NationStates Jolt Archive

" How much longer untell we luanch?!" A young girl yelled out as she walked back and forth on the bridge of the Eternal the newest Izumo class battleship of the Orb Union.

" Soon Representative" Captian Erika said as she sat down her cup of tea. The young girl was in fact Cagalli Yula Athha current leader of the Orb Union. She was still inexprinced and let her emotions get in the way of many decsions. But at the age of 18 she was still wise beyound her years however many questioned her judgement on going on this trip. She had been to space many times befor and piloted a mobile suit n combat. However this ship was equiped with a new type of engian. A hyperdrive able to reach lightspeed. This ship was the secound genration of ships to have such a drive however they had never went far beyound the system. However this mission they would head out far into space where they would broadcast a long range transmission to see if there is a answer. This is being done for two reasions. One to test out the ship on a long range mission and secound to not attract guest near to earth incase they are not friendly

Two more hours passed as the last of the supplys were loaded and the crew all on the ship. Last mintue checks were done befor the Captian Erika announced to the crew of the Eternal " Today we set forth to find other life and bring in a new era for not only Orb but for all of mankind . We hope that they will be peaceful however be on alert as the hope of our nation Cagalli Yula Athha is with us."

Cagalli slightly blushed she still wasnt use to being called things like that. That was one reasion she did not like to be called Princess or anyother such royal title.

Captian Erika took her seat in the Captians chair and gave the orders to undock from New Heliopolis and enter hyperdrive oncoarse to take them into the depths of space.

tag post to come

"Sensors clear... Everything's quiet, skipper."

Captain Harold Leone stood over the holotable in the CIC of the INS-678CC Avignon, a Radiance-class cruiser, looking over the sector display. Everything was quiet today.

"Continue on the patrol route. And increase sensor sweeps. If there is something out there, we're going to learn about it."
"Aye, skipper."

The cruiser continued through the black abyss known as space, her sublight engines glowing blue as she gently cruised on...

Cagalli stood on the bridge for a good hour looking out. She had never been on a space that had entered hyperdrive. The feeling she got seeing such a amazing sight was much like the same feeling she had the first time she piloted a mobile suit.

" We exited Sol system about 5 hours ago when you were sleeping." Captian Erika said looking back at Cagalli.

" Its amazing i never thought i would be on the first ship to leave our solor system and attempt to make first conntact. I wish Athran could have come with us but he had other matters to attend to along with Kira." Cagalli said

" Yes your brother is busy getting ready for his wedding with Lacus Clyne." Captian Erika said.

" Yes in three weeks from tommrow. I hope we are done with our mission and return by then. I would feel horrible to miss my brothers wedding." Cagalli said sadly

"Captian we are arriveing at the transmission zone." The helmsman said.

" Alright exit hyperdrive and ready the transmission" Captian Erika said. A bright flash of light flashed as the Eternal exited hyperspace in a uninhabbited system. The ship entered orbit of the 7th world of the system near the edge of the system and begian to transmit its message.

To all lifeforms of space we are the people of The Untied Orb Union. We are from a small island on a world called earth. We come in the name of peace and wish to meet other lightspeed capable species and nations. Along with this message we are transmitting information on our history and on mankind. We also have our current location attached to the information as well if anyone out there wishs to meet us in persion.

The message was set to be sent out ever 10 mintues for the next week. Now all they could do is sit and wait

"Sir, incoming transmission!"
"Put it up, main display."
"Aye, sir."

To all lifeforms of space we are the people of The Untied Orb Union. We are from a small island on a world called earth. We come in the name of peace and wish to meet other lightspeed capable species and nations. Along with this message we are transmitting information on our history and on mankind. We also have our current location attached to the information as well if anyone out there wishs to meet us in persion.

"Earth? Well, I guess the old place is alive and kicking."
"Aye, sir. It appears so."
"This'll be our first official contact with a nation from Earth since... Well, since the Exodus. Way before our time."
"Should we prepare a response, sir?"
"Yeah... Lemme type one up."

Attention United Orb Union, this is Cravanian Imperial vessel INS Avignon. We are currently en route to your current location in order to establish communications.

"Fire up the drives... We're paying them a visit."
"Yes, sir."

The FTL drives of the cruiser warmed up, and with a great flash the ship disappeared into hyperspace...

...Miniutes later, realspace appeared for the Avignon.

"Contact, sir, bearing zero-one-two-four."
"Open a channel."
"Aye, sir."

An audio channel was opened with the ship from the United Orb Union.

"Attention United Orb Union ship, this is the INS Avignon, Cravanian Imperial Navy. Please identify yourself."

"Interesting, what appears to be an interspatial neophyte."
"Seems that way, you recording the information and back-tracking the message?"
"Of course, are you doubting my sensors again?"
"No Karen. If you say your sensors are working, then I'll believe you. I don't want you reversing the AG when I'm in the bathroom again."
"Good, so standard proceedure."
"Yep, take us to go meet these Untied Orbites."

The Karen scout ship flicked into hyperspace, while challenging Sean to a game of cubic sudoku.

Sometime later the ship re-entered to greet their new neighbours.

The Communcations offcer turned fast " Ma'am we have a incomeing transmission from a ship of unknown origin approuching."

" Put it on speakers" Captian Erika said. As they heard the message they knew they had done it. Their message had been heard and they were about to make first conntact.

Captian Erika turned and smiled at Cagalli " They will want to be speaking with you."

Cagalli noded and took a deep breath as she sent the reply

" This is the Orb Union Battleship Eternal,I am Representative Cagalli Yula Athha."

Cagalli looked back at Captian Erika who could tell the look was one of Please tell me what should i say now? She stood and wispeared into Cagalli's ear who then repeated what she was told

" On behalf of the People of the Orb Union and Earth I would like to greet you."

At almost the same moment the reply was sent sensors picked up yet another vessle entering the system.

"Howdy. How's things been on Earth? It's been a while since we've been home.", replied Captain Leone.

Hello there, I believe you're the one who sent out the message recently. It's nice to welcome our new neighbours, though when talking interstellar distances the term is relative. We're from the nation of Theao. I believe you also mentioned a face-to-face...

Sean spoke the message, which was transmitted by Karen, thought she added a comedic routine of someone doing bunny ears and such not, as he talked.

" They are from earth?!" Captian Erika said in shock.

" That is possible during World War III and IV much of the earths history was lost when the UN collapsed. It is possible some humans had left earth long befor Orb had come around and the history of their leaving was long gone by then." The Communcations officer said.

Cagalli replyed to the message " The Earth is recovering from the Bloody Valentine War. However now things are rather peaceful. Can ou tell me a little of your nation? I am curious to your nations history as any data of humans leaving earth and sol system befor this day had been lost to our knowledge."

Cagalli then replyed to the message from the Theao ship " I would like to thank you for the welcome and i am glad you took the time to come to meet us face to face. He wished for such a meeting as I feel its diffrent to meet people in persion then via long range communcations. If you wish we can meet on this ship or yours wich every is best." Cagalli got a slight laugh off at the sight of the bunny ears. Captian Erika too couldnt help but to snicker a little.

"Well, our people were evacuated from the homeland about 200 years ago when a major war was brewing, which threatened to completely destroy the world. We cut off contact with the outside universe when we landed on New Cravan for that time, only venturing out recently to reestablish contact."

Your ship would probably be best, mine's not quite built for company. Hey, I'm most certainly built for company, you just don't bother keeping me clean. A distinctly female voice protested. We'll discuss my cleaning skills or lack thereof later. There was a faint pause before he continued, Now where would be the best place to dock?

A few seconds later, You didn't just transmitte all of that, did you? Yep, came the smug female voice before the transmission finished.

A now quite embarressed Sean awaited confirmation of where to dock, wondering how he'd explain away the AS and her sense of humour.

OOC: Theao the hanger bay for this ship would only be able to handel a shuttle sized ship as its not as large as most NS battleships its only 290 meters long. If your ship is small enough then i will request them to dock in the hanger bay if not their is a outside hatch which can be connected to a hatch on your ship via a tunnel. Once i know the size of your ship i will reply

IC: " I see Orb was founded much like that with people fleeing wars and choas founded the Nation of Orb which has tried its best to avoid any and all wars. The Orb Union would be very willing to sign a trade agreement with your nation as soon as possible however i am sure i would have to speak with someone in a high ranking postion in your goverment to form treatys."
Cagalli said

ooc: It's bigger than a shuttle(fifty meters length)

Captian Erika replyed to the request to dock from the vessle from Theao " we will extend a docking tunnel if you can postion one of your hatchs to it and lock into it then it will provide a bridge between our two ships."

Thank you.

The Karen activated it's primary engines till it got within range of the vessel before manuvering into position, matching airlock to docking tunnel.

Sean and Karen both, after cycling throught the lock headed throught the tunnel. Sean was wearing a neat red and black uniform with golden epaulets, but his brown hair was moderately messy. Karen wore a plain black body suit which emphasised her figure and contrasted nicely with her near platinum blond hair.

OOC: Theao the hanger bay for this ship would only be able to handel a shuttle sized ship as its not as large as most NS battleships its only 290 meters long. If your ship is small enough then i will request them to dock in the hanger bay if not their is a outside hatch which can be connected to a hatch on your ship via a tunnel. Once i know the size of your ship i will reply

IC: " I see Orb was founded much like that with people fleeing wars and choas founded the Nation of Orb which has tried its best to avoid any and all wars. The Orb Union would be very willing to sign a trade agreement with your nation as soon as possible however i am sure i would have to speak with someone in a high ranking postion in your goverment to form treatys."
Cagalli said

"We'll contact our government and request they send a diplomatic representative to meet with you to discuss an agreement like that."

OC: And with that, I'll post more tomorrow... Or rather today...

Cagalli wore her Royal/Military Uniform. Aside from being the head of the nation she was also the Lion of Orb which was the Military Commander of the Nation. She stood at the airlock with Captian Erika as the hatch opened. She smiled as she saw her guest enter " Welcome aboard the Eternal" Cagalli held her hand out the shake the hand of Sean and Karen.

OOC: Picture of Cagalli in her uniform she is the one to the right.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Cagalli_and_plantrep.JPG

"Thank you for the welcome." Sean said as he shook Cagalli's hand. Karen also shook thier host's hand. "So what brings you out into the universe at large?" He asked

ooc: I've seen Gundam Seed, so I recognise some of your characters

" Well with the destruction of The Requiem Tactical Cannon and Neo Genesis peace between Orb and PLANT aswell as peace between PLANT and the Earth Alliance seems to be stable atlast. With the threat of war gone we felt it was time to start exploreing the universe and put the Hyperdrives to use. We had developed them some eleven years ago back when i was a child but they were never put to much use even during the war. However in this new era of peace we will be useing them more and more as we wish to explore into space and make conntact with many space nations like yours." Cagalli said

OOC: cool i am baseing Orb about three months after the end of Gundam Seed Destiny with some some story alterations ofcoarse to fit into my story line.

"Ah. I don't get a few of the references but that's alright." Sean replied with a smile, "Thought I can almost guarantee you won't find a nation quite like ours."

"Also, I'm not sure if it is, but it's generally a good idea to have some weapons. Many nations aren't exactly friendly. But that's enought pessimistic talk. Would it be possible to head somewhere more sociable for a Q&A session?"

ooc: Haven't seen Destiny. Also last post till I wake up

Cagalli nodded " ofcoarse we can head to the officers meeting room. There there we can go on with our talk." As she turned and escorted her guest along with Captian Erika down the hall way crew members looked on at a distince. At the end of the hall three young crew members in red suits looked on. Two young girls about 16 years of age and a 15 year old boy. The red suit showed they were Mobile Suit pilotes. They talked to each other as they watched Cagalli and her guest enter the meeting room.

" I will have to take my leave and return to the bridge for now." Captian Erika said " It was a pleasure meeting you two i hope we will have time to talk later"

Cagalli nodded as Captian Erika walked out to return to the bridge. As she walked past the three mobile suit piliotes she laughed " Shouldnt you three be busy in with check ups on your mobile suits in case some of the less peaceful space nations our guest spoke of show up. And not chit chatting?"

The vast shape glided through the stars, its form elegant, its poise deadly. Its long curving lines concealed many lethal little secrets. As the sunlight of this dying and empty system flashed along its cold metallic sides it highlighted for a few seconds the ships designation picked out in a dark ruby red colour along the port and starboard armour plates... S.I.N Hand of Winter...

Aboard the Bridge the Commodore studied the message they had picked up in a system not far from their current location, as it played through once more on the main screens, he studied his crew, they worked quietly and efficiently to accomplish all the tasks assigned to them. His stern face remained calm and he straightened his black naval uniform and re-arranged his officers peak cap before addressing his first mate.

"Commander Vencd, set course for the co'ordinates this message originated from. Lets see what we have here..."

The First Mate nodded and signalled to the bridge crew to follow the Commodores orders. Within a few moments there was a bright flash of light and the ship was gone once more into the stars, as the hollowed out remnants of this system slowly smouldered, alone in the inky blackness of space.

"Put in a request for command for an ambassador to speak with these people... Preferably in a larger ship. You never know who picks up these messages..."
"Aye, sir."

A channel was opened with Command.

"Command, this is the Avignon. We've made contact with a vessel from Earth. Requesting diplomatic envoy to meet with them, and we also request reinforcements in case someone unsavory comes along to meet them."
"Copy that, Avignon. We're sending a combat group your way now."
"Thank you, Command. Avignon out."

Sean observed the layout and as well as waving to the various crew members as they looked on.

After they'd passed the three youths, Karen asked, "Is a mobile suit anything like power armour?"

Three ships appeared in space, only a few hundred miles from where the Orbite ship lay.

