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Topic: RP: The Aliens' Return
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JT 3 |
posted 04-15-99 02:06 PM ET
(OOC) This is a little story about the monolith aliens returning. There will be no "supermanning", and if you people want a diffent way, we can forget about this and make a new one. On with the show!(In Ch.) <In deep space, Emperor Eccles' probe has found something very strange. A fighter squadron has towed it back to Alpha Centauri, and a meeting of some of the Faction leaders is being held on a Space Station next to it.> JT3: What the he** is that? It's huge! Eccles: From what we can tell, it's an artifact. The carbon dating show it to be over one hundred million years old! Korian: What?!?! That would mean that whoever created this would have tech beyond our wildest dreams! JT3: Yes. Including very advanced weapons tech. Brak: How do we know these people still exist? Korian: We don't. If we haven't met them yet, they might not be there. JT3: Do we have any idea what it does? Eccles: No. Scanners aren't breaking through the outer wall. Eng: Sir, the artifact is absorbing some of our energy! Eccles: How much? Eng: The reactor should be able to keep the vital systems on. The absorbing isn't going at a fast rate. Eccles: Good. Keep me posted. JT3: Back to the problem, how do we figure out what this thing is? Eccles: I don't kno- <suddenly, a shockwave blasts across space. Lights start appearing all over the artifact. A big door opens up in the middle, and ships start coming out. 12 fighters and a frigate sized ship appear.> Eccles: Scanner report! Scan: Unknown sheilds, reactor, and weapons. Comm: They're hailing us! Eccles: Open a channel. Alien: Greetings, humans. <all for now....>
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God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-15-99 05:18 PM ET
The face appeared human in shape, but with the characteristic markings of the Empire's Drone Mk.7. Several devices were attached to the body. Apparently the probe pickup team had not fallen into the Enigma Blackhole... The human spoke English, but with a mechanical effort. The overall effect was like a Dalek in Treacle, but intelligable. " We have mastered your language by channeling our minds into this 'creature'" He? spat out 'Creature' like a disease. " We are the Acheans, and we request that we send an emissary amoungst you". JT3: " Wait, did you attempt to colonise Chiron, of Alpha Centauri?" ACHEANS" Indeed. We own Chiron" ECCLES " But we live on Chiron" KORIAN " Silence, lets not offend our friend" JT3: " Acheans we humans come in peace, and we would like an exchange of knowledge. We both would have information wish we should share". ACHEANS:" We have discovered what we need to know about you from the drone we have here. We traveled here from the Central Cluster. This is an Scout Patrol Craft, this is the furthest we have been since the Great Exile." JT3: "Exile?" ACHEANS:" We evolved in the during the cycle of Chirons fungus life, unfortuately planet rose against us, and we had to leave, only a few of us managed to escape, and we went far into the high gravity centre of the Galaxy" ECCLES: " Tragic. We must agree to meet physically". ACHEANS: " We will beam aboard an emissary". KORIAN:"Beam?" Later, the Freedom alliance debates Eccles" I think we should insert a nanorobot into the Emissary so we can steal all the aliens information" What do you think?
