ample time to travel there and to make sure their ship is in top condition for the contest. Again, if needed. please contact the Balrogga Empire for Wormhole Transfer the day prior the contest.

The OOC Thread is:

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10504870#post10504870

The massive Metal Militia III made translation at the edge of the system, prepared for the upcoming combat. Armed to the teeth with the most powerful weapons the Dominion could produce, it was a Juggernaut among ships, ten miles long and with more guns than even the largest of SSDs, it was almost impossible to destroy, or outgun.

The massively huge grey smooth ship moved along at alow pace its engines rumbling as it moved out of the terran prime system, its hull was dotted in black and grey, its hull lights blinked widely as it floated silently, in to the void of space this ship was fresh off of the line , it was state of the art, and it was over 19 Km long... it was the largest and most powerful ship in the federal fleet.


the commanding officer was admiral Thomas stelgato , he was on the large bridge looking over a
large tactical holographic table capable of displaying enticer sectors it was inactive accept for a small route to the system were the show was being sent. he grinned with a twinge of arrogance looking over to a near by younger officer "this will be a pice of cake.. were going to be one of the best ones there i know it.. any way set crouse and set jump count down for 10 seconds.."

the con officer smiled and tapped his semi holographic panel ... the count down was set the computer started .. 10 ... the ships form was stable 9 .. it started to shimmer a bit its engines powering up... 8...7....6.....5....4..... its form beings to shiver widely white and blue energy filling 2 sections of the ship moveing towrds the center.....3....... its almost engulfed in the large energy wave its body disappearing as it is ....2...... 1.... its gone nothing but a void of space left.. (it was slowed down for dramatic affect ..)

about 3 minutes later the ship appeared its body appearing reversed of how it disappeared. the huge ship slowly rumbled along towards the system...

the imposing form of the doombringer droped out of trans warp all 5500 meteres of her glided through space the eapons lay out was distincive it was the sephrion ''sprayer'' lay out

Kanos II

"Sir, Bulk Matter Transmission in 9...8...7..."
"Send transmission to UVE Command on Earth that we'll be using their satellites."
"3...2...1...transmission."
The black hull of the Nortoga against the bluish-green planet below dissapeared in a huge flash of light, slightly white, slightly orange, bound for its destination just outside the galaxy.

About 400 Million Miles away from target destination

"Dammit, I'll never get used to Bulk Matter Transmission!"
The Captain was a new graduate of the VSEP Naval Academy on New Eden, just outside of Earth's system. The ship and crew themselves had slaughtered over a million from orbit, but ship-to-ship combat was rare in the UVE fleet.

"Sir, we are charging all engines now, beginning refueling of Longsword fighters."
"AB-PX-Zulu-Zanzibar-Descent"
A large holopanel in front of the captain then lit up, featuring statistics readouts from all the ship's systems.
"Let me get more power going to the Ion charge, the MAGI will handle the reloading and refueling of the jets. Also let the ship's A.I. inspect the armor to see if the nano drones need to repair anything."
"Yes sir!"

The Nortoga was one of the smallest ships in the event, and one of the oldest too, that didn't mean that it wasn't armed to its blood and it lived inside a pretty tough armor shell.

OOC: Um, my flagship is the Virulent, my goverment is the Dominion...

IC: The mighty Vindicator-class Dreadnought Virulent broke out of hyperspace on the edge of the designated system, holding back in case of set-up traps. Armed and modified to the teeth, the ship epitomized destruction with a capital "D".

AB, sorry, I'll fix that right away

The contest is taking place at the Void Station, a large trading station I established in the Void between galaxies. There is absolutely nothing around the station. Nothing but emptiness. That is the reason I chose this place for the contest. Nothing to get damaged. There is no sun and the only lights are from the ships and the station. I placed sensor bouyes around the Station so I can easily detect anything within 10 LY and I will be using these to televise the contest to the spectators on the station and to the nations involved.

I am working on the post right now so it will follow soon.

The Day before the Event:

The MC of the contest stepped up on the stage. He grabbed the microphone and blew into it. Once he was sure it was working, he placed it on his lapel and stepped into the center of the stage.

“Hello everyone. I am sure we are all glad to be here on this historic event. Today we will start the first ever Flagship Contest, sponsored by the Intergalactic Trade Hub and The Balrogga Empire.”

“We have 16 entrants. This means we will have the first round consist of eight events, the second having four, the third will be two battles, and then the final two winners will then battle it out to se who has the best flagship. After the Awards Ceremony, there will be one final event where we let everyone go at it in a single massive multiple battle that will have temporary alliances being created and destroyed to see who will come out on top.”

“I am not sure which will be better, so I guess we will have to watch the whole thing to see.”

“I have here in my hand 16 chips with the ship names engraved upon them. The chips will be placed in the Randomizer and spun. I will reach in and pull out the ships to see who will be matched to whom.”

He drops the chips into the hopper and it begins to spin. He waits a few moments before reaching in and draws one forth.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the first draw is The Ihl Marrin Savaige. They are to fight The Pennsylvania. The Arc Angel will be matched against The Ultra Phoenix. The Neti will meet The Metal Militia III. The Totenkopf will test itself against The VSS Nortoga. The Virulent will fight The Sword of Arioch. The Winston S. Churchill will test its metal against The Doombringer. The Red Swastika Will attempt to win over The Kitten. And last but far from least, The Arc Impulse will go head to head against The Joseph.”

“We will begin with the first four after the crews have a good night’s rest. Until then, we get to PARTY!!!!”

So these are the matchings:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/beldragos/round1.gif

The Pennsylvania

Admiral Raven stood with her hands clasped at the small of her back, staring intently at the wall display screen in the CIC. On it were the lists of match-ups.

Her aide-de-camp nudged her with one elbow, ~Looks like we're up first, Admiral. According to the rules, we can make use of whatever assets we brought with us. It was a good thing that we swapped out most of the shuttles for the new gunships. It seems we can board, but how are we supposed to get our marines onto the enemy ship if we can't cut through the hull? We're at a handicap, m'am.~

Admiral Raven frowned, "This contest doesn't exactly favor our style, no. See if we can contact the judges, and ask that hatches remain unlocked. That will represent the holes we typically cut to send our marines in. Also, I want all of that ammunition checked over. I don't want some over-grown paintball exploding in my ordance tubes."