"Well admiral, this is where the transmission came from. It appears to be rather far from earth, although it might have move since we were last there, but I doub-- Heeelllooooo. Whats this?" The Sensors officer leaned closer to his readout. "Admiral, it appears we aren't the first ones here."

Mid Admiral Jake Yamakoto turned to face the tactical holo. "It would appear you are right. Damn. I knew we were going to be too late because of that dock captain."

"Well sir, if its any consolation, he's probably a Dock Private now."

The admiral sighed. "Very well. move towords the Orbite ship. Send a transmision."


Attention Orbite Ship. This is NMSS Jargon. We have come a long way to meet you, although I must say, you are rather far out from Earth, or at least where it was when we were last on it. But, I degress. We wish to meet with you in person, to see our new space-going comrades.

" Yes they have replaced tanks and other heavly armored fighting units. However some have the speed to be classfied as fighters. Mobile Armors are a much diffrent and deadly story. The Orb Union has refused to build Mobile Armors however. What types of weapons dose your nation use for armored warfare? " Cagalli asked deep down she hoped they would say None we have havent had a need to use them since war is a rare thing in space ,however what they said befor made her start to wonder if war is as common in space as it is on Earth.

Captian Erika read the message and gave the order to ready the port side to extend its docking tunnel as they did for the other vessle. " Seems there are a good bit of spacefaring nations nearby or their hyperdrives are much faster then ours and there is a good chance of that."

Jargon this is Captian Erika of the Orb Union Battleship Eternal you are clear to dock with our port side docking tunnel. And may i be the first to say its a pleasure too meet you.

"Sir, multiple contacts inbound. Lights are green."

Captain Leone looked up at the viewscreen to see an Imperial combat group appear. The lead ship, an Opulence-class, was the INS Darsan.

"Captain Leone, this is Rear Admiral Tallyson of the INS Darsan.", the com blared. "We have a diplomatic envoy ready to meet with the Orbites. Rejoin formation with the group."
"Yes, sir."

Leone looked to his helm control.

"Helm, take us into formation."
"Aye, sir."

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A shuttle launched from the Darsan's hangar bay, and headed towards the Orbite ship.

"Attention Orb Union Battleship Eternal, this is Cravanian shuttle 0092 of the INS Darsan. We request to dock with you immediately. Over."

" Cravanian shuttle you are clear to enter our hangerbay threw our starbored catpult entrence there our crew will guid you to a proper landing zone" Captian Erika then gave the order for the doors to the starbored catpult/entrence to the hanger bay to open. The doors to it slowly opened as a female voice announced over the loud speaker in the hanger bay "All teams report to your assigned area's".

The NMSS Jargon moved to dock with the ship. At 1023 meters long, the Hellfire Class Battlecruiser dwarfed the Orbite ship. The other two ships, both Poland Class Destroyers, moved to cover the battlecruiser. Although they were smaller, they both still were larger then the Eternal at 719 meters.

"Engaging Docking Procedure Admiral.... docked."

Admiral Yamakoto nodded. "Good. Is the diplomatic team ready?"

"Yes sir. How many guards should go with?"

"Um... just 2. Xr-25's, Boarding armor. Weapons cleared."

"Yes sir."


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The five man team moved across the docking tunnel. They entered the Orbite ship in the way they had been drilled. Guards first, lower diplomats second, then the lead diplomat.

LTCP (Leutenant Captain) Kearny Norman stepped into the Orbite ship last.

"Greetings. I am LTCP Norman, and I offer peace in the name of the Empire"

The shuttle landed in the hangar, and the ambassador stood up from his seat. His two guards, Sentries, stood up with him. He motioned for them to sit down.

"I don't need you guys in there. Everything will be fine."

Without saying a word, the Sentries continued to sit, their single red eye sweeping back and forth.

The hatch opened, and the ambassador stepped out...

"We utilize power armour, and tanks, as well as drones for most ground based conflicts, thought we don't have to use them often." Sean replied, which was unintentionally deceptive.

Karen had gotten bored with being a blonde and her hair changed from platinum blond, to deep red.

To greet normal was singal girl. Her hair was short blond with a figure much like Cagalli's. She was one of the mobile suit pilotes from earlyer. She noded at Norman as she saw him enter last figureing he was the most importent of the group. " I am Lt Stellar i will escort you to the meeting room so please follow me." She was not the nicest persion in the ship but she was knew to keep her act togather with diplomates on the ship. She lead them down a few hallways untell they reached a pair of doors. " Cagalli will be expecting you so you may enter."

Next to the Cravan Shuttle stood five MVF-M11C Murasame Mobile Suits along with Cagalli's persion unit Strike Rouge. To greet the ambassador was another Mobile Suit Pilot " My name is Auel Neider i am here to escort you to the meeting room where Represntative Cagalli is waiting."

Cagalli was glad to hear they had very little need to use their weapons however her gaze driffted to Karen noticeing the hair color change. " H-how did you do that?" she said with a clear look of shock on her face and maybe a little envy.

Sean looked over, and when he saw what Karen had done, he scowled. "Don't show off." He muttered to her, before turning back to Cagalli.

"She did it because she's not human, but an avatar, but many citizens of Theao who choose to get that nannite booster can utilize them to do so as well." He replied

The three diplomats entered the room, followed by one guard who took up a position near the door. The other guard did the same, but on the outside of the room.

"Hello, I'm Bob Rolson.", said the ambassador as he introduced himself. He followed Auel to the meeting room.

" Very intresting i wish we had advanced so far but it seems we havnt as of yet." Cagalli said.

Cagalli stood as she saw the ambassadors from North Mack and Cravan enter the room. " Greetings i am Representative and Lion of the Orb Union,Cagalli Yula Athha"

"Hi.", the Cravanian ambassador said. "I'm Robert Rolson. Pleasure to meet you."

Kearny walked foreward and shook Cagalli's hand. "I am LTCP Norman of the North Mack Diplomatic Corp. It is an honor to meet you. As the admiral said, though, you are a rather far distance from Earth."

"We'd be willing to share, to some extent anyways." Sean replied, before turning to observe the new arrivals.

Cagalli returned the hand shake " Yes we wanted to test our Hyperdrive as well as avoid any incident. We dont know how Zaft or the Earth Federation would have reacted to us makeing first conntact with our nations in orbit of earth. But please take a seat and we can answer each others questions and work out any agreements we may wish to make with one another."

Kearny and the other two diplomats sat. "Earth Fedaration? What happened to the UN. It was still up and doing its usual ineffectave things when out forefathers left, some centuries ago."

"Indeed, it was.", Bob said, taking a seat.

" I see well alot has happened since the UN came to a end." Cagalli said as she readyed to explane the current situation on earth.

" during the 3rd and 4th world wars the face of the earth changed millions were left dead in the aftermath and only a few supernations were left. The Atlantic Federation made up of North America and UK is the leading memeber of the Earth Federation. The Eurasian Federation made up of the EU,Russia and the Middle east is 2nd in power. The Republic of East Asia made up of China,Japan and Taiwan is 3rd in power. The South African Union is the least most powerful in the Earth Federation. On the other side the only power who is equal to the Earth Federation is PLANT or People Liberation Acting Nation of Technology. They live in space colonys in orbit of the earth and with their military branch Zaft they have proven equal to the Earth Federation in battle. They have fought two wars with the Earth Federation and one with Orb. They are allied with the Oceania Union and African Community. Orb is one of two nations who have stayed unallied with either side the other being Kingdom of Scandinavia. Orb is also one of the most advanced nations on earth even tho it lacks the size of PLANT or Earth Federation.I hope that explanes some of your questions"

OOC: If that conflicts with your storys with earth then just act like the earth orb is from is kinda like one of the Earth III's or somthing

"Interesting. It does seem like a lot has happened."

With a disconcertning flash of light, the sleek vessel slipped back into normal space, her shields flickering with coruscating arcs of power, as they stabilised, the long central fuselage flickered with a low blue light, giving the ship an unearthly halo, like the vengeful Angel of some ancient God. Its engines flared once and then twice as it brought itself into alignment with the other ships, the lsensor arrays onboard the ship slowly turned, directing themselves towards the other ships, and with a burst of light pinned the ship the transmissions had come from in place, the light playing along the hull seemingly studying it, before it flicked off once more.

"Commodore we have arrived at the source of the transmissions, what are your orders Sir?" The First Mate turned to look his commander in the eye, awaiting the orders that would decide how this section of the Exchange would play out.

"All Frequencys Commander, all known languages, with the following message: Unidentified Ships, We have come to this place seeking those who called." The Commodore nodded at his communications officer, and then turned his head to his Chief Security officer, "Prepare all troops and Breach Pods, we have no idea who or what these beings are, and I will not be caught Unawares. Ready Gunnery Crews, and await further orders." The Chief Security Officer nodded and began tapping orders into the console, dispatching his men where they needed to be. The Commodore sat Back in his chair arching his fingers as he studied the ships before him.


As the Communications Officer sent forth the message, in almost a thousand different languages, the sensor array locked onto the the central ship, and within seconds the message was transmitting on all known frequencys directly toward whoever was listening

" Captian we have another one they say they have come here in response to our message." The comm officer said

" Very well i will send out a reply" Captian Erika said

This is the Orb Union Battleship Eternal we have called all those willing to listen here in hopes of makeing peaceful first conntact with as many space traveling nations as possible. Let me be the first member of the Orb Union to greet you.

The Eternal level of alert was low since their guest so far had been peacful. However Mobile Suit and fighters could be luanched in a matter of moments if things turned for the worst.

The Ship lay there, its gentle positioning gave it almost an air of guarded wariness. Onboard Soldiers were rushing toward their stations, and Gunnery Crews were sorting and arranging Ammunition and Power Cells in the event that the order to fire was given. But externally this flurry of activity was unseen, and as the ship finally flared its engines once more, allowing it to move freely should the need arise, its hangar bay gently slid open, and a strange sight was there to be seen if any of the other ships should attempt to look. A series of racks held what at first glance was a series of large mettalic spheres, but as the pilot of each suit climbed in, it unfolded into a slim humanoid form, its arms reaching up to grasp the launcher rack.

As the Commodore read the Message from the Orb Union, he considered his Options, he did not wish a fight unless forced to, yet at the same time he did not want to offend a possible future ally for the Empire, he nodded towards his Comms Officer and told her to Send a reply.

"Orb Union Battleship Eternal, this is the Solorien Imperial Naval Vessel, The Hand Of Winter. We thank you for your greetings, and welcome you into the Brotherhood of Space Faring Nations. We hope that you welcome us freely, and that possible Diplomatic relations between our two Nations may ensue."

As the message was sent he nodded towards his Security Officer, "Show them that we mean no harm and wish to Honour them, Open all Gun Ports."

"So what would any talks cover?" Sean asked as he sat and listened to Cagalli's history commentary.

Karen blinked and leaned over to Sean, "Might be a problem." She whispered

We thank you for your wlecome into the brotherhood of space fareing nations. I am sure i speak for our leader when i say we would freely welcome your nation and we too wish to to begian diplomatic with many space fareing nations such as yourself

The tactical officer spoke up as soon as the message had been sent " Ma'am i cant tell but it looks as if they are opening what could be gun batterys or ports. I suggest we take a guarded stance"

Captian Erika looked out at the ship and sighed " If they wished to attack us there would be little we could do. It seems we are far behind all these ships in terms of size and firepower. I doubt they are going to attack us they just might want to give us a fireworks display?"

"So what would any talks cover?" Sean asked as he sat and listened to Cagalli's history commentary.

Karen blinked and leaned over to Sean, "Might be a problem." She whispered

" The Orb Union would be intrested in forming Trade Treatys with all nations present here as well as None Agression Pacts and setting up of Embassys. Other treatys like the sell of tech and right of passage would also be great as well." Cagalli said

" The Orb Union would be intrested in forming Trade Treatys with all nations present here as well as None Agression Pacts and setting up of Embassys. Other treatys like the sell of tech and right of passage would also be great as well." Cagalli said

"Trade agreements and the like would be great, as would non-agression pacts. Embassy exchanges are also perfectly acceptable."

He paused.

"Do know that if we do sell you tech, it will all be civilian technology. We are highly protective of our own military technology."

"All of which would be interesting, useful and negotiable, save the right of passage, namely because we don't have territory in the conventional sense." Sean commented

Cagalli nodded " Ofcourse we have little intrest in buying military tech as we only wish to have a military able to defend ourselfs and nothing more. However with a advancement in civilian tech we will be able to advanced everything in our nation over time."

"Excellent. Perhaps we can sign a preliminary agreement, and iron out the terms later?"

"All of which would be interesting, useful and negotiable, save the right of passage, namely because we don't have territory in the conventional sense." Sean commented " Very good i am not sure if Orb has much to offer in the way of tech or produced goods as of yet. However my people are very adapt and takeing new advancements and boosting it and takeing it to a knew level." Cagalli turned to the Cravan ambassador and nodded " Ofcourse"

"Information is always a viable trade good, at least when dealing with us." Sean commented, "New information, be it cultural, social, scientific or in fact any other facet of new information is something we'll trade material goods for."

The ships standard running lights blinked slowly in the darkness of space, and the sound of cannon and missile racks opening echoed in the empty volume of space. Along the main fuselage two large bay doors slid back on either side and the previous light blue glow tripled in intensity.

As the Commodore studied the newest Communique between the Eternal and the Hand Of Winter, his Security Officer coughed to draw his attention, dragging his eyes away from the scene in front of him he looked th eman in the eye, "Yes Commander?" The Security Officer pressed a button bringing up the forward view of the ship, and spoke. "Perhaps we should discharge the main arrays Commodore, to prevent too large a build up of power, and then reseal the main hatches." he Commodore considered this for a moment and then nodded his consent. "Communications Officer Sahre send this response:"

"The Holy Empire thanks you for this offer, and requests that a diplomatic Shuttle be dispatched in order to continue these talks in person."