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Galen
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posted 04-15-99 05:49 PM ET
Galen: We, we mean... I mean, I dissagree, w-I think that they would know.JT: I thought you were a hive mind. Galen: Our polictical sturucture has undergone some reconstruction, we can now think as indivuduals again, the group is just part. Anyways, they would know if we did it. And I don't trust these people if Chiron kicked them off. Brak: Why not? We almost were? Eccles: How would they know? Galen: With their technology they must. You have retrived some artifacts and been to the monoliths yourself surely? JT: Of course, but we are more advanced than when we first landed here. Galen: AND they must be mad at Planet, perhaps attempting to kill it, if they can kill Planet AND still inhabit it, think what they can do to us. Karok: How do we know that it will kill Planet? How do we know this isn't your atheistic propaganda? Collins: The Brotherhood will supply the nano-robot, our bio-tech interfaces are head and shoulders above anyone else's. Galen: Mabey we should just get the Voice of Planet in here, it would tell us. |
JT 3
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posted 04-15-99 06:44 PM ET
JT3: Alright, nanoprobe it is.<Achean emissary comes aboard. Nanoprobe is secretly placed on him. There are some diplomatic talks, nothing big, then the emissary leaves.> Eccles: Now to see if the probe works. JT3: Lets see.... the screen's coming up now. Korian: Huh? It's all black! Acheans: Pitiful humans, we have discovered your "plan". We consider this treason! Prepare for war! |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-15-99 08:13 PM ET
The BrotherHood has encountered these aliens before. We are transmiting all avalible data to you. |
JT 3
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posted 04-15-99 08:16 PM ET
The Brotherhood is hundereds of millions of years old? I thought it was only about a million years old. |
Galen
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posted 04-15-99 08:22 PM ET
Galen: What did I tell you?JT: Shuttup, right now we have to figure out what to do. Galen: I think we should assimilate them or employ some of Eccles's atrocities. But first let us hail them. Eccles: Mine? I am honored. What do you want? Biological, chemical, nano? Galen: I don't know... Technician: The Voice is patched in. Korian: Good. Planet, what do you think? Planet: not good them/unlucky we/unlucky you/must act we/danger is. Galen: Diplomicy? Planet: arcpeople talk not/destroy us they will/will you protect us? Galen: I say we go ahead, mobilize all ships and attack. Anyone else? |
JT 3
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posted 04-15-99 08:25 PM ET
I agree. We should revive the AOP. I am Psi Gating to the Nebula. More ships should arrive soon. Keep monitoring that gate. So far, those ships have not attacked and nothing has come out. I say we should keep it this way until our forces are mobilized. Agreed? |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-15-99 08:38 PM ET
The BrotherHood has found a weakness! The port shield emitter is extremely poorly protected on the Achean ships. If we concentrate our fire on this portion of the ship, we might be able to defeat the Acheans with only minimal casualties. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-15-99 08:44 PM ET
ACHEANS: 'We already knew about your plans, we have slightly better sensors than you' (The captured Human face grimaces).ACHEANS: ' You are an inferior race. Your existence cannot be justified. We learnt from planets pattern, and we have planet sized computers processing technology at a tremdous rate. We are superior to planet. We are superior to all of you. However if you bow down before us, we will spare some of you for genetic material, your ears are particularly interesting. Also a couple of things you may need to know about the universe: 1/ There is no God 2/Ciggarettes do not cause Lung Cancer. 3/There is nothing on the other side of a black hole'. ECCLES:' We shall never be conquered.' GALEN: 'Another one of you stock phrases Egotistical One?'(Laughs sardonically). KAROCK: 'You cannot prove the an absence of God'. ACHEANS: 'Pray for Survival. As only divine intervention will save you now.' JT3: ' Who funded the hive-mind that researched tobbacco?' ACHEANS: ENOUGH! We will come in hordes from the Central Rim. We will conquer all the species of this spiral arm. (The human speaker collapses then is shattered into a million fragments) ECCLES glazed eyes) I can see a nose! JT3: Shut up! ECCLES: I thought the standard probe would be useless against a controled creature. So I added my own modifications to the probe, as I know the structure of my own drones well enough. Sorry JT3 I had a Spy Team steal your best nanotech, and I managed to gain a bit of information on the enemy. JT3: You cunning.. BASTARD@ KAROCK: Hail Mary ful.. GALEN: Well we want to know the information you found. ECCLES: The Bidding starts at 300 energy credits. KAROCK: I bid 450! ECCLES: (smiles wolfishly). Just fooling. They evolved very quickly on Planet, as they managed to escape Planet's fungal cycles. They fled for the Central Rim around 65 mya.