The Virulent

Grand Admiral Vyks Taarawn, standing an imposing 6'11", strode through the halls of his magnificent ship, granted to him from his loyalty by the Emperor himself. Now his tactical brilliance was to be put to the test...and Taarawn would except nothing less than absolute perfection. He watched a repair team walk down the hall, kicked one straight in the tailbone, and laughed as they hurried away to their task. Laziness was intolerable. Though when the Chronisian flagship arrived the battle would commence, Taarawn was well rested and ready for a fight, all projectile weapons standing by with ammunition and energy weapons charged for use. Pilots and gunship operaters stood at Condition-3 readiness, their craft ready for immediate deployment. He could not wait to unleash total devestation.

Official transmission to the judges,

"We respectfully request that hatches on ships be closed, but not locked. Since we are not allowed to cut through the hulls of ships for boarding, there must be access of some kind made available."

The fabric of reality seemed to twist and shudder; burning, wrenching itsle f asunder as energy bubbled forth from the fetid womb of the Immaterium; pouring into material space; sillhouetting a vasty black vessel. The spiked hull gleamed and glimmered and ran with fluid sigils; runes crackled in ethereal discharge; banners fluttered in fel winds, each emblazoned with the great Eight pointed Star of Chaos; it's sign; the icon of limitless possibility; and endless change.

It's black hull coruscated with waves of undulating energy; shields were raised; weapons primed; both energy and projectile. Fighters and bombers were readied; each and every instrument of war the Imperium could muster was rallied forth on this, their grandest of vessels; this the flagship of the Emperor; the Sword of Arioch

Taarawn cackled softly as the Chronosian flagship entered the field of combat. His ship was readied for a fight, and he would let the Chronosians make the first move. Guns were primed, launchers loaded. Pilots ran to their stations in anticipation.

With a series of inaudible pops, a small armada of civilian vessels flooded the system, dropping from space-plus in a burst of amethyst light. Flitting about the system, the ships vyed for the best locations to watch the tournament from. Casinos and cruise liners of all sizes lined the boundaries of the system, orbitting the local planets and making a general nuisance of themselves.

Among the commotion, Joseph was barely noticed as it arrived, with no flash of light, no shockwave, no psychic scream. It was as if its gargantuan bulk had always floated there in the void, its massive hull studded with weaponry, massive tubes running along its sides. Its gravitic impellor flaring, Joseph moved towards his appointed meeting zone.

OOC: I'd be amenable to open hatches. Not like there's no interior defenses. :D

Although it seems I am too late to place a vessel in the primary competition, I would like to enter the Kendary flagship Doomweaver in the free-for-all at the end.
-Garnyn Delerän

Just giving everyone a chance to arrive in their own manner before I start this.

Each battle will be in their own thread whick I will make and link here.


There has been a request to simulate the boarding of other ships. The hatches have been requested to be left unlocked. I propose placing a piece of bulkhead that can be cut through over said hatches. This would simulate the action of cutting through those hatches without damaging the ship in any way.

Just giving everyone a chance to arrive in their own manner before I start this.

Each battle will be in their own thread whick I will make and link here.


There has been a request to simulate the boarding of other ships. The hatches have been requested to be left unlocked. I propose placing a piece of bulkhead that can be cut through over said hatches. This would simulate the action of cutting through those hatches without damaging the ship in any way.
OOC: As long as the said bulkheads didn't interfere with nearby cannons, sure, fine by me

The TPSS- TV Neti appeared from semi-space with nary a ripple or pop. The usual plasma discharge associated with deccleration was easily drained and passed on to the impellers. It wheeled gracefully and slow to a position among the other "combatant" ships.

The unmarred grey hull, the lines of deep blue and glowing red ports of the primaries and the eight great beams shown in the darkness. All her exterior portals were lit with sun-yellow as becons to see her. Next to the various kilometers long vessals, her 500 meter diameter was dwarfed...but she wasn't the largest ship in Trinity's navy in any event. Just one of the three most powerful.....
*****

"This is Admiral Karl Stapleton (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jeudesprit/trinity/stapleton.jpg) commanding the Trinity Prime Star Service ship "Neti". Greetings to my temporary foes and may the best ship congradulate us on our victory over you. Carry on and see you later in our sights."

The TPSS- TV Neti appeared from semi-space with nary a ripple or pop. The usual plasma discharge associated with deccleration was easily drained and passed on to the impellers. It wheeled gracefully and slow to a position among the other "combatant" ships.

The unmarred grey hull, the lines of deep blue and glowing red ports of the primaries and the eight great beams shown in the darkness. All her exterior portals were lit with sun-yellow as becons to see her. Next to the various kilometers long vessals, her 500 meter diameter was dwarfed...but she wasn't the largest ship in Trinity's navy in any event. Just one of the three most powerful.....
*****

"This is Admiral Karl Stapleton (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jeudesprit/trinity/stapleton.jpg) commanding the Trinity Prime Star Service ship "Neti". Greetings to my temporary foes and may the best ship congradulate us on our victory over you. Carry on and see you later in our sights."

OOC: We need stats. I won't fight it until I know what it can do. Like power levels on the weapons.

Fluffy-Wuffy moved the ship out of Truespace, delicately guiding it near the combat point. They had been refitted with equivalents of their weaponry, now, all they had to do, was wait...

It ran a check over the systems. They seemed fine. In the next two seconds, it ran another fifteen million checks. Yes, they were most probably fine. It had sixty million, two hundred thousand and thirty-four different tactics in mind, and discarded those. The most important thing to do was adapt. If the enemy ship was too fast, it'd probably be less powerful. All it needed to do was to play to the Kitten's strengths.

It sat, scanning the area. Just another piece of empty space, by the looks of it. It had already created the program in its mind, to it, this was a real battle. It may be fought with paint, instead of planet-devastating weapons, but it was another way to gain knowledge of others. At the very least, this tournament would be a useful repository of knowledge for it.

A single Godulan vessel, little more than a shuttle, came through the wormhole system and made its way to the void station.

This is Godulan Shuttle Alpha-24, requesting clearance to dock and transfer observational staff.

The Ultra Phoenix exited warp and engaged it's sub-light engines at medium speed, slowly decloaking certian parts of the ship in sequence, she appeared to be "growing" as she closed on the station.
By the time it was in visiual range, it appeared that the Phoenix has grown 500% but in fact this was a mere optical illusion. The Fleet Admiral in charge felt this was unnessacary, since the Phoenix was smaller than many of the large opposing starships, but the Field Marshall had ordered it at the last second.
The Ultra Phoenix, pure black with only a holographic red glowing phoenix and the purpleish black talon phaser tracs the only light coming from it, moved as if it were a shadow amongst the stars towards the station. Installation of bulkheads over the only four docking ports was complete and the crew was readying for the mock battle that would come.