As the message flew through the void toward the Eternal, the main Arrays discharged the built up energys in a blinding blue flash before resuming their former dull blue colour, as the doors slid closed over them the former blue halo reappeared around the ship.

Agreed we will open the Port Catapult hanger doors where your shuttle may enter Captian Erika had the hanger bay crews go on alert as befor to ready themselfs to greet their guest.

As the message was received aboard the Imperial Vessel, the Diplomatic team hurried aboard the shuttle prepared in just such a case, with a jarring jolt the shuttle peeled away and with a crackle of energy the shields closed down to allow the small ship to pass, as it sped towards the Eternal, its crew was nervous, if this was indeed a trap, then they were all about to die...

The NM Diplomat had sat quietly well he listened to the discussions. The news of a new ship had not been unexpected, after all, the Orb Union had sent their message out everywhere... but still, he had worked with the Diplomatic Corps for ever twenty years, and he had developed almost a second sense. And his sense was saying these new arrivals would be trouble...

The port Catapults doors opened for the Imperial shuttle to enter. Awaiting them was normal crew members to help guid them to ther landing spot as well as the 3rd mobile suit pilot from befor to greet them.

The shuttle gently glided into the hangar bay its landing lights flickering and briefly illuminating the blackened windows of this craft, much like everything else used by the Empire, this craft was sleek and graceful, appearing much more as some form of hunting bird, then a craft designed to fly in the empty blackness of space. As it touched down, the right hand side doors slid open and a gangplank slid out onto the floor, from withing all that could be seen was a dull red glow, and then Two soldiers appeared in the doorway, rifles pointing at the ground, behind them stood a tall figure in what appeared to be some kind of Formal Dress Uniform flanked on either side by another two soldiers, as they came down the ramp the soldiers spread out in front of him before coming to a stop suddenly he barked out what sounded like orders, in a harsh and unforgiving tongue, and the rest of the soldiers filed back into the craft leaving just the man in the Dress Uniform, and a Young Woman of striking beauty in a similar uniform with two other soldiers. As they stepped into the light it was obvious they were not entirely human, they were tall and elegant, their facial features soft yet at the same time radiating an air of strict confidence, their hair was jet black, and both were very pale in comparison to most people. They were dressed in formal Black trousers with highly shined black shoes, the woman wore a short yet formal skirt and dark tights with black military shoes. Above this they wore Black dress shirts, and a black dress jacket, with medals pinned to them, on the right bicep of each, was an strange insignia, and on their heads they both wore Black Peaked Caps, with a symbol of crossed swords within a halo of silver and three words in a strange tongue. They looked around them at the interior of the ship and waited to be welcomed onboard.

A young man with green hair bowed slightly " I am Commander Sting Oakley ranking Mobile Suit Pilot on the Eternal. I am here to escort you to the meeting room please follow me."

OOC: Bumping for my alt

ooc: I'm still awaiting a reply to my latest post.

OOC: Sorry forgot about it

IC: Cagalli had been reading a report by Captian Erika on the new arrivel via her PDA looked up at Sean " Please forgive me i was being updated on a new arrivel. As for information Orb has a fair ammount of information when it comes to social and cultural affairs. I am not sure how much we can offer in the way of science at the moment as I would assume your nations are far more advanced then ours but you are welcome to that information anyway.Orb would on wish to trade for productes to make the lives of our people better and increase our industry also anything that can be used in none military space travel as well."

"That's alright. I understand that taking care of your ship and crew is the most important thing." Sean replied, "As to scientific information, it's possible a scientist or theoretician might have discovered a theorum or principal that, while only theory to you, we could possible put into effect, or likewise might have looked at a problem from an angle we'd never considered due to cultural bias."

He stretched his neck a second before continuing, "Since it's unlikely you'd have the full spectrum of theorums and social and cultural information on board, would you have any objection to a ship coming to visit Orb, which would also be able to evaluate the information for relative value and offer trade goods for it?"

ooc: Np

" We would be honored if your nation sent a vessle to visit Orb. I am sure PLANT, once informed would not cuase to much trouble. One in Orb you can have full access to our information database."

"Then, depending on where the nearest vessel of apropriate type is, they may actually beat you home." Sean commented with a chuckle. "So what kinds of tech would be most valued, for example improved generators and engines, crop growing methods, nannite technologies, AI technologies?"

He choose not to mention there was a difference between an AI and Karen, an AS, thought was circumvented by Karen herself. "I'm an AS as oppose to an AI." She commented, "AIs are more limited."

ooc: Gone for the night(technically morning but why quibble about semantics).

" Nannite and AI technologies would be most valued." Cagalli then looked over at Karen and with out thinking spoke " AS... i wonder if that is like a Biological CPU like the Extendeds are...." She then became rather sad. Just thinking about Extendeds brought back the horrible memorys or the three who helped lead the Atlantic Federation attack on Orb in CE 70 and the horror those three commited.

" No i dont think you would be anything like those monsters,please forgive me for my statment." Cagalli said

OOC: Got room for one more?

OOC: Sure tho i wont be posting agian with Orb untell later today got to get some sleep.

"I'm no biological." Karen protested, "Nor am I a monster thank you very much."

"Karen, I think our host is slightly confused as to your nature yet, why don't you show her." Sean said getting Karen to nod. Standing, her clothes simply disappeared, as did any texture of skin, hair or any other biological appearence, returning to a metallic colour humanoid before returning to her prior appearence.

"As you can see, I'm nothing like a biological cpu, and I agree that the concept is an aberation." Karen replied

ooc: Karen's body is similar to that of the T-X from T-3.

the two officers bowed slightly from the waist, and in a sing song lilt to the voice replied, "Of course Commander, please lead the way." The two soldiers stood in front and behind the two Officers as escorts, and the small group prepared to make contact for the first time with a new race.

The diplomat finally spoke. "Cagalli, was it? You say that you do not want any military technology? How is it that your nation stays independant without a large military. You claim that you have one just large enought to protect yourself, but to protect yourself you must have a force that can equal an attacker. With the massive sizes of Star Empires, you will need a much larger military then you have to 'protect yourself' as you say."

I.S.S. Ares (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Schematics/Jarvon/battleship_ares.jpg) - Bridge

"Sir, we are picking up a gathering of ships in a near-by star system."

"Distance?"

"Half a light-year from our present location, sir."

"Hmm, then alter course. Let's see whats out there."

"Aye, sir.

"Tactical, take us to Yellow Alert. I want us to be prepared if we encounter a hostile situation."

"Aye, sir."

Exterior

The giant ship banked while still going at Warp 5 towards the direction the gathering of ships had been detected.

Thirty minutes later...

The mighty Ares dropped out of Warp in a flash of light. She gracefully flew at 0.25c, the standard sublight cruising speed, towards the other craft, most of which were many times smaller. Behind the great ship, three Stormbringer II class (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Schematics/Jarvon/dreadnaught_stormbringer2.jpg) dreadnaughts serving as escorts dropped to sublight. The three smaller Imperial ships hung back at a distance of one-fourth of an A.U. while the Ares slowly came to a full stop 10,000 kilometers from the other ships.

Messages

Broadcast on all channels on all frequencies in all known languages:

This is Fleet Admiral Picard (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Schematics/Jarvon/AdmialPicard.jpg) of the Imperial vessel Ares. State the nature for your gathering here.

The massive Solorien Ship turned gracefully and engaged her engines to bring this new arrival into the range of her guns. Her shields Arced with wild bursts of energy as yet more power was diverted towards them. And her running lights flicked over to Red. As soon as the ships A.I had targeted and locked the ship, and stored the weapons calibration data with that of the other ships gathered here, the Sensor array turned and began scanning this new arrival.

The Commodore stared at the view screen, and the ship before him, as soon as he had detected the ship on long range scanners, he had sent a short burst transmission to the rest of his pack. they were approaching their location under cloak. He was uneasy enough, and now they were severely outnumbered in terms of ships. As he studied the message again he pressed a button on his console and began to dictate a message to these new arrivals.

"This Is The Solorien Imperial Naval Vessel Hand Of Winter. We have responded to a message sent by the Orb Union, and are attempting to conduct a Diplomatic mission. State Your reasons for coming here immediately."

As the message winged its way through space toward the vessel the Commodore leaned back in his Command Chair. He signaled his Security Officer to step forwards "Commander Bring the Ship up to a level 1 Alert Status. Until the rest of the Pack gets here, I want all guns manned and all troops ready for deployment immediately." The officer saluted and went back to his station, tapping out the orders immediately. All over the ship Imperial Artillery crews loaded the missile racks with their payloads and Imperial Gunners calibrated their weapons. If this turned Hostile the Empire was ready to respond.

Cagalli looked at Karen " I see yes you are nothing like a extended." She then turned to the Diplomat from North Mack " Sadly you are correct. Orb will need a military able to deal with any threats from the nations of space. However we have no idea what nations could pose a threat nore what they are capable of doing. This will make it hard for us to build our military to match any threat. Any military tech you could give us even if its outdated to you might be very advanced to us. Likewise any information on posible threats would be of great use as well."

The Commander lead the diplomats from Soloriel to the meeting room where the others had gathered " Our leader is in there with the other diplomats she is expecting you

Meanwhile

Captian Erika was dealing with another new arrivel. Tho this one seemed to be a bit more adjetated do to the large gathering of vessles. A message was sent to the ares

This is the Orb Union Battleship Eternal we sent out a message for the nations of space who choose to lisen to gather here in order to make first contact with them. We have no hostile intentions here.

"We'd be likewise willing to help with both technologies and threat assessment, though our threat assessment might be slightly different than thiers due to different contacts with the various powers." Sean commented

The Two Officers Bowed from the waist and entered the room, they ordered one of the soldiers to remain outside the door and wait for them. The other led them through the door and stepped to one side allowing them to pass. The Male Officer spoke as they stood there, "Gentleman, Ladies, I am Captain Zurh Cylrc, and this is Captain Cynyr Lrinlr. We are the Representatives of the Holy Empire of Soloriel, and as such bring you the Holy Emperors Greetings."

Messages

In response to the Soloriel message:

Our reasons are our own and no concern of yours.

In response to The Untied Orb Union message:

Acknowledged. Requesting clearance to send representatives over. We can either beam them over or use a shuttle, your preference.

Bridge

"Sir, the Solorien ship is trying to scan us."

"Activate the sensor jammers."

"Aye, sir. Bringing jammers on-line."

While the Imperial ship's weren't there to start a fight, they were also not going to let Imperial secrets fall into the hands of an unknown. Thus, the sensor jammers, which create interferance of all kinds, were brought on-line to keep the ship's secrets intact.

"Sir, reading a target lock on us by the Solorien ship."

"Return the favor, but keep weapons off-line, for now. Keep us at Yellow Alert until further notice."

"Aye, sir. Targeting, lock will be obtained in five minutes."

The Solorien ship's locking on to the Ares was technically the first agressive act, but Picard didn't want to burden the Empire with a war because of a messed up first contact situation. There were too many unknown variables involved with nations from this reality.

" Your help would be most welcome." Cagalli stood when the Representatives of the Holy Empire entered. She bowed from the waist " I am Reoresentative Cagalli Yula Athha of the Orb Union.It is a honor to meet you." Cagalli said


Meanwhile

We are not sure what you mean by beaming over however you are more then welcome to The message was sent by Captian Erika who woundered what they ment

OOC: Orb isnt advanced enough to know what a transporter is.

Messages

In response to The Untied Orb Union message:

We'll send a shuttle for convienience.

OOC: Ehh, it would take to long to ask for co-ordinates of a large, empty room (wouldn't want to rematerialize inside of a bulkhead), get said co-ordinates, and beam over.

Exterior

The ventral clamshell doors on the tail of the Ares slid open and a single Orinoco class (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Schematics/Jarvon/runabout_orinoco.jpg) runabout slid out. The shields of the Ares were dropped in one section just long enough for the runabout to pass through and then quickly brought back up.

The Orinoco slid to a halt three-quarters of the way to the Eternal and waited for a hanger to open.

The Port Hanger doors opened all hanger crews once agians were on alert. Stellar waited to greet this group of guest and escort them to the meeting room.

"Since most of the trading will be done within your territory, is there anything you wish to talk about?" Sean asked

The Port Hanger doors opened all hanger crews once agians were on alert. Stellar waited to greet this group of guest and escort them to the meeting room.

The runabout re-engaged her sublight engines and slipped inside the Orb ship. After touching down, and a quick atmospheric check, the airlock on the side of the ship slid open. Fleet Admiral Picard stepped out with his X.O., Fleet Captain Elizabeth Shelby (http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Schematics/Jarvon/Shelby.jpg). Commander Data, Commander Lore, and Commander B-4, all three known Soong type androids which serve as Picard's personnal guards, stepped out behind the two organic officers.

Behind the Solorien ship three more craft warped in behind the enemy ships, with the cloaking devices active they maneuvered into position and held their locations. Onboard the Hand Of Winter Gunnery Crews worked feverishly to get their guns online, with the loss of the sensor data they were reduced to using the manual targeting systems, most of the guns were trained on the central disk section of the opposing craft. Missile Batterys were prepared and the main Ion Array doors slid open. The ship moved so that they were focused directly forwards, and even like this if those beams were to hit they would cause immense damage to anything they came into contact with. The other three ships began a soft surface sweep in order to avoid triggering any of the sensors of the opposing ships, and preparing all guns and missile batterys were ready, as soon as targeting lock was confirmed from the Hand Of Winter theyd bounce that data back, without ever having to de-cloak, only revealing themselves at the moment of the attack.

