posted 06-07-99 07:51 AM ET        

Name your nation and your capitol. Choose your territories, which can include one planet and three moons. The exception is that Earth is divided into four hemispheres, north eastern, south eastern, north western and south western. One section of Earth counts as one half a planet. When new planets and moons are discovered around other stars it's first come first serve, although I will say how much of the new territories one can aquire.

Territory can only be changed through war or faction consent. No super weapons or other bizarre things.

posted 06-07-99 07:53 AM ET            

I claim Mars and Mars' moons, Phobos and Deimos. My capitol is named Sheffeild with a population of 450,000, and other major cities are Burroughs (pop. 322,000), New Clarke (Pop. 436,000) and Da Vinci (Pop. 389,000).

posted 06-07-99 04:05 PM ET         

I claim all of Easter Earth as my one planet and forgo my 3 moons to have a massive space station orbiting earth, if that is satisfactory to all. This will help as a point to stop at before long space journeys.

I offer peace to all, and especially you, picker. We are a democratic nation which main goal now is to discover things to benefit man kind.

posted 06-07-99 04:16 PM ET            

The rules are that you can only have one planet and three moons, since Jupiter and Uranus have multiple, it may be a bit unfair.

<b>JT 3-</b

you said you wanted just Saturn, you also can claim three other moons or construct artifical ones.

<b>Current FPS news follows<b/>

My recent mining colonies are developing into industrial cities with some one the larger cities being Welmach (Deimos Pop. 78,000), Relatife (Diemos Pop. 54,00) and Cornerstone (Phobos. Pop 42,000).

The FPS has also begun plans for an artificial moon which will serve as the primary Army training facilitly and Naval shipyard. The moon, currently named "New Luna" is approxomatly the size of Earth's moon.

Terraforming is being delayed by recent terrorist attacks by a very small groups of fanatics who belive Mars should remain the way it is. Atmospheric pressure has been raised to 23 millibars, still quite a long way from Earth's 110.

Recent reports from FPS astronomers have detected a gas giant aprx. the size of Saturn orbiting Alpha Centauri. Further scans are being made to detect orbiting moons or other planets.

FPS is currently planning to conctruct a Navy consisting of a small number of warships to defend the faction if the needs arises.

posted 06-07-99 04:22 PM ET            

PRESIDENT KORIAN'S POST-

posted 06-07-99 04:24 PM ET            

Hey hey, this is the Smugglers Confederation hailing from the orbital colonies of Uranus and our sister colonies on Miranda and Ariel. Our government (if you can call it that) is an elected group of the elder smugglers. We have a rough population of about 6.75 million.
Now, our years of smuggling has allowed us to get our hands on some otherworldly technologies, resources, and weaponry. We'd be more then happy to share...for a price. Going against the usual smugglers way of evading a fight, rather then picking one, we have constructed a fleet of sufficient size to defend our holdings.

posted 06-07-99 04:26 PM ET            

I Claim Pluto, Her moon Charon, and the Asteroid Belt (About enough material for two moons?).

posted 06-07-99 04:38 PM ET            

Dreadnought- Mars, Phobos, Diemos, New Luna

Picker- N/W Earth, Moon, Titan

JT 3- Saturn & rings

God Emperor Eccles V- Needs to shorten list of moons claimed, must be three or below. Claims Jupiter.

Chancellor AoYoS- Puto, Charon, new artificial moon.

President Mew- Eastern Earth, exchanged three moon for massive space station.

President Korian- Northern Earth is all claimed, all that remains is south eastern, if you wish to just keep this, you can have an extra moon. Luna is also already claimed, you can select another moon or construct a new one orbiting Earth.

Exile- Mirandia, Ariel and orbital colonies.

Hugo Rune- Pluto and Charon are already claimed. Due size of the asteroid belt and the fact that it surrounds the inner planets, this can count as your three moons. Choose another Planet though.

IMPORTANT- If you are constructing a new moon, it must take time. No, "BAM" there's an artifical moon. The moon can also be a large asteriod artificialy cought in your planets orbit this can take a signifiganly horter period of time.

posted 06-07-99 04:49 PM ET            

In anticipation of new resources, the council has commisioned a new Colony Ship be built and equipped with the newly manufactured Ionic Pulse Drive for the trip to the newly discovered gas giant.

In other news, Confederation Scientists have discovered new ways to grow food in hydroponics. Thus freeing more of our workers from food production on to other jobs.

A Proposal has been sent to the FPS asking them if they would be interested in these new technologies.

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posted 06-07-99 05:07 PM ET            

ANYway....

posted 06-07-99 06:32 PM ET            

Other Stuff:

We are a democratic society.

More Other Stuff:

We have finished terraforming Saturn into a solid planet. We have also completed filling up basins in the crust with water.

We have discovered a way of making a laser generator so small we can fit it in a rifle. All military personnell, volunteers, and draftees will be issued an M-24 Semi-Automatic Laser Rifle.

Our stats are as follows:

Total population: app. 486 million(Earth alone is expected to quadruple in pop by 2066)
Capital: Federation Base

------------------Military-------------------

Infantry: 583,000 men
Machines: 100,000 Laser Hover Tanks, 50,000 Armored Dune Buggy Calvalry, 75,000 Laser Artillery
Space Navy: 1,000 Space Transports, 500 Battlecruisers, 5,000 Fighters
Reserves: 19.2 million men

posted 06-07-99 07:54 PM ET            

Mercury Confederation Continued"

Capitol City(encompases all of murcury): Confederation HQ. Population: 50 million.
Three Artificial Planets: Pop. 20 million each.