The Ihl Marrin dewarped outside of the system, a pair of repair cruisers along with it. She halted at the rim of the system, sending out a message.
This is Admiral Sebastion Inim. We will await the beggining of the tournament here, to ensure we cannot be sabotaged. Sim alt devaun.

The two cruisers began sweeping the Ihl Marrin, lasers and nanobots repairing all damage aboard her. A swarm of smaller craft appeared then, about a metre in diamater and round. Camera's. The Protectorate would make it's own broadscasts of the competition, from all angles.

As each ship appeared it would pick up a message sent from The Void Station:

All incomming flagships, please position yourselves above and below the station.

All shuttles are clear to land once your Nav computers are linked. It will bring you safely into the station.

Please enjoy the Void Station while you visit.

The Ihl Marrin inched its way towards the station, moving slowely just in case, repair cruisers still circling it and the camera droid's spreading out to find good filming points. She made for a point high above the station. No shuttles left for the station though. The Serrinites werent here to enjoy themselves, plus, there was entertainment aboard anyway.

The Next Morning:

As 10 AM approached, everyone in the station was getting antsy. Everyone could feel the tension in the air. Several of the crews from the second part of the first round were crowding the observation decks thinking they would be getting a view but knowing the distance would be too far, thousands of screens were mounted almost everywhere the station had public access.

As the crews of the eight ships scheduled to fight were anxiously waiting to go, the Emcee again took the stage.

“Good morning everyone, the grand contest is about to win. I see by the vid screens the first half of Round One is ready to take the field. We determined the battle will take place in the coordinates around the station. In each there will be the following boundaries. No parts of the battle will be closer than one Light Second to the Void Station. Out sensors easily extend for ten light years. If you leave your Quadrant, you are disqualified and your opponent wins.”

“Stay in your Quad and fight fair, or at least give is a fair fight to watch. Once the ships are in position, the sensors will lock on them and broadcast the vid to us. The transmission is being blocked from the opposing ships so nobody can use it to find out what the other is up to; they have to rely upon their own sensors.”

"OK, in the first Quad, we have The Ihl Marrin Savaige versus The Pennsylvania."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471083


"The second Quad we have The Arc Angel verses The Ultra Phoenix."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471084


"The third Quad we have The Neri verses The Metal Militia III."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471085


"And in the fourth Quad we have The Totenkopf verses The VSS Nortoga."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471086


“I want each ship to proceed to their positions and wait for the signal to start.”

Everyone watched anxiously while the ships took their positions. As each ship maneuvered out of their positions and started toward their designated Quad, two black angular droid ships moved up to them and carefilly scanned them for any active weapons. Once cleared, the ship was allowed to enter their starting location.

(OOC: speth doseint seem to be aorund .. and you want this stuff in diffrent threads?)

I am running the first four fights during thr first half of the first round with the second half to follow once all the first ones are done. The fights are in the order I randomly drew them (using playing cards).

Huntaer is interested in entering the

Terminator (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9322800&postcount=1) as it's official flag ship.

We would also like to add in our four other ships from our fleet

Tyrant (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9263398&postcount=1), Nemesis (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9221693&postcount=1), Megaladon (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9862289&postcount=16), and the Warhammer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10250307&postcount=26).

If at all possible, we are interested in submitting the TIE Carrier (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10470295&postcount=28)


OOC: technically, there is no flag ship of Huntaer. Just a flag ship of each fleet. I guess the one I'm sending in would be the flag ship.

Side note, I've been unable to use NS for the last several days (why I've entered so late) and will be on and off for a while.

Good luck to everybody else.

the doombringer decloaked raise shields and prepare a nova shot

You might want to try posting in the tread specificly made for your battle.

uh where da link

The Next Morning:

As 10 AM approached, everyone in the station was getting antsy. Everyone could feel the tension in the air. Several of the crews from the second part of the first round were crowding the observation decks thinking they would be getting a view but knowing the distance would be too far, thousands of screens were mounted almost everywhere the station had public access.

As the crews of the eight ships scheduled to fight were anxiously waiting to go, the Emcee again took the stage.

“Good morning everyone, the grand contest is about to win. I see by the vid screens the first half of Round One is ready to take the field. We determined the battle will take place in the coordinates around the station. In each there will be the following boundaries. No parts of the battle will be closer than one Light Second to the Void Station. Out sensors easily extend for ten light years. If you leave your Quadrant, you are disqualified and your opponent wins.”

“Stay in your Quad and fight fair, or at least give is a fair fight to watch. Once the ships are in position, the sensors will lock on them and broadcast the vid to us. The transmission is being blocked from the opposing ships so nobody can use it to find out what the other is up to; they have to rely upon their own sensors.”

"OK, in the first Quad, we have The Ihl Marrin Savaige versus The Pennsylvania."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471083


"The second Quad we have The Arc Angel verses The Ultra Phoenix."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471084


"The third Quad we have The Neri verses The Metal Militia III."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471085


"And in the fourth Quad we have The Totenkopf verses The VSS Nortoga."

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=471086


“I want each ship to proceed to their positions and wait for the signal to start.”

Everyone watched anxiously while the ships took their positions. As each ship maneuvered out of their positions and started toward their designated Quad, two black angular droid ships moved up to them and carefilly scanned them for any active weapons. Once cleared, the ship was allowed to enter their starting location.

*cough* If scrolling up half a screen is too much work..

Sephrioth, your battle is in the second half of round 1. I currently have four battles about to start. Pick your favorite and sit back and watch.

After all four are done, I will start the second half of round 1.

That is when you will get your link to fight in.

*twiddles paws* Just waiting on my opponent to wake up.. :rolleyes:

my bad ballrogga
oh have u got msn meenger

As soon as every contestant was in their starting position the Emcee started the countdown to begin.

"...5..."

"...4..."

"...3..."

"...2..."

"...1..."

A large klaxxon sounded and the start buzzer sounded across all frequencies.

Several announcer covered each ship in their reports back to their nations. Their babble was mounmomentus but still drowned out by the spectators cheering.

OOC: I'm declaring victory, since my opponent hasn't bothered to post in the last 5 days.

The Emcee again took the stage.

Well, that was an exciting first half of round one. Next after everyone has time to get refreshments, the second half will start.

In this series of battles we will feature:

The Virulent VS The Sword of Anoch

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10522640#post10522640


The Winston S. Churchill VS The Doombringer

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10522657#post10522657


The Red Swastika VS The Kitten

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10522662#post10522662


and…


The Arc Impulse VS The Joseph

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10522668#post10522668



Ships, please take your positions after your ships are scanned and then be redy to start the battle.