"Sir sensor sweep was aborted and im reading an attempted targeting lock." The Commodore snarled, he knew they shouldnt have trusted these fools,they had been led into a Trap! Turning to his Security Officer he gave him his next orders. "Roger that, send an immediate message to the nearest ship, I want the Enchantress and her Escorts sent to this location, warn them we have engaged a Hostile Species, three ships of unknown capabilitys." The Officer nodded and tapped out the message to the fleet, before sending it in a high band encryption. "Send another Message to these people Commander, As follows:"

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To: I.S.S Ares
From: S.I.N Hand Of Winter

We repeat our earlier request. We require a statement of Intentions, as to your presence here. We have Registered Weapons Lock and request you abort this course of Action Immediately.

Messages

In response to the Soloriel message:

You locked your weapons on first. By all rights, we should have responded with force as that was the first agressive action. However, we only responded in kind by targeting you. Its your move. If you fire, we will be forced to respond.

And once again, unless you have clearance by the Emperor, our business is none of yours.

"Cagalli," Karen said suddenly, "I would advise moving this ship away from the I.S.S Ares and S.I.N Hand Of Winter. It appeared they're planning to having a pissing contest and I'm not sure how well your ship might fare if caught in the crossguard nore how destructive or accurate thier weaponry is."

The Solorien Vessels behind the Enemy Ships maneuvered into final position. All gunnery crews were ready, and all troops were in the breach pods, Missile banks were primed and the robotically controlled auto-loaders were set now. Whilst two of the ships parked themselves directly behind the two escort ships the other moved underneath the central ship, its long fuselage pointing towards the ships belly. The Hand of Winter slid open its massive ports that concealed the Charged Ion Arrays on either side of the ship, the faint blue glow from before began heightening, and the shields crackled with power, another section of the ship slid apart further along the rear of the central fuselage opening a giant pair of wings from above and below that slid cracefully into place before locking together. All over the ship the windows were covered as thick pieces of Tritanium slid down and over them, running lights turned a brilliant shade of blue that matched the colour of the Ion Field building in the arrays, the ships already intimidating stance now just looked downright threatening.

The Commodore studied the reports layed out before him, his bridge section had already descended into the center of the ship where it had assumed tactical status and was sealed from the interior, in the event of the ship being breached this would be the last place to fall. He cursed these arrogant fools, twice now they had refused to state their business, and now they had made reference to some False Emperor! His blood boiled and he cursed the universe for putting him in this position. He sighed and studied the message from the Enchantress, she was still at last 15 minutes away at full drive burn, he had to stall these idiots until she arrived. Sighing he composed one last message to the I.S.S Ares:

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To: I.S.S Ares
From: S.I.N Hand Of Winter

The targeting lock is standard Imperial Practice when dealing with an Unknown Culture. If Force is required in this situation then so Be It. And we require No Clearance from a 'False Emperor' to Inquire into your presence here. Once More we Request that you state your Intentions, or depart from this area Immediately.



Aboard the Orb Union Ship the two Officers stepped closer to the small group gathered there, they turned to the Soldier behind them, "Stand Guard and Allow no Enemy Troops to Enter this room." The soldier Nodded and span out the door to stand with his comrade. "We apologise for this M'lady Host, We did not intend for something like this to occur, on such an Auspicious day for your people. Please Accept our Apologies for these Unfortunate Events that have thus far transpired. And We believe you would do well in heeding this noble Ladys request and move the ship to at least a further 1,000 meters distance, without the appropriate shielding our weapons can be most destructive to any vessel caught within the range of the Ion Field." They Bowed their heads for a moment and then looked up, "Also M'lady may We humbly request that we may sit with you, and better discuss the matters that may be of interest to you?" The woman spoke with a lilting Sing Song tone to her voice, and her words were wrapped in Respect and Kindness, it was clear from her stance that she felt uncomfortable with the situation brewing out there in space, her companion however stood at his usual military pose, his arms folded across his chest, his face emotionless but his jaw remained clenched shut, this man looked as though he would be more comfortable behind the barrel of a gun, than talking to people.


Aboard the S.I.N Enchantress her vast crew rushed to their stations, they were barely 10 minutes out, and her escorts almost 20. All available Ordinance was being Prepared, and her guns primed ready for immediate target acquisition when they arrived. The last message from the Hand Of Winter indicated Hostile Ships, at least three of them. Of an advanced technology make, although obviously inferior compared to the Holy Empires Ships. As she slid through space her Missile Ports were Opened, and Gun Batterys swinging out and ready. In her Hangar Bay Assault Mecha were prepared, as well as her squadrons of Space Superiority Fighters, Drone ships were also being activated, and her Engineering crews rushed to keep the Dark Matter Generators stable, So far this ship had never seen a Combat situation, so all onboard were nervous as to how she'd fare against three ships at once should the order to fire be given...

Stellar seeing the new guest exit their shuttle walked up to them " Stellar will be escorting you to the meeting room." As she lead the group out of the hanger a alarm rang out in the hanger and a announcement from a female voice followed

" All Crews assume Alert Statues 2 all Mobile Suit Pilots report to your respective Mobile Suits. Ready the Gaia,Chaos and Abyss for launch in case we have to defend the Eternal."

Cagalli sent orders to Captian Erika to pull away to a safe distance " I understand i hope once their represntatives arrive we can avoid any hostile actions." Cagalli said, she wanted to avoid haveing a battle break out here and would aid anyway she could to help avoid it.

On the Bridge Captian Erika was haveing all weapon systems brough on to standby mode.

The Woman looked sadly at the floor for a moment, her eyes filled with regret. "M'lady, may i ask a boon of you?" She looked up briefly her face an unreadable mask. "If the situation outside become critical, execute us both, and have our troops and craft destroyed, if the Enemy diplomats are still onboard then i fear that the Commodore may decide to detonate our power cores, and the shuttle we arrived upon." The woman reached to her hip and swung a pistol out holding the butt towards Cagalli. "This is a Solorien stanard side arm, the ammunition inside will punch through our skulls and disable the command modules in our brains, it is the only way to be sure. The Emperor would never want the Honour of the empire to be besmirched by an unprovoked attack on a new space faring nation, but the Commodore is somewhat... Hot Blooded, and acts rashly without thinking." The man beside her nodded and disarmed himself as well throwing the pistol to the floor. The womans voice had taken on a note of sadness and regret, it was evident that she did not want to be the cause of any death aboard this ship. "Please M'lady, accept my most humble apologys for this course of action."

"It would be just as practical, and far more moral for you to take your shuttle off to a safe distance, and thus not force Cagalli to slay in cold blood." Karen commented

The Cravanian delegate watched with mixed emotions as the events unfolded.

I'm a freaking diplomat! What the hell am I doing here?

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"Lay low. If they open fire, we spray them."
"Aye sir. I'm transmitting the orders throughout the group."
"Excellent. If fighting breaks out, we're not on the losing side."

"I fear that such a course of action wil only provoke the Commodore further, if he believes we have left this ship whilst people he views as enemy's are still onboard. He would detonate the ship before we had even cleared the Shuttle bay and that would result in a loss of life that is unacceptable to the Emperor. However the S.I.N Enchantress is underway to this location as we speak, if she arrives the Admiral onboard bears the word of the Emperor and can order the Commodore to stand down and leave the Area. But we must find a way to prevent Either the Ares or the Hand of Winter firing at one another until he arrives, and if perhaps you have a sensor array powerful enough to reach the Enchantress before she arrives then we can inform her of the Situation."

"Do you have the aproximate vector the Enchantress is coming from?" Karen asked, "And if you care to relay the message in your own words, speak it and it'll be sent."

With her being the avatar of the Karen, she quite literally could send every word spoken in the room across the universe if she choose.

Sting had over heard the conversation as he was running past to man is Mobile Suit Unit Chaos Gundam. He entered the room and spoke up " I can remove the shuttle with Chaos Gundam. It would stand the best chance of withstanding the blast. However the ship would take heavy damage or maybe even destroyed by such a blast from the inside. And as i know Cagalli would not take your lives i suggest Auel stay behind. He would be more then capable of doing such a task."

Cagalli stood up fast " I will not have any member of my nation killing a diplomat no matter what the reasions! We must not let a war break out here if it did the blood would be on our hands as well. We called these nations here."

"The Woman Nodded at the Lady in front of her, "She will be arriving in vector 0X995-98Y." She cleared her throat briefly and then spoke in a strange language that seemed to make her sound almost as though she were singing. "Du dra Esbaneym Cumuneah Jaccam Ahlryhdnacc drec ec Lybdyeh Cynyr Lrinlr Uv dra Esbaneym Tebmusydel Lunbc. Eh dra Asbanunc Hysa untan dra Ryht uv Fehdan du cdyht tufh, dra Cediydeuh lyh pa nacumjat fedruid haatmacc mucc uv meva eh y hydeuh dryd ryc ehedeydat vencd luhdyld fedr dra Asbena uv draen ufh vnaa femm. Ev dra Ryht uv Fehdan tuac hud cdyht tufh drah drana ec y rekr buccepmedo dryd dra Asbanunc ruhuin femm pa pacsenlrat." As the woman finished speaking she nodded at the woman in front of her. "The Enchantress should receive that message before she arrives, if not then May the Emperor forgive us."

As soon as the vector was given, and she began speaking, her message was sent toward the Enchantress, the message being on a triple repeat incase someone was slacking at the com.

Captain Cynyr looked at Cagalli, "perhaps it would be for the best that my comrade and i leave the ship for the time being, it is the only way we can be sure that no harm will come to your people. As soon as we are aboard i will disable all major systems except Life-Support to prevent the Commodore detecting our leaving the ship, if i know the Commodore he will be more focused upon the enemys he sees before him than us. But perhaps your pilot is right, if he get us clear of the Shuttle bay then the explosion should not damage the ship too heavily, our lives M'lady mean nothing if we cause the Empire to plunge headlong into war, and we are the ones responsible for the deaths of so many innocents." Cynyr moved towards the door with her companion, "Perhaps M'lady, we will meet in better circumstances soon.

The Enchantress Hurtled through space when the message came through. Admiral Yathen studied it carefully, it had come in on all the appropriate frequencys, and it did bear the mark of a member of the Imperial Diplomatic Corps. "Commander Ithren, change weapon rioritys, and bring us in front of the Hand Of Winter, I want us between them if any shooting starts." Commander Ithren saluted "Aye Aye Sir" Yathen leaned back in his chair, hoping they got there in time.

OOC: Right im off to bed, United Orb Union, my diplomats are in your hands, but for now please no heavy roleplay til i get back in a few hours ;)

Sting smiled "I assure you that if all gose well no lives will be lost. If you feel the shuttle needs to be removed from the ship then it can be with out its power being turned on period or you haveing to be a drift in it. Our Mobile Suits use a very powerful Catapult to Launch. With the Chaos in its Mobile Armor form holding the shuttle with its grasping claw and with all reserve energy put into the catapult system the shuttle will be off the ship befor your Commodore can react. Once a safe distance from the ship i will let the shuttle go and let it drift. Even if he blows the shuttle befor i let go i am hopeful the Phase Shift Armor on Chaos will hold atleast around the cockpit."

OOC: Prob my last post for tonight as well.
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the grand super star destroyer the doombringer drooped out of transwarp tatical said the kitir capatain arm weapons raise shields

ooc this is my flag ship

The Ares remained silent, but set course to join her escorts in orbit around the fifth planet at one-quarter impulse. The Orinco would have to travel farther on the return trip than expected.

Stellar seeing the new guest exit their shuttle walked up to them " Stellar will be escorting you to the meeting room." As she lead the group out of the hanger a alarm rang out in the hanger and a announcement from a female voice followed

" All Crews assume Alert Statues 2 all Mobile Suit Pilots report to your respective Mobile Suits. Ready the Gaia,Chaos and Abyss for launch in case we have to defend the Eternal."

Cagalli sent orders to Captian Erika to pull away to a safe distance " I understand i hope once their represntatives arrive we can avoid any hostile actions." Cagalli said, she wanted to avoid haveing a battle break out here and would aid anyway she could to help avoid it.

On the Bridge Captian Erika was haveing all weapon systems brough on to standby mode.

"That genius left behind has orders not to start anything," stated Picard, "I specifically left orders that a combat situation was to be avoided at all costs. That's one of the reasons we came in a warp capable ship. In case the Ares has to leave the star system, we can meet up with her later."

"Please," Shelby added, "Lead the way."

the grand super star destroyer the doombringer drooped out of transwarp tatical said the kitir capatain arm weapons raise shields

ooc this is my flag ship

OOC: Seph its fine if you join in but please dont attack my ship or anything. The others i dont think are going to do the same. Ifthis ship is destroyed it will pretty much bring a end to Orbs Space days for some time. IC post comeing later since they have never seen a ship the size of a SSD they will be in some shock.

As the Ares began to leave the area, the rest of the Wolf Pack maneuvered to flank the Hand of Winter before disengaging their cloaking devices. As the space they occupied shimmered and shifted it took a second or two for the eyes to adjust and register that they were there. In front of this formidable force there was a burst of light and the S.I.N Enchantress dropped into real space in front of the four ships. This ship was a Behemoth, she bristled with turrets and her immense engines seemed more like the hungry mouth of a bloodthirsty demon. Her running lights flickered along the length of her hull and her immense sensor arrays roatated at the rear of her hull. As she came to a slower speed her shields crackled online, arcs of lightning playing along her hull as they were brought up to full strength. As they exploded into life it seemed for a moment as though the air around the ship shook with power. She turned gracefully, almost impossibly so for a ship of her sheer size and placed herself directly in front of the Eternal, blocking her slightly from view, and as she once more flared her engines the huge ship came to a complete stop.

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To: S.I.N Hand of Winter.
From: S.I.N Enchantress.
RE: Your Conduct.

