NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: This is the thread. Just doing some last minute preparations, the thing is an expensive dark universe. No planets around, no asteriods, no sun or problems. The cold dark of space only....and our ships.

(OOC: I think that story will be out of this. We'll try some tricks, and if this devolves into a boring slug fest, we'll pull out, and I'll continue to call your tech out for minor godmodding offenses.

We'll also do this like a basic, you do this, then I do that scenario, so there's no time wasted making quotes, and dramatized story lines...)

(OOC: I think that story will be out of this. We'll try some tricks, and if this devolves into a boring slug fest, we'll pull out, and I'll continue to call your tech out for minor godmodding offenses.)

OOC: What story?

IC:

The Tanthan Fleet inexplicility has the mighty Tnemada from Qe'lio's domain after a phase-shift jump gone horribly wrong. Unknowning of their location the massive ship begins sending out probes to search for a star that matches the luminosity and type of one they know. The ship is not cloaked or moving, but it gives out an extremely large energy signature. About that of a gamma-ray burst as it arrives into the terriority, shooting tachyons across the system, a loud and unexpected arrival.

The massive ship's cloaking was down and the ship's white exterior shown, it was polished and well taken care of with massive side ports and engine complexes in the center. The huge sun-killer cannons were carefully protected by the Adaman Blast doors, that consealed them from the enemy.

On the ships bridge, the pilot sat in her chair, growling. The bridge was built like a massive Tanthan Cathedral. Crisp clean white walls with blue strips for edging. The place was sterile and clean. The bridge held only five people and three-dimensional combat screens and simulators, weapon controls, diagnostics, shield information and every possible function of the ship was read on the screens.

The information flew by the thousands, in a language that seemed almost runic in nature. The navigator eyes were fixated on the screen, almost as if she was entirely bored with the system.

"High Command Navigator Layette Dirac Jesani, the extreme long range tachyon sensors have picked up our trail and I am currently analyzing the data for a return course."

The stern woman in the back whose eyes fixated on the young recruit eyes burned with hatred in them, "Prince Haun of Laon, do not refer to me by that name. I am Princess Layette Dirac Jesani of Andross not just your superior officer, but your superior in life! Don't forget it."

The young navigato apologized repeatly and gave Layette the information, in which she began checking it, breezing through the data just as fast as he could.

"The tachyon sensors have been giving the wrong information from these two points. Engineering will fix them, though we shall adjust course by 1% towards the star and we will be back in the Empire's domain. Send out the vessels. Let's make sure we scan this region before we return."
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OOC: Bump for Kyanges :o

What a day to take a wrong turn. From the vast void that was the heavens came a thunderous explosion of energy and might. Furious crackles of energy leapt forth from what was the oft understated power of hyperspace, and from this awesome display, came a ship. Nearby, another blast, and another... Ship after ship poured out from their jumpgates, and within seconds, the massive ship found itself surrounded by the powerful fleets of the Eshirian Sovereignty.

The wayward vessel had stumbled into Eshirian Territory. And while it hoped to leave quickly, it would not do so without...consequence.


Wideband PsiCommu Broadcast:
<Xeno vessel, you have entered Sovereign Space, and you have done so without permission. Explain your actions. You know the rest...>

Transmission to the incoming fleet:

"This is the Tnemada of Tanthan. Allow us to leave this region peacefully or you will start a war with the Empire."

The Tnemada began targetting every ship that appeared, saving their positions as a shadow surrounded the ship, the Sea of Dirac effectively silencing communication and what the ship was planning inside of its shields. Even the emissions from the engine were hidden, its as if a shadow swallowed the massive ship hole, it grew in diameter around the ship to a size of a full kilometer.

bump for kyanges

(OOC: Not incoming. Already surrounding you. And sorry, last day of fencing today, along with College acceptance letter.)

IC:

<Unfortunately, you have already started a war by entering our space unannounced. I'm afraid that by our laws, you have already initiated the aggression. Under the articles of Sovereignty, Gradu: 1-1-2-9, I'm am forced to act with all under my power to defend my country.>

And with that, all ships jumped from their initial exit positions, cloaking when possible, and unleashing off a wall of light and energy towards the quickly disappearing enemy vessel.

<All vessels, DSADS attack scheme. All ships, lock on mass signature of that hulk. Full battery, siege cannons, and siege vessels! Let'em loose!>

As Eshirian propulsion did not expel any exhaust, there was naturally no exhaust to mask, and the entire fleet of thousands of ships, including three with main guns 20 KM long, let off their volley (Enough to vaporize an entire world thousands of times over), cloaked, masking their mass signatures from anything more than a few hundred meters away, kept com silence, and jumped away once again, this time, not reappearing.

FTLi fields were set forth in the area by left over Maxer Drones in the area. They formed a mist of nanobots, creating an artificial nebula that would dissolve any opponent unfortunate enough to wander in, while giving the Eshirian Fleet new found cover.