As each ship is about to leave, two black angular ships flew up and scanned the entire flagship. After passing the scan, the contestant was cleared to take the field.

After each ship was in position, the countdown again began.

"...5..."

"...4..."

"...3..."

"...2..."

"...1..."

A large klaxxon sounded and the start buzzer sounded across all frequencies.

(lets assume the contest automatically begins after you take your positions. Hopefully JOLT won’t puke on us again…)

Gonna update the results for the first half of round 1?

Only one fight has been finished for sure, the rest might go in default. I am giving them until Sunday afternoon because to update the listings I have to use my PC to edit the gif. I am running all eight fights from round one at once using fluid time.

Thanks for intrest in my Thread though. Enter a ship in the Free-for-all if you wish. Just post it in this Thread.

I might ^.^

Schmaldt, resplendant in red and black after its recent refitting, de-warped some distance fom the arena, and hailed.
"This is Schmaldt, victor of Furnace, crusher of the Carlusites, destroyer of the Divinity, and a load of other stuff. Anyway, we request permission to take part in the upcoming free-for-all competition. If multiple entries are permitted, we may summon additional ships, and if stations are acceptable, we will also enter our largest. All our weapons, including those of our marines, are modified for harmlessness. Are boarding actions permissable?"

Greetings and welcome!

Your ship will be added to the list of additional entries for the final event. You are only allowed you flagship for this event but your suggestions brew ideas for other possible contests in the future. With all the space we have available here, we can have stations, battlegroups, or even fleet battles. Perhaps if these are popular enough we could start a battle arena here for nations to settle their disputes.

(I will do so if this does work out.)

OCC: Nevermind.

OOC: I'm interested in it, though I have a rather unusual type of ship. Though it is a flagship it is also 140 km long. Its a beast of my entire military. I have the hard stats, but this thing is just terribly powerful with its main shields that can be used as a weapon. Is it too late to enter the Tnemada?

Umm... 140km??? What is it, some stupid "Ultra Star Destroyer"? No matter what, that better be your ENTIRE damn military at your size.

OOC: Ignore him. You should see his 1 mile long MT supercarrier made out of... ICE! *laughs maniacly*

OOC: Nevermind again.

OOC: Ignore him. You should see his 1 mile long MT supercarrier made out of... ICE! *laughs maniacly*

OOC: There was actually a plan for the Allies to build something like that in wwII. Some special kind of ice that was strong as concrete, simply by adding a proper tratio of SAWDUST. I kid you not, this shit was bulletproof. It sounds insane, but it is at least POSSIBLE.

EDIT: Ok, yeah, sorry about all the OOC here Bal.

That's a big IGNORE right there buddy. If you have something that is just that stupidly large, AND any other ship, even a Frigate, you're numberwanking out your ass. I dunno about Bal, but I refuse to even acknowledge the existence of your nation from this point onwards Asbena.

Really sorry....my bad.

OOC: I'm interested in it, though I have a rather unusual type of ship. Though it is a flagship it is also 140 km long. Its a beast of my entire military. I have the hard stats, but this thing is just terribly powerful with its main shields that can be used as a weapon. Is it too late to enter the Tnemada?

OOC: Just as a note. Asbena has proven himself incapable of fair and realistic gameplay. From my experiences with him, he's an immature player that knows nothing about physics or military weaponry. I'd take it as a personal favor if his stuff not be allowed into this scenario. He's basicly been hit repeatedly by my ignore cannon, I'd rather not see things complicated by his being here. Lets at least keep the FT scene idiot free.

Edit: Sorry again.

Remember. Bigger is not better. None of my military ships are over 1000 meters except for my carriers and dreadnaughts. As a matter of fact. Most of my ships could probqably tear right through that 140 km ship.

Another thing to remember is the additional resources that ship will eat up. Think of it this way:

A ship twice as large as my destroyer(500 meters) will eat up 8 times the resources, material, crew.

My ship 1x1x1 = 1
Your ship 2x2x2=8

This means for the same cost you would put into your ship that would be twice as large I could build and support a full battlegroup that would easily wipe out your one ship.

Now to compair your 140 km ship to my 500m destroyer:

My ship 1x1x1=1
Your ship 280x280x280 = 21,952,000


So for your one ship, I could build and support almost 22 million 500 meter destroyers.

Now, with a population of 4 billion, there is no way I could support that many ships. If I use 1% of my population, it would give me a total or 40 million for my entire military. Only 20% - 30% would see active duty while the rest would be dedicated to logistcs. How do you crew that monstrosity with your small military and other fleet demands. Remember, if you use droids thay count as your population since you used them for your military.

Now, lets take this discussion out of this Thread.

The contest is open to anyone who makes a proper request but remember, don't bring in a target like that 140 km ship. Everyone will try to get rid of it right away.

Also, a bigger ship would not be able to manuever well at all, and would have horrible speed. Therefore, smaller ships (hell, my 21km flagship looks small to this) would be able to avoid most of what the larger ship would be able to shell out, and could simply run around destroying guns, shield banks, etc., until the ship was too crippled to go on.

Larger vessels are meant to be few and far between in any fleet. Balrogga has some good points in that larger ships will rquire more of everything; Crew, time of construction, fuel, resources to build and maintain, disposable ordinance, more power sources and so on. Such ships have their purpose in a fleet, but as stated earlier, bigger is not necessarally better.

A well rounded fleet tends to have a number of elements to make it effective in any battle.

I also find it more interesting to create inherent weaknesses in your ship designs making it more fun and realistic to play as well.

OOC:*Sigh* Looks like Im too late... I apoligise again for my absence... I'll understand if you still want to declare victory.

Edit: Nevermind.

That's just it though, my ship doesn't have speed limitations of the conventional sense. It uses its shields as a main weapon. Which isn't even the main weapon of the ship. It can project its 'bubble-like' shield that spins to asborb or reflect laser fire and destroy FTL projectiles. Able to concentrate its shields in a specific point if need be, it can basically take the shield and thrust it out far outside of the normal sphere of influence to cut through an enemy flagship in one single hit.

It's a fleet destroyer on its own because of the intense shields that render capital ship fire almost a non-existant threat. Also the ship when it chooses to use its weapons, can open holes in the shields to fight and encompass the shells or put holes in the shield that close up behind it as it leaves the ship for a perfect defense when attacking.

It's not something to be put lightly. You may out number the ship, but it doesn't mean that you'll hurt its shields before it wipes you out with its own interior weapons. It's a flagship, but its not a sitting duck.