Commodore Geraath, I have been informed of your actions here, and you and your Wolf Pack are ordered to resume your previous patrol route. The Enchantress is taking over the Diplomatic meeting with this new race. You are ordered to leave this zone immediately, or be considered enemys of the Empire.

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Moments after her arrival, the message reached Commodore Geraath, he cursed for a moment that the Diplomatic Team he had sent had usurped his authority in this situation, but he knew the Admiral well, and that he would not hesitate to open fire on his pack if he did not leave immediately. A sour look crossed his face as he ordered his helm crew to lead the other ships back to their patrol.

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To: Orb Union ship Eternal.
From: S.I.N Enchantress.

The Hand of Winter and her pack has been ordered away from this area, until the cessation of diplomatic talks aboard your vessel. From this point onwards the Enchantress will be in charge of the Empires Diplomatic talks with your nation. We congratulate you on your first steps into space, and sincerely hope that the Empire is able to accomodate you in any way necessary, be it commerce, culture or war. I am authorised to allow the Diplomatic Corp aboard your Vessel to proceed, and hope that the talks that may ensue be fruitful for both our nations.

Admiral Lethe Yethan,
Commander of the Imperial Fleet,
Captain of the S.I.N Enchantress.

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Onboard the Eternal the womans face washed with relief as she cocked her to the side slightly and seemed to be listening to someone. She nodded once, and looked Cagalli in the eyes. "M'lady the Enchantress has arrived, and the Hand of Winter and her pack have been ordered to leave this area. You are now under the full protection of the Enchantress and herescorts which will be arriving shortly to ensure that no more threats of violence ensue. I am also authorised to conduct all diplomatic business on behalf of the Empire, including Trade Agreements and Diplomatic Agreements concerning your nation."

OOC: Seph its fine if you join in but please dont attack my ship or anything. The others i dont think are going to do the same. Ifthis ship is destroyed it will pretty much bring a end to Orbs Space days for some time. IC post comeing later since they have never seen a ship the size of a SSD they will be in some shock.

OOC: The Ares isn't as big, but she's still large.

IC: Aboard the Eternal, Picard glanced at the architechture(sp?) of the ship's corriders. The left over Borg implants from his days as Locutus acting as a link to the Orinico's on-board computer as well as allowing him to take direct control of the three androids that served as his body guards if the need ever arose and they managed to bypass their loyalty chips. The three Soong brothers would be memorizing the route so they could find their way back to the Orinico on their own if the need arose.

OOC: Orb, you going canon with no AG fields, or did you add them?

OOC: The Eternal is the first ship to have AG fields like those found on PLANT and the Lunar Citys.

IC:

Captian Erika was getting over the shock of seeing somthing the size of a SSD when she got the message from the Enchantress

To: the Enchantress

I thank you for your protection and hope the remaining talks can be fruitful for both of our nations

Stellar once at the meeting room doors turned " This is where the meeting room is. Stellar will now take her leave." She turned and walked off in a hurry to the hanger as they were still on standby.

Cagalli nodded at the woman and was glad to hear that things were calming down " I am glad we can now have our talks with out the worry of a battle breaking out."

Picard eyed the youthful Orb representative. The Borg implants were giving him exact physical measurements on her and everyone else in the room.

Shelby said, "I'm Fleet Captain Shelby," she held out her hand in a friendly gesture, "the quiet one with the cane is Fleet Admiral Picard."

Captain Cynyr nodded her head demurely, "Thank you m'lady, for being so understanding." Cynyr turned and faced the newcomers, "Hello Admiral Picard, I am Captain Cynyr, representative of the Holy Empire of Soloriel. I must apologise for the behaviour of the Hand of Winter and her pack, The S.I.N Enchantress has arrived and is ensuring that no more acts of such unnecessary violence have the opportunity to arise."

The Enchantress hung there in space, her hull still crackiling with random arcs of lightning as the power used to generate these shields was stabilised. Her main turrets gently maneuvered keeping the various ships gathered here in a soft focus, ready to perform an immediate lock should any of the ships here decide to get hostile. Onboard the massive generators hummed as the containment shields contained the massive power being generated, Imperial Engineers swarmed over the two engine rooms, keeping every calibration on the Knife Edge, even one minor miscalculation of speed and thermodynamics would cause containment failure. And whilst they had the ability to deal with such an event it would leave them severely crippled until the generator could be brought back online. In the Main computer room there was a silence so total as to almost be deafening, the only noise was a faint background humming. The room was filled with a gentle blue glow. In the center of this room a huge pillar reached up to the ceiling, built into the main structure was 12 glass tubes side by side. Inside was 12 females, their heads shaved and wires running into the back of their skulls and oxygen masks covered their faces. They floated gently in a clear viscous blue fluid, this was the center of the Enchantresses computer Core, all twelve females were highly sensitive psychics, and they were responsible for all of the millions of commands that ran through the immense ship every second. Together their combined personalitys formed the Ships heart, her Soul. The Imperial Barracks was filled with Imperial Marines silently tending to their weapons and equipment. some knelt before the massive Bas Relief statue of the Holy Emperor in prayer. And still others lay in the open top coffins that provided them with their rest, many of them were empty with the glass tops open. In the Imperial Infirmary it looked more like a mix of a machine shop and a hospital, some Soloriens lay there, skin peeled back revealing a metallic endo-skeleton, their internal organs still working. One figure lay on a hospital bed at the rear of the room, his legs were gone reduced to stumps just below the top of the thighs, a metal connection point was open, wires hanging loose from the openings, the upper chest was laid open the rib cage was halfway through being replaced with a solid tritanium piece, on the table next to him lay a series of advanced looking implants. The entire interior of the ship resembled something more of a temple, crew members worked in silence, only speaking when they absolutely had to. Every place has a purpose, and every purpose finds its place. Despite the proud appearance of these people if you looked close enough there were signs of something wrong, Something just below the surface, that you couldnt quite put your finger on...

Picard nodded in agreement while ignoring the rank error and took a seat. Shelby sat down next to him and the Soong brothers stood near the wall close to where the two Imperial officers sat.

"With all these first contacts lately," Shelby thought, "They are going to have to creat a Diplomacy Department to handle all these things and let us fleeters get back to what we're supposed to be doing."

Aloud, she asked, "Would anyone be willing to catch us up on what we've missed?"

ooc its a grand super star destroyer clas not an ssd its 5.5km
oc sire shall i fire no

"Doombringer off the port bow, sir."
"Sir, they're charging weapons!"
"Do the same, but don't aim at them directly. Prepare the alert fighters for launch... The Orb ship will not be touched by hostile fire."
"Aye, sir."
"In the meantime, sound General Quarters."

Klaxons echoed through the corridors as red light pulsated through them, bathing the area with a glow like that of a Sith's lightsaber.

"General Quarters, General Quarters. This is not a drill. Repeat, this is not a drill. All hands, General Quarters."

sire said the atical ofcier craven dogs charging weapons arm the qauntium cluster torpedoes and ready the fighters

pop pop...pop

Bluebird of Cricket 5 of the HHS Bluebird, Taskforce "White on Rice" was majorly peeved... she had been tasked with tracking the movements of Melii's new neighbors and allies, enemies and potential threats and resources to the Imperium...

That was fine and dandy.

She glared at the Doombringer class super dreadnought...

These buggers are everywhere! Can't go a few parsecs or sideways without bumping into one. Now they were being typical brutish Kitir. They were as bad as a First Year Recruit! Nonono... hmmm... a Cravan delegation? So the Kyle was sending forward Raiders? No not their general style.. likely diplomatic and trade issues. Oh the followers of one of the Celestial Kings was here?

She activated her Weapons system and assumed the standard salute posture... The Melii High Command in Deference to strange barbarian custom had now forgone the standard Active Guns Salute on First Contact... apparently the wogs had a tendency to misinterpert a perfectly sensible Honour. No...Now the ship merely locked onto the locals with a Hard Ping and active weapons.

This was a much better way of saying hello. The crew prefered blowing up a few useless Comets, but this could be much more interesting if it worked.

She sent the standard hails to the Host and Known Allies/Not Enemies of the Melii, and a Request for Identification to the Unknowns. Her escorts and Wings emphasised the pointed question.

The Cricket looked pretty angry.

It's normally Ruby Red Crystaline Hull was now faintly glowing malevalently as was the Bronze Flicker Fields. The light and energy levels grew even as the savages watched. Her forward Mounts had stabalized and were begining to add a faintly [no colour] to the precedings. A most dangerous colour is [no color] the void. Random energy discharges played up and down the now fully decloaked Cruiser... The Escorts appeared to be Dragonflies... Their own thin wings were now fully extended and in active defense modes. That in itself was strange as the Dragonflies were obviously deseigned for soley one purpose, they were Death. Swift, agile and deadly they appeared.

Swarming now in a deceptivily random horde were the Melii Starfighter Wings. They provided an impressive mobile weapons platform and screen. The Fireflies and Misquitoes darted in and out amongst the Taskforce. The sight was quite a spectacle if you were ignorant of the Melii. They appeared to be Easter eggs and Pixies...

The Kitir Taskforce was the primary pinged target. Five capital ships versus a few dozen were Ok odds 77.1283 chance of a draw... Now if the Not Enemies joined in the fray... calculations 97.889 probability of successful engagement with current forces... if the Unknowns entered the Equation... anywhere from 56.375 - 64.342 % chance of successful draw... etc...

The survey probes for this sector were released, hopped and established listening posts and replicated themselves. Finally, she manifested herself onto the Command Centre and grinned at Captain Silver Fox.

Ayup, Chef looks like were are going dancing.

Silver Fox groaned and then grinned.

That was a terrible joke.

Then they both turned their fools smiles unto the Savage Tribes.

"Ma'am another group of ships asking for us to inform them who we are." The Comm officer said

" Inform them then." The Captian said keeping a eye on what was turning into another conflict brewing just after the first had calmed down.

The communcations officer sent out a message signaling they were the Orb Union Battleship Eternal and had come here to make first contact with space faring nations.

Cagalli returned shelbys handshake and then took her seat after greeting the new guest. " We have just started talks on possible trade agreements,information exchanges and none agression pacts.You havnt missed to much."

OOC: Dont think i forgot anyone this time i hope.

i want the orbs ships weapons and prpuplion target said the captaon yes sire

ORB Union System

The Taskforce slowly "fell" insystem under low impulse. The swarms were small sharks circling the outer systems. The Melii prefered some "sea room" to maneuver in. Until they made themselves known as hostile, neutral, or friendly, the Unknowns were prey. The Captain and Tactical noted that the Kitir weapons were still hot as were some of the other Savages. This was a game of Creche Chicken brinkmanship writ large.

The Cricket acknowledge the new Barbarian Hosts... what a strange name ORB... they requested Sacred Guest status of the Host Tribe and asked if they were in need of assistance... well that was what they thought they had asked.


Barbarian Nobles of the House Orb,

We see you and acknowledge your claims to this System.
We request Sacred Guest status of your House.

We note that the Not Enemies seem to have taken an interest in your mudball.
What is it that you have of value that has attracted so many?
Since your world and ships are not slag, we feel it safe to assume that you are not Daemons.

Are you weak? Do you require aid...your tincans?

this is the sephrion flagship the doombringer we are here for them

As soon as the Doombringer targeted the Orb Union Ship the massive 9km long Enchantress placed herself directly in the line of their weapons should they fire. Moments later 2 Inquisitor Class Capital Ships, the S.I.N Harlequin, and the S.I.N Sword of Honour, warped in behind the Doombringer, weapons systems fully charged. he Enchantress fired one massive warning shot off the Doombringers Port Bow, the stream of highly charged ions crackling over her shielding. the main guns were all trained on the Doombringer now, one false move and the ship would be reduced to a charred husk.

The Imperial ships had cloaked and left orbit around the fifth planet. They had plotted intercept courses toward the Doombringer. With all the comms they were putting out of intended hostile towards the Orb ship, the people in charge of each were heading over to protect Fleet Admiral Picard and his party who were aboard the Eternal. The cloaks were gained from Romulan colonies under protection of the Empire from the Alliance in the home reality and were based on the Remen version. Thus, they were able to fire while cloaked and were invisible to all known sensors.

The Ares broadcast a wide-band message in a single burst:

Doombringer, you will stand down now or face the wrath of the United Empire Of Planets. This is your first and only warning. Comply, or face the consequences of your actions.

The INS Darsan and her escorts took up positions, and went to full combat readiness.

"Targetting solution acquired. Awaiting orders, Admiral. Rail guns, SW-IX cannons, and turbolasers reporting weapons ready."
"Hold fire, wait for my order. We don't want to start a war here."
"Aye, sir."

The Cravanian group entered combat formation, with destroyers on the outside. The Darsan and Avignon, the largest ships in the group, were at the center. All weapons were pointed at the Doombringer...

"Prepare a message."
"Aye, sir."

"Attention Doombringer, this is the INS Darsan. Stand down immediately, or you will be fired upon. Repeat: Stand down immediately."

The captain looked to his Flight Operation Officer.

"Launch the alert fighters. Prepare a defensive screen with them."
"Aye, sir."

Klaxons in the hangar blared as pilots rushed to their fighters. It was a flurry of activity, with mechanics readying the fighters and pilots climbing the ladders into their cockpits. Within a miniute of the order being given, the first wave was away...

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"Okay boys and girls. Rejoin formation and await further orders. We're setting up a defensive screen around the group."
"Copy that, sir. Awaiting further orders."

All they could do now was wait...