(The reason the device is 100mya is that they mined some very old ores). Very few escaped. They wandered around space for 15mya before reaching the Central Belt. They have harnessed the power of the the extreme neutron stars, and their civilization rebuilt itself, searching for other life. JT3 very palidly) Just imagine their power, they have been evolving for much longer than us. ECCLES: I'm not finished yet! Their Society has two classes, the High and the Workers. The workers are the aliens who are manipulated by complex thought control, ie, via implants. They cannot think deeply on anything and are like our drones, but very evolved drones. Their society has seen no peace, so culture is on the Aboriginal level. War is their primary instinct, it entrenched the rulers. They are founded on hate, not compassion. Oh! they have a warrior class, but they are engineered to be as effective as possible. The overall Alien appearance is unique. They are like two legged insects, with a massive exoskeleton, they are not effected by temperature,vacuum or atmosphere. The High choose their own bodies and are they only class allowed any freedom. ECCLES: I wish I knew more. We cannot reach the Central Rim easily, so we must attempt to steal one of their drive systems, anybody else got any ideas. |
Galen
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posted 04-15-99 09:11 PM ET
Galen: Implants? (smiles) That gives me an idea...Karok: If God does not give the idea it is evil! Eccles: Do you remember the 1st thing they said? That WAS true. Galen: But tabacco when smoked DOES cause lung cancer! First tabacco is good for you, what next? Chocolate is evil? Karok: As Sister Miriam said... JT: Oh shuttup. Karok: ... art in heaven, hallowed be thy name... Korian: This is annoying! Galen: All those in favor of Karok shutting up unless he has something useful the say, say "Aye" Everyone but Karok: Aye! Karok: The Devil... Officer: Shut up or I will take you out of here. Galen: They are mistaken about some things... I mean, first off, they neglect the possility of an Einstein-Rosen bridge, then they say smoking is GOOD for you. What next? They don't have any sheilds? JT: You are wandering... Galen: Oh. Anyways, I need Collins's help here, but I think we could hack into their system and have their drones riot, or have them do what we want. Planet: wrong they are/smarter we/stupider them Karok: Planet is nothing next to God! Everyone: SHUT UP! Galen: Ego, do you know the frequency? I've got a program that should work. By the way Ego-man, what of the WMDs? |
JT 3
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posted 04-15-99 09:16 PM ET
(OOC) ECCLES, LAY OFF WITH THE DISSING OF ME!!!!Thank you. Now, IF WE CAN PLEASE STOP WITH THE POINTLESS POSTS, let's get on with this. (In ch.) What do you mean "can't reach the central rim easily"? You must have not stole enough tech(not that I want you to steal more). We have drives that go .00000000001 miles/sec slower than the speed of light! And we have wormholes and Psi Teleportation! It wouldn't take more than a few days to reach the Central Rim! (switching to story mode) ACHEANS: Enough of this foolishness! We will destroy you once and for all! <suddenly, fighters, ships, and carriers start pouring out of the gate> JT3: I WANT EVERY SHIP, FIGHTER, AND SPACE STATION HERE _NOW_! SEND ANYTHING WITH WEAPONS! I DON'T CARE _HOW_ MUCH ENERGY YOU USE ON WORMHOLES, JUST DO IT! <Other leaders send similar messages. Soon, wormholes open up everywhere around them, and ships start pouring out> FIGHT: Sir, it takes four hits on the fighters' sheilds before they even notice! Their weapons are too powerful! We've already lost five squadrons out here! SHIPCAP: Sir, our weapons aren't working very well! We've only destroyed three fighters! And our sheilds are down to twenty percent! Ten! Five! On....... JT3: FIRE! IF WE CAN'T BEAT THEM HERE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BEAT THEM AT OUR PLANETS! KEEP FIRING EVERY WEAPON YOU HAVE! AND GET THOSE LONG-RANGE CANNONS ON THE PLANETS WORKING! I WANT THESE THINGS DESTROYED! <All around, the Factions are losing to the Acheans.> JT3: Report! Weap: We've lost 12 fighter squadrons, 6 ships, and 8 Space Stations! JT3: And them? Weap: Two fighter squadrons, and no ships. JT3: It's like using Impact Rovers against Stasis Garrison. We can't win..... |
JT 3
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posted 04-15-99 09:23 PM ET