OOC: I believe I've said this before, but.. good lord, this kid is a powergamer. A nation of 50 million owns a "frigate" the size of Rhode Island, that has no speed limitations. Inpenetrable shields that also .. serve as weapons that chop ships in half in one hit?

Balrogga.. bro. If you have any sense, you'll completely disallow this person from this scenario. I'd rather not see it ruined.

That's just it though, my ship doesn't have speed limitations of the conventional sense. It uses its shields as a main weapon. Which isn't even the main weapon of the ship. It can project its 'bubble-like' shield that spins to asborb or reflect laser fire and destroy FTL projectiles. Able to concentrate its shields in a specific point if need be, it can basically take the shield and thrust it out far outside of the normal sphere of influence to cut through an enemy flagship in one single hit.

It's a fleet destroyer on its own because of the intense shields that render capital ship fire almost a non-existant threat. Also the ship when it chooses to use its weapons, can open holes in the shields to fight and encompass the shells or put holes in the shield that close up behind it as it leaves the ship for a perfect defense when attacking.

It's not something to be put lightly. You may out number the ship, but it doesn't mean that you'll hurt its shields before it wipes you out with its own interior weapons. It's a flagship, but its not a sitting duck.

Riiiiight. You're a miniature player, barely worth looking at on the galactic scene, and yet you've built a ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY KILOMETRE long flagship. Let me put it this way. Get a backpack. Fill it with food. Walk a hundred and forty kilometres. Then come back and tell me how incredibly, incredibly n00bish you are, not to mention your tech/numberwanking.

I have to agree with The Xeno. The ESUS as a whole has ignored people for much smaller offences against common sense and intelligence. If it was CF, it'd still be horrible wanking. With this little 50 million guy, it's pure idiocy.

Edit: Sorry...will resubmit.

If you are so sure of your ship, I propose a contest between it and any one ship in my fleet larger than a frigate. That will be a destroyer, battleship, carrier, cruiser, or dreadnaught.

You pick the ship class and I will pick the type. The duel will be real with no punches pulled and the looser will remove that ship from their fleets forever.

Hell, I even have a 200 meter ship that will eat that monstrosity right up. We will call it the lunch option if you want to try it.

If you accept, the match will take place between the first and second round.

You people are morons.... the ship is from Tanthan. Allow me to get the page:

The Empire of Tanthan is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service.
Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.896 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It's my FT nation, so bite me, I said its this one. Asbena is MT. Get it through your heads.

No, you're just stupid. 3 billion isn't large enough, even with FT upscaling, to have a ship that size. Anyone claiming otherwise is a pathetic numberwanker.

OOC:*Sigh* Looks like Im too late... I apoligise again for my absence... I'll understand if you still want to declare victory.

You are not too late.

I wasn't going to call any defaults until Sunday afternoon/evening because on weekends I work doubles Fri and Sat. No time for detailed posting like that on my cell phone. I need my PC for that.

Again, the deadline is Sunday about 6PM CST. I also need my PC to edit the GIF to change the standings.


NOW, let's get back into character. The challenge still stands for the halftime show...

im delcaring victory if tfu dont post

Contestants have a week to post until they are disqualified, just like in the first four fights. Their deadline is after I wake up.

I just got home from a 16 hr shift and I am going to pass out for a few hours.

You are not too late.

I wasn't going to call any defaults until Sunday afternoon/evening because on weekends I work doubles Fri and Sat. No time for detailed posting like that on my cell phone. I need my PC for that.

Again, the deadline is Sunday about 6PM CST. I also need my PC to edit the GIF to change the standings.


NOW, let's get back into character. The challenge still stands for the halftime show...

Umm... What about my ship entries (post #55)? I never got a responce from either of the ships I wished to enter (your choice. I'm not too picky on what is or isn't accepted).

LUNCH OPTION! LUNCH OPTION! TAKE THE OPTION!!!!!

It'll be fun...to watch.

You people are morons.... the ship is from Tanthan. Allow me to get the page:

The Empire of Tanthan is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service.
Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.896 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It's my FT nation, so bite me, I said its this one. Asbena is MT. Get it through your heads.
It should still have speed limitations, and here's why. The ship is 140km. That is awfully long. The original Death Star was 170km wide. That's only 30km longer, and look how fast that could go. Very slow, right? With something the mass of an 140km long object, you would need a giant reactor to power the engines (which would be huge and numerous), life support, weapons generators, and shields, not to mention that "offensive shield" thing which you employ, which would need a reactor that would be probaly around half the size of that which powered the Superlaser if it can incinerate a capital ship in one shot. And the foodstuffs to crew a ship that size would be enormous at the least, as you would need a crew size nearing 1 million.

It should still have speed limitations, and here's why. The ship is 140km. That is awfully long. The original Death Star was 170km wide. That's only 30km longer, and look how fast that could go. Very slow, right? With something the mass of an 140km long object, you would need a giant reactor to power the engines (which would be huge and numerous), life support, weapons generators, and shields, not to mention that "offensive shield" thing which you employ, which would need a reactor that would be probaly around half the size of that which powered the Superlaser if it can incinerate a capital ship in one shot. And the foodstuffs to crew a ship that size would be enormous at the least, as you would need a crew size nearing 1 million.

The multiple engines produce 44.5 YW. This thing pales in comparison to the Death Star's power. Remember my tech is considerably higher then Star Wars in all forms. With multiple thrusters to power it, it uses its shields as a weapon to. So its very agile and even a Death Star's full powered hit is only a shrug (if that) to the shields.

The multiple engines produce 44.5 YW. This thing pales in comparison to the Death Star's power. Remember my tech is considerably higher then Star Wars in all forms. With multiple thrusters to power it, it uses its shields as a weapon to. So its very agile and even a Death Star's full powered hit is only a shrug (if that) to the shields.

Dude, just give up. I'm pretty sure that there isn't a single person here that wouldn't simply ignore that on principle. I will admit that I do some pretty wanky stuff, but that is well past simple FT Techwank. This is well into the range of full on Godwank.

Whoa, a Death Star Superlaser is a shrug? What would the technical specs be for that shield? Or, what does it use as a power base and how does it operate as such?

The shield is a hybrid shield, Type 61C with DPM as the main projectile defensive mechanism. Basically, shooting a black hole on it won't work at all either, since it will have no effect when it hits the particles.

The shield is both physical and energy-based, and it spins around the ships, the DPM particles can also be used to completely shut down any and all communication when released, the shields can also emit a FTL inhibitor and TBWs to make sure no ship enters or leaves its death-trap.