Aboard the Enchantress there was a flurry of activity, in her main hangar bay flight crews rushed to get all of her fighters ready for launch. Assault Mecha were armed and activated, their pilots strapping themselves in and hardwiring themselves into the processors, Breach Pods were readied and Imperial Marines rushed to their stations to prepare for boarding actions. So far there was only one ship against many. and the Enchantress was a behemoth of a war vessel, the only Requiem class ship in the Empire, her sister ship the Warlock was still being built, and it would be months before she was flight ready. Onboard the Harlequin and the Sword of Honour, similar scenes were taking place, as the main forward Ion arrays were brought up to full capacity on both ships, the targeting computers had already locked onto the engine and main bridge section of the Doombringer, and all flight crews were ready to launch the fighter craft.

Captain Cynryn sat down, her comrade had retrieved his gun and placed it back in his holster and had headed back to the shuttle to prepare the troops in case the doombringer did anything foolish like a boarding action. Cynryn turned to Cagalli, "M'lady the Enchantress has taken up a defensive position, and the Admiral wishes to know if you will allow us to encompass your ship within the Enchantresses shields for protection?"

*Snip*
Cagalli returned shelbys handshake and then took her seat after greeting the new guest. " We have just started talks on possible trade agreements,information exchanges and none agression pacts.You havnt missed to much."

"Interesting," replied Shelby as she noted Cagalli's grip during the shake before sitting back in her seat.

She noted that Picard was being silent for some reason only he knew, and realized that he might be judging and gauging her performance here today. Knowing that this could lead to possible advancement for her career, she would do her best.

"Please," she added, "Don't let me interrupt. One at a time may be slow, but it will allow each and every party to be heard fully."

*Snip*
Captain Cynryn sat down, her comrade had retrieved his gun and placed it back in his holster and had headed back to the shuttle to prepare the troops in case the doombringer did anything foolish like a boarding action. Cynryn turned to Cagalli, "M'lady the Enchantress has taken up a defensive position, and the Admiral wishes to know if you will allow us to encompass your ship within the Enchantresses shields for protection?"

Picard raised an eyebrow at this. He calculated that if the Enchantress was busy defending the Eternal, it would give the Ares and her escorts more freedom when attacking the enemy.

OOC: Post from Orb comeing later tonight i promise.

Nano steel glistend off the smooth hull of the large ship as it traversed through space. Not a single weapon port was visible nor was an engine output. Silent and shiny! as it drifted here and there. Common preparations had gone about cristening the ship and one was monitoring communication channels. Something interesting was taking place in a young system. "Lord Rahl, we are picking up transmission from a new system. It seems that tensions are high among a few of the residents."

Richard sighed as he turned his head to the side. "Do we know any of them?"

"One ship registered from the Sephrioth empire."

"I see. Well I suppose we better investigate."

The ship shimmered appearing within the Union's territory.

Sephrioth ship, this is Lord Rahl of the Abh Empire. We have intercepted your correspondence with the young race. What is the meaning of these hostilities and what have they done to encur your wrath?

Cagalli nodded at Cynryn " That would be best to extend your shields over the Eternal. Orb has only started working on shielding for our ships and as such the Eternal only has her armor to protect her.

Cagalli then turned to the others " We may go on with our talks or we can wait untell the current situation is resolved. If any of you wish to return to your ships for now i understand as well."

Meanwhil Captian Erika replyed to the message as best she could from Me li
Orb may not be as advanced as other nations but we will fight anyship that attacks us. But as it stands now we whould be thankful for any aid your ships can provide us.

Unkowns have cloaked... they had not declared themselves. Therefore, they were Hostiles and attempting to attack!
Additional Unkown has popped into this plane... not of the foolish/blasphemous ones that claim to be gods... similar design observed to Hositle Over-Maker-Mind Abomination Class 3... yet it had come to aid the weaker... no it had merely requested information from the Kitir. It too was a threat!

The Fox agreed.

The trick is who will they be attacking? The last transmissin from the cloaked elements appeared that they were on an intercept path towards the Doombringer Taskforce. Disinformation? The probes had not yet fully intergrated their sensor nets at the ORB's system's Trojan points. For the next few minutes, the bastards would be difficult to locate.

Cricket and half of her escorts began to actively scan for the Hidden Enemy. The second half "dove" and disappeared from this plane. They spilt into five groups and scattered to the four directions of the system's plane. One lone destroyer served as vanguard point.

This formation would increase the lead time by a few light seconds and would increase chances for discovering the cloaked vessels. The Hidden Prey appeared to be using a shielding/cloaking varient of sector DIUFP subsector Dystopic Imperium/United Federation of Planets... S-Space? The barbarians of the UFP would utilize this for a few more centuries before switching to Tranwarp and Slipstream. A few Mecha were deployed to escort the Taskforce Outside in S-Level.

The Melii ships had now effectivily ignored the Doombringer Taskforce; it was no longer considered a tangible threat to the Melii group. Many Gaijin Not Enemies were now arrayed against it. Likelihood of successful draw for the Kitir Taskforce were now projected to be less than 15%. The Melii were Hunting the Unknown Enemy. In a tight beam, they appraised the Not Enemies of the Twig Detatchment's likely course of actions. The hidden elements began shadowing the likely vectors.

In an instant the remaining Me Li forces "dove" and disappeared.

They would stalk the hunters.

coms they ofer ally sattus to the hated meli protectors of the light side scum
coms to other unknowns my quarel is not with you my qarrual is with the orb vessel do not interfere

"Miss Cagalli," He commented standing. "Karen and I shall depart, and would advise you to do likewise as some of the people here don't play nice with each other and I would hate to see you get harmed. The vessel we talked about will be coming to visit sometime shortly to do the negotiations."

With that the two bowed to Cagalli before heading back to the scout ship.

coms they ofer ally satust to the hated meli protectors of the light side scum
coms to other unknowns my quarel is not with you my qarrual is with the orb vessel do nono interfere

"My Lord, we have just received a transmission from the Sephrioth ship."

"Put it through." Richard sat there with his chin in his hands. "Send a reply."

As we see it, this is a diplomatic meeting where all races and nations are welcome under a flag of peace where all hostilities are forgotten for this breif moment. These people have the right to welcome anyone they see fit. They are young and know nothing of your squabbles with others. You have no right to take out your vengence at this time at this place. We are here to ensure that peace prevails during this procession

a small task forc of 49 star destroyers an one super star destroyer droped out of transwarp
coms to dooombringer this is battle group thata at your comand the fifty ships lind up in to battle lines the ship of the line is the doombringer delcared the captain of the valkries fury a imperial star destroyer

" the coms officer said My Lord, we have just received a transmission ."

"Put it through." darth sephrioth sat force choking the idiot helmsman "Send a reply." you will notice abh vessel we have numeric superority if anyone fires up on this ship both my ship and the task force will retailate end coms

OOC: Oh come friggen on. :rolleyes: Wasn't there a thread someplace about uberfleets of doom? Against one friggen ship, and a couple small ships deployed for diplomatic purposes?

OOC: Oh come friggen on. :rolleyes: Wasn't there a thread someplace about uberfleets of doom? Against one friggen ship, and a couple small ships deployed for diplomatic purposes?
we just bought some back up in thier are others present listen to the coms to the abh the task force is a precationary mesure

OOC: That isn't a task force. That is an armada of pain. You do realise how long it would take to raise a force like that, and to jump in, don't you? Even with your size as a nation it would take a while to assemble a force of that size.

ooc get on msn and they were on stand by

OOC: I can't right now. I will in a little bit.

ooc tenicly that is a sephrion task force you call int an armada of pain why

OOC: Because I have about twelve ships here. Most of them small cruisers and destroyers. The largest is a 3km battleship.

OOC: Cravan, just let it slide for now. It won't take long.

IC:

The arriving ships stuck out like a soar thumb. Richard sighed as he shook his head. "They never listen nor do they ever do anything the easy way. Weapons, power to the main cannon and bring out escorts into this picture. Communications, open a channel to the Sephrioth ship."

Both replied with a resounding "Yes sir."

You hardly have numerical superiorty with all of these ships present to conduct diplomatic business. I guarantee if you fire on a diplomatic target, every nation here will retalliate against you. If you want to just pick a fight with the Abh Empire, well then I can fix the numerical power.

If anyone was scanning the area around the sole vessel, they would have noticed an energy spike not only from its weapon systems but also from the anamonalies appearing around it. Fifty shadows shimmered and took shape around the war vessel. To the naked eye, it would have been hard to pick out the jet black ships but every now and then one would pass Rahl's vessel casting a silhouette against it. The sharks of the Abh always accompanied new vessels. Fifty Rambirds beside the large ship.

What were you saying about numbers again? I will only warn you one last time. The purpose of this gathering is for peace and prosperity. You are interferring with such. Stand down and let these people continue their lives. At this moment, we will be overseeing as peace keepers while others continue diplomatic venues. The Abh stand between you and your target, I recommend attempting diplomacy.

OOC: Okay.

coms they ofer ally sattus to the hated meli protectors of the light side scum
coms to other unknowns my quarel is not with you my qarrual is with the orb vessel do not interfere

a small task forc of 49 star destroyers an one super star destroyer droped out of transwarp
coms to dooombringer this is battle group thata at your comand the fifty ships lind up in to battle lines the ship of the line is the doombringer delcared the captain of the valkries fury a imperial star destroyer

I.S.S. Ares - Bridge

"Thos nimrods think they can frighten us? Bah, we took on the Borg and won. No of these pathetic ships they have here will leave here today if they take agressive action."

"Agreed. The Ares is one of the best ship's the Empire has. Our kill record is proof enough of our superiority."

"Quite true. Lock all weapons on the Sephrioth vessels. Target their engines, weapons, and cloaking devices. I want those ships disabled. We will take as many as we can for the Empire and incorporate their own technologies against them."

"Locking on."

"Helm, prepare for strafing runs."

"Aye, sir."

Eternal - Conference Room

"Miss Cagalli," He commented standing. "Karen and I shall depart, and would advise you to do likewise as some of the people here don't play nice with each other and I would hate to see you get harmed. The vessel we talked about will be coming to visit sometime shortly to do the negotiations."

With that the two bowed to Cagalli before heading back to the scout ship.

Shelby said, "With the Ares out there, while I would feel better if someone with more battle experience was at the conn, the ship and her crew have survived far worse situations than this.

"If need be, if one of the other ship's is large enough, they can take the Eternal into their hanger bay for the duration."

Meanwhile...

OOC: Cravan, just let it slide for now. It won't take long.

IC:

The arriving ships stuck out like a soar thumb. Richard sighed as he shook his head. "They never listen nor do they ever do anything the easy way. Weapons, power to the main cannon and bring out escorts into this picture. Communications, open a channel to the Sephrioth ship."

Both replied with a resounding "Yes sir."



If anyone was scanning the area around the sole vessel, they would have noticed an energy spike not only from its weapon systems but also from the anamonalies appearing around it. Fifty shadows shimmered and took shape around the war vessel. To the naked eye, it would have been hard to pick out the jet black ships but every now and then one would pass Rahl's vessel casting a silhouette against it. The sharks of the Abh always accompanied new vessels. Fifty Rambirds beside the large ship.

The Abh comm traffic with the Sephrioth ships was intercepted and monitored. A brief, yet informative message was sent via tight-beam form directly at the lead Abh vessel's communications unit from the Ares. Unless another ship was directly in the line that the beam was travelling, the message would not be intercepted.

We don't know who you are or why you are here. However, know this, if they start shooting at the Orb ship, we will have no choice but to respond. Our honor, and the lives of our delegates, are at stake.

The Melii were no friend of Light or Dark. The Fox made no reply to the Sephiis... interesting that they can hate us and ask for help in the same breath. How very Melii of them. It was a goodly joke.

He canceled the Hunt.

The Probes had set up the sensor network.
The Unknowns appeared not to be threatening the Melii so were Not Enemy. Rude not enemies but they were barbarians that knew not the ways.

This ensemble of Gaijins appeared too big a chicken flock to successfully fight with the Twig force currently in system. The Large Abomination-like Ship appeared most interesting. They in fact appeared to have rather large teeth and many large little teeth at that.

The Taskforce was regrouped and after a few microjumps "surfaced" due north of the system's plane. They appeared directly "above" the Cravan Not Enemies... about an AU above but above nontheless. Weapons were turned off as were the Heavy Flicker Fields.

The Melii ships hung in the void as the energy from the transition bled in tiny plasma arcs and electrical discharges played along the crystaline hulls. The Wings flew in long languid sweeps. If you did not know better, you would say the eggs were just floating there without a care in the world.

"Melii ships overhead, sir."
"Good. We need all the help we can get until Command sends some support."
"Aye, sir. In the meantime, your orders?"
"Deploy the first wave of fighters, and have them begin to close the gap with the Sephiroth ships. If we can time this right, backup will arrive when the fighters are near firing range."
"Aye, sir. Launching fighters."

All we can do is wait...

heavely encoded coms to abh ships it apears we are at an impasse if they fire we fire back and we will attack with the fuul force of the empire

Not much had really happened in the short moments of this little exchange. Simply more threats and very little action which was the whole idea. Action spoke louder than words and the only action at this moment was inaction.

Richard smirked as he read the messages sent to him. "Well let's handle one at a time."

Sephrioth ship:
Since they have no intentions of firing first, it seems you are wasting your time and ruining a perfectly good meeting. Perhaps you should relax and take part in the diplomatic discussion.

He sighed. "Alright get me the next one."

Jarvon vessel:
We are merely here to keep the peace. Our pressence was requested to ensure that such was kept along with the safety of others. We were hoping to leave once this matter was resolved but it appears we won't be going anywhere for awhile.

OOC: Orb, you might want to get other people going with the diplomatic relation stuff before people start leaving the thread.

Messages

Response to the Abh message

Acknowledged. If battle is joined today against the agressors from Sephrioth, we will respond with force against them and only them. You have nothing to fear from us, unless you fight against us.