Army:

Infantry: 1 million (heavy emphasis on military). Each is equiped with Gauss rifle (does a little more damage than a laser rifle and far better at penatration armor, but slower fiering rate), and small body shield.

Vehicals (used for invasion only, vehicals would not work in mercury enviorment): 1000 Heavy assult tanks, EIT's (Elite Invasion Tanks). Each equiped with a shield generator, three heavy gauss machine guns, and twin linked Plasma battle cannons.

20,000 APT's (All purpose tanks): One Plasma Cannon, One gauss machine gun. Transportation capability.

8,000 Artilary (again, impractible on mercury (i.e. shot goes around the world and hits you in the back.)) Heavy Plasma Mortor, one shield generator.

1,000 Mobile Large Radious Shield Generators, MLRSG's
Think star wars, but some differances. I can shoot out of it, infantry cannot walk in through it. But it can be taken down and destroyed with shots, just like normal shield on spacecraft.

Spacecraft:
1 Moblie Planet prototype. First attempt at converting captured asteroids into mobile space stations/huge military flagship. Uses the tech that we have that enables us to move our planets. Has great firepower and includes large shiel generator and repair docs. But it is slow and unmaneuverable.

100 Battlecruisers, 750 fighters, and 1,000 space transports.

OUR draft procedures:
Purely only those who sign up. But the Council awards those who do monatary gains, and also their is a heavy emphasis on military in the society. So their are many who do sign up. One requierment is that, starting at age seven, all members of the Confederation must have military training one day in 30. This amount of days decreases by three each year untill it is down to one day in ten (the maximum requiered to those not in military). Thus the army reserve is almost the whole population, or about 90 million. Each is equiped with a gauss rifle, but no shield generator.

(OOC): We should each have some technolnogy (important tech, not just small such as one nation is better as mining than another) that is, at least at first, one that only your "nation" has. I have my shield generators and small artificial planet moving tech. I believe that this would make the game more interesting and make each faction more unique.(end of OOC)

Head Counciler Datalink

posted 06-07-99 09:17 PM ET            

VO: I would offer an alliance to you.

posted 06-07-99 10:13 PM ET            

--Army--

We don't have much of one, but when we can, we add mechanized walkers to our "army" outfitting them with the latest technologies we research/get our hands on. Mostly Plasma based technologies with the odd Gauss Cannon

--Space--

Ah, we have a fleet, and most of it will be shown here.

-Stormrider Cruiser: Main fleet ship, long range, descent weaponry comprised of addopted guass technology and anti-matter missiles/torps (buy this technology now for the low low price of whatever you have to offer! Food or mechanical parts would be accepted!). Armor and shield rating souped up with alien tech.

-Saucer Carrier: Carries 1 wing (75 fighters max.) on it. Has lasers to defend itself. Weak armor and shields as protection was traded for more space.

-Scimitar Battlecruiser: Only 2 known to exist in Confederation fleet. Thick armor, shields, and point-defense weapons screen. Carries massive Gauss Cannons and anti-matter launchers. Shield system exposed to space though to cool system, covered by other shield system when cooling...

-Nova Interceptor: Light armor and shielding to increase speed. Lasers and missiles for defense. The traditional one-person fighter.

-Singularity Bomber: THicker armor and shields at the cost of speed. Carries laser in the rear to fend of chasing interceptors. One Gauss Cannon in front to dogfight (should the pilot be stupid/brave enough to). Carries load of space bombs/ torps/ missiles as needed.

-Misc.-

-Nomad Colony Ship: Colony ship, carries point-defense guns to blow up any asteroids/wayward space objects.

-Spyglass Research Vessel: Unarmed research vessel, can turn into small rsearch station as needed. (Roll 1d10 for chance of technology in ship's computers)

-Spacelifter Cargo Vessel: Do I need to explain this?

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Well, that's all, I ommited some parts about the things that are to sensitive/jelously guarded to reveal.

As of our recruiting procedures: Hey, if your between 20-50, male/female, can operate ANYTHING. Your eligeable, to get payed for a 2 year term.

Public training is not manditory but hey, if we get attacked and you die cause you wern't trained, you waive all rights to drawing out of the government aid fund (legal tender for the fund covered by the fees needed to be payed at the beggining of training and for continual lessons ) (^_^)

=============================================

Well, that's that, no invincible ships. Even the Scimitar has a glarring weakness. So I thing I'm following RP Council rules.

posted 06-07-99 10:38 PM ET         

The Solar Confederation has been founded, we are a nomadic tribe of warriors, whom left Earth long ago to create an orbital nation which remains dangerously close to the sun at all times.

MC:

We request a treaty.

As for military, we use a total of five primary vessel-types.

Flare, Cosmic Assault Craft,
A fast, lightly armored and heavily armed starfighter/bomber. This is our all-purpose craft and is the most common.

Podship, Mobile Military Fortress,
A small, spherical base which is also used for colonization. Indeed, all SC bases and cities are based off the Podship design. Some Podships are equipped with weapons of mass destruction and used as bombers.