Do a check on the power of the ship far-beats the death star...by maybe 4400 times. I forgot the Death Star's reactor power....I'll find it later.

The shield is a hybrid shield, Type 61C with DPM as the main projectile defensive mechanism. Basically, shooting a black hole on it won't work at all either, since it will have no effect when it hits the particles.

The shield is both physical and energy-based, and it spins around the ships, the DPM particles can also be used to completely shut down any and all communication when released, the shields can also emit a FTL inhibitor and TBWs to make sure no ship enters or leaves its death-trap.

Do a check on the power of the ship far-beats the death star...by maybe 4400 times. I forgot the Death Star's reactor power....I'll find it later.

Face it. You're simply digging your hole deeper. Just go away before we ALL put you on ignore. I know this is the last post of yours OR Tanthans I'll be responding to, due to egregious godwank. Welcome to the permanent Jolt Ignore List, please do not enjoy your stay.

Why do you think I asked if I could use it, I didn't RP the creation for Tanthan, I listed. Geeze. That's the point of ASKING, cause its my one-of-a-kind book vessel, not meant for it unless its accepted. I'd be much happier sticking with my 3 km Argent Class Capital Ships of Qe'lio's fleet..

OOC: This is why I quit the 21c RP. This guy decided that real-life Australia has at LEAST 600 F-18 Hornets. :rolleyes: And he still thinks there's nothing wrong with that, or what he's doing here.

Xeno, you're putting words in my mouth. They only have around 60. That's why I spent over 36 billion to get the planes. You're just a poor sport because you tried to be smart and failed horribly.

Hiding in the shipping lanes is a stupid idea. You god modded what I HAD, when its been almost 4 years and even when I showed you proof I was building forces on that island before, you ignored it. Frankly I think you should shut up, because I am asking to use a ST ship in Nationstates. I don't think it will be accepted, but hey I don't care. I'm ASKING first, if you can't handle me asking, then you should just shut up and not say anything ever again, because I have back up ships (which are much weaker), but they are more then plausible.

For the record...my population is by how many Elven, not total people. Only Elven are really 'people' in my nations eyes.

Brain....Hurts....

So your saying that you were going to enter a ship that you don't even have? I don't know about you, but my flagship is my flagship because its been around for a while; I Rped building it, I've Rped with it loads, just changed the name of late....But your saying that you haven't even BUILT IT?

Hasn't been posted here...at least I don't think so. The ship I wrote up the story over 5 months ago. The search function won't go back far enough for tanthan. So I don't play with it unless able to.

Asbena, I still find it difficult you can upkeep and maintain such a huge vessel - assuming you do have such a large vessel. Even with your other nations population of about 3 billion it would be extremly difficult to say the least. This ship of yours is on average roughly 10 times the size of other races, nations etc. flagships. In comparison, my flagships is approximatly 8km long, 8km wide and 8km high (it's kinda chunky). And even then I only possess one such ship. The rest of my ships are substantially smaller than this.

As a matter of fact my race in total only possesses about about a score of ships in the 1km+ range. The vast majority are in the under 1km range.

Well to put things into perspective. My nation is over 3000 years old in FT space. It has many different races under its control. Over 100 billion people are under its name, though the one's who fight most of the battles are the Elven. They are the aristocrats and intelligent part of the nation.

Starforges and all this other stuff would be under their control to. With such an all encompassing sphere of influence on their own Empire, they can defend themselves easily from the evil one that our relgious people spoke of. It was under a RELIGIOUS reasons that the Tnemada was built in the first place.

Tnemada... Adament spelled backwards...hmm? :P

Edit: Oh ya... The Tnemada is also called then Tnamada...but both is acceptable, one is the old way, the other the new way. The ship itself if the only ship able to travel the deep space alone. The capital ships have limits that prevent long explorations for many years.

Well to put things into perspective. My nation is over 3000 years old in FT space. It has many different races under its control. Over 100 billion people are under its name, though the one's who fight most of the battles are the Elven. They are the aristocrats and intelligent part of the nation.

Starforges and all this other stuff would be under their control to. With such an all encompassing sphere of influence on their own Empire, they can defend themselves easily from the evil one that our relgious people spoke of. It was under a RELIGIOUS reasons that the Tnemada was built in the first place.

Tnemada... Adament spelled backwards...hmm? :P

Edit: Oh ya... The Tnemada is also called then Tnamada...but both is acceptable, one is the old way, the other the new way. The ship itself if the only ship able to travel the deep space alone. The capital ships have limits that prevent long explorations for many years.

OOC: For someone who hasn't AT ALL roleplayed in the FT games, your race sure has accomplished a lot. :rolleyes:

OOC: For someone who hasn't AT ALL roleplayed in the FT games, your race sure has accomplished a lot. :rolleyes:

I have to. My nation is over a year older then yours, but I haven't done much FT stuff since last year. No one really uses post-Crest of the Stars stuff. People like Kyanges, New Dornelia are the only ones who would know how ridiculously complex or structured Tanthan is.

Asbena
Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 377

The Xeno
Gaming Master
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 946

Hmmm .. Older did you say? Hath the run of space and time gone amok in your mind?

I think he refers to his "other" nation, Zepplin.

While most of my ships are varients on these designs, these are my small types:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/sphere-design/bar/Bar25m.jpg

These are fighters:

http://homepage1.nifty.com/sphere-design/goth/Goth01m.jpg
http://homepage1.nifty.com/sphere-design/bar/bar24m.jpg

So, while many of my ships are incredibly small and agile (also extremely hard hitting as you can tell by the guns) they would pale in comparison to a much larger ship that dwarfs them.

Yes, Tanthan is nearing 3 billion. Asbena is my MT one.

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10533610#post10533610

Please take the argument here.

You are destroying the RP Thread by sustaining this argument. So far you have added two pages to the IC Thread that really are all OOC comments.

Stop it and take this out of the Thread, please.

Huntaer is interested in entering the

Terminator (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9322800&postcount=1) as it's official flag ship.

We would also like to add in our four other ships from our fleet

Tyrant (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9263398&postcount=1), Nemesis (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9221693&postcount=1), Megaladon (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9862289&postcount=16), and the Warhammer (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10250307&postcount=26).

If at all possible, we are interested in submitting the TIE Carrier (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10470295&postcount=28)


OOC: technically, there is no flag ship of Huntaer. Just a flag ship of each fleet. I guess the one I'm sending in would be the flag ship.

Side note, I've been unable to use NS for the last several days (why I've entered so late) and will be on and off for a while.

Good luck to everybody else.