The main points of this entire dance were simple.
-FTLi fields prevented the enemy from leaving. No matter what form of FTL it used.
-One volley enough to cleanly vaporize a star system was fired at point blank right towards the enemy ship.
-Maxer Drones would take debris from destroyed ships, and in the void, generate all the materials necessary for repairs to friendly ships.

In addition, many of the weapons were simply shield ignoring. Nearly half of the projectiles, missiles and torpedoes would simply phase into another space, pass the shields, and then phase back in,to whatever space the enemy vessel was in, dealing direct damage to the hull.

Of course, the enemy would not know the exact meaning of each act, nor that their shields would by nigh useless... Only that they had a wall of fire coming towards them. One that would make the Death Star look like a match underwater...

OOC: If your missiles do that then my ship gets away because its PHASE-SPACE, it doesn't exist on the same plane. FTL fields would work if they go hyperspace....which they wouldn't. Remember how I also told you a Sea of Dirac is a region in which even my own phase-space weapons are unable to penatrate and how I have to open a hole for it to pass through? I seriously have to say one of these happens:

1. Ship goes phase-space and is gone before your barrage hits it.
2. You can't get a said lock and are shooting wildly at the shadow.
3. I assume your using just the standard light the thing up without any IC knowledge of the shield or how it works yet and because of a 'wall' of fire, which exerts the full ability of my shields to work in all their beauty.

Assuming number 1 isn't possible. Making number 2 possible because shields were up before targeting and firing, and since number 2 is active, and your terminology meaning number 3 is true also....
IC------

As the Tnemada began to jump a strange signature was noted before they could jump into phase-space to get away, a clear sign that the enemy was advanced and would not toy with the fleet's ship.

The commander yelled, "Deploy shields! Engine power to maximum! Switch mines to railguns, they are using a FTL inhibitor!"

The troops were stunned, never before had they cranked the engines up to full combat conditions....

---------Inside the Reactors------------
Anti-matter inside the Tnemada flooded the massive engines, exploding in a huge release of energy, the ship's engines finally recieving the first full test of power.

The gauges on the engines turned to full and cranked up all the way. The ship's lights went out for a split second as the surge of energy was sent to the shield in such a rush that the enemy fleet would be shocked by the surge and field change in the shield.
--------------Outside the Ship------------

Pieces in the hull moved in and split, revealing thousands of holes that were filled with space mines. Inter-dimensional weaponry that carried their own shields and are capable of launching into phase-space, if it weren't for the FTL inhibitor.

The mines were loaded onto the rail-guns so they could be fired at light speed through their own shield and out into the enemy with a severe calculated barrage that should catch them off guard. Though it would take only three minutes to charge and load every mine into position. They needed all fifty thousand if it were to wipe the enemy out in a decisive blow.

From other holes on the hull a thick black particulate matter began streaming into the Sea of Dirac. The physical shield growing in density to better aid the ship.

-------------Outside the Shield-----------------
The one kilometer shield crackled with a surge of energy as the engines came onto full power. The shadow around the ship hiding the inner workings of the ship, it continued to grow in size expanding towards the fleet ships evenly.

Though as the shields expanded the barrage began to touch the hybrid shields. As energy based weapons hit the shields they'd be reflected back towards their firing location, asborbing some of the heat energy in the process into the shields.

As for the numerous projectile weaponry, that were shield ignoring (OOC: Assuming energy shield ignoring) they would hit the Sea of Dirac and ripple the shadow as they entered the one kilometer range and dissappear into another universe. If large and dense missiles were launched they'd dissappear into the Sea of Dirac and leave a ripple as they pass through the shield, each time being eaten away in exact relation to its mass per area of the shield on the object.

(OOC: Absorbation rate of the shield is equal to 10 tons * total surface area of the object (meters) * shield diameter * per second to travel across the surface:

Essentially if your object has a total area of 50 meters when it enters the Sea of Dirac it will have to weigh 10 * 50 * 1000 for 500,000+ tons to pierce through the sea of dirac and 500,000+ tons per second it takes to cross (if it takes more then 1). The reason for this is because each part of the Sea of Dirac is capable of transfering the matter is able to be done as soon as it comes in contact with a foreign object.)

As the missiles entered the Sea of Dirac what happens to them would remain a mystery, but any projectile over 500k ton in mass (and assuming weapon is still active and in its hard shell) the missile would come in contact with the thick hull of the Tnemada to explode or damage the interior.

However as the ripples in the Sea of Dirac were only proportionate to the surface area of the object which would ultimately reduce the ability of the shield to asborb the projectiles.
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OOC:
For anyone who read all that....its really hard to explain, and I did the best I could with this explaination and formula provided. What this means is that energy weapons are dealt with by the energy portion of the shield and is reflected BACK on its source (with some heat asborbed in the process) and projectiles distort and are eaten by the sea of dirac. It has its capacity that offers superior protection against torpedos and missiles, but the more dense an object is the greater its ability pentrate the shield.