OOC: Sorry work has been hell these past two days. I will make my post with NZ since i am haveing trouble logging in with Orb

IC: Cagalli stood and noded as the two from Theao left. She then turned to the others. " It seems for now things are somewhat undercontrole. Let us go one with our talks... let us start with talk about forming a trade treaty openeing up trade between our nations."

coms to other races it aperias we werer abit hasty standing down alert state wiahing to be diplomatic

I.S.S. Ares - Bridge

"Cowards," thought the officer left in charge while Picard and Shelby were aboard the Orb ship.

Aloud, he said, "Stand down to Yellow Alert, but keep us cloaked and in this general vicinity."

"Aye, sir."

OOC: Bumping and post comeing later.

The Enchantresses Shields crackled slightly as they slowly absorbed the other ship inside them, aboard the Orb ship they would have noticed an immediate jump of power to all systems, it was like someone had just dumped a nuclear reactor into their energy systems.

The Enchantress turned slightly, and brought the Sephrioth Armada into the full view of its guns, the Admiral laughed quietly to himself. Those idiots, they are like gnats to this ship, what use are their puny weapons against a vessel like the Enchantress? He ordered the guns to remain in firing position, and proceeded to assign firing orders to all the other guns, within minutes each of the Star Destroyers had at least one gun trained on her, and in the forward hull of the Enchantress, the main bay doors slid apart and backwards, revealing an immense barrel of some cannon. Deep within its maw, there was a steadily rising red glow, it seemed as though the Enchantress was charging her Vampire cannon...

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To: Doombringer
From: S.I.N Enchantress
RE: Useless Saber Rattling.

All your ships are now targeted within the range of the Enchantress, you are ordered to immediately disperse or face the utter annihilation of your fleet. The main Vampire Cannon is charging now, and you have precisely 6 Imperial Minutes to leave the Sector, however we are permitting you to leave one ship behind for Diplomatic Purposes. We appreciate the Reduction in your Alert Status, and as such have given you this solitary warning, it is not in our nature to warn those who initiate uncalled for Hostile Actions against the Empire.

All Hail the Eternal Emperor!

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Captain Cynryn nodded and smiled at Cagalli. "Of course M'lady, we of the Holy Empire, are willing to initiate some trade agreements, namely the transferral of some of our former defender fleets that are no longer in service, these ships of course are nowhere near the level of our current ships in service, but we hope that with these ships you at least have some form of defence in the future should a situation like the one brewing outside occur again." Cynryn kept a pleasant smile on her face the entire time her head cocked slightly to one side, giving her a slight air of innocence that was somewhat reassuring whilst at the same time being rather unsettling.

coms to seriel vesels this is is a mere battle group
waere the entire fleet here you would know it sending back 25 of of the fifty

OOC: Sephrioth, just a few points to make before i go any further with this roleplay.

1.) I've seen some of your other rather laughable attempts at roleplay before, and i must say im not impressed, you've been a member for over 2 years, and you still havent read the helpful guides on good roleplay?

2.) I know im nit picking with this one but, I find the way you write the responses and the way that you type out most of your roleplay, appalling. No grammar, incorrect spelling, errors with POV and most everything else.

Now both of these might not be something your interested in hearing, but i really do feel that its time you got told. I dont really give 2 shits how big of a nation you are, you have this rather annoying tendency to god-mod, and use extortionately stupid things to attempt to influence the way a RP is going. Yes you have a SSD and a series of SD but if you ever read my factbook or my NSWiki entrys youll see that the power of the Enchantress is far beyond the capabilitys of most craft, she can swat SD's like flys, punch holes through SSD's with minimal hull damage. She is a freaking Capital ship, with planet killing capabilitys.

I dont care if the rest of your fleet comes here, but pull another stunt like launching that many craft into what was supposed to be peaceful diplomatic relations again, and ill start a damn thread in BOLD and have the enchantress drop a few Anti-Matter Torpedoes into the heart of the sun in each system you own. So please, learn to spell, and learn to Role Play.

Right rant over, now if you would ever like advice or guidance on how to Roleplay properly then drop me a telegram sometime, im always happy to help teach people how to be a good Role Player. And if you need help developing a more Unique Navy let me know sometime and ill throw some ideas your way. In the meantime however lets just get on with this one, and see where we go from here.

Soloriel.

Your OOC forewarning for the day- I just got him to stand down and be diplomatic and now you are antagonizing him. The first ship that fires, will loose every ship it has in the system. EVERYONE in FT uses planet killing weaponry so you are nothing special and your ship's capabilities mean jack to me. I was requested to be here and keep the peace and if that means you lose every ship, fine by me. This is supposed to be a diplomatic thread, not a military one. Now play nice.

IC:

"My Lord, unknown fleet is reaching optimal energy levels for firing."

Richard gripped the arm rest of his throne as he finally opened both eyes. "I see we have someone that wishes to assert their authority. Open a wide ban channel to all vessels in the area. We will finish this now."

Attention all vessels. The Sephrioth fleet has agreed to stand down and be more diplomatic. Any attacks carried out on the ship at this time will be viewed as an act of agression and we shall respond with the complete destruction of your forces. You are all here to partake in diplomacy. I would suggest that you get back to your task at hand before you do something you might regret.

"Lord, we have detected cloaked ships as well. At the moment they just appear to be hiding."

Richard's head had returned to resting on his fist by this time. "Let them be but keep a close tab on them and everyone else."

"Should we contact HQ and request more ships?"

"No, we have all that we need. Besides, if a combat situation arises then we will have the finishing touches on the test run of this vessel."

coms to the enchantress any fire upon us would ba an act of war against the empire abh and abh alone has seen how large the empires fleet is

POP pop.....pop

The Battleship Locust Class: HHS Grillon Verte (http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/8782/locustclassgrillonverte3nh.jpg) and her Escorts Translates directly "south" of the the Melii Taskforce. They seemed arrogantly carefree. They had came in with low shields and no cloak. This was a safe place to be...

Their weapons remain cool and their shield remain low. Without a word to the outside world, they merged with Bluebird's "White on Rice" and slowly shifted to aggressive defensive. There was a visible etheral glow around the Tasforce as their fields powered up.

Sephii and Savages did not seem to be playing very nice... Never hurts to be prepared.

ooc: Let play nice eh? if we[everyone] fight move outside this system/thread.
25 trillion and 49% of you economy to Defense is a bit much Seph.:rolleyes:

OOC: Still cant log into Orb on the fourms i have sent a email asking why and i hope to be able to have it fixed soon

IC: Cagalli returned the smile " Those fleets would be of great use for us to help protect Orb untell we ourselfs can design and build ships able to do it ourselfs. What would you wish in return for them?"

Shelby glanced at Picard while they waited for their turn at this diplomatic get-together. Picard, as he had been since the beginning, sat silently while he watched the proceedings. Shelby raised an eyebrow. One of Picard's forte's was diplomacy, at least she thought it was. His continued silence only confirmed the resolution in her mind that he was testing her abilities at the diplomatic table.

Cynryn smiled slightly as Cagalli spoke, "Why M'lady, the Empire would request of course that we initiate a Standard trade Agreement for Technology. We ask that in return for the ships we will provide, that you allow us to peruse some of your technology in the hopes that we may trade with you and further our understanding of your Culture, and your people." Cynryn cleared her throat slightly before continuing. "As a gesture of Goodwill the Enchantress has already sent word as soon as she had settled in system and received my report, already one Thunderer class Destroyer is on the way, in fact it should arrive.... Now."

Outside the Orbite ship, there was a flash of light as a huge destroyer warped into the system. Her running lights were de-activated and instead of the Metallic blue that seemed to be Imperial standard on Naval vessels she was instead painted a matt grey colour, her Identification Number was still visible but her name and battle honours had been removed. It slowly settled alongside the Orbite ship and her engines shut down. the ships interior lights were dark and her missile ports and gun batterys lay silent. She was a majestic vessel, roughly 1900 Kilometres long, she was a huge Gunbarrel shape, the upper forward section of which had an Iris which was currently closed, to her rear she was flanked by two large engines which hung at an angle from her aft section and slightly lower than the rest of the ship, to her rear was a large pair of cargo bay doors, clearly they were large enough to accommodate many ships.

Cynryns head was still tilted to the side and she nodded to herself for a moment. "The Thunderer class Destroyer has arrived Cagalli, she is currently unmanned, only her central computer core is still running, life support and gravity drives are engaged as well as internal power. Her Aft docking doors will open to the frequency that has been transmitted to your communications officer. We hope that this demonstrates our eagerness to establish good ties with your nation, and hope that it will further future diplomatic ties with your people." Cynryn sat back slightly that same innocent smile on her face.

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To: Doombringer
From: S.I.N Enchantress
RE: Compliance

We thank you for your Compliance with our request, and as such we have decided to stand down main guns. However targeting locks will be kept on your fleet until such a time as we feel that you pose no threat to us or the Orbites. We hasten to add that we will not initiate any hostile acts unless fired upon first by any of the ships in your fleet. We invite you to send a diplomatic party to the Orbite's and enter into the Diplomatic talks taking place aboard their ship, merely send the word and we will lower the shields surrounding the Orbite ship to allow you to dock.

May the Emperor watch you and Keep You.

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OOC:Neo Zeta, ill telegram you the link to the image of the ship im using, as well as the technical readouts for the Thunderer class Destroyer.

OOC: 1,600 kilometers long! Damn! If that's how big just a destroyer is, I would hate to see what you consider one of your big cap ship classes.

IC: Shelby inquired, "An entire ship? How big? How do you know that they'll be able to crew it, let alone maintain it?

"I would think providing the technology, knowledge, and experience for them to update their current ships."

She took a small holo-emitter from a pouch at her waist.

Turning towards Cagalli, she asks, "You use nuclear power, correct? What would you say to aquiring one of these?"

She hits the activation key and a small, scale hologram of a Defiant class's two deck high matter/anti-matter core appears over the table in true to life colors.

"This," Shelby continues, "is one of our smaller matter/anti-matter cores designed for a capital ship. At two decks high, it should be able to fit inside, say, this ship, the Eternal, for example. We can also provide smaller cores like the ones we use in our shuttles and fighters for use in your smaller craft, like those bipedal units I saw down in your hanger when we landed."

OOC: Almost sure he ment to say meters. In his TG the specs stated meters i to make that mistake some times thinking i put 1.5 or somthing and then tag on Kilo when i really put 1500 and needed to put meters. Btw Orb works agian so IC post comeing soon.

OOC: I just love the idea of huge majestic ships gently flying throush space and duelling with a sense of elegance, rather than the brutal ugly free for alls that most battles on here tend to turn into, which is why my ships are all so large, dont get me wrong i have smaller ships, but they tend to be in charge of policing actions and planetary defense, and yes i did mean Metres, not Kilometres, sorry for the confusion there ;)

Cynryn smiled as Jarven spoke, not speaking until he had finished. "M'lady, included within the computer core of the ship is an intensive VR Training simulation course, that will allow any who wishes to learn, how to pilot and man the ship, the time inside the VR suite would be approximately 3 years, but in real time it would be less than a month. We tend to be... Efficient in the training of our Naval Crews, also the Computer core, contains data on every aspect of the ship and the technologys required to run it, and maintain it, as well as containing the blueprints for all of the ships components." Cyrnyn Tilted her head and directed the full power of that innocently sweet smile at Jarven for a moment, "I believe that we have covered all the bases, M'lady."

Well now that the Situation had calmed the Melii ships *blinked* and appeared south of the Sephii Taskforce opened their ports charged weapons and fired a salute. Then they dropped shields and 'ported some duetrium that had been agreed to.

At the same time this was happening they fired a salute to the Cravanians and Solerii. Small Diplomatic couriers broke free of the capital ships and made their way over to the established Not Enemies ships. Tight beams could occasionally be intercepted. Slow snail mail was still a time honoured Melii idosycrasy when dealing with Houses and Neutral Tribes.

A request was sent to the Unknowns and the ORB for docking and diplomatic rights...and for a small cometary body in exchange for a local star map of the immediate region. Melii needed some water for another mission as seeing as they were already here and they might as well ask. A small diplomatic cutter broke away and began approaching the ORB facility...

ooc: 1600 km? Hmmm... I always wanted a Dahak or better yet an Olde Man.

the doom briinger commed them that was a task force a task force is a combat tallon plus 1

OOC: I just love the idea of huge majestic ships gently flying throush space and duelling with a sense of elegance, rather than the brutal ugly free for alls that most battles on here tend to turn into, which is why my ships are all so large, dont get me wrong i have smaller ships, but they tend to be in charge of policing actions and planetary defense, and yes i did mean Metres, not Kilometres, sorry for the confusion there ;)

OOC: Ehh, meh. That's what I've got to say. A simple check of what you had typed prior to hitting the submit button would have made things a little easier and prevented some OOC clutter. Of course, I'm not saying giant ships, if you had meant kilometers, like that wouldn't be awe inspiring, but just from the size alone, your entire navy would have to be small (as in a handful of ships) just so you could crew them all. Still, even at the high billions in population nations would have a hard time doing that and everything else they need military forces for.

Cynryn smiled as Jarven spoke, not speaking until he had finished. "M'lady, included within the computer core of the ship is an intensive VR Training simulation course, that will allow any who wishes to learn, how to pilot and man the ship, the time inside the VR suite would be approximately 3 years, but in real time it would be less than a month. We tend to be... Efficient in the training of our Naval Crews, also the Computer core, contains data on every aspect of the ship and the technologys required to run it, and maintain it, as well as containing the blueprints for all of the ships components." Cyrnyn Tilted her head and directed the full power of that innocently sweet smile at Jarven for a moment, "I believe that we have covered all the bases, M'lady."