Nova, Destroyer Ship,
Houses a crew of about two dozen, Novas are made for bombing missions. They are still nimble, and are quite capable of destroying larger, more cumbersome ships.

AA-Carrier,
Used for carrying Novas and Flares, of course.

Incinerator Space/Air/Ground Craft,
A space craft which houses a smaller land walker within, it is capable of battle within atmospheric conditions and is lightly armored and armed. It is primarily made to escort and deliver the Incinerator Ground-Walker which is much more powerful than its counterpart and is used, obviously, for invasions.

OOC:

Since the SC is nomadic I think I should be considered to have no definite territory but currently hanging around the sun.

posted 06-07-99 11:13 PM ET            

Wait, I've changed my mind. Instead of leaving, I'll just make a new military post. Disregard my old one.

IC:

-------------------Military--------------------

583,000 Space Marines

Armed with M-24 Laser Rifles and trained constantly, a platoon of 16 can easily take down a War Walker.

100,000 Laser Warships

The FP equivilent of a War Walker. Size is same. Only difference(beside weapons) is that the Warship hovers off the ground. Armed with Anti-Matter Grenades, Gatling Laser Cannons, Infared-Guided Missles, and Plasma Cannons.

50,000 Laser Hover Tanks

Backup for the Laser Warships. Faster than the Warships, but slower than the Armored Buggies. Armed with double Laser Cannons, 2 Plasma Machine Guns, and Infared-Guided Missles.

50,000 Armored Dune Buggy Calvary

Calvalry. Fastest division of the FP army. Armed with 2 Laser Machine Guns and a Mini-Plasma Cannon.

75,000 Laser Artillery

FP groundpounders. With a range of over 50 miles, this can hammer away at defences well before the army gets to them to take the rest out. Fires 1-ton Anti-Matter bombs.

5,000 Space Transports

Can transport Marines or vehichles. armed with Laser Turrets for defense.

10,000 Battlecruisers

The bulk of the Federation navy. Armed with Laser Turrets, Anti-Matter Missles, and Plasma Cannons. Carry 100 Interceptors/Bombers per ship.

2,000 Armaggeddons

The big ships. Armed with Laser Turrets, Laser Cannons, Plasma Cannons, Anti-Matter Cannons, and Anti-Matter Missles. Can carry 150 Interceptors/Bombers.

5,000 Carriers

Carry 1,000 Interceptors/Bombers. Armed with Laser Turrets for defense.

25,000 Interceptors

Space Fighters. Used to bring down other fighters. Armed with Laser Guns and Anti-Matter Missles.

20,000 Bombers

Used for bombing ships/planets. Armed with 1 mini-laser turret for defense. Carries Anti-Matter bombs and missles.

posted 06-07-99 11:26 PM ET            

Est Population of the FRS: 123,768,901

posted 06-08-99 01:05 AM ET            

<b>*FPS NEWSFLASH*</b></font>

<b>Due to the advance of terrforming techniques, the transformation of Mars to an Earth-like planet is aprx. 83% complete. Atmospheric pressure has shot up to 88 millibars and average temperature is 44F.

New Luna is at the point where military personel is being brought on board to live in thier new homes. Construction is expected to be completed in three years.

Jay, the FPS has interested in terraforming your planet in exchange for an alliance and mined minerals. If you can comply, please let me know.

The first ships of the FPS navy are being released from the shipyards. The flagship being the F.P.B (Federated Planets Battleship <i>Sacramento</i>. This ship is aprx 1 mile in length and has a crew of 11,930. IT is armed with gauss cannons, laser turrets and missle launchers. So far in the fleet there are 2 battleships, 5 cruisers, 8 battleships and 15 Dreadnoughts. My nation has a small military, aprx. 19,500 troops.</b></font>

posted 06-08-99 01:39 AM ET            

I will explain my post now.

1 million infantry. A huge number, I know. But if you look later into my army, you will see why. Anything BUT infantry is not very good idea as close to the sun as my confederation is. Thus you see the rather few amount of tanks and artillary. These are for invasion purposes only. Also, as my planets are not very large, you also see the small size of my fleet (comparatively).

Now, I don't know if anybody but JT read my suggestion, so I will repeate it. Everybody gets to chose one tech that only they have, to make each faction unique. This would add, I think, more flavor to the game. Think up a nice tech, but chose for flavor and not one that IS WAY TOO POWERFULL! After chosing, keep a rundown list. Also explain your tech.

Datalink (thats me): Shield Generators. Use from small personal to fleet sized. Personal will, at present state of development, stop two direct hits befor failing, or 4-5 glancing blows. This makes my troops tougher. Space ship sized, at present development, will stop 25 missles.
Disadvantage: Slows troops down, because of the weight of generator. Uses much energy.

JT (Please tell me if I got your gist wrong JT): Laser Technology. Absolutly hideouse against infantry. Easy to shoot, and fast shoot rate. Gatling laser particularly effective. Larger lasers can be used as anti-air guns and battleship turrets, etc. Disatvantage: Uses alot of energy, not as effective at piercing armor.

Now please chose your tech. I would suggest that the tech that everybody has is not that much greater than that which we have today (i.e. still use missles as main ship weapon probably). This will make each factions special tech more unique. You also don't have to chose a military tech.

Now I also suggest that Exile retracts and makes a new army list. JT, retract your most recent one is best, I think.