(OOC)Check that. EVERYONE STOP DISSING ME! ALL I EVER SAY IN YOUR POSTS IS SHUT UP! I AT LEAST MADE YOU SAY SOMETHING IMPORTANT(Excluding that post with the fighting)! COME ON! I'D RATHER SAY NOTHING THAN, "Oh, shuttup."! MAKE ME SAY SOMETHING USEFUL, PLEASE! |
Galen
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posted 04-15-99 09:40 PM ET
The Titus appears. Comm: the Titus is asking for permission to fire DimTear missiles.Galen: Do it! Karok: No, DimTears arethe work of Satan. What are they anyway? Galen: Okay, Karok, what they do is they rip... JT: Galen, JUST FIRE! Galen: FIRE! The Titus fires 2 DimTear missiles, one hits but does no damage, the other accidentily hits a fighter and destroys it, but causing damage to the Achean ship. Galen: Send out some shooting targets! Then fire the DimTears at them! Eccles: Don't you wish you hadn't outlawed Flavored tachyons? Galen: Ego, get off my case and nuke those bastards! Comp: Sir, we have access to a minor command pathway, we can move one of the drone's left outer claw. Collins: That is all? Galen: Wait, see if you can get it to their engineering. Comp: Yes Galen: Titus, fire some more! The ship is rocked by a large blast. The Titus fires 2 more DimTears and is destroyed by the Acheans. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-16-99 06:44 AM ET
Stop calling me EGO. Everybody pull back, the aliens are too strong. If we lay a trap we can release all our strength on the attack wave. The central rim is 50,000 light years away, and no wormhole has been found yet, so we might get their eventually. Eccles: Sorry, but I kept a flavored tacyhon gun in reserve, should we use it yet?
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God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-16-99 06:49 AM ET
I have had an idea for a new arocity. We give our alien friends a disease, that lives on the surface of their exoskeleton. The disease creates cracks, and they die, with their insides coming out. I can mutate a bacterium I was using on communists. We would have to penetrate a ship though.
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God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-16-99 06:52 AM ET
ACHEANS: Tar causes Lung Cancer, Tobacco does not cause it directly. We did not ignore the any possiblitys with the black hole, all things inside are crushed into dense particles and are spat out in another space (sort of action at a distance). |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-16-99 07:12 AM ET
Before I can commit any ships to the war effort, I need to conquer the rest of the former FSD. All we have left to invade is Chiron and Planet 2, and we can estimate it will be done by early tomorow. Once that is accomplished, we will turn our industries towards ship building. Governor Korian of the Union of Liberty |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-16-99 07:14 AM ET
*OOC* Eccles, we have wormhole generators, which means we can create wormholes. Also, until I can take an active role, I'd like to see you guys give me a little bigger part. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-16-99 03:04 PM ET
Hearby Follows a transcript from the Empire of Humanity Colony on Sinope, Jupiter. Suddenly a Mantis shaped ship appears on the star-map. It has several smaller ships as escort. Officer: What is that? Ensign with Beard : It just appeared out of nowhere. It made a duality jump to this system O: Duality Jump? EWB: It warped space time, and chose where to be. O: Can we do that? EWB: Datalinks say we need at least a neutron star's energy... O: Hail the Vessel Ensign with black Hair: not responding. The Mantis opens its flaps. They glow with energy. The fighter escort move from the front of the vessel. EWBH: Launching the EHS Lenin, flavored Tachyons will stop them. LENIN: EHS Lenin is now online. All systems nominal. The fighter escort moves towards Lenin. Lenin: Firing Tacyhons...Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Over. The fighters shifted directly behind Lenin as she fired, only one fighter was destroyed. O: They just jumped behind, jumped! The Mantis fires a White beam at the Lenin. It hits the Drive system. Lenin: losing atmosphere, integriety (A large bang as the Bridge depressurises). The wreckage moves towards the Mantis. Lenin is(was?) 1 mile long, it smashes into the 3 mile long tail of the Mantis. The end breaks off. OFFICER WITH BIG NOSE AND NICE JUGS: This a distress beacon from Sinope, we are under attack from an Achean Fleet. Our underground system will protect us. OWBNANJ: The Mantis is powering up, what is that on the tail? The Mantis fires, it blows the crust off the 32km sized moon, the iron core melts, and the underground base breaks up and falls into Jupiter. ACHEAN BROADCAST DIRECTLY TO THE GOD EMPEROR " Surrender now, you have seen our power. You attitude resembles ours, if you surrender we will spare you".
