Rashari Prime
07-01-2009, 23:05
In orbit over his home world Admiral Sa'ta'wi, watched from the window of his shuttle as it passed through the military Tanis shipyards. It was amazing that in fifty years Rashari Prime had went from being a post-modern world to the homeworld of a Federation spanning over four-hundred systems and five-hundred planets. Early in the Federations history they conquered eight species which ranged from pre-tribal to pre-modern, subjecting the latter to slavery.
Many of the shipyards were busy laying down keels, and repairing damaged ships from the Colonial War. His shuttle approached the Battlestar dry-docks and slowly as they past the Spirit-class planetary assault carrier, Spirit of Fire and behind he could see his baby, the flagship of the newly reformed BSG-13, the Battlestar Scorpion. Before the war there had been nearly fifty Battlestar Groups, now there were barely fifteen. The Scorpion had suffered major damage in the final battle against the Colonial fleet. Her hull was filled holes and had black scorch marks from anti-ship weapons, much of the hull plating had to be replaced. From the high casualty rate of the war over half his crew had been promoted and reassigned to training to help refill the fleets ranks or sent to new commands. Much of the mid-rim to outer-rim worlds would be under heavy reconstruction only the inner-rim worlds had escaped the horrors of the war.
The shuttle veered about as it lined up with the Scorpions flight-deck and prepared to land, and its deceleration thrusters fired as she approached, finally she hovered over the deck and lurched as the landing skids touched down, a second lurch occurred as the airlock connected with the shuttle. The Admiral got up after the all clear light, lit up, and walked towards the airlock, waiting for him was new XO Colonel Da’la’ri, she was slender maybe about 55kg at 170cm tall with long strawberry blonde hair and pale white skin, “Welcome aboard Admiral, I am Colonel Da’la’ri.”
Admiral Sa’ta’wi nodded, “Maybe it is I who should be welcoming you. How go the repairs?” he asked as she handed him the ship status papers.
“Well the hull plating has been completely replaced on everything except the engine pods, engineering tells me that it should be complete by tonight. The dorsal KEW turrets are being replaced as we speak and the starboard fight-pod will be operational this afternoon.”
“What was wrong with the starboard flight-pod, I thought that had been repaired two weeks ago?”
“It had but they found fractures in launch tubes 1-4 and had to replace the launchers.”
“Is the ship ready for our guests?” asked the Admiral.
“Yes, sir, I have informed the crew to have their dress uniforms ready. All the section chiefs have given reports and everything is in order. We are loading the last supplies now and the shipyards have begun reinitializing the ship systems.”
“Good, I hate politicians. I feel like we are on a babysitting run”, he said. The Scorpion was transporting the new governors that had been appointed to the colonies. Three other Battlestar Groups would be doing the same thing in the colony region, since Federation won the war it was appointing new governors to the colonies, but this was also a show of force to any would be resistance. Afterward the Scorpion was going to meet up with Colonial Fleet 516 and over see the colonization of the Zadari System. Intel reports said that it had one class M world a twin set of desert worlds high in metal deposits.
OCC – I am trying to get into the FT role-playing and this is my introduction. If someone what to beat me to the new colony feel free. I am rping a Federation on the far reaches of the NS known universe my specie has yet to meet another space faring race.
Many of the shipyards were busy laying down keels, and repairing damaged ships from the Colonial War. His shuttle approached the Battlestar dry-docks and slowly as they past the Spirit-class planetary assault carrier, Spirit of Fire and behind he could see his baby, the flagship of the newly reformed BSG-13, the Battlestar Scorpion. Before the war there had been nearly fifty Battlestar Groups, now there were barely fifteen. The Scorpion had suffered major damage in the final battle against the Colonial fleet. Her hull was filled holes and had black scorch marks from anti-ship weapons, much of the hull plating had to be replaced. From the high casualty rate of the war over half his crew had been promoted and reassigned to training to help refill the fleets ranks or sent to new commands. Much of the mid-rim to outer-rim worlds would be under heavy reconstruction only the inner-rim worlds had escaped the horrors of the war.
The shuttle veered about as it lined up with the Scorpions flight-deck and prepared to land, and its deceleration thrusters fired as she approached, finally she hovered over the deck and lurched as the landing skids touched down, a second lurch occurred as the airlock connected with the shuttle. The Admiral got up after the all clear light, lit up, and walked towards the airlock, waiting for him was new XO Colonel Da’la’ri, she was slender maybe about 55kg at 170cm tall with long strawberry blonde hair and pale white skin, “Welcome aboard Admiral, I am Colonel Da’la’ri.”
Admiral Sa’ta’wi nodded, “Maybe it is I who should be welcoming you. How go the repairs?” he asked as she handed him the ship status papers.
“Well the hull plating has been completely replaced on everything except the engine pods, engineering tells me that it should be complete by tonight. The dorsal KEW turrets are being replaced as we speak and the starboard fight-pod will be operational this afternoon.”
“What was wrong with the starboard flight-pod, I thought that had been repaired two weeks ago?”
“It had but they found fractures in launch tubes 1-4 and had to replace the launchers.”
“Is the ship ready for our guests?” asked the Admiral.
“Yes, sir, I have informed the crew to have their dress uniforms ready. All the section chiefs have given reports and everything is in order. We are loading the last supplies now and the shipyards have begun reinitializing the ship systems.”
“Good, I hate politicians. I feel like we are on a babysitting run”, he said. The Scorpion was transporting the new governors that had been appointed to the colonies. Three other Battlestar Groups would be doing the same thing in the colony region, since Federation won the war it was appointing new governors to the colonies, but this was also a show of force to any would be resistance. Afterward the Scorpion was going to meet up with Colonial Fleet 516 and over see the colonization of the Zadari System. Intel reports said that it had one class M world a twin set of desert worlds high in metal deposits.
OCC – I am trying to get into the FT role-playing and this is my introduction. If someone what to beat me to the new colony feel free. I am rping a Federation on the far reaches of the NS known universe my specie has yet to meet another space faring race.