Remember, when choseing army lists I, AND ONLY I HAVE SHILDS, AND ONLY JT HAS LASERS!.

AL Gore: You look good. Perhaps your tech will be Incinerator Gun? Remember, don't make it too powerfull (i.e., so huge only fits on a walker. Also expensive so only a few can be built. But very powerfull. Something like that.)

If people don't like my suggestion, then please explain why. Otherwise, lets do some RPing!!!!!!

Head Council Datlink

posted 06-08-99 05:44 AM ET            

-----Military of Venus Outpost-----
We have a twenty-five man security squad to keep things under control, and as well we have two hovercrafts to patrol the surface of the planet. Both are armed with standard machine guns and Fire-rite rocket launchers.
In addition to that we have two short-range fighters and a third one under construction. They are small and agile, but not very well armored, and armed only with a missile launcher.

-----Research-----
We currently have two research projects under way. The first one is to product effective laser weapons. This project will take quite a some time to complete.
Our other project is to create a quasi-nuclear fire&forget missile. This project will quite soon be complete, giving us an effective defense weapon. However, we will not sell this invention to anyone.

posted 06-08-99 10:04 AM ET         

Due to the fact that the SC has been living in close orbit with the sun for many years, we have, obviously, learned much about it and its phenomenon. Our scientists were able to create a weapon which could duplicate a very, very small version of a solar flare. A weapon which is excellent for invasions as it can wipe out whole brigades of infantry and even small vehicles. It is especially effective on Earth, where the atmosphere and native life are highly flammable, and one shot could cause a massive chain reaction.

These weapons require such power, care and money that we only have a handful. They are equipped in some of our military Podships and on our large variant of Incinerator Walkers (think AT-ATs from Star Wars.)

About our society and such, The SC is a highly military oriented society. Approximately 10% of the citizenry work in the military, and about half of those are warriors. The government of the SC would be hard to finger. For the most part, we need none. The existance in perilous orbit to the sun, and the constant threat of attack has brought our people incredibly close together. Crime is almost non-existant. But when authority is needed there are two commanding castes, myself (Imperator) and my generals (Kaisers.) Every military officer is promoted for skill, not valor. Tacticians climb the ladder to become my Kaisers, while the Kaiser's second hand men are the high-ranking warriors (grunts.) In this way, our warriors have the most powerful voice. And the people accept this, because they feel that warriors are the best suited leaders in such chaotic times.

posted 06-08-99 10:32 AM ET            

Okay, I'm shrinking my military a bit.

283,000 Space Marines

Armed with M-24 Laser Rifles and trained constantly, a platoon of 16 can easily
take down a War Walker.

50,000 Laser Warships

The FP equivilent of a War Walker. Size is same. Only difference(beside
weapons) is that the Warship hovers off the ground. Armed with Anti-Matter
Grenades, Gatling Laser Cannons, Infared-Guided Missles, and Plasma
Cannons.

25,000 Laser Hover Tanks

Backup for the Laser Warships. Faster than the Warships, but slower than the
Armored Buggies. Armed with double Laser Cannons, 2 Plasma Machine Guns,
and Infared-Guided Missles.

25,000 Armored Dune Buggy Calvary

Calvalry. Fastest division of the FP army. Armed with 2 Laser Machine Guns and
a Mini-Plasma Cannon.

35,000 Laser Artillery

FP groundpounders. With a range of over 50 miles, this can hammer away at
defences well before the army gets to them to take the rest out. Fires 1-ton
Anti-Matter bombs.

1,000 Space Transports

Can transport Marines or vehichles. armed with Laser Turrets for defense.

1,000 Battlecruisers

The bulk of the Federation navy. Armed with Laser Turrets, Anti-Matter Missles,
and Plasma Cannons. Carry 25 Interceptors/Bombers per ship.

300 Armaggeddons

The big ships. Armed with Laser Turrets, Laser Cannons, Plasma Cannons,
Anti-Matter Cannons, and Anti-Matter Missles. Can carry 50
Interceptors/Bombers.

1,000 Carriers

Carry 100 Interceptors/Bombers. Armed with Laser Turrets for defense.

2,500 Interceptors

Space Fighters. Used to bring down other fighters. Armed with Laser Guns and
Anti-Matter Missles.

2,000 Bombers

Used for bombing ships/planets. Armed with 1 mini-laser turret for defense.
Carries Anti-Matter bombs and missles.

Reserves: 19.2 million men, trained for space duty, infantry duty, or mechanical duty.

There. I basicly either took off a digit or split the number in half for everything, except reserves.

posted 06-08-99 10:37 AM ET            

-Army: Comprised of:

5,500 Infantry
400 Walkers
350 Tanks
1,000 Shock Assault Troops

-Navy: Fleet make-up:

1 Battleship "SCS Manta"-.75 miles long, crew of 5,050

250 Defense Interceptors: Plasma cannon and missile(s), spread through the confederacy to protect holdings.

50 Assault Interceptors: Plasma Cannon stronger then defense version same missiles, stationed aboard Manta

45 Bombers: Point-defense Plasma blaster, bombs, torpedoes, missiles. Planet-based or otherwise

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Allrighty, until we finish orbital shipyards, we're kinda restricted in shipbuilding. So we're always looking for technical parts in a trade for maybe some alloy you need in research or something.

posted 06-08-99 05:30 PM ET            

Exile- Your army is better now, but a 75 miles ship? shrink that a bit to something like 1-4 miles. Other than that you're fine

FPS NEWSFLASH

The first terraforming supplies are being shipped to Venus, primarily composed of O3 releasing bacteria that will decrease the greenhouse effect. Terraforming is expected to be complete in 22 years with today's tech.