Unfortunately, the contest is closed but you can enter any one of those ships in the Free-for-all afterwords. The choice is entirely up to you because no ships will get hurt due to the Wargame effects.

(OOC: Hey, A free for all! Interested. IC post to follow whenever that come around. Ship to be entered will be one of my dreadnaughts. (I'd enter my real flagship, but sadly, I just haven't made the hard stats for it yet, and I'd rather try to avoid excessive wankery, and discontinuity.)

Stats here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=10068901&postcount=1), and...that's a wrap.)

I'm in the process of updating the matches but I did finish the Free-for-all list.

Two contestants need to supply the name of the vessel they will decide to use.....


Let's get this back on track now.

Got my password back...can I submit the ship or not? Otherwise I'll use a standard capital ship.

You never answered my question about the half-time show...


I stated the contest was open to anyone and I will have to go by what I have stated before.

Remember, if you bring that monstrosity, the size alone will make you a target for dogpiling...

I rather not risk my one of a kind ship, cause specifically someone knows every single flaw with the tech now.....and I mean EVERY flaw to its fullest extent. If it is considered as a real situation I won't dare bring anything into it of such importance, I surely don't have the resources to build another to protect myself.

I rather not risk my one of a kind ship, cause specifically someone knows every single flaw with the tech now.....and I mean EVERY flaw to its fullest extent. If it is considered as a real situation I won't dare bring anything into it of such importance, I surely don't have the resources to build another to protect myself.

Heh...

Heh...

Don't Heh me...

Balrogga, will all losses be considered real in the NS world with the free-for-all or not? Also what half-time show?

Edit: Stupid jolt...sry for the double.

Heh...

Not connected.

I think we can safely say that reading comprehension is not one of Asbena's stronger suits.

*cough*

We will be using full wargame rules meaning everything will be done with targeting lasers, dummy warheads, and computer simulated superweapons. There will be no actual risk to any of the ships. Every weapon will be modified so it cannot do anything worse than, at most, a scratch in your paint. Defenses will be fully powered but all ordinances would be filled with marker gel and the ships will be sprayed with a clear coating (which we will also remove afterwards) that will react to the targeting lasers showing hits.

Taken from first post.

I think we can safely say that reading comprehension is not one of Asbena's stronger suits.

*cough*



Taken from first post.

My mistake. Thanks Godular. Totally blanked out from all this arguing. Thankies!

Darn. I was hoping for a retort. Oh well. Yer welcome.

Darn. I was hoping for a retort. Oh well. Yer welcome.

Oh no, I wouldn't do that. I'm in the wrong, I'll accept that, my mistake. Thanks for helping me clear it up. Under such case though, I'll enter the Tnemada just to see how long I can keep her out of harm and away from being noticed before striking the other flagships.

Also, please post with the correct nation.

It could be considered a form of puppetwanking.......

tfu wont post

Well, the week deadline expires friday about Midnight (when I get the chance)

Standings updated for the two fights that have finished or expired.

The rest are either active or awaiting disqualification

If anyone else wants into the Free-for all, they need to post their ships and please use the correct nation when posting.

Ok looks like its time to move on, Otagia had all day to post, but he did not. Perhaps it was because he got upset, most people agreed with me and wouldnt fight that monster of godmodding he created. [that doesnt work, even the fake tech...I mean i use fake tech..but my god nothing like that..]
So whats the next round?

The timeframe that needs to pass for a disqualification to occur is one week.

He posted an OCC statement on the 7th and an IC statement on the 6th.

By the above stated rule, he has until the 14th before he becomes disqualified for not posting.


Please note, I refuse to take anyone's side and will remain absolutely Neutral

I'd like to enter the Free For All with the Pride of Yatze if thats possible.

Well, everybody knew what FT was all about, though I don't suppose anyone expected it to become 'official'.

We would be happy to place The Pride of Yatze on the waiting list for the Free-For-all. As a matter of fact, I have just finished submitting it for the judges to put the name up.

I thank you for your application and hope to see how well you fare out there.


Note to Kyanges and Huntaar:

We have also recieved your aplications but you neglected to fill in the names of your ships. We hope this oversight will be taken care of at your earliest convienance. Without the names of your ships, the entry will not be complete and that would prevent you from being able to enter the Free-for-all.

Thank you for taking care of this situation.

Can I enter my Wraith SSD? I have A picture in my signature, I'll give a linky soon to the stats.

You mat enter any ship you have that you designate as your flagship. Remember, the larger they are, the better chance they will get dogpiled by other characters.

When you decide, please be sure to submit the ship and it's name.



OOC:

Your Nemisis link is dead...

Just for clarification do I need to also post the stats about how it works and everything else in the OOC thread?

Edit: I mean EVERYTHING

OOC:

Yes, you post everything you need in your ship description. Then you post your request for entry in the IC thread. Be sure to include the name of your ship and use the right puppet because an MT nation cannot possess anything that can be entered here. Also be sure to post during the competition with the correct nation.

You don't want to give anyone a reason to IGNORE you....

After much consideration, Battlenet ISIS of the Eternal Empire has deigned to enter her current flag vessel, the "Wraths Blossom", formally of admiral Daibai, into the Free-For-All.

To alleviate any concerns, the specifications of the Blossom are as follows.


http://photobucket.com/albums/v639/Guo2/?action=view&current=WrathBlossomdestroyer.jpg
Length: 2,800m
Height: 1,200m
Width: 600m
Armour classification: Super-heavy density Eggshield*, 30 metres thermokinetic foam** forty metres double plasma coated titanium armour, 10 further metres thermokinetic foam, 1m titanium armour.
Weapons specification: twelve hundred hummingbird missile tubes along central body, further one hundred per each primary spike (totalling six hundred extra-tubes) 2 Heavy anti-cap masers mounted on prow, twelve more mounted along central body. 150 point defense masers mounted at strategic points along hull. 30 Peasoup*** compressed electron anti-kinetic systems.
Power generation system: 1 Gridsphere, and spare capacitors to run on battle-ready status for 36 hours.

*eggshield definition: thick, diffractive gaseous cloud contained within a powerful magnetic field. Diffractive gases disperse and absorb energy of beam weapons, attempting to disperse them before contact with hull.
**Thermokinetic foam: Twin-purpose protective foaming layering the outside of the hull (not shown in picture) and the layer between titanium plating. This foaming hardens when struck with a kinetic impact, or burns when struck with an energy beam, attempting to disperse or absorb the impact.
*** Peasoup compressed electron anti-kinetic system: Using super-compressed electrons, released when kinetic weaponry approaches, they attempt to ablate the impact by providing a solid field of force for any kinetic weapon to impact on.