Although this is the beginning the shield does have some unexpected moves which I want to clear up right here and now. The shield is a hybrid shield and can even SPIN around the ship, though this means laser fire is also deflected and its not back upon the source, but is scattered in all directions offering a much higher heat transfer for a beam into the shield (warms up more evenly instead of one hot transfer which cools slower, but the upside is that the shield is able to cool down faster total then a single 'burn' on the energy side of the shield which when pushed through will cause the ship to heat up and begin to melt and in extreme situations blast a hole into the Dirac Sea (it has to have mass behind it) and attack the shields directly with a massive super concentrated blast.

This is how the shields can shrug off a Death Star blast, it will reflect alot of the blast and send it right back onto the Death Star if it is not spinning, or if it is spinning scatter it like a prism in all directions as sub-beams. However a anti-proton laser will carry mass behind it which can push through the physical shield to cause direct damage on the Tnemada. (Still the anti-proton laser has to deal with the absorbing properties of the physical shield, but when concentrated highly it can break through by sheer brute force.

The shields ultimate weakness is suicidal ramming techniques which will be incredibly deadly against compact thin rail-type ships with low surface area and incredibly high density moving at great speed (not really a problem to move 1 km in 1 sec though anyways... though if the Tnemada is moving away from the ship it may be enough to close the gap so the relative speed to pierce the shields is longer....doubling, tripling and quadrupling and so on the amount of mass lost before a ramming move will push through)

Though the final ace of the shield is that it can grow or shrink in relative density. If it expands it loses density (if no DPM is added to balance is) and basically swat ships from the safety of the shield. HOWEVER this requires a ship to target and send the location of the target to the Tnemada in order to properly attack it without using its own systems (which requires putting a considerable hole in the shield to target, track and follow the target...which screams a target) The Tnemada has to use a capital ship, communication ship to really target the ships properly.

I'll describe more as needed....:O

(OOC: I'll put up and IC response on Saturday. Have to go somewhere important today. Something to do with State Robotics competition.

But I'd just like to say that:

-The projectiles are designed to phase to any space. The whole point was to counter people who'd phase into some random space, and try to say that I couldn't hit them. Sooo...I politely ask you make one concession, and let the missiles hit.

-Second, if your ship can't be hit by missiles because it can phase out, then how in the world can anyone exploit your weakness to ramming in the first place if the ship is essentially just a bigger mass slamming into your ship? I've basically hit your ship with the equal mass and force of several small cruisers ramming your ship. (Discounting the energy blast, which I'll fully accept as being neutralized. Count that as my concession.

-Third, RP wise, I had to do something. You only RP'ed your void thingy covering 1 KM on your ship in the previous post, so I took that shot. The whole idea of the RP is that you respond to that. Therefore I ask that you please refrain from posting statements that seem to imply that I don't really understand how your tech works.

Again, IC post on Saturday. Thanks!)

1. Its not phasing. It is still on the real plane and cannot be made any clearer then what I did.

2. That's the point....you didn't exploit the weakness, and although you don't know it ICly, your type of fire it actually what its designed to do.

3. It's staying one kilometer in width, if it gets larger I lose density. If it gets smaller it gains density (which I won't cause you don't have Artemis Cannons).

If I didn't fully explain the strengths in weaknesses, ask me here, cause you didn't get it over the phone. By the way...the ship is capable of firing on you now through its own shields. With previously told knowledge.

I can't give you any more advantages then I already have. As is they don't have a targetting ship or back up or the ability to get away (which they really should have, but I made that concession).

So far you have proved ICly you don't know how the tech works, let's hope you were being sarcastic about the OOC stuff. I gave specifics on HOW to break the shield and I've answered every question you had on it without going into a huge speech of it. This my original tech, almost no flaws and built to be multi-purpose. Your ships don't even know how big the shield is...its a shadow that nothing exits from or reflects off of. Be realistic, how would you react to this shadow that eats all your firepower and doesn't fire back?

BTW...IT WILL FIRE BACK! You don't know when or how (but I gave 3 minutes for ICly) and it will be a TOTAL barrage.

Wait till the shield spins....if you think the standing shield is godly. Though as I said...a spinning shield is the ultimate defense for the Tnemada...it just has one fatal flaw; the ship can't fire back unless it takes out a HUGE section of the shield or stops it. Also...they are blind unless recieving FTL transmissions from a comm. ship.

(OOC: You still don't get it. You stated one of the biggest weaknesses of your ship is its susceptibility to ramming. I have just hit you with the equivalent of slamming numerous small ships into you. Yet you say you can phase away. How can I hope to ram you if you can just phase away the same way you did against our missiles?)