Mars is now at the point is it's transoformation where humans can breathe it's atmoshpere and new frontier cities are popping up all over the planet.

The artifical moon is halfway done, artifical gravity is in effect and humans can breathe the intorior.

FPS diplomats are preparing to meet with the Smuggler Confederation government to formalize their alliance.

My military is increasing in size to about 33,493 troops and about half that number in armor. My infantry is equipted with M-33 Guass rifles that are capable of firing at 9 times the speed of sound and tearing through 14 inches of titaniuum alloy.

The FPS has also launched colony ships towards the Planet Caramus, orbiting Alpha Centauri. The planet is about twice the size of Earth with an unbreatheable atmosphere and a harsh, rocky terrain. The ships are expected to reach the planet in 33 years.

posted 06-08-99 07:33 PM ET         

We have 150,000 Flares (keep in mind they are two-man little jet-fighter types,) there are two major variants -
Flare Spacefighter,
Equipped with Quad Mass Driver Missle "Cannons." To save space (and cost) we have turned missles into little more than large, powerful bullets onboard a Flare. They are propelled by mass drivers, they do have minimal propulsion systems for navigation purposes, but nothing more.

Flare Spacebomber,
Chunkier and slower, the missles in the quad missle-cannons are replaced with heavy thermonuclear missles complete with retrorocket propulsion systems for precision. The missles can also be quickly redirected to be dropped out the bottom of the spacecraft.

We have 5,000 Nova Destroyers,
They have a dozen of the aforementioned missle-cannons, two of which have nuclear-tipped rounds ala the Flare Spacebombers. They are also equipped with three plasma cannons for emergencies. The Novas are also designed in a way so that they are suprisingly fast and nimble in combat.

We have 25,000 Incinerators,
The aircraft are light, fast and weak. The compartment where the walker is held is detachable, and will automatically eject iself if the spacecraft is destroyed in flight.

The walker has two variants, large and small. The smaller variant is a four-legged spider-walker with small engines for movement in space and for emergency landing. It is short and compact with a full missle rack and dual plasma cannons.

The larger is also four-legged, and stands about 35 feet tall. It is equipped with a dozen plasma cannons and dual missle-racks. There is space on the top of the walker for an incinerator gun, although only a few of these walkers have been retrofitted with the new weapon.

1,000 AA-Carriers.

400 Civilian Podships (just big, spherical space-cities with a radius ranging from a 1/2 to 2 miles, they are all equipped to be mobile)

25 Military Podships (Act as mobile command centers and large carriers,)

posted 06-08-99 07:42 PM ET            

Plasma Tech: Once it impacts a target, it continues to burn through armor/shields for a time depending on the weapon that fired it. (maximum time of burn is 1min. 45 secs., but we're working on making it longer)

=============================================

In other news, talks of a pact have been floating around like sattelites around planets between the FPS and the Smuggler Confederacy. Diplomats from both factions are expected to meet at Aries Space Platform orbiting the FPS homeworld of Mars.

Our top story of today, the Confederacy has dispatched one Nomad-class colony ship along with a Spyglass research vessel to the new planet orbiting the Alpha Centauri system to find new worlds to colonize and new resources to exploit.

In ScienceWatch, Scientist report a large, slow-moving metal asteroid on a course with Uranus. It is unclear wether this mineral rich asteroid will fall into the gas giant, or simply fall into an orbit. Minerologists are excited to hear the news about the asteroids current make-up.

Random Minerologist 1: Ah yes, as we have seen from mass spectrometer readings, the being known as "Uranus 1" contains hefty ammounts of titanium, iron, other heavy metals, and trace elements of radoiactive material. Not to mention a strange new metal we have not encountered yet.

Reporter: And with the meteor orbiting a neutral planet, how will the different factions go about this? This is Hugh Jazz, for Confederacy News.

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Allright, it's a large asteroid, but orbiting a neutral planet. Now, I'm not sure I can creat a space body like this by myself. But I guess it's openly exploitable.

posted 06-09-99 01:07 AM ET            

A note to all faction leaders: Any attempt to waylay or otherwise hinder this test run will be seen as an act of war. I would advise against it.

posted 06-09-99 01:17 PM ET            

We have made more tests on Hyperion. It takes an average of twenty laser hits to drill through a 12-inch plate, which is almost twice as many as Titanium.

posted 06-09-99 05:12 PM ET         

Besides, it'll be fun to be the villian.

IC:

The SC has sent a fleet with three Military Podships and 25 AA-Carriers (with their Flare and Nova squadrons) to the Uranus 1, and have opened fire.

In the end, we were able to retrieve part of the asteroid and it is already en route onboard a podship with an escort. The rest of the fleet has pulled back.

In other news...

The SC has stepped up efforts to create effective shields against the extremly high temperatures within the corona itself. We hope to have the prototypes finished shortly.

posted 06-09-99 06:10 PM ET            

Federation declares war on SC!

The Federation officially declared a state of war against the SC at 1:03 PM today. President JT has issued this official statement: "We will crush the SC! over 100 of our men died on that asteroid! The SC will fall! Please don't quote me on that."

