The Good Old Days: Twilight Descending alt.startrek.vs.starwars ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 18:09:05 +0100 Subject: [STGOD-i] Hegemonial Remaint consolidated... Message-ID: <3BD1AFB1.FC887AD9@aol.com> -------- The remaining forces of the former VHRW have been consolidated into a new government, the Hegemonial Remaint (HR). They have taken a world in the western galactic rim as their capital, calling it New Romulus. The government is led by T#4359876, or "Dis" (The humans in government insisted that their leader must have a name, not just a mere number.) Picture: "Dis, our great leader" - http://www.virtue.nu/deimos3/term3.jpg The location of New Romulus however cannot be revealed for the time being. Also, production of the modified Erbrechen class, equipped with the Teufelmusik system, has now reached 2,500. The _Admiral Scheer_ has also been renamed. It's now called the _Warspite_, and is the HR's flagship. It is currently in line for a major overhaul, including the upgrading of shield strength and offensive firepower, at least *part* of which will involve installation of Anticannon and Teufelmusik systems. -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 00:21:08 +0100 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Hegemonial Remaint consolidated... Message-ID: <3BD206E4.97235C4F@aol.com> -------- Maj Svetlanna wrote: > > >The remaining forces of the former VHRW have been consolidated into a > >new government, the Hegemonial Remaint (HR). > > > >They have taken a world in the western galactic rim as their capital, > >calling it New Romulus. > > > >The government is led by T#4359876, or "Dis" (The humans in government > >insisted that their leader must have a name, not just a mere number.) > > > >Picture: "Dis, our great leader" - > >http://www.virtue.nu/deimos3/term3.jpg > > > >The location of New Romulus however cannot be revealed for the time > >being. > > > >Also, production of the modified Erbrechen class, equipped with the > >Teufelmusik system, has now reached 2,500. > > > >The _Admiral Scheer_ has also been renamed. It's now called the > >_Warspite_, and is the HR's flagship. It is currently in line for a > >major overhaul, including the upgrading of shield strength and offensive > >firepower, at least *part* of which will involve installation of > >Anticannon and Teufelmusik systems. > > The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics would welcome formal relations > with the Hegemonial Remaint and a peaceful and prosperous relationship in > general with the people and survivors of the former Romulan Government, who > must be struggling for a new and more satisfying and advanced form of > Government as they try to recover from the tragic events that we have learned > occured in recent times thanks to the actions of the callous feudal warlords > whom we have seized the territory of. > > Hence, in the name of the Workers and the Peasants and the Intelligensia of > the Union of Socialist Soviet Star Republics, we would await your favourable > reply and hope that treaties can be conducted and that we can aid you in > rebuilding your nation in your new territory and strengthening your defensive > posture and governmental functions to defend your citizens and improve the > quality of life for all, and to perhaps restore the scattered remains of the > Romulan people who now must exist in all corners of this galaxy and perhaps the > universe. > > - Major General S.P. Luchenko, Member, Directing Soviet of the Comintern. The HR welcomes peacful and freindly relations with the USSSR. An ambassador will be sent to a location of your choosing. OOC: I'd write a longer reply, but there are certain real-life... physical constraints right now, preventing me from easily whacking out large posts. Give it a few weeks. Incidentally, how do you like my choice of leader? I thought it'd be interesting to do, since IIRC there has never before been an STGOD power led by an artificial life-form... -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 17:02:56 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i]Developments Message-ID: <4phB7.39789$ev2.46929@www.newsranger.com> -------- A quiet, peaceful star system. At least, it would appear that way from a distance. Up close, frantic activity would be observed, as enormous automated miners devoured the system's asteroid belts... belt... field... whatever, it defied normal terminology. Field was perhaps the best description, although the term seemed inadequate. Belts might work, since technically there were bands of greater density. Or had been. The frantic activity now seen had continued over the past few years, as the system was slowly stripped of all useful materials. Now, perhaps a third of what had originally been present remained. The rest had been carefully stored, or used to build ships and munitions. Still, even that third was an impressive sight. A flare of light erupted near the edge of the system. The sight had become familiar to the watching crews over the past few months, but this one came as a surprise. No transit had been scheduled. Was this another lucky refugee, or... The thought completed as the emerging shapes resolved. Three moderately large vessels hung near the gate, but this was not what the watchers first noted. Thirty-seven fighter-sized vessels lunged outwards, seeking targets. They had arrived. The watchers knew there duty. As one, four vessels leapt forward, and vanished. As they left, the miners began their own departure. Some of the larger units were capable of limited interstellar flight. These fled, while the rest self-destructed. No evidence of the Fleet's presence could be left. Later Admiral Ray reviewed the report for the fifth time, as if repeated reading would change the contents. "They found it. Too soon. We would have been ready in a few months. But now?" The Intelligence chief spoke up "It isn't as bad as it seems. Our best guess is that that probe was conducted by one of the minor houses. They will undoubtedly want to keep their find for themselves. We can deal with that." Admiral Malthus looked up. "No. We can't depend on that. They seem to have unified, for once. All of them will hear about this, and every house will be racing to claim the richest prizes. They will come, soon." No one chose to dispute his words. There was no human who knew more about this enigmatic race. No one living, anyway. Admiral Ray made his decision. "We have no choice. Inform our allies. The system has fallen. We cannot retake it alone." (OOC: I'm setting up to introduce another empire, mainly because the Fleet was a bit to restricting. I'll keep it around (And probably still concentrate on it) but I want another option. As far as that last comment, no, I don't want help retaking the system. I want it to stay as it is. As far as the group I'm introducing, I'll post information at some later point. In general, they use starfighter to corvette-sized ships. Lots of them. For political organization, think feudal mess, only more complicated. Any comments/objections?) Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:10:27 +1300 Subject: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <3BD5DCC3.66BC4D3F@paradise.net.nz> -------- ~Now, it begins~ ~Gather your broods cerebrates, for now is the hour of our arrival into the fold~ ~Garm, Jormungand, Surter, Axial, Korlan, Necros, Jade, and Seran broods, attack and establish hive clusters in all remaining neutral territory in the southern regions of this galaxy.~ ~Fenris, Baelrog, Khaliem, Chronous, Paradox, Ara, Akilae, and Ragnarok broods, commence your attack on neutral ground on the north western quadrant, do not engage any major powers, it is the neutral territory we wish to claim.~ ~Tiamat brood, draw your forces around the north eastern quadrant and establish hive clusters on any uncolonised worlds. Do not engage the collective just yet.~ ====================================================== "This is the neutral protectorate of Melas Nor, we're under attack. I repeat, we are under...oh God, AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" "This is Bentuo colony, they're everywhere! They're blocking out the sun, our defenseses are down, please, somebody help.....they're getting through! NOOOOOO!!......" "Neuzil ground unit here, we repeled the first wave but we took heavy losses. We are moving on those structures. I don't know what's going on, it looks like the ground here is alive... hold on, I think I see something...bloody fog..., two legs, two arms, thank the maker. I never thought we'd find anyone alive out..." "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" "What the..." "This is the AYC pyros patrol vessel Xenous. These things are sending out some kind of signal, it's interfering with the fold drives. There's some kind of cloud, the sensors are reading it as one massive life sign...hold on something's emerging... OH FUCKING HORSE SHIT!! GET OUT OF HERE, NOW......AHHHHHHHHH....." -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 23 Oct 2001 21:20:00 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <20011023172000.12972.00001446@mb-mg.aol.com> -------- >"This is the AYC pyros patrol vessel Xenous. These things are sending >out some kind of signal, it's interfering with the fold drives. There's >some kind of cloud, the sensors are reading it as one massive life >sign...hold on something's emerging... OH FUCKING HORSE SHIT!! GET OUT >OF HERE, NOW......AHHHHHHHHH....." << We are Lost Convoy Patrol 324, engaging unknown lifeforms. Request reinforcements. Avenger-selves are taking losses. Damage to Imperator-selves. >> "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" << We are legion. >> -Transmission ends- ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:33:33 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <3BD5E22D.16371520@paradise.net.nz> -------- Sir Nitram wrote: > > >"This is the AYC pyros patrol vessel Xenous. These things are sending > >out some kind of signal, it's interfering with the fold drives. There's > >some kind of cloud, the sensors are reading it as one massive life > >sign...hold on something's emerging... OH FUCKING HORSE SHIT!! GET OUT > >OF HERE, NOW......AHHHHHHHHH....." > > << We are Lost Convoy Patrol 324, engaging unknown lifeforms. Request > reinforcements. Avenger-selves are taking losses. Damage to Imperator-selves. > >> > > "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" > > << We are legion. >> > > -Transmission ends- ~We are experiencing difficulties maintaining control over some of these creatures, spawn more overlords to strengthen the Overmind's psionic call.~ "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" << We are legion. >> "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" << We are legion. >> "LIVE FOR THE SWARM!" << We are legion. >> "SWARM!" <> "SWARM!" <> "SWARM!" <> "SWARM!" <> "SWARM!" <> "SWARM!" <> << Aww fuck it >> "Aww fuck it" ~Aww fuck it~ The individual raised his weapon and began firing in all directions. -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 23 Oct 2001 21:47:04 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <20011023174704.12972.00001448@mb-mg.aol.com> -------- >"SWARM!" ><> >"SWARM!" ><> > ><< Aww fuck it >> > "Aww fuck it" > ~Aww fuck it~ > >The individual raised his weapon and began firing in all directions. > Suddenly, every wall came alive, cascading inwards with the white nanites of the Beast. A flood of Infection, hell-bent on destroying the interlopers, rending them apart for spare biological material. << You will join us. >> The words carried the combined telepathic power of all those the Beast had infected, every psionic, mage, Jedi, Sith, telepath, Betazoid, and all other manners of creature. It had all the stopping power of a well-aimed half-brick in a sock. Infection blasts went through every layer of the sole remaining Star Destroyer, as it began a retreat from the swarm. The Bringer Of Will must know this threat. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 01:31:58 +0100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Further Negotiations Diplomatique with the HR. Message-ID: <3BD60BFE.D3B22F78@aol.com> -------- Maj Svetlanna wrote: > > > > >The HR welcomes peacful and freindly relations with the USSSR. An > >ambassador will be sent to a location of your choosing. > > We would be pleased to receive the ambassador and embassy of the HR at the > planet of Jaetarra, where the ambassador and embassy of the HR may be > trasferred to our capital of Moscow, on our homeworld of Terra, in our own home > dimension. > > If it pleases the HR, we can then provide an ambassador and embassy for your > own nation then, to be at a suitable location within your nation. > > Furthermore, we would like to begin discussions with your nation about the > possibility of cooperation in the future on other matters. We believe that the > HR could be a beneficial economic partner, and that by our evaluation your > government may have many socialist tendencies. > > We could discover that we are indeed comrades in the revolution who should be > allies, and of course the Soviet Union always aides comrades in every way > possible! > > We hope that you can confirm this evaluation of our dialecticians for us, and > that we can enter into dialogue over matters of cooperation and economics, in > addition to other likely exchanges. > > - Major General S.P. Luchenko, Member, Directing Soviet of the Comintern. *The Tyderian-class shuttle left New Romulus, it's wings swinging down gracefully and locking in position. Soaring out of the atmosphere, and then clear of the planet's gravity well, it aligned for a hyperspace jump to Jaetarra. From a nearby Star Destroyer, a pair of TIE-Advanced approached, forming up with the shuttle. They would escort it to the border with Soviet space, where it would inform the USSSR that it was about to cross the border. After that, it would enter hyperspace again, proceeding alone. Inside the shuttle was Huq, a human, The Remaint's ambassador to the Soviets, plus his entourage, and four fleshed Terminator guards. The shuttle and the TIEs signalled ready, and a moment later they lunged forward and into hyperspace, heading for the Soviet border.* <---> Transmission from the Hegemonial Remaint to the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics: Our ambassador is on route to Jaetarra. His shuttle will drop from hyperspace shortly before crossing your border, to allow his escorts to break off. He has four guards on the shuttle, which appear human from the outside, but are android lifeforms. They are purely for protection of the ambassador should anything go wrong, and are no threat to you. The ambassador's shuttle is also carrying stellar cartographic data for the location of the planet Erebus, in HR space. If you send an ambassador and accompanying embassy, please direct them to that location, From where they may be transferred to New Romulus, our capital. - Commander R'Skev, Officer of Foreign Affairs, acting under authority of Dis, President of the Hegemonial Remaint. <---> -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 24 Oct 2001 00:37:21 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <20011023203721.12887.00000521@mb-de.aol.com> -------- Report from: RSDF agent ***** Re:Formose Militia Spycraft XCV-9305 Location:100 ly from Raian wormhole near RME and SKS space -- Begin transmission -- At 2000 hours Raian Standard Time, a vessel of our recently formed Formose militia detected a military fleet of unknown alliegance and origin. Per orders to conduct surveillance on any new military forces in the area, it followed this force, and observed its assault on an AYC patrol vessel. The ship was quickly neutralized by this alien force, which (crossreferencing with known data) I confirmed to belong to the "Zerrg Swarm". The Zerg are obviously hostile, but seem to pose no direct threat, either tactical or strategic, to Raian home territory. However, I recommend increasing the amount of funding to project Mako, as the results of this project will allow us to defend against Zerg,and all other attacks, with a minimum of effort. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:42:48 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <3BD646C8.A4537459@paradise.net.nz> -------- Sir Nitram wrote: > > >"SWARM!" > ><> > >"SWARM!" > ><> > > > ><< Aww fuck it >> > > "Aww fuck it" > > ~Aww fuck it~ > > > >The individual raised his weapon and began firing in all directions. > > > > Suddenly, every wall came alive, cascading inwards with the white nanites of > the Beast. A flood of Infection, hell-bent on destroying the interlopers, > rending them apart for spare biological material. > > << You will join us. >> > > The words carried the combined telepathic power of all those the Beast had > infected, every psionic, mage, Jedi, Sith, telepath, Betazoid, and all other > manners of creature. It had all the stopping power of a well-aimed half-brick > in a sock. > > Infection blasts went through every layer of the sole remaining Star Destroyer, > as it began a retreat from the swarm. The Bringer Of Will must know this > threat. ~Our enemy is in retreat Overmind. Do you wish my Brood to persue them?~ ~Let them go Araq. This 'Bringer of Will' intrigues me but for now you must all stay your wrath and watch over the hive clusters a while longer.~ -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:53:44 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <3BD64958.FEC90B08@paradise.net.nz> -------- Phong Nguyen wrote: > > Spyda wrote in > news:3BD5E22D.16371520@paradise.net.nz: > > > << Aww fuck it >> > > "Aww fuck it" > > ~Aww fuck it~ > > > > The individual raised his weapon and began firing in all directions. > > > ::whistles some more:: > > At some missile bases, a modified Atlas-F strategic missile ignited it's > first stage booster and rocketed out of its launch silo. Reaching space, > it folded to it's target and released it's load, the upper stage of a > Consumer-class Cruise missile. > > Their target, the Zerg swarm now approaching the planet. The missile detonated as it approached the heart of the swarm, killing almost all of the creatures within it, along with a civilian outpost and some light commercial traffic that was passing through the system at the time. ~Interesting...~ The Overmind thought to itself. ~Cerebrate, send your remaining forces in this region to test our enemy's defenses. Do not fear the losses of your minions, for your brood is being regenerated as we speak.~ -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 24 Oct 2001 04:56:15 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: -------- Spyda wrote in news:3BD64958.FEC90B08@paradise.net.nz: > The missile detonated as it approached the heart of the swarm, killing > almost all of the creatures within it, along with a civilian outpost > and some light commercial traffic that was passing through the system > at the time. > > ~Interesting...~ The Overmind thought to itself. ~Cerebrate, send your > remaining forces in this region to test our enemy's defenses. Do not > fear the losses of your minions, for your brood is being regenerated as > we speak.~ > The Beast began building up. Infection beams were quickly fabricated and deployed and missiles built, along with sensor arrays. Intelligence data was needed... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:29:17 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Full circle Message-ID: <3BD651AD.CEFAAD@paradise.net.nz> -------- Chris O'Farrell wrote: > > Phong Nguyen wrote in message > news:Xns9143F3957A399phongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > > Spyda wrote in > > news:3BD64A5A.7E3EAE29@paradise.net.nz: > > > > > Maj Svetlanna wrote: > > >> > > >> >You fiend! > > >> > > >> I'm going to destroy the Overmind and make all the Zerg into good > > >> Communists. > > > > > > Well the Zerg are communist really, no money and all working to further > > > the goals of the Overmind etc etc. > > > > > But they don't carry the Red Banner! > > I just got this realy weird image of a line of zerglines hissing out the > tune to the Soviet national anthom.... "Awaken my child and embrace the glory that is your birthright. Know that I am the Overmind; the eternal will of the swarm and that we are all united under the star of communism." -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 24 Oct 2001 14:00:04 GMT Subject: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <20011024100004.09361.00000015@mb-fx.aol.com> -------- (This is an authorized STGOD thread for the purpose of introducting the Soviet Union formally.) STGOD Galaxy: The Robotech Merchantile Empire's Imperial Fleet was going toe-to-toe with the Zerg into the Northwest corner of the galaxy, and Lord Breetai was showing his brilliance. One million ships engaged on a broad front. When Miriya's fleet was also committed, that was One Million One Hundred Thousand Zentraedi warships keeping the Zerg "Out of the Pocket". The Border Fleets reinforced them. Losses were moderate, but the Zerg were facing a modern enemy with highly concentrated firepower. There were several times that the Taul Lojmeueans were authorized to come up to annihilate massive organizations of Zerg squadrons with their Grand Cannon. It was _incredibly_ like fighting the Invid, and the Robotech Masters had defeated the Invid; Against this invasion, with their tactics against such swarms honed by the billions of Invid Mecha launched from their Motherships and the heavy plasma cannons of those vessels, the Zentraedi and the Tirolian Border Fleet commanders had perhaps a decisive advantage: Easily appliable experience. But as the battles continued, something more serious happened. As hours went by, Tyzelra, Mythelra, and Sythara got disturbing reports from the Spatial Anomaly. It was destabilizing, from an unknown source. The Masters considered the problem. They would soon have the ability to cross dimensions independent of the IDGs. But they did not have it now, and they would need reinforcements to fight the Zerg in an extended campaign. Furthermore, others might take advantage of the problem presented them. They were still quite weak, without a true deterrence, just a primitive one, though their V-bombers and Aadvarks were coming on line, the same for the Boomers. Ultimately, however, the fleet was the center of their power. They couldn't risk it, and they knew it. They could, though, lose planets and still hold power. They made their decision. The Flowers of Life would be transplanted from the planets where they were held; If possible. As much of the fleet would escape first. The rate of destabilization gave them a few days. Then the rest of the fleet, holding a rearguard action against keeping the Zerg from this section of the galaxy, and the transports, would go through. The Masters didn't consider the Zerg relevent beyond that. They assumed the other powers would deal with them, considering the magnitude of the threat. Eventually, if it was viable, the Masters would return. If not, they wouldn't. Their power had increased vastly, after all, in their foray. They had come out ahead. Milky Way Galaxy, 2478 CE: Holodna hmoora, eemruchnoh v'doosheh. Space. Cold, hard, empty. Light that has left me. Indeed it has, here. The thoughts passed through her mind, briefly, and then quieted. The trace of poetry was vapid for her to indulge in, though the darkness, the cold emptiness of space, was certainly summed up by those words. Major General Svetlana Petrova Luchenko, a member of the Spetznaz forces, First Directorate, of the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for the Supression of Counterrevolution and Sabotage, the acronym for which was 'Cheka', assigned commander of all First Directorate Cheka forces for the expedition and operation, and coordinate with the Second and Third Directorates, she was also a Comintern member; Somewhat because of noterity, and somewhat because her father, Pyotr Petrov Luchenko, was a Politboro member. This meant that despite the presence of several full Admirals and a Field Marshal, not to mention Generals in the Air Force, both Frontal Aviation and Strany PVO, she was the effective commander of the entire mission, not to mention the Osman Project. Of course, that meant her head if the thing went wrong. A plasma discharge, perhaps, considering how important it was. But she didn't mind; It wasn't going to go wrong, and she'd faced much worse, recently, at that. The Osman project was conceived as a very, very cheap way of finally getting at the Drakan Prime Line. Molehole research was proceeding slowly for the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. This, however, was a more innovative approach than creating your own. Simply stealing a natural one they had detected. The Domination continued to raid them, where they could. But the Domination did not have the resources to mount an invasion that could challenge the power of the Soviet Navy. They had a handful of planets, and they had their own problems, problems that the Soviet Union had reluctantly made worse, and much more permanent. The Soviet Union was a multi-galaxy socialist organisation that had overthrown the Goa'uld System Lords, eventually fought a successful war with the Asgard over the matter of the technological development of protected planets, and now had virtually unchallenged dominance in those two galaxies, with an interconnected web of Stargates and ships that could reach trans-hyperlaunch velocities to unite them all. Human innovation had triumphed over static slave-cultures. The revolution had won in so many places. And yet slavery seemed omnipresent. Throughout the megaverse, the ancient enemy spread. And they hated the Soviet Union. When they had discovered it, they hated it, and perhaps they feared it, more than a bit. Triumphant anti-thesis of themselves. Now, though, the Soviet Union had other plans. Plans that could destroy the Draka from an oblique approach, and would certainly add in the spread of Socialism throughout the megaverse. However, only a select few in the fleet knew precisely what they were really doing. "Comrade General, Comrade Academician Roberts has ordered me to inform you that the peliminary calibration of the trans-dimensional molehole is complete. He reports that the Osman initiation device can now be moved into place," a young communications technican reported, in the typically accented but understandable Russian of a recruit from one the former Goa'uld worlds. Soviet starships had lots of brute strength, and their computing power was impressive in that regard, but they were notoriously paranoid in the last decades about using their computing power for more mundane tasks; The Draka were good hackers, and Soviet electronics technology had trouble with integrating wireless transmit and direct data interfaces. "Comrade Technician, Inform Doctor Roberts that I will be on the Flagbridge shortly. We can conduct the final stage there." Svetlana deactivated the link with a mental command and started out of the observation lounge she had been in. Doctor Jonathan Roberts was a typical example of an English scientist. Soviet to the core, wonderfully, and quite brilliant. The links were doing nicely, but they needed to be more common. Soviet technology had a great deal of double-blinds in it, and they were behind in computers, yes.. But biotechnic enhancements for something with its own organic brain? Absolutely not. They just needed more of them. The woman that walked to the flagbridge of the Raketny Kreyser V.I. Lenin was a biotechnically enhanced killing machine, and a veteran of both combat with the Draka and the Goa'uld before that, when Sokhar had still resisted them. She was in her forties but looked younger; Her lifespan with the biotechnics would be long. With eight times the strength and three times the reaction speed, and capable of absorbing eleven times the damage of a normal human, she was also quite capable of fighting a Homo Drakensis in hand-to-hand combat. But there were a lot more 'Snakes' than there were Cheka or Military Spetznaz with such modifications. The flagbridge of the V.I. Lenin was a long lift-transport ride ahead. The V.I. Lenin was one of fourteen ships of the Karl Marx class Raketny Kreysers, the most powerful ships of the Soviet Navy, and the newest. Using Chernikov Drive Missiles, they were capable of devastating Goa'uld or Drakan fleets alike. Or even engaging the largest of Asgard ships and easily expecting victory, when before multiple numbers or entire Soviet fleets would be required. The V.I. Lenin was also 82,680 meters long. With massive batteries of Chernikov Drive Missiles, staggered banks of FTL shockwave cannon, anti-missile missiles, CIWS batteries, anti-fighter batteries, anti-corvette batteries, and sixteen twin-barreled heavy anti-ship particle bolt cannon thrown in for good measure, it bore the pride of the Red Banner of a Soviet Flagship well. And now, along with three other ships of the fourteen of it's class, it would be, with luck, leading the invasion of the Drakan Prime Line dimension. The Soviets, as usual, had fallen behind in theoretical from the Drakan Prime Line; Or the Draka themselves, for that matter. They could travel dimensions and space with relative impunity, and even to different points in time, but only in different dimensions. Such was molehole technology. The Stargates that existed in their dimension, however, had made sure that they did NOT fall behind in industrial capacity. The Soviets had that, and the various technologies taken from a dozen other races, to keep them ahead, along with the occasion shining innovation of their own people, which did indeed happen. It was now hoped that the Osman Project would bring the game to an end. Or so everyone thought. Everyone except for one person, who knew the real reason. Svetlana arrived on the Flagbridge, nodding to Admiral Dragomilov, who was already there. "Comrade Admiral," And then, of course, the scientist... "Comrade Academician." "Ah, Comrade General," Admiral Dragomilov replied. "Good to have you on the bridge. We are ready to proceed." Admiral Victor Dragomilov was a man with hair that was going silver, and a mustache; Thin, and rakish, he looked half German and entirely to much like nobility. Of course, to be assigned to this project, one had to be supremely competent and quite loyal. Appearence was nothing. Svetlana's father might have been a Leningrader, after all, but she was far from being a true Russian, even if her passport said she was 'Great Russian'.. And that got her some stares, for her mother had been Turkish. An odd mixing of traditional enemies, but that had been centuries, and the world was united under socialism. "We're ready to send the Osman Device into place now, Comrades..." Doctor Roberts turned around, a group of scientists and technicians hovering around him and the work stations that had been established here. The V.I. Lenin's Starpom, or Executive Officer, was also on the flagbridge; The woman watched with an admirably detached interest for such an important event. Of course, most of the officers should, but there was a great deal of either tension or enthusiasm in the crew of typically raw Soviet recruits. Excellently trained, but experience with actual ships was pretty much nil. The same for the junior officers, though at least they had training cruises. Devil's Uncle take us all if it weren't for the Michmanyy and the starshini, Svetlana thought. But of course that was what they were there for. The Soviet Navy was growing quite fast for an organisation that was trying to maintain a level of extreme professional competency in all ranks. Half the crew, to put it bluntly, were farmers straight from training camp. Admiral Antoine Oudinot approached from making a round of those farmers, where he had paused briefly at the communications terminals. The frenchman; A rare thing to see such a man from outside the main Communist countries, or at least not to have that heritage in his blood, as a high-ranking political officer. Admiral Oudinot was the Zampolit of the Red Banner Sirius Fleet. "Comrades. General Sen reports that the amphibious assault ships and landing ships are standing by; The Red Army is prepared to go forth when ordered, and everything is awaiting the testing of the device." Svetlana nodded as the Zampolit finished. "Very well then, Comrade Admiral Oudinot. I have every confidence in Jiang Li Sen's preparations; She's an old friend of mine. Does anyone have any objections with proceeding to the next phase of the operation?" The murmurs were all murmurs of consent, murmurs to proceed. "Very well then. Comrade Academicians, if you would please, send the Osman initiator forward to the designated place and activate it." The device moved forward, under its own power, to the designated place. There it stopped. Jonathan Roberts sent the necessary signals and activated the Osman Device. The Osman Device proceeded to reach into the galaxy of the Robotech Masters with an energy field, lock onto one end of an IDG, and relocate it in time and space. Fortunately, the Masters had understood what the destabilisation had meant, and they had completed evacuating their forces and Protoculture in time; Now, however, the Soviet Union was moving in... And quickly. "Send the stabilization ship through!" Roberts ordered. The order was transmitted promptly, and a single ship, phase-cloaked and operating with further stealth technology and on massive regime, moved forward to the Spatial Anomaly. Furthermore, it was carrying the Osman generation. Producing a field to stabilize the natural molehole and lock it into this new course permanently. Svetlana turned to Roberts and smiled politely, as soon as the stabilization ship had entered the 'natural molehole.' "Thank you, Comrade Academician, for your assistance in the growth of the revolution." Roberts nodded and smiled; He was a bit oblivious to the reputation of a Cheka agent; If anyone could possibly be, it would be him. "Thank you, Comrade General. I'm just doing my duty. In this case, one I'm quite proud to do.... Just another minute and it'll be stable enough to send the fleet through." "Very good." A pause, as she turned to her other side. "Comrade Admiral Dragomilov, if you would be so kind, you are now authorized to inform the fleet of the secret orders I told you yesterday, of our actual intent and objectives, and of our actual goals in the name of the Proletariat. Hearten our Comrades in the fleet and our brave sailors. We may have a different work in front of us, but it is just as important as crushing the Drakans. Carry out the planned scouting operations per your normal procedures, of course." Svetlana was quite pleased to notice that the Starpom of the V.I. Lenin was no longer composed after all. It was nice to keep people on their toes, when one was in the Cheka. STGOD Galaxy: First the scouts had come. Phase-cloaked, stealthed, and on passive regime. Hunter-Killer Scouts, those swift, slim ships, with their Chernikov missile tubes. And they had found chaos. The attack of the Zerg and the retreat of the RME was causing it. The communications were open and chaotic, and also easy to break. It had taken just a few hours. Well, the Red Banner Sirius Fleet was coming to invade. Communications with the General Secretary had turned that into a 'rescue' mission instantly. And then the fleet had come through. A mere ninety-eight thousand, five hundred detectable combat ships; an unknown number undectable. It was nothing like the numbers of the RME, but under their orange-tainted hypershielding, those matte-black hulls, a mix of graceful curves of the main hulls and the sharp angles of superstructures and docking bays, of missile launchers and gun turrets, maneuvering under gravitic drive, and that without a single apparent fin or other vulnerable point, just heavily armoured ovoids aft on the hull. Ranging from 950 meters to 82,680 meters, each ship was marked in the same fashion. Crimson red paint on the hull showed in glaring relief the Red Star and the CCCCP of the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. The ships raced into trans-hyperlaunch and self-confidently interposed themselves between the Zerg and the former Vassal States of the RME, and other areas threatened by the Zerg, with the supreme confidence of a nation that had conquered two galaxies in five centuries, of a nation that had beaten the Draka in one universe and fought them in another, of a nation that had the Historical Dialectic, and that Dialectic promised that they'd win, but only if they fought; And so they did. There was no debating what they did, that is, choosing sides. They had encountered similiar all-consuming biological hive minds before, and the chance for the desperate people around them to be taken under the wing of Socialism was too great. It was also not as if the Zerg were going to be a major threat to them. From the scouting reports, these ships, like the ones their ships were designed to beat, had very short-ranged weapons, and so did the Zerg. HK Scout "Komsomolets", near AYC space: "Approaching position of Zerg fleet, Comrade Captain," the FTL sensor operate reported, calmly. He had illuminated them with a nanosecond length double-pulse from the active FTL sensor banks before they'd gone passive again. "The range is now ten point five lightyears and closing." "Astrogation, reduce speed to sublight velocities, standard acceleration," Captain Second Rank Katerina Brusilov ordered. The reversion should be well-timed, then. "Go weapons-hot." She strode over to the banks of missile control systems for the Hunter-killer, her Starpom watching the crewers, who were getting a great deal of experience in these past hours, operating their controls. "Reducing speed to sublight velocity, standard acceleration, Comrade Captain," the Navigator obeyed. "Weapons hot. All weapons armed; Missiles readied. Chernikov drives on missiles one through eight now with safeties off," came the reply of the michmanyy, or Warrant Officer, overseeing the principle weapons consoles. "Confirm that we are loaded with area-effect plasma missiles." "Confirmed." "Estimated range?" The Starpom asked. It only took the navigator a moment to check the computer. "Now ten lightyears and closing slowly. We are nicely within weapons range for missiles, Comrade." "I was lucky on timing the reversion with our last burst," Katerina commented. "Very well. Ready tubes one through eight for firing. We'll hit them with these missiles and then close to just a few lightyears on normal Hyperlaunch instead of Trans-hyperlaunch, and go after high-value targets, assuming we can pick any out." That was standard procedure for a stealth, of course. Start at long range and work to a few lightyears, close range, sprinting and drifting, shooting while you could. They were just firing off a full spread to go in under, since the Zerg had never faced them before. "All tubes ready to fire," the michmanyy reported. "Illuminate the Zerg fleet once more; Then fire the missiles for effect," Captain Second Rank Brusilov replied. It took less than six seconds for the skilled firing team to do that, and then the missiles were on their way. They gave Katerina a bit of a shudder. The missiles cleared out to 100,000 kilometers on a boosted one-time hyperlaunch field of their own before engaging their Chernikov drives, because a 1,000km radius around them when the drives were engaged would be filled with incredibly lethal radiation that not even hypershielding could protect against, and nothing could survive even a moment's contact with. That meant that a near-miss with a Chernikov drive missile would kill the entire biological crew of a ship. Or a biological ship, for that matter. The radiation was simply called Chernikov radiation, like the drive. That was the reason why the USSSR did not fit drives that could propel a ship at a speed of 1 lightyear every six seconds inside Realspace to their capital ships, and instead only to their missiles. That was the maximum speed of a Chernikov Drive missile, or the current variant, anyway, the P-1800, when employed at their maximum combat range of eleven lightyears. There were two types. Shield/Armour piercing with a focused warhead, and the flak/area-effect type being used now, both of which had the typical high-powered warhead further enhanced with Naquada, and a yield in the tens of teratons. The variants on the HK Scouts had phase cloaks, so that they could dephase on their own. One of these missiles could be fatal to almost any average starship up to some battleships; And that included most of the Soviet Union's, which is why they had excellent CIWS systems. And so this, one of the first of these combat demonstrations, probably came as no surprises to the users, but perhaps a great deal of surprise to everyone else. The missiles simply exploded in the middle of the Zerg fleet, racing in on a course that took them there in about a minute's time from the point they engaged their Chernikov drives. The Zerg barely even detected them coming from the anomalies of the drives; Not enough time to react. Based on the earlier, very brief, anomalous energy readings from that area, they assumed it to be incoming ships in the brief seconds they had. Before the Zerg fleet in that area could have reacted to any other facts, the missiles dephased and exploded. Each, when enhanced with Naquada, had a 90 teraton warhead. They exploded in the midst of the fleet, and created massive spherical energy fields of destruction, of sheer energy and outward expanding waves of plasma, consuming the Zerg hordes. At the same time, the Komsomolets crept closer, undetected, to three lightyears range, where the missiles could be sent in at very high speed. Soon, it began to repeat the attacks with professional efficiency until the Zerg retreated, as confused as savages being bombed in the middle of the night by a stealth bomber. And so this was repeated throughout the area as the Soviet Navy prepared to engage. Their scouts shredded the Zerg hordes before their main ships even got close enough to fight; There was simply no contest. The combination of an incredibly strict passive regime and excellent sensors designed to work with it, ships designed to be naturally stealthy in all ways, the phase cloaks and stealth systems all came together to make the ships viciously undetectable. In combination with that, the Soviet Navy was requested, at invitation, to the other vassal states. With them went the Red Army, and the Cheka, of course. But fear of the Zerg spread. And over a few days, reinforcements came. The reinforcements were followed by more. When the Zerg did meet Soviet ships they could detect, well, those simply fired their missiles at eleven lightyears, and then maneuvered. If the Zerg managed to close to their own weapons range, the Soviets would immediately retreat, maneuver to gain the advantage of their own much longer weapons range, and attack again, something they could easily do before they suffered any serious losses. The advantage of having a weapons range in the lightyears against having one in the hundreds or millions of kilometers was incredible; The only thing the Zerg could do that was remotely effective were suicide runs against the Soviet ships, but the massed FTL shockwave cannon that normally defended the Soviet ships from the attack of FTL-speed missiles made that even an improbable and lucky shot. Gaining control of a ship designed by paranoid Russians was also a joke from hell; These people were quite willing to sacrifice their own vessels if boarded, and they came from a culture were punishment battalions, human wave assaults, and gulags were the accepted norm. They weren't squeamish about rigging their ships to blow. By the time the 'Six Days War' between the Zerg and the Soviets was over, the Zerg withdrew from attempting to gain control of territory in the Northwest 'pocket' region. The Soviets had annexed all space between the border of the UTR's Northwest territorial holding to the Betaq-NOFR border, inward, in the Betaq-BC border line to the north, the SKS border line to the south, with the exception of another UTR territorial pocket to the East. This was all Red, and it united the old RME Main Colonial and Second Colonial areas, under the Red Banner. The First Colonial area with Sigma Epsilon had also been duly seized and protected by the Soviets, and expanded around the abandoned VHRW/RSE base to the galactic northwest, a noteworthy increase. The Third Colonial area had been taken without territorial expansion, and now the Soviets were in contact with the small area The Lost had just below them, and New Corellia. In addition to this, the old territory of the VHRW/RSE was taken over again, passing from the RME to the SU by default, and by the assistance of former members of vassal states, mainly technicians who had worked on RME mining projects there, and still would; Though now at much higher rank in the Proletariat and the Communist Party. There were socialist movements in many of those Vassal and Tributary states, after all, and they were all too glad to welcome the Soviets by default. In addition, since the North-East base had been taken over in the expansion from the main RME colonial holdings, that left two more of the old VHRW/RSE abandoned base-regions. Both of these were duly seized for potential operations. Communications and spy lines were begun to be set up. The Boomers slipped into hyperspace to begin their patrols. That type of drive had turned out a dead end, too slow for their needs, but you could maneuver in it, and hide; Combined with phase-cloak and passive regimes the ships and their missiles were quite secure, and the missiles could leave hyperspace on their own. The long-range Hyperlaunch capable bombers began their flying patrols with their worldkiller SRAMs. Anti-planet missiles would be established on the planets soon enough. Short-range bombers would be carried by the ships. The Soviet Union had learned the value of deterrence, and in huge quantity and diversity, at that. Once they had Molehole drive, their deterrence would also be an offense.. Unless the Draka developed a way to penetrate planetary hypershields, which was a constant concern. So the Soviet Union had settled down to stay, and stay they would. With two galaxies of resources to support them, they would follow the maxims of Trotsky. Revolution must proceed. Violent revolution! The Workers must be freed; Dictatorship of the Proletariat must be established in all areas. The progression towards Communism must continue. Back on Earth, people cheered and celebrated and drank Vodka, and there was a Military Parade in Red Square, with GravTanks hovering forward and troops marching in formation, and, of course, the timeless Kremlin rising behind it all, the symbol of Russia and now of the USSSR. The Supreme Soviet met to declare the day a momentous occasion in the march of Socialism, while the people who had watched the parade now shuffled forward in long lines to view the embalmed body of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, still on displace in Red Square, and still in very good condition, as it had been for the past few centuries. ****************** OOC notes: I figured you didn't mind losing a fair number of ships, Spyda, as you can grow more. Also, my descriptions of my territory are fairly detailed, and were planned out weeks in advance.. So I sort of just blasted my way through your fleets as a way to introduce Soviet long-range missilery and to make sure that I got that territory, as the SU needs to be established as a major power here for what I have planned; My epic Superpower showdowns. That said, maybe you weren't planning to move into those particular areas. It depends on if the AYC included Betaq or not. I got nervous when you mentioned "Northwest", though, and decided to act. I also haven't seen you on AIM recently, so I couldn't ask you in person. Anyway, the Zerg were probably going to get smacked around anyway, and there still is other territory for you to settle in, not to mention that I didn't go after your southern forces. Likewise, none of your main people are harmed. From what I understand about the Zerg, that means any of these totally one-sided fleet battles thanks to my range advantage are purely a very temporary setback, and so using you as my introductory whipping boy is okay. I wouldn't have done it to any power that needs to replace ships slowly, but both The Lost and the Zerg seem to have the bounce-back ability, and we are here for story-telling, yes? You can try to attack in revenge, of course, but the technological advantage is real, and though I haven't worked up the ship-stats yet, the CCCCP is the most advanced power here except for the NRMD. They will kick your asses. Basically, that was like bombing Yugoslavia, or at best the Gulf War. They basically just weren't interested in doing so while they tried to settle down. I know the damned Stalinists will find a way to get me back, but fighting the Zerg brings us Trotskyite Soviets a sympathy factor! AIGF, yes? Other people: Basically, try to imagine a WWII battleship (And NOT one refitted with missiles, IE, NOT one of the Iowa class in the 1980s) going up against a Soviet Rocket Cruiser of the Kirov class. That is basically what has just happened here. I have shown up with the STGOD equivlant of the Kirov class Raketny Kreyser to fight your STGOD equivlants of Bismarck and Yamato class Battleships. Have fun!! Marina ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 01:21:51 +1000 Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <3bd6db7f$0$9997$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- "And in related news today, OF-ICE, the massily profitable NOFR Ice Cream company has opened its first real diversified business, OF-VOD. Selling an estimated one thousnad two hundred types of Vodka variations from different dimensions and races in which humans have developed the drink, the company is expected to reap enormous profits thanks to the mysterous invasion of heavy Vodka drinking humans from an alternate dimension. When several reporters questioned about if the NOFR had advanced warning that these people were comming and had passed on this to the OF-ICE board a 'no comment' was offered in return. These reporters have since been found dead. Police have stated the incedent was unconnected. In unrelated news the Police cheif on Kentras Four, site of the OF-VOD corp HQ anounced he was going to buy his own moon today..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 24 Oct 2001 16:50:08 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: -------- majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) wrote in news:20011024100004.09361.00000015@mb-fx.aol.com: > Basically, try to imagine a WWII battleship (And NOT one refitted with > missiles, IE, NOT one of the Iowa class in the 1980s) going up against > a Soviet Rocket Cruiser of the Kirov class. That is basically what has > just happened here. I have shown up with the STGOD equivlant of the > Kirov class Raketny Kreyser to fight your STGOD equivlants of Bismarck > and Yamato class Battleships. > Even though I'll be rather busy, I have my equivalants of the Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruiser. I know you'll be trying to go against the BC, but my nice, big, fat deterrant is going to make sure you stay in line >:) Two can play at the missile game. And phase-cloak is less than useless against me. Meanwhile... Long-range sensor platforms detected the shift of the Delta Gateway. A disturbing prospect. Then hordes of ships moved through and beat down a Zerg swarm... A most concening revelation. It was time, of course, to find out where they were coming from. CMHF probes began folding throughout the multiverse, looking for the new power's home reality. It would take time, as they only had a trace signature from the redirected wormhole...but it would be found. And if they proved hostile, well, there were always methods to keep them in line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:07:35 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Hegemonial Remaint consolidated... Message-ID: <20011024130735.17476.00000086@mb-cg.aol.com> -------- >The remaining forces of the former VHRW have been consolidated into a >new government, the Hegemonial Remaint (HR). > >They have taken a world in the western galactic rim as their capital, >calling it New Romulus. > >The government is led by T#4359876, or "Dis" (The humans in government >insisted that their leader must have a name, not just a mere number.) > >Picture: "Dis, our great leader" - >http://www.virtue.nu/deimos3/term3.jpg > >The location of New Romulus however cannot be revealed for the time >being. > >Also, production of the modified Erbrechen class, equipped with the >Teufelmusik system, has now reached 2,500. > >The _Admiral Scheer_ has also been renamed. It's now called the >_Warspite_, and is the HR's flagship. It is currently in line for a >major overhaul, including the upgrading of shield strength and offensive >firepower, at least *part* of which will involve installation of >Anticannon and Teufelmusik systems. The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics would welcome formal relations with the Hegemonial Remaint and a peaceful and prosperous relationship in general with the people and survivors of the former Romulan Government, who must be struggling for a new and more satisfying and advanced form of Government as they try to recover from the tragic events that we have learned occured in recent times thanks to the actions of the callous feudal warlords whom we have seized the territory of. Hence, in the name of the Workers and the Peasants and the Intelligensia of the Union of Socialist Soviet Star Republics, we would await your favourable reply and hope that treaties can be conducted and that we can aid you in rebuilding your nation in your new territory and strengthening your defensive posture and governmental functions to defend your citizens and improve the quality of life for all, and to perhaps restore the scattered remains of the Romulan people who now must exist in all corners of this galaxy and perhaps the universe. - Major General S.P. Luchenko, Member, Directing Soviet of the Comintern. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:13:10 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <20011024131310.17452.00000129@mb-cg.aol.com> -------- >Is that Russian, or ASVS Basic? All speech by members of the CCCCP will Russian unless otherwise specified or unless it is diplomatic communiques, at which time they will speak in accented English, which some of them learn. The Spetznaz officers and troops also learn the Drakan language, along with Cheka and GRU agents and officers, but I don't think anyone in the STGOD galaxy speaks it. And if you were asking about the title.. The title was in Russian, and yes, the title was spelled correctly. But I don't know enough Russian to type ALL of their conversations out in Russian completely (I'm one of those people who's tried learning about six or seven different foreign languages and quit each one after about a year of study, sadly), and that would make reading my posts boring, unless I translated them, which would make them take really long to write. Naturally, it isn't in Cryllic, but rather Russian adapted to our Latin alphabet. If Usenet would display Cryllic I would have put it up in Cryllic, though. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 24 Oct 2001 19:11:40 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <20011024151140.15374.00000145@mb-md.aol.com> -------- > The First Colonial area with Sigma Epsilon had also been duly seized and >protected by the Soviets, and expanded around the abandoned VHRW/RSE base to >the galactic northwest, a noteworthy increase. The Third Colonial area had >been >taken without territorial expansion, and now the Soviets were in contact with >the small area The Lost had just below them, and New Corellia. ----------------------------------------- New Corellia System Bridge of _Savior_ "What do you mean, they're Soviets? The Soviet's never developed transdimensional drives!" Nitram was agitated. Nothing like a galactic power appearing out of no where, seizing massive tracts of territory, and pummeling the only opposition they faced from lightyears away to bug a guy. "Look, you can't mistake Soviet's. They're all propaganda and Rah Rah Socialism and stars on the ships. They somehow uprooted the IDG the Robotech Masters came through." Came the calm voice of Danzer Talaron, who had been apparantly studying the events. "So we've lost any claim to the old Romulan territory.. Good thing we vacuumed the remains of Romulus up.. And now they're right next door. Options people, gimme options." Tahalshia paced, as the fleet the Lost had gathered huddled around the planet. The sudden arrival of the cruisers in the region, even if they hadn't made claims yet, had struck a cord. "Do what we -always- do when a larger power confronts us. Offer to serve. Better to be under the protective wing of their long-range missiles than to try and find countermeasures." Replied Danzer, shrugging. "So we'll probably have to claim we're Communist instead of a benign military dictatorship. The difference isn't usually that big, and we even have the farms." "Bad joke, that man." Replied a dwarf standing on his chair so he didn't have to look at everyone's crotch. "But I don't see any other way, Sir. We'll look for a way to deal with superliminal missiles, and get to work on a counter, in case they don't want a bunch of maniacs in partially biological ships working for them." "Alright. Prepare the Imperator-II _Gentle Warrior_ for a diplomatic mission, I'll be aboard within the hour. I hope this works, gentlemen." ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:48:02 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: -------- In article <20011024100004.09361.00000015@mb-fx.aol.com>, Maj Svetlanna says... > Other people: > > Basically, try to imagine a WWII battleship (And NOT one refitted with >missiles, IE, NOT one of the Iowa class in the 1980s) going up against a Soviet >Rocket Cruiser of the Kirov class. That is basically what has just happened >here. I have shown up with the STGOD equivlant of the Kirov class Raketny >Kreyser to fight your STGOD equivlants of Bismarck and Yamato class >Battleships. > > Have fun!! > > Marina "What happened!?" Admiral Malthus's normal reserve shattered as the report registered. "Six light year range?" "Yes, sir." the Longsword CLs captain replied. "Six light years that we tracked the missile. Obviously it has a greater range than that, but we don't know how much greater." "I see. And the estimate of yield... How firm is that?" "Tentative, but it should be fairly good. Well within an order of magnitude, at least." "I see. Very well, continue your mission. But stay out of that region for the moment." "Yes, sir!" The connection was broken. Later "So, that's about all of it." "Troubling. We have no choice. Accelerate redeployment, even if it means suboptimal yields." Admiral Ray leaned back in his chair, thinking about this new development. With the serpents likely to commence an invasion at any time, this news was... unwelcome. Still, there was an option. But which side to choose? More information was needed. The Longswords would be called on again to do what they did best. Slip in, gather data, and escape, all in less time than most civilizations could react. Few would even notice the fleeting ghost on their sensors. Still, caution was mandated. No ship would actually enter this new power's territory until they had a better grasp of its capabilities. Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:32:51 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: -------- > Back on Earth, people cheered and celebrated and drank Vodka, and there was a > Military Parade in Red Square, with GravTanks hovering forward and troops > marching in formation, and, of course, the timeless Kremlin rising behind it > all, the symbol of Russia and now of the USSSR. The Supreme Soviet met to > declare the day a momentous occasion in the march of Socialism, while the > people who had watched the parade now shuffled forward in long lines to view > the embalmed body of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, still on displace in Red Square, and > still in very good condition, as it had been for the past few centuries. > CRITIC CRITIC CRITIC CC: CIC NRF, CIC NRN, CIC NRMC, CIC NRA, CIC NRSFC, CIC NRSPFC NRRO Dispatch 11-A5 A new forc has entered the primary reality of Earth and is currently in the midst of an aggressive territoial grab over space once controlled or influenced by the non defunct RME. Signal analysis from various probe units indicates that philote based monitoring will continue to be effective and untraceable even as linguists currently are unable to break the language barrier for standard FleetComs. Early sensor analysis indicates largest vessel to be 82.6 relative to a SMCV 70.4 though armament is noted as likely being weaker. Analysis of shielding and total offensive capability as well as initial OOB estimates are being included in a SNIE currently underway. NRRO believes this force represents a grave threat to the continued politics of the True Republic in Earth's home reality. END END END -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Engineer Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Enigma" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 03:43:00 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <8TLB7.98127$5h5.39528610@news3.rdc2.on.home.com> -------- snip [Outskirts of the Milky Way] [Onboard _The Chameleon_] "Emperor sir we have new developments." the commander said to Emperor Enigma. The emperor waved his hand non chalantly as if to say 'get on with it'. He was bored and running an empire was not helping. But he was controlling two empires and it was a beurocratic nightmare. The commander continued, "Sir the Robotech Merchantile Empire has packed their bags and left. But they have been replaced with another power and from what Intelligence has gathered, they call themselves the 'United Soviet Socialist Star Republic', a communist power. We are in the process of infiltrating them so we can get as much data on them as possible. The USSSR has taken control over all of the former RME territory in the Milky Way and there is a strong probability that they'll try expand into established territory set by other empires.' Emperor Enigma just closed his eyes for a bit and with the use of the ether he examined the current status of the IPE. After a couple of minutes, the emperor opened his eyes and said, "They are not our problem for the time being. But the moment they cross into our territory then they'll wish they hadn't come to this universe. Deploy buoys around both the Milky Way and the Andromeda galactic borders warning that any unauthorized intrusion will be met by lethal force." "Aye sir." was the reply as the commander went to work. /OOC/ Well the PE\IPE will be watching you Marina so beware. If any of your ships pass the 200 lightyear boundary around the STGOD Milky Way galaxy, we will use lethal force to remove you from my territory. /OOC/ -- "I looked straight at Koko's brown eyes and said 'I love you Koko. I love you Koko.' She then stretched out her hand and grabbed my balls." -William Shatner "A&E Biography 'William Shatner: Captain's Log'" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:20:07 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <3BD792F7.850E2495@paradise.net.nz> -------- The world had been turned from its once tranqual green state. Now the skies were turned brown with the dieseased swarms of insects and micro-organisms that made up the swarm cloud; a shroud that provides the swarm protection when they go on the offensive. Sunlight could barely pierce the trillions of creatures swarming overhead, between the shroud and the planet's surface. The surface was now completely covered in the creep, the biomass that eminated from the hive cluster, converting the planet's surface into nurishment for the hive. On the surface, the hive clusters were hard at work spawning new creatures into the swarm. A small group of larvae emerged from a hatchery, these larvae quickly formed into eggs, within minutes the eggs hatched, one overlord, two scourge. More larvae began to emerge from the hatchery, the process began again, this time mutalisks emerged from the eggs. Once more the process started again, guardians and more scourge took off from the hive cluster and joined the swarms above. Again the process started, this time something larger emerged from the hive. It looked almost like a larger form of the guardians crossed with a spider. It's body was black, with purple veins running through it. It had changed little since it was assimilated into the swarm, its range was slightly increased as well as its already impressive speed. Such is the way of the swarm, take the strongest species in the universe and improve upon them with forced evolution. The Shadowlisk was a prime example of the power of the swarm. Again the process started and more miscelleneous creatures emerged from the hatchery. A few hundred meters in all directions, the same process was continuing at other hatchies. Each kilometer of hive cluster was home to about 8 such hatcheries. The process was continuing simultaneously across each patch of hive cluster, across the entire continant. Zerg were being spawned a billion at a time. On the neighboring planets in that system the process was also continuing. More Zerg added to the swarm. Even asteroid fields in the system were being used to fuel the Zerg's multiplication. But it did not stop there. In the neighboring star systems in neutral space, the process continued... -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Graeme Dice Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 04:32:42 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] The changing face of the universe (or how the mighty have fallen) Message-ID: <3BD795C4.E9A7ABAB@sk.sympatico.ca> -------- Cmdrwilkens wrote: > > "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in message > news:3bd77096$0$10003$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... > > I beg to differ. Of course I'm not actualy spying on the NR or NRMD ATM as > > that war does not concen me so you don't have to worry about that. > > > > > > Ansible is philote ONLY, it uses no other transmission types (though lesser > encrypted traffic goes on hypercomm) so unless you miraculously managed to > develop philote technology then I don't see how you could eavsdrop, oh and > if you have then the NRMD will be bringing its full wrath and fury after you > since they don't like people with philote based technology. Anyway general > spying on the NR ought not to be a problem but again the NRMD is in a > reality that no one (save Phong and the NR) know exists. "He really is so obsessed by his technology that he cannot understand how I can obtain recordings of his secure conversations," Lord Graeme informed his command staff. "Luckily there was no need to attempt to intercept his transmissions as he has no wards set in any of his communication chambers." "So what will our our next move be?" inquired Dolgan. "We wait and gather more information. I haven't lived for four billion years by not knowing my friends, and my enemies. I suggest that we might wish to pay them a visit in the future so that they can ensure our continued goodwill." Lord Graeme of Dice ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 03:33:56 -0700 Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <0RRB7.42880$cl3.399908964@news.inreach.com> -------- Benir was a provincial Beta, of a Silverpelt holding, his important status as a game warden allowed him some privaledges above that of a normal Gamma, however in the last Generation or so, the Silverpelt's had become worse and worse. When Grendel had won the unification war, and the captured starships had enabled them to move to other sytstems the first great discovery had been a large world, of tundra, much like Fenris. The had named it Rhea, after a dim memory of a mother goddess. After the War to Free Fenris from the Aliens that had come to their world to mine it. Grendel a Beta Caste warrior of a minor pack, had claimed the title Emporer, Alpha of all Fenari, lord of all packs. The great packs whose bloodlines could be traced back before the war with the demon cats, were outraged. After long hard battle, Grendel's forces armed with weapons of the invaders, crushed his enemies, to avoid further internal dissent he disowned his Beta caste family, and took a Silverpelt female as his mate. The First Fenari to move to the second home, had been encouraged to do so, hunters, were needed and were granted special liberties, freedom to mate without a Beta, or Alpha interfering, freedom to hunt, to claim territory. The sad effect was that the peace the strong man leader had claimed had resulted in many Beta Caste warriors, being left without a pack to owe fealty to. They soon degenerated into bandits, raiding the herd farms, of the settlers. In purhaps one of the Worst moves of his rulership. Emporer Grendel had taken the advice of his bound mate. And let, the now resurging Clan Silverpelt, and their allies, govern, Rhea. The Alpha and Beta, knights, proved more preadatory then the Bandits they were suposably hunting. Siezing hunting ranges on suspicion of harboring bandits, to add to their own power. And with the death of Grendel it had gotten worse. Halla destermined to control all of Rhea, and cement her rulership over all of the Fenari, through her status as Grendel's former mate, had gone about conscripting troops for her armies, and suffering bad losses, as the Rogue Grendelson continued to allude her forces, gaining support as her tribute demands continued to climb. The months of battle, had been bitterly contested, yet, civilization in the form of the Boyd Collective and the Psyconian Empire had broguht a cease fire within the Fenari, a confederation of packs had been started. However the situation on Rhea had gotten worse, and Grendelson, had been forced to leave the twin systems for parts unknown. Benir had recently lost most of his family, his mother shot by a Tribute collector despite their compliance to make an example to the other wardens. Two Sisters, and Three Brothers, not litter siblings, but Sisters, and Brothers none the less, had been drafted to fight at Boydingrad. His mother's youngest litter, had been rounded up, and taken as Omega Serf Tribute. Sholdering his Rifle, he checked his extra clips, the missiles were jacketed depleted uranium, and they would explode after impact, or when their motors reached the end of their fuel. With this rifle he could kill any Fenari not in a heavy vehicle, or even a Thunder hoof, or Tundra Claw. Making his way to kill, the source of his hatred, he passed through the Rhea port area. Many goods were stored here, and the Gateway, though guarded was always powered, to send or Tundra Rat's into the various planets of the Fenari Confederation. Stopping at a lodge, he was shocked to see an Alpha Consorting with the common hunters, The Fenari's glistening white fur, was stained and damaged by battle scars, much of the left side was white scartissue, and skin, the muzzel twisted in a perminate barring of teeth, a Silver plated mechanical hand with energized claws, marking him apart from the few returning surviviors of Halla's poorly equiped army sent to Boydingrad III. While the Infantry forces sent by all of the clans had known they were not expected to last very long against the NRMD forces, the Silverpelts, had added further insult buy equiping the forces she sent with green recruits, and substandard equipment. The difference between an Alpha Commander, and a Gamma conscript appeared to have been, the quality of fake limbs that you could afford. Benir tried to stay away from the Albino, partaily out of hatred of what Halla's kinfolk had done to him, and partaily out of the sight of a warrior who had suffered so griviously and yet still lived. The Bastard Freke Silverpelt had been ready for his attack, while Benir had killed a few of Freke's Beta's Freke himself, had just stood there, protected by a powerfield. Running back to the port, Benir had tried to figure out a method of surviving, purhaps he could go to the wilderness, and become another bandit, no, their were too many of those, already, and the anti bandit patrols were getting to heavy. In a move of desperation, he had snuck into the portal chamber, killed two guards, and set the computer to a random number, when the Chevrons Dialed Sol3, the wormhole signature bounced off of the Universal Shield, and was lost, of a flickering eternity, then another existance, another Stargate, connected. Leaping through the gateway, the desperate Warden cast his fate to the whims of the Stargods. Spetznaz Facility: USSSR, the sudden activity, as an incomming request came from a far, far distant Galaxy, If it was hostile, the Spetznaz were ready with augmented reflexes, and Lasguns, to destroy the invader. What emerged from the other side, shocked them. A three meter tall humaniod wolf, with white and grey fur carring a large assult rifle, closing the Iris as soon as the first creature cleared they ordered it to surrender. "The Creature, could be of great use to our purposes, comerade Col."The Interrogation expert reported. "His biology, is quite spectacular, estimating from various tests, of muscle density, bone density, and it's sinus problems here, we most conclude that the creature comes from a very high gravity, enviornment. Furthermore, interrogation drugs confirm that the prolitariate of it's homeworld, is ripe for the spread of the glorius revolution." The new bandit problem, was spreading out of control, their focused beam weapons, were efficiant at killing her tribute gatherers, Halla Silverpelt had suffered to much over the last twenty years, to surrender now. She would crush this rebellion as her father had shown her, before Grendel had killed him. They would fear her more then ever before. The Alpha Queen's orders were swift and decisive. Ten Settlements burned to the ground, the police troops hadn't stopped with merely killing, they had cropped tails, raped, eaten, and worse to the tenet gammas, even by the Draconian standards of the Fenari this was an atrocity. For Cu Silverpelt there was no honor left in his clan/pack. This had occured to him, before the Fusion pack on the Gauss Cannon had overloaded, The blinding flash, had consumed fifty warriors, and burned off all of the fur on his left side. He remembered the soldier next to him burned to a skeleton. He remembered the misfire of his Fusion Pistol, as the NRMD Scout walker's approched, removing his right hand/paw. Alpha's and Beta's were supposed to lead the lesser pack members, not act like wild sabercats! Still, the meeting he had just came from held an option, he could save his pack, and stop the madness. At Halla's summons, Cu Silverpelt came forward, looking at the assembled Nobility, He watched as the mad queen, looked about for traitors in her counsol. Cu had placed Benir, and his agents well, within the palace guard. Closing his half blind left eye, and inhailing a ragged breath Cu, keyed a button on his prostetic hand. Signaling the moment. Several lesser Alpha's, were cut down, by the first volley, as the crystaline tank armour plate fragments were sent forward by explosive force. the Shards turned the main hall into a slaughter house, Cu, and the worst of the killers, were still alive, making way to the passageways leading to Halla's private escape route the party was stopped, the ambush perfectly, planned. The trails and Executions had been somewhat spectacular, and showy. Cu and Benir doubted that half of the evidence was true, but then again, Freke, Halla and the others had been most through in their destruction. Freke had torn his own neck rather then face the crowd, Halla had attempted to seduce a couple of guards and escape. but in the end, she had offered her neck in obediance. Unlike Grendel some twenty years before, Benir had responded with a heavy sword, not a soft jawed bite to the back. Some of them like Cu's cousin Morrig were simply victims of circumstance, not monsters like many of her kin, but definatly not part of the solution. Cu knew, his position, within the new government, was purely window dressing, a familiar face, to keep the other packs happy. With Rhea now in revolt, the manufacturing, and mining center of Fenris was uncertain of what to do. Most of the hunting preserves had been relocated to Rhea, to make room, for the industrial works. The Confederations Recognized, Cu as the token leader, of the new government that had taken over Rhea. Now with the majority of the Silverpelt, Shadowhunter, Winterkill, and Starchaser pack Alpha and Beta's dead, this strange government was a new chapter in the Fenari sagas. On the other side of the Fenari Empire, the Badger's and the Ronin, were making Final preperations for another fight. In the space they were expanding into they would soon have conflict with the Zerg, and The Yuzzham Vong. Conflict however was second Nature, still, there was another matter. An enemy more dangerous to the Fenari then those other threats, an enemy the Stargod Loki, had ordained the Fenari to fight, in their first songs. The Conquer Wyrms were comming. To this end Clan Badger, had set up a colition of Forces: The Barsoom Runners (Beings who had once lived on the High Deserts of the Fourth Planet of the Sol system), had provided their Fusion and Walker Tank technology in exchange for medicine, The Kith Yos-Am Tai had provided, a mining an manufacturing base that not even the hide constructed facilities on Fenris could match, and while The Badger's were excellent defensive warriors, they lacked the innovation, and offensive nature of the packless Ronin. Still, with the mining and salvage operations with Kith Yos-Am underway, a small set of Envoy ships, departed Badger/Yos-Am space and headed for the SKS, The SCEF, and The Boyds. On each vessel was a new envoy and ambassador. The Runner's lacked numbers, to forfil any major combat positions in the comming conflict but they were much closer to the genetic norms of the rest of the Galaxy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 03:53:08 -0700 Subject: (STGOD Diplomatic Notice)Fenari Confederation to send Envoys Message-ID: <27SB7.42881$On3.400076888@news.inreach.com> -------- Due to certain Barriers in Communication, The Fenari have dispatched Three Diplomatic Shuttles, in order to improve relations with our neighbors. Due to the higher Gravitation norms of the Fenari race, and our dietary and biological factors we have at this time chosen to send members of the Barsoom race as envoys to the SCEF, SKS, and BC. The Barsoom, lived in the Sol system, on the Fourth Planet, hunting on the desert highlands, until a plague brought back from encounters with the population of Sol's Third planet, devastated their species. Forced to sterilize their red desert home, the Barsoom, have lived as refugees for the past 400+ years. While clan Badger made initial contact with them, they were able to trade Fusion weapon, and Walker Tank technologies, for cures to the medical problems facing the Barsoom. The Barsoom Envoys are slighter in height and build then humans, have crimson pigmentation (Adaptation, from hunting on the Red sands of Sol IV), the fangs and claws, of a nice predator spices, counter balancing tail's usually 1.5 meters in length, and Yellow Eyes. Males also possess small horn growths. These envoys are proficient in a number of languages, including Norse Runes (The Written Language of the Fenari), Galactic, Tailcode, and many others. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 25 Oct 2001 10:58:22 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011025065822.15724.00000051@mb-fl.aol.com> -------- Communique Diplomatique to all Star Nations and Powers relevant: The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics acknowledges the new role it must play in Galactic and Universal Diplomacy and Politics in this region. The Government of the Workers and the Peasants and the Intelligensia is a peace-loving organization which desires to maintain stability, and notes that the fleeing of the regime of Feudal Warlords which we caused is indeed an event of great instability. However, we freed the peoples in the era we held from overlordship and vassalage and now we are bringing many benefits to them, such as nationalized healthcare and a carefully planned system of improving technology throughout our new territorial regions for the betterment of the Proletariat. Indeed, due to orders of the Supreme Soviet, this new territory is already being included in our economic system for the next Five Year Plan, which can only result in further growth and prosperity for these peoples who have lately been subjected to so much suffering, including the possibiltiy of a horrible fate at the hands of the hive-race called the Zerg. In the consideration of such threats and the Zerg and the Yuuzhan Vong which have proven to uncooperative to negotiation and do not have a government with which any meaningful dialogue can even be attempted, the Soviet Union proposes, in the new role we must take as a Great Power, to convene a conference to discuss how these threats might be dealt with by an allied fleet from all civilized Star Nations. In regards to diplomatic relations, we propose that all nations of this Galaxy and of the Wider Universe and indeed Megaverse send ambassadors and diplomatic staff to the world of Jaetarra, which is serving as the Military Capital until a Capitals for the new Soviet Republics we are going to be formed can be decided upon. From there, ambassadors and diplomatic staff came be conveyed to our homeworld of Terra within our own dimensional reality, where embassies can be established, indeed, they shall be prepared for your arrival, in our capital city of Moscow. For all countries that send ambassadors to us, we shall of course reciprocate. For the moment, our borders must remain closed while the Cheka Third Directorate establishes Border Guard patrol routes for the Border Guard force of paramilitary starships, however, once this system is established, we can allow trade and commerce from authorized entry points to authorized destinations, as long as the papers of the crews of the entering ships and the ship it's self are in order, of course. The exception to this is the Boyd Collective forces holding the system of Castille & Aragon, and the UTR pocket within our space. Both are completely surrounded by the USSSR, and as a gesture of goodwill, we shall allow the free passage of civilian and military ships along two designated corridors to each one, and from each one, at FTL or Sublight velocities. Again, all the Soviet Union desires is peace, and we hope this is the beginning of peaceful relations with many Star Nations and peoples throughout the Megaverse. In the name of the Workers and the Peasants and the Intelligensia, we thank you all for your cooperation in the name of Peace. - People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, R.A. Sukarov ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 25 Oct 2001 11:54:36 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: <20011025075436.15724.00000053@mb-fl.aol.com> -------- < snip > On the planet Fenris, a Cheka Spetznaz Colonel powered up the tight-beam hyperwave transmitter, sending the pre-arranging code sequences. A few seconds later, Major General Luchenko's image appeared, lifelike, in front of him. He came to attention and saluted. "Comrade General!" The salute was returned. "Comrade Colonel. It is good to see you well. Report your status." "Comrade General," he began. "The People's Revolution on Rhea is a success. The Fenari of the Gamma clan, that is, the Workers and the Peasants of the Fenari, aided by members of their military caste and even one member of the nobility who was willing to renounce his titles and join the Revolution, have triumphed utterly." A slight, ruthless smile. "Revolutionary Justice has been dispensed to the Feudalist Opressors, who truly deserved even more than they received. A People's Revolutionary Congress is currently ruling until such time as we have a full government organized, but the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Trotsky are already being taught in the schools. The Revolutionary Bands, Militias, and Army have been reformed into a People's Liberation Brigade until we can begin training and equipping a proper Armed Forces." "Well; I'm glad we succeeded initially, Comrade Colonel." A pause. "That said, it seems remarkably untidy for a revolution that was so swiftly and successful." "True, Comrade General. But that is more to the general disorganization and incompetence of the previous feudal leaders in addition to their sheer brutality, than anything else. It is only with outside meddling that this race has advanced technology, currently. The Dialectic teaches us that they should not." Svetlana nodded. "You are correct on that matter. Now that the project has been declassified, I think the Dialecticians shall find this entire galaxy quite intriguing, indeed. A pity we could not go after the Draka.. But the risk of that was still to great, as the two of us know, Sergei Borisovich, and the discovery of the Trans-dimensional connection through the Stargate system was likewise far to much of an opprotunity to pass up." "I quite agree, Comrade General. The Party was most wise in this decision, and it has been an honor to work in the creation of a new Socialist nation here among the Fenari. Speaking of which, Comrade General.. I must inquire on the behalf of my allies..." He smiled lightly now. There was even a trace of a wry grin on the face of the Cheka General when she replied. "Of course. They want the military equipment. Well, they are revolutionaries. You can inform them that it will be there within thirty-six hours, the first shipment, anyway. Some ships, many guns, but mainly plasma guns and 'zat guns, not many Lasguns, I fear. Also shields, scanning equipment, and so on. We're still working on preparing tanks and aircraft suitable for the Fenari.. But if there are any Barsoom involved in the Revolution?" "Militarily?" Sergei paused. "I'm not sure. Things are pretty chaotic, Comrade. Typical of Revolutions, of course, and for the better. The Barsoom are largely with the other clans, unfourtunately. We'll probably have to go to Fenari-suitable tanks. One size does not fit all, outside of human-normal limits." "Very well, then. Good luck, Sergei. You'd better not keep your allies waiting. You've done a very good job in the service of the Proletariat and the Comintern nor the Cheka shall forget it," Svetlana finished. Sergei Borisovich Yakubov came to attention and saluted. The salute was returned by his superiour officer, and then the connection on the secure hyperlink was cut. After that, he returned to the room where the People's Revolutionary Congress of the People's Democratic Republic of Fenris was meeting, to tell them the excellent news. Outside of Halla's Palace, which was now stripped of every piece of finery, those having been stolen or given away to the Gammas, flying Red Flags, decorated with Red Banners bearing Revolutionary Slogans, and with Red Stars mounted on the tops of the Turrets and Towers, one of his agitators was trying to lead a large crowd in singing The Internationale. Russian was a decently harsh language for wolf-like vocal cords, and The Internationale was rendered pretty good into it, but it was still with a bit too much barking and yipping for Sergei's tastes. The world, at least, wasn't hot; It was nicely cool, like his home town, Archangelsk. Dressed in his dark green dress uniform, the cap bearing the gleaming Red Star, he nodded to the Red Guards on either side of the big doors to the Main Hall, which was now the Revolutionary Hall. "Comrades." The doors were swung open as the guards brought down their rifle butts in an ear-rending salute and announcement of his entry. With another nod, the 6'4" Sergei went past the humanoid wolves that considerably surpassed him in height, and began to tell his comrades in the People's Revolutionary Congress the news he'd learned from General Luchenko. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 25 Oct 2001 16:41:53 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011025124153.15629.00000420@mb-mv.aol.com> -------- ------------------------------------ USSSR Space Bursting forth from Hyperspace came the unmistakable profile of an Imperator-class Star Destroyer. A mile long, the great wedge sliced through space. What set the _Gentle Warrior_ apart from every other one ever made was the massive crystalline growths over the hull. Purest white crystal against dull grey metal. It had a certain appeal. The lone ISD-II didn't launch fighters, or do much of anything as it coasted. After a few seconds, it began hailing, working it's way through every known diplomatic channel. Aboard, Nitram Tahalshia sat in the Captain's chair, and waited. The skeleton crew around him were largely bored; Imperator crews generally fought, instead of playing taxi for diplomats. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:04:22 -0700 Subject: Re: [STGOD] The changing face of the universe (or how the mighty have fallen) Message-ID: <31egtto8ksv89hfcvm70rju9k4l1gm20kj@4ax.com> -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Robert A. Healey" found <3BD652BF.CE36F190@rpi.edu> on Wed, 24 Oct 2001 01:33:51 -0400... >In the past year, (RL), the STGOD universe has undergone great change. >I will attempt to sumarize: >The omnipotent triumverate is no more. >The Mars Pact exists in name only >Fallen/Vanished Empires: >Sixth Imperieum Kyle - (Omnipotent Triumverate) Still exists, but Kyle isn't writing them anymore >Dice Worldship Graeme - (Omnipotent Triumverate) Still exists, but Graeme got bored >Terrae Kynes - Kynes - (Omnipotent Triumverate) Is still around, but nobody's bothered to attack Earth, making him superfluous >SGE - Rog Second Galactic Empire; may be returning >USENET Command Blown out of the water by the Boyd >Taelon Empire - Transcend *grin* Retreated to their home reality after getting an asskicking >O' Farrel Hegemony - Chris Turned into New O'Farrell Republic >Anti Troll Jihad - WeeMadAndo Still exists, I assume; after all, we all need fried chicken! >Vengeful Hegemony of Vulcan Wrath - Deimos Anamoly *spew* >LT Hitman A periodic contributor. Sometimes likes to torture rogue Sith just for the heck of it. >Atomik Chicken Kynes' equal in the CW universe (Protector of Earth, and all that; lives in Colorado) >MKSheppard (I know, I know, I know he's been KF'd) The ISS Yavin and Bilbringi should still be floating around the CW universe >Strowbridge Brother Alpha... I think he controls a bunker on Earth and managed to take over a Boyd installation on Phobos. Has not participated in TGODs much lately. >Elim Discworld - utterly annhilated Borg Fleet - dumped in a giant fishing net by Kynes and destroyed >Flashes in the Pan: (Or seen once, but not again) >SDRC SRDC; Sanchez Research & Design -> HIDE; Hephaestus Industrial Design & Engineering >RME Robotech Mercantile Empire >That alcoholic empire of Spyda's League of 20,000 Alcoholics (L20kA) > Alcoholic Republic of Sigma Epsilon (ARSE) > Asheros Yuntai Combine (AYC) (now part of the Betaq treaty with the NOFR) >Terran Trade Republic Authority, not republic. >United Terran Republic Will likely figure more if Kyle's net connection doesn't keep crapping out >Rob Wilson Currently writing up STGOD. Is *not* a flash in the pan. >Bob Healey Played a VERY big role in the CW & 1st Diplomatic TGOD >Current Empires: >The Lost - Sir Nitram >SKS - Phong Star Kingdom of Serenity >NR - CMDR Willkens New Republic >NRMD - CMDR Willens New Republic Military Dictatorship >USSSR - Marina Union of Soviet Socialist Space Republics >AYC - Spyda Asheros Yuntai Combine (now part of Betaq) >Boyd Collective (Sole active member of Mars Pact) >Physconian Empire - Enigma (Mars Pact Member, non active empire) Psyconian Empire >Kzin - Pablo >SCEF - Crayz9000 Southern California Evacuation Force >Fenari - Colin The Fenari Clans >New O'Farrel Republic - Chris >Boyd Collective - Jonathan Boyd This is the second time you mentioned them. HEY! Does that mean you're a Boyd? >WeeMadAndo's Empire (for lack of a better name) -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:04:28 -0700 Subject: Re: (TGOD Diplomatic) To the SCEF/SKS Message-ID: -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Colin Brian Witz" found <5yIB7.42863$qP.389630088@news.inreach.com> on Wed, 24 Oct 2001 17:00:27 -0700... >Since you are my nearest neighbors besides the BC. and the HIDE shipyards >are presently fragged. Can we discuss the purchase of Artificial Gravity >Generators of decently sturdy design. Most of our purchased vessels (The >Klingon ones) have to have their Gravity Generators recalibrated to Fenari >levels. (About 3 times Klingon levels) can we purchase new Gravity >Generators for refit purposes. The Fenari Confederation of Packs has some >minerals to trade, as well, as Pack Badger is now ronundevousing with the >Mining vessel Grail. To the information of all other races, this vessel is >unarmed and to be considered a non combat vessel. Quaynar Industries and Vega Space Engineering are only too happy to comply. [cut to stock footage of activity in the Deneb & Vega shipyards] -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kynes Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:05:12 -0500 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: -------- [Jaetarra] The creature, foraging in the bushes, stirred. It was a tall one -- it stood a full three meters -- and closely resembled a bear. Indeed, for reasons still unknown to most of the Greater Universe, the thing was a bear. A particularly large variant, adapted to live in the somewhat lower-gravity conditions of Jaetarra, but still basically a bear. It stood up fairly straight. It felt the urge to... go... elsewhere. So the beast rumbled along and out of the forest, towards the city. As it approached the diplomatic headquarters where negotiations were to be held with the Soviets, two guards decorated in the emblem of the hammer and sickle stepped forward and pointed their weapons at it. In a deep, rumbling voice, the bear growled: "Let me pass." And they did. -- -LK! [ kynes@choam.org ] [ ICQ: 795238 ] [ AIM: Kynes23 ] "The Federation definitely has a command economy. Chris and Boyd and the rest even admit that.. They've just deluded themselves into thinking it's a command economy that works. Small problem: Command economies cannot work." -- Thelea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:21:32 -0700 Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: -------- Actually, you control Rhea, Fenris is not to far away, and it's were all of the industrial activity is going on. The Silverpelts abandoned most of their holding on Fenris to take over ALL of Rhea. However without Rhea the population of Fenris is very much in trouble, considering how much territory has been displaced for mining, cities, and manufacturing purposes. (Read: Barely enough room for herds large enough to feed about 3/4 of the present population), As a result, the less oppressive clans of the merchant / miner clans particularly the Stormriders, and their allies. Also of note, since Loki Stormrider is missing presumed dead. The Stormrider and Seafurie packs are issuing a general challenge for Consort/Military Alpha for the heriditary female rulers of the packs. In order to obtain the best condition males for future generations, the challenge, is a series of battles and contests. However, they are sending their merchant represenitives, would the Socialist government prefer Raw materials, or finished goods, in exchange for foodstuffs. While the Stormriders are not nearly as populous as the Silverpelt packs, they have defeated the Silverpelts on a number of times in the past hundred years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 12:27:05 -0700 Subject: Re: [STGOD] Revoluytziye! Message-ID: -------- Strangely, the Warrior/Merchant captain, found the inspection, quite amusing, the quarters on her ship, like that of the quarters of the subordinates, were all built for function. Certainly, a computer system, for reports, and a secondary screen for combat updates, were no major luxuries, or the additional space needed for the desk. By Hel, she even shared the sleeping quarters with her watch officer, although not at the time. Still her collapseable boarding staff, and Flechette loaded pistol were at her side if need be. "Are you Satisfied with the conditions on this ship, and willing to transfer cargo?"-The Captain/Alpha of Ship (Sea Furies call all ship's Captains & First Officer's Alpha, as a Military Title, most ships are owned by a collection of Pack Sisters.). "So what are the conditions, your serfs, working in the mines face." The Station Commander Inquired. "Hmm, less fatalities then our merchant marines tend to suffer in a year.* besides, unlike others, we have always considered hunters and miners to be a strong element of our military." *Note: Merchant Marines also refers to Piracy Cruisers, since the 500kt displacement _Drakkar_ class is the workhorse, merchant/warship vessel of the Fenari, it gets a lot of use. Note Drakkar class (Repost) Displacement: 500kt Engines: x6 primary sublight FTL: Hyperspace gate type (Simular to B5 and Homeworld) (Uses stargate tech to open a hyperspace junction infront of the vessel) Transport x6 Ring Teleporters x1 Stargate (Shielded) Weapons: x6 Auto Point Defense cannons x1 turrets. x2 Anti Ship Missile launch systems (Dorsal launch tubes) x6 Neutron Beams (Heavy Capship) in x2 turrets 2 Turrets fore, 1 aft. x8 Fusion beams, in x1 Turrets (Anti-Fighter/Anti-ship) Cargo Displacement: 180kt Armour: Battleplate, with Shard Energy Dispersing Ceramic reactive coating. (Reactive coating can only be repaired in Drydock) Shields: Gravitational Defense grid. (Deflects incomming physical and energy attacks) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 27 Oct 2001 15:31:35 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011027113135.23608.00000172@mb-cf.aol.com> -------- > >The lone ISD-II didn't launch fighters, or do much of anything as it coasted. >After a few seconds, it began hailing, working it's way through every known >diplomatic channel. > >Aboard, Nitram Tahalshia sat in the Captain's chair, and waited. The skeleton >crew around him were largely bored; Imperator crews generally fought, instead >of playing taxi for diplomats. The spacecraft, matte-black, with the CCCCP, the Red Star, both most prominent, and also the Hammer and the Sickle. All the classic markings that bore the evidence of where that sleek, curved hull and looming superstructure came from. Less looming on this one, of course. 3.5km in length, but still an impressive ship and one that dwarfed the ISD before it. A standard warship of the Soviet Union, it was a Bakinsky Kommunist class Bol'shoy Raketny Korabl', which translated roughly as a 'Communist of Baku class Large Rocket Ship.' The ship approached the ISD bow-on, wedges bringing it to a silent stop in space. And then the coms flicked on, and a man with a salt-and-pepper beard, dressed in a uniform of the classic style of the Soviet Navy, though in this case it adapted to that of the submariners, most suited to space. "This is Captain First Rank Ivan Sergeivich, Commanding officer of the Soviet naval ship Leninskiy Komsomol." The introduction was a polite one, the Captain using his patrynomic. The speech was rather heavily accented. No surprise, really. "The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics welcomes a diplomatic party to Jaetarra. You are requested to send one shuttle to the surface carrying your party." A smile, first. Broad and friendly. "Please, though, of course.. Identify yourselves and your people for the Proletariat's knowledge, first. Generic diplomatic channels bring peace, but not knowledge, and we do desire close ties with all our potential friends in this galaxy." Captain First Rank Sergeivich paused, and waited for the reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 27 Oct 2001 16:00:02 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011027120002.23608.00000173@mb-cf.aol.com> -------- < snip > OOC: Very busy, Kynes. I will get back to you with this reply, tonight. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 27 Oct 2001 17:20:57 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011027132057.12098.00000422@mb-mv.aol.com> -------- > "This is Captain First Rank Ivan Sergeivich, Commanding officer of the >Soviet >naval ship Leninskiy Komsomol." The introduction was a polite one, the >Captain >using his patrynomic. The speech was rather heavily accented. No surprise, >really. > > "The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics welcomes a diplomatic party to >Jaetarra. You are requested to send one shuttle to the surface carrying your >party." > > A smile, first. Broad and friendly. "Please, though, of course.. Identify >yourselves and your people for the Proletariat's knowledge, first. Generic >diplomatic channels bring peace, but not knowledge, and we do desire close >ties >with all our potential friends in this galaxy." The man appearing on the screen was certainly... Unique. Clean shaven, very normal, if one ignored the uncovered left arm. The crystalline material that made up the limb caught the light in strange ways that suggested it wasn't any sort of normal thing. "I am Nitram Tahalshia. I speak for the refugee convoy known as the Lost, recently settled in the world of New Corellia. I couldn't help but notice your fleets poking around the region." Leaning back and getting himself comfortable, he nodded to the request to send a shuttle. "I will be arriving momentarily. The shuttle that was ejected from the ISD's bays was not the typical Lambda, but a small, bullet-shaped Worker, a tiny craft of Kushan descent. The little ship crossed the void between the two ships, showing only minimal signs of infection. Emerging into the Rocket Ship's hangar, Nitram came, attended on by two strange bodyguards. Four foot tall Preying Mantis', made of the same white crystal of Infection, skittered after him, watching the Soviet's that undoutably waited. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 27 Oct 2001 18:00:29 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011027140029.12126.00000412@mb-mv.aol.com> -------- >nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in >news:20011027132057.12098.00000422@mb-mv.aol.com: > >> Emerging into the Rocket Ship's hangar, Nitram came, attended on by two >> strange bodyguards. Four foot tall Preying Mantis', made of the same >> white crystal of Infection, skittered after him, watching the Soviet's >> that undoutably waited. >> >This message is being transmitted by the Beast sample we have, so no >intercepting! > >ATTN: The Lost > RE: Diplomatic Relations >FROM: SKS Department of State > >Your recent diplomatic advances to the Union of Socialist Soviet Star >Republics may result in strained diplomatic relations with the Star >Kingdom of Serenity. An alliance would be considered an unfriendly act to >the SKS, especially in light of the foreign aid you have recieved by way >of the Kingdom. > >We are prepared to offer counter-proposals to the USSSR's proposals. > Nitram glanced upwards, receiving the message through the link to the Beast Sample. << Don't think us indifferent to your people. But the SKS is a long way away, and these people are intruding into our space. We don't have even close to the power to resist them by war yet. I'll listen to any counter-proposals you have, however, in light of our current relationship. Just remember.. You may be a big, mighty power able to resist incursions, we are just one planet. >> ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 27 Oct 2001 18:04:57 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011027140029.12126.00000412@mb-mv.aol.com: >>nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in >>news:20011027132057.12098.00000422@mb-mv.aol.com: >> >>> Emerging into the Rocket Ship's hangar, Nitram came, attended on by >>> two strange bodyguards. Four foot tall Preying Mantis', made of the >>> same white crystal of Infection, skittered after him, watching the >>> Soviet's that undoutably waited. >>> >>This message is being transmitted by the Beast sample we have, so no >>intercepting! >> >>ATTN: The Lost >> RE: Diplomatic Relations >>FROM: SKS Department of State >> >>Your recent diplomatic advances to the Union of Socialist Soviet Star >>Republics may result in strained diplomatic relations with the Star >>Kingdom of Serenity. An alliance would be considered an unfriendly act >>to the SKS, especially in light of the foreign aid you have recieved by >>way of the Kingdom. >> >>We are prepared to offer counter-proposals to the USSSR's proposals. >> > > Nitram glanced upwards, receiving the message through the link to the > Beast Sample. > > << Don't think us indifferent to your people. But the SKS is a long way > away, and these people are intruding into our space. We don't have even > close to the power to resist them by war yet. I'll listen to any > counter-proposals you have, however, in light of our current > relationship. Just remember.. You may be a big, mighty power able to > resist incursions, we are just one planet. >> > Next proposals will come through email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pablo" Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 14:59:22 -0500 Subject: [STGOD-I] Ground Forces (and a little storyline) Message-ID: <9rf3ne$t94nj$1@ID-35195.news.dfncis.de> -------- "Gshkk-Riit, the Patriarch is displeased with your performance in the conquest galaxy. You nearly brought a greater Empire upon us, with your mistakes," the other Kzin said. The conquest commander was not surprised. "But the situation was mostly defused by my quick action, and the parties responsible have been punished. I do not believe that they will attack us." "No, I suppose not. But there is another problem. An outsider vessel appeared at a planet in the fourth Octant and demanded information on the PE. The Patriarch worries." "As he should. Hopefully, it is just their curiosity at work, and not a conscious decision to make trouble," Gshkk-Riit suggested. "So we hope as well. Also, we have gone over your scouting report, and are pleased. The information bodes well. And your suggestions for refits have not gone unnoticed by the slave-technicians. They are now updating our vessels, and production has been ordered to full output. You have secured suitable invasion points, of course?" "Of course. All is ready for the invasion, we have only to become ready." Factories that had lain dormant for the centuries since the Pak wars became active again. Across known space, Kzin production was brought to the highest levels possible. Mining intensified, and the military began to accept volunteers. ------ Ground Forces of the Kzin Patriarchy -- Infantry- The Infantry arm of the Patriarch's military is second only the fleet. Kzin soldiers are some of the most effective fighters in known space, being strong, mobile, and highly motivated. The Soldier: The Kzin soldier is issued a number of things as a matter of course. Besides the usual entrenching tools, rations, he has a number of other refinements. He is invariably issued with an effective suit of body armor. It is proof against most lower-end impact and energy weapons. The helmet is designed to minimize the obstructions the soldier's senses, to satisfy Kzin psychology. They are also issued NBC protection gear, but as they obstruct the senses, they only worn when needed. A trained Kzin can don his NBC protection in as little as 15 seconds. The Kzin soldier's main advantages lie in his inherent abilities: 1) Massive strength, even for his size. 2) Agility and speed. Other races are often surprised when they see the speed and precision with which a massive Kzin can move. 3) High motivation. Kzin are very aggressive, and morale is almost a non-issue. Simply issue a Kzin a weapon and he will be willing to attack the enemy. Thankfully, they are also well equipped. As a final note, a Kzin in close combat is one of the most fearsome things that can happen to an enemy. During the conquest of Earth, there were numerous times when a single Kzin was able to dispatch entire Human squads in hand-to-hand combat. Human soldiers eventually learned to flee whenever a Kzin got within a stone's throw. Weapons Variable Sword- Blade Length: 1.2m A retractable, very thin wire enclosed in a slaver stasis field, with a small red bulb at the end, so the Kzin can judge the position of his blade. There is no known armor or shielding system that can prevent this weapon from penetrating. 10mm Rail Pistol- Range: 35-50m Ammunition: 20 burst magazine Good killing power. Issued mainly to officers. Xaser Rifle- Range: 800m Ammunition: 100 burst magazine Modes: Continuous and burst Standard weapon. Good killing power at all ranges. Virtually no recoil. Can be made ineffective by certain measures (reflective armor, etc.) 8mm Rail Rifle- Range: 4km Ammunition: 50 round magazine Modes: Semi and full automatic (600 rpm) Massive killing power, with powerful recoil. Scoped model issued to snipers, and 1/4 of all riflemen given standard model. 6mm Railgun SAW- Range: 2km Ammunition: 100 round belt Modes: Full automatic (600-900rpm) High killing power, controllable recoil. Standard support weapon. 8mm Railgun GPMG- Range: 4km Ammunition: 100 round belt Modes: Full automatic (600 rpm) Deadly at all ranges. Heavy, but with controllable recoil. Usually vehicle mounted, but often crew served on the defense. AT Rocket Launcher *Effective* Range: 230 meters Ammunition: Single shot, 90mm rocket Standard AT weapon. Rockets are fitted with shield defeating device, allowing them to pass through most defenses. Acceptable performance, but generally ineffective against frontal armor. Launcher can be loaded with special purpose EMP shield destroyer Disrupter Rifle Range: 800 meters Ammunition: 6 shot magazine Long range AT weapon. Uses effect somewhat similar to MDD, but is unable to cause chain reaction. Ineffective against shields, but highly effective against bare armor. AA Rocket Range: 10km Ammunition: Single shot 98mm missile Gives the infantry squad effective AA power against low flying aircraft. 72mm Light Mortar Range: 5.5km Simple light mortar. Can fire a variety of special purpose rounds. 98mm Medium Mortar Range: 7.8km Medium mortar. Special ammunition available. 135mm Heavy Mortar. Range: 9.5km Heavy mortar. Special ammunition available. -- Armored Forces- The Kzin neglected the development of AFVs throughout his history, until the conquest of Earth. The humans used AFVs to devastating effect in the early days of the war. Kzin stopgap measures and their powerful infantry were enough to halt the threat, but they had learned a valuable lesson in ground warfare. By their next invasion, Tanks featured heavily. Quiet Hunter Scout Length: 5.5m Width: 3.8m Height: 2.5m Defenses: Medium armor, moderate shielding Main Gun: 80mm Railgun Secondary: 2x8mm GPMGs Optional: 4 ATGM missiles, rack mount The Quiet hunter is the standard scout tank of the Kzin Patriarchy, and is thus very fast and exceptionally quiet. The 80mm railgun is ineffective against armor except on the flank, but it can be outfitted with a rack of 4 highly effective ATGM missiles, range 10km. It has enough armor to withstand some firepower, but it is easily destroyed by AT guns. It possesses fair shielding, but it is generally deactivated for increased stealth. It has excellent NBC protection. *The appearance of one of these vehicles is often prelude to heavy space and artillery bombardment* Vatach APC Length: 6m Width: 4m Height: 2.4m Defenses: Light armor, moderate shielding Maingun: 30mm Auto-railgun, turret mount Secondary: 1x8mm GPMG Optional: 1 ATGM, turret mount The Vatach is designed to deliver a squad of infantry to the battlefield, protected from the various nasties they could encounter. The armor and shielding are proof against small arms fire and shell fragments, and the vehicle enjoys full NBC protection. The weapons are designed to take out infantry, which they do well. For anti-tank power, it can be outfitted with a single ATGM with a range of 8km. Vatach-B Tank destroyer ('Sneaking Bastard') Length: 5.5m Width: 4m Height: 2.6m Defenses: Light armor, Moderate Shielding Maingun: ATGM Launcher (4 ready, 16 reloads) Secondary: 1x8mm GPMG The Vatach-B, or Sneaking Bastard as it is know to its crews, is a modification of the standard Vatach. It carries a number of ATGMs (range 14km), which are highly effective against all armored targets. It is still lightly armored and shielded, but its high mobility can be used to flank enemy armor to devastating effect. Glorious Defender Mobile AAA Length: 4.9m Width: 3.8m Height: 3.5m Defenses: Light Armor, Medium Shielding. Maingun: 4x30mm AA Autorailgun The Glorious Defender is a highly mobile AAA vehicle. It is deadly to low flying aircraft, and sports good shielding to protect itself. The Quad 30mm Autorailguns (Combined rate of fire is 2000rpm) can also be used against infantry and light armor, to devastating effect. Crimson Tooth MBT Length: 8.2m Width: 4m Height: 2.8m Defenses: Heavy Armor, Heavy Shielding Maingun: 128mm Railgun Secondary: 2x8mm GPMG, 1 20mm AA Railgun Optional: ERA, Reactive Reflective Armor (RRA), Anti-Missile EMP weapon The Crimson Tooth is the Main Battle Tank of the Patriarchy's armored forces. It is heavily protected and armed, moderately fast, and deadly overall. To further increase its protection, it can be fitted with explosive reactive armor to guard against projectiles. Reactive reflective armor, which becomes 99% reflective when hit by energy weapons, is also available. Furthermore, to further guard against ATGMs, it can be armed with an EMP weapon. It fires an EMP along a 25 degree arc out to 800 meters, disabling and even detonating guided AT missiles. -- Artillery- The backbone of any ground army, nothing must be said of it. (ooc Does not include towed guns, because that is outside my knowledge :P /ooc) 100mm SPH Range: 10km Standard, 35km Rocket Assisted A light self propelled howitzer. Can deliver a variety of payloads. 162mm SPH Range: 16km Standard, 48km Rocket Assisted Medium Self propelled howitzer, comprising the backbone of artillery forces. A wide variety of ammunition can be fired. 220mm SPH Range: 20km Standard, 59km Rocket Assisted Heavy self propelled howitzer. See above. MLRS Range: 40-400km, depending on load Mobile Rocket Artillery, provides good firepower. Carries 12 rounds ready. /AAA and SAMs/ Anti-aircraft artillery and surface to air missiles are invariably used in a complimentary role, with triple-A protecting low approaches while SAMs cover the high altitudes. 30mm Autorailgun Low level AA gun. Can be elevated down to 0 degrees for use as an AT gun. 75mm AAA. Mid level AAA Can be elevated down to 0 degrees for use as an AT gun. 115mm AAA Highest reaching AAA. SA-90 SAM, with reach of up to 60km vertical, but ineffective at under 2km. Deadly to aircraft, and often used in clusters. SA-110 SAM, with low-orbital reach. Useless at under 10km, but extremely deadly to enemy aircraft. -- Aircraft- Although Kzin singleships can enter atmospheres (to great effect), it is often cheaper to employ aircraft for a few roles. Madcat Fighter- Length: 20m Wingspan: 15m Defenses: Light Armor, good shielding Weapons: 4x20mm Autorailguns Hardpoints: 6 (Usually air to air missiles) The standard air superiority fighter, the Madcat combines stealth, speed, and firepower into a highly maneuverable package. Crusher Ground Attack Aircraft Length: 18m Wingspan: 15m Defenses: Heavy armor, good shielding Weapons: 2x20mm Autorailguns, 1 48mm Railcannon Hardpoints: 8 (usually bombs and air to ground missiles) The Crusher is a slow, but extremely tough and deadly aircraft. ---- [ooc] There's the majority of my ground forces. I didn't mention things like the logistical corps, because I think it goes without saying. A Table of Organization, I've noticed, is seldom important because no one pays attention to it. [/ooc] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:41:28 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Another production shift Message-ID: <3BDB1BF8.18338A7F@adjective-army.com> -------- Deimos Anomaly wrote: > > Production of modified Erbrechens has reached 5,000. Main production has > now been shifted to Vanguard-class ISMCs. Projected requirement is for > 20,000. New types of ISM armament are also being researched. This > includes possible replacement of M/AM warheads with HM/AHM, or the > possible adoption of trilithium warheads for system destruction by means > of stellar implosion. *insert the sound of a billion defiliers licking their lips* -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 27 Oct 2001 21:29:01 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Another production shift Message-ID: -------- Spyda wrote in news:3BDB1BF8.18338A7F@adjective-army.com: > Deimos Anomaly wrote: >> >> Production of modified Erbrechens has reached 5,000. Main production >> has now been shifted to Vanguard-class ISMCs. Projected requirement is >> for 20,000. New types of ISM armament are also being researched. This >> includes possible replacement of M/AM warheads with HM/AHM, or the >> possible adoption of trilithium warheads for system destruction by >> means of stellar implosion. > > *insert the sound of a billion defiliers licking their lips* > ::sounds of a thousand keys turning in warning to the Zerg:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 28 Oct 2001 04:46:35 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011028004635.16955.00000244@mb-fa.aol.com> -------- < snip > Escorted by Naval Infantry troops in their dress uniforms, energy rifles held at ready, and marching in lock-step through the hangar, Nitram and his party were led by the ship's Political Officer to a Soviet shuttle. This shuttle proceeded to take them to the surface of the planet. From there, a full massed regiment of Red Army troops appeared to be waiting when Nitram was escorted out of the shuttle. Lacking knowledge of The Lost's national anthem, the band struck up 'Le Internationale'. This was, of course, followed by the crash of the drums and almost ear-tearing banging of cymbals at the start of the Soviet National Anthem, which was actually a rather nice song. Past the offered formality of the troops and the banners and flags, Nitram was carried by a hovercar to the central government facilities on Jaetarra, which at the moment appeared to be principally military. The Supreme Soviet for the region was being built beside it, with typically looming Soviet architecture. There, Nitram was escorted into a room that was plush, ornately decorated in general, and covered in revolutionary protraits and other such things. In otherwords, it copied the style of a Tsarist mansion converted for Soviet use. The woman sitting at the head of the table was a bit above average height, and the uniform was neither army nor navy, her hair let down; A bit below her shoulders. That was a red colour, or at least offered highlights of it, but her eyes were dark, and her skin was also not the pale colour suited to most of the people here; But, of course, Svetlana's mother had been turkish. Then again, Nitram couldn't know that. The woman simply looked up, and gestured to the chair on her left. "Please, do sit." "I am Svetlana Luchenko, Speaker Tahalshia. I am a member of the Comintern and I hold the rank of Major General in the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for the Suppression of Counterrevolution and Sabotage. As part of my duties in the Comintern I have authority to discuss agreements with groups such as your own." A pause; She was idly pouring two drinks, and not Vodka, either, but fine Georgian wines. Russians knew what to drink for pleasure and what to drink for diplomacy. The game was one she'd learned a while ago, and in this case it was genuinely important, for once in her lifetime; They were not just mopping up here. Only with the Samothracians.. And they, of course, were not remotely a client state. "You see, Speaker, we are committed to assisting and aiding all peoples, politically, economically, and militarily, in the strive for socialism and eventually communism. Ever since the Soviet Union received the guidance of our Glorious Leader, the Great Trotsky, we have been commited to aiding these tasks. The plight of refugees, who are especially hated by bourgeoisie and feudalist states, as it demonstrates graphically to their Proletariat and Peasant classes their own state of poverty and opression, is indeed a very sad one." Svetlana smiled slightly. "Therefore, it is quite likely that if The Lost are willing to cooperate with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Supreme could provide more than just technological and material aid.. But that the industrial and military aid coming in, the economic aid, could quite well be, ah, 'written on a blank cheque', to use the bourgeoisie expression. This could help you expand sufficiently to meet the needs of your Proletariat and to become a respected Socialist power in this galaxy." She finished, offering the glass of Georgian wine to Nitram. Hook, line and sinker. The only question now was if she'd get a bite. **************************** OOC: Nitram = Nasser? OR: Nitram = Fidel? Well, we'll find out soon enough. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 28 Oct 2001 05:02:38 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011028010238.22697.00000558@mb-fc.aol.com> -------- > Then again, Nitram couldn't know that. The woman simply looked up, and >gestured to the chair on her left. "Please, do sit." > > "I am Svetlana Luchenko, Speaker Tahalshia. I am a member of the Comintern >and >I hold the rank of Major General in the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission >for the Suppression of Counterrevolution and Sabotage. As part of my duties >in >the Comintern I have authority to discuss agreements with groups such as your >own." > > A pause; She was idly pouring two drinks, and not Vodka, either, but fine >Georgian wines. Russians knew what to drink for pleasure and what to drink >for >diplomacy. The game was one she'd learned a while ago, and in this case it >was >genuinely important, for once in her lifetime; They were not just mopping up >here. Only with the Samothracians.. And they, of course, were not remotely a >client state. > > "You see, Speaker, we are committed to assisting and aiding all peoples, >politically, economically, and militarily, in the strive for socialism and >eventually communism. Ever since the Soviet Union received the guidance of >our >Glorious Leader, the Great Trotsky, we have been commited to aiding these >tasks. The plight of refugees, who are especially hated by bourgeoisie and >feudalist states, as it demonstrates graphically to their Proletariat and >Peasant classes their own state of poverty and opression, is indeed a very >sad >one." > > Svetlana smiled slightly. "Therefore, it is quite likely that if The Lost >are >willing to cooperate with the Soviet Union, the Soviet Supreme could provide >more than just technological and material aid.. But that the industrial and >military aid coming in, the economic aid, could quite well be, ah, 'written >on >a blank cheque', to use the bourgeoisie expression. This could help you >expand >sufficiently to meet the needs of your Proletariat and to become a respected >Socialist power in this galaxy." > > She finished, offering the glass of Georgian wine to Nitram. Hook, line and >sinker. The only question now was if she'd get a bite. > Communists. Closing his eyes for a moment, 'Speaker' Nitram called on the memories of the Beast, on the many encounters with the Soviet Union, in many stages of it's existance, throughout their winding journey. "The... How is it you pronounce it? Cheka, is the pronounciation in the timelines I had the.. Acquaintence with the group." The man replied, the pronounciation coming across in perfect Russian. The benefits of the Beast... "Trotsky... Does he still live in your timeline? I am afraid my knowledge of your state is limited. I merely came wondering who it was encroaching on the space around New Corellia. I am, of course, willing to entertain any offers you make. I have found only some of the disdain most refugees face, but there is always some." Watch the baited hook carefully, swim by it until they offer enough to make the sting of the hook bearable. It was a game Tahalshia had played a thousand times, with a thousand diplomats. He helped himself to the Georgian wine, smacking his lips softly. This could be very interesting. He closed his eyes, as if in thought on the offer. >**************************** > > OOC: > > Nitram = Nasser? > > OR: > > Nitram = Fidel? > > > Well, we'll find out soon enough. > The bear I've recently acquired is more Fidel. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 28 Oct 2001 06:18:22 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] Further Negotiations Diplomatique with the HR. Message-ID: <20011028011822.16955.00000256@mb-fa.aol.com> -------- > >The HR welcomes peacful and freindly relations with the USSSR. An >ambassador will be sent to a location of your choosing. We would be pleased to receive the ambassador and embassy of the HR at the planet of Jaetarra, where the ambassador and embassy of the HR may be trasferred to our capital of Moscow, on our homeworld of Terra, in our own home dimension. If it pleases the HR, we can then provide an ambassador and embassy for your own nation then, to be at a suitable location within your nation. Furthermore, we would like to begin discussions with your nation about the possibility of cooperation in the future on other matters. We believe that the HR could be a beneficial economic partner, and that by our evaluation your government may have many socialist tendencies. We could discover that we are indeed comrades in the revolution who should be allies, and of course the Soviet Union always aides comrades in every way possible! We hope that you can confirm this evaluation of our dialecticians for us, and that we can enter into dialogue over matters of cooperation and economics, in addition to other likely exchanges. - Major General S.P. Luchenko, Member, Directing Soviet of the Comintern. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 28 Oct 2001 06:58:45 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011028015845.16955.00000260@mb-fa.aol.com> -------- >[Jaetarra] > > The creature, foraging in the bushes, stirred. > It was a tall one -- it stood a full three meters -- and closely >resembled a bear. Indeed, for reasons still unknown to most of the Greater >Universe, the thing was a bear. A particularly large variant, adapted to live >in >the somewhat lower-gravity conditions of Jaetarra, but still basically a >bear. > It stood up fairly straight. It felt the urge to... go... elsewhere. > So the beast rumbled along and out of the forest, towards the city. > As it approached the diplomatic headquarters where negotiations were to >be held with the Soviets, two guards decorated in the emblem of the hammer >and >sickle stepped forward and pointed their weapons at it. > In a deep, rumbling voice, the bear growled: "Let me pass." > And they did. The Bear was allowed inside. Then he was quickly met by an official in a suit and greatcoat; He hadn't had enough time to grab his hat. The man was also clean shaven, like most Soviet officials who usually were either that, or just had a mustache. Gregory Constanovich Paralov was the Deputy Commisar for Foreign Affairs, and a harried man at the moment, trying to get various typical diplomatic functions down, even if the more revolutionary ones were handled by the Comintern. Still.. This positively bizzare happenstance was somewhat of a relief. Something different. That said, the Bear was a bit imitating. Like something Baba Yaga might invite to supper as an actual guest and _not_ as dinner... "Ah.. Greetings, Comrade." He decided to be polite with the being, instead of using a term of capitalist adress. His English was less accented that most for those that spoke it. "We presume that your species isn't native to this planet.... Are you a diplomat of some sort?" If not, well, he'd find out soon enough. "And how may the Soviet Union help you? I am Gregory Constanovich, Deputy Commissar for Foreign Affairs." >-- >-LK! >[ kynes@choam.org ] [ ICQ: 795238 ] [ AIM: Kynes23 ] > >"The Federation definitely has a command economy. Chris and Boyd and the >rest even admit that.. They've just deluded themselves into thinking it's >a command economy that works. Small problem: Command economies cannot work." > > -- Thelea > I should have added a minor disclaimer to that; The level of brutality of the government determines how long they last. More is better. The Soviet Command economy worked best under Stalin. With the current USSSR government being dominated by the Cheka because of the Drakan threat, they're probably actually in good shape, because they are likely to be capable of extreme brutality. The Federation, however, is not a terror state, whatever else we may say about it. So there is no viable motivation to make people work hard. It is a "Our bosses pretend to pay us, and we pretend to work" 1980s, near-collapse USSR. Actually, maybe I should get the NOFR to join the Soviet Bloc. If they are like the Federation, it should be easy to get Chris to use his Secret Police to clamp down and become a full police state; Then I'd have another powerful ally in the Soviet Bloc. This could be a lot of shoe-banging fun. To Chris: What do you think, Chris? Want to raise the Red Banner and declare for the Soviet Bloc? I already have, basically, three other allies. With four I am going to have the dominant position in all STGODs to come, and I may have a chance for a fifth, and maybe a sixth, if I work out my next plans properly. Domino effect, you know. Are you ready to become a Revolutionary, Comrade Chris? Actually, I think I'll post something to the NOFR, IC, shortly... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 22:56:24 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Another production shift Message-ID: <3BDBD648.7EFEB8EA@adjective-army.com> -------- Phong Nguyen wrote: > > Spyda wrote in > news:3BDB1BF8.18338A7F@adjective-army.com: > > > Deimos Anomaly wrote: > >> > >> Production of modified Erbrechens has reached 5,000. Main production > >> has now been shifted to Vanguard-class ISMCs. Projected requirement is > >> for 20,000. New types of ISM armament are also being researched. This > >> includes possible replacement of M/AM warheads with HM/AHM, or the > >> possible adoption of trilithium warheads for system destruction by > >> means of stellar implosion. > > > > *insert the sound of a billion defiliers licking their lips* > > > ::sounds of a thousand keys turning in warning to the Zerg:: *Then add one middle finger.* -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 28 Oct 2001 15:48:37 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Another production shift Message-ID: <20011028104837.22694.00000632@mb-fc.aol.com> -------- >Phong Nguyen wrote: >> >> Spyda wrote in >> news:3BDB1BF8.18338A7F@adjective-army.com: >> >> > Deimos Anomaly wrote: >> >> >> >> Production of modified Erbrechens has reached 5,000. Main production >> >> has now been shifted to Vanguard-class ISMCs. Projected requirement is >> >> for 20,000. New types of ISM armament are also being researched. This >> >> includes possible replacement of M/AM warheads with HM/AHM, or the >> >> possible adoption of trilithium warheads for system destruction by >> >> means of stellar implosion. >> > >> > *insert the sound of a billion defiliers licking their lips* >> > >> ::sounds of a thousand keys turning in warning to the Zerg:: > >*Then add one middle finger.* ::Sound of trillions of nanites, ready to feast. While chittering, for the effect it gives:: ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:45:45 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i] The True Republic's New Arsenal Message-ID: -------- Despite almost a decade of research into the most prying secrets of philote space the technicians of the Republic had universally failed at a single particular task: philote launched missiles. That was until one Korsk V'tul was appointed lead researcher at the Gotan Research Center for Philote Stuidies. Under his leadership the most radical solution was attempted and its results were astounding. V'tul used a little known principle of philote space, the ability for directed thoughts to force the creation of an object that would function within a given set of paramaters in the original reality one travelled from. This task, while painstakingly expensive in design specification and energy cost would eventually send V'tul himself for a journey into philote space. He returned with a small box, a controller box, a controller box for a standard missile launch tube that would allow missiles to be launched through philote space. The next step in the design team's goal was the upgrade to the True Republic's missiles with a new guidance package. Combined with reverse engineered, and copied, forms of the original controller the engineers and scientists of the Gotan facility were able to turn every capital ship missile launcher into a philote missile launcher as well as the missile launchers for the next generation of Republic fighter/bombers. Standard Tube Mk IV Abilities: The standard tube was originally designed in 31 N.R.E as a means of simplifying warhead design by restricting the firing mechanism. The latest block IV series incorporates a special "philote" launch sequence. This allows a missile, in the process of being fired, to be sent into philote space only to reappear in realspace (or foldspace, hyperspace, wherever the coordinates are) at a preset coordinates group: the reactor core of an enemy vessel. Restrictions: Targeting is highly elusive since the number of coordinates and the precision neccessary for a philote launch are extreme thus requireing either very good combat predictive models or a slow moving vessel. Additional Uses: The firing fighters/capships can recieve targetign data from philote sats thus enabling fire and forget launching from virtually unlimited range though dimension hopping is still too energy intensive in terms of philote adaptation. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pablo" Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 16:10:32 -0600 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] The True Republic's New Arsenal Message-ID: <9rhvll$til61$1@ID-35195.news.dfncis.de> -------- "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in message news:OV_C7.245182$Xz1.48895150@news1.rdc1.md.home.com... > "Phong Nguyen" wrote in message > news:Xns91487ABFBA29Cphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > > "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in > > news:dvXC7.244619$Xz1.48654118@news1.rdc1.md.home.com: > > > > > Additional Uses: The firing fighters/capships can recieve targetign > > > data from philote sats thus enabling fire and forget launching from > > > virtually unlimited range though dimension hopping is still too energy > > > intensive in terms of philote adaptation. > > > > > Interesting. > > Its what I intend to use as a combined strategic deterant plus it has the > ability to bypass every shield out there so long as the vessel still exists > (except as usual for phased matter which is in too many different dimensions > to have a single hit do much). Also these will NOT be little doctor warhead > missiles, I don't want to powergame. > > As an aside I'm working with the same guy to develop shielding against > Cherinkov radiation. To our Allies in the New Republic: The Kzin patriarchy offers a technological exchange. We will supply you with the plans and several working models of our advanced gravitic propulsion drive. This technology can potential double or triple the sublight acceleration of your vessels. The combat utility of this innovation can hardly be overstated. In return, the Kzin are interested in the Ansible Communications Device. The patriarchy desires the plans and a number of working models of this device, for the purposes of swift coordination between fleets. If the Republic is reluctant to engage in such a trade, we are also interested in turbolaser technology. Of course, a simple exchange of that weaponry for our gravitic drive would not be equal, so the Republic would need to sweeten the deal. We await your favorable response. Gshkk-Riit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:47:27 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] The True Republic's New Arsenal Message-ID: -------- > > To our Allies in the New Republic: > > The Kzin patriarchy offers a technological exchange. We will supply you > with the plans and several working models of our advanced gravitic > propulsion drive. This technology can potential double or triple the > sublight acceleration of your vessels. The combat utility of this > innovation can hardly be overstated. > > In return, the Kzin are interested in the Ansible Communications Device. > The patriarchy desires the plans and a number of working models of this > device, for the purposes of swift coordination between fleets. > > If the Republic is reluctant to engage in such a trade, we are also > interested in turbolaser technology. Of course, a simple exchange of that > weaponry for our gravitic drive would not be equal, so the Republic would > need to sweeten the deal. > > We await your favorable response. > > Gshkk-Riit > > To the grand and glorious Patriarchy The True Republic is always glad to exchange in the tools of the warrior's trade. For us this gravitic technology would give a manueverability to our vessels so as to better avoid confrontation until we are in position to crush our enemy while for you the ability to use the ansible device gives great strength in coordination unhampered by leaks and communication jamming. We feel, that with a few small provisions, this deal is more than an honorable trade between two great cultures but the rightful strengthning of the warrior's arsenal. We only ask that the devices aquired will not be used for further research into the areas of philotic displacement and disruption without additonal liscenses. Restaar (he's a clone remember) A. Wilkens, Supreme Commander TRAF. /OOC that's True Republic Armed Forces for those who aren't guessing it. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 29 Oct 2001 14:13:46 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Further Negotiations Diplomatique with the HR. Message-ID: <20011029091346.17544.00000375@mb-ma.aol.com> -------- >*The Tyderian-class shuttle left New Romulus, it's wings swinging down >gracefully and locking in position. Soaring out of the atmosphere, and >then clear of the planet's gravity well, it aligned for a hyperspace >jump to Jaetarra. From a nearby Star Destroyer, a pair of TIE-Advanced >approached, forming up with the shuttle. They would escort it to the >border with Soviet space, where it would inform the USSSR that it was >about to cross the border. After that, it would enter hyperspace again, >proceeding alone. > >Inside the shuttle was Huq, a human, The Remaint's ambassador to the >Soviets, plus his entourage, and four fleshed Terminator guards. > >The shuttle and the TIEs signalled ready, and a moment later they lunged >forward and into hyperspace, heading for the Soviet border.* > The shuttle, once arriving over Jaetarra, was met by two Mig-140Bs, huge fighters, as they were Interceptors, with a massive bulk to them but one that was sleek and almost coiled with power, from the stubby wings on through to the almost ridiculously tiny one-man cockpit, heavy missiles slung under the wings and the lighter missiles carried in rotary launchers in internal bays. The craft, though, were definitely an honour guard, and indeed bore Air Force and not Naval Aviation markings, and the ground controllers vectored the shuttle and the escorting fighters from the 104th Fighter-Interceptor Regiment of the Strany PVO in for a clear re-entry and then direct to the capitol. On the way down they raced past freighters coming in with markings identifying them attached to the Strategic Rocket Corps, bringing in additional equipment to support the massive series of strategic missiles being established here, and the general C&C systems for the Soviet WMDs. The subsidiary to the Strategic Rocket Corps, the Cosmic Defense Corps, attached to it as the Naval Infantry were to the Navy, controlled the orbital defenses of Soviet worlds; An odd situation, considering the CDC actually had more resources under its command now. (In theory. Strategic Missiles based on CDC platforms, of course, were operated by SRC personnel.) The SRC had a larger bureaucracy these days, though. When the shuttle had landed, the Mig-140Bs veered off for their own base, and the dignitaries were made with all the massed formality and ceremony that the Soviet Sector Capitol could muster. The massed soldiery came to attention, the bands played, the flags waved in the breeze, and rows of Gravtanks were massed for inspection, their meson cannon barrels dipping in salute. The ambassador was then met by an under-Commissar for Foreign Affairs, S.I. Sakhalov, who greeted them formally and led them to the embassy compound that had been prepared for the Ambassadatorial party. ><---> > >Transmission from the Hegemonial Remaint to the Union of Soviet >Socialist Star Republics: > >Our ambassador is on route to Jaetarra. His shuttle will drop from >hyperspace shortly before crossing your border, to allow his escorts to >break off. He has four guards on the shuttle, which appear human from >the outside, but are android lifeforms. They are purely for protection >of the ambassador should anything go wrong, and are no threat to you. > >The ambassador's shuttle is also carrying stellar cartographic data for >the location of the planet Erebus, in HR space. If you send an >ambassador and accompanying embassy, please direct them to that >location, From where they may be transferred to New Romulus, our >capital. > >- Commander R'Skev, Officer of Foreign Affairs, acting under authority >of Dis, President of the Hegemonial Remaint. > ><---> > Transmission from the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics to the Hegemonial Remaint: Your Ambassador has been received safely and has been conducted to his embassy buildings. As soon as the communications facilities are up you should be in regular contact with him. We are now sending our own Ambassador to the Hegemonial Remaint and ambassadorial party on a Sinop class Torpedo Boat to the planet Erebus; From there they may proceed on one of your ships or on our own, depending on your security arrangements. ***************** The Sinop class was named after that most famous of battles where the Imperial Russian Navy had routed the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Sinop Bight in the Crimean War. The Russians were good communists, but like good christians, they lapsed. Often. All would be forgiven when the Revolution was universal, after all. There were also ships named Admiral Makarov, Admiral Nakhimov, and several other distinctly other unsoviet names in the fleet. At least the Kirov class Raketny Kreyser 'Potemkin' could claim to be named after a ship that a Communist Revolution took place on, in addition to one of Catherine the Great's ministers. They were lean ships, the Sinops. Only the class had a name; They were too numerous to receive more than numbers individually, except the name ship of the class. At 227.5 meters long, they weren't a great deal to see, either. Each one had sixteen main guns and carried 36 heavy missiles. These weren't FTL missiles, either. They were gravitic 'slicer' missiles, and you had to get in close to fire them, but if the Torpedo Boat survived, they could let off a salvo that could cut through the shields of a monster on the principle of concentration of force, applied to energy, and then simply blow them to hell and back. Unsurprisingly, the TBs, stiffening attacks by fighters, or supported by fighters in their own, had a reputation as a graveyard for naval personnel; Against the heavy batteries of a capital ship their only hope was to go in fast, take their shots, and offer their wedges to the enemy. That wasn't much of one. But the 'elan required for the task was considerable. And so a Sinop was the natural choice for a diplomatic mission; Those dashing little ships were the closest thing a Communist navy had to an elite force. The crew of the small Torpedo Boat, in this case, were also quite pleased for the mission, though it was to a new and potentially strange destination. Though new could be good. Most of them were young people; New recruits who had gotten high markings, but still right off the farming or mining worlds that had once belonged to the Goa'uld. The officers were a certain type of revolutionary crazy generally only bred in China, Cuba, or Sevastopol. Other than Scotland and Australia, those were the best places for Torpedo Boat commanders; Oddly, the ones from Scotland and Australia were actually better. Because, disturbing, their ability was not related to revolutionary fervour. Line officers who wanted to command a Sinop-class for the fun of it best be left well alone. Such was the TB-22348, as the spare rooms were all taken up by the Ambassador and staff, and, hence, various attempts were made by off-duty personnel to wrangle Vodka from the civilians, or in some cases, fraternize with their comrades from the Commissariate of Foreign Affairs. It was, in other words, completely typical for a Soviet military ship on a peacetime mission carrying civilians. As long as nobody showed up hungover or late for duty, the commander of the little missileer didn't have any plans to crack down on it, of course. Both himself, the Zampolit, the Chief Engineer, and the Ambassador, playing a game of chess in the ship's Lenin Room, were inclined to all let it pass. For all that was said of a totalarian police state, it could function surprisingly a lot like any other state at times. Human nature was human nature. And that was what they were ultimately fighting against; The people who worked to change or deny human nature. And so the TB-22348 raced on in Trans-Hyperlaunch to the world of Erebus, where it would arrive in little more than two days. They weren't running at maximum power on the Trans-hyperlaunch systems, but there was no need to, and sometimes a bit of misinformation for third parties that might be watching would be useful. ***************** OOC: I'll provide detailed stats on the Sinop class and that other type of missiles, later. I'm the sort of person to keep string in my pocket. Like the Byzantine Army, this Soviet Army designed for someone who keeps string in their pocket. The Sinop class was the final aspect of that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 29 Oct 2001 14:36:23 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011029093623.17544.00000376@mb-ma.aol.com> -------- >Communists. Closing his eyes for a moment, 'Speaker' Nitram called on the >memories of the Beast, on the many encounters with the Soviet Union, in many >stages of it's existance, throughout their winding journey. "The... How is it >you pronounce it? Cheka, is the pronounciation in the timelines I had the.. >Acquaintence with the group." The man replied, the pronounciation coming >across >in perfect Russian. The benefits of the Beast... > >"Trotsky... Does he still live in your timeline? I am afraid my knowledge of >your state is limited. I merely came wondering who it was encroaching on the >space around New Corellia. I am, of course, willing to entertain any offers >you >make. I have found only some of the disdain most refugees face, but there is >always some." Watch the baited hook carefully, swim by it until they offer >enough to make the sting of the hook bearable. It was a game Tahalshia had >played a thousand times, with a thousand diplomats. He helped himself to the >Georgian wine, smacking his lips softly. > >This could be very interesting. He closed his eyes, as if in thought on the >offer. "No, Trotsky has been dead for centuries, of course. The year back home is Twenty-four sixty-eight. He died in Nineteen Fifty-four. It is perhaps not surprising that you have previously met the Cheka. Since you are alive, and most certainly not someone normally protected by it, that speaks very well for our future friendship as peoples." She seemed to relax a bit; Another slow sip of the wine. "New Corellia. An interesting name for a planet. You named it yourselves, then? To imply you came from an old one?" "And.. As for the matter of refugee status.. Well, regardless of how minor your troubles, you should still not face them. If you are a people, you reserve a nation, you deserve defense, and most of all, you deserve a government that is a free one, a proper freedom under socialism, as the Dictatorship of the Proletariat." She finished, smiling again.. A slow sort of smile, that a tigeress might offer. "Tell me, Speaker Tahalshia. Would you be willing to take up the Red Banner and lead your people into the freedom of Socialism? We have studied your... Problem. My link with the nanites in the atmosphere of this planet made that clear. In a sense, your government is ideally suited for Socialism, indeed, it virtually is socialism, as it stands." A pause, and the look of sympathy was genuine. "That doesn't change your situation, of course. Perhaps we can help with that in time. In the meantime, well, you can at least put your people on the path to Communism; The Dialectic will bring you victory. And, as our history records will show you, Soviet science advances at an incredible rate. There is hope in that if nothing else." "As for the defense of your people, and the triumph of your nation in arms over those who would opress you again.. For the Soviet Union will not see any Proletariat opressed, regardless of what it is.. That shall be amply provided for, we can assure you. Perhaps something can even be done about liberating the Yuuzhan Vong Proletariat and Peasantry, which currently slave around under the most horrible of conditions..." Svetlana trailed off in thought, and waited for the reply of the 'Speaker'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 29 Oct 2001 17:37:06 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Governments of the Galaxy and Wider Universe. Message-ID: <20011029123706.02982.00000871@mb-fi.aol.com> -------- > "No, Trotsky has been dead for centuries, of course. The year back home is >Twenty-four sixty-eight. He died in Nineteen Fifty-four. It is perhaps not >surprising that you have previously met the Cheka. Since you are alive, and >most certainly not someone normally protected by it, that speaks very well >for >our future friendship as peoples." > > She seemed to relax a bit; Another slow sip of the wine. "New Corellia. An >interesting name for a planet. You named it yourselves, then? To imply you >came >from an old one?" > > "And.. As for the matter of refugee status.. Well, regardless of how minor >your troubles, you should still not face them. If you are a people, you >reserve >a nation, you deserve defense, and most of all, you deserve a government that >is a free one, a proper freedom under socialism, as the Dictatorship of the >Proletariat." She finished, smiling again.. A slow sort of smile, that a >tigeress might offer. > > "Tell me, Speaker Tahalshia. Would you be willing to take up the Red Banner >and lead your people into the freedom of Socialism? We have studied your... >Problem. My link with the nanites in the atmosphere of this planet made that >clear. In a sense, your government is ideally suited for Socialism, indeed, >it >virtually is socialism, as it stands." A pause, and the look of sympathy was >genuine. > > "That doesn't change your situation, of course. Perhaps we can help with >that >in time. In the meantime, well, you can at least put your people on the path >to >Communism; The Dialectic will bring you victory. And, as our history records >will show you, Soviet science advances at an incredible rate. There is hope >in >that if nothing else." > > "As for the defense of your people, and the triumph of your nation in arms >over those who would opress you again.. For the Soviet Union will not see any >Proletariat opressed, regardless of what it is.. That shall be amply provided >for, we can assure you. Perhaps something can even be done about liberating >the >Yuuzhan Vong Proletariat and Peasantry, which currently slave around under >the >most horrible of conditions..." Svetlana trailed off in thought, and waited >for >the reply of the 'Speaker'. > "Old Corellia was my homeland, before certain... events led to the formation of the Convoy." Tahalshia sipped, very carefully, thinking. What a troublesome position. Sandwiched between the SKS and the USSSR. "Yes. I know of the Dialectic, and you are correct, it does predict victory for all Socialists." How many worlds did I see burn, thinking their Dialectic or Holy Book or whatever would grant them ultimate victory? ...Too many. "My position, however, is one where I cannot immediately alter the course of my people. I promise you this much: I will carry your suggestions to New Corellia and the people there. If the Proletariat wishes to join the course to Communism, it shall be done." The man studied her a few moments more, and the air around them. "Nanites. Of course. Primitive, really, compared to our own technology in the field, but really quite pleasant. Not too much for small talk, however." "Of course, if you wish to offer an alliance against the Vong currently encroaching on our Southern borders, I can approve that immediately. However, I should note that because of the observed effects of your long range missiles, you are to keep such weapon systems out of the colonial region around New Corellia. I can offer Consumer-class strategic weapons if you must use something so long range." ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 30 Oct 2001 04:38:40 GMT Subject: [STGOD-r] Speech of the General Secretary to the Supreme Soviet. Message-ID: <20011029233840.16749.00000785@mb-cs.aol.com> -------- *The Soviet National Anthem Plays* *The image on the screen is that of the interior of the Supreme Soviet building in Moscow, where the assembled members of both the Supereme Soviet and the Politboro await the General Secretary of the Communist Party.* Escorted by the measured steps of six Cheka Guards, the General Secretary of the Communist Party ascended to the Podium. He was a man of average height, balding and white haired, with a slight pot-belly, but that merely gave him a look of brooding strength, for his muscles were coiled strength despite it; A tough man with cold blue eyes who exercised regularly and once had been both in the Cheka and a hockey player. His name was Vladimir Antonovich Birilev, and he was the ruler of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. "Comrades!" He shouted, as the applause died down. The words were in Russian, of course, but a running closed-caption box for any particular language of the receiver was automatically provided at the bottom; More advanced receivers, which would include most major and many minor powers, would receive an automatic audio translation of the words as well. "Comrades," he said, again, now that he had their attention. "We know of course of our success in liberating many areas of a copy of our galaxy in another dimension. This is a great success in the continuing quest for Universal Socialism! The Workers and the Peasants have been freed. They now only toil for their own good, and ruled by themselves, not as slaves to capitalist or feudalist overlords. Truly, we may toast to the success of Socialism in that victory, and see that the progression of the Historical Dialectic continues onward, unstoppable!" Birilev waited for the applause to die down again, as it roared through the building in a standing ovation for a while, the room finally coming to order again; There was enough time, of course. "Unfourtunately, however, the bourgeoisie around the newly liberated territories react swiftly to us. Already, some have come forward with threats, and others gather together to try and muster the weakness of their terror over the Proletariat into a strength of numbers! In particular, one Bourgeoisie Opressor Force, calling themselves the Raians, have made threads and extreme statements against the Peace-loving Workers and Peasants of the Soviet Union and have indicated that they are preparing for war against us!" "The Raians, Bourgeoisie Opressors that they are, have made extreme claims about holding their Proletariat in the grip of slavery for seventy-five million years and other ridiculous statements! However, the Soviet Union knows that these claims of the Capitalist Overlords are irrelevent. The Soviet Union has freed people from the chains of slavery, both capitalist and feudalist, before, and shall do so again! The Raian Bourgeoisie Opressors shall fall, and the Raian people will be free of them forever and welcomed into the freedom of Socialism in due time! The revolution is unstoppable, and the Historical Dialectic promises us victory. But we will not forget the threats of the Raian Bourgeoisie Opressor Force, and in particular we shall not forget the plight of the Raian people who are slaves under them! Never, Comrades, for all the Workers and the Peasants of the Universe are our Comrades, and we SHALL liberate them!!!!" By the time General Secretary Birilev had finished his speech, he had his right shoe off, a heavy thing that almost looked like it could be hob-nailed, and he was pounding the podium with it, again and again, the loud thuding booms impacting through the chamber. As he finished, the Supreme Soviet erupted into applause once again, rising to a standing ovation. "Comrades!" Birilev began again. "We face other, more immediate threats. Threats on our new borders, where coalitions are building against us, led by the corrupt and decadent spiritualists of the Star Kingdom of Serenity. These pleasurists opress their Proletariat in brutal fashions so they can dabble in petty psychic powers and lay about in great wealth like Tsars!" "Indeed, their Queen Titanie and much of their population comes from a Kingdom where they regularly indulged in horrific tortures and brutality towards the Workers and the Peasants for no reason whatsoever except for their own enjoyment! The rulers of the Star Kingdom of Serenity and their bourgeoisie class are absolute sadists who must be overthrown to liberate the Proletariat under them and alleviate the suffering of the Workers and the Peasants they have opressed for so long!!!" More shoe pounding as he finished; Not applause, though, for he was far from done with this part of the speech, and it didn't quite suit the demand, instead of the promise, of the phrasing. "We have allies for this task, in the new People's Democratic Republic of Fenris, currently established on the planet Rhea and other planets and associated colonies in the Fenari Clans region, where socialism has taken off with great fervour among the opressed Workers and Peasants of the Fenari. To our new Comrades we hail! We must continue to spread socialist throughout this galaxy, though, and to nuture our contacts with socialist governments throughout this galaxy and the wider universe we have entered, as we have begun to do. That, however, is not enough." A pause. "We we need, Comrades, is also more military strength! We prepare to fight the Draka! Now we also must prepare to fight many bourgeoisie opressor forces! The next Five Year Plan must be a Military Five Year Plan! We must prepare for war! The Soviet Union cannot be left defenseless against those who would seek to enslave and opress the Proletariat! To arms, Comrades, for we have learned that not only can the Revolution only be won by force of arms, but it can also only be maintained by force of arms!!!" Thunderous applause rolled through the Supreme Soviet building like a rolling series of thunderclaps, continuing on and on for what seemed like several minutes. "Long Live the Revolution!!" More cheering rolled through the building. And then the General Secretary faced the cameras for the vids directly, as the applause continued through the hall. "And to the Proletariat of the Megaverse, I say this: Workers of the Universe, Unite! You have only to lose your chains, Comrades!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 16:39:06 +1100 Subject: Re: (STGOD-i) the RSDF's Vodka detoxificator Message-ID: <3bde421b$0$21541$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Maj Svetlanna wrote in message news:20011029204852.29772.00000929@mb-ch.aol.com... > > > >In tests earlier this morning, the RSDF announced the creation of an > >Anti-Vodka > >serum, so effective that 1 milliliter can detoxify 100 liters of 150 proof > >vodka. The serum can be changed to a mist form, sprayed into the air, and > >still > >work. This will allow destruction of the USSSR's Vodka supplies, as the Raian > >government has decided on a strong anticommunist stance. > > > Why the bleeding hell would you want to invent a weapon that would prevent > your launching sneak attacks on Border Guards Day? > > In other related news, OF-VOD has been attempting to make trade contact with the USSSR for sale of its impresive range of Vodka and Vodka related products, negotiations continue... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 30 Oct 2001 06:10:55 GMT Subject: Re: (STGOD-i) the RSDF's Vodka detoxificator Message-ID: <20011030011055.16769.00000577@mb-cs.aol.com> -------- >In other related news, OF-VOD has been attempting to make trade contact >with the USSSR for sale of its impresive range of Vodka and Vodka related >products, negotiations continue... OOC: Just sell them through the underground market; You'll still make a killing. Official recognition will depend on the NOFR, which the OF-VOD presumably operates out of, softening its stance on communism or something like that. Which you ought to do, considering your government really is Socialist. You can join the "Soviet Bloc" and have lots of fun. You'd be the most powerful member other than the USSSR, and that of course is a good thing. Not to mention all the cool goodies you'll get from the USSSR as an ally. For free. Supplying the World Revolution, and all that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:47:21 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i] More from the Gotan Research Center Message-ID: -------- The True Republic's leading scientists have, after years of study, finished their primary analysis on reproduction and control of the Yuuzhun Vong's Dovin Basals. This reaserach headed by the famous Ladin Urtin of Volnos has resulted in the first artificial reproduction of the dovin basal in a controllable technological environment. These newest inventions are in fact cybernetic in that they use organic triggering to induce high speed response that serves as an automatic combat response tied directly into the sensor input of a ship's primary and/or secondary targeting and sensor computers. The dovin basaletes, as they are being called, which are being reproduced now are limited in size and scope as well as range so they are being mounted as primarily defencsive emplacements on smalelr combat vessels who will use them as shearing mechanisms to break apart incoming warheads or redirect incoming weapons fire. Their current speed of response and void creation means that a smaller vessel would easily become outclassed by a vessel sporting approximately 2.47 times its traditional armament in conventional weaponry. Early tests show that high shear mode is effective in disrupting the containment on many plasma based weaponry, dispersing the impact, as well as solid projectile, course alteration, and gravitic weaponry which it can also disperse across broader stretches of its normal hypershielding. The power neccessary to fuel this basalettes is currently planning to be drawn from two primary areas. First a general reduction in overall shield strength (for vessels of comabt grade C-7 or less). Secondly there is expected to be an extreme benifit of energy from the conversion to the new gravitic drive system of the Kzinti which will replace outdated Ion Engine technology. On a note of caution several researches noted that judicious use of a pair of dovin basals could be used to bear MDD beams apart making fusing an impossibility. AS such the Ministry of State Security has been authorized to locate and discover any nations which might be attempting to duplicate our work on the Yuuzhun Vong and to target them for diplomatic and covert operations. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 20:40:51 +1100 Subject: Re: (STGOD-i) the RSDF's Vodka detoxificator Message-ID: <3bde748d$0$23881$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Maj Svetlanna wrote in message news:20011030011055.16769.00000577@mb-cs.aol.com... > >In other related news, OF-VOD has been attempting to make trade contact > >with the USSSR for sale of its impresive range of Vodka and Vodka related > >products, negotiations continue... > > > OOC: > > Just sell them through the underground market; You'll still make a killing. > Official recognition will depend on the NOFR, which the OF-VOD presumably > operates out of, softening its stance on communism or something like that. > > Which you ought to do, considering your government really is Socialist. You > can join the "Soviet Bloc" and have lots of fun. You'd be the most powerful > member other than the USSSR, and that of course is a good thing. > > Not to mention all the cool goodies you'll get from the USSSR as an ally. For > free. Supplying the World Revolution, and all that. > > OOC: The black market it is then. I'll send it through the former VHRW-RME space now under nominal USSR control. And OF-VOD is not Goverment controled, its a private company, an offshoot of the gigantic OF-ICE who still have a controling interest in it. Further I realy don't have much interst in most of your technology. Some is intersting, but hardly amzing. Heck I use stargates and a bit of SG1 technology myself. IC: The NOFR has no objection to peaceful co-existence with teh USSR, we welcome them as such. However be advised, the NOFR will take a dim view of foreign Goverments attempting to incite rebelion or violent opposition to the Lawfuly elected Goverment. OOC: Actualy you don't realy have anything to go with in the NOFR. The populace is realy quite happy with the state of things. You might have a 0.08% on some planet who you can work with, but thats about it :P ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 02:14:25 +1100 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] More from the Gotan Research Center Message-ID: <3bdec2b1$0$23888$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- ::quietly sweeps black level research under the rug:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 30 Oct 2001 15:32:28 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] More from the Gotan Research Center Message-ID: -------- "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in news:3bdec2b1$0$23888$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > ::quietly sweeps black level research under the rug:: > ::carefully steals it: -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 03:51:55 +1100 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] More from the Gotan Research Center Message-ID: <3bded98c$0$23880$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Phong Nguyen wrote in message news:Xns914A611183FDBphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in > news:3bdec2b1$0$23888$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > > > ::quietly sweeps black level research under the rug:: > > > ::carefully steals it: > Hey that rug cost me 500,000 bucks ! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 30 Oct 2001 16:57:46 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] More from the Gotan Research Center Message-ID: -------- "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in news:3bded98c$0$23880$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > > Phong Nguyen wrote in message > news:Xns914A611183FDBphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... >> "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in >> news:3bdec2b1$0$23888$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: >> >> > ::quietly sweeps black level research under the rug:: >> > >> ::carefully steals it: >> > Hey that rug cost me 500,000 bucks ! > ::sends the bill to someone who cares:: -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:20:04 -0800 Subject: Re: [STGOD-r] Speech of the General Secretary to the Supreme Soviet. Message-ID: <6vnttt47fpsd2r1ed8be51ls334nqfmkai@4ax.com> -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) found <20011029233840.16749.00000785@mb-cs.aol.com> on 30 Oct 2001 04:38:40 GMT... > *The Soviet National Anthem Plays* Starforce High Command "Change the channel." -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: {AGUT}Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:10:51 +1100 Subject: Re: [STGOD-r] Speech of the General Secretary to the Supreme Soviet. Message-ID: <3bdf4e7f$0$27003$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- NOFR Senate: Senator 1: "Isn't there anything better on?" Senator 2: "Sure, there is that new hardcore porn chanel" Senator 3: "Oh lets watch that!" /Chanel changed /Senate gives a standing ovation.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 31 Oct 2001 01:28:49 GMT Subject: [STGOD-R] Project begun on New Corellia Message-ID: <20011030202849.02791.00001545@mb-fo.aol.com> -------- Whisperings about a new project, referred to only as the Iron Curtain, have filtered through New Corellia and the orbiting Galactic Exchange. The exact nature of the project has been widely speculated on, but the lack of evidence leaves it as speculation. What little /is/ known about the project is that it is some sort of new-generation of defensive measure, to aid in defense of the Lost's defensive fleet. The name, it appears, may be an offshoot of the appearance of the USSSR in nearby space.. But whether it's a nod to them for some unannounced technology transfer, or a defense against them is still up in the air. OOC: Hands up everyone whose played Red Alert 2. Then you know what I mean. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 31 Oct 2001 01:41:22 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-R] Project begun on New Corellia Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011030202849.02791.00001545@mb-fo.aol.com: > Whisperings about a new project, referred to only as the Iron Curtain, > have filtered through New Corellia and the orbiting Galactic Exchange. > The exact nature of the project has been widely speculated on, but the > lack of evidence leaves it as speculation. What little /is/ known about > the project is that it is some sort of new-generation of defensive > measure, to aid in defense of the Lost's defensive fleet. > > The name, it appears, may be an offshoot of the appearance of the USSSR > in nearby space.. But whether it's a nod to them for some unannounced > technology transfer, or a defense against them is still up in the air. > > > OOC: Hands up everyone whose played Red Alert 2. Then you know what I > mean. > Hmm... ::digs a hole under the affected vehicle and blows up the generator:: -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 31 Oct 2001 02:53:37 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-I] NOFR Ground Forces Message-ID: -------- "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in news:3bdf60e2$0$27003$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: > > Phong Nguyen wrote in message > news:Xns914AC625830A9phongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... >> "Chris O'Farrell" wrote in >> news:3bdf4e38$0$27003$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: >> >> >> > Well yes thats a problem, which is why my briliant plan to >> >> > disperse vodka from OF-VOD via surface to surface cruise missiles >> >> > and get all your artillery crews.....err perhaps you should >> >> > ignore that? >> >> > >> >> Bah. We drink not your Vodkas. Ours are bought from Earth. >> >> >> > You have no choice. Your men can not resist vodka that just lies at >> > their feet! >> > >> Waitaminute... >> >> ::does a quick analysis on the OF-VOD Chris is offering:: >> >> This is potato vodka! >> >> ::sneaks into the main production house:: >> >> It's all potato vodka! >> >> We'll continue our business with Earth for our alcoholic beverages, >> thank you very much. You can take your cheap knockoffs and [censored]. >> > What? this is a lie! Slander! > On the other hand it might not be. Let me get back to you on that :) > ::gives Chris a copy of the evidence, and mallets him for good measure:: -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 05:12:01 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i] NR announces new technology Message-ID: -------- As part of its continuing work in the fields of defensive technologies the New Republic today announced that it has finished development of two new systems that it will be retrofiting all new vessels with. The first of these is the Reflec^2 armor laminate. This revolutionary approach to sensor stealth technology can absorb fully eighty nine percent of incoming radiation from every known sensor system. As an added benifit the absorption/dissipation properties of the Reflec^2 laminate have been specifically organized so as to eliminate the latest radiation threat to crews: Chernikov(sp?) radiation. The Reflec^2 has a highly structured internal matrix of both atomic and sub-atomic particles which has been altered so as to absorb and dissipate even this latest form of lethal space radiation so as to better protect the crews inside. While there are obvious limitations designers working on early theoretical models believe that a burst neccessary to propel a corvette sized vessel into Chernikov could be safely absorbed should the point source be more than 1 kilometer distant. Hopes are high that continued improvements may decrease the lethal range and/or increase the neccessary energy limit on the laminate but current forecasts show success to be in the distant future at best. The second great success is the Chardka Technologies philote shield, a development based upon the lines of the recently encountered foldshields of the defunct Robotech Merchantile Empire these shields are a double edged sword of hugely increased protection at the sacrifice of lowered tolerances against convetional weapons. The basic principal holds that a temporary philote drive "bubble" can be placed around the vessel in question. Any matter, energy, anything coming in contact with this region of space-time (regardless of dimension) would be instantly destabalized and transported into philote space. This design is believed to be effective against every known wepon system including the Ether Shock Cannon and the Molecular Disruption Device. However one must carefully make others aware that this broad spectrum protecion comes at a cost: extreme energy costs. To be able to absorb a single terrajoule of energy the shielding system must not only have half again the spare capacity to handle this but the shield system also losses energy at a prodigous rate (average loss would be on the order of 1e14 W for a corvette sized shield with Peacekpper sized shielding dissipating at a rate of 1e39W) Currently the shiled can be expected to last, at optimum, no more than through the first seven minutes of combat. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 31 Oct 2001 05:28:40 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] NR announces new technology Message-ID: -------- "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in news:BKLD7.250187$Xz1.52010126@news1.rdc1.md.home.com: > As part of its continuing work in the fields of defensive technologies > the New Republic today announced that it has finished development of > two new systems that it will be retrofiting all new vessels with. > > The first of these is the Reflec^2 armor laminate. This revolutionary > approach to sensor stealth technology can absorb fully eighty nine > percent of incoming radiation from every known sensor system. As an > added benifit the absorption/dissipation properties of the Reflec^2 > laminate have been specifically organized so as to eliminate the latest > radiation threat to crews: Chernikov(sp?) radiation. The Reflec^2 has a > highly structured internal matrix of both atomic and sub-atomic > particles which has been altered so as to absorb and dissipate even > this latest form of lethal space radiation so as to better protect the > crews inside. While there are obvious limitations designers working on > early theoretical models believe that a burst neccessary to propel a > corvette sized vessel into Chernikov could be safely absorbed should > the point source be more than 1 kilometer distant. Hopes are high that > continued improvements may decrease the lethal range and/or increase > the neccessary energy limit on the laminate but current forecasts show > success to be in the distant future at best. > The Star Kingdom of Serenity would be interested in purchasing the techonology neccessary to defend against Chernikov radiation. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Paradox" Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:48:40 -0700 Subject: [STGOD-i] Kindred Spirits Message-ID: <1004507444.215668@globe.atl2.mindspring.net> -------- ~Cerebrate, while combing the neutral territories, out scourges found a planet that might interest you, we need you to infiltrate and sieze these resources. You should have pleanty of soldiers to accomplish this task if you use them wisely~ The disembodied voice of daggoth swirled in Paradox's mind as he awoke in his hybernation cocoon. Secretly he was annoyed that Daggoth would bother him with some trivial 3rd rate planet, it didn't even have any technology or intellegent life on it! But it was better then the current mission of establishing a forward hive cluster on the edge of the Zerg's newly taken territory, which the infested human thought was much below his skills. He was, or had been, one of the best elite starfighter test pilots SFS had, but that life was behind him now. ~Overlord, take us to this new location, The Remainder of Wraith Brood, continue your mission.... ~ In the surreal swirls of hyperspace, a single overlord escorted by a pack of mutalisks and devoures, broke off from the mass of groteque organic bodies, and made its way towards their new destination: The Klendathu System. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A charred, desolate rock. That was perhaps the best way to describe Klendathu 4, or as it was known to a group of Terrans centuries ago, Planet P, before they were finally annihilated by the swarm. As the overlord drifted into the atmosphere on the dark side of the planet to drop off its dark cargo, its escorts waited in orbit. Finally on the ground, Cerebrate Paradox engaged his cloak, (long stolen from the Terran Ghosts and integrated as an organic function of some higher level Zerg, with a little help...) and broke ground for a hole in the planets crust. The escorting shadowlisks, already hidden from view, and followed after him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deep in some unnamed underground tunnels, the party came across their prize. Paradox walked up unnoticed to the sleeping brain bug, the center of the arachnids thought, and gouged it with the infesting spines on the back of his hand. The creature immediately bucked and bellowed out, and at the end of that moment, the arachnid species felt and heard the call of the Overmind. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arachnalisk: Fast Assault Trooper, Mildly armored, able to swarm and attack fercely, Has multiple limbs to use as cutting and stabbing weapons. Underlord: Burrowing underground version of the flying Overlord. Heavily Armored. Tenders: Smaller verson of the Zerg Drone, better suited for underground terrain. Golialisk: Heavy Assault Anti-Air Ground trooper. Heavily armored, able to attack air and ground targets with an acidic flame. Also able to fire plasma shots from its, err, posterior, against long range flying targets. Swarmer: Light attack air unit, able to make dive bombing attacks against ground unit, lightly armored, but is equipped with sharp spines to pierce its prey. ~Ecellent work Cerebrate, the Swarm's ranks will swell even more with these new additions~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 22:11:07 +1300 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Kindred Spirits Message-ID: <3BDFC02B.2FA1520C@paradise.net.nz> -------- Paradox wrote: > ~I am well pleased young cerebrate,~ the deep thundering voice of the Overmind reached deep into Paradox's mind, ~for you grow more cunning with each passing hour. You are indeed a testiment to my will.~ ~The USSSR has exterminated some of our expiditionary forces, these have already been replaced and multiplied a hundred fold.~ Zasz added. "The USSSR is of no concern to us." Shara interjected, "I have some old friends in what remains of the AYC that I'd like to pay a little visit. There is some unfinished business I need to clear up." ~Though you be the favored servent of the Overmind you would do well to remember that you are just a servent. Would you put your personal whims before the will of the swarm?~ "Do not cross me Zasz, I will do as I see fit, neither you or any other cerebrate shall stand in my way." ~Let her go Zasz. Fear not her designs as she is bound to me as intimately as any cerebrate. Her firey spirit has been left to her, that the swarms may benefit from her fierce example. Truely no Zerg can stray from my will.~ ~By your will Overmind...~ -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // \\ || || // _ \\ \\ // // |________________________\\ \\_// //_____________________________ | ____________________ \\/ \// ____________________________/ | /_\ /_\ / |_______________________// | | \\_________________________/ _| // /| |\ \\ // //| |\\ \\ // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 21:13:28 +0000 Subject: [STGOD-D] Transmission to the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. Message-ID: <3BE30C78.6EDD211C@aol.com> -------- We recently recieved your embassy and ambassador, they are settling in well to their embassy buildings on New Romulus, as I am sure you know since they have been in contact with you. We have also been in contact with our embassy on Jaetarra, and things are going well. We wish to notify you that the Hegemonial Remaint is wholly in favor of signing allegiance to and becoming a part of the Moscow Pact. Our ambassador with you will be instructed what to do based on your instructions. Also, as part of a subsequent technology exchange, we offer 10,000 (Ten Thousand) World Devastator-Advanced (WD-A), to be directed to a location of your choosing. These highly specified mass-production machines can produce practictically any substance or object, using practically any kind of matter as raw material, by means of atomic breakdown and reassemble. A single unit is able to self-replicate in a few days using even low-density rock, and large numbers of them can produce ships in astonishing time periods when using a high density material such as frozen hydrogen as a base. (Astonishing compared to conventional shipyard methods of construction.) I wish I could tell you more, but I am a political representative, not an engineer. In reply, you may contact us directly, or via either of our embassies. - Commander R'Skev, Officer of Foreign Affairs, acting under authority of Dis, President of the Hegemonial Remaint. OOC: I realised just at the end of this that ideally, it should probably have been a message from my embassy, not a state-to-state transmission. (Because I have an embassy there now and using them to communicate might be more normal.) However, since I already had it written, I decided to go ahead with it anyway. -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 03 Nov 2001 04:04:11 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i] RSDF singularity disruptors Message-ID: <20011102230411.16475.00000810@mb-de.aol.com> -------- The singularity disruptor, developed by the RSDF itself, instead of a Raian corporation, is capable of causing black holes to collapse on themselves. This neutralizes the defense provided by a Dovin Basal,making what was once an effective defense a perilous liability. This technology will be distributed to N'hreah alliance members only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 03 Nov 2001 04:19:26 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-D] Transmission to the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. Message-ID: <20011102231926.22951.00001149@mb-fq.aol.com> -------- >We recently recieved your embassy and ambassador, they are settling in >well to their embassy buildings on New Romulus, as I am sure you know >since they have been in contact with you. We have also been in contact >with our embassy on Jaetarra, and things are going well. > >We wish to notify you that the Hegemonial Remaint is wholly in favor of >signing allegiance to and becoming a part of the Moscow Pact. Our >ambassador with you will be instructed what to do based on your >instructions. > >Also, as part of a subsequent technology exchange, we offer 10,000 (Ten >Thousand) World Devastator-Advanced (WD-A), to be directed to a location >of your choosing. > >These highly specified mass-production machines can produce >practictically any substance or object, using practically any kind of >matter as raw material, by means of atomic breakdown and reassemble. A >single unit is able to self-replicate in a few days using even >low-density rock, and large numbers of them can produce ships in >astonishing time periods when using a high density material such as >frozen hydrogen as a base. (Astonishing compared to conventional >shipyard methods of construction.) I wish I could tell you more, but I >am a political representative, not an engineer. > >In reply, you may contact us directly, or via either of our embassies. > >- Commander R'Skev, Officer of Foreign Affairs, acting under authority >of Dis, President of the Hegemonial Remaint. Reply, Directive, as through the Soviet Embassy on New Romulus: We agree to the proposals herein with complete gratitude and pleasure that the Hegemonial Remaint is joining the Moscow Pact, for the greater defense of the Workers and the Peasants. We shall immediately begin sending Military, Economic, and Scientific advisors to the Hegemonial Remaint to improve your defensive, economic, and technological posture against the Capitalists, as the spirit of the Revolution insists that we do, and we gladly comply, to our Comrades in Socialism! Combined with the People's Democratic Republic of Rhea, and the agreement with the refugees of The Lost, who are now organizing as the People's Republic of New Corellia, the Moscow Pact can insure the survival and triumph of Socialism on all fronts in this galaxy! Truly, this is a great day for the Proletariat, Comrade! In regards to the World Devastators, Advanced, we request that they be dispatched to the world of Sigma Epsilon, which is now our local capital as we organize the Soviet Republics in this region, and will become the Capital of a new Soviet Republic within the Soviet Union shortly. - Comrade Ambassador I.S. Antonov of the People's Commissariate of Foreign Affairs for the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: MajSvetlanna@Aol.com (Marina O'Leary) Date: 2 Nov 2001 21:35:49 -0800 Subject: [STGOD] The Dark Queen is Dead; Long Live the Dark Queen! Message-ID: -------- "Cold be hand and heart and bone, and cold be sleep under stone: Never more to wake on stony bed, never, till the Sun fails and the Moon is dead. In the black wind the stars shall die, and still on gold here let them lie, till the dark lord lifts his hand over dead sea and withered land." - The Curse of the Ghost from Barrow-downs. The Sharevar. A long table was in the room, the dimly lit room, and at that were many people. They were Trolls, of the normal kind that had been known long before these lands, and Kzin Auxiliary commanders, and even some humans of most despicable nature, though they were few throughout the fleet. There were many other races. They were the hated, or the feared, or the reviled and evil of many lands and universes and star-nations. But they were also the best of these. And some of them were simply particularly immoral warriors, or those who had not the code to prevent them from serving with or working among the others, like the Kzin. At least, when they were under the leadership of the One. The room was massive, and fit for this occasion. The great table held twelve commanders to a side, twenty-four in all, a mix of Admirals and Marshals, but the leader of the fleet was something else. While the others sat in chairs, her own was more of a throne, though these seats all conformed to their anatomy, as any furniture built with the technology of the Fourth Empire should. Looming on the wall behind The One's back was a massive bas-relief of the coat of arms, suited for who and what she was. It was a blood-red Phoenix; One that had three heads instead of one, and gripped a broadsword in one claw, and an obsidian-toothed battle-rake of Aztec style in the other claw. Behind the Phoenix was an image of the Moon, pitch-black in colour, as dark as the depths of space. The heads of the Phoenix were an exquisite work of art, beaks open as they snarled and snapped in defiance and anger at an unseen enemy, and incredibly lifelike eyes that stared down upon those who gazed at the coat of arms. The final touch was the twisting banner around the bottom of the coat of arms, wrapping in a half-circle around the lower half of the coat of arms, and done in gold for contrast, which bore the letters inside it, again in black, which formed this sentence, this declaration, poised with defiance in their very tenor below the grim stance of the three-headed bird over the dark moon: "ULTIMA REGIO REGNUM" The Last Argument of Kings. Halite, Personal High Inquisitor of Queen Beryl, and last surviving subject of the same, sat in regal composure as a Youma and as heir to a legacy of evil and domination that had lasted millenia. Other than the First General, Jaedite, frozen alive in a crystal by Queen Beryl, and now in her possession, she was quite simply the only legacy of the Dark Kingdom. But she had escaped. And in her escape she had done more than simply survive. She had wielded together a force that would bring about her own very personal Last Argument with Titanite and the other weaklings, and the Sailor Senshi who had freed them from the Dark Kingdom. The Youma sat there, in that throne, straight-backed and yet relaxed, calm and composed, red eyes surveying her officers. Long, very long hair of a dark royal blue was pinned up elegantly behind her, to drape down over her body, and she was clothed in black robes made of spidersilk, elegant layers that still would do nothing to restrict her movement. In addition to the natural abilities of a Youma, after all, she had availed herself of full bridge officer implants ontop of them, Youma anatomy being close enough to that of human-normal to accept them. Despite the myriad of alien and powerful races at this table, even without using her magic, the being called Halite that first appeared to the eye as an exotic human woman, five feet, seven inches tall, could rip any one of them apart with her bare hands, and possibly several. That brought her respect among some where otherwise there would be none, and that, of course, was precisely what she needed. Only fear and awe kept a force like this together. Halite had once believed that magic was the only relevent force. And she had once thought that her own power was sufficient that she could have equaled the Four Generals, as a native of the Dark Kingdom, and not a corrupted member of the Moon Kingdom, at that! Now she saw more. Beryl had granted her a glorious title and a job that had made her the hated, reviled, and feared 'Monster in the Labyrinth'. Beryl rarely indulged in torture, and that was always magical. For the more arcane or obscene magical tortures, and always for physical tortures, Beryl would send people to Halite. That had given the Youma the thankless task of becoming skilled at a work she had hated, for she had desired the destruction of the true enemies of the Dark Kingdom; Not people who had displeased Beryl. Of course, Halite had often counted herself lucky. It was perhaps one of the few times Beryl had shown a sign of dealing with a subordinate with any form of ambition with anything less than direction force. That time, though, had been elegantly done, the Youma had to admit now. Who else to divert hatred from an absolute monarch who enjoyed brutality than a High Inquisitor who had no choice but to outdo her? But that was long gone. Of course, so was the Dark Kingdom. And for all that Queen Beryl had been reviled, Halite was not against her goals, and had never been against them. And in surviving the destruction of the Dark Kingdom, in escaping with Jaedite, she thought she had a chance to revenge herself, to revenge the Dark Kingdom. With the Star Kingdom of Serenity in existence, that chance might have seemed like nothing. That, however, was deceptive. Before the Star Kingdom of Serenity had even existed, Halite had used her arcane arts to probe barriers that those, who had concentrated on a war that now seemed lost, had ignored. And so she had found a place which contained everything she needed to annihilate the Moon Kingdom. Everything she needed, and more. Everything she needed, even when the Moon Kingdom had become the Star Kingdom of Serenity. Halite chuckled softly, to herself, in that darkest of hearts. And then she banged the gavel down, that called to order the meeting. The meeting being held in a hall of council for her Royal Court, of sorts, one that was onboard the Asgerd-I class Planetoid 'Sharevar'. One of Sixty-seven such ships, salvaged from the ruins of the bio-plague devasted Fourth Empire and then modified to suit her needs, and supported by lesser warships and a fleet train as they needed, including fourteen old Utu class Planetoids of the Fourth Imperium, far older vessels salvaged from various locations (And in much easier conditions) during the salvage of the Fourth Empire ships. Yes, she most certainly had the power to do now what Queen Beryl never could. And then she would rule the Star Kingdom of Serenity and then she would possess the Crystals. And then, as punishment for the destruction of her people and the Dark Kingdom, she would bring upon the inhabitants of the Star Kingdom of Serenity an imitation of Mordor fit to such perfection that were Sauron himself to come to it, he would not find any difference, at all.. For a human, Tolkien did have such a good imagination, Halite thought. "My Officers," she began. "The Soviets have established themselves on the border of our enemy. The time has come; The Soviets will pass us the technology that we have asked for as soon as they receive it. When we have it, we can begin the production of new Asgerd-I class Planetoids in addition to lesser ships, though we have to consume dead systems to do this.. And that means holding them." "We'll have to pass beyond the Galactic Rim and into the Galaxy proper," spoke one voice to Halite's right. A Drowish voice in the accented Imperial Tongue that they all spoke, as it was needed to operate the ships they used. Even when she had removed the Compcenter computer cores of each ship, magically, to get around the Alpha Priority commands, the secondary subsystems still demanded it, and they had to piece together that language from the computer banks of the Parasite Battleships in addition to building new computer cores and the myriad of problems in making the fleet work. As for Dilynrae, well, Halite intended to play her, the only other magic-user of any note in her fleet, off against Jaedite, when he was awakened. For the moment she was relying on the relative lack of direct experience the woman had with the wider galaxy; That, as could be demonstrated, was fading fast, just as lack of technical knowledge had. She was utterly brilliant and a most cunning Drow in all; Which was both why Halite had chosen her and why Halite was wary of her. "Once into the galaxy, My Queen," Dilynrae continued, "We'll have to risk detection, even consuming systems along the rim.. And the Star Kingdom does possess effective weaponry to use against us in a fixed position." Dilynrae spoke from further down the table, dressed in a classic drow piwafwi, her long white hair and red eyes combining to contrast most exquisitely, as always, against that jet-black skin. Halite shoved aside the brief distraction to focus on the matter at hand; Though such a wonderful distraction it was. At least it was easy to handle Dilynrae with honey, though... "I agree completely, Dilynrae," Halite replied, smiling slightly. Ambition she could handle, even in the ebony-skinned sorceress, and in far less brutal ways than Beryl. "So, we'll be minimalists about it. We'll bring the light ships forward, and those will be the ones we need to set up manufacturing in a new system base, anyway. In addition.. Two Planetoids. The 'Sharevar' and the 'Imperial Nemesis', I should think." She had naturally named Dilynrae's flagship as the second vessel. "We'll hold the rest of the fleet back, well clear of the Galactic Rim and beyond detectable range. And then I shall simply wait until we are detected. While we wait, we shall begin to build more Planetoids, as many as can. We'll choose a dead region, where our nearest neighbours are Yuuzhan Vong and Zerg; If them. Eventually the Star Kingdom of Serenity will locate us. But not soon, and even then they'll have no real idea. In the meantime, we can begin some covert operations," Halite finished. "Two Planetoids is serious enough a force for the Star Kingdom to take note based on the technology, when they detect us," came another voice; One of her Star Marshals who was also a decent analyst, and one of the rare humans in the force. "However, it would be unlikely for the Star Kingdom of Serenity to think a substantial Fourth Empire Remnant force exists. We could more easily propagate the idea that we are a Sixth Imperium force utilizing second-line ships which has returned to this region for purposes unknown. The idea of sixty-five more Asgerd-Is in immediate reserve is something they probably wouldn't predict. Even the Sixth Imperium rarely committed that kind of massed strength in Asgerd-IIs to this region," the Star Marshal concluded. "And what if we first have problems with another power, particularly one of the biological races which will attack us for their own irrational ends?" One of the Admirals spoke up, through a vocodor, its alien words being rendered well enough. "I have had combat experience, My Queen. You know my prior service. But despite the firepower of the Planetoids, these races offer great numbers against us, or the most unique or obscene of weaponry." "The Yuuzhan Vong or the Zerg both are interesting enough in that regard. However, neither one have any capability to deal with a missile which can actually damage them while it is still inside of Hyperspace; That is the main default of the Chernikov Drive Missile of the Soviets, that it operates in realspace, and it is a default that our Hypermissiles do not share." Halite replied, smiling abruptly, and much more chillingly. " "They can trouble us, yes. But even with just two Planetoids we could devastate any Zerg attack. And they would have no reason to press an attack against one system the face of our firepower. In regards to the Yuuzhan Vong... They are technologically primitive in the extreme in comparison with us. Even without using Hypermissiles, sheer weight of fire overwhelms their Dovin Basals and turn their precious living ships into fissionables, as we all saw demonstrated." Literally, in the case of what the energy weapons of an Asgerd-I did to an unshielded hull. "And our wormhole drives are fully fitted," spoke a man, who had features marking him as rather Indian in appearence. He was one of the few survivors of Lord Gurkha's fleet; The few surviving ships were in the scouting squadrons of Halite's Armada. The Wormhole Drives had been the result of that joining of forces, and one that vastly outpowered the Hyperdrives originally on the Planetoids, though they would never match the Enchanach Drive for tactical ability. "Yes," Halite agreed. "It would be a slaughter, Admiral Varashatunara, if they do discover us and choose that course. Of course, that possibility remains merely that. And as for a potential attack by the Star Kingdom of Serenity... Well, Wormhole Drive allows us to bring up the other sixty-five Planetoids swiftly. That would be even more of a slaughter, and the more preferable one." A pause. "With that matter settled.. Special operations." "Dilynrae, do remember my task for you. I cannot penetrate the Star Kingdom of Serenity on my own. Even assuming my powers were great enough to break Queen Beryl's lock over Jaedite, and they are not, for while I have her ability, I do not have her age, Jaedite could also not penetrate the Star Kingdom of Serenity. And even if I did not need the objects from it to free him, I would still need the Sample." Dilynrae smiled, and dipped her head fractionally; Her Queen returned the smile, but of course did not dip her head. The Drow could be interesting, at times. Despite their rivalry, and especially in bed. She would also be very useful in times to come. "Of course. I have reviewed the orders and the planning carefully, My Queen. It is well within my abilities, and I will indeed not attract attention, while it is clear, unfourtunately, yourself or the General would." Dilynrae, still smiling, paused for a moment, composed her thoughts, and continued in that purring, Drowish-accented voice, in the elegant formality of the Imperial Tongue. "Once we have arrived and established ourselves, it shall be the matter of utmost simplicity to infiltrate their space. The main problem will be in maintain the materials. Escaping again will be easier, and my secondary agents can lay the blame on the appropriate sources for the Sample." "Excellent, then, Dilynrae. You may carry out your final planning when you return to the Imperial Nemesis," Halite replied. It would be nice, now, to finish. But with planning and discussions in general done, they had of course only begun. Halite had painfully learned from the banks of the Compcenters of these ships what real command was really about. And it had absolutely nothing to do with what Beryl had practiced or even what Halite had wanted to practice. But she was applying it, now. "Well, My Officers, report the status of your flagships and squadrons, with supplies and consumables and magazine loadouts for the missiles. Then we shall discuss efficiency ratings and training regimes.. As per the standard schedule." She allowed herself a wry smile, one that was somewhat friendly. It was all a matter of management; And she could manage their emotions just as well as she could manage the fleet, by now. And so they continued, preparing for the offensive. Her offensive, to complete the work that must be done, in the name of revenge. In the name of Halite, that it might be reminded that in the darkness of that labyrinth where she had worked.. That the cunning had not be lost. Quite the contrary; And so she would make the Star Kingdom of Serenity pay. And in throwing down the creation of the Sailor Senshi, in throwing them down themselves, she would ultimately make Queen Beryl pay, by succeeding where she had failed. The Imperial Nemesis. Dilynrae was silent as she strode out of her Cutter and back aboard the looming presence of the 'Imperial Nemesis' and the darkly lit hangar bay. This ship was largely crewed by Drow, and ran on their ideas of what was ideal for crew comfort; The corridors and rooms and bays emulated the underdark, and did a good job of it. The few of other races who had first taught them how to operate the great Planetoid and their lesser ships had been naturally uneased by it. But now the Imperial Nemesis was a ship of Drow. The only one of the sixty-seven Asgerd-I class Planetoids of the fleet they possessed, granted, but they crewed all fourteen of the Utu class Planetoids, making them the most numerous race in the Fleet, and with a considerable concentration of firepower. They were also noticably represented among the scouting elements of the FTL-capable lighter ships. Still, internal disunity among houses and the nature of the leader of the fleet kept them in check; Not to mention their unfamiliarity with their situation, while their potentially enemies were long and familiar with these realms and spaceways. It was an almost odd concept; The all-expansive overdark of space, that they now traveled in. But the opprotunity... That had been obvious, and irrestiable. And the Youma herself; Well, Queen Halite was most definitely not Human, and not an Elf, either, obviously. Dilynrae could live with serving her, and enjoyed being her lover. It would not make the moment of her own victory any less sweet; The opposite, really... Halite didn't trust her, and so she kept Dilynrae very close. They both worked towards the same end, now. In time, that when change. When it did, a dance would begin, a dance of death. Dilynrae expected to win that dance, and the success of such treachery would be well worth everything that had gone before it, because it would mean that the Drow would rule the Kingdom that Halite intended to build. For the moment they needed each other, and that was enough. Even when Jaedite was awakened... Well, Beryl had not taken the Sailor Senshi with four Generals, and now there were many more of those champions of Light, of their so-called 'Moon Kingdom'. So Halite intended to use one General and more than a fair number of Drow, skilled in the high art of magic. Dilynrae, of course, walked with an escort of guards down the dark corridors of the Imperial Nemesis. There was always the chance of assasination by a rival noble, though slight, now; Blood had been spilled numerous times in this great ship, though never at as high a level of rank as it might have even in a city. Her power here was absolute, and stable, but only by eternal vigilance and ruthless order. And she of course maintained it as her own, refusing Halite's offer of an escort of Kzin bodyguards. Still, she could not simply let herself be killed by some fool! Despite the superiority of the Drow over even the Youma, she knew that of all of them who journeyed with Halite's fleet, only her own wits would ever be able to unseat the Dark Queen when she had overthrown the Star Kingdom of Serenity; If Dilynrae fell, Halite's plans might suffer, but the Drow would suffer most of all, and it would be their own fault for it. Not like she needed even that motivation to keep herself alive. She wanted the power that ruling such a Kingdom would bring, the glory of bringing it within the domains of Lolth.. For that she could endure the unendurable, and this was, admittably, far from it. The ride up to the Bridge of the Imperial Nemesis in one of the transit shafts was as swift and silent as ever. Technology on this scope was indeed suited for the ominous; It promised untold destruction and power. The might of a god placed into the hands of mere mortals. But ultimately that was a honeyed falsehood, and Dilynrae would pity anyone who believed it; Halite had dissociated the main computers which ran these ships with her own abilities so that she could gain control of them in the first place, and Lolth could do the same.. Or worse, to the beings that ran them. And that was why, ultimately, they would succeed. Halite was cryptic as to if she served anything more than herself. Dilynrae doubted it, though the inherent paranoia of a Drow noble prevented her from judging that matter. Still, if Halite did, then Lolth would protect her from the wrath of that deity as long as Dilynrae proved her own cunning in the realm where it was demanded of her; In the twisted fashion of her race, she was quite pious. Still, regardless of what help Halite had or did have from deities, she at least understood the fundamental nature of the Universe, that is, Magic and the Soul, and for that reason Dilynrae respected her. The debased races of these galaxies usually did not understood that fundamental nature, though. Even if they worshipped a deity, they had no actual power; Their gods granted them no magic, no rewards, and they existed solely on faith. More were simply athiests or deists, like the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics, which turned Dilynrae's stomach, but had proven useful to deal with, albeit in the most secretive of fashion (And odious in the extreme). These people, with their technology, could only take them so far before they reached a stumbling block. The very last, most important, most fundamental part of the megaverse was closed to them. And if they denied deities, or denied the interest of deities in them, then they were ultimately doomed to be consumed by those races which accepted the reality of the metaphysical. And of those races, the strongest was the Drow, who served Lolth. With the technology that Halite had gifted them, their ultimate course, the strengthening of their race, was clear. And when Halite swept aside the Star Kingdom of Serenity for them, the only race that Dilynrae had seen combine technology and magic... It would almost seem inevitable, no matter the scale of the task. And this is why Dilynrae would gladly play the game, as long as she needed to. She strode onto the Command Deck of the massive spherical bridge of the Imperial Nemesis easily, acknowledging the salute from the warrior who commanded the Planetoid. Malaggar ultimately proved easily competent in learning the Imperial Tongue and then Imperial Technology, and Dilynrae was not going to give a female who could challenge her, especially one of her daughters, the coveted rank of Senior Fleet Captain, Imperial Nemesis, Commanding. To the younger and more ambitious, command of the Imperial Nemesis would be second only to her own position.. And, naturally, a stepping stone to it. Her daughters, of course, could gain her position through the traditional means; But there were traditional ways to stop that. "Senior Fleet Captain, a status report on all systems for the Imperial Nemesis and for the Second, Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, Eleventh, and Twelth Scouting Flotillas," Dilynrae ordered, with the formality of rank. The Senior Fleet Captain was dressed in the uniform appropriate for that rank, virtually identical except for the insignia to the old Fourth Empire's; The same for the rest of the actual crew. She, of course, wore traditional dress; They had to be careful to avoid some of the more seductive influences of all they had learned, to remember just who they were. Still, they all recognized her as Admiral Matron Mother Dilynrae Tav'arrae of the Noble House of Tav'arrae. And the additional title of Admiral carried a considerable amount of weight, as long as one remembered that technology was only a tool, however marvelous of one. On the matter of technology, and judging it, she could have asked for the status reports from Nemesis, the Compcenter (As best Halite had replicated one) of the Imperial Nemesis, but she preferred to keep her subordinates busy at times. There was such a thing as over-reliance, and unlike the original design, the Imperial Nemesis, as rebuilt, could function with the Compcenter disabled. She also needed to maintain some sort of initiative in her officers, even if it did inevitably result in more assasinations, plots, and attempts at various levels of the crew. Drow society was about cunning; It could not be stifled. Not even the greatest of fools would think of defying Lolth in such a fashion. Senior Fleet Captain Malaggar turned and began to give orders and receive the data through the neural interfaces and the vocal systems alike. When he finally turned back to Dilynrae, he did have one question, though. "It has begun, Lady Admiral?" The smile was quite ruthless, as she humoured her most worthy servant. "It has begun, Captain, it has begun. May Lolth be praised; For our victory shall be Her doing, even this one, as it serves Her purpose." The Sharevar. Halite's quarters were a study of insane opulence for those of a Ship of the Line. At the moment she relaxed in a massive hot tub, easily large enough for twelve people. And these were just those suited for the Senior Fleet Captain! There were comparable VIP quarters onboard which had been used for the Admiral and Star Marshal and Senior Fleet Captain now onboard, and simply appropriating the normal Captain's quarters was an acceptable status indicator for Queen Halite; comfort was more than sufficient here. As for relaxation, that could finally come in the security of these rooms. Unlike on the other ships, Halite could definitely turn the Sharevar into a private domain. Between herself and Sharevar, the Compcenter, she could run the ship. At the higher levels she needed people loyal to her, not intelligent. The lower rankers obviously were not a problem; No motivation and more often than not no ability whatsoever against a full biotechnically enhanced Youma, even if they had total surprise. In her own quarters, any lingering fear was reduced to none. They were secured, and personally. Short of when Dilynrae was in them, she could relax in them. And only a fool relaxed one's self around the Drow at all, even one you were sleeping with; Perhaps especially one you were sleeping with, Halite thought, and chuckled softly. Then, she forced herself to rise from the hot water of the tub, standing and grabbing the faintly obscenely plush bath towel at the side as she climbed out. Toweling off, she had to briefly consider if she would ever be used to this after her life in the labyrinths, let alone the level of opulence she would have at her fingertips when this was all said and done. She had gone into this business for power and not luxury, but luxury was the inevitable result of power, and though she enjoyed it, she also feared it. Perhaps the luxury of her position had been part of what made Queen Beryl so casually cruel. Perhaps it was simply her nature. Halite would be cruel, of course. And she would be evil. She could be cynical, definitely. She had carefully manipulated a group of Kzin into virtually worshipping her after defeating them in space magically and then systematically defeating all of their champions on the ground with her bare hands; Now their ships formed part of her screen. But that was just the surface of the iceberg. Manipulation and deception all powers recognized; Taking advantage of religion was simply underhanded. The depths had been revealed more recently.. The depths of the evil. When the fleet had surrounded and entrapped that group of Yuuzhan Vong Worldships in the Dark Between the Stars, their warriors futily attacking the bulk of the Asgerd-Is, over three thousand kilometers in diameter, each of those Planetoids.. Their bravery suicidal, but noted by her eyes, as their heavier ships were wiped out by the hypermissiles of the Fleet, casually ignoring the gravity of the Dovin Basals, the heavy guns destroying the fighters by virtue of number. Then, she had done what she had needed to the Yuuzhan Vong in the Worldships beyond them, and proven just why she was worthy to do more than follow in Queen Beryl's footsteps. She had needed the life energy. She had needed the strength. A casual order had allowed one of the slow, clumsy ships to escape the net; Still journeying towards the distant Milky Way that they would never reach. The real one, though. The thought of it even now gave Halite a pang of sadness and pride. She had to escape it for another dimension, one so very different. Now she returned, the triumphant conquerer. As she had conquered, then. Dilynrae was ordered to pursue and capture the escaping worldship in the Imperial Nemesis; Let her have her sacrifices for Lolth! Halite.. She served a far more insidious purpose than perhaps even the Spider Goddess realized. Queen Halite, with Dilynrae safely beyond the range of her noticing, had turned her attention on the entrapped worldships. And she had calmly sucked the life essence out of every single Yuuzhan Vong man, woman, and child on those ships. And their servants. Every single thing with a soul on those worldships, to be precise. She had absorbed them all for her own power. The lifeforce of millions of beings, strengthening her beyond comparison! And then the main batteries of her massed squadrons broke the atomic bonds of the matter of the targeted worldships, and moments later they erupted into massive explosives as the very matter that made up those worldships had undergone nuclear fission on an incredible scale. Neatly concealing the evidence of what she had done from Dilynrae, of course. That was for the sole purpose that she didn't want her to know yet, for she had a lesson to teach the Drow. It might have been called callous by some, but since the sentients onboard were already dead for another reason, it was just a matter of demolition and weapons testing as far as she was concerned. And as for the lesson to teach her dearest Dilynrae? Queen Halite, smiling, finished pinning up her hair, and again dressed in robes of spidersilk, those very robes having been gifted to her by Dilynrae, walked into the main room of those opulently furnished and huge quarters, where the crystal that held the First General of the Dark Kingdom, Jaedite, frozen alive, was displayed like an obscene piece of art. Queen Halite, in absorbing the souls of the Yuuzhan Vong on that colonization fleet, had in fact absorbed enough power to free Jaedite. She simply didn't need him yet; And considering how long he had suffered in the crystal, she judged that a few more weeks of it would be less important in the long run to her own security against the plotting of the Drow Sorceress. The infiltration mission still had one thing to recover that she genuinely needed immediately, of course, and the materials she needed that would have freed Jaedite were still useful to her. But it would teach a very important lesson to Dilynrae. And the fact that she was now more powerful than Queen Beryl herself... Well, the poor, late, and oft-unlamented Queen Beryl had never had a major population source around from which to tap without the Sailor Senshi interfering. Bad luck for her. Queen Halite could show the utmost mercy to her own people; And she would. When Jaedite was freed, in due time, she would make the General just as powerful as Dilynrae and help him recover from what he had suffered. She would not torture them, she would not punish them for what they could not prevent. Here, Jaedite suffered not for obscene pleasure, but for the advantage needed to hold their military together. For that, she would make her people bleed, yes. Queen Halite smiled. It was nearly time to head to the Command Deck and oversee the movement into the galaxy, but not quite. So she poured herself a glass of wine from her wine cabinet, and then raised it in toast towards Jaedite, frozen as he was, alive, in the crystal. "The Dark Queen is Dead, Jaedite! Long Live the Dark Queen!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 17:28:30 +1100 Subject: Re: [STGOD] The Dark Queen is Dead; Long Live the Dark Queen! Message-ID: <3be38d70$0$3439$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Ringing the Milky way was a series of sensor stations. Carefuly hidden, their location known to and their crews a mix of NOFR, SKS and BC techs. Mounted on each of the two thousand outposts was a high powered Type 4-A long range, extra galactic array. Designed and implement to give advanced warning of troll attacks, the array had been the First target of the last great troll invasion, sounding the alarm before going off the air. Painstaking work had been done on restoring the system, to give warning of any other attacks. Finaly the system started to come back on line, too late to give warning of the Zerg and Vong invasions, but perhaps enough to see what else was comming. At the central sensor station, data started comming in along the extra galacic path Z5, the Vong invasion route. The readings were clearly that of Imperium planatoid technology and Zerg worldships. Snickers went thorugh the command center at the idea of what would happen to the current invaders and the damage that would be caused to their worldships. A report was filed stating that a rather good thing had happened today for the Galaxy. Unfortunantly, this was quite far from the truth. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 03 Nov 2001 06:33:36 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] The Dark Queen is Dead; Long Live the Dark Queen! Message-ID: <20011103013336.22943.00001370@mb-fq.aol.com> -------- >Ringing the Milky way was a series of sensor stations. Carefuly hidden, >their location known to and their crews a mix of NOFR, SKS and BC techs. >Mounted on each of the two thousand outposts was a high powered Type 4-A >long range, extra galactic array. Designed and implement to give advanced >warning of troll attacks, the array had been the First target of the last >great troll invasion, sounding the alarm before going off the air. >Painstaking work had been done on restoring the system, to give warning of >any other attacks. Finaly the system started to come back on line, too late >to give warning of the Zerg and Vong invasions, but perhaps enough to see >what else was comming. At the central sensor station, data started comming >in along the extra galacic path Z5, the Vong invasion route. The readings >were clearly that of Imperium planatoid technology and Zerg worldships. >Snickers went thorugh the command center at the idea of what would happen to >the current invaders and the damage that would be caused to their >worldships. A report was filed stating that a rather good thing had happened >today for the Galaxy. >Unfortunantly, this was quite far from the truth. OOC: Those were Vong worldships they smashed up, Chris. Otherwise, as you can see.. I'm now running two powers. Cold War for one, Hot War for the other.. In Due Time. But not directed at you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 3 Nov 2001 06:47:42 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] The Dark Queen is Dead; Long Live the Dark Queen! Message-ID: -------- MajSvetlanna@Aol.com (Marina O'Leary) wrote in news:bd8e1295.0111022135.693f4665@posting.google.com: > Queen Halite smiled. It was nearly time to head to the Command Deck > and oversee the movement into the galaxy, but not quite. So she poured > herself a glass of wine from her wine cabinet, and then raised it in > toast towards Jaedite, frozen as he was, alive, in the crystal. > > "The Dark Queen is Dead, Jaedite! Long Live the Dark Queen!" > The Star Kingdom of Serenity had thought the Great War was over. Finished over four thousand years ago in Greenland, when the final champion of the ancient Silver Millennium defeated Metallia in single combat and thus destroyed the Dark Kingdom. No longer did humanity worry about the dark forces struggling to break their bonds and conquer the world. On one day in 1995, it had come very close indeed, and one wonders how the galaxy would have formed if Metallia completed her ancient quest to conquer and enslave the Earth and all its wealth. For it was only a few years later that the Boyd Collective would be born and with it one of the greatest powers in known space. Unfortunately for the Kingdom, they didn't check to see if the job had been completed. The refugees from the Dark Kingdom who entered Earth shortly before the Great Diaspora insisted that all the others were dead. The leaders had mostly decided to believe them, and few now know of the Great War and of the Hidden Battles on Earth during the twentieth century. Of course, the Confederation gained institutional paranoia after their first experience at invasion. That simply carried over to its successor state, the Star Kingdom of Serenity, and one result of this paranoia was to deploy a top-secret sensor system, an array that could detect the energy signature of the Dark Kingdom. These plans had been long forgotten, as the threat of invasion from a resurgant Dark Kingdom faded away and new threats appeared. The Cold War with the Boyd Collective, then the Wars of Survival against the New Republic Military Dictatorship. And now, the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Quite simply, the magical kingdom had other things to worry about than some long-dead force appearing. But the sensor array still functioned, ever vigilant in their watch for the great evil that their creators feared. And then a single probe caught a faint signature. It checked its database and found a match. A momentary burst of Dark Energy, and then no more. The probe duely sent off the information to its human masters, who declared it an anomoly, the abberant readings of a decaying system. Three days later, every sensor in sector AD3 lit up and sent their warning. Dark Energy had been detected, greatly increasing; and there was only one way to do so that fast. Souls were being transformed into pure energy. The readouts were sent to High Command who paled at the implications. The next invasion had come, and it was clear who they were, and what they were seeking. The Great War had not yet ended. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 22:57:43 -0800 Subject: (STGODi) Gods and Monsters Message-ID: -------- Loki of Stormrider looked down, he clearly remembered the Kzin tearing into his belly with his blade, it had been a good, fight but strangely interrupted. Looking at his body, was whole, better then he had felt since the time of the visions. How had he survived when so many other Fenari had died along the way? Loki the Asguard examined his creations through the safety of the monitor, at long last the final stage plans would come to pass. The stage was set for a battle to test the evolution of the Fenari like nothing else had before. adaptation and chaos had driven the young wolf race farther and faster then should have been the case. Let the dieing races of Goa'uld and Asguard fade into the depth of space, Loki was ready for the coming of Ragnorak. The use of the gates, had attracted the attention and brought the fleet of Quetzcoutl, his Jaguar Knight Jaffa, stood at attention, the Eagle Knight's readied their deathgliders, as the first worlds came to be met. His scout ships discovered a fleet, well hidden over a desert world, transporting goods, but not using the ground gates, the ships themselves made more of a disturbance rupturing holes to anther reality, by using the power that fed the gates themselves. The Drakkar was but part of the small Ronin fleet, making rounds between Badger and NeoBarsoom. badly in need of a full refit, it was no match for the assembled might of the feathered serpent. The shields protecting the deathgliders stopped the point defense cannon's from harming the vessels, the ground Jaffa, were shielded as well, the fighters duel was short lived. Grendelson looked at the threat board, the Goa'uld Ziggurat had achieved total space superiority, and was landing with death glider's coming in to support the ground troops. cursing he hoped the gods might bring a miracle. Clan Badger, needed more time, The Refit had to be completed soon if they were to survive the coming battles, even with help from grail, the Fenari packs possessed too few ships capable of fighting the serpent's advance. The loss of contact with the Barsoom refugee's could only mean that the war had began. A cluster of Deathglider's spotted a Triad of Fenari walker tanks, confident that their weapon's would win against the enemy just as their superior shields had won in space, they came in for their attack run. Inside the lead walker, the Barsoom commander flexed her muscles and hoped that the Gravity shields would hold. His triad had shield generators, and a more powerful fusion plant then the Fenari models, furthermore the Fusion cannons could expel more power then the walker's built for the giants. Passing a paw across the gunnery ball, he placed his other paw down on the activation grid, triggering a continuous stream of atomic heat. As the deathglider's shields dropped for a microsecond to fire the ship it's self was hit with an enveloping fusion beam, it's other two partners became miniature suns as the Naquadatha fed the force of the blast. Elsewhere the sons and daughter's of Fenris saw some victory, in the middle of overwhelming defeat. As energy staves, and Zak'n'tel beams cut down Fenari soldier's Sygil stood her ground, the powered Armour of The Den Guardians standing as a rally point to the other wolflike warriors. The rapid fire of the Gatling Missile guns sent devastation that could not be ignored by the Jaffa. the continued thrust of the rockets kept them lethal even against shielded vessels, but mostly at a cost of range. Still her ammo reserves was a problem, and almost reading her thoughts the rapid fire weapon jammed overheated. The Ashron looked down at the strange large creature. Not in any of the previous encounters, they were puzzling. This specimen, had put up quite a fight, killing several fodder troops in hand to hand before being overcome by a PAIR of Zak'n'tel beams. a hearty race indeed. Reaching out with her hand the interrogator prepared to teach the beast pain. The Jaffa outside the chamber paid no attention to the scream's coming from "The Blue Skirt's" interrogation room, until, the Ashron herself, came staggering though the hall. clutching her ruined hand to her bare chest. The outrage, the one eyed creature had done the unspeakable, it had bit off her Ashron! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 11:18:59 +0000 Subject: Re: [STGOD-D] Transmission to the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. Message-ID: <3BE3D2A3.A46EECEE@aol.com> -------- Maj Svetlanna wrote: > Reply, Directive, as through the Soviet Embassy on New Romulus: > > We agree to the proposals herein with complete gratitude and pleasure that the > Hegemonial Remaint is joining the Moscow Pact, for the greater defense of the > Workers and the Peasants. > > We shall immediately begin sending Military, Economic, and Scientific advisors > to the Hegemonial Remaint to improve your defensive, economic, and > technological posture against the Capitalists, as the spirit of the Revolution > insists that we do, and we gladly comply, to our Comrades in Socialism! > > Combined with the People's Democratic Republic of Rhea, and the agreement with > the refugees of The Lost, who are now organizing as the People's Republic of > New Corellia, the Moscow Pact can insure the survival and triumph of Socialism > on all fronts in this galaxy! Truly, this is a great day for the Proletariat, > Comrade! > > In regards to the World Devastators, Advanced, we request that they be > dispatched to the world of Sigma Epsilon, which is now our local capital as we > organize the Soviet Republics in this region, and will become the Capital of a > new Soviet Republic within the Soviet Union shortly. > > - Comrade Ambassador I.S. Antonov of the People's Commissariate of Foreign > Affairs for the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics. --- OOC: First, the narrative bit: --- Ten thousand World Devastator-Advanced formed into a huge convoy in the Chyrbydis system of the HR. Escorted by four Executor-class Super Star Destroyers, they set course for Sigma Epsilon. Signalling ready to system traffic control, they entered hyperspace. They stopped once on their journey, dropping out of hyperspace at the Soviet border, where the Executors broke off and set a return course for the HR. Then, the WD-A re-entered hyperspace, crossing the border and heading for Sigma Epsilon, inside Soviet space. Their crew were T-800s, with orders to show allegiance to the USSSR of the same level as their allegiance to the HR. --- OOC: Now, the diplomatic contact bit: --- Reply, Directive, as through the HR Embassy on Jaetarra: It is with great pleasure that the Hegemonial Remaint greets the news of the full and enthusiastic acceptance by the Soviet Union of the HR's joining of the Moscow Pact. We look forward to close ties in the future, and programs of mutual benefit. The revolution is strengthened! The WD-A have been dispatched, and will be with you shortly. Please send any advisors to Erebus as with your embassy. -Tok, Ambassador to the USSSR -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 03 Nov 2001 17:35:36 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD] The Dark Queen is Dead; Long Live the Dark Queen! Message-ID: <20011103123536.17955.00001091@mb-fg.aol.com> -------- Contact and Maneuver. >The Star Kingdom of Serenity had thought the Great War was over. Finished >over four thousand years ago in Greenland, when the final champion of the >ancient Silver Millennium defeated Metallia in single combat and thus >destroyed the Dark Kingdom. No longer did humanity worry about the dark >forces struggling to break their bonds and conquer the world. > >On one day in 1995, it had come very close indeed, and one wonders how >the galaxy would have formed if Metallia completed her ancient quest to >conquer and enslave the Earth and all its wealth. For it was only a few >years later that the Boyd Collective would be born and with it one of the >greatest powers in known space. > >Unfortunately for the Kingdom, they didn't check to see if the job had >been completed. The refugees from the Dark Kingdom who entered Earth >shortly before the Great Diaspora insisted that all the others were dead. >The leaders had mostly decided to believe them, and few now know of the >Great War and of the Hidden Battles on Earth during the twentieth >century. > >Of course, the Confederation gained institutional paranoia after their >first experience at invasion. That simply carried over to its successor >state, the Star Kingdom of Serenity, and one result of this paranoia was >to deploy a top-secret sensor system, an array that could detect the >energy signature of the Dark Kingdom. > >These plans had been long forgotten, as the threat of invasion from a >resurgant Dark Kingdom faded away and new threats appeared. The Cold War >with the Boyd Collective, then the Wars of Survival against the New >Republic Military Dictatorship. And now, the Cold War with the Soviet >Union. Quite simply, the magical kingdom had other things to worry about >than some long-dead force appearing. > >But the sensor array still functioned, ever vigilant in their watch for >the great evil that their creators feared. And then a single probe caught >a faint signature. It checked its database and found a match. A momentary >burst of Dark Energy, and then no more. The probe duely sent off the >information to its human masters, who declared it an anomoly, the >abberant readings of a decaying system. > >Three days later, every sensor in sector AD3 lit up and sent their >warning. Dark Energy had been detected, greatly increasing; and there was >only one way to do so that fast. Souls were being transformed into pure >energy. The readouts were sent to High Command who paled at the >implications. > >The next invasion had come, and it was clear who they were, and what they >were seeking. The Great War had not yet ended. > Imperial Nemesis. "Eleventh Scouting Flotilla reports contact with initial picket lines, Admiral." The Drow merchant who had been selected to oversee the massive communication banks of the Imperial Nemesis for his knowledge of languages reported calmly, though purely into the mind of Dilynrae through the implants; He was in a distant sector of the bridge, not the Command Deck. "Nemesis, orders to Fleet Signallers: 'Light BatDivs One, Two, Three, Five, and Six are to be detailed to their assigned Flotillas to reinforce them. Light BatDivs Four and Seven to remain in formation with the Imperial Nemesis. As soon as the Flotillas are reinforced, they are to proceed to close with both of the detected probe networks and then detail ships to conduct close scans and report their findings back to us immediately.'" Easier to simply have the Compcenter relay it then talk to about ten or eleven people at once. "Orders recorded and relayed, Admiral. All Fleet Signallers for designated Flotillas and BatDivs acknowledge and are coordinating," the voice of Nemesis, the Compcenter of the massive Asgerd-I class Planetoid, replied simply, and aloud. It was such a help to have that marvelous creation; Too much of one, at times. At others, like this.. Dilynrae smiled faintly, and wished she could settle back in her command chair. It was odd to have a seat that conformed so perfectly for you that there was no reason to shift your position in it. They had five Scouting Flotillas out there, now, and ten Utu class Planetoids. Four more Utu class Planetoids, the Imperial Nemesis, and two Screening Flotillas were hanging back, closer. Even further out with the main body of the fleet, lightyears away and still well beyond the galaxy, was the Sharevar and two more Screening Flotillas, along with various escort squadrons, and the construction ships and other non-combatants. They had already dispatched the pickup fleet, as well. Now it was just a matter of waiting. The Sixth Imperium probably had minimal knowledge of the sensors lining this galaxy, if they ever had such knowledge; The Dark Kingdom's forces had found no such reference to the Sixth Imperium knowing of them in the abandoned Vengeance and War Maiden class ships they had recovered. Those ships would give them the ability to perform this deception. The Planetoids were of different designs, there was no hiding that (Though the fundamental technology was the same), but most of the scouting and screening forces were front-line Sixth Imperium ships. And nobody had known what had happened to the Sixth Imperium, anyway. This return would be disturbing but not impossible, and perhaps even prepared for. The largest concern resulting from it was to be met at the first touch by forces still hostile to the Sixth Imperium, but their chosen path into the galaxy largely precluded that, and they were certainly packing a rather surprising concentrating of firepower for anyone who wished to dispute their existence. It also avoided the most heavily defended areas of the Star Kingdom of Serenity, and allowed them to position themselves a mere spearthrust, with their wormhole drive capability, from the three seperated and vulnerable pockets of the Star Kingdom, ripe to be plucked first and provide the resources for the rest of the conquest. From there, well, Dilynrae knew that Halite could ignore the traditional lines of attack against the Star Kingdom; If there was one thing a Dark Queen of the Negaverse didn't need, it was an IDG. With the strategic dispositions of the SKS fundamentally flawed for their attack, they gained the initial advantage as long as they had surprise and moved swiftly; If they kept the SKS off balance from the shock off first touch, they might never recover... She contemplated in silence as the operations of the fleet continued around her, the massive viewscreen across the bridge displaying the tactical projection of the Flotillas and Batdivs maneuvering with them on Enchanach Drive, and then on sublight. They closed with the positions of the nearest sensors on the sensor lines, but stayed off at a respectful distance; Then they sent in a few War Maidens with Enchanach Drive, close, to get the sensor readings from their own scanners. Finally, the report came back via coded hypercom transmission. A squealed burst without a comment, without anything except the precise listing of the capabilities of the two different kinds of sensor banks that had been scanned. Nemesis read them off for Dilynrae. One was to be expected, and the other chilled her blood. "Damn!" A biotechnically enhanced hand cracked a stylus unconsciously; Senior Fleet Captain Malaggar glanced to her; He didn't quite fully understand the implications, of course. Dilynrae hissed a rather more virulent curse in the drow tongue, glared briefly at Malaggar, and activated her link to the communications banks on the lower deck of the bridge. This was just what they didn't need. "Commander Baragh, stand by for a communication to the Eye of Horus via laser signaller." "Acknowledged, Admiral. Standing by." "Nemesis, did all of the Utus of the Fourth and Seventh BatDivs also pick up the report from the Ninth Scouting Flotilla?" Dilynrae asked. "Affirmative, Admiral. Both ships of both the Fourth and Seventh BatDivs were authorized and successfully receiving on that coded channel," Nemesis replied politely. "Commander Baragh, transmit to the Eye of Horus as follows: 'proceed on Hyperdrive to Combined Fleet. Transmit data of Ninth Scouting Flotilla recon scans to Her Royal Majesty on the Sharevar when there. Maintain maximum security protocols. Carry out these instructions immediately.'" "Understood and transmitting, Admiral," Lt. Commander Baragh replied. Dilynrae setting back to wait, dropping the broken pieces of the stylus and holding her hands together in a double fist. They weren't bleeding because the skin was enhanced just as much; She had gone the full measure, since some implants were necessary to interface with this technology. Ultimately, though, even a knife could still kill you; You just needed one manufactured in the Imperiums or Empires. As Dilynrae contemplated a way around their little problem, she found that amusing, and laughed silently. The Sharevar. Dilynrae's double-fist posture with her hands was unknowingly imitated by Queen Halite on the bridge of the Sharevar; The only difference was that Halite wore black gloves on her bridge, and the boots to match them. It was an odd combination of grace and militancy in dress. If not for the apparent softness of the robes, one might think of a Sith Lord; Of course, their own robes were hooded, and definitely not of any kind of silk, even that favoured by the beloved of the Spider Goddess. Halite simply closed her eyes and nodded in response to the data that Sharevar had calmly reported to her, transmitted from the Eye of Horus. "Well, that settles that. The Sharevar cannot advance with the initial squadron. We cannot even advance with the main body, and we certainly cannot attempt anything to give away our position again; Fourtunately, it has changed considerably since the last activity I undertook that might have alerted them. Star Marshal Jorgensen, attend me." The Star Marshal approached and bowed; He was the same strategist who had spoken at their last meeting of principle commanders, and officially bore the title of 'Main Military Theorist', in addition to being one of the humans in the fleet. A telepath, actually, though such powers paled to her own. Augmented with bridge officer implants, he was not a weakling, though. "Your Royal Majesty?" he inquired. "I want you to take nominal command of the forward squadrons from the Indara Thunderer, and bring up Heavy BatDiv twenty-two with you, along with two screening flotillas of your choice. Obviously, Dilynrae cannot allow herself to be seen, as the Sixth Imperium was a largely human force and certainly had no Drow. We could pretend they discovered a new sentient species, but I worry that they may know the truth of the Drow, and that would rather shatter our illusion. Regardless, you shall have four Asgerd-Is and all the Unus in addition to heavy screening and scouting elements with which to take our support forces to the location we've chosen for the base facilities; That will be sufficient." "Of course, Your Majesty. If they have detected the earlier, ah, burst?" Star Marshal Jorgensen had been on one of the Asgerd-Is that had witnessed that event; Despite the healthy fear it gave him, he still evaluated it. "Explain to them, if you receive inquiry, that the Sixth Imperium was attacked by unknown forces utilizing magical abilities which inflicted heavy loss of life. While in pursuit of several technomagical vessels.. You can even problem them a suitable design from our record banks of older Achuultani craft.. You encountered the Vong craft, already under attack by these craft. The unknowns escaped towards Vong space after being driven off; The remaining Vong started fighting you, and paid the consequence. It should hold up.. For long enough, anyway." Queen Halite paused, and smiled, as she accessed her implants. "While you're establishing our bases, you see, Star Marshal, I'll be sending our Kzin Auxiliaries on a round-about route, in through where the Klingon territory is, fully stealthed. In about twelve days, they'll hit the sensor nets and take them out. We'll come in two days later, like we intended to all along after two weeks. The idea of Kzin operating with the Sixth Imperium would be rather ridiculous.. And they won't be able to detect me, then." Matthias Jorgensen dipped his head, and nodded. "Most excellent, Your Majesty. I had best get to a cutter, then, and transfer to the Indara Thunderer. We'll need all the preparation time, especially for the planned infiltration by Dilynrae of the Star Kingdom of Serenity; Such spywork does not come without a bed, My Queen." "Indeed, but the Soviet Union as unwittingly laid even that for us, Star Marshal. But you have a point; Our forces in the fore should not tarry longer. They will proceed as soon as you have marshalled your forces and the Eye of Horus shall of course accompany you back. You are dismissed, Star Marshal, and you go with my blessings." Queen Halite turned back to the screen, far across the cavernous, spherical bridge, her clasped, gloved hands pressed to her lips as she watched the fleet displays, and the Star Marshal bowed again, saluted, and strode off for the transit shaft. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 18:01:01 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] RSDF singularity disruptors Message-ID: -------- "Setzer 2438" wrote in message news:20011102230411.16475.00000810@mb-de.aol.com... > The singularity disruptor, developed by the RSDF itself, instead of a Raian > corporation, is capable of causing black holes to collapse on themselves. This > neutralizes the defense provided by a Dovin Basal,making what was once an > effective defense a perilous liability. This technology will be distributed to > N'hreah alliance members only. "It's an interesting technology." "Who is in position?" "Team Zeth and Speke are both halfway through insertion phase two." "Either in position to obtain a sample?" "Probably Speke though their action would expose Zeth as well." "Very well, inform Speke to begin preperations for a removal of a technology sample and get some more P-sats covering whatever worlds we know this 'RSDF' of posessing." "Aye, sir." -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 19:57:09 GMT Subject: [STGOD-I] Newcomers Message-ID: -------- Continuing the new empire entrance trend: (This was foreshadowed a bit already.) "My Lord, news from the scouts." "What is it?" the serpentine figure hissed angrily. "Do those incompetents wish to complain of more difficulties?" "N-no, my lord." the messenger stammered. "They report a great discovery. Another galaxy, my lord." The minor noble reared back in surprise. This was indeed valuable news. His mind raced, thinking of the ways to exploit this. Of course, his patron must know about this. Or should he? Maybe another would give greater rewards for this prize? No, too risky. Still, a galaxy! Wealth beyond belief for the house to take it. It was good. _________________________________________ "Admiral, the serpents have stepped up their probes." "Preparing to invade?" "Not yet, at least, I don't think so. Prime is thoroughly under their control now, however. The last reports indicate that at least one major house is taking an interest." "More will follow. Have no doubt of it. Transmit the relevant data." "Transmitting." Admiral Ray stared out the viewport. So close. Another month, maybe two, and they would have been ready. Now, flight was the only safety. _______________________________________ Report on the weapons and capabilities of Serpent forces. (Name assigned based on body shape of dominant species. Species name for itself unprounounceable by normal human voice) Fighter classes (Names assigned are fleet reporting names. Note that these represent general groups of fighters. Multiple subtypes exist which may or may not be covered in these descriptions.) Spike class fighter 6.3m 1) 5-20mm (0.125-8 MT) Primarily employed in large swarms. Typical ability of pilot is fairly low. (Note: This does not apply to such fighters when operated by any great house, or certain major houses. In those cases, cloned pilots are employed. Average skill compares favorably to an elite pilot) Dart class fighter 9.5m 2) 20-30mm (8-25 MT) Primarily employed in large swarms. Typical ability of pilot is fairly low. (Note: This does not apply to such fighters when operated by any great house, or certain major houses. In those cases, cloned pilots are employed. Average skill compares favorably to an elite pilot) Talon class fighter 11.4m 2) 20-35mm (8-40 MT) 1) 30-50mm (25-120 MT) Primarily employed in support of swarms of less capable fighters. Typical pilot ability is fairly high. This type is often modified somewhat for a minor noble's use as a personal fighter. Fang class fighter 11.9m 2) 40-75mm (60-400 MT) Primarily employed in support of swarms of less capable fighters. Typical pilot ability is fairly high. This type is often modified somewhat for a minor noble's use as a personal fighter. Claw class fighter 12.5m 4) 30-50mm (25-120 MT) Shields: 50 MT Primarily employed in support of swarms of less capable fighters. Typical pilot ability is fairly high. This type is occasionally modified somewhat for a minor noble's use as a personal fighter. May be so modified by a major noble. Smallest serpent fighter to carry shields. Raptor class fighter 15.7m 4) 15-30mm (3.2-25 MT) 2) 30-60mm (25-210 MT) 1) 50-80mm (120-500 MT) Shields: 120MT Heavy starfighter employed primarily in the personal guards of major nobles. Always assume pilot skill to be near superhuman. Larger vessels are generally highly individual, and consequently cannot be considered in detail. Firepower of weapons can be approximated by cubing barrel diameter (mm), and taking this as the energy per shot measured in kilotons. At large sizes, this approximation becomes steadily less accurate, but still provides a reasonable estimate. NOTE: Diplomatic communication with serpent forces borders on impossibility. Unless they initiate contact, advise that no attempt be made to communicate. Probable result of such an attempt is the destruction of the delegation. (OOC: Transmitted to all states with which the Outworld Fleet has some form of diplomatic contact.) Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pablo" Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:14:05 -0600 Subject: [STGOD-I] New Weapons of the Patriarchy Message-ID: <9s2f6s$10pu8m$1@ID-35195.news.dfncis.de> -------- Internal Communiqué To: Chffk-Admiral in exile in eighth Octant Old Friend, As you know, 75% of our production facilities in the home galaxy are working at capacity. Although slightly behind schedule, this effort is impressive for factories that have been in stasis for thousands of years. Also as planned, we have removed the majority of the Grand Conquest fleet from stasis and are preparing them for action. Many of them will be able to participate in our first attack wave, though the majority will not be ready until the main attack is launched. Attached is a brief rundown of forces now being incorporated into the grand fleet, both old and new. Gshkk-Riit PS--I hope that you will be sufficiently cleansed to participate in the attack with me. =========== Spatial Whip- One of the oldest weapons in the navy. There are two available models. Superconducting Wire- A very thin superconducting wire, between 1 and 1000 kilometers in length. It is stretched between two weights of a heavy superconductor, to keep it taut. It is thin enough to slice through virtually all hull materials available to our enemies. It is extremely hard to hit, and most area-effect weapons are impotent to destroy it, because of it's superconducting nature. Unfortunately, it is useless against shielding. Slaver Stasis Field Wire- Effectively the same as above, but the weights contain a Slaver stasis field. This renders the weapon invulnerable to damage, and allows it to penetrate shielding with ease. Once launched, it is effective impossible to intercept or guard against. Sadly, we currently lack the ability to make large numbers of this weapon, so it is limited in use. Turbolasers- A somewhat impressive weapon that we have acquired from the conquest galaxy. After scavenging them from captured refugee vessels, we realized their utility. Although less powerful than our other weapons, they are very space efficient and have massive ammunition capacity. Our own models have slightly improved on the velocity of the fired bolt, extending the range and power. Doublefire Cannon- A weapon developed by Human and Jotoki Slave-engineers during the long peace. Two beams are fired at a target. I do not understand the cause of the effect, but I am told it works on fundamental principles of matter and energy, wherein the two impact areas become opposite in nature.. It has two settings, one against shields, and one against hull materials. Both are highly effective against their chosen target. It has yet to enter full production, but I expect it to become a weapon of choice in the future. (Despite the apparent similarities to the MDD weapon of our allies, it does not work on 'Philote' principles, at least as far as we can understand it.) ----Special Weapons---- Concentrated Sthondat Lymph Extract- This is a new, far more powerful form of the drug we use to stimulate our telepath's abilities. It has been observed to extend their reach to a system-wide level, and greatly increase their power. Now, beyond 'simple' mindreading, they are able to utterly alter their target's conception of reality and disable or kill massive numbers of people. During a recent test, a team of only three telepaths was able to exterminate an entire planet of roughly 2.1 billion primitive Pak Breeders. This drug is very dangerous, however, and will be used sparingly. Now, there is a wholly different weapon to speak of. ***Command---Begin Full Encryption*** I must inform you of recent developments. Fundamentalist priests have claimed that they have contact the One-Fanged God. Ordinarily, I would dismiss this idea out of hand, but it actually appears genuine. Attached is a video clip of the uninhabited star of XH12940 achieving Nova, apparently on the request of these priests. It is difficult to imagine that possibility, but the star was previously judged incapable of natural supernova, and the fundamentalists predicted the time and effects of the event down to the very second. No outside force was used to induce nova. I do not know what this will bode for the future. ***End Encryption*** I will wait for a future message to address the ships now being put under my command. Until then. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 05 Nov 2001 21:05:30 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] RSDF singularity disruptors Message-ID: <20011105160530.28840.00001398@mb-bk.aol.com> -------- >"It's an interesting technology." > >"Who is in position?" > >"Team Zeth and Speke are both halfway through insertion phase two." > >"Either in position to obtain a sample?" > >"Probably Speke though their action would expose Zeth as well." > >"Very well, inform Speke to begin preperations for a removal of a technology >sample and get some more P-sats covering whatever worlds we know this 'RSDF' >of posessing." > >"Aye, sir." RSDF Research facility, Floor 893, Laboratory Security "Did any representatives from N'hreah alliance nations arrive here today?" " No ma'am. It's obviously a security breach. Your orders?" "Station company B near the turbolifts. Companies A & C will capture the prisoners. Shut off this floor." "Yes,Ma'am!" ::Alarm sounds:: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 23:33:45 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] RSDF singularity disruptors Message-ID: -------- "Setzer 2438" wrote in message news:20011105160530.28840.00001398@mb-bk.aol.com... > >"It's an interesting technology." > > > >"Who is in position?" > > > >"Team Zeth and Speke are both halfway through insertion phase two." > > > >"Either in position to obtain a sample?" > > > >"Probably Speke though their action would expose Zeth as well." > > > >"Very well, inform Speke to begin preperations for a removal of a technology > >sample and get some more P-sats covering whatever worlds we know this 'RSDF' > >of posessing." > > > >"Aye, sir." > > RSDF Research facility, Floor 893, Laboratory Security > > "Did any representatives from N'hreah alliance nations arrive here today?" > " No ma'am. It's obviously a security breach. Your orders?" > "Station company B near the turbolifts. Companies A & C will capture the > prisoners. Shut off this floor." > "Yes,Ma'am!" > > ::Alarm sounds:: /OOC you don't thik MSS would be that obvious would you? They have to fight the NRI which is fast developing into one of the premier insertion based intelligence services so they wouldn't do something that dumb...our people are already there. "Comapny B report!" silence "Company B report godamnit!" silence "All station full alert weapons are free shoot any targets not properly cleared." The security center was a mass of confusion as harried techs tried to piece tgether events that were coming in a huge wave of rapid fire disinformation. First there had been the fals landing, then the various alarm decommissionings, then Company B had gone off the air. "Sir we might have a problem," was the first thing that caught everyone's attention as the speaker was the center's Assitant Chief of Security. "Records show that the main power just finished routing to the turbolift shaft but the shaft computer still reports the lifts as locked and stationary." "Give me visual" Instantly a security camera view appeared on an overhead screen showing an empty berth where a turbolift should be. "Damnit where is Company B they were suppossed to watch the lift!" "They're on the lift pad." The command center went silent. "What did you say?" "They're on the lift pad," a very junior technician said, sweat pouring off his face, as a VERY angry director looked down at him. "Well they won't be for much longer, their vessel just began boosting." "Shoot them down NOW," the Security Chief shouted into a side comm connecting him with a local fighter group and cruiser detachment." "Its no use they're gone sir." "What do you mean gone," the Director asked to stunned to realize what had happened. "Do you mean cloaked, what?" "Gone sir, since they don't register even on gravitic sensors they must have used their "philote" drive." Even as the Director stood shocked at the breach he learned the truly bad new. "What did they get away with?" "A complete copy of the entire data core." "Shit." -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 06 Nov 2001 09:46:59 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] RSDF singularity disruptors Message-ID: <20011106044659.23699.00001794@mb-fj.aol.com> -------- >"What did they get away with?" > >"A complete copy of the entire data core." > >"Shit." "Are they out of range now?" "Yes, ma'am." "Fortunately, they didn't raid the CEs*. They latched right onto the decoy.Right down to the 'invasive program'. I'm primarily concerned with how they wiped out company B." "How long does the Deus invasive program take to work?" "Seconds at best.How about I show you the testing files?" Her subordinate nodded his assent. "Are you familiar with the colony ship Eldridge." "Yes ma'am. An alien ship that appeared at random one day. It self destructed over an uninhabited M-class planet before we could establish contact with it." "We recorded its last moments. The data we found in it's computer core was enough to remake Deus." As she spoke, the lieutenant activated a display screen. It showed a ship, 97 km long, flying through space. There were several city sprawls inside the ship. They could be seen through the large glass roofs, obviously designed to let in sunlight. As the ship traveled onward, large metal doors closed over the sunroofs. Status indicator lights throughout the ships interior changed from blue to green, to bright red. On the bridge, every monitor and viewscreen blared "WARNING" in urgent red letters. A female crewmember analyzed the readouts, as the neutral computer voice said "This is a level 1 emergency." TECH:Omega one restarted. Alpha One genome restructured. Confirming exon replacement... On a monitor in front of her, an embryo formed into a small winged creature. Another tech reported its status TECH 2:Base code 85 million, 100 million! It's speed is overwhelming! Alpha One to Razea**l Central, access confirmed. Initializing safeguards. I've been disconnected! On the monitor, a white dot traveled though a field of polygons. TECH 1:Activating emergency safeguards...Access Denied! Contamination is spreading widely. Captain! Captain:Cut off its power cables manually. TECH :Roger. Activating self-destruct bolts. Confirming... Somewhere else in the ship, a power conduit section fell away from the wall. The indicators showed that power stopped temporarily, then electricity surged between the gap, restoring power TECH:No good. Nothing happened. TECH 2 :Omega One, they are attacking! We can't stop them! 98% of our weapons have been taken over. TECH :Auto pilot system Deus has been accessed. And it's phased space logic is being rewritten. On the monitor, a large portal appeared underneath a sphere. TECH :Ergo area is increasing. An internal plane is forming. Switching to space displacement mode. Alpha One, confirming transfer of coordinate codes. Cordinates input NX128EZ061, the main planet! The captain stood up. CAPTAIN:Damn, so they're planning on attacking. He picked up the phone. CAPTAIN:Engine room, activate the emergency sealing system. Inside the engine room, the video showed nothing but broken power cables. CAPTAIN: Engine room? Eng- The phone which was dangling off the hook in the engine room was severed. The captain placed the phone down. Suddenly, red text appeared on the monitors. "YOU SHALL BE AS GODS" was repeated oner and over, filling up the screen CAPTAIN:See that all civilians and passengers are safely transported to the escape shuttles. I will send a dispatch after evacuation is complete. I am evacuating the ship. All of you , evacuate now. People ran in terror through the ship and jump into escape shuttles. Suddenly, beam weapons rose from the ship, turned and quickly shot down the escaping ships. The captain watched in horror. He sits in his chair and pulled out a locket with a picture of whom the Raians assumed were his wife and daughter. He set it aside and pushes some buttons. A small panel rises. He enters in a final keycode , pushed a few buttons and sat in his seat calmly. The ship was ripped apart by a huge explosion. * Calculatory Engines. Basically a mechanical computer powered by magic. Non-Raians, always trying to find God in technology. **Razeal was the ship's computer core. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 23:21:29 +1100 Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Further RSDF testing Message-ID: <3be7d4a8$0$5046$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- And on an unrealated note, the NOFR today anounced the deployment of six brand new Omega class Battleships the Evangelion, Zeus, Titan, Avatar, Onslaught and Imperator into NOFR-AYC space to join the Tripetz, several weeks out of drydock. All ships are rumered to have been equiped with the Super Quantum Discharge cannon but no officials were willing to comment. There have been reports of other fleet movements with these ships of thousands of capital ships, however specifics are not known at this time. This has been Janes Galactic reveiw. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 17:41:34 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Further RSDF testing Message-ID: -------- "Phong Nguyen" wrote in message news:Xns91516FE04B17Aphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) wrote in > news:20011106061127.22938.00001829@mb-mm.aol.com: > > >> Unless that is Philote Mist, it should be impossible to disperse MDD > >> with it. > >>And if you have MDD technology, the entire megaverse is going to gang > >>up on you, including the Psychonians. > >> > > > > That was a test MDD, the only one I have. I can't deploy MDD technology > > on my ships, so don't worry... > > > > Ya Big baby. Oh, Wah,Wah, he has MDDs he's mean, I you can't come to > > my birthday party boo hoo... CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER! > > > ::dials up the number for the NRMD MSS:: > "Really, baby philote tech?" "Yup" "Okay, well take care of this, oh yes and the quarter million credits worth of latinum have been depostied in your commodities account don't ask how we got the number." -- Operation Fish Sticks *BAM* "I love a good assassination, especially gnerals," Deke Mutabarin whispered waiting for his spotter to confirm. "Good hit he,s down," Fuller reported quietly as the nearby buildings errupted in heavy automatic weapons fire. "Slow crawl back to rally one, off right." "Righteo, lets move." Ten minutes later the duo was back at their gear and boarding their shuttle. Within mere seconds they had boosted and philoted, alltogether a routine insertion and kill for a member of the NRMC Scout/Snipers division. /OOC C'mon now I have the most folproof insertion method possible and you are actually gonna use philote tech? The only person with ANY MDD technology besides the two Republics is Boyd and possibly the Colonial Navy if they still exist. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 06 Nov 2001 17:57:58 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Lumina Table Message-ID: <20011106125758.28668.00003502@mb-cg.aol.com> -------- >>His mission done, Fett climbed out of the atmosphere and entered hyperspace. > >Looks like I got me a new BITCH! > >::casts spell:: > >::Slave 1 is squashed by Meteor:: > >OOC:It's a spell from Final Fantasy 7 I don't know how big it is, but it's >definately large enough to render an Earth sized planet uninhabitable./OOC "This has gone on quite long enough" Murmured Nitram, the Beastial clone which ruled the Lost. The Savior, his flagship, folded space and proceeded to drop him off at Setzer's planet. A pair of Arachnids, massive spider-like Constructs, came with him, tearing up the landscape as they went. Finding the rogue sorcerer, the three closed in, weathering all manner of spells. A burst of lightning hit one Arachnid, but only succeeded in pissing it off. A whirling cloud of blades assaulted the other, slicing off legs that regenerated instantly. A massive storm of magic hurled itself at Nitram, dissipating harmlessly against his superior power, that of the Force. "We are Legion." Were his only words, before slammin his Beastial hand through Setzer's ribcage, ripping out the heart, and crushing it. Leaving the dead sorcerer behind to be trod on by the massive Arachnids, Nitram returned to the Savior. Seconds later, the Sovereign-class SSD folded away. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 6 Nov 2001 18:26:54 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- [OOC] v1.0 Initial Draft, Modification of the NATO Charter Setzer: an attack on civilians would generally be on the territory of one of the parties, so I did not include it. The POW thingie can be arranged on another treaty and I feel is superfluous to this charter. [/OOC] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Article I The Parties undertake, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of international peace. Article II The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being. They will seek to eliminate conflict in their international economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration between any or all of them. Article III In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty, the Parties, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack. Article IV The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened. Article V The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security signatory area. Article VI For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: * on the territory of any of the Parties * on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force. Article VII Each Party declares that none of the international engagements now in force between it and any other of the Parties or any third State is in conflict with the provisions of this Treaty, and undertakes not to enter into any international engagement in conflict with this Treaty. Article VIII The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the area to accede to this Treaty. Any State so invited may become a Party to the Treaty by depositing its instrument of accession with the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity. The Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity will inform each of the Parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. Article IX This Treaty shall be ratified and its provisions carried out by the Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional processes. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity, which will notify all the other signatories of each deposit. The Treaty shall enter into force between the States which have ratified it as soon as the ratifications of the majority of the signatories, including the ratifications of New Republic, the Terran Trade Authority, the United Terran Republic, the New O'Farrell Republic, the Raian Empire, [Beowulf's Group], the Outworld Fleet and the Star Kingdom of Serenity, have been deposited and shall come into effect with respect to other States on the date of the deposit of their ratifications. Article X After the Treaty has been in force for ten years, or at any time thereafter, the Parties shall, if any of them so requests, consult together for the purpose of reviewing the Treaty, having regard for the factors then affecting peace and security in the area, including the development of universal as well as regional arrangements for the maintenance of international peace and security. Article XI After the Treaty has been in force for twenty years, any Party may cease to be a Party one year after its notice of denunciation has been given to the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity, which will inform the Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of denunciation Article XII This Treaty, of which the English and Basic texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity. Duly certified copies will be transmitted by that Government to the Governments of other signatories. [OOC: sign here if you want to join up - but only if you were on the email invitation] Signed, Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 18:30:25 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: <5%VF7.14884$xS6.20969@www.newsranger.com> -------- In article , Phong Nguyen says... > >[OOC] >v1.0 Initial Draft, Modification of the NATO Charter > >Setzer: an attack on civilians would generally be on the territory of one >of the parties, so I did not include it. The POW thingie can be arranged >on another treaty and I feel is superfluous to this charter. [/OOC] > > >The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty > >Article I > >The Parties undertake, to settle any international dispute in which they >may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international >peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in >their international relations from the threat or use of force in any >manner inconsistent with the purposes of international peace. > >Article II > >The Parties will contribute toward the further development of peaceful >and friendly international relations by strengthening their free >institutions, by bringing about a better understanding of the principles >upon which these institutions are founded, and by promoting conditions of >stability and well-being. They will seek to eliminate conflict in their >international economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration >between any or all of them. > >Article III > >In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty, the >Parties, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective >self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individual and >collective capacity to resist armed attack. > >Article IV > >The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of >them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of >any of the Parties is threatened. > >Article V > >The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them shall >be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree >that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the >right of individual or collective self-defence, will assist the Party or >Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with >the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use >of armed force, to restore and maintain the security signatory area. > >Article VI > >For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the >Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: > > > * on the territory of any of the Parties > * on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in > or over these territories or any other area in which occupation > forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the > Treaty entered into force. > >Article VII > >Each Party declares that none of the international engagements now in >force between it and any other of the Parties or any third State is in >conflict with the provisions of this Treaty, and undertakes not to enter >into any international engagement in conflict with this Treaty. > >Article VIII > >The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other State in a >position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to >the security of the area to accede to this Treaty. Any State so invited >may become a Party to the Treaty by depositing its instrument of >accession with the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity. The >Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity will inform each of the >Parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. > >Article IX > >This Treaty shall be ratified and its provisions carried out by the >Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional processes. The >instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with >the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity, which will notify all the >other signatories of each deposit. The Treaty shall enter into force >between the States which have ratified it as soon as the ratifications of >the majority of the signatories, including the ratifications of New >Republic, the Terran Trade Authority, the United Terran Republic, the New >O'Farrell Republic, the Raian Empire, [Beowulf's Group], the Outworld >Fleet and the Star Kingdom of Serenity, have been deposited and shall >come into effect with respect to other States on the date of the deposit >of their ratifications. > >Article X > >After the Treaty has been in force for ten years, or at any time >thereafter, the Parties shall, if any of them so requests, consult >together for the purpose of reviewing the Treaty, having regard for the >factors then affecting peace and security in the area, including the >development of universal as well as regional arrangements for the >maintenance of international peace and security. > >Article XI > >After the Treaty has been in force for twenty years, any Party may cease >to be a Party one year after its notice of denunciation has been given to >the Government of the Star Kingdom of Serenity, which will inform the >Governments of the other Parties of the deposit of each notice of >denunciation > >Article XII > >This Treaty, of which the English and Basic texts are equally authentic, >shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Star Kingdom >of Serenity. Duly certified copies will be transmitted by that Government >to the Governments of other signatories. > > >[OOC: sign here if you want to join up - but only if you were on the >email invitation] > >Signed, > > Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity Admiral Ray, Outworld Fleet >-- >Phong Nguyen >Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu > AIM: JediPhong > >"War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beowulf Date: 7 Nov 2001 02:36:08 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- Phong Nguyen wrote: > [OOC] > v1.0 Initial Draft, Modification of the NATO Charter > This Treaty, of which the English and Basic texts are equally authentic, > shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Star Kingdom > of Serenity. Duly certified copies will be transmitted by that Government > to the Governments of other signatories. > > > [OOC: sign here if you want to join up - but only if you were on the > email invitation] > > Signed, > > Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity > The Commandship Sparta came out of Interdimensional Drive just outside of the capital system of the SKS. On board was King Lysander V of the Third Empire. It activated the gravitic thrusters and moved toward the planet. Beowulf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 18:47:07 -0800 Subject: (STGODi)The Badger refit crashes Message-ID: -------- The gravity generators on the fighters had to perform double duty acting as both life support, and as part of the main shield system. The need for artificial gravity generators was becoming critical, and the projected fighter losses were out matching the projected training program. The new Hugin II's were being held up by the lack of components, and the space requirements were destroying the fighter program, the small ships program was also in trouble space consumed by crew and food was taking up too much room, shortening cruise range, in the protracted war against the Goa'uld, and potential Yuzzam Vong incursions. Nothing under 700kt could power a stargate to replenish in the field, yet small escort ships would be needed.... Roma's suggestion, would have been considered a crime by most packs, however the linkages allowed her to control the _Grail_ and a smaller number of her worker and drone vessel, like some sort of a hive queen. The first 'volunteers' had been "Omegas" criminals allowed to regain their warrior status through this new process. The cyborg implants would bypass the controls completely the fighter or escort would become their body, replications would provide nutrients, isometric shocks would keep the body from withering, still the shaving of the fur, and the other cybernetics were considered offensive by most Fenari. The tanks were another matter. The Fenari may have been sailors, but, living inside those water filled tanks seemed wrong to them. Still they were facing swords or being driven out into the jungles of Badger, they had little choice in the matter. The carrier's minders looked around the pilot's chambers, sealed and prepped for battle. The newest fighter's were smaller, nothing but engine and arment. Some shielding, but mostly speed and maneuverability, nothing to worry about but the stress on the frame. The cybernetic linkages allowed the pilot to control the fighter cyberpathically. sensors becoming senses, body signals translating into movements, jamming was possible but highly unlikely. One plan had called for the removal of everything except minimal life-support surrounding a severed brain, however tests with a guard who had been executed for assaulting a Romulon had proven ineffective. The Carrier's escorts were another matter, a single minder, and a single pilot/navigator crewed the vessel, the missiles, and energy weapons were his new claws, the sensors his new nose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beowulf Date: 7 Nov 2001 02:48:35 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- Beowulf wrote: >> [OOC: sign here if you want to join up - but only if you were on the >> email invitation] >> >> Signed, >> >> Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity >> King Lysander V, Third Empire Beowulf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 03:57:33 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- > The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty > > Signed, > > Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity Antarian Branstead, President of the Senate of the New Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:50:55 -0800 Subject: (DTGOD) Grail Mining Corp annouces first Supership Construction, and it's not a weapon system Message-ID: -------- The first Supership from The Grail mining company has manufacturing their first 'Super'Class vessel, the SuperAdvertising Carrier: (It can manufacture workers, and other correvette class ships for protection/mining systems.) However the largest feature, is the massive Screen Billboard. Suitable for broadcasting images down to the whole of a planet's population from space. (Think the Goodyear blimp meets an Eclipse class SD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 21:14:33 -0800 Subject: Re: (DTGOD) Grail Mining Corp annouces first Supership Construction, and it's not a weapon system Message-ID: -------- On a subnote: AD space can be purchased by anyone, and they can designate any planet who they want to have advertised to..... (Hint, Hint) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 07 Nov 2001 11:01:31 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: <20011107060131.23968.00001531@mb-fk.aol.com> -------- "Please respond. I am Ambassador Eidots, representative of the Raian empire. We wish to establish negotiations with the SGE, and must speak with you leader or his/her representatives." This message was played on all diplomatic channels in the area. It was terse, but said what was necessary. The diplomatic envoy sat back and waited for a response. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 22:20:29 +1100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: <3be917d8$0$5034$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Signed, Chris O'Farrell. President of the NOFR Senate. It should be ratified by the lower chamber within a day or two. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 08 Nov 2001 00:14:52 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: <20011107191452.10563.00001577@mb-bd.aol.com> -------- >Ambassador Eidots, the SGE would like to invite you and your staff to our >Milky Way capital world New Coruscant to conduct negotiations an hopefully >make arrangements for the contruction of embassies in the future. Our >ambassadors will meet you there. The ambassador's shuttle entered orbit around New Coruscant. Hailing the air traffic controllers, they recieved an approach vector, and landed on a floating platform. There were several cloaked figures waiting for him. Eidots had no idea which one was the leader, so he decided to address them as a whole. " Greetings on behalf of the Raian Empire. We have come to establish an embassy for further negotiations, pending the results of our initial parley." His tail twitched nervously as he awaited a response. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:35:42 -0800 Subject: Re: (DTGOD) Grail Mining Corp annouces first Supership Construction, and it's not a weapon system Message-ID: -------- Hmm, Orion Syndicates here, You want us to open up an Hooters WHERE!, ok, were hiring some former ARSE bartenders. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 06:44:51 GMT Subject: [STGOD-i} Code Tango Blue Message-ID: -------- /OOC I promised to talk about this one some time ago, its basically the ultimate "don't screw with MDD weapon because I'm trying to leave the NR/NRMD set for a nice dramatic showdown in the next coupla STGODs before I dump MDD tech entirely, which I'm sure encourages everyone who spent so much time creating MDD defenses. NRMD Defense Document A-11TB Operational Order CODE TANGO BLUE Authority Level: A1 Confirmation: M1 Synopsis Code Tango Blue is the operational plan which encompasses the Republic's insurance policy against the spread of Philote driven technology outside carefully controlled avenues as dictated under normal policy review procedures. There are three seperate levels indicated and each has increasingly dire consequences both for the Republic and for the Target. Option 1 Major Attack Option: see subset-2 SIOP Tasking Tasking orders to: MSS Tasking orders: 1) MSS shall endeavour to recover or destroy all offending technology. Situational Application: Should another power develop ansible communication or sensor technology outside of Republic directed activities Code Tango Blue-1 shall be in effect and the offending state will be officially placed on the list of enemies. Option 2 Major Attack Option: WINDED SIOP Tasking Tasking orders to: ALL Fleets, ALL CinCs, ALL Reserve Formations Tasking orders: 1) Command shall immediately transfer to direct peronal supervision of the Chief of NRMD Military High Command currently R.A. Wilkens, NRF. 2) All tasking messages shall set Ansible Encrypt B-1. All operational traffic shall set Ansible Encrypt A-1. All other traffic shall go under EMCON Level 2. 3) All vessels shall engage in a campaign of ongoing, and continuous action against targeted nation until all avaliable resources are exhausted Additional: 1) Civilian Manufacturing shall be directed to maximize output to ensure rapid replacement of all combat vessels in service. 2) NRN shall reinforce the NRF with such units as are neccessary 3) All Reserve units at C-1 or better will be recalled. Situational Application: Should any nation aquire MDD technology outside of Republic directed aplications Code Tango Blue-2 shall automatically be in effect. Command descretion allows increased or decreased status alert. Option 3 Major Attack Option: SKYFALL SIOP Tasking Tasking Orders to: ALL Tasking Orders: 1) All units shall immediately engage in continued and unrestrained warfare against civilian and military targets with ALL avalable weapons 2) All Strategic Missile Units shall immediately target designated planets and philote launch weaponry 3) All civilain manufacturing facilities shall devolve to military control 4) ALL Philote manufacturing facilities will invoke Status-1 (see footnote) Situational Application: Should any power develop Philote Drive OR should a power be deemed too threatening with MDD technology Code Tango Blue-3 will be invoked in order to secure the safety and future of the True Republic. Footnote: Status-1: Status-1 indicates that all avaliable energy resources of the Republic will be devoted exclusively to philote manufacuturing including, but not limited to, several production runs on nothing but additional energy plants. All resources will be devoted to completeion of the maximum number of Command-level Capital Ships. Expected output expected at no less than 1 /Peacekeeper/s per day for the first week and no less than 5 per day the second week. END END /OOC Option three would completely ruin the entire NRMD financially, the would literally bankrupt the government with the simple cost of utilizing the neccessary amount of energy (building Peacekeepers is just a BIT energy intensive even in Philote space). However the speed of production can eventually outmatch anyone because I can "think" new power resources into existence which can then power even more facilities which can build more vessels and more power units (exponential curve). in other words develop MDD and within a week I could simply torch anything HOWEVER the fact that even the Lost could conquer the NRMD while they fight this conflict has entered the minds of the planners so its a double edged sword. "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lord Rog" Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 00:57:10 -0000 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: <9sfa0p$136elq$1@ID-31976.news.dfncis.de> -------- The shortest of the cloaked figures stepped forward into the light, the Raian ambassador could now see that the human female that confronted it was none other than Lady Lora. The director of imperial intellegence and second most powerful member of the Slaaneshi had come personally to oversea negotiations. Eidots tail twitched again ashe remembered from his breifing that this individual was responsible for more deaths than Vader and Tarkin combined. Of course Lora was trained to notice such things and she greated the ambassador in his own languauge. "You have nothing to fear here, if my brothers Empire wanted you dead then you shuttle would not have reached our space. We invited you here because we wish to learn more about your people, I don't believe that the SGE has had much contact with the Raians before although my agents within NRI have learned a great deal about your culture." She paused to make the point before continuing. "As such I have assembled a delagation that will be working with you, in particular Ambassador Corus has my personal authorisation to negotiate on our behalf on any deal that you wish to offer. I unfortunately have to leave for the Boyd Collective in the morning but you are invited to a banquet in your honor at my family estate tonight." OOC/ Pick a site, any site for your embassy and let the talks begin. Im sure we can both reach a mutually satisfactory conclusion. -- Vir Rog (Imperial Military Executor and Slaaneshi Sorcerer Lord) Lord_Rog@Hotmail.com "Don't Fuck with Megatron" - attributed to a very sensible person ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 9 Nov 2001 00:57:36 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: -------- "Lord Rog" wrote in news:9sf96v$12ogku$1@ID-31976.news.dfncis.de: > > Cmdrwilkens wrote in message > news:UWjG7.5670$Ze5.3558271@news1.rdc1.md.home.com... >> "Setzer 2438" wrote in message >> news:20011107060131.23968.00001531@mb-fk.aol.com... >> > "Please respond. I am Ambassador Eidots, representative of the Raian >> > empire. We wish to establish negotiations with the SGE, and must >> > speak with you leader or his/her representatives." >> > >> > This message was played on all diplomatic channels in the area. It >> > was terse, but said what was necessary. The diplomatic envoy sat >> > back and waited for a response. >> >> /OOC You realize that entering into an agreement with them means you >> are allied with both the New Republic (N'Hreath) and the SGE while >> those two are at war with each other. >> > > Well the SGE always has been willing to enter into negotiations with > the NR with a view to ending the boarder conflicts before they escalate > into a full scale war between the Mars Pact and the N'Hreath Alliance. > Of course we mantain that we are not and have never been the agressors > in this or any part of the galactic civil war. Heh Heh Heh. > [OOC]::smacks Lord Rog in the back of the head:: [/OOC] The Star Kingdom would offer to mediate an end to the civil war between the Second Galactic Empire and the New Republic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Deimos Anomaly Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 18:53:40 +0000 Subject: [STGOD-i] Ship upgrades. Message-ID: <3BEC2634.3C251D6F@aol.com> -------- The HRS _Warspite_, the HR's flagship, has pulled into the Chyrbydis system, the HR's premier industrial/production/shipbuilding area, for a massive upgrade refit. The former Thruster-class RGV (now the Warspite-class Supercruiser) Warspite, is to have upgrades specifically to its shield system, which is being upgraded to being upgraded with hypershielding technology provided by our great ally, the USSSR. Also, the weapons systems are to be upgraded. Cheifly, the quantity of weapon emplacements on the ship's surface is to be greatly increased, as a military analysis had concluded that the vessel was massively undergunned for her size. Also, a new ship type is being designed. Based on the very efficient Star Destroyer internal layout and hull shape, the new vessel, the Wolverine-class Star Destroyer, is to be just 360 meters long. Despite being by far the smallest ship ever designed along Star Destroyer-lines, it is considerably overpowered, having almost two thirds of the firepower of a VSD-II. The WSD is to be designated as a pocket battleship. -- September 11, 2001 - A day which will live forever in infamy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 09 Nov 2001 19:34:55 GMT Subject: [STGOD-s] Driving Home the Wedge. Message-ID: <20011109143455.18015.00002132@mb-fz.aol.com> -------- Indara Thunderer. The ships under construction were utterly impressive. They were Trosan class Planetoids, no less than 4,160km in diameter. These big brothers to even the Asgerd-I class Planetoids were optimised for Energy Weapons combat; They carried on the order of thirty times the firepower in energy weapons that a Asgerd-I could carry and had even better shielding, though at the cost of a reduction in their missile batteries in comparison to those ships. Queen Halite had the misfourtunate of first discovering the only Trosan she had run across when she had begun salvaging ships of the Fourth Empire, and it had self-destructed rather than activate for her, but the scans she had gotten of it were utterly detailed, and now that she was building new ships, she was building Trosans. The details of the construction equipment that she had gotten from the Soviet Union, at that they in turn had recently received, had been used to build incomparable furnaces for these tasks. Not less than four Trosan class Planetoids were under construction, in addition to two Vespa class Planetoids, equal in size to the Utu class and optimized for planetary assaults, six Enchanach class transport Planetoids that could double as minelayers, and two Fabricator class mobile repair Planetoids. The massive maws of the assemblies they had constructed for this task mercilessly consumed an entire solar system. It had once held eleven planets and two asteroid belts, in addition to assorted comets. The planets were being blown apart, with just enough force. The asteroids were being tractored into the maws of the construction assemblies, or blasted down to bite-sized chunks first, if too large. What came out of the other side of those assemblies were the massive pre-fabricated inner sections of the ships, or huge reactor or core tap assemblies, or massive armour plate sections for the outer hulls of the Planetoids, or other major equipment. It was faster than trying to build the entire ship with the equipment, much faster, and far less complex. Drones tractored the completed sections into place, and then other drones completed the final assembly. It was quick, very, very quick; Sections of hull dozens of kilometers long could be moved into place and then built into the ship in a very rapid period of time after they had been built. In the Phase Dissambler Arrays, to be precise, the technology have traveled from The Lost to the USSSR to Queen Halite through the shadowy world of underground intelligence gathering and the ruthless trade of people cutting deals to survive who had absolutely no morality. There were 200 Phase Dissambler Arrays here, 196 in operation and four as the reserve in case any broke down. 14 were operating on each ship; That would mean that some smaller ships would finish sooner than others, allowing them to begin construction of two more Trosans and finish them in time by concentrating the available arrays on them. Less than fifty-three days after production started, the reinforcement of the fleet would be complete. Between cloning and other less savory methods, in addition to general overcrowding on their other ships, they'd actually be able to man them, as well. It had taken them a while to get the Phase Dissambler Arrays running, eighteen days, all told, but they'd been stockpiling materials for it and they had millions of professionals working on it, even if they were the scum of the galaxy. Even the hated, disenfranchised, and the evil generally had to work at it or be brilliant to get there. They'd now been here for a bit more than nineteen days longer than that, and five weeks and two days, with a fair amount of it building time, was showing some real progress from their team. Star Marshal Matthias Jorgensen leaned back, gulping down the last of his cup of coffee and then grinning. This had turned out excellently. Halite had decided to hold back with the tame Kzin, who were now off playing merry games in the middle of nowhere near Klingon space with their stealth fields waiting for the signal. He was building up huge system defenses here, and building ships, for that matter. The Star Kingdom of Serenity knew they were here, but they were being oddly cautious about the entire thing. He'd exchanged a few messages with them, and so far they'd just been sweeping the Galactic Rim with a fleet and not getting to close. Admiral Dilynrae, Drow that she was, had her theories about that, and she suspected they might mount the same sensors as the outpost stations. She was also paranoid, but Jorgensen's analytical side that Halite prized had to agree that the possibility definitely existed. Well, the Dark Energy that Halite apparently possessed probably wasn't had by anyone in the fleet; Drow were nasty enough, but not inherently or permently evil. Matthias shuddered when he thought about Halite, and decided that was probably why he was just a rather unlucky bastard fallen on hard times who could still get the job done. Not to mention the mental perks, of course. His favourite had to be, simply enough, the uniform. Well versed in history, there had to be something that was simply inherently impressive about the uniform of the Imperial Marines of the Fourth Imperium and Fourth Empire, which ultimately was unchanged through the Fifth Imperium and Sixth Imperium, and that he now wore. After all, the SS had copied it, courtesy of the renegade Fleet Captain Anu. Other than the starbursts of the Imperium in place of the skulls, the serrated hisanth leaves on the lapels, and gold braid instead of silver, it was functionally the same. Considering that Star Marshal Kyle Knopf had worn the exact same uniform, Matthias was sinisterly amused at times as to what exactly people thought of the Sixth Imperium. Well, with the coffee break obviously done, there wasn't any more of an excuse to hang around his office next to Command One, the main bridge, of the Indara Thunderer, and so he headed down to at least show up there; He could have queried the Compcent about the location of the Star Kingdom of Serenity's fleet, but it wasn't smart enough to talk back much. Pulling on the black gloves just before the doors opened into the corridor, he headed for Command One. He'd gotten into too much of a habit to stop wearing those, even if they didn't go quite nicely with the uniform, but they did, and that sealed it. Imperial Nemesis. Dilynrae thought she could not stand the impossible boredom of her position any longer, but of course she could. And so time had stretched on, as they waited without action. The sensors had made Queen Halite cautious, understandably. It still gnawed into Dilynrae's soul, for she had so wanted to pierce into the heart of the Star Kingdom of Serenity; To show them up at the beginning as she knew she could, then, if not again. In addition to the construction of reinforcements, after all, the Utu class ships had to be refitted with Fourth Empire grade shielding and weaponry to bring them to full combat effectiveness, and give their weaponry the power to induce atomic fission in the hull of a struck target or a targeted planet, like that of their Fourth Empire brethern. That had been her task to oversee; To her pleasure, it had been finished four days prior on all fourteen ships, rotating the refits so that only two were down at a time, and they didn't need the PDAs, just supplies, drones, sweat, and a secure location, to do the work. Of course, Dilynrae thought this location was far from secure, for even with the fortifications in the system and the arrangement of four Asgerd-Is and fourteen Unus in addition to light ships and parasite warships of the Planetoids, they were close to the home territory of the enemy, and she knew that in the realm of the arcane she was sorely outpowered. Though Halite's opinion of Titanite was lower, Dilynrae wanted to meet the woman, in person, before this all began, as part of her infiltration mission. Better to know one's enemies. "Nemesis?" A query through her implants. "Yes, Admiral?" The Compcent replied. "What was the range on the last pass of the SKS Royal Navy squadron we've been tracking?" "Twelve-point-five light minutes precisely from beyond the boundary of this solar system." "Well within Hypermissile range," Dilynrae mused, softly. "Affirmative," Nemesis replied, though Dilynrae hadn't asked it as a question; Compcents were quite literally minded. Either they knew or they didn't care. They probably knew and didn't care, assuming peace with the Sixth Imperium and simply maintaining a polite limit. Either that, or they did have the sensors that Dilynrae suspected, and they had wanted to get in close to either make sure the fleet was clean or confirm their readings; Hopefully the first. Dilynrae had faith that she was certainly nothing like Halite at all, but one could still not be sure, and the paranoid but brilliant mind of the Drow planned for contigencies in both directions, though the limitation to couriers hobbled her options in reporting back to Halite, and in even finding the Kzin, assuming they'd bother to listen to her in the first place; They were strictly in this because of Halite. A sigh, and the Drow turned to a desk in the darkness and sat at it, bringing on the light just enough to work at the console there. Sometimes it was better to read the data than to let Compcent deliver it directly to her mind. Dilynrae sorely wished for a massage at this moment, that rather favoured method of relaxation among her species. Unfourtunately, she had learned that despite the lavish attention that was gifted to making sure commanding officers were comfortable on these Planetoids, there was very little time available to make use of those comforts, or anything else she might desire. And therein was truly a universal constant. The sigh was briefly a wry smile, and then she got to work. They could only wait, now, as they built, wait until Queen Halite judged the risk acceptable, and hope that what the SKS considered 'of the Negaverse' did not include anything but her. If the SKS didn't suspect them, well then... Soon enough they would proceed, and the patience would be rewarded. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 00:33:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: <9sif1p$1306g2$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- > Signed, > > Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity Jackson Weber, United Terran Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 10 Nov 2001 07:50:22 GMT Subject: Re: [STGOD-i] Halite's Battle Fleet. Message-ID: <20011110025022.15943.00002237@mb-cu.aol.com> -------- Utu-class Planetoid: Dimensions: 3,200km in diameter. Crew Capacity: 250,000 standard naval crew; Parasite warship and fighter crew additional. 200,000 troops may also be carried. Weaponry loadout: Anti-Ship Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic-Molecular Beam Disruptors. (Lightspeed propagation.) Total output: 8.4e43 J for all energy weapons firing simultaniously. Combat Section firepower: 6e42 J. An Utu-class Planetoid is divided into fourteen different firing sections, and each one of these is fully capable of vapourizing a standard habitable planet with energy left over, as necessary for the burn-through and fratricide of cutting through a planet in the femtoseconds of vapourization. Total number of energy weapons: 14,000,000 emplacements, all of equal size; Firepower is evenly distributed between them. Range: 6 Light Minutes theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire for beam cannon: Once every second. Note: In the recent upgrade in the Milky Way galaxy to the Utu-class vessels in Queen Halite's fleet, these weapons have been replaced with Gravitic-Atomic Beam Disruptors with a combat section firepower of 2e44 J and an overall firepower of 6e45 J for all weaponry. As the new weapons are Fourth Empire type Gravitic-Atomic weaponry, they will induce fission in a target as per those weapons standard to Fourth Empire ships. Anti-Ship Missile Weapons: Type: Hypermissiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Iota-band long range hyperlight attack missile invulnerable to interception and undefendable except via Hypershielding which is specifically capable of configuring rapidly enough to match threats approaching in the Iota-bands when they are detected with necessary shipboard sensors. (Fourth Empire Hypershielding is specifically designed for this task, as it becomes more difficult to defend against incoming Hyperspace projectiles the higher the band they are in; They can literally skip past the shield because the shield is not configured to defend against a threat approaching from such a high band of Hyperspace.) Warhead type: Gravitonic; Produces artificial black hole upon detonation. Current Mk.38 warhead has an artificial black hole with a yield of 60,000 gravities for three seconds. However, the affect is relatively localized over an area 20km in radius, though the momentum of a starship can push additional areas of the vessel into the area of effect before it collapses, with a backwash of radiation typical of such an event. Range and Speed: The range of the standard Fourth Empire Hypermissile is 15 Light Hours, and the missile sustains a speed of 8,400c in Hyperspace and the Iota-bands. The Fourth Imperium Utu-class Planetoids in the fleet have received these Hypermissiles. Number of launchers: 200,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,500. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Type: Sublight Missiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Standard gravitic-drive sublight shipkiller missiles. Warhead types: Gravitonic: See warhead effects of Mk.38 for damage from a sublight Gravitonic missile. Fusion: 10 GT Focused Charge Fusion Warhead, with all the force of the detonation focused into a 1/2-degree forward arc for maximum penetration and damage effect. Anti-Matter: 200 GT Matter/Anti-Matter warhead serving as the detonator for a large plasma charge consisting of a slagged penetrator of Battle Steel plate, shaped forward, that the detonation would vapourize into enemy armour. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 25 Light Minutes and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.87c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Spoilers/Jammers/ECM: All missiles are fitted with full defenses against interception and anti-missile missiles along with other defenses, to prevent their interception by anti-missile missiles and tracking by point-defense systems. These use standard Fourth Empire systems. Fourth Imperium ships in the fleet are fitted with Fourth Empire missiles now. Number of launchers: 400,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,000 M/AM + 2,000 Fusion + 4,000 Gravitonic. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Missile Weapons: Type: Interceptor Missiles. Missile function: Point defense against fighters and missiles. Warhead type: Warp Cluster Bomblets. The warhead section of the missile explodes, unleashing 50 Bomblets, each one with a warhead similiar to a Warp Grenade. These detonate and suck the area around them and anything inside of it (But only partially, if only part of it is in that area) into hyperspace. With no way to leave it. These weapons are not effective to be scaled up, but were cleverly adapted by Halite's engineers as the bomblets for the warheads of anti-fighter/anti-missile missiles. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 5 Light Seconds and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.98c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Number of launchers: 28,000,000. Missiles per launcher: 50,000. Rate of Fire: Up to ten missiles per second. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic Disruptor Pulsers. (Lightspeed propagation.) Firepower: 500 PJ per shot. Total number of emplacements: 112,000,000 Range: 3 Light Seconds theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire: 20 pulses per second. Shielding: The Utu-class is equipped with Hypershielding designed to survive 2e45 J as an absolute burst capacity. Upgraded versions in Halite's fleet can withstand 8e46 J as an absolute burst capacity. The absolute energy of the shields is 4e47 J; Upgraded: 6e48 J. The recharge rate is 8e44 W standard, 4e45 W upgraded. (The refits to upgrade the ships were just completed with resources from the Milky Way galaxy; The refits involve fitting the Utu-class vessels with Fourth Empire technology, etc.) Armour: 48 x 2km thick layers of Battle Steel, each one seperated by an 0.5km void space. Propulsion: Sublight: Phased gravitonic progression drive with a maximum attainable velocity of 52.4% of the speed of light. FTL: Asvin-type Wormhole drive (Added in refit), Enchanach drive capable of Cee-six Factorial. Hyperdrive capable of 2,800c added in prior refit as well. Onboard Parasite craft: 200,000 x Two man sublight fighter craft. 8,000 x 80,000 metric ton Parasite Battleships. (sublight) 20,000 x 65,000 metric ton Parasite Heavy Cruisers. (sublight) 40,000 x 48,000 metric ton Parasite Destroyers. (sublight) Asgerd-I class Planetoid: Dimensions: 4,000km in diameter. Crew Capacity: 200,000 standard naval crew; Parasite warship and fighter crew additional. 200,000 troops may also be carried. Weaponry loadout: Anti-Ship Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic-Atomic Beam Disruptors. (Lightspeed propagation.) Total output: 1e48 J for all energy weapons firing simultaniously. Combat Section firepower: 6e46 J. An Asgerd-I class Planetoid is divided into fourteen different firing sections, and each one of these is fully capable of vapourizing a standard habitable planet with energy left over, as necessary for the burn-through and fratricide of cutting through a planet in the femtoseconds of vapourization. Total number of energy weapons: 28,000,000 emplacements, all of equal size; Firepower is evenly distributed between them. Range: 6 Light Minutes theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire for beam cannon: Once every second. Special note about weaponry: The weaponry disassociates the matter of an impacted physical target at the atomic level. The result of this is that the affected area of the target immediately detonates in an atomic fission reaction as a secondary explosion on top of the damage inflicted by the beam. This is a function of the amount of mass vapourized, and the actual yield of the explosion varies; If multiple beams strike, the effect can combine to one large fission explosion, and may even turn the entire targeted ship into a massive fission warhead before it detonates. Anti-Ship Missile Weapons: Type: Hypermissiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Iota-band long range hyperlight attack missile invulnerable to interception and undefendable except via Hypershielding which is specifically capable of configuring rapidly enough to match threats approaching in the Iota-bands when they are detected with necessary shipboard sensors. (Fourth Empire Hypershielding is specifically designed for this task, as it becomes more difficult to defend against incoming Hyperspace projectiles the higher the band they are in; They can literally skip past the shield because the shield is not configured to defend against a threat approaching from such a high band of Hyperspace.) Warhead type: Gravitonic; Produces artificial black hole upon detonation. Current Mk.38 warhead has an artificial black hole with a yield of 60,000 gravities for three seconds. However, the affect is relatively localized over an area 20km in radius, though the momentum of a starship can push additional areas of the vessel into the area of effect before it collapses, with a backwash of radiation typical of such an event. Range and Speed: The range of the standard Fourth Empire Hypermissile is 15 Light Hours, and the missile sustains a speed of 8,400c in Hyperspace and the Iota-bands. Number of launchers: 400,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,800. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Type: Sublight Missiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Standard gravitic-drive sublight shipkiller missiles. Warhead types: Gravitonic: See warhead effects of Mk.38 for damage from a sublight Gravitonic missile. Fusion: 10 GT Focused Charge Fusion Warhead, with all the force of the detonation focused into a 1/2-degree forward arc for maximum penetration and damage effect. Anti-Matter: 200 GT Matter/Anti-Matter warhead serving as the detonator for a large plasma charge consisting of a slagged penetrator of Battle Steel plate, shaped forward, that the detonation would vapourize into enemy armour. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 25 Light Minutes and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.87c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Spoilers/Jammers/ECM: All missiles are fitted with full defenses against interception and anti-missile missiles along with other defenses, to prevent their interception by anti-missile missiles and tracking by point-defense systems. These use standard Fourth Empire systems. Fourth Imperium ships in the fleet are fitted with Fourth Empire missiles now. Number of launchers: 800,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,000 M/AM + 2,000 Fusion + 4,000 Gravitonic. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Missile Weapons: Type: Interceptor Missiles. Missile function: Point defense against fighters and missiles. Warhead type: Warp Cluster Bomblets. The warhead section of the missile explodes, unleashing 50 Bomblets, each one with a warhead similiar to a Warp Grenade. These detonate and suck the area around them and anything inside of it (But only partially, if only part of it is in that area) into hyperspace. With no way to leave it. These weapons are not effective to be scaled up, but were cleverly adapted by Halite's engineers as the bomblets for the warheads of anti-fighter/anti-missile missiles. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 5 Light Seconds and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.98c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Number of launchers: 56,000,000. Missiles per launcher: 50,000. Rate of Fire: Up to ten missiles per second. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic Disruptor Pulsers. (Lightspeed propagation.) Firepower: 500 PJ per shot. Total number of emplacements: 140,000,000 Range: 3 Light Seconds theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire: 20 pulses per second. Shielding: The Asgerd-I class is equipped with Hypershielding designed to survive 2e50 J as an absolute burst capacity. The absolute energy of the shields is 4e52 J. The recharge rate is 8e48 W. Armour: 72 x 2.5km thick layers of Battle Steel, each one seperated by an 0.5km void space. Propulsion: Sublight: Phased gravitonic progression drive with a maximum attainable velocity of 70% of the speed of light. FTL: Asvin-type Wormhole drive (Added in refit), Enchanach drive capable of Cee-six Factorial, Hyperdrive capable of 3,200c. Onboard Parasite craft: 400,000 x Two man sublight fighter craft. 12,000 x 120,000 metric ton Parasite Battleships. (sublight) 32,000 x 80,000 metric ton Parasite Heavy Cruisers. (sublight) 60,000 x 60,000 metric ton Parasite Destroyers. (sublight) Trosan class Planetoid: Dimensions: 4,160km in diameter. Crew Capacity: 225,000 standard naval crew; Parasite warship and fighter crew additional. 200,000 troops may also be carried. Weaponry loadout: Anti-Ship Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic-Atomic Beam Disruptors. (Lightspeed propagation.) Total output: 2e49 J for all energy weapons firing simultaniously. Combat Section firepower: 8e47 J. An Asgerd-I class Planetoid is divided into fourteen different firing sections, and each one of these is fully capable of vapourizing a standard habitable planet with energy left over, as necessary for the burn-through and fratricide of cutting through a planet in the femtoseconds of vapourization. Total number of energy weapons: 48,000,000 emplacements, all of equal size; Firepower is evenly distributed between them. Range: 6 Light Minutes theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire for beam cannon: Once every second. Special note about weaponry: The weaponry disassociates the matter of an impacted physical target at the atomic level. The result of this is that the affected area of the target immediately detonates in an atomic fission reaction as a secondary explosion on top of the damage inflicted by the beam. This is a function of the amount of mass vapourized, and the actual yield of the explosion varies; If multiple beams strike, the effect can combine to one large fission explosion, and may even turn the entire targeted ship into a massive fission warhead before it detonates. Anti-Ship Missile Weapons: Type: Hypermissiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Iota-band long range hyperlight attack missile invulnerable to interception and undefendable except via Hypershielding which is specifically capable of configuring rapidly enough to match threats approaching in the Iota-bands when they are detected with necessary shipboard sensors. (Fourth Empire Hypershielding is specifically designed for this task, as it becomes more difficult to defend against incoming Hyperspace projectiles the higher the band they are in; They can literally skip past the shield because the shield is not configured to defend against a threat approaching from such a high band of Hyperspace.) Warhead type: Gravitonic; Produces artificial black hole upon detonation. Current Mk.38 warhead has an artificial black hole with a yield of 60,000 gravities for three seconds. However, the affect is relatively localized over an area 20km in radius, though the momentum of a starship can push additional areas of the vessel into the area of effect before it collapses, with a backwash of radiation typical of such an event. Range and Speed: The range of the standard Fourth Empire Hypermissile is 15 Light Hours, and the missile sustains a speed of 8,400c in Hyperspace and the Iota-bands. Number of launchers: 80,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,000. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Type: Sublight Missiles and associated launchers. Missile function: Standard gravitic-drive sublight shipkiller missiles. Warhead types: Gravitonic: See warhead effects of Mk.38 for damage from a sublight Gravitonic missile. Fusion: 10 GT Focused Charge Fusion Warhead, with all the force of the detonation focused into a 1/2-degree forward arc for maximum penetration and damage effect. Anti-Matter: 200 GT Matter/Anti-Matter warhead serving as the detonator for a large plasma charge consisting of a slagged penetrator of Battle Steel plate, shaped forward, that the detonation would vapourize into enemy armour. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 25 Light Minutes and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.87c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Spoilers/Jammers/ECM: All missiles are fitted with full defenses against interception and anti-missile missiles along with other defenses, to prevent their interception by anti-missile missiles and tracking by point-defense systems. These use standard Fourth Empire systems. Fourth Imperium ships in the fleet are fitted with Fourth Empire missiles now. Number of launchers: 200,000. Missiles per launcher: 2,000 M/AM + 2,000 Fusion + 4,000 Gravitonic. Rate of Fire: Once every three seconds. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Missile Weapons: Type: Interceptor Missiles. Missile function: Point defense against fighters and missiles. Warhead type: Warp Cluster Bomblets. The warhead section of the missile explodes, unleashing 50 Bomblets, each one with a warhead similiar to a Warp Grenade. These detonate and suck the area around them and anything inside of it (But only partially, if only part of it is in that area) into hyperspace. With no way to leave it. These weapons are not effective to be scaled up, but were cleverly adapted by Halite's engineers as the bomblets for the warheads of anti-fighter/anti-missile missiles. Range and Speed: The Missiles have a maximum range of 5 Light Seconds and have a maximum speed on their gravitic drives of 0.98c. The acceleration to this speed is effectively instant. Number of launchers: 56,000,000. Missiles per launcher: 50,000. Rate of Fire: Up to ten missiles per second. Anti-Fighter/Anti-Missile Energy Weapons: Type: Gravitic Disruptor Pulsers. (Lightspeed propagation.) Firepower: 500 PJ per shot. Total number of emplacements: 140,000,000 Range: 3 Light Seconds theoretical maximum. Rate of Fire: 20 pulses per second. Shielding: The Trosan class is equipped with Hypershielding designed to survive 8e50 J as an absolute burst capacity. The absolute energy of the shields is 6e52 J. The recharge rate is 8e49 W. Armour: 72 x 2.5km thick layers of Battle Steel, each one seperated by an 0.5km void space. Propulsion: Sublight: Phased gravitonic progression drive with a maximum attainable velocity of 70% of the speed of light. FTL: Asvin-type Wormhole drive (Added in refit), Enchanach drive capable of Cee-six Factorial, Hyperdrive capable of 3,200c. Onboard Parasite craft: 400,000 x Two man sublight fighter craft. 12,000 x 120,000 metric ton Parasite Battleships. (sublight) 32,000 x 80,000 metric ton Parasite Heavy Cruisers. (sublight) 64,000 x 60,000 metric ton Parasite Destroyers. (sublight) Notes: All crews aided by Compcents. The total number of ships consists of sixty-seven Asgerd-Is and fourteen Utus. Four Trosans are under construction, with two more planned. Also, various transports, repair planetoids, and planetary assault planetoids are also under construction; Stats for those later, if necessary. All ships currently under construction, and the two more Trosans planned, will be finished in somewhat more than five weeks, thanks to the miracles of PDA technology. (It's your fault, Nitram, for giving the designs to the most completely amoral regime in existence!) Phong and I have been talking about it, and this probably won't be a one on one conflict; Considering the level of firepower involved, there is probably a place for all of the N'Hreah powers to get involved in trying to defend the SKS. This is going to be so fun... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin Brian Witz" Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 00:52:24 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- The starkingdom's trade consolate was most unused to encountering a vessel of the so called "Sael'tar Consortium" one of the many Orion cartel's or syndicates. Besides having no territory in the Starkingdom, infact their territorial borders consisted entirely of smuggeling knock offs, holoporn, Bootleg music, videos & fanfics, and stolen goods into the under developed sections of the galaxy. Still the Golden skinned "trade envoy" was being annoyingly polite in his display of 'Culros' the Rigelian word for "honor" as well as "Pokerface" and "Keeping ones' 'cool'." "You needn't worry, we are not here to announce an intention to move our organization coreward, however, we are here to inform you that we have an 'opportunaty' that may be of use to you." "As our 'trade' or goods with the less developed sections of the galaxy has placed us in contact with the largest of the Fenari merchant/pirate clans, and ours being a humble trade syndicate, we were able to offer the Fenari intellegence on their activities against the Romulons,. in exchange for this information, our corperation provided a security and exfiltration for our 'assets' in Romulon space." "You see since the Fenari have began repartriating the Romulon P.O.W.'s and Merchant Crews, along with Refugees through the Rheaian Communist faction, we have been including our merchant assests, amoung those repatraiting. So what is your reaction to this information" [occ] The Smuggeling Cartel has achieved penetration of Romulon and Fenari space with their Black Market. They are interested in extending their trade with others and see this Communist movement as a restriction on their merchantile activities. Presently they control several small modification ports (Usually a large freighter converted into a 'Dry Dock' ship.) These ships also proform resupply for other vessels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 08:15:11 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The N'Hreah Alliance Treaty Message-ID: -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, Phong Nguyen found on 6 Nov 2001 18:26:54 GMT... >[OOC: sign here if you want to join up - but only if you were on the >email invitation] > >Signed, > > Alan Chamberville, Star Kingdom of Serenity President Ken Browning, Southern California Evacuation Force -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: {AGUT}Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) Date: 11 Nov 2001 02:25:31 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: <20011110212531.14360.00000346@mb-ma.aol.com> -------- >::grabs a toaster and watches it fall apart under the stress:: > >Look! It's even worse than an OF-TOAST SuperEconomy Toaster! ::Cuts to a video of a Jing Mei Cooking Aplliances spokesraian. He is standing in front of a table with several toasters on it.:: BUSINESSRAIAN: The toasters you believe we are selling the SGE are not indicative of Raian manufacturing. In fact, they aren't even Raian toasters at all! We mark our products with a "Made in Raia" engraving. ::Picks up toaster.The metal warps under the pressure:: See? no engraving at all! ::Sets the toaster down. Moves his hand. "Made in Raia" is engraved on the toaster's side.:: So to the rumors you foreigners have regarding our inferior products, I have just one thing to say: FALSE! ::As his voice echoes, the toasters fall apart:: (OOC: we should have a section of the FUQ for STGOD posts like this.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 11 Nov 2001 03:02:37 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] To the ruler of the SGE Message-ID: -------- setzer2438@aol.com (Setzer 2438) wrote in news:20011110212531.14360.00000346@mb-ma.aol.com: >>::grabs a toaster and watches it fall apart under the stress:: >> >>Look! It's even worse than an OF-TOAST SuperEconomy Toaster! > > ::Cuts to a video of a Jing Mei Cooking Aplliances spokesraian. He is > ::standing > in front of a table with several toasters on it.:: > > BUSINESSRAIAN: The toasters you believe we are selling the SGE are not > indicative of Raian manufacturing. > In fact, they aren't even Raian toasters at all! > We mark our products with a "Made in Raia" engraving. > > ::Picks up toaster.The metal warps under the pressure:: > > See? no engraving at all! > > ::Sets the toaster down. Moves his hand. "Made in Raia" is engraved on > ::the > toaster's side.:: > > So to the rumors you foreigners have regarding our inferior products, I > have just one thing to say: > FALSE! > ::As his voice echoes, the toasters fall apart:: > [Dissolve to to CNN newsdesk] As reported earlier by ISN, the Raian Empire has attempted to saturate the market with low-cost goods. In this latest announcement over the HyperNet, a Raian representative shows the inferior good of alleged RE manufacture, and one indicative of it. However, analysis of the video shows the 'Made in Raia' engravement on the first toaster [video overlay on shoulder, enhancement of image to show the trademark]. Furthermore, after the fade-to-black begins, video enhancement shows the toasters falling apart at the strain of his voice. Clearly, the Raian Empire's toasters must be avoided at all costs until their quality control improves. This is CNN Consumer Watch... [slow dissolve to a panning scene, cut to commercial break] -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Spyda Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:10:59 +1300 Subject: [STGOD-p] Propaganda footage Message-ID: <3BEE40A3.999E3318@paradise.net.nz> -------- ::Office of the galactic lotteries commission:: A singled Kzinti is standing in a room with two poles, one is a scratching post, the other has a scratch and win ticket attached to it. "If the Kzin scratches this post it could sharpen its claws." "If the Kzin scratches this ticket it stands to win up to $50,000." The Kzinti approaches the scratching post and proceeds to stick its claws into it. "Cats are stupid, buy the ticket." -- http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/spyda ICQ#: 39921647 _ _ _ _ \\ \\ // // // // \___/ \\ \\ // \\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pablo" Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 10:16:41 -0600 Subject: Re: [STGOD-p] Propaganda footage Message-ID: <9sm857$12vhde$1@ID-35195.news.dfncis.de> -------- "Spyda" wrote in message news:3BEE40A3.999E3318@paradise.net.nz... > ::Office of the galactic lotteries commission:: > > A singled Kzinti is standing in a room with two poles, one is a > scratching post, the other has a scratch and win ticket attached to it. > > "If the Kzin scratches this post it could sharpen its claws." > > "If the Kzin scratches this ticket it stands to win up to $50,000." > > The Kzinti approaches the scratching post and proceeds to stick its > claws into it. > > "Cats are stupid, buy the ticket." The Kzin then uses its now-sharpened claws to kill the announcer and steal all of the tickets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 10:02:29 -0800 Subject: Re: [STGOD-p] Propaganda footage Message-ID: -------- Fenari "Athlete" see's Kzin "cheating" and charges in as the rest of the Universe watches the eternal battle between Cats and Dogs (Wolves) unfolds on Pay Per View. Order now, subscriptions go to me and Pablo's slush fund.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 03:51:19 GMT Subject: [DTGOD} Diplomatic Communique from the NR to the Raiains Message-ID: -------- Greetings and Salutations from Kreth Mflt, Minister of State for the New Republic As directed by the senate of the New Republic I am instructed and advised to inform you that we have cause to believe you are engaging in a trade in armaments with the Second Galactic Empire. We understand your desire to expand your economic base through such avenues but we must point out several items of concern. Firstly in keeping with Articles I and II of the N'Hreath Treaty we state that the trade in the tools of war with nations that are not signatories of the N'Hreath Treaty seems to stand in violation of said Articles. These state bluntyly that international peace is to be sought by all and the trade in weapons of destruction with a foreign power is the antithesis of those statements. Next we must also point out that a declared state of War exists between the new Republic and the Second Galactic Empire. By selling armamnents to them you are endangering the safety and security of the citizens of the new Republic who are your allies under the terms of the N'hreath Treaty. Finally we must point out that this treaty appears to be in violation of Article VII which forbids parties to the treaty from engaging in "any international engagement in conflict with this Treaty." The selling of armaments to a declared enemy of one of the signatories could not be a more clear cut case of an engagement in conflict with the treaty. We do not object, nor could we, to the establishment of diplomatic officers with the Second Galactic Empire and while we would be willing to entertain efforts to settle the dispute between our Nation and the Second Galactic Empire we must firmly state that the trade in armaments is an affront to the declared peaceful intentions of your Nation. As always we are welcome to any effort by your government to clarify this seeming discrepency and would be willing to discuss the claims made herein with represenatives of your government either in private or before a meeting of the delegates from the signatories of the Treaty. May the Force Be With You All K.M., Minister of State -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 13 Nov 2001 18:20:55 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011113132055.11920.00000848@mb-mf.aol.com> -------- New Corellia System/People's Republic of New Corellia: High overhead, in orbit of that beautiful world that had become the colony for a tainted race, the massive multi-megaton armoured platforms of the USSSR were being completed. Cosmic Defense Corps personnel swarmed them, finishing the modular completion routine, as the Strategic Rocket Corps personnel finished installing the deadly load in each of them. There were sixty-eighty of the platforms orbiting New Corellia, in very distant orbits, indeed, and each of them massed not less than eight hundred and fifty million metric tons. Each one of the platforms, in turn, carried not less than one thousand long range strategic missiles. A relatively small number for those monstrous platforms, until one realized that these were huge missiles carrying primitive gravitonic warheads, and they had one purpose. The detonation of a sufficient number, after they disengaged hyperlaunch, and close enough to a star, would literally rip that star into pieces if they were properly placed and timed. The tidal forces of these events could easily shatter any habital planets nearby as a mere afterthought. And now 68,000 of these missiles, enough to doom a fair number of star systems to their deaths, though far fewer than their numbers, were under dual-key control between Strategic Rocket Corps personnel and The Lost. The platforms naturally had full hypershielding and defensive weaponry, anti-ship, anti-fighter, anti-missile, and more than enough fighters and torpedo boats of their own. Beyond that, the ships of the USSSR's fleets now patrolled this region, providing cover for The Lost, The People's Republic of New Corellia, their latest ally, as the newest and most efficient of manufacturing techniques were studied and considered for integration into the next Five Year Plan. Hegemonial Remaint: Here, the technology exchanges had been going well, as it had with The Lost, and the Soviet Union had received 10,000 World Devastator-As, sent to Sigma Epsilon, and in exchange had sent many scientists to the Hegemonial Remaint to provide the details of Gravitic Impeller Wedge Drive Technology (sublight), Chernikov Drives (ftl), Hyperlaunch Drives (ftl), Hypershielding, and Primary Beam Cannons, along with advanced nanotechnology to their Hegemonial Remaint allies. The technological exchanges were fully established, and it was soon hoped that other exchanges and the full integration of an alliance system could be established for the cooperative military efforts of the future, as the Hegemonial Remaint's military was brought up to the same technological levels, roughly, as the USSSR. People's Democratic Republic of Rhea: Twenty Large Rocket Cruisers, Twenty Aviation Starships, Fourty Rocket Cruisers, Fourty Large Rocket Ships, Eighty Rocket Destroyers, One Hundred and fifty Rocket Frigates, Two hundred and twenty Escort Frigates, Fourty Anti-Stealth Frigates, and Three hundred Torpedo Boats. Manned 25% by Soviet crews, these ships now consisted of the primary battle strength of the People's Democratic Republic of Rhea's Navy; Their old Fenari ships had been decommed to send the crews onto the Soviet ships to provide for trained personnel, as it was generally a vast growth in the size of the navy from that of one clan that had been more in material resources. This navy was now going to escort one hundred and sixty-five transports of various types. Some were Soviet, some were from the PDRR, some were from the HR, some were even from the People's Republic of New Corellia. That force had been trained over the past months, and heavily equipped with Soviet-style shielded hovertanks armed with fusion beam cannons and supporting armaments of light guns and missiles; The infantry had powered armour, in many cases, or unpowered in most others, and was excellently equipped and a disciplined fighting force. All indiviudal units at the Brigade level were evenly equipped with uniform equipment even if the entire force was not, and that was more than good enough, as they had pre-positioned a supply tail sufficient enough to deal with some diversity at that level. The majority of the equipment, 70%, was Soviet-based and tailored for the Fenari; the other 30% was high-quality Fenari designed and built. This force was now assembled and training up for the invasion of Fenris, conducting fleet maneuvers in the outer and inner system of Rhea, while massive orbital platforms guarded the planet its self, and the Admiral in Command simply awaited her orders from the People's Governing Soviet of Rhea to go ahead with the operation to add the homeworld of the Fenari to People's Democratic Republic.. The Homeworld they had already brought to its knees with a food embargo that their propagandaists had cunningly turned against its current rulers, blaming them on refusing to accept food from those who killed their 'legitimate' rulers and ruled instead by the Soviet. Of course, starving people would believe many things when they were desperate; They would know for sure only once they began the liberation. To quickly gain control of the world and hold it, they would follow up the first wave of freighters with another wave, which would come directly from the USSSR, escorted by Soviet warships. Escorted to Rhea, where it would load up food, and then to Fenris, where it would unload it, the perfect humanitarian mission. Lenin himself had taught this method by refusing to let his followers aide in famine relief, saying it would encourage revolutionary fervour later on. The Soviets were simply making sure that their disciples on Rhea were becoming _excellent_ Marxist-Leninists in every way, indeed. And so the March of Socialism and the Moscow Pact continued. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 13 Nov 2001 18:29:05 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011113132905.11912.00000851@mb-mf.aol.com> -------- < snip > Note, not V.I. Lenin class Large Rocket Cruisers, but rather a different and much smaller class of Large Rocket Cruiser; Large Cruiser is sort of an "Upper End" designation for Soviet warships. I will eventually try to get some stats for all of them out, the sooner the better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 13 Nov 2001 18:48:43 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011113134843.26533.00005722@mb-md.aol.com> -------- > New Corellia System/People's Republic of New Corellia: > > High overhead, in orbit of that beautiful world that had become the colony >for >a tainted race, the massive multi-megaton armoured platforms of the USSSR >were >being completed. Cosmic Defense Corps personnel swarmed them, finishing the >modular completion routine, as the Strategic Rocket Corps personnel finished >installing the deadly load in each of them. > > There were sixty-eighty of the platforms orbiting New Corellia, in very >distant orbits, indeed, and each of them massed not less than eight hundred >and >fifty million metric tons. Each one of the platforms, in turn, carried not >less >than one thousand long range strategic missiles. A relatively small number >for >those monstrous platforms, until one realized that these were huge missiles >carrying primitive gravitonic warheads, and they had one purpose. > > The detonation of a sufficient number, after they disengaged hyperlaunch, >and >close enough to a star, would literally rip that star into pieces if they >were >properly placed and timed. The tidal forces of these events could easily >shatter any habital planets nearby as a mere afterthought. > > And now 68,000 of these missiles, enough to doom a fair number of star >systems >to their deaths, though far fewer than their numbers, were under dual-key >control between Strategic Rocket Corps personnel and The Lost. > > The platforms naturally had full hypershielding and defensive weaponry, >anti-ship, anti-fighter, anti-missile, and more than enough fighters and >torpedo boats of their own. > > Beyond that, the ships of the USSSR's fleets now patrolled this region, >providing cover for The Lost, The People's Republic of New Corellia, their >latest ally, as the newest and most efficient of manufacturing techniques >were >studied and considered for integration into the next Five Year Plan. The gravitic signature of a Wormhole opening signalled the end of the construction, as the Soviet vessels returned home. The _Savior_ drifted in orbit, watching the new platforms move into place. On her bridge, Nitram steepled his fingers. "This is entirely too close to an Earth military situation I read about once... Expect possible arrivals from the NATO powers. I hope my connections with the Kingdom are enough to ensure we don't get blown off the map by this..." Tahalshia looked to the holo's of the other command ship captain's. Where once there had been only three, now there was fifty. "Increase patrols of local space. If trouble starts, we don't fire the first shot. Dismissed." ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:17:29 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011113134843.26533.00005722@mb-md.aol.com: >> New Corellia System/People's Republic of New Corellia: >> > "This is entirely too close to an Earth military situation I read about > once... Expect possible arrivals from the NATO powers. I hope my > connections with the Kingdom are enough to ensure we don't get blown > off the map by this..." > > Tahalshia looked to the holo's of the other command ship captain's. > Where once there had been only three, now there was fifty. "Increase > patrols of local space. If trouble starts, we don't fire the first > shot. Dismissed." > The response was not long in coming. Sensors detected a high-speed reconnaisance craft enter and exit the system in short order, with others soon following, sensors focused on the orbiting missile platforms. Other sensor probes, hiding in the depth of hyperspace began scanning the area for the precise location of the launch facilities. The next day, a battlegroup belonging to the Star Kingdom of Serenity's Royal Navy (Reserve) appeared out of foldspace and promptly began a blockade of the system, scanning all ships entering and exiting the system...and halting those flagged under MOSPAC nations. Reinforcements began arriving - including an interdiction-field generator sufficient to block travel within several light hours. The carrier groups began tasking recon craft to make detailed sensor passes against primary defense centers, defensive platforms and the missile base defense systems. Meanwhile, the Strategic Command ordered bombers to their marshalling points under a rotating basis and missile cloakships to go to high alert in preparation for an attack. The New Corellia Missile Crisis had begun. Meanwhile, a carrier-based Vigilante light strategic bomber screamed towards New Corellia to probe its defense systems... -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:20:24 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- Deimos Anomaly wrote in news:3BEC30E7.7702AEC4@aol.com: >> The Soviets were simply making sure that their disciples on Rhea were >> becoming >> _excellent_ Marxist-Leninists in every way, indeed. >> >> And so the March of Socialism and the Moscow Pact continued. > > In other news, the HR ordered 3,000 Vanguards to begin patrols tight > along the borders of the SKS (under one lightyear outside the border). > Five of those ships also test-fired a Rache-II ISM, destroying five > uninhabited solar systems, each of which was very close to the SKS > border. > ATTN: Hegemony Remnant FROM: SKS Your latest actions have proven most destabilizing to the galactic peace. We request that you reconsider your rash actions. The Moscow Pact cannot protect you if you launch, and your arsenal cannot penetrate the Kingdom's defense grid. You have been warned. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:21:12 -0800 Subject: (STGODi)Evacuation and reinforcements Message-ID: -------- Headline Badger: After weeks of nothing, the first news from New Barsoom. The planet has been taken by the Goa'uld a battered Dreidiex (sp) class Romulon Warbird captured in the last conflict arrived at Badger, full of refugee's. In other news, the Sea Furies have left the orbit of Fenris and arrived at badger with their fleet of Drakkar class Cruisers, and assorted other ships (Pictures of Converted Space Freighters as they pass by, including one "Hostile Takeover" which appears to be a supergiant class Ore transport.) Elsewhere as the last billboard carrier cleared it's self from the grail and headed off to parts unknown, The Grail began to begin production of military and support vessels, still the two experimental "Hope" class stellar Torpedoes remained in side Grail, along with half a dozen "Phoenix" class gravity drones. Terraforming operations could wait, now was the time for Roma to show her claws. The Fenari already had, hundreds of cruisers and destroyers, her building two new Avalon class carriers Avalon and Calypso had added greatly to the Forces around Badger. Badger forces of battle Grail-Unarmed Mothership Drone Fighters: 200 (Just in the Mothership) Tristram Class Destroyer Escorts: 10 (Destroyer, x20 anti fighter Missiles, x5 Ion Cannon Turrets) Gawain Class Missile Destroyers: 10 (x1 Spinal Ion cannon, x10 Anti-Ship Missiles, x10 anti fighter missiles) Percival Class Beam Destroyers: 10 (x2 Spinal Ion Cannon, x5 Ion Cannon Turrets, x10 Anti Fighter Particle Beams) Hope Class Torpedoes: 2 (Generates intense gravitational array field, followed by a powerful Fission/Fusion reaction, capable of Igniting a Star, Obviously a Hyper capable drone munitions*Frigate Class) Phoenix Class Torpedoes: 5 (Generates intense gravitational pull sufficient to turn an asteroid field into a planet, obviously also a hyper capable drone munitions*Frigate Class) Worker II class Drones: 30 (AI/Remote linkage controlled miner/salvage/repair unit.) Lancelot Class Battlecruiser: (X2 Light Siege Class Spinal Ion Cannons, x10 Double Ion Turret, x30 Quad Particle Turret) Arthur Class Dreadnaught (To be Built) (x1 Siege Cannon, x80 Double Ion Turret, x80 Missile Launchers (Matter Replication Reloads)) Avalon Class Carriers: 2 (x2 Spinal Ion Cannons, x40 Multibeam (Anti Fighter, Anti Missile, Anti Capitol) Turrets, each holding 50 Drone Fighters at this time. Can hold twice that amount ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:34:26 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011113163426.22694.00005523@mb-fc.aol.com> -------- >The response was not long in coming. Sensors detected a high-speed >reconnaisance craft enter and exit the system in short order, with others >soon following, sensors focused on the orbiting missile platforms. Other >sensor probes, hiding in the depth of hyperspace began scanning the area >for the precise location of the launch facilities. > >The next day, a battlegroup belonging to the Star Kingdom of Serenity's >Royal Navy (Reserve) appeared out of foldspace and promptly began a >blockade of the system, scanning all ships entering and exiting the >system...and halting those flagged under MOSPAC nations. Reinforcements >began arriving - including an interdiction-field generator sufficient to >block travel within several light hours. The carrier groups began tasking >recon craft to make detailed sensor passes against primary defense >centers, defensive platforms and the missile base defense systems. > >Meanwhile, the Strategic Command ordered bombers to their marshalling >points under a rotating basis and missile cloakships to go to high alert >in preparation for an attack. > >The New Corellia Missile Crisis had begun. > >Meanwhile, a carrier-based Vigilante light strategic bomber screamed >towards New Corellia to probe its defense systems... > "The Kingdom. So much for loyalty... Prepare to use the prototype Iron Curtain if necessary. _Hunger_, see if they'll back off from some posturing. This could just be saving political face. All fighter patrols, scramble, just in case. Fingers off the triggers, people." Acolytes, TIE Avengers, and the odd TIE Defender and Bat-class fighter emerged from bays throughout the system, fighting through the false gravity to stand off with the Kingdom's forces. Parting the sea of fighters before it was the immense bulk of the Eclipse-class _Hunger_, it's Fleet Corruptor showing signs of warming up as it probed and postured. << Your illegal barricade of this system will end immediately. Lower your interdiction field now and permit standard trade to resume, or you will suffer the consequences. >> The lone bomber that went to probe was set upon by three Acolytes, hard maneuvering to keep up. No shots fired, but targetting systems were hot. Whoever flinched first... Nitram rubbed his temples aboard the Savior. The first crisis against a true Galactic power had begun. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 13 Nov 2001 21:53:14 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011113163426.22694.00005523@mb-fc.aol.com: > << Your illegal barricade of this system will end immediately. Lower > your interdiction field now and permit standard trade to resume, or you > will suffer the consequences. >> > > The lone bomber that went to probe was set upon by three Acolytes, hard > maneuvering to keep up. No shots fired, but targetting systems were > hot. Whoever flinched first... > > Nitram rubbed his temples aboard the Savior. The first crisis against a > true Galactic power had begun. > "Negative. Your basing of Intermediate-Range Strategic Missiles near the border of the Kingdom constitutes a direct threat to international security. All traffic will be let through after a detailed scan and a search if warranted. Please advise that we will defend ourselves if fired upon. " The bomber pilot smiled. The Acolyte starfighter was highly maeuverable and possesed good firepower, but it could not possibly hope to intercept the strike bomber. Anyways, his probe was complete and he turned back to the blockade fleet, leaving the enemy interceptors behind. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 21:55:19 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- "Phong Nguyen" wrote in message news:Xns91589B8ED71B3phongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in > news:20011113134843.26533.00005722@mb-md.aol.com: > > >> New Corellia System/People's Republic of New Corellia: > >> > > "This is entirely too close to an Earth military situation I read about > > once... Expect possible arrivals from the NATO powers. I hope my > > connections with the Kingdom are enough to ensure we don't get blown > > off the map by this..." > > > > Tahalshia looked to the holo's of the other command ship captain's. > > Where once there had been only three, now there was fifty. "Increase > > patrols of local space. If trouble starts, we don't fire the first > > shot. Dismissed." > > > The response was not long in coming. Sensors detected a high-speed > reconnaisance craft enter and exit the system in short order, with others > soon following, sensors focused on the orbiting missile platforms. Other > sensor probes, hiding in the depth of hyperspace began scanning the area > for the precise location of the launch facilities. > The New Corellia Missile Crisis had begun. > > Meanwhile, a carrier-based Vigilante light strategic bomber screamed > towards New Corellia to probe its defense systems... > Republic Newsnet Channel 12: "This is Cyndia Metri reporting live from the chambers of the new Republic Senate where President Branstead is expected shortly to give a speech on the current state of affairs with regards to the Republic and the N'Hreath Alliance Treaty Organization." "Cyndia, this is Kyle back in the studio," came the voice over as picture in picture sprung to life. "We understand that there has been a major change in the alliance's position recently but do we know whom the President will be speeking to besides his immediate audience." "Kyle we have been getting only fragementary information from sources most of whom are connected in through the Select Committee on Intelligence Oversight but information is slim." "What kind of ideas are coming out of those sources?" "Right now it seems that President Branstead is concerned with two completely seperate issues. The first obviously being the increased tension between the Republic and the Raians over there arms strade agreement with the Second Galactic Empire." "What else is on everyone's mind." "It appears that something very important is happening with regards to both the Moscow Pact and our ally the Star Kingdom of Serenity. As we all know the USSSR has been increasing military aid to various members of its pact organization. We now are learning that the Star kingdom recently detached a relatively large foce of strategic and tactical warships to an unknow location, or at least unknow at this time. Neither government has made any official announcements but we have reason to believe....hold on Kyle." At that moment a single pod hovered from the ceiling of the assembly chamber to a point roughly equidistant from all the delegates. In a voice that had selected him for the job he barked forth the traditional greeting. "Delegates of the Senate, the President of the Senate!" The assembled throng sttod in balconies or onboard floating delegation pods with senators, governors, and various sectorial officials. All rose, or immitated the movement, to greet the President whose floater carried him from the base of the Senate chamber to a point a third of the way upwards and dead center on the half moon bowl. The floater came to rest at the official platform of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate where the speaker's platform stood for Branstead's spech. "Kyle it looks like things are about to start so we're going to sit back and watch." -- " Fellow senators, represenatives of the assembled member worlds of the Republic, foreign guests welcome. To the people of the Republic at home or work watching I bid you welcome and ask that you listen well to what must be said." "I wish to start by way of some history. We have all grown older in an era of conflict born anew. Even as we have waged a generations long war with the Empire and have fought the Yuuzhun Vong off now we have been called back into the arena of conflict. Over the last decade we have faced advesaries numerous times who sought to use us or to crush us, in that time we have fought bravely and well for principles that must be defended if our descendants are to have a future." Applause burst through the hall as senators again rose to salute both the record of their military and to remind the voting publc that they were behind the ideals and principles of the Republic. "We have since that time taken two courses of action. The first time it was in this hall that we chose to no longer stake the lives of the next generation on conflict and turmoil outside this galaxy for we needed to look inwards after the destruction of the First Invasion. We found out that our lives depended upon being a part of those extra-galactic affairs even as we were forced to face the Military Dictatorship that calls itself the True Republic. Since finding this our foreign specialists have been hard at work trying to secure a peaceful future for all beings and this led us to the N'hreath Treaty." "When we chose to become signatories we understood that this was a means to promote peace by securing the friendship of those with whom we share the same ideals in the value of life. This treaty was the first building block to a safe and peaceful universe where our children would grow old never knowing death and sorrow." Once more applause burst through the chamber like a wave engulfing all those present especially the crowd of onlookers in public gallaries. "This history brings us to the present and the newest threat to the safety and security of the multiverse at large. The Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics has chosen to place medium ranged strategic weaponry in the New Corellia system where it has the range to threaten almost all the member worlds of the N'hreath Treaty. This is an act of unprovoked aggression. It is NOT a defensive arrangement but rather an attempt to force us all to cower in fear of them and submit to their dictatorial denial of every freedom which we hold true. The line against such aggression must be drawn here and now, that they might know that threating the lives of civilians is an act of uncalled for barbarity lest we even comprehend those weapons being launched." "After consultation with the Minister of Defnese, the New Republic joint Military Command, and the Senate Defense Committee I hereby issue the following declarations." "To the USSSR, withdraw your weapons from New Corellia and cease this unneccessary threat to the life of innocent civilians. Those weapons represent a grave miscalculation on your part and must be removed wither by your own hand or by the hands of someone else. "To the Star Kingdom of Seernity whose peoples are most closely affected we offer you our support and committment. Even as I speek elements of the First Attack Fleet are forming up at an undisclosed loaction ready to assist whatever efforts will be neccessary to secure a return to peace and tranquility in this region of space." "Gentelbeings of the Republic, we are not a warlike people. This government has always sought to promote more peaceful pursuits in the arts and lesiure but we must recognize a threat when one exists. We must rememebr that the principles of peace and self determination are being stomped on by the USSSR and their actions must be contained before they cost others their lives. Thank you all and may the Force be with us in this endeavour." -- "Well there you have it Kyle..." Fade to black. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:43:05 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- In article , Phong Nguyen says... > >nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in >news:20011113134843.26533.00005722@mb-md.aol.com: >The next day, a battlegroup belonging to the Star Kingdom of Serenity's >Royal Navy (Reserve) appeared out of foldspace and promptly began a >blockade of the system, scanning all ships entering and exiting the >system...and halting those flagged under MOSPAC nations. Reinforcements >began arriving - including an interdiction-field generator sufficient to >block travel within several light hours. The carrier groups began tasking >recon craft to make detailed sensor passes against primary defense >centers, defensive platforms and the missile base defense systems. > >Meanwhile, the Strategic Command ordered bombers to their marshalling >points under a rotating basis and missile cloakships to go to high alert >in preparation for an attack. > >The New Corellia Missile Crisis had begun. > >Meanwhile, a carrier-based Vigilante light strategic bomber screamed >towards New Corellia to probe its defense systems... The Outworld Fleet fully supports this blockade. This deployment of strategic weaponry is highly detrimental to galactic stability, and must therefore be condemned. The sensor vessel /Observer/ will be deployed to support the blockade, and to gather additional information on the missile bases. Additionally, the Fleet stands ready to support the Star Kingdom in whatever manner is necessary to resolve this crisis. (OOC: Should be very frustrating for the crews of those missile bases when the /Observer/ starts scanning them. After all, high-powered scans originating from empty space at all are not exactly normal. Neither, for that matter, are such scans originating inside your hull.) >-- >Phong Nguyen >Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu > AIM: JediPhong > >"War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 11:57:30 +1100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <3bf1c05a$0$1778$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- In move of solidarity with their NATO allies, the NOFR today dispatched three blockade squadrons of ships to support the SKS's stand against the USSR's decision to arm its client state with strategic weapons, upsetting the balance of power in half the Beta and Gamma Quadrents. The task force includes Dozens of Cataclysm II class Dreadnaughts with full scale interdiction systems supported by hundreds of escorts from Star Destroyer to Frigates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beowulf Date: 14 Nov 2001 04:15:25 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- Chris O'Farrell wrote: > In move of solidarity with their NATO allies, the NOFR today dispatched > three blockade squadrons of ships to support the SKS's stand against > the USSR's decision to arm its client state with strategic weapons, > upsetting the balance of power in half the Beta and Gamma Quadrents. > The task force includes Dozens of Cataclysm II class Dreadnaughts with > full scale interdiction systems supported by hundreds of escorts from > Star Destroyer to Frigates. In similar news, 20 Kutuzov monitors have also been dispatched to the New Corellia system. These monitors are each reportedly able to destroy several Terran standard planets simultaneously. FADM Beowulf has given the following statement: The basing of medium range strategic missiles on New Corellia will not be tolerated. These bases must be removed within the next 90 Terran standard days or else. Beowulf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:35:01 -0800 Subject: Re: (STGODi)Evacuation and reinforcements Message-ID: <7uAI7.50953$ie3.676611128@news.inreach.com> -------- The First Ship to leave Badger was a heavy transport full of Romulon P.O.W.'s bound for Rhea, The Romulons may be enemy and grass eating scum, but it was the warrior's obligation to insure that they had no part in the comming battle, that which could not be stripped and taken was to be destroyed. The battleline would cover the Grail, the mining and stardock ships, as well as the Medical ships from the oncomming Goa'uld horde. The first action was to launch FTL missiles, and retreat, Queatzacoutl's forces with stood the first bombardments, loosing Jaffa crewed ships before 'Turning Back' Badger as his forces had New Barsoom before. Death Glider's sought out the fugitive fleet, but found the drone fighter's to be far more vexing then the Fenari Fighter's they had faced before, smaller, harder to hit, and possessing just as much firepower, the pilotless drones, harrassed the Glider force, the loss of Jaffa was inmeasurable against the loss of some mere minerals that the drones represented.... The Fenari Fleet needed time, time to refit their forces, and to hold off the advance, as Fighters finished off the last drone and prepared to attack the retreating ships they found the batteries of the "Hostile Takeover" waiting for them, The 2000kt 'ore freighter' had been built to fight rather then haul materials. slowly turning her flank to the oncomming gliders she let them 'have it' as Disruptor Beams, Fusion Heat, and acclerated particles lit up the dark cluster missles, and gravity charges followed clearing space of pursuing vessels, her gravity sheilds changed configuration now hauling the ship rather then protecting it, enabling the slow vessel to move faster, and faster... On board the Hospital ship _Morrigan_ Sygil regained conciousness. She remembered K'vel her, Romulon Omega "Pet" cowering behind her, as she and her sister defenders prepared to make a last stand weapon's jammed or empty against the Jaffa. She remebered the horible instant as the deathglider's raked their possition, but she could remember not how she had came to be here. A Barsoon medic stood over her cleaning a nasty burn along her skull, her left ear was gone, as was much fur, (Lucky she thought, it should have killed her.) K'vel had refused to go along with the others her failure as a captain would result in her execution, but it was not fear of death that kept her from leaving with the rest of the Romulons, prior to the evacuation, she would have welcomed death. No, with the Deathglider's raking her position, she had activated her old comm. code, the Barsoon Runner attempting to figure out just what a transporter was, had banged his head in suprise as she and a dozen armoured Fenari had arrived back on board the Warbird. Hallen had rushed at once to assist them, and had protected them selflessly. It had been primarily the stress of captivity, and the protracted flight that had driven her to the Desert Runner's arms. Out beyond the Parimeter there are no stars, the vastness of the galactic arms, drifted away to gaps where gasses and minerals dispersed, not enough to form up planets or suns but enough for Kushan worker's to harvest, and turn into materials of war, the science labs inside _Grail_ were frantic with activity, Chiron Badger looked shocked at Roma's smug, cheer. "See, I TOLD you, all matter is composed of energy."=came her intial challenge. "But, it CAN'T be synthasized, no other civilization has every done it before!" "Well, if I can build planets or use an atmospheric incinerator to turn a gas giant into a sun, I can probably synthsize just about anything." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 06:15:49 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD} Diplomatic Communique from the NR to the Raiains Message-ID: -------- "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in message news:XM0I7.21701$Ze5.11506078@news1.rdc1.md.home.com... > May the Force Be With You All > K.M., Minister of State Gentlebeings of the Raiain Empire we ask for and MUST have your answer to our requests within the near fiututre as the rapidly deteriorating situation surrounding New Corellia threatens interests beside these. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 15 Nov 2001 22:28:11 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011115172811.26248.00000157@mb-fi.aol.com> -------- >"Negative. Your basing of Intermediate-Range Strategic Missiles near the >border of the Kingdom constitutes a direct threat to international >security. All traffic will be let through after a detailed scan and a >search if warranted. Please advise that we will defend ourselves if fired >upon. " > >The bomber pilot smiled. The Acolyte starfighter was highly maeuverable >and possesed good firepower, but it could not possibly hope to intercept >the strike bomber. Anyways, his probe was complete and he turned back to >the blockade fleet, leaving the enemy interceptors behind. "Damn and blast." Nitram muttered as the ever-increasing blockade throttled the New Corellia system. The vessels already out beyond the system were trapped outside, thanks to the interdiction system. Trade had ceased, fearful of NATO retribution. And the other members of MOSPACT were completely silent. "We've been left to die in the night." Remarked Xilal from the Eclipse alongside of the Savior. "Just sweep us under the rug when the going gets tough, same as everyone else." Nothing like a Falleen to take the pessimistic side. The angry dwarf on the _Hunger_ was of much the same mind. "We've been abandoned, Sir. Likely they just wanted us to be a diversion, and we're being a fine one." Nitram leaned back in the command chair as a squadron of Bat fighters, sleek and, at the first glance, unarmed, screamed past the Bridge on their patrol. He would have preferred the first combat situation they would see would be against the NRMD or Hegemonal Remnant, but this situation was escalating. Already, fleets that dwarfed the Lost's were patrolling the area. "We're going to need to play the political game. Prepare a live feed on whatever wavelengths we can broadcast on." As the equipment was warmed up, and a small Construct shaped like a four legged mammal carried the camera into position, Nitram put on a mask of complete emotionless. "People of the Galaxies. I speak to you today from the system of New Corellia, on the outskirts of Communist and Star Kingdom space. Here, the refugee convoy once known as the Lost, now the government of the People's Republic Of New Corellia, had hoped to find peace and quiet in a warring galaxy. Several days ago, because one of our allies gave us a deterrent to attack, we are now under siege. The star nations of NATO blockade our system, throttle our trade, because they fear defensive weapons. Were they planning an assault, that would provoke them to such measures? I cannot say. At this point, the colony of New Corellia is trapped between monsterous powers, pinned here. This military action will not go unnoticed, even if we must remain inactive for the sake of our colonists. The Galaxy is watching, and knows the truth of the matter: The Star Kingdom Of Serenity began this conflict, with an illegal invasion of our space with weapons of war." As the camera shut off, Nitram looked to his Captains and Admirals. "Now, we wait for Death on his white steed." ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Enigma" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:49:00 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <0oZI7.171390$5h5.70841793@news3.rdc2.on.home.com> -------- As the camera shut off, Nitram looked to his Captains and Admirals. "Now, we > wait for Death on his white steed." > ------------------------------------ Sorry but my Reapers are busy at the moment. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 16 Nov 2001 01:30:30 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011115172811.26248.00000157@mb-fi.aol.com: > "People of the Galaxies. I speak to you today from the system of New > Corellia, on the outskirts of Communist and Star Kingdom space. Here, > the refugee convoy once known as the Lost, now the government of the > People's Republic Of New Corellia, had hoped to find peace and quiet in > a warring galaxy. Several days ago, because one of our allies gave us a > deterrent to attack, we are now under siege. The star nations of NATO > blockade our system, throttle our trade, because they fear defensive > weapons. Were they planning an assault, that would provoke them to such > measures? I cannot say. At this point, the colony of New Corellia is > trapped between monsterous powers, pinned here. This military action > will not go unnoticed, even if we must remain inactive for the sake of > our colonists. The Galaxy is watching, and knows the truth of the > matter: The Star Kingdom Of Serenity began this conflict, with an > illegal invasion of our space with weapons of war." > > As the camera shut off, Nitram looked to his Captains and Admirals. > "Now, we wait for Death on his white steed." > [joke] Meanwhile, the radio signal travelled at lightspeed... :) [/joke] CNN HN "The People's Republic of New Corellia today lodged an official protest regarding the recent naval blockade by the NATO powers, undertaken due to the emplacement of intermediate-range strategic missiles. Secretary of State Nakuda shortly responded with the following requests. 1. The People's Republic of New Corellia shall remove and and all MOSPAC strategic missiles from New Corellia. The emplacement of missiles on the border of NATO represents a hostile act against international peace. 2. Representatives from a neutral power, such as the Mars Pact, will be allowed to inspect space to ensure that MOSPAC strategic missiles have been removed. If the PRNC had chosen to truely deploy defensive weapons, such as the anti-strategic missiles the SKS and many other powers utilize, there would not be a blockade. Instead, you chose to parade offensive weapons on our borders. As such, we have acted. " -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beowulf Date: 16 Nov 2001 03:06:29 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- A transmission came from one of the 10 km diameter monitors located inside the system: "You have 84 days remaining before the deadline. Offensive weaponry placed this close to the border of NATO will not be tolerated. Defensive missiles are not able to blow up star systems. Removal of these offensive missiles is the only way to release this blockade. Message Ends." Beowulf ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 04:33:35 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- "Phong Nguyen" wrote in message news:Xns915AC67503BBBphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in > news:20011115172811.26248.00000157@mb-fi.aol.com: > > > "People of the Galaxies. I speak to you today from the system of New > > Corellia, on the outskirts of Communist and Star Kingdom space. Here, > > the refugee convoy once known as the Lost, now the government of the > > People's Republic Of New Corellia, had hoped to find peace and quiet in > > a warring galaxy. Several days ago, because one of our allies gave us a > > deterrent to attack, we are now under siege. The star nations of NATO > > blockade our system, throttle our trade, because they fear defensive > > weapons. Were they planning an assault, that would provoke them to such > > measures? I cannot say. At this point, the colony of New Corellia is > > trapped between monsterous powers, pinned here. This military action > > will not go unnoticed, even if we must remain inactive for the sake of > > our colonists. The Galaxy is watching, and knows the truth of the > > matter: The Star Kingdom Of Serenity began this conflict, with an > > illegal invasion of our space with weapons of war." > > > > As the camera shut off, Nitram looked to his Captains and Admirals. > > "Now, we wait for Death on his white steed." > > > [joke] Meanwhile, the radio signal travelled at lightspeed... :) [/joke] > > CNN HN > > "The People's Republic of New Corellia today lodged an official protest > regarding the recent naval blockade by the NATO powers, undertaken due to > the emplacement of intermediate-range strategic missiles. > > Secretary of State Nakuda shortly responded with the following requests. > > 1. The People's Republic of New Corellia shall remove and and all MOSPAC > strategic missiles from New Corellia. The emplacement of missiles on the > border of NATO represents a hostile act against international peace. > > 2. Representatives from a neutral power, such as the Mars Pact, will be > allowed to inspect space to ensure that MOSPAC strategic missiles have > been removed. > > If the PRNC had chosen to truely deploy defensive weapons, such as the > anti-strategic missiles the SKS and many other powers utilize, there > would not be a blockade. Instead, you chose to parade offensive weapons > on our borders. > > As such, we have acted. " > "...today to place the forward deployed elements of the First Attack Fleet on an aert status. Accordingly they will be tasked to increase readiness in all notable categories so as to better equip the Republic in the event of a diplomatic breakdown." The spokesman was as smooth as liquid silver but that was why he was the NRJMC's spokesman and not some minor functionary. "We feel that a peaceful resolution to this incident is possible but it requires that the Moscow Pact remove the weapons which currently threaten the health and safety of trillions within our allies' borders. Any questions?" Reporters leaped to their feet even as over a hundred holocams feed the imagery and sound live to the entire galaxy and to any who happened to have access to the special ansible repeater stations in the Milky Way. "Why announce this deployment, it seems likely to only inflame the situation?" "The reason is we must remind the Moscow Pact that they are tampering with the safety and security of trillions and we will act on our principles to secure those persons' safety. Yes" he called motioning to a second reporter. "But why a military buildup?" "This is not a buildup per se. Rather at the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Military command and under orders by the President we are increasing the pace and scope of training for our most deployable units so they will be better able to respond to any crisis should the situation deteriorate. Next question." "The President's remarks were sent multi-verse wide several days ago yet the Moscow Pact has not made any official response to either his comments nor those of several other NATO allies why is this?" "As near as we can discern from normal diplomatic channels they are still considering their actions." "Follow up. When do you expect a response?" "We hope for it any day. Obviously in diplomacy you can't have discussions until both sides come forward though the exacts I would leave to the Ministry of State since we humble Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen are hardly equipped in that regard." A light laughter briefly flirted across the room. Scarecely was it over than the hands shot skyward again. "Yes" "What will this deployment involve insofar as locations and regimen?" "Those questions largely fall into the category of restricted knowledge though I can tell you we will be working on excercises designed to increase cross-national cooperation by working with representatives from other NATO powers. Last question" "Is there any likelyhood that more units will be called up?" "Right now its all in the hands of the Moscow pact. Thank you gentlebeings and gooday." -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 16 Nov 2001 08:21:48 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011116032148.12452.00000121@mb-ma.aol.com> -------- < snip > The Royal Navy forces had detected them when they exited hyperspace, and so had the New Republican forces they were supporting. But the Soviet Convoy that left that alternate dimension before them was simply huge. The fleet was not less than two thousand ships, both capital and the 225 long Sinop class Torpedo Boats. The fleet simply outmatched the force in front of them; A notable fraction of Soviet strength in this galaxy and a much larger fraction of the strength in the Soviet sector closest to the People's Republic of New Corellia, though mostly smaller ships except for the four 48.3km Parishskaya Kommuna class Bol'shoy Raketny Kreysers, or Paris Commune class Large Rocket Cruisers, that served as the main body of the fleet. Everything else around them was dwarfed, and geared towards serving as a convoy escort, not a heavy combat ship. The intent those cruisers made, however, was clear; They could shoot their way through. The flagship of the fleet was the Chinese Revolution; Named in honour of the most traditional of the Soviet allies in the struggle for socialism; 40% of the fleet might be commanded by Russians, and that number was higher for a secure mission like this, but 35% was commanded by Chinese. Most of the ships were even sleeker than the V.I. Lenin class Bol'shoy Raketny Kreysers, for the V.I. Lenins and the Parishskaya Kommunas had been designed as fleet flagships and had the heavy bulk of large command facilities and communications facilities to facilitate that function. The sleek, flattened cylenders of the hulls of the other, smaller, ships, with the long and low-slung ventral pod that held fighters, and the one topside the held com and sensor facilities, with a large blister forward for additional sensors that required the hull to flatten out into a hammerhead forward to mount a decent chase armament, and the ending of the hull, aft, with a tail assembly and beaver's tail ending to the hull where more primitive, fragile gravitics provided for secondary maneuvering capabilities (In addition to the tetriary of the last-ditch maneuvering thrusters) and still allowed the sternchasers to fire around and besides them... They lent an air to the Soviet ships of a graceful and yet looming elegance, at least as starships were classed. The fleet escorted a mass of eight hundred freighters, and these freighters were carrying a rather insulting cargo of eight additional platforms, in addition to a large number of other armaments for New Corellia. The platforms had not been planned, but a third layer to the missile platforms could be added, so they would add one if they could; The agressive stance would be taken. As the Royal Navy ships hailed them with the typical warning and demands for the cargo ships, knowing they were backed up by the inevitable threat of war, Comrade Admiral Ivan Borisovich Garolev was reviewing the situation. They had used their Sails to travel in hyperspace and so get in as far as the Hyperlimit in the system, much closer than the interdiction field would allow with Hyperlaunch. Now, the fleet was redeploying the Sails into Gravitic Impeller Wedges, and when finished they would be fully capable of fighting. Since the NATO allies obviously wouldn't fire the first shot, they were safe enough, and outside of more than sublight missile range, anyway. The blockading ships may or may not have been expecting this, but the Soviet Union had made their response. And now they were going to accelerate forward and try a very risky maneuver. One that could quite possibly lead to war. But they were not going to back down before the Capitalist Agressors, either. I.B. Garolev might have not particularly cared for this alliance, or thought it strategically necessary; They should have focused on the Draka. But Socialism was Socialism. And Comrade Political Officer A.S. Federov was there to make sure of that. "Is the fleet ready to proceed with the operation, Comrade Admiral?" The Political Officer asked. He had the rank of Admiral, but everyone knew of him as the Fleet Zampolit. "The fleet is ready, Comrade Political Officer," Admiral Garolev replied. "Then proceed as planned, Comrade Admiral! The Rodina will remember this day well!" The Political Officer was many things, but at least not a coward; He believed in the revolution a bit too much for that. "Sergei, signal from Flag to fleet: The fleet is to commence acceleration plan Zulu. All fighters are to be launched and commence operations plan Gorkiy." Ivan Borisovich adressed his communications officer, a long time member of his staff, by his first name, as he stood on his flag bridge. "Aye, Comrade Admiral. Messages to fleet being detailed now," The Fleet Comm officer replied promptly. A few minutes later, the fleet, and the convoy of ships it escorted, began accelerating at a leisurely 403.7 gravities, the maximum the freighters could handle, and these were rather inefficient Soviet Military Freighters at that, not designed to make money on civilian runs (Not like those used by the bureaus were much better). But it was more than enough, because they were starting a few light-minutes out, and accelerating in while they built their speed up to considerable percentages of the speed of light. But that would take time for them. The fighters, the Su-98Cs, raced in, holding squadron formation. Their job was rather more dangerous, aiming for New Republic or Royal Navy ships or fighting squadrons, and getting in close, to dodge and play with the enemy in a deadly lunatic's game that only such madmen as fighter pilots could safely play. The pilots of the Mig-140Bs, however, simply raced straight in at the capital ships, and at considerable fractions of the speed of light, tore over their hulls at clearances of bare few tens of meters, in wave after wave. There were lots of fighters in the Soviet fleet. As the Interceptors raced past they would de-accelerate and swing in for repeated passes, albeit at slower speeds, but perhaps repeated and varied altitudes above the hulls of the ships. Before long, the Soviets were doggedly buzzing the blockading squadron in their area, and illuminating them with jamming packages and noisemakers they were carrying in lieu of some missiles. Not enough against most capital ships, were it not for the very large numbers and the variety they and the computers that ran them could offer. It was naturally worse for the fighters the RN and the NRN had deployed. And, of course, taunts and insults from the Soviet fighter and interceptor pilots were flying fast and furious at their foreign counterparts and at the enemy fleeties. In the meantime, the Soviet Fleet and the convoy it escorted continued to accelerate towards that Blockading Squadron, showing no sign of plans to attempt to maneuver around it, but rather like they were going to punch straight through it. I.B. Garolev's orders were clear: At 1,500,000km, Roll the Wedges of the Fleet. Then the Royal Navy and NRN ships would either get clear, or discover a simple law of reality. When an Impeller Wedge physically comes in contact with a ship, that ship is destroyed, no matter what it is. No form of shielding in the universe could repel that sort of incredible concentration of gravity; One simply either avoided hitting an Impeller Wedge or one died. Ivan Borisovich's job was to play chicken with the defenders, and he knew his ships weren't going to get hurt. He just hoped they were smart enough to avoid getting themselves killed and starting an interstellar war at the same time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 19:40:20 +1100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <3bf4d65b$0$1772$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- "In related news, there has been intense activities at the 1st through 45th NOFR Marine Division bases on New Beta-Aqualine, Cyrent III, Darout IV and New Proxima. Dropships for the past 12 hours have been taking fully kitted out men and vehicles upto Fleet Assault ships which have been joined by heavy warships of the NOFR fleet. These units jumped to slipstream aproxemently two hours ago. Unamed sources in the NOFR-AYC command say that these ships are to rally at the SKS planet of "New Florida" near New Correllia. More at six ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 03:22:08 -0800 Subject: Re: (STGODi)Seven Against The Blue Skirt Message-ID: -------- The forces of Quetzcoutl, continued to search for the fugitives, out between the arms, of the Galaxy, Roma had gathered her forces around nothing, the powerful gravity well mines were powered down and ready to go, drone fighters, restocked, Hyperspace Cruise Missiles, Defender Fighters, and other forces gathered, as Roma planned her trap. Her remote workers transmatted, hydrogen into empty space. Frigates and Destroyers even a few Cruisers of her own design stood ready to join with the Fenari Forces. The Ashron flexed her newly regrown hand, she was taking her time with this creature, blades of finaly honed rock and metal cut into the joints and muscles. Her blue skirt was once again stained with the reddish brown color as her eyes glowed with inner fire, She was enjoying her work. Loki looked over at the forces he had gathered together, The Fenari Warrior named afterhim self, the Tok'ra Tai-Malice, Sygil of Bronzeclaw, K'vel of Romulus, Hallen of the Anchient Martian line, Scout Pilot of The Kzin, and Toshiro Kaneda the Free Trader. Stealth was of the essence, and with two Fenari so near the point of transformation it was most wonderful. The Ship, was nice and stealthy, quiet enough that it could hide from the System Lord and sneak past the enemy's lines, straight into the mouth of the beast, or at least the Ziggurat ship of Quetzacoutl's Ashron Torcherer. The Jaffa, were watchful as always knowing that failure ment death for them and their families. The missile rifles of the two Fenari were more then capable of peircing the sheilds of the Jaffa though, and Tai-Malice's shields and Zak-n-tel's added to the horrific fire. Another more personal combat was taking place as Pilot of the Kzin, and Hallen introduced the Jaguar guard to their effective use of personal weapons, While in the back Toshiro and K'vel proved that sufficiant amounts of disruptor fire and two gun mojo was still and effective deterrent. The first to fall was Pilot of the Kzin shot by power staves, he was dead before he fell, but not before he killed the Jaffa that killed him. Loki the Stormrider seemed in a reality of his own, killing Jaffa left and right, and still finding himself covered in both Goa'uld and Jaffa ichor. Hallen cried out and went berzerk as K'vel fell to a pair of Zak shots, all of them, save Toshiro, were in excruicating pain when they breached the Ashron's chamber. At the entrance the Torcherer blasted Tai-Malice, ending the trickster traitor to the Goa'uld's existance. However an enraged Sygil and Loki struck down the Ashron ripping the parasite out and devouring it, over the still twitching corpse of it's host. Loki looked down at his greatgrand nephew, and then howled even regeneration facilities (Were they available in the Fenari size, would not be able to save Grendelson.) With a pledge Sygil dismissed the assembled company, the line of Grendel would not end completly she promised. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lord Rog" Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 11:37:01 -0000 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <9t2u63$qpb$1@ID-31976.news.dfncis.de> -------- [Imperial Holonet Broadcast to the people of the Milky Way] An Execution class heavy carrier and an escort of one Tzeentch class battleship has been despatched to SKS space to assit in anyway requested to bring this dispute to a peaceful conclusion. They will withdraw if requested but are on stand by to carry out any inspections that both parties agreeon or act as a nautral site where negotiations can take place to resolve this matter. The CIC of GEF-039 would like to remind both sides that our ships are on a mission of peace for your benifit and not to fire on them. Doing so will have dire consequences. [End transmission] OOC// the Execution class (based on the SGE's Executor II design but used as a carrier) is assumed to have suficient specialists and diplomats on board to carry out whatever task isrequested of it. Its also likely that several thousand Imperial Guardsman are on board to ensure ship security. -- Vir Rog (Imperial Military Executor and Slaaneshi Sorcerer Lord) Lord_Rog@Hotmail.com "Don't Fuck with Megatron" - attributed to a very sensible person ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Namothil Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:36:02 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- In article <20011116032148.12452.00000121@mb-ma.aol.com>, Maj Svetlanna says... > < snip > > In the meantime, the Soviet Fleet and the convoy it escorted continued to >accelerate towards that Blockading Squadron, showing no sign of plans to >attempt to maneuver around it, but rather like they were going to punch >straight through it. > > I.B. Garolev's orders were clear: At 1,500,000km, Roll the Wedges of the >Fleet. Then the Royal Navy and NRN ships would either get clear, or discover a >simple law of reality. When an Impeller Wedge physically comes in contact with >a ship, that ship is destroyed, no matter what it is. > No form of shielding in the universe could repel that sort of incredible >concentration of gravity; One simply either avoided hitting an Impeller Wedge >or one died. Ivan Borisovich's job was to play chicken with the defenders, and >he knew his ships weren't going to get hurt. He just hoped they were smart >enough to avoid getting themselves killed and starting an interstellar war at >the same time. > "What are the Observer's scan results on those ships?" "Bad. At least five new missile bases, probably more. Multiple heavy warships." "The results have been transmitted?" "Yes, sir." "Good." Suddenly something in the results caught Admiral Malthus's attention. "Has this result been confirmed?" "Not yet, sir." "Inform Admiral Ray. If correct, we might just be able to avoid disaster here." (OOC: Do your ships waste energy shielding the area covered by the wedge?) Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. James 3:13 Email:ray1@purdue.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 16 Nov 2001 15:57:21 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) wrote in news:20011116032148.12452.00000121@mb-ma.aol.com: > I.B. Garolev's orders were clear: At 1,500,000km, Roll the Wedges of > the > Fleet. Then the Royal Navy and NRN ships would either get clear, or > discover a simple law of reality. When an Impeller Wedge physically > comes in contact with a ship, that ship is destroyed, no matter what it > is. > No form of shielding in the universe could repel that sort of > incredible > concentration of gravity; One simply either avoided hitting an Impeller > Wedge or one died. Ivan Borisovich's job was to play chicken with the > defenders, and he knew his ships weren't going to get hurt. He just > hoped they were smart enough to avoid getting themselves killed and > starting an interstellar war at the same time. > The Soviet interceptors weren't quite expecting what happened next. Soon after their pass on the Royal Navy, they launched bombers. But in their rear weapons bay was a special modification, one designed for a very interesting purpose. Essentially, it turned what was once a heavy bomber into a very fast, very well armed and somewhat unmaneuverable interceptor. As startled MiGs scrambled to intercept the craft already blowing past the screen, each bomber changed their vector. By this point, of course, it was known what the impeller wedge could do. But there was a disadvantage to using the wedge in such a manner; the sides were exposed. The unmasked area was enormous, one could could not shield the entire area without overly risking shield degredation from the sheer area of space required. And now the pilots were going to take advantage of that. Each began powering up the second component of their new systems; a miniaturized fold drive. They began randomly folding right next to the shields, wreaking chaos on the computer systems controlling the shield. Of course, no-one could attempt to penetrate through, as no major power carried hypermissiles anymore. But it had the effect of distracting the escorts from what happened next But there was another plan, of course. In front of every single freighter opened a Jump Point, but not one that led to the 'hyperspace' one would expect. No, this one led to the other one, the dimension of reasonably-high speed transit. And this close to a planatary gravity well, no ship could survive, and especially not one with an impeller wedge. Or a Warshawshki sail, for that matter. The energy needed to keep those jumppoints open was trivial in comparison to the enormous energy generated by the etheric hypermatter reactors. Now the Fleet awaited the Soviet's decision. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 16 Nov 2001 16:13:31 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011116111331.19275.00000308@mb-ch.aol.com> -------- >The Soviet interceptors weren't quite expecting what happened next. Soon >after their pass on the Royal Navy, they launched bombers. But in their >rear weapons bay was a special modification, one designed for a very >interesting purpose. > >Essentially, it turned what was once a heavy bomber into a very fast, >very well armed and somewhat unmaneuverable interceptor. As startled MiGs >scrambled to intercept the craft already blowing past the screen, each >bomber changed their vector. > >By this point, of course, it was known what the impeller wedge could do. >But there was a disadvantage to using the wedge in such a manner; the >sides were exposed. The unmasked area was enormous, one could could not >shield the entire area without overly risking shield degredation from the >sheer area of space required. > >And now the pilots were going to take advantage of that. Each began >powering up the second component of their new systems; a miniaturized >fold drive. They began randomly folding right next to the shields, >wreaking chaos on the computer systems controlling the shield. Of course, >no-one could attempt to penetrate through, as no major power carried >hypermissiles anymore. But it had the effect of distracting the escorts >from what happened next > >But there was another plan, of course. In front of every single freighter >opened a Jump Point, but not one that led to the 'hyperspace' one would >expect. No, this one led to the other one, the dimension of >reasonably-high speed transit. And this close to a planatary gravity >well, no ship could survive, and especially not one with an impeller >wedge. Or a Warshawshki sail, for that matter. > >The energy needed to keep those jumppoints open was trivial in comparison >to the enormous energy generated by the etheric hypermatter reactors. Now >the Fleet awaited the Soviet's decision. "Well, isn't that a nice little display. Alright, _Blessing_, open the Wormhole while they're distracted and the interdiction is weakest." Nitram gave the order as the starships of the Kingdom and the USSSR feinted and postured and threatened. Outside, on the Savior's flank, the stripped down Eclipse fired a beam of energy into space. Immediately, a gravitational distortion far outdoing the Gravitic Impeller's began to form, stretching and bending Timespace. Larger and larger the Wormhole opened, far larger than it would have to be to allow a SSD, or even the collosal Soviet rocket boats through. The blockade had undoubtably noticed, and was probably sending something to intercept, but Folding into the region of Spacetime currently being twisted into a knot would probably be.. Unwise. The C-II station known now as _Beastslayer_ began to emerge, escorted by those ISD/L's that had been patrolling in the Kingdom. "Reinforcements have arrived. Let's hope we can still get out of this, even if we have to go with Operation Scoot." ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:27:31 +1100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <3bf5bbd7$0$10231$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Hovering in Hyperspace over ten thousand Capital warships of the NOFR fleet waited. Silent, black bemoths with enough firepower to reduce a sector to an uninhabitable wasteland. Between the ships, agile fighter squadrons streaked back and forth through the volitile sea of hyperspace. Onboard the ships, the crew were on high alert having tracked the inbound Soviet forces as they approached the SKS / Lost border and the Interdiction field that marked the point of no return. The computers had automaticly kicked the ships upto battlestations when they had crossed that invisable, but very real, line in space. So the fleet seperated into three equal forces, orienting for a realspace jump. Weapons were powered, shields raised and the main fighter force launched. The NATO higerups had met some time ago to discuss this situation. The good thing about a state like the USSR was that they were rather predictable in their responses to certain situations. An inherent and deep seated belief in their supperority and their mission to bring it to everyone for their good made long term co-existence without incident near impossible. This kind of situation had been expected and prepared for. Dozens of possible soloutions had been thought up and planed in advance. Implemnting them would be somewhat difficult, but it was better then the alternative of an all out battle. Which was rapidly getting closer. The clear message being sent to the NATO forces was "get out of our way or we run you over". To which the SKS responded in the aranged level one plan. What would happen next now depended on the USSR. If they went to phase two, the NOFR fleet was ready. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 05:23:10 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <2vmJ7.31309$Ze5.16937221@news1.rdc1.md.home.com> -------- "Sir Nitram" wrote in message news:20011116111331.19275.00000308@mb-ch.aol.com... > >The Soviet interceptors weren't quite expecting what happened next. Soon > >after their pass on the Royal Navy, they launched bombers. But in their > >rear weapons bay was a special modification, one designed for a very > >interesting purpose. > > > >Essentially, it turned what was once a heavy bomber into a very fast, > >very well armed and somewhat unmaneuverable interceptor. As startled MiGs > >scrambled to intercept the craft already blowing past the screen, each > >bomber changed their vector. > > > >By this point, of course, it was known what the impeller wedge could do. > >But there was a disadvantage to using the wedge in such a manner; the > >sides were exposed. The unmasked area was enormous, one could could not > >shield the entire area without overly risking shield degredation from the > >sheer area of space required. > > > >And now the pilots were going to take advantage of that. Each began > >powering up the second component of their new systems; a miniaturized > >fold drive. They began randomly folding right next to the shields, > >wreaking chaos on the computer systems controlling the shield. Of course, > >no-one could attempt to penetrate through, as no major power carried > >hypermissiles anymore. But it had the effect of distracting the escorts > >from what happened next > > > >But there was another plan, of course. In front of every single freighter > >opened a Jump Point, but not one that led to the 'hyperspace' one would > >expect. No, this one led to the other one, the dimension of > >reasonably-high speed transit. And this close to a planatary gravity > >well, no ship could survive, and especially not one with an impeller > >wedge. Or a Warshawshki sail, for that matter. > > > >The energy needed to keep those jumppoints open was trivial in comparison > >to the enormous energy generated by the etheric hypermatter reactors. Now > >the Fleet awaited the Soviet's decision. > > "Well, isn't that a nice little display. Alright, _Blessing_, open the Wormhole > while they're distracted and the interdiction is weakest." Nitram gave the > order as the starships of the Kingdom and the USSSR feinted and postured and > threatened. Outside, on the Savior's flank, the stripped down Eclipse fired a > beam of energy into space. Immediately, a gravitational distortion far outdoing > the Gravitic Impeller's began to form, stretching and bending Timespace. > > Larger and larger the Wormhole opened, far larger than it would have to be to > allow a SSD, or even the collosal Soviet rocket boats through. The blockade had > undoubtably noticed, and was probably sending something to intercept, but > Folding into the region of Spacetime currently being twisted into a knot would > probably be.. Unwise. > > The C-II station known now as _Beastslayer_ began to emerge, escorted by those > ISD/L's that had been patrolling in the Kingdom. > > "Reinforcements have arrived. Let's hope we can still get out of this, even if > we have to go with Operation Scoot." > "Philote ramming sir?" "Shouldn't be too hard since we generate more than any of the other vessels here significantly." "Should we inform them?" "Of course, let them know what is about to happen." The monstrous battelship that was the NRF Peacekeeper II began moving forward from its berth it dock 22-Aleph and finally cleared all its morrings seconds later. Within mere instants she philoted out of and back into reality. She emerged with the rest of the Command Taskforce behind the advancing Soviet fleet now marching towards the huge wells the Royal Navy had placed before them. Instantly technicians at newly installed shield monitor stations flipped their keying to the latest setting: Philote-Auto. The hum about the vessel shifted in pitch as generators snapped to life projecting a huge distortion in space-time that literally ripped reality to shreds around the /Peacekeeper II/. One of the greatest defensive technology employement ever Philote Shielding acted as a limted power version of unverse shielding forcing an enemy to overwhelm the ship with raw firepower and no one outpowered a Peacekeeper, excepting the PE. The latest use of this was a technique refered to as "Plowing." With shields set on auto mode a vessel would be able to literally ram any other vesel out of existence. So long as the act of chewing the vessel never consumed more than the avaliable power then the vessel would go on indefinately though obviously most troops would fight back reducing avaliable power load and total capacity. However here no one was shooting and ittle could be done to the Peacekeeper II until such time as someone decided to change that (or her generators finally quit somewhere around the fifty minute mark). Commanding the vessel Vice Admiral Kutchin smiled thinly, all the while watching the update Soviet positioning in his CIC adjacent to the Flag Bridge. His message was now being broadcast on all fequencies and in all 375 billion known languages and forms of standard communication. Its point was simple. "Attention all vessels. As per recongnition that this are of space has been decalred off limits to combatant craft and vessels carrying tools of war we must assume that all vessels present are merely cargo vessels or derelict. As such all vessels not answering hails and submitting to inspection will be removed as per Common Articles of Space Salvage wherein the New Republic as part of a legal blockade in force sees fit to remove unresponsive debris in such a manner as to ensure ease of identification for newly arriving vessels. Again submit to inspection teams or we will assume you to be derelict and impeeding a legal blockade. This message has been duly filed with all represenatives to supra-stellar nations having offices with the New Republic and the Star Kingdom of Serenity." The meaning was simple, the New Republic was decalrign that since combatants from the USSSR could not be hear with being a cassus belli then the vessels were either freighters or debris and debris could be swept aside. Slowly but surely the Peacekeeper II wound up her engines and began a leisurely motion that would cross through the center of the USSSR fleet before her generators ran dry. Forming on her sides the Peacekeeper herself and the Liberty did likewise, their lumbering bulks gliding effortlessly towards an appoitnment with history. What that history would be was up the USSSR with the Royal Navy in front and three Peacekeepers supported by the primary strike force of the New Republic bearing down from behind. -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 17 Nov 2001 06:36:58 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in news:2vmJ7.31309$Ze5.16937221@news1.rdc1.md.home.com: > The meaning was simple, the New Republic was decalrign that since > combatants from the USSSR could not be hear with being a cassus belli > then the vessels were either freighters or debris and debris could be > swept aside. Slowly but surely the Peacekeeper II wound up her engines > and began a leisurely motion that would cross through the center of the > USSSR fleet before her generators ran dry. Forming on her sides the > Peacekeeper herself and the Liberty did likewise, their lumbering bulks > gliding effortlessly towards an appoitnment with history. What that > history would be was up the USSSR with the Royal Navy in front and > three Peacekeepers supported by the primary strike force of the New > Republic bearing down from behind. > [OOC] Oh, this is quite fun. If they advance ahead, they run into the jump point, get sucked into SW-hyperspace in a gravity well, and we all know what that does. From behind a bunch of philote-shielded warships are approaching. If they change their vector, we do too. [/OOC] -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:09:41 +1100 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <3bf60c06$0$10231$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- Timing was everything. From hovertrains picking up passangers to the orbit of a planet around a star, everything had a time. As such, the entery of the final primary force had been timed to exact lengths, giving hte USSR just enough time to absorb what had happaned, but not make any real moves. "Jump" Hundreds of jump points sprang into existence along the flanks of the USSR task force.Out of them came the NOFR task force, divided evenely between both flanks. Heading up both of the assualts was the Stark Black and intimidating profile of an Omega Class superdreadnaught, smaller ships deployed around them so that the two great fleets formed a pair of brackets to enclose the USSR fleet and force them to either go forward, go back or break off. Warp coils on the ships humed with power, subspace field generation not yet intiated but ready to go at a seconds notice. Tension was getting very high. Weaopns on all sides were active and beings glared down gunports at each other. The NATO ships not yet commited watched the Drama starting to play out on sensor displays, wondering if war was a second from breaking out. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 17 Nov 2001 13:19:18 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011117081918.12832.00000123@mb-mb.aol.com> -------- < snip > "Flag to fleet: Jammers to maximum, all jammers to maximum, cover freighters. Begin decoy launches, begin launching ECM missiles on non-targeted trajectories." The message crackled out over the fleet scrambled fleet coms, and then a moment later another followed it. "All freighters; Convoy Commodore, scatter and run blockade. We'll be providing a hole for you, Comrade." As that message went out in the Admiral's own voice, Admiral Borisovich's flag captain was already transferring the orders for the next command. The Parishskaya Kommunas were older ships, but still capable of accelerations under their Wedges of 512 Gs, and that was hence the maximum acceleration of the fleet. As the freighters scattered under the massive cloud of sensor static that was abruptly rising from the Soviet formation, the orders transferred by Comrade Captain Song had their result in one thing that the Royal Navy ships might have detected: The Soviet formation leapt at them at a much greater rate of closing. If the RN had enough of the Jump Points to threaten the warships as well as the freighters, it would have worked. For that matter, it might have worked had they maintained their original rate of closing, for the Royal Navy ships might have attempted an orderly evasive pattern to escape any collisions. Orderly? Now? Now it was an emergency reaction on the part of every captain to save his ship, as the Soviet warships presented their wedges at barely ten seconds out. The freighters maneuvered around the obstacles, de-accelerating or accelerating behind them, now covered by the fighters and interceptors, which were also jamming and would ruthlessly dog anything that came close to them as they evaded the jump points and followed in the wakes of the warships. And the Royal Navy formation had no choice but to come apart, as the Wedges bore down upon them, only seconds away, leaving ships racing clear in all directions as the Soviets rammed their fleet down the throat of the blockade with a sheer audacity that could only be expected of Trotskyites. In some cases, the ships evading the Soviet forces did so successfully merely to collide with each other; None of that damage was fatal at the relatively slow velocities that had managed to gather, but people would still die, and Garolev winced. He was even more concerned that some of those ships might not have escaped the path of his fleet in time; But those officers had seen to their survival, first and foremost, the professionals that they were. In some cases, mere hundreds of kilometers, though, seperated the Wedges from the gravitic drives of Royal Navy ships, and the energy that pulsed through those Wedges was sufficient to send the overload dampers on those vessels into short-circuits, or nearly so. A bit closer, the drives might have burned out completely. Closer yet, of course, and those ships would have ceased to exist; The Soviets maintained a 500km minimum seperation in their own fleet between wedges for a reason. The Freighters and the Fighters followed them through, as the Royal Navy formation attempted to reform and they had to render aide to the damaged vessels behind them, the Soviet fleet deaccelerating in safety, as swiftly as they could, while the Freighters continued to swiftly accelerate to catch up to them. Already, Soviet elements and People's Republic Navy ships that were on the inside of the blockade formations were moving to cover them, though it would take a bit for the Soviet escort fleet to double back. Ivan Borisovich Garolev sighed in relief, as the tension trained around from himself, his flag bridge, and the rest of his fleet in general. But he knew his victory was utterly hollow. If the Star Kingdom's damned wizards had been able to get enough of those jump points in place to cover his capital ships as well, he'd have never been able to do it, and he knew it! And, of course, _they'd_ know it, too. If they had any more, they'd bring them up, now, and use them against any other convoy coming in, and there'd be simply no way to repeat the process. This was a propaganda victory, and it would provide some much needed supplies for the People's Republic of New Corellia, but it could not sustain them indefinitely. And those ships damaged escaping him was going to hurt the Soviet Union immeasurably when it came time to negotiate. Reparations, for sure. At least the people would love this one, and the Navy had pulled off a great maneuver and victory without firing a shot; It spoke well of the skill and dedication of the Soviet Navy. But Ivan Borisovich ultimately realized it was very hollow strategically. "Signal the fleet control for the inner system and request that they provide vectors to guide us in, Sergei," he said to his com officer. "Well, Comrade Political Officer, as soon as we have the fleet and the convoy squared away, we'd better prepare our reports for Hypercom transmission. Our superiors should know about what happened here, in detail, as quickly as possible." "Indeed, Ivan Borisovich!" Anton Sergeivich replied. "It was a great triumph for the people!" Admiral Garolev sincerely hoped that people read his own reports in addition to those of his fleet's Political Officer's. ((OOC: Well, Phong, if you'd had then open Jump Points in front of everything, I'd have been stuck dead. But you left me an out, and I jumped at it. I assumed you didn't want your fleet slaughtered by collision-with-wedge, and neither of us wanted a war yet. In the end, this was a... Well, my propagandaists will wring it for all its worth, but I don't have any choice but to negotiate in the long run if you can make more of those jump point generators. Very well done of you. It wasn't like they could go back with the Peacekeepers there, anyway. And, I'd also like you to remind Chris that his tactic wouldn't have worked, because even the exceptionally weak wedge of a Pinnace can destroy a Battlecruiser when it comes in physical contact with one. *sighs* I _know_ the technology, okay?)) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:09:25 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- "Phong Nguyen" wrote in message news:Xns915C7EEF5BA8Fphongnguyenusanet@130.133.1.4... > majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) wrote in > news:20011117081918.12832.00000123@mb-mb.aol.com: > > > ((OOC: Well, Phong, if you'd had then open Jump Points in front of > > everything, I'd have been stuck dead. But you left me an out, and I > > jumped at it. > > Yes, I left you one. > > > I assumed you didn't want your fleet slaughtered by > > collision-with-wedge, and neither of us wanted a war yet. In the end, > > this was a... Well, my propagandaists will wring it for all its worth, > > but I don't have any choice but to negotiate in the long run if you can > > make more of those jump point generators. Very well done of you. It > > wasn't like they could go back with the Peacekeepers there, anyway. > > > [OOC] > You could have went to diplomacy there. > > At the moment, I'm beginning to deploy the '4-in-1' stardrive onto heavy > bombers and larger shuttles, if not fighters yet. Obviously, their jump > points won't be as large, but it is flexible. > > And 512G wouldn't really worry me too much, you know. I'm capable of much > faster acceleration than that. [/OOC] > > "Dammit!" cursed the admiral in command of the NATO fleet. He almost > trapped the Soviet freighters, but he didn't have enough ships with > jumppoint generators to trap the warships as well. They charged the RN > position...with predictable results. No one could withstand a collision > with an impeller wedge, and as such the fleet had scrambled out of the > way. > > But now it was time to correct that small problem. Reinforcements from > across the galaxies were being called in. Small ships, really, but > mounting a jump-point generator and that really was enough. And of > course, mobile ASM warships, now maneuvering to close with the missile > platforms. > > The blockade was tightening, of course, and the next convoy would likely > not make it through...but there was one final option for this convey. > > Due to the physics of the Wedge, the Soviet fleet was spread far apart. > In an excellent formation, of course, but still far apart...and one could > use it to wreak chaos in the formation. > > Jump points began randomly opening inside of the formation, never too > close to ship or wedge, but enough to cause the once-tight formation to > loosen as ships maneuvered to get clear. > > A last bit of revenge for the blockade fleet. "They ran the blockade?" "Yes sir Admiral." "Did ANY of them fire a weapon?" "Negative sir." "Damnit," sweating lightly Fleet Admiral Horatio Sunsui stood amidst the confusion of his piloting bridge, watching the ship's master at work even as he tried to form a cohesive plan for his fleet. "So they just acted incredibly hostile and none of the blockade ships stood long enough to be killed by the Soviets in an obvious act of agression correct?" "That's pretty much the baseline sir," the Commander was also sweating in the atmosphere of noise and motion that was the piloting bridge. "Though we did get a much beter EOOB on the Soviet Fleet elements." "A better scaning?" "Yes sir." "Any scans on the freighters?" "Almost certainly sir," the Commander was now curious and his previous discomfort forgotten. "We're liasing with the RN's Fleet Intel staff to try and work out most of the issues." "Do we have any definites for freighters carrying missile supplies of ANY kind, supplies that could only be used for strategic missiles?" "Checking sir." An eon later a polling of the data gathered during the mad rush through the blockade flooded back through a myriad system of data sorters and intelligent filtering components. The results made their way the the Fleet Admiral bare seconds after his request. "Four actually sir," the Commander noticed a scrowl mixing with a smile on the Admiral's face. "Not much certainly considering the number who ran the blockade but these have items such as terminal guidance packages and strategic-grade missile casings and C^2 systems." "So that's a definite?" "The best lawyer in the multi-verse couldn't argue against it. "Very well here's how we play this one..." Breaking further forward of their formation four of the Eclipse-II Battlecruisers of the New Republic's attack fleet suddenly lept into then out of the nothingness of philote space. They reappeared a scatn kilometer above the identified freighters whose engines were immediately raked with preset Ion Cannon fire that quickly forced the vessels to succumb. Even as they did so the New Republic vessels attrated notice of USSSR fleet elements who were still being disperesed by the Royal Navy's random jump points. In their thinly spread state they had no hop of reaching the vessels before they moored with the freighters and again lept away with the embrace of philote space transferring them and their cargo to a point within the blockade where a heavily armed regiment of NR Marines waited to board each vessel, followed hotl by members of the Customs Enforcement Bureau. Transmitting again the New Republic Fleet was blunt as could be: "The four freighters confiscated today are carrying material which has been declared off limits for this sector of space. Such property will be returend to its rightful owners after such time as a penalty for attempting to circumvent a legal blockade is determined and paid for by the offending agency. Until such time the vessels will be inspected for any additional contraband and their crews subject to examination by Fleet Specialists under the coordination of an international team of humanitarian observeers." -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 18 Nov 2001 01:29:14 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011116111331.19275.00000308@mb-ch.aol.com: > Larger and larger the Wormhole opened, far larger than it would have to > be to allow a SSD, or even the collosal Soviet rocket boats through. > The blockade had undoubtably noticed, and was probably sending > something to intercept, but Folding into the region of Spacetime > currently being twisted into a knot would probably be.. Unwise. > > The C-II station known now as _Beastslayer_ began to emerge, escorted > by those ISD/L's that had been patrolling in the Kingdom. > This represents a breach of contract, you do realise. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 18 Nov 2001 02:53:51 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011117215351.10735.00000748@mb-mq.aol.com> -------- >nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in >news:20011116111331.19275.00000308@mb-ch.aol.com: > >> Larger and larger the Wormhole opened, far larger than it would have to >> be to allow a SSD, or even the collosal Soviet rocket boats through. >> The blockade had undoubtably noticed, and was probably sending >> something to intercept, but Folding into the region of Spacetime >> currently being twisted into a knot would probably be.. Unwise. >> >> The C-II station known now as _Beastslayer_ began to emerge, escorted >> by those ISD/L's that had been patrolling in the Kingdom. >> >This represents a breach of contract, you do realise. > The contract was terminated the instant you entered the system with weapons hot. Cease your blockade, release the freighters you pirated, and we will discuss the terms of a new contract, should you so desire. Oh, and I would warn you not to try and use any of your infection-based weapons on us. You will find the effects of a Beast loosed on it's brethren much to your displeasure. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 18 Nov 2001 03:02:37 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011117220237.10735.00000749@mb-mq.aol.com> -------- >Breaking further forward of their formation four of the Eclipse-II >Battlecruisers of the New Republic's attack fleet suddenly lept into then >out of the nothingness of philote space. They reappeared a scatn kilometer >above the identified freighters whose engines were immediately raked with >preset Ion Cannon fire that quickly forced the vessels to succumb. > >Even as they did so the New Republic vessels attrated notice of USSSR fleet >elements who were still being disperesed by the Royal Navy's random jump >points. In their thinly spread state they had no hop of reaching the vessels >before they moored with the freighters and again lept away with the embrace >of philote space transferring them and their cargo to a point within the >blockade where a heavily armed regiment of NR Marines waited to board each >vessel, followed hotl by members of the Customs Enforcement Bureau. > >Transmitting again the New Republic Fleet was blunt as could be: >"The four freighters confiscated today are carrying material which has been >declared off limits for this sector of space. Such property will be returend >to its rightful owners after such time as a penalty for attempting to >circumvent a legal blockade is determined and paid for by the offending >agency. Until such time the vessels will be inspected for any additional >contraband and their crews subject to examination by Fleet Specialists under >the coordination of an international team of humanitarian observeers." > "This blockade is illegal, and you have opened fire on unarmed freighters." Was the simple transmission from the Savior. Things were happening closer to the planet, a great deal of things. Workers docked with the missile platforms, their missions undiscernable. The myriad scans originating from the surrounding space were annoying, however. Each Worker that finished it's mystery mission went for the surface of New Corellia, behind the safety of the hypershielding. Soviet reinforcements... But was this madness worth it? Nitram's mind was churning as he watched the fleets posture and race around. Philote technology! Ye gods! Not even the Beast could handle such, though he was tempted to unleash a few strategic Consumers and Cruise missiles after it as a reminder of what happened to it's NRMD twin. The New Republic had fired first, and already it was being patiently spun to be an outright attack. "Unarmed freighters, four in number, were fired on over New Corellia by New Republic forces..." "The New Republic has not yet commented on the unprovoked attack against four freighters in the New Corellian blockade..." Ahh.. The news. Control the media, you control the people. Of course, the Lost controlled no news system beyond the advanced form of Town Criers that littered the tiny colony. Soon, the larger powers would flex their media muscle and put their own spin on it. Reaching out with the Force, Nitram tried to discern the fate of those captured by the NR. They seemed to be fundamentally good people, although they were afraid right now. People who were afraid did very foolish things... The Lost's fleet continued to ring the planet as Workers and Action VI freighters went about on unnamed missions. There were plans in motion, but no one spoke of them. Many did not even think them, for they did not know the whole. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 18 Nov 2001 03:52:29 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011117222031.10735.00000753@mb-mq.aol.com: >>I repeat, the RN did not enter weapons hot. On the other hand, PRNC >>military platforms and ships went weapons hot the moment we entered the >>system. > > Given the sheer size and intent of the fleet that arrived, coupled with > the fact we are a very small power, perhaps you can understand that > reason. We are not some great sweeping star-empire by yourself, and we > must defend our colonists. Even from former friends who would try to > starve us. > The Star Kingdom had no intention of a permanent embargo against the People's Republic. As we had earlier stated, we did not stop any ships carrying nonmilitary items. Furthermore, we noted in plain terms of our intent of the blockade. We do not wish to destroy you. [ooc: You didn't have to join the MOSPAC, you know :ooc] > There are entire Sectors in several timelines, where the only lifeform > is the Beast. Those are the people who attacked our civilians. > We will not attack your civilians unless provoked. [OOC: You are a member of the MOSPAC carrying strategic missiles. As such, New Corellia is included in most SIOPs. And do remember that the Kingdom is adopting the Eisenhower Doctrine :OOC] >>I also must remind your that the psychic array is intact and can be >>used for less constructive purposes. >> > > I find it upsetting that we must rely on such petty threats. > Nonetheless, the Kingdom has thrown us away, but we are not gone. > We did not choose to throw you away. You joined a Communist power of your own free will and then based missiles aimed at NATO. We would prefer friendly relationships. > Thirty freighters are arriving within the hour, carrying foodstuffs for > the colony. Do not molest them beyond scanning. > They will be subject to the most detailed scans. If they are truely carrying foodstuffs they will be allowed through. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 18 Nov 2001 03:58:02 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011117225802.10735.00000766@mb-mq.aol.com> -------- >nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in >news:20011117222031.10735.00000753@mb-mq.aol.com: > >>>I repeat, the RN did not enter weapons hot. On the other hand, PRNC >>>military platforms and ships went weapons hot the moment we entered the >>>system. >> >> Given the sheer size and intent of the fleet that arrived, coupled with >> the fact we are a very small power, perhaps you can understand that >> reason. We are not some great sweeping star-empire by yourself, and we >> must defend our colonists. Even from former friends who would try to >> starve us. >> >The Star Kingdom had no intention of a permanent embargo against the >People's Republic. As we had earlier stated, we did not stop any ships >carrying nonmilitary items. > >Furthermore, we noted in plain terms of our intent of the blockade. We do >not wish to destroy you. > >[ooc: You didn't have to join the MOSPAC, you know :ooc] > The blockade is illegal and a threat to our colony, due to it's fledgling status. Every ship that's too scared to come this way is one load of supplies we don't have to build with, one load of food we can't eat. There are a lot of freighter captain's who don't want to approach this system now. >> There are entire Sectors in several timelines, where the only lifeform >> is the Beast. Those are the people who attacked our civilians. >> >We will not attack your civilians unless provoked. > >[OOC: You are a member of the MOSPAC carrying strategic missiles. As >such, New Corellia is included in most SIOPs. And do remember that the >Kingdom is adopting the Eisenhower Doctrine :OOC] > >>>I also must remind your that the psychic array is intact and can be >>>used for less constructive purposes. >>> >> >> I find it upsetting that we must rely on such petty threats. >> Nonetheless, the Kingdom has thrown us away, but we are not gone. >> >We did not choose to throw you away. You joined a Communist power of your >own free will and then based missiles aimed at NATO. We would prefer >friendly relationships. > The Lost have previously stated to the Kingdom the reasons that necessitated this move. And I again urge you to use your interesting little sensor ship you're hiding around here.. Those missiles aren't aimed anywhere near your territory. >> Thirty freighters are arriving within the hour, carrying foodstuffs for >> the colony. Do not molest them beyond scanning. >> >They will be subject to the most detailed scans. If they are truely >carrying foodstuffs they will be allowed through. > Good. Ensure the New Republic understands this, we do not wish to repeat the earlier event. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 18 Nov 2001 04:03:01 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: -------- nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) wrote in news:20011117225802.10735.00000766@mb-mq.aol.com: >>We did not choose to throw you away. You joined a Communist power of >>your own free will and then based missiles aimed at NATO. We would >>prefer friendly relationships. > > The Lost have previously stated to the Kingdom the reasons that > necessitated this move. And I again urge you to use your interesting > little sensor ship you're hiding around here.. Those missiles aren't > aimed anywhere near your territory. > Aligning yourself with SKS, and then NATO would have much the same effect. Missiles can be reprogrammed, Sir Nitram. It takes minimal time to change targetting coordinates. -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politcs by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 18 Nov 2001 04:17:12 GMT Subject: [DTGOD] The New Republic has committed an Act of War! Message-ID: <20011117231712.04813.00000496@mb-mc.aol.com> -------- A Press Release from the Soviet Information Commissariate regarding the recent piratical activity of the New Republic in the New Corellia System and the continuing illegal blockade of the New Corellia system by the NATO alliance states: The Government of the Soviet Union has no choice but to consider the seizure of four freighters within the space of the Moscow Pact State of the People's Republic of New Corellia after they were fired upon by New Republic Naval warships to be an act of Casus Belli, an Act Justifying a Declaration of War, by which the New Republic has offered sufficient justification for the Union of Soviet Socialist Star Republics to declare war upon the New Republic. However, the Peace-loving Workers and Peasants of the Soviet Union do not desire to act upon this justification until all other options of negotiation and reparations for this act have been exhausted, as war would merely bring suffering upon the Proletariat of the New Republic and the New Republic's allies, and our Comrades in the New Republic should not be punished for the crimes of the New Republic's Capitalist Masters and Bourgeoisie Oppressors. Because of this, the Government of the Soviet Union has entered into negotiations with the Star Kingdom of Serenity as mediator, to come to terms for recompense and reparations with the New Republic and hence to avert war, in addition to general negotiations to end the illegal blockade and the piratical actions associated with it that have been occuring around the New Corellia system. The results of these negotiations will be provided to the galaxy at large when they are available, and we thank our Comrades in the Proletariat of all the Star Nations for standing with us in opposition to the Bourgeoisie Oppressor Forces in these troubling times. The Soviet Union continues to stand for freedom, the true freedom that only the Dictatorship of the Proletariat can offer, and for the equality of the Workers and the Peasants and the Intelligensia in the struggle against the Capitalist and the Feudalist oppressors of the Megaverse, despite the piratical and warlike activities of those oppressor states. Remember, peoples of the Proletariat of the Megaverse: The Peace-loving Workers and Peasants of the Soviet Union stand with you as your Comrades. It is for this reason that we offer peace despite the offenses of war directed against the Proletariat. We thank you all for your time and understanding, Comrades. And remember also: Workers of the Megaverse: Unite! You have only to lose your chains! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Cmdrwilkens" Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 06:37:38 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The New Republic has committed an Act of War! Message-ID: -------- "Maj Svetlanna" wrote in message news:20011117231712.04813.00000496@mb-mc.aol.com... > The following aired on Channel 73 NR News Central: Segment: Interview with crewmembers: Anchor: "How were you recruited to serve as a merchantman?" Crewman: "The political masters determine that our city need supply more troops for war effort to continue, they say I am gifted pilot and must enter service for my country." Anchor: "They forced you to fight?" Crewman: "They try but I was not good with weapons systems and they make me pilot on transport ship then tell me to carry war goods to real soldiers." Anchor: "Did they give you a reason?" Crewman: "They not say anything, that is their way. They are masters so they need not tell us anything even if we die because of." ---- The following aired on Channel 192 Coruscant Centrist: Segment: Debate by Time Part, segment one "They're right, its a declaraton of war and I can't believe that our troops would even bee so stupid as to open fire with anything under these circumstances." "You might be right but lets look at the objective facts here Conrel. First off the USSSR has been formenting evolutions against duly represenative governments on worlds which represent NO threat to her security. Secondly they have been engagin in MASSIVE buildups for war including to the point of aking gited pilots regardless of whether they wish to serve or not-" "If the pilot was telling the truth.." "I'll grant you that but why would he lie. Hold on, I can see your objection but lets move on. What elses has the Union done? Why nothing other than place strategic weapons within striking distance of planets under New Republic Jurisdiction. THEY are the ones who have committed an act of war by blatantly placin a sword right above the heart of citizens within our nation. Those missiles are not playthings, we have them in our possession now. Actual missiles with the emblem of the USSSR splatered ALL over them. Those commie bastards are trying to position themselves for a first strike since this base can serve no other purpose." --- New Republic Intelligence Special National Intelligence Estimate It is currently believed that the missile weaponry which the USSSR has shipped to the PRNC is not yet fully operational and even should it become avaliable for use it represents an easily targeted point for counter strategic weaponry. however further analysis indicates that strategic premptiveness has blinded the USSSR to the double edged sword of revealing how threatened their possessions are. While it is generally agreed that the officers responsible for actually opening fire should be publicly reprimanded we believe that the incident showcases the improbablity of a strike by the USSSR in the near future so long as they are still underdefended and open to a strategic counter response. It should also be noted that the drive signature from the Soviet warships and freighters has now been fully analyzed and we are curently tracking seven possible philote locations containing USSSR forces and we expect to have narrowed the band of our search within a weak. As such the National Intelligence Staff believes the following actions are warranted: 1) The New Republic should remind, in all public forums, other powers that this blockade was a legal action and that the vessels siezed were engaged in the running of illegal cargoes. 2) Failiing normal courses of diplomacy the leading officer present within the Fleet command structure should be reprimanded and asked to resign. 3) Increased Philote Sat missions should be redirected from Boyd Space to Soviet space upon confirmation so as to develop information for philote launched strategic missiles. 4) Upon completion of initial surveying passes knowledge should be conveyed to the USSSR quietly that we do have active solutions on all their major worlds and that we consider those missiles to be a Cassus Beli on their part, one that would require a FULL strategic response if not corrected immediately. NRI SNIE #115-A-6296 END -- Lcpl Burnett, G.R USMCR Bridge Company A, 6th EngnrSptBN, 4th FSSG "Everyone needs money, that's why its called MONEY." -Danny Devito from "Heist" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Phong Nguyen Date: 18 Nov 2001 06:49:49 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The New Republic has committed an Act of War! Message-ID: -------- "Cmdrwilkens" wrote in news:SGIJ7.33975$Ze5.18431660@news1.rdc1.md.home.com: > As such the National Intelligence Staff believes the following actions > are warranted: > > 1) The New Republic should remind, in all public forums, other powers > that this blockade was a legal action and that the vessels siezed were > engaged in the running of illegal cargoes. > 2) Failiing normal courses of diplomacy the leading officer present > within the Fleet command structure should be reprimanded and asked to > resign. 3) Increased Philote Sat missions should be redirected from > Boyd Space to Soviet space upon confirmation so as to develop > information for philote launched strategic missiles. > 4) Upon completion of initial surveying passes knowledge should be > conveyed to the USSSR quietly that we do have active solutions on all > their major worlds and that we consider those missiles to be a Cassus > Beli on their part, one that would require a FULL strategic response if > not corrected immediately. > [OOC] I'm handing over diplomatic control to you at the moment, but I'll give you the following warning: Marina has admiralty law references. She, meaning the USSSR, does not consider in-system New Corellia to be international space, but rather belonging to the People's Republic of New Corellia. Under the NATO Alliance, will you be sharing targetting information with the other major powers? [/OOC] -- Phong Nguyen Email: phongn-at-antispam-northwestern-edu AIM: JediPhong "War is the continuation of politics by other means." Karl von Clausewitz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 18 Nov 2001 18:57:49 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The New Republic has committed an Act of War! Message-ID: <20011118135749.08179.00000591@mb-cp.aol.com> -------- < snip > Here are the relevent parts of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea that can be transferred easily enough into space; Simply replace territorial waters for Space within the Heliopause of a Star System. Section 3. INNOCENT PASSAGE IN THE TERRITORIAL SEA SUBSECTION A. RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL SHIPS Article 17 Right of innocent passage Subject to this Convention, ships of all States, whether coastal or land-locked, enjoy the right of innocent passage through the territorial sea. Article 18 Meaning of passage 1. Passage means navigation through the territorial sea for the purpose of: (a) traversing that sea without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or port facility outside internal waters; or (b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at such roadstead or port facility. 2. Passage shall be continuous and expeditious. However, passage includes stopping and anchoring, but only in so far as the same are incidental to ordinary navigation or are rendered necessary by force majeure or distress or for the purpose of rendering assistance to persons, ships or aircraft in danger or distress. Article 19 Meaning of innocent passage 1. Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in conformity with this Convention and with other rules of international law. 2. Passage of a foreign ship shall be considered to be prejudicial to the peace, good order or security of the coastal State if in the territorial sea it engages in any of the following activities: (a) any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of the coastal State, or in any other manner in violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of the United Nations; (b) any exercise or practice with weapons of any kind; (c) any act aimed at collecting information to the prejudice of the defence or security of the coastal State; (d) any act of propaganda aimed at affecting the defence or security of the coastal State; (e) the launching, landing or taking on board of any aircraft; (f) the launching, landing or taking on board of any military device; (g) the loading or unloading of any commodity, currency or person contrary to the customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations of the coastal State; (h) any act of wilful and serious pollution contrary to this Convention; (i) any fishing activities; (j) the carrying out of research or survey activities; (k) any act aimed at interfering with any systems of communication or any other facilities or installations of the coastal State; (l) any other activity not having a direct bearing on passage. And here is the section regarding how the People's Republic of New Corellia had a right to defend themselves against the illegal actions of NATO and, by logical extension, could have asked for the assistance of their military allies (Or so the USSSR will maintain). (Note that Paragraph 1 of Article 25 is the relevent Paragraph in this case.) Article 25 Rights of protection of the coastal State 1. The coastal State may take the necessary steps in its territorial sea to prevent passage which is not innocent. 2. In the case of ships proceeding to internal waters or a call at a port facility outside internal waters, the coastal State also has the right to take the necessary steps to prevent any breach of the conditions to which admission of those ships to internal waters or such a call is subject. 3. The coastal State may, without discrimination in form or in fact among foreign ships, suspend temporarily in specified areas of its territorial sea the innocent passage of foreign ships if such suspension is essential for the protection of its security, including weapons exercises. Such suspension shall take effect only after having been duly published. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: majsvetlanna@aol.comspamkill (Maj Svetlanna) Date: 18 Nov 2001 19:01:40 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <20011118140140.08179.00000592@mb-cp.aol.com> -------- >Interesting. The problem is the USSSR has insisted that they retain >several hundred strategic missiles at New Corellia, and they will not >back down on that. > >Essentially speaking, the Star Kingdom is on the losing side of this, >which is not what I had intended. > Propaganda-wise, this is a HUGE victory for the MOSPAC states, because they did absolutely nothing wrong. If the blockade was illegal as they maintain, they even had the right-of-way when they charged at the RN ships. I will now be milking the brainwashing of Soviet civilian transport pilots, with clearly stilted speech, well, as soon as I get around to it, at any rate, as my next propaganda coup. Thank you, Greg! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: nitramtahalshia@aol.comAntiSpam (Sir Nitram) Date: 19 Nov 2001 13:40:47 GMT Subject: Re: [DTGOD] The New Republic has committed an Act of War! Message-ID: <20011119084047.19267.00000958@mb-ch.aol.com> -------- >Meaning of innocent passage > >1. Passage is innocent so long as it is not prejudicial to the peace, good >order or security of the coastal State. Such passage shall take place in >conformity with this Convention and with other rules of international law. > >2. Passage of a foreign ship shall be considered to be prejudicial to the >peace, good order or security of the coastal State if in the territorial sea >it >engages in any of the following activities: > >(a) any threat or use of force against the sovereignty, territorial integrity >or political independence of the coastal State, or in any other manner in >violation of the principles of international law embodied in the Charter of >the >United Nations; > >(b) any exercise or practice with weapons of any kind; > >(c) any act aimed at collecting information to the prejudice of the defence >or >security of the coastal State; > >(d) any act of propaganda aimed at affecting the defence or security of the >coastal State; > >(e) the launching, landing or taking on board of any aircraft; > >(f) the launching, landing or taking on board of any military device; All of these things were violated by NATO in New Corellian space. Of course, NATO will probably continue to say that the system is international space, despite it being claimed and settled months ago. I'll write up my own nasty propaganda in a bit, since no one's backed down yet. ------------------------------------ SirNitram ASVS Small Gods Keeper and Amateur Genius "We can reconstitute dead friends and lovers. Those who were us, can be yours again. We will make you Gods amongst your people!" -Last words of the Beast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 18:32:53 -0500 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Moscow Pact. Message-ID: <9tc4pd$1m608$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- The Fifth Fleet of the United Terran Republics Navy dropped out of Multi-D at the edge of the interdiction field. "All ships prepare to engage sidereal drive systems on my signal." "Task Force 51 to assume lead position. Task Force 52 to assume trailing fomration, Task Force 53 to assume escort position around Task Force 54." Task Force 54 was Fifth Fleets Carrier Task Force with forty Camelot class Fleet Carriers. Task Force 53 was a standard battle line Task Group with forty Capital ships, unfortunately most of those ships were of the older Wellington class and not the more modern Sherman class. Only Task Force 51 had brand new Constantinople class Dreadnoughts attached to it, twelve to be exact. "Contact the New Republic and Kingdom ships already in system. Inform them we will be entering the system under sidereal drive. Request that they do not open fire on us. Send it over the hypercomm, they don't have sidereal comm systems on their ships. Then send a status update to Earth." "Aye aye, sir. All messages sent and recieved. NATO forces in system copy and await our arrival." Fifth Fleet activated it's sidereal drive systems, and then powered it's usually sublight drive system to max and accelerated forward at, 50,000 kps/s, in a little more then ten seconds the entirety of Fifth Fleet was doing twice the speed of light without any time dilation or relativistic effects. Sidereal space was a parallel reality existing simultanously with real space, the only difference was that in sideral space the speed of light was infinite. But real space and sidereal space co existed, objects in sidereal space affect real space and vice versa. This also gave the UTRN instantanous and unjammable communications and sensors. Twelve Constantinople class Dreadnoughts Forty Camelot class Fleet Carriers Forty-Eight Sherman class Battleships Sixty Wellington class Battleships Hundreds of cruisers and destroyers Tens of Thousands of Strike Craft. Admiral Jon Carl and the United Terran Republic Navy was ready to fulfil it's obligations under the Nato Alliance. The Star Kingdom of Serenity and the New Republic did not stand alone. "If the Soviets or Soviet allies attempt to get in our way we will not stop, if they ram one of our ships and it is destroyed or damged you are authorized to open fire with energy weapons or SKAM depending on the tactical situation, SLAM use is not authorized." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 01:35:12 -0800 Subject: (STGODi) Hope and Ressurection Message-ID: -------- Quetzcoutl was enraged, the raiders had not only killed his slaves, they had killed a Goa'uld. Killed and allegedly devoured her stealing her memories. This was an insult that could not be ignored. Still his Jaguar Knight Jaffa, had found the discarded host of the annoying Tia Malice, the Widow of Illusions was weaker now, looking for a new body. K'Vel emerged from the Sarcophagus, Hallen was still mystified by her beauty. The Romulon now looked even better. Still she looked down at him with mixed emotions coming from two minds one ancient one not so old. "K'Vel are you alright." !!WE ARE TAI MALICE, THE TRICKSTER, WIDOW OF ILLUSIONS AND GLAMOUR!! the K'Vel/Goa'uld being spoke in a voice like thunderclaps, the red hourglass mark now becoming visible on the hosts buttocks and lowerback. The Tok'ra deceiver was back, from the dead along with K'Vel. Unlike most Goa'uld the Shol'va bonded and shared the memories and personalities of her hosts, becoming more of a symbiotic then others of her kind. The fugitives had left a trail back to the main fleet, however Loki Stormrider, and Sygil had other problems. Still Loki the Asgard had other Plans knowing the star-crossed and Crosspieces lovers could never be allowed to have children in such a state it was necessary to do something about Hallen, with a Romulon lifespan to enhance Tia Malice could expect to out last Ra in time with a single host, without using the Sarcophagus unless absolutely necessary. Still their humanlike form had led the Asgard into some research, the Martian runners were indeed related to the same species as the humans. The small being knew of one way of insuring that the desert runner, and the Romulon host would stay together and not have any children. The memories kept coming, images from the lives of past hosts, of all the Goa'uld who had contributed to the Ashrak, of all of their ancestors, The two Fenari were now more then any others of their kind had been in memory to drink much deeper would be madness. As it was having the some total of all of their racial memories and that of their recent prey entering them, was overwhelming. With a sudden shock Stormrider moved across his namesakes vessel with blinding speed, howling in pain. Sygil seemed to curl up as memories traveled through her. Roma waited first an hour had passed since the spy vessel had returned from it's mission of prodding and Distracting the Serpent, operation Gotterdamrung was underway, the falsegod would die today and she announced to her followers, it would become a symbol for all of the Fenari/Barssom/Kith Alliance, The new United clan that would emerge from these former slaves would be stronger then any before. Again with two carriers and a mother ship continually building drone fighters the deathglider corps met with a severe set back, his vast army of slaves, were faced now with multibeam frigates and Multimissile Frigates, combined with a vast almost countless number of fighters that never seemed to end, the drones continued to gain skill and experience, almost as if the whole of their mechanical beings were evolving with each new batch produced. Sitting on his throne Quetzacoutl prepared to fire his main batteries and end this battle just as he had turned back countless worlds and other battles before, just as a Jaffa insect interrupted about the central carrier ship launching three small machine controlled frigates, and moving clear of the rest of the fleet. Roma floated in her tank, Hope first then Frigates move out of the asteroid belts and engage the enemy. Phase two will commence as soon as the Goa'uld are caught between the two forces and the ships have cleared the asteroids, then with a command to Grail, energy absorbers at maximum. After firing the main battery Quetzcoutl noticed that the main ship's shields seemed to grow stronger after the blast, it had absorbed more then half the energy and rechannled it into reinforcing the shields, the remainder went into the ship's power batteries. looking around as the mass of hydrogen gas in the cosmic storm surrounding him flared with the passage of his Naquadatha powered weapons, he then noticed some thing strange, the storm was now the target of the first of the Frigate sized missiles, a powerful gravitational field came forth turning the small nebula into an incredibly dense ball of gas that his flagship was trapped within, freezing as the hydrogen compressed against his ship, then the Taidan Atmospheric Infighters, enhanced by Naquadatha kicked in, the atmosphere of Pressurized highly voliul gas, in sufficient quantity flared sending out shock waves, destroying fighters both gliders and drones, and even a few of the Kushan style cruisers. Elsewhere in the STGOD universe, in another Galaxy the System lords felt the death of Quetzacoutl, he had been banished from the Goa'uld's home galaxy, still they felt anger and fear one of their own, a former system lord had been destroyed! The Moscow Pact, The Star Kingdom, The Mars Pact, and even in the much more distant NOFR gravimetric sensors activated, showing readings where the light would not reach the core of the galaxy for centuries, it heralded the new and unscheduled birth of a new star, debris from the stellar blast traveled outward sending pieces of the former world destroyer out into the depth of space and deep into the core. HOPE was a success. Two days later a hot but bountiful small world, and a more distant giant orbited the new star, both planets would be perfect for their intended batches of Refugees, after all with Three Kushan minerships they had little need to worry about mining and they could now maintain the size of fleet that was more to the Fenari's liking. The message sent to the Galactic powers was simple and to the point. We are three races that have unified our clans with a single mind. We all have been the victims of a Genocidal tactics of others, we are running no longer. We wish to open free trade with any world. To commemorate this the Barsoon faction have agreed to host a trading station, created by Kushans modeled after the designs of the Bentusi, with security handled by the Fenari. We welcome free exchange, but seek to bind us at your peril. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 02:44:14 -0800 Subject: (DTGOD)Station Framework underway. Message-ID: <3uLK7.51115$A_2.735582249@news.inreach.com> -------- The massive Horseshoe shaped skeleton of the station to be was being assembled a space dedicated to free trade, and production, the Grail Mining Corp's new gravity field enhancers, could bind together asteroid clusters to make world that could be reseeded in time. In light of the recent destruction the GMC was now the most powerful of the three clans fanatical, but the weakest population wise. Still even with the mother ship busy, worker unit's buzzed around the scaffolding building the new station, a station dedicated to free trade, the first of the Unbound class stations. Designed after the great Bentusi merchant way posts, these immense ships, existed to prevent another exchange of planet and star destroying activity like they had just witnessed. Each station, was in it's way rotten to the cores. The first to reserve berths were the now homeless Orion Freetrade Cartels. The station was now open to the cult in exile of the Tok'ra of Tai-Malice, and her retinue. However, this was a solemn request ot all races in both Galaxies, to come together, and send reprehensive to the ceremony that would officially open the first habitation, and merchant pods in the station. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:01:02 -0800 Subject: Re: (STGODi) Hope and Ressurection Message-ID: <3crnvt8ajsmkopi504kqja1m2aof1ghej8@4ax.com> -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" found on Tue, 20 Nov 2001 01:35:12 -0800... > The message sent to the Galactic powers was simple and to the point. >We are three races that have unified our clans with a single mind. We all >have been the victims of a Genocidal tactics of others, we are running no >longer. We wish to open free trade with any world. To commemorate this >the Barsoon faction have agreed to host a trading station, created by >Kushans modeled after the designs of the Bentusi, with security handled by >the Fenari. We welcome free exchange, but seek to bind us at your peril. One week later, a message was returned. "Kushan, Bentusi, and Fenari clans, "We can sympathize with your positions, having freed many races ourselves from the oppression of the Skaarj, and we welcome your entry into the galactic trade market. As this message is being sent, a representative of the SCEF is en route to discuss trade agreements." -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: {AGUT}Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris O'Farrell" Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 14:07:53 +1100 Subject: [STGOD] The Burning. Message-ID: <3bfc6ada$0$28128$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> -------- The fire had swept through the dimension. Inumerable lives and billions of planets had cracked open as unholy energies ripped through them, causing what had existed for millions of years to rip appart in a matter of minuites. A slave to the long set down instructions of the various strategic commands, the NATO SIOP and MOSPAC equivilant were initiated far faster then any being could hope to stop it. Billions of ships fled and trillions of beings became homeless in the hour of hell. Few places were left unscathed. As the fires died down and people started to take stock of the situation, questiosn of 'what now' were asked. *** K'Tach Sector, AYC-NOFR Space *** A massive survivor fleet gradualy had formed up. Billions of civilan ships from Red Giant class super frighters to one man shuttles had gathered in a system that had been unravaged by the exchanges. One of the planets was just class M, not considered worth the effort to bring upto full class M given the abundence of such planets a month ago. Now on the othr hand, it was a rather valuable resource. Refugees from the various NATO powers had gathered hear as word spread, even many from the MOSPAC worlds which no longer existed. In orbit, an Omega class Battleship, the /Imperator/ was using its massive onboard construction facilities to churn out amazing amounts of pre-fabricated structures. Massive transporter arrays designed to drop thousnads of combat troops now sent a near constent stream of supplies and material to the planet below. Hospitals, acomidation, space ports, power facilities and such were soon being deployed all over the planet in an astonishing growth. Teraforming technology worked with amazing speed to make it far more habitable. As the reality of the situation dawned on the people, they worked all the harder to get this planet which was all they had left ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:24:52 -0500 Subject: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: <9thr4k$2jh6d$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- Today President Jackson Weber of the United Terran Republic, and President Ken Browning of the Southern California Evacuation Force announced the signing of a new treaty to be known as the Treaty of San Angeles. Under this treaty the two nations will begin a process that will culminate in the combination of these two star nations as one nation united together. The UTR/SCEF border will be open and all will be allowed to pass through with no customs fees, taxes or tariffs. The UTR Navy and the SCEF Starforce will begin a program of cross training and technical exchanges. The UTRN and SCEFSF will create a unified chain of command incorporating the assets of both Fleets. Joint citizenship will be immediately granted to all UTR and SCEF citizens until the amalgamation is complete. The UTR and SCEF will still honor all treaty's and alliances. The combined nation will use the name of the United Terran Republic, the United Terran Republic Navy and the Southern California Evacuation Fleet Starforce will be the United Terran Republic Starforce. The UTR and SCEF legislative and judicial branches will temporarily function as one large legislative body with four houses instead of as two legislative bodies with two houses each. Presidents Weber and Brown will rotate the position of Chief Executive with each serving for two months then serving as Vice President. The Judicial branches will be gradually combined but for now so as reduce confusion will still function as they did before the treaty signing. Details on how to merge the administrations and governments will be handled by the legislatures. The new larger UTR will still be a member of NATO, and is not withdrawing from it's obligations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Crayz9000 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:23:48 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: -------- While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Kyle" found <9thr4k$2jh6d$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> on Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:24:52 -0500... > The UTR and SCEF legislative and judicial branches will temporarily >function as one large legislative body with four houses instead of as two >legislative bodies with two houses each. Presidents Weber and Brown will >rotate the position of Chief Executive with each serving for two months then >serving as Vice President. Hm... that might create a bit of confusion... [pictures a Saturday Night Live spoof on the "Odd Couple" which featured Gore and Bush as the two guys] -- Crayz9000 - - - - - - - - mhm28x12 UT: {AGUT}Freak'o'Nature http://asvsaa.8m.net/index2.html (ASVS Auxiliary Archive) http://crayz9000.htmlplanet.com/index2.html (Crayz9000's Hideout) "You can indict a ham sandwich." --Rita Cosby ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:38:59 -0800 Subject: Re: (STGODi) Hope and Ressurection Message-ID: -------- The United Clans and the Grail Mining Company acknowledge your message, and are prepared to exchange in materials, terraforming, stellar engineering, and other services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:51:22 -0500 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: <9tkh1u$312jp$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" wrote in message news:poeL7.51190$gw.757766234@news.inreach.com... > Well condisering the Fenari understand how to build and operate Stargates. The difference is that these are 5,000 km in diameter, are constnatly open to all other gateways, not limited to one at a time and can do multiple transits to multiple destinations simultanously. It also allows my fleet to respond to any attack immediatly through that gateway network. You couldn't get much better then infantry through a stargate. > The United Clans and their cheif business contractor The Grail Mining > Corperation, will consider this however we do like free trade, and a wary > of joinning into any large groups. (Considering that the Fenari and the > Barsoom are until recently fuedal in culture. The UTR is very open about domestic affairs, there are very little federal restrictions on the economy and on trade. They pretty much just leave you alone other then a flat income tax, no property taxes, low domestic import taxes, no domestic export taxes and a fairly handsfree approach to local government. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 20:40:01 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: -------- Thanks I think the remants will join with you, note we will send one of our Barsoom delegates/trade represenitives, (They have deep crimson pigmentation, tails for ballencing when running, slight horns on the males, & yellow eyes) (They look somewhat like Darth Maul except no black tattoos, unless they go for that sort of thing). Currently, since our Kushan's are busy with deep space mining, and the Fenari aren't exactly the best folks to send as embassadors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 01:52:54 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: -------- The United Clans are made up of the Following Races Listed by Rate of Populace 1. Fenari: 9 foot tall Humaniod Wolves, Run the main Military of the U.C., and crew their warships, as well as handle the ground troops. They were cleated by a renegade Asgard named Loki, as a result they have an understanding of Stargate Tech. The curently use a mix of their own designed Slugthrowers, and the Martian designed Fusion weapons. Their entire society is based on hunting packs, from the smallest workcrew , or military to naval . Fenris the homeworld of the Fenari does extensive mining trade, being very mineral rich (at least one sea that has concentrated Heavy water), and does possess a very large quanity of Naquada (Mineral from Stargate). The main ship of Fenari species is the 600kt, Frieghter/Landingship called the Drakkar. With multipal ring teleporters, and Neutron blaster beam weapons, it makes a great boarding ship as well. Fenari have Male and Female clan Alpha leaders, with the Males running the Military Side, and the Females running the Economic side. A noteable exception, is Clan Seafurie which is made up of an All Female Merchant Marine. (Their entire Military is also their merchant fleet) Barsoom: also known as Martians, or Desert Runners, humaniods sharing a simular ancestry as the human speicies. About 1500ad (earth Callender), they were enslaved by the Telepathic Insectiod/Parasitic Martians (the ones from War of the Worlds) and were forced to serve as food, and worker/slaves for their telepathic masters. This condition lasted until their master commenced a mission to enslave the 3rd planet of the Sol system. The pluage brought back by the Telepathic overlords, killed 90% of the population of dry bacteria poor Mars, the survivors fled the planets using fusion heat rays to sterilize the world and coincidentally making it so that 20th century scientists could find no trace of the life that once flurished on Mars. Pursued by their former Masters and aided by occasionaly by human adventurers, they eventually made their way to the edge of the Milkyway Galaxy. Hiding and rebuilding their numbers. The Fenari found the Barsoom, and traded simple Antibiotic for the Martian Fusion beam, Gravity Shielding, and Neutron Beam "Death Rays". While the Barsoom are redialy rebuilding their population, they were forced to abandon their desert sanctuary in the face of a Goa'uld invasion. The Barsoom Martians are based on Matriarical Pride Clans. These extended families do co-operate with each other. The Grail Mining Company: Currently led by Roma (a Teenaged Kushan cyborg, who commands the Mothership Grail from her sensory Deprevation tank). Roma currently leads a small break away Kith. Presently she controls 1 mothership, and Two carriers, commanded and controlled by Kushans, with Fenari filling out the majority of the lower ranked positions. Her forces primarily participate in mining operations, however they do proform Military actions. Her clan is made up entirely of Cloned Sleepers, however their small numbers, has resulted in them using a great deal of Remote linkage controls. The current level of cybernetics are exclusively computer interface type. Presently their largest technical advances have been in medical, computer, and gravity manipulation technologies. Current most powerful technological achievement has been combining the Gravity Manipulation, analyzed Beast Cruise Missiles, Taidan Atmosphere incinerators to create stellar manipulation torpedoes, that enable them to compress gasses, and then incinerate them into new suns. The GMC is a Corperation, and a clan. Drakkar warships Type Merchantman/Battlecruiser Displacement 600kt. Cargo: 200kt Weapons: 3x Double Turret Heavy Neutron beam, 2 FX, 1 AX, 8x Fusion Cannon 4 port, 4 starboard, these medium range 'waist guns' are secondary Weapons for space engagements. 16x Particle Accelerator Point Defense Turrets. Upgrade form the Old Gauss Point Defense turrets, these small beam weapons, use simular magnets, to rapid fire elecron streams at incomming missiles, and fighters. x2 FTL missile launch systems: Contians multipal reloads, these Forward mounted Torpedo Tubes, fire Fenari FTL missiles. Shields: Martian Gravity Shields (Uses a powerful anti gravity field to steer incomming attacks away from the ships, not always effective. Also contains a heavy loading bay that can be used to drop ordinace, or fire additional missiles. The United Clans are a Confederation of smaller 'Clans' who work together for mutual protection, and for the benefits of free trade. Their recent history includes invasion by Cardassian renegades, Imperial Remnant forces, and the Goa'uld system lord Quetzcoutl. The most recent conflict resulted in the destruction of New Barsoom, and Clan Badger's main research center. The newly terraformed system, that marks the site of the last battle between their enemies and them selves currently is the site of the first Unbound class merchant/embassy station, (Looks like a Bentusi trading station.) Hyperdrive: Note the UC uses a combination of Stargate technology, and Kushan Hyperdrive for their Primary FTL travel. This system, opens a Wyrmhole into Kushan hyperspace, that smaller ships can use as well. Note only ships of 400kt or larger displacement can generate one of these gateways. Warp Technology: Since their earliest encounters were with Warp capable races, the UC, still uses ST warp as the FTL method for their missile units. The Grail Mining Corp, has had merchant Ties in the past, with the BC, The SCEF, and the SKS, and The Fenari Clans Badger and Seafurie have roving Trade Delegates. Seafurie has now resumed it's role as primary merchant fleet providers for the Main Fenari Clans. Note: While Fenris remains the Capitol of the Fenari Confederation, the United Clans have their capitol in the Gotterdamrung system. (located at the South West extreme of Fenari claimed space. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 18:16:14 -0500 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: <9tmlab$3jghb$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- "Crayz9000" wrote in message news:rd6pvtkm1f12cltopr97i9fltrhtjb18cr@4ax.com... > While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Kyle" > found <9thr4k$2jh6d$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> on Wed, 21 Nov 2001 22:24:52 > -0500... > > > The UTR and SCEF legislative and judicial branches will temporarily > >function as one large legislative body with four houses instead of as two > >legislative bodies with two houses each. Presidents Weber and Brown will > >rotate the position of Chief Executive with each serving for two months then > >serving as Vice President. > > Hm... that might create a bit of confusion... True, I'm going to fix that then. I'll also cover the Fenari and Barsoom joining as well. The Combined Congress, UTR Assembly, UTR Senate, SCEF Congress and SCEF Senate have today passed new legislation confirming Jackson Weber as President of the UTR, Ken Browning has been appointed Vice President of the UTR, The leader of the United Clans (Sorry I don't have a name) has been appointed Second Vice President until new presidential elections can be held throughout the UTR. Legislation has also been passed that's has determined how the UTR Congress will function. Elections to the UTR Assembly and Senate will begin immediately throughout the entirety of the UTR, including the former United Clans and SCEF. SCEF military forces are being reorganized for integration with existing UTR fleets. As part of this program the UTRSF is reviewing all UTR, SCEF and UC technologies for integration in the UTR fleet. Plans are being made for an upgrade to all Centerpoint-II vessels, the modification will be known as the Centerpoint-IIA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Colin 'The Yosemite Bear' Witz" Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 22:56:50 -0800 Subject: Re: [DTGOD] Treaty of San Angeles Message-ID: <%qHL7.51238$y05.776168586@news.inreach.com> -------- Roma-Simply on the grounds that while she has the lowest population, she currently controls the most advanced navy and the strongest portion of the economy, then again isn't there something in the bylaws about 7month old clones, with 16.5year physical age appearance, and Sum Total of Kith Knowledge mental development serving in such a capacity? "Kyle" wrote in message news:9tmlab$3jghb$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de... > > "Crayz9000" wrote in message > news:rd6pvtkm1f12cltopr97i9fltrhtjb18cr@4ax.com... > > While drowning in alt.startrek.vs.starwars, "Kyle" > > found <9thr4k$2jh6d$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> on Wed, 21 Nov 2001 > 22:24:52 > > -0500... > > > > > The UTR and SCEF legislative and judicial branches will temporarily > > >function as one large legislative body with four houses instead of as two > > >legislative bodies with two houses each. Presidents Weber and Brown will > > >rotate the position of Chief Executive with each serving for two months > then > > >serving as Vice President. > > > > Hm... that might create a bit of confusion... > > True, I'm going to fix that then. I'll also cover the Fenari and Barsoom > joining as well. > > The Combined Congress, UTR Assembly, UTR Senate, SCEF Congress and SCEF > Senate have today passed new legislation confirming Jackson Weber as > President of the UTR, Ken Browning has been appointed Vice President of the > UTR, The leader of the United Clans (Sorry I don't have a name) has been > appointed Second Vice President until new presidential elections can be held > throughout the UTR. > > Legislation has also been passed that's has determined how the UTR Congress > will function. Elections to the UTR Assembly and Senate will begin > immediately throughout the entirety of the UTR, including the former United > Clans and SCEF. > > SCEF military forces are being reorganized for integration with existing UTR > fleets. As part of this program the UTRSF is reviewing all UTR, SCEF and UC > technologies for integration in the UTR fleet. Plans are being made for an > upgrade to all Centerpoint-II vessels, the modification will be known as the > Centerpoint-IIA. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Enigma" Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:29:40 GMT Subject: [STGODi] Renaming the IPE Message-ID: -------- The Emperor has decided that the name "Intergalactic Peacekeeping Empire" is no longer appropriate for his puppet empire. It has been renamed to the "Intergalactic Revenue Syndicate" or "I.R.S." for short. Good Day. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Kyle" Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:06:45 -0500 Subject: [DTGOD] Galactic News Broadcasting. Message-ID: <9u6f0n$66s9c$1@ID-17688.news.dfncis.de> -------- Galactic News Broadcasting emblem appears followed by an anchorperson. "Hello I'm Johnson Maxwell of Galactic News. First we have a speech from President Jackson Weber of the United Terran Republic." His co-host cuts in, "In case our viewers aren't aware it should be mentioned that President Weber has recently signed treaty's with both the Southern California Evacuation Force and the United Clans. These treaty's have brought the worlds of both those governments into the United Terran Republic. But today's speech by President Weber has to do with UTR external affairs, not internal." "Correct, and know lets go to President Weber." "Citizens of the Galaxy, the United Terran Republic has declared a state of war to exist between the UTR and the Yuuzhan Vong. TO Fight this War The United Terran Republic Star Force has given Command to Fleet Admiral Whitehall. The Fleet Admiral will be in complete charge of all UTRSF forces involved in the Vong Offensive. I'll know