The AOP Council, later.
ECCLES: As you can see they could attack from anywhere. JT3: Why have they concentrated on you? ECCLES: I don't know, but I managed to stop an invasion of Mimas, by poisoning the underground chambers with Sarin. Obviously everybody died there. KORIAN: They might be trying to cause divisions in the alliance. KAROCK: Meaning they cannot take us all on? GALEN: mayhap, they might just want to save time. (JT3 takes Eccles to a corner of the chamber) JT3: Are you going to surrender, Eccles? ECCLES: No. (The debating still rages) GALEN: They can come from all sides, are they toying with us? JT3: I think they are trying to capture some of us alive KORIAN: Why? JT3: Viable genetic material, and slaves. GALEN: They could destroy earth, they just need a large invasion force. ECCLES: Which they could Duality Jump from the Central Rim. JT3: I think they are softening us up, testing the water. GALEN: We must organise our defences. KORIAN: What will they target next, and from where? KAROCK: Hail Mary Mother of God...
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Galen
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posted 04-16-99 04:58 PM ET
OOC: But I LIKE to call you "Ego" Eccles, okay, Ill stop. IN CHARACTER: Karok: ...thy kingdom come, thy will be done...Galen: SHUT UP! JT: Think people, think! Galen: What if they are really not as strong as they seem? consider, they said this is the farthest they have been. Karok: God shall provide. Let us pray. Eccles: Let us not. Korian: They MUST be stopped! Galen: I don't see you providing ships. Eccles: Never mind that, he is right, but how is the question. I remain in favor of atrocities. Karok: It is God's will. Eccles: 2 for. Galen: Diplomicy has failed. Use the atrocities. My computer experts are working on hacking their systems. Karok: And I suppose you think your computer experts could hack into God. Galen: The "God" Virus? Nope, he wasn't doing this for our scientific research, just for fun. NOW he works for us, but on the monoliths. I guess that isn't a problem. Eccles: Enough of your computers! Let us get to work. 3 for. JT: We need to find a way to get them before they get us. Galen: My DimTears are ready. Also, a recently aquired tech allows us to create picoprobes that penetrate small enough to enter through a human's skin. With that we could get inside their shells and use some of Eccles's Bio-contaminats. JT: Possibly. Galen: Not to mention that their drives leave significant amounts of quantum residue in the form of Strange Charm Quarks in 2 bonds. If they warp space time we should be able to detect those as they are moving through the space warp. Then we can fire Color cannons at it, that should upset the molecules, and possibly destroy them or stop the warp. Then fire DimTears and get rid of them. Korian: They just destroyed a monitoring probe of the FSD's! Karok: Revalations 11.18: "The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your slaves, the prophers, and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth." Galen: Revalations is part of a non-truth used to scare people into submission. Officer: The Acturus Listening Post has been destroy God Emperor. Galen mutters: ego-maniac... Karok: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power to our God..." |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-16-99 09:27 PM ET
Its likely that aliens won't damage these artifical wormholes? |
Kestril
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posted 04-17-99 12:50 AM ET
Peter Valentine suddenly appears.Peter: "Gentlemen, we do seem to be in a bit of trouble." JT3: "Thats an understatement! We face