Federation Battlecruisers have broken thorugh the front line of the SC. WarShips have captured several podships. 2 WarShips have been destroyed, along with one Battlecruiser, 26 Interceptors, 10 Bombers, and approximatly 879 Space Marines. Reserves have been called(to Power! ) up to defend Federation homeworlds.

posted 06-09-99 06:38 PM ET            

Anyway, we answer JT 3's call to arms by moving the Manta along with 4 other ships, the Heavy Battleship SCS Phantom, the 2 heavy cruisers SCS Agamameanon and SCS Hercules, and the carrier SCS Gantrithor II (the head councilman has an affinity for Starcraft).

Hyperion found to cause cloaking ability!

Yes, when exposed to a stream of negative ions, Hyperion does cloak. But looses all protective capabilities withstanding. the Reserach team on Uranus 1 managed to transmit the information to Confederacy forward outposts before the attack. New Confederacy "Shadow" Fighters with all the strength of the typical assault intercptors are now being built.

posted 06-09-99 06:46 PM ET            

Exile: Are you preparing to fight the Solar C. or me?

posted 06-09-99 06:53 PM ET            

I have declared war on the Solar Confed. They have Invaded Naboo and....oops, wrong speech

They have fired upon defenseless miners and scientists and have relegated themselves to petty theivery. My fleet is orbiting Venus right now. Taking on fuel and the leader of the Venus Outpost, Jay, so he may lend his advice to my admirals.

posted 06-09-99 08:43 PM ET         

Hehe, this is fun

Oh yeah, JT3, I think it would be kind've hard to wreak havoc on Solar Confederation infastructure because, well, there isn't much to wreak. Remember it's all built out of independant Podships with an occasional few being tied together.

IC:

We have moved into nomadic position, Civilian Podships have scattered throughout the solar system with full escort. The remainder of our fleets are now in strike formation, and my finest Kaisers are devising plans.

For now, we have left a handful of Flare Bombers in our former position in close orbit of the sun itself, they have begun bombarding a precise area heavily with thermonuclear devices and incinerator guns, to tear away at the corona and unleash the the inferno within.

A part of our fleet has moved to escort our valuable Podship with the remainder of the asteroid safely to our now hidden civilian areas. To be safe, we have split the asteroid in two and have placed this piece on a seperate Podship.

posted 06-09-99 08:55 PM ET            

We are entering into this war as they have incringed upon our territory and have demanded unruly bribes.

posted 06-09-99 09:19 PM ET            

"This is Admiral Helir Bern of the SCS Phantom, we're being hit hard by Solar Confederacy ships. And request back up from any friendly forces in the area. Head Councilman Exile and Commander Jay have taken into combat. Repeat, we need backup!"

(The following message is from the SCS Gantrithor II, 2 hours later, the new flagship)

"Exile here, with the Phantom disabled and her crew working to get her back to combat effectiveness, we have fully been crippled 1/4th. The Agamemanon and the Hercules have landed troops and are now holding the main Outpost base. We've managed to beat back the Solar fleet and cause heavy losses to them. We still need help though, the engine on this thing's about to give way and our orbit is decaying. Send help, damn you! Ah ****, another bombing run!"

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posted 06-09-99 09:41 PM ET            

-New Confed. Weapon Developed: With the information drawn from a captured Solar Confed. Vessel and inspiration from an old Earth game called X-Com: Interceptor. Confederation scientists have developed a Reverse Nova Bomb. Designed to stop the insidious plots of the Solar Confederacy to release the fires of the Sun.

-Confederation Fleets Victorious Above Venus: Our brave expedition fleet won a victory above Venus today and have landed confederate troops onto the planet to protect it.

(this report was censored out by the Confederation War Council) Access granted to allies and top military officials only: Construction of the new Hurricane-Class Battleship/Carrier "Maelstrom" has started. The craft, 9 miles in length and boasting a firepower, greater then half the current fleet, is expected to be completed in the next 8 months.

[End Transmition]

posted 06-09-99 09:52 PM ET         

---WAR NEWS---

In deep space a lone AA-Carrier attacked the lightly escorted Federation Lumina passenger ship. We took down the escorts and boarded the vessel, salvaging what we could from the ship's manifest and computer networks. Afterwards we destroyed the remainder of the vessel with all hands and half the passengers aboard. The other half have been taken as hostages.

On a similar note, we have sent three dozen Novas to patrol deep space looking for merchant and passenger ships, they have been given orders to shoot to kill.

The escort for the 15 Podships now in the corona and safe (30 AA-Carriers, to be exact) have moved to lay siege to the Freedom. So far the battle is deadlocked, but reinforcements are en route.

posted 06-10-99 02:13 PM ET            

"Those rumurs of Confederation ships attacking Solar Confed. civilians and butchering them are wholly false. We do not posses the germ or biological warfare capabilities those that give misinformation would like you to believe. We are meerely securing information and resources that would further our war efforts in this sector."

News of the infamous Lamprey Pirates and their campaign against Solar Confederation shipping and civilian targets plus rumors of them being secretly bankrolled by the Smuggler Confederation have been put to rest today as Headcouncilman Exile publically denied any collaboration with the pirates.

