NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: This is intended for teh Red Talons, but others can turn up as other explorers.

IC

The Enterprise dropped out of warp in an uncharted system. The Massive starship began to make it's way into the solar System, her powerful sensors reaching out into space.

The RTMR Cassius, escorted by the Hawk and the Firestarter. Had been scanning the outer belts around the system for the last two days, scanning the system for possible mining locations and any signs of habitation.

The Recon carrier Cassius had its sensors on a passive scan when the battlehawk vessel warped in, the two frigates adjusted their formation to be above and below the carrier.

"Unknown contact, reading active sensor scanning" The captain nodded and looked to the tactical officer. "Can you get an identification on its type?" There was a pause, "Negative sir, new contact, i dont see any power build ups."

The captain nodded. "keep us on passive, have the pilots on standby, Yellow alert please..." an alarm sounded, followed by flashing yellow lights as the crews scurried to their posts.

Bridge, UHS Enterprise

"Captain, picking up unidentifed ship on sensors" Dannielle reported.
Tom looked up interested "Full sensor scan"
"Three ships, larger one and two escorts" Dannielle added "Unknwon weapons at this time"
"Distance?" Jessica asked.
"Twenty Five Thosand Kilometres"
"Take us a bit closer" Tom ordered "lets see who they are"

On the Cassius,

"Sir, unknown vessel is closing distance, still no power spikes... We're being actively scanned." called the tactical officer.

The captain nodded. "Keep weapons systems on stand by, scan them right back. Transmit an audio message." He paused for a moment "This is the Red Talons Mercenary Republic vessel Cassius. I am Captain Harland. Please identify yourselves."

The message was transmitted in a broadwave spectrum at the other ship. at the same time the three ships began to actively scan the Battlehawk vessel as it approached.

"We've been hailed" Dannielle reported.
"Lets hear it" Tom ordered.
This is the Red Talons Mercenary Republic Vessel Cassius, I am Captain Harland, Please Identify yourselves
"Mercs?" Jessica commented giving Tom a sideways glance
"Open hailing frequencies" Tom orderd.
"Open"
"This is Captain Thomas Munro, of the United Hawk Ship Enterprise" Tom said

"Sir, recieving incoming signal," Called the comms officer. "Put it onscreen" The captain said, standing up. "Begin transmitting." He said.

"I am captain Harland." He was a male Ctarl, dressed in black and red scaled body armor, his brown hair in a long braid behind his head, long elf-like furred ears twitched attentively. "We are on a recon detail, to search for possible mining locations. What is your buisness?" He said, smiling slightly.

"We are Explorers" Tom replied "From the Planetery Republic of the Hawk"

OOC:

I'm going to act on the statement at the first post of this thread that others may turn up. So you both know, I am an experienced NS RPer, so you do not have to worry about any N00bish antics from me here.

I may be a short time in posting again, as I need to step out and run some errands, but don't slow down if you don't want to. I look forward to RPing with you.

IC:

E Squadron (Provisional), UOW Navy

Captain Christine I. Yamaguchi, like most officers in the United Outer Worlds Navy, was long serving veteran material, the kind of person who knew from the first day they wore a military uniform it was what they wanted to do for their professional lives. In her case the lifestyle the military offered had been preferable to a lousy home life. She had enlisted on her eighteenth birthday, and during basic training had been spotted as officer material and had been offered a spot in a Candidate Officers School Training which she accepted. That had led to a long and to date successful career, to her present command.

Her present command, as it happened, consisted of the light destroyer Megumi, one of the heaviest ships in active Navy service at the moment, the reconnaissance frigate Daphne, a light transport, and two corvette-sized Unmanned Space Combat Vehicles. For many, that kind of force would be small, but for the Republic, it was fairly substantial.

Her orders were fairly routine, instructing that she was to take her force, E Squadron, and head from the orbital shipyard Toulon in the Republic’s core and head to a nearby mining installation, set up outside the main body of the Republic’s space. One there, they were to unload vital machine components and medical supplies in the transport holds and remove local personnel injured in a recent accident. All in all, the orders were routine. She hadn’t led such a mission before, but she had been on more than one of them.

“Ma’am?” Ensign Shimamura Kunie, the Sensors Officer was speaking to the destroyer’s leading officer, Commander Beauchamp, but Yamaguchi still needed to listen to what she had to say, in case it was something affecting the whole of E Squadron. “We have a ghost immediately to our front, intermediate range. Signatures are not known.”

Right away, Yamaguchi perked up as Beauchamp ordered Shimamura to clarify.

“We have perhaps as many as a half-dozen unidentified contacts, Sir,” the Ensign said.

“Captain Beauchamp,” Yamaguchi began, cutting in suddenly. “Send the order all vessels in the Squadron are to come to full stop immediately, excepting USCV Charlie Two, which is to proceed at quarter-speed ahead to within close scanning range of the unknowns, scan in an effort to discern their identity, and report back.”

“Aye, Commodore,” Beauchamp said, and began issuing orders. Within minutes, the fleet had stopped, except a 300 foot-long automated vessel which continued on slowly.

The tactical officer called over from out of the screens view. "New contacts, just popped up, five ships, they appear to be stopping, one contact is proceeding forward slowly...." The captain nodded, looking back at the screen. "It appears we are not alone... are they some of yours?" He asked the enterprise.

The three ships kept their formation, slowing down. The ships were flat black against the darkness of space.

((OOC: I has two hunter class frigates and one Hive class scout carrier.))

"Thats a negative" Tom replied after looking at Dannielle "Commander Richards Open Hailing Frequencies, put it on the second Screen
"Unidentifed Vessel, this is the UHS Enterprise, Please Identify yourselves" Tom said briefly to the incoming ship

UOWS Charlie Two, the Unmanned Space Combat Vehicle which had been sent forward in order to scout the unknown vessels came to a halt when it realized it was picking up an incoming signal. The central operating system of the onboard Ship’s Captain AI analyzed it quickly as it completed a sensory scan of the unidentified starships. The completed data it sent back in a compressed file burst-transmission to the Megumi, where it was opened a moment later, and examined by the Squadron’s leading officers.

“It’s looking like we have four ships out there, Commodore,” Captain Beauchamp said as he looked up from the data-pad. Captain Yamaguchi, seated in her command station, kept her peace but nodded to affirm she had heard what he had said.

“In addition, Commodore, we have confirmed the transmission was in Basic English, and it was sent from the biggest of the unknown ships.”

“Do we have any idea who they are?” Yamaguchi asked.

“Not presently, Ma’am,” was the reply. “Basic English is known to countless nations, and is used even by nations with their own local languages. It does look obvious that the ships in front of us are from at least two factions, but apart from that, we know nothing.”

“Very well,” Yamaguchi said. “Let’s send a reply. Nothing extensive, just say hello.”

“UHS Enterprise, this is Commodore Christine Yamaguchi, of the United Outer Worlds Navy's E Squadron.”

OOC: Can I send in two armed explorers, who are just farting around?

OOC: If you really want to

“UHS Enterprise, this is Commodore Christine Yamaguchi, of the United Outer Worlds Navy's E Squadron.”

"Commadore Yamaguchi, Captain Thomas Munro, we welcome you to this system" Tom replied

OOC: I'll post them later.

Bump guys

The three ships began to spread out from each other slightly. The captain on-board the carrier continued over the open channel with the enterprise. "Well hello there newcomers. Red Talons Mercenary Republic at your service"