I will add your ship to the list and please post your ship stats in the OOC Thread for easy discovery

Hohum.

"The Exodian government wishes to send the "Baiulus" and it's contents for the final match in the tournament. The ability to enter such contests without the riks of actual loss of ships is very appealing here."

(Well, the Baiulus is the first post on page 11 of the OOC-thread as you will have noticed by now. And sorry if this is a bit of a crappy post, I'm not feeling too well at the moment...)

The emcee points to the first large screen showing The Virulent and The Sword of Arioch.

"They really seem to be fighting admirably. Both sides have been trading blows and they seep like they are still ready to keep it going."

He points at a second large screen showing The Arc Impulse and The Joseph.

"These two seem to be exchanging missile barrage after barrage. It is difficult to see the conditions of their ships through all the shrapnel.”

He finally points at a third screen showing The Winston S. Churchill and The Doombringer.

“Our last battle seems to have stalemated and they are asking the Judges for a ruling upon their battle. The other contestants are voting upon their fates so I will be bringing word of their decision soon.”


EDIT: Updated listings

OOC: Pretty useless, just to say I'm still here.
IC:Captain Gerwitzen stared at a mess of sensor screens, trying to come to terms with his opponents. And just watching the show. A midshipman sipped beer as he "ooh-ed" and "ah-ed".
Finally, he tore his eyes away from the screen to send a message to the events organizer, requesting permission to dock.

From the Neti:

Message to our hosts:
Matters of strategic importance call us from our position here. The Neti, alas, is a working vessal and our presence is needed some distance from here.

We have enjoyed our time here observing and fighting. Trinity Prime, however, will be represented by another ship in the games later. It is the Command and Support Crusier Arathusa (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y293/jeudesprit/trinity/Trinitydreadnaught2.png). The craft should arrive within 12 standard hours.

If Arathusa is not permitted to participate in the free style fight at the end, they would still like to be observers...offering commentary.

-Admiral Karl Stapleton , commanding Neti, out.

I am Lord-Marshall Cetanu Guan'thwe of the Colonial Empire of Helghan Colonial Force. We wish to enter our ship, if it is not too late. Our new Warbird Cetanu has been battl ready for some time now, yet has never seen action. We wish to use your competition to test it. We eagerly await your response.

Wait, I got lost on the 6th page, who's still in?

(No I'm not lazy, just confused)

We are waiting on Chronosia and AB to finish their Round 1 fight before we advance to Round 2

I would like to place the S.S Doppleganger from Sparta Infensus.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, We have finally finished Round ! and it looks like the winners are posted upon all the vid screens. We ask that everyone have all the fun this evening they can stand (or crawl) and then we start the Second Round at High Noon. Each of the teams will be provided with footage from the battles to review if they don’t feel like celebrating their victory toasts.”


“But for now, everyone gets a drink on the House.”

The next morning, the Emcee, looking a bit under the weather was standing on the stage trying to do his job. Every time the microphone fed back, he would wince as the sound trove through his skull. In the sound booth, a pair of techs were giggling out of control as they “adjusted” the quality of the Emcee’s monitors “accidentally” causing the feedback in his earpiece.

“Good morning, or rather Morning. We all had one doosie of an evening by the looks of things.”

“Today we have the start of Round 2. The ships have been reset so all the illusionary damage is gone. The captains have had the chance to review any of the footage we all saw.”

“Well, in the first ring we have Pennsylvania going against The Ultra Phoenix.”
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10905176#post10905176

“In Ring Two we have Metal Militia III battling against the VSS Nortoga.”
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10905179#post10905179

“The Third Ring there is The Sword Of Arioch going head to head with The Winston S. Churchill.”
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10905183#post10905183

“And Finally in the Fourth Ring you will find The Kitten baring it’s claws against The Joseph.”
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10905185#post10905185

“We ask that all contestants present their ships for the required scans and then report to your starting positions for the contest start.”

*BUMPED* for shits and giggles. That and I want Joseph to start shooting at things again. Boredom and all that jazz.

"Ladies and gentlethings, it appears as if the partying last night was too much for some of the participants. Half the crews have yet to show for the start of Round 2."


OOC:

*POKE*

Hey, well, since we definitely didn't spike the drinks, there's nothing to worry about! Just remember, we didn't spike the drinks, and, if they happened to be spiked, it was probably crab people.

The Emcee pickes up his glass to take a drink. He looks at the glass, noticing a large nail within the drink itself. He pulles it out with two fingers, looks at it curiosly, and tosses it over his shoulder. As he drains his glass, he fails to notice the shattering sound of one of the monitors behind him being punctured by the nail.

President Akers was watching the events of the competition and quickly sent word to Fleet Command. Within twenty minutes the Gold Eagle class Universe Cruiser Hellfire was being prepped to generate an artificial wormhole into Balroggan space.

He also opened diplomatic channels to the Balroggan Empire:

Official Diplomatic Query
To: The head of the Balroggan Empire
From: President John Akers of the Dominion
Subject: Intergalactic Flagship Competition
Is it too late to send in an entry?

OOC: The skinny on my vessel. More detailed stats available upon request.
Gold Eagle Class Universe Cruiser (DWS Burning Hellfire)
Length: 20 km
Width: 2 km
Height: 3.5 km
Armor: 6 foot thick tritanium battleplate with ablative outer layer
Shields: Dual layer Hyperphasic Energy Absorbing Shield Grid Mark XI
Power Source: Quantum singularity core
Weapons: 18 hangar pods, 50 heavy plasma turrets, 30 plasma torpedo tubes, one conventional capable, 40 turbolaser batteries, 60 focused plasma emitters
Crew: 8000, 720 pilots, 2000 DDF soldiers
Fighters: 360 Advanced Gunship Fighters
Engines: Rear Gravitic Thruster drive
FTL: Artificial Wormhole Generator

This was my first Flagship contest and if you look at the last date anyone posted, it is from 2006.

I reciently started a second a few months ago but due to a noob complaining to the mods thinking the individual Threads were spam, the contest was forced to either have eight contests post their actions on a single Thread or to move it off the forum. Since the first option would ammount to only confusion and missed posts, I moved the contest onto an offsite forum which caused others to lose interest.

The offsite forum is open for anyone who wants to use it as a wargame. You can also use it to store a second copy of the stats for your forces.



Relevent Threads:

Second Flagship Contest IC Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=568271)

Second Flagship contest sign up Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565133)

Second Flagship OOC Thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=565134)

Battle Star Off-site forums (http://z10.invisionfree.com/Battle_Star/index.php?act=idx)