In other news, 3 people, 2 men and a woman, were found with their throats slit in a back ally in the seedier side of Miranda Colony. Sources inform us that these people were linked with Confederation Inteligence at one point or another.

And that is the news for now, tune in later as we bring you the events across the system.

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(Secret Message follows news transmittion, deciphered by allied commands prior to task force 2's 100'th attack on Solar Confederation civilian podships)

Work on the Maelstrom is half done. The fighters and bombers that are to be stationed aboard her are nearly completed.

There has been a leak in intelligence. I have tracked the leak to those three and had them resolved, I am unsure of any more leaks. Check your own military.

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posted 06-10-99 03:49 PM ET            

To all factions:

"I, the head counciler Datalink do hearby formally declare war on the SC. Their attack on innocent civilians is inexusable, and they must pay for this atrocity. I suggest a battle plan. The SC will be hard to defeat, as they have no base of operations. We must construct a vice, and close in from both sides. Being close to the sun, we can secure this area and hold it, while everybody else closes in from the outside. We will be able to do this, as we have just developed PLANITARY SHIELDS. We have also figured out how to move our artificial planets, and have dispatched them to make a formidable ring around the sun. Though advanced well in the art of making shields, we are not to far along in the weapons are. If you could disclose any advanced weapons to us, our defence would be even that more inpenatrable."

posted 06-10-99 07:53 PM ET         

We will also unveil our latest military design, which the Smuggler's Confederation was unfortunate enough to meet up with in a conflict around Saturn, losing one of their most prized battlecruisers. The design? The Intruder Attack Droid.

Intruders are small spider-walker droids which are designed to walk on the outside of large spacecraft to destroy them from the inside out. They are small, about 4 can fit in a compartment designed for Incinerators. But their power is tremendous.

There are three variants,

Intruder Saboteur,
Equipped with SCALPEL-Class Laser weapons used to carve entrances in even the thickest of armor. Saboteurs have explosive devices which are designed especially for covert placement. Saboteurs have electronic equipment designed for the hacking and destruction of internal networks.

Intruder Destablizer,
Equpped with a heavy Mag-Lev cannon, dual Anti-Personnel guns and a SCALPEL-Class laser, Destablizers are designed to destroy hull-mounted weapons and kill unsuspecting crew and space marines. They are extremly deadly in combat, easily able to tackle two or three space marines by itself.

Intruder Kamikaze,
Equipped with a powerful thermonuclear device within its "stomach," Kamikazes are sent in last with all Intruders to go inside ships and destroy themselves, causing tremendous havoc capable of annihilating even the most powerful of battleships.

We have begun mass production of the Intruders, and hangar bays for the droids are being built in all SC Podships, AA-Carriers and even some Novas.

Eccles, it is good to see that there is atleast one out there who is not as bloodthirsty as the Federation and its allies. We will up the ante on this bid to 40,000 credits.

--WAR NEWS--

The SC's fleet, given great size due to the appearance of the Olympus, has been detected by the Federation. To be precise, the main fleet of the SC is now in a deserted area in the Asteroid Belt. We have set up a thick minefield, and many of the asteroids themselves are filled with thermonuclear proximity bombs. Approximately 65% of the SC fleet is now here, and a majority of our civilian podships. We will, of course, be moving shortly because of our discovery.

The remainder of the SC fleet has now moved into siege position over the MC's artificial moons. Bombardment is already underway. The fleet was able to sweep around the sun and arrive unnoticed because our 15 Podships were sent into the corona as a diversion.

Finally, the citizens of the Freedom have been expierencing bizzare epidemics, and this is no fluke of nature. Once again, the SC used our siege on The Freedom as nothing more than a diversion. While the Federation had focused on fending off the small attack force, our internal spies were able to release multiple viruses and poison the water supply.

posted 06-10-99 08:20 PM ET            

Recent activities of the Solars has led to the use of the Reverse Nova Bomb. A light, remotely-piloted Scout ship plunged into the sun after running the Solar blockade. The resulting explosion has had a strange effect, the sun has expanded .0050050% and has engulfed the recent Solar ships into the deep corona where they were burned in the same fires they thought would protect them.

The Council has approved the use of biological weapons in this matter. Millions of the new Extinguisher Bio-Poison Pods have been launched at the core Solar group. Many were destroyed by mines but at least 20 made it onto Solar ships and has spread a paralyzing neurotoxin that kills it's victims by axphyxiation. We have the antidote. If they deliver the antidote to their toxin to the Freedom, we will deliver the antidote to the Solars. All Confederacy troops and civilians have been inoculated against our own plague.

Another cruiser has exploded mysteriously. Sources point to infiltrator activity as the new Hunter-Killers were on the ship.

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posted 06-10-99 08:36 PM ET         

Quick question, how do you infect people with a poison using probes in deep space?

posted 06-10-99 09:47 PM ET            

Our Heave Ion disruptors ahve disabled 4 SC attack cruisers in the last hour. We have taken control of these ships and are sending them to the rendevue point. I personally am aboard the Centuarian, the massive battlestation that is moving toward the Asteriod belt.

Centaurian Specs

posted 06-10-99 10:15 PM ET         

Chancellor and Exile, I'm sorry to dissappoint you but the SC doesn't have any cruisers in the first place. Our only military units are Flare spacefighter/bombers, Nova destroyers, Incinerator Walkers/Airships, Intruder Droids and Podships.