IC: Shelby looked at Cynryn in the eye before replying.

"Still," she said, "we don't want to give them any inferiorty(sp?) complexes, so I had judged it best to help them enhance their own ships instead of overwhelming them with an entire ship that utilizes technology so alien to their own. Helping them come up to par tech wise will also foster tighter bonds between them and whomever is helping them develop their own advanced technologies. That's one thing you just got to love about the human race, I've yet to encounter one that's more creative or ingenuitive.

"For example, in the Empire's own home reality on our Earth, humans were able to turn an old nuclear missile into the first ship capable of superluminal speeds. That was around seven-hundred years ago and led to our own first contact with a non-terrestial species, the Vulcans. I won't bore you with the details of what happened, but lets just say it helped to shape who we are today.

"Humans are not the strongest physically or mentally compared to what's out there, but, in my experience, we are the most adaptive. Even more so than the Borg. No matter the circumstances or adversity, we found a way to survive and better ourselves."

Cynryn looked across at Shelby, a measure of respect entering her eyes for a moment, and the smile seemed to deepen into one of admiration. "Indeed the Empire hopes that this ship will allow the Orbites to fully master the systems that we ourselves took generations to discover, and in turn give them a greater level of understanding, so that in time they too may be able to further expand and develop new and greater discoverys in the name of Science and culture, the Thunderer class destroyer is in itself a powerful ship, but she is the oldest ship the Empire has in her former shipyards, as such we thought it appropriate to dispatch her to this meeting, as opposed to say the Sanctum or Crusader classes, both of which are currently being mothballed by the Navy, these ships alone are hundreds of years more advanced than the Thunderer, yet they too are being pushed out of Service in favour of the new Rhapsody and Inquisitor classes." Cynryn paused for a moment sizing up the other representative before continuing. "We have often found that whilst Humanity as whole is capable of amazing things, even the slightest advantage in the fields of Science can make all the difference when it comes to the exploration of space, as we all saw not too long ago, a potentially lethal situation was prevented by the application of greater technologys, and superior ships, would you deny these people a chance to defend themselves should such another situation arise? What if they do decide to research these technologys and in the interceding time between research and deployment they are attacked by a greater force? Would not the ship design we have given them have aided somewhat in the defense of their people? We do not seek slaves or those who look up to the Empire, we require Allys, and Friends, to aid us as we Aid them. And what better way to aid an ally, then to provide them with something that is yours to guide them and to help protect them, in the infinite emptyness that is space?"

Shelby replied, "Unless a group of people fully understands a new tech, which in my opinion is gained by actually taking it apart and then being able to put it back together the way it was, which takes time, situations can arise where the technology could be misused in some way. I'm sure it took you quite a while to reach your current level of technology and abilities. However, put yourselves in their shoes with a more advanced group providing them with such advanced technology overnight. While it may or may not create an inferiority complex, simply learning how to operate something is not the same as knowing how to use it. Experience is required to gain mastery. That's all I'm saying.

"I've seen what was left of a great civilization in their own Nuclear Age after they had been given advanced tech from a more advanced civilization inhabiting another planet in the same star system. In the end, both were destroyed.

"As the old proverb goes: 'Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for life.'"

Cynryn nodded as he finished speaking, eyeing him up, as her tongue slowly licked her lips, her eyes seemed to light up, as though she were enjoying this discussion, "Indeed there are times when such a gift as this, may indeed lead to ruination, and the lack of understanding in a situation such as this can have disastrous consequences for both nations involved. However we are also aware that through destruction often comes the greatest of advancements, as you yourself said it was the ingenious usage of a former weapon of war that allowed your people to reach a level of understanding that has brought you to where you are today." She tilted her head to one side for several moments, and nodded to herself, she extended her hand, palm upwards and a small flicker of light occured in the air above her hand, it coalesced slowly into an image, one of a world seen from space. "This is the Empires once proud homeworld, Solorius Prime." The image zoomed in, and as the picture expanded it became apparent something was horribly wrong, the atmosphere was blackened and huge tornado's could be seen in the cloud cover, with flashes of lightning ripping the air apart. The image zoomed in to a large continent, as it moved slowly over the lands the ground was a blasted wasteland, citys were nothing more than burnt out skeletons, the fingers of elegant spires seemingly clawing at the sky. "We were great once, a Noble race, we believed in the purity of the self, and the wholeness of ones spirit in order to better understand the world around us, that is of course until the discovery of the Artifact." The image swept over the lands to a massive mountain range, where the remains of a vast dig was situated, the hull of some strange craft could still be seen from the earth, although it quickly became apparent that all that was left of the craft was the outer hull. "The artifact swept in a new era of Understanding, and under the Emperors guidance we studied all that we could, our technology leaping forwards in terms of months rather than years, and then the Dissent set in." The image flickered and changed into that of vast forces marching in time across a lush field, tanks and huge mecha keeping step with them, aircraft screamed overhead and dissapeared into the distance. "They were known as the Taydrmuntc, they spoke of lies and heresy, of how the Emperor had known all along of the relic, and had held us back deliberately from accepting our true destiny, they demanded that the technology we had recovered be handed over to them, to be handed out piecemeal as and when they saw fit, the Emperor said no. The war that followed was brutal, and slow, hundreds of millions, civilian and military alike died over the course of the war, which lasted almost a hundred years." The Image flickered through a city burning, of massive wrecked war-machines lying in the dirt, torn apart by vast expenditures of energy, bodies lay in the ruins, and the sight of tracer fire and energy rounds ripped through the air. "The Taydrmuntc were fierce enemys, and we had reached an Impasse, neither side could fight any further, and then we made a breakthrough in our research of the craft. Our scientists had discovered from the remains of the crew how to better develop Cybernetic Technology, on a level many hundreds of years more advanced than our own. Our people rejoiced, that in the midst of all this death we had discovered such a great secret." The image cut to another image of a Solorien male lying in a vat, as his skeleton was being replaced piece by piece with metallic limbs. "The Taydrmuntc, were not happy. As a consequence they released a deadly Virus into the air of our beautiful homeworld, we called it the Black Orchid. It was designed to specifically target those of us who had undergone the Surgery to alter our bodys with the glory of the machine. However most of the civilian populace had already undergone the transformation, even those on the enemy side. The death toll was catastrophic." The image changed once again, to an image of Soloriens writhing in pain by the sides of roads, in their houses and in the streets. "The Emperor and as many of us as could be saved, evacuated the planet, in the Exodus." Again the image changed and the sight of vast ships exploding from underground and into the atmosphere was seen. "We lucky few escaped, thanks to technology we had recovered from the Alien Craft, and as the Emperor had predicted, the Virus Mutated, it began killing every organic life form on the planet, within a year it had become the wasteland it is today." Cynryns voice floated softly through the air, giving it an almost ethereal quality, the Image flickered to that of a vast armada of ships slowly moving through space. towards a distant planet. "Were it not for the Technology that we had discovered from the Alien craft, our race would be no more, our remains nothing more but part of the background dust of our homeworld." The image flickered and disappeared, and Cynryn placed her hand back down, before speaking. "Through the Gift of technology we were saved, through the war of our people we have evolved. If we had been given what we are offering now, along with the knowledge of how to replicate it, perhaps the whole war could have been avoided,and our people would have been saved. This technology is advanced yes, but with it comes the chance to research deeper into this technology, and allow them to discover what they need in time, for this reason the Databanks of the Thunderer class has been wiped, of any pertinent data, so that they may reverse engineer and discover for themselves the things that they may need. The only thing that is left in her memory banks, is the knowledge of how to use this ship as is, and maintain her if they so choose." Cynryn sat back a troubled look crossing her face, it appeared as though the presentation she had given of her own peoples downfall and rebirth, had hit a raw nerve. Her beautiful face seemed creased in the effort of attempting to withhold her emotions, indeed even her eyes had a hint of moisture appearing at the edges, a contrast to the carefully constructed facade she normally hid behind.

"It is always a shame when civilizations tear themselves apart from the inside out like that," replied Shelby.

"That planet," she continued, "did you ever think about going back and repairing the damage? By now you must be advanced enough to have an anti-virus for this Black Orchid and the technology needed to restore the planet itself to its former glory. If need be, we can provide you with a weather control system to help with the storms.

"And you've brought up a very good point. In a few exceptional exceptions, things don't always turn out bad. However, have your people ever run simulations of what could have happened if you hadn't found the reck? If need be, we can use our computers on Memory Prime to help, the entire planet is pretty much one big computer."

Shelby noted the look on Cynryn's face and added, "And don't be afraid to show your emotions. Bottling them up isn't healthy. Besides, you would be surprised how well emotions can serve in combat, of the kind with weapons and the kind with words."

Cynryn nodded resignedly, her face gently settling back into a troubled look. "Our people did run a simulation once, and the outcome was indeed far far worse, had the wreck never have been found, then the Taydrmuntc would have risen anyway, accusing us of withholding the things they wanted, and the war would have been just a brutal, and our people would still be dead." Fixing Shelby in her gaze, she waited a moment before speaking, her voice neutral "Whilst the planet itself can be brought back into its former glory, there is another matter, one which i do not feel comfortable explaining in this room, perhaps later we may retire somewhere quiet so that i may explain further to you?"

Cynryn sighed and swept the room with her gaze, her eyes stopping on each of the representatives as it moved around the room, "Emotion for myself, as it is for the rest of the Diplomatic Corps, is something we are trained to withhold, and use only those emotions which we require. Indeed it is part of our core training."

Cagalli was thankful for the gift of the new ship and listened on to the conversation. She sighed as she knew how close humanity came to destroying itself not but 5 years befor.

" Be it Taydrmuntc's,Extendeds, Zaft or Blue Cosmos it seems this universe is full of sorrow. As i said earlyer we fought a weapon called Gensis. A Zaft Orbital Cannon with enough power to destroy everything on the surfece of our world. And we destroyed it at a great cost. But not two years later extreamist from Zaft attempted to drop a colony on the world it was destroyed but chunks of it still did major damage in what was known as the breaking of the world. In return Blue Cosmos used Nuclear weapons to attempt to destroy plant. Then later used their Requiem cannon the moon to try and destroy PLANT. And even once they were defeated it didnt end. Zaft now had the Requiem Cannon and a rebuilt Neo Gensis to crush any earth force that would try to destroy them ever agian and force people to give up their freedoms in exchange for a end to crime,war and hunger. Orb was a nation who would not do this and was the first target of the two new Zaft Super Weapons however we were able to destroy both with a joint effort from what was left of the Earth Alliance forces. Only now can we really hope to keep this peace. Why should a race with one world have a weapon able to destroy it? No why should anyone have such weapons...."

coms to orb vessel permision for a drop ship to com abour with 20 unarmed black sqaud soldiers and the emepeor

Shelby nodded at Cynryn and said, "We can discuss it in one of our shuttles if you wish. Then one I came over in or yours, it doesn't matter."

She turned to Cagali, listened, and replied, "I fully agree. When the technology to destroy worlds is in question, no lone nation should posses fully such technology on the off chance it could be misused. Of course, that's not the case. Even the United Empire Of Planets has its own last resort arsenal.

"Now, about my offer regarding the matter/anti-matter core?"

OOC: Ehh, seems everyone has skipped over the bit about Jarvon providing Orb with a Defiant class style M/AM reactor in exchange for something currently unspecified.
@NZ/Orb: Check your TGs.
@Soloriel: Please put spaces between paragraphs. Its a tad annoying with all that text in single blocks like that.

OOC: Sorry about that there was alot for me to catch up on i must have overlooked it. I will respondt to it in my next reply

OOC: Curtesy bump.

Cynryn nodded to Shelby, before returning her attention to Cagalli. "Indeed it seems as though many other races we have encountered posess the means with which to destroy whole worlds, and systems, upon the smallest whim." Leaning back she cocked her head to the side, listening once more to that unheard voice.

"Cagalli, the Thunderer Class is now running under its own power, if or when you feel ready she is there for you to take wherever she needs to go, or if you prefer, to send a crew to look her over, and ensure that all is as you would wish." Turning her head to look around the room, she glanced at the other representatives that had thus far remained silent. "If it would be all right Cagalli, I must retire for a short while, However I shall return shortly."

OOC: Sorry for the very late reply and i know i am prob going to miss alot in my reply so just remind me after.

IC: " We are intrested in aquireing a few of these cores of yours. We would study them to help our one research into creating new power cores for our ships." Cagalli said in response to the Jarvon offer she then turned to Cynryn " I will send a crew over soon to ready it for trasnfer of a skelton crew to take her back to Earth. Is that ship able to land on a planet maybe in the ocean? We have docks able to handel ships of 1200 meters in lengh which is the largest the Earth Alliance Space Fleet has ever yeiled."

Shelby's eyebrow rose.

Amazed, she asked, "You're not even going to ask what we want in return for a working M/AM core and experts to help you take it apart to learn how it ticks so you can make your own?"

Cynryn smiled and nodded at Caglli, "Yes it is capable of sub atmospheric maneuveurs, and should be able to land in the ocean, or any patch of ground large enough for it to do so. And 1200 metres? M'lady that is the smallest sized vessel in the Imperial Navy, the Thunderer class that you have outside, even the Enchantress is well over 9,000 Kilometers long herself, although she is the Flagship of the Empire." A strange look flickered over Cynryns face for a moment, and then she stood up abruptly, "Excuse me honoured representatives, I shall return shortly." She stepped smartly outside and proceeded to the shuttle, once inside two Imperial guards stood watch over the hatch, as it slid closed behind her.

OOC: Sorry I haven't been posting, but I've been fairly busy. The thread appears to have progressed to a point where I can't continue without interrupting, so just think I pulled out for some obscure reason. I'm going away for a week anyway, so it's not like I could post. ;)