Megas
01-09-2006, 05:58
Never before had such an endeavor been undertaken, in all the grandeur of Megan history. However, that history would choose not record the events that unfolded on the fateful day of this mission, nor the names of the brave souls that sacrificed in order to ensure its success. The near-abyssal scope of this story is one that would remain shrouded in a fog of mysterious untruths for ages, despite having imparted a tremendous impact on the ESUS-GFFA war. Thus, I tell you now a story of courage, a story of valor, a story of cunning, the story of What History Forgot…
Dr. Myers Felda, excerpt from An In-depth Study of Megan Warfare
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The Megan warships crept to a halt. They were suspended in Protospace, a mere hundred-thousand kilometers from a known Solarin-GFFA trade station. The warships numbered just over three dozen, the lead ship a Tristar-class heavy cruiser, the workhorse command ship of the Megan fleet. The rest were assorted ships of various classes, including several Oberth and Anaconda-class destroyers, as well as Valivarre and Ikazuchi-class cruisers. The fleet had assembled to participate in a task that had been delegated to the Megan military. GFFA shipping and commerce absolutely had to be disrupted if the ESUS was to continue their dominance of the war effort. Many nations would scorn the prospect of such, but as opportunists, the Megan perspective was one of accepting a challenge. After all, the fate of the war hung in the balance. Such responsibilities were not to be taken lightly.
As such, the Megan force raiding this particular station could have been considered a bit exaggerated for the mission. However, TASC saw fit to appropriate such numbers, and as such, the military complied.
The station seemed to be bustling with activity; merchant vessels, liners, and transports of all types swarmed about. None of these would be a worry. Successive sensor sweeps revealed the area to lack many Solarin warships; precisely the reason why TASC had chosen this particular system.
Upon completing the final scan, the Megan warships acted on their good fortune, and folded into normal space. To an observer from the Solarin outpost, their formation would seem to spread to the right and the left, nearly surrounding the station.
The following message was broadcast on all frequencies:
Solarin trade station, this is the Megan Imperial Cruiser Karbarra. You have obviously noticed our presence before you. This fleet has powered its weapons and stands ready to return your station to the raw materials from whence it came. If you wish to preserve your lives and your station, our demands are simple: immediately deactivate all communications, defense, and weapons systems. Upon your cooperation in this, you will then submit to boarding parties which will seize all GFFA and suspected GFFA materials and supplies on board your station. Failure to comply to any or all of these reasonable measures by your station or any nearby vessels will be interpreted as an act of open hostility, and the perpetrators of such an act will be promptly destroyed. You have thirty standard seconds to comply.
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Elsewhere in Solarin space, twelve Oberth-class destroyers activated Protoculture-webbing FTLi devices in the midst of six different major and minor Solarin shipping routes. Their hope lay in the siege of the Solarin station and the distraction it would provide for domestic defense forces. The Megan warships would lay in wait, two to each intercept point, until an unfortunate and unsuspecting merchant vessel would be caught by their respective traps.
Dr. Myers Felda, excerpt from An In-depth Study of Megan Warfare
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The Megan warships crept to a halt. They were suspended in Protospace, a mere hundred-thousand kilometers from a known Solarin-GFFA trade station. The warships numbered just over three dozen, the lead ship a Tristar-class heavy cruiser, the workhorse command ship of the Megan fleet. The rest were assorted ships of various classes, including several Oberth and Anaconda-class destroyers, as well as Valivarre and Ikazuchi-class cruisers. The fleet had assembled to participate in a task that had been delegated to the Megan military. GFFA shipping and commerce absolutely had to be disrupted if the ESUS was to continue their dominance of the war effort. Many nations would scorn the prospect of such, but as opportunists, the Megan perspective was one of accepting a challenge. After all, the fate of the war hung in the balance. Such responsibilities were not to be taken lightly.
As such, the Megan force raiding this particular station could have been considered a bit exaggerated for the mission. However, TASC saw fit to appropriate such numbers, and as such, the military complied.
The station seemed to be bustling with activity; merchant vessels, liners, and transports of all types swarmed about. None of these would be a worry. Successive sensor sweeps revealed the area to lack many Solarin warships; precisely the reason why TASC had chosen this particular system.
Upon completing the final scan, the Megan warships acted on their good fortune, and folded into normal space. To an observer from the Solarin outpost, their formation would seem to spread to the right and the left, nearly surrounding the station.
The following message was broadcast on all frequencies:
Solarin trade station, this is the Megan Imperial Cruiser Karbarra. You have obviously noticed our presence before you. This fleet has powered its weapons and stands ready to return your station to the raw materials from whence it came. If you wish to preserve your lives and your station, our demands are simple: immediately deactivate all communications, defense, and weapons systems. Upon your cooperation in this, you will then submit to boarding parties which will seize all GFFA and suspected GFFA materials and supplies on board your station. Failure to comply to any or all of these reasonable measures by your station or any nearby vessels will be interpreted as an act of open hostility, and the perpetrators of such an act will be promptly destroyed. You have thirty standard seconds to comply.
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Elsewhere in Solarin space, twelve Oberth-class destroyers activated Protoculture-webbing FTLi devices in the midst of six different major and minor Solarin shipping routes. Their hope lay in the siege of the Solarin station and the distraction it would provide for domestic defense forces. The Megan warships would lay in wait, two to each intercept point, until an unfortunate and unsuspecting merchant vessel would be caught by their respective traps.