Plus, I'd like to see you guys actually try some strategy besides "We invented a counter-weapon to all your new weapons and moves." C'mon, your anti-corona destruction device also destroys all my Podships, and at the exact same momment you develop a perfect anti-Intruder droid out of thin air, and to top it off are able to infect my entire population instantly with some magical virus? It gets boring that no matter how hard and how innovative I try to be I can't win a single battle because of some magical new weapon that appears out of thin air.

posted 06-11-99 05:53 PM ET            

IC: The virus that the SC thought would work wonders has done little damage. As it is not fatal, proper administration of pennicillin has stopped the infection from spreading. We have isolated the viral germ, and are producing an antidote. Approximatly 10,000 people have been infected.

OOC: "Bloodthirsty"? Explain to me how attacking civilians, releasing infections, and STARTING THE WAR are not bloodthirsty. All we're doing is defending ourselves(you attacked an asteroid that all of my allies had claims to, so you attacked first).

Oh, yes, and remember the rules? THE LASER IS MINE AND MINE ONLY. I will ignore the Intruder posts until you remake the Intruders.

posted 06-11-99 07:20 PM ET         

JT 3, lasers exist today, I don't think you're going to have a monopoly on ALL of them, just your special war brand. Intruder lasers are for breaking and entering, not for blowing up stuff.

But if it is that important to you than you can change "SCALPEL-Lasers" to "Precision Incinerator Guns"

And I was role-playing propaganda by saying "Bloodthirsy," sheesh As for hostages, I meant that their lives were at my mercy, not that I had them directly under my control.

Exile, I don't mean that you need to take it that far, just a few less instant-counters once and awhile. I like the challange of taking on the world, just not the challange of an invincible one. For now I'll consider all your stuff in effect, except for the bit about cruisers since, I'll reiterate, the SC has no such vehicles.

IC:

We shall bid 55,000, Eccles. We are disguted at such Federation hypocrites who supposedly uphold life but also wish to enslave a million innocents for a few meager credits.

--WAR NEWS--

The SC forces in the asteroid belt have scattered, but the mines remain.

The siege of MC artitficial moons continues near the Sun, apparently the Federation is too concerned with protecting itself to aid their allies. We have sent a large fleet from the former gathering at the asteroid belt, complete with Intruders. The MC's shields are extremly resistant, and we admire them for their courage, but they cannot hold out forever.

posted 06-11-99 09:17 PM ET            

Place an order, quantity, and ammount you will pay, I think you will find my prices cheap as I am letting you set them (be reasonable)

posted 06-12-99 03:11 AM ET            

****FPS NEWS*****

The alliance between FPS and the Trade Federation (formerly the Smuggler's Conferderation) is in the final phase. The Alliance is expected to be official within five days if both sides cooperate as planned.

Terraforming of Mars is now complete! The Martian atmosphere composition is approxomatly 77% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen, 1% misc. gasses (water vapor, carbon dioxide). The planet is 44% Land and the rest water, the two largest bodies being the Sea of Marineris and Indepence Ocean.

The FPS military is now appx. composed of 332,980 Marines and 1,232 Battleships, dreadnoughts, cruisers and carriers. Specs- Battleships, .75-1 mile long, crew 4,998. Dreadnoughts, .50-.75 miles long, crews 3,000+. Cruisers, .40 to .60 miles long, crews 2,000-4,000. Carriers, .75 to 1 mile long, crews 3,000-3,500. The current flagship is a 3-mile long battleship/carrier named the FPB Tsunami. It is complemented with 35 wings of fighters/bombers and has a crew of over 7,500.

The FPS has also established a large network of space based sattelites aremed with nuclear missles and massive Guass cannons. This is hoped to hamper any invasion effort or completly destroy any enemy ships approahing FPS space.

New Luna, the artificial moon is also completed, this station has played a large role in bringing the FPS military up to its current level.

Venus terrraforming is aprx. 46% completed.

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posted 06-12-99 11:45 AM ET         

Today has been a great day for the Solar Confederation's war effort. We have found glaring weaknesses in the Federation's defense network, and have exploited them to their fullest to win many victories.

The SC assault fleet has reappeared to attack the small dispatch (2 Battlecruisers, 3 Carriers) sent to rendezvous with the Federation at the MC moons. The Flares and Novas have moved swiftly and quickly, and although we suffered loses we were able to completly destroy a Federaion Battlecruiser and leave one of their Carriers crippled. The fleet has since then scattered.

Our Nova patrol has won a great prize today, the Leviathan, a massive Federation cruise ship, was captured today. Many rich and distinguished Federation citizens have been taken into SC custody as war criminals and their valuables have been seized. Because the Leviathan is so extravagent, we have called a Podship which will carry the vessel to an SC gathering point to be carefully dismantled.

Finally, a portion of the fleet which protected the Olympus has also appeared in the rings of Saturn, where this war began. Once again, we have employed hit and run tactics, Flares swept through the rings striking critical research stations, while the Federation was able to retaliate with planet-based weapons, destroying many unofortunate Flares.

posted 06-13-99 12:49 AM ET            

We are moving our battlestations and our new Mojo-class warships back towards FRS space. We are now stating our formal neutrality and are offering our services as mediators to this conflict.

Our space is closed to ALL BUT merchant ships and any attempt to bring us back into this war will result in trade sanctions and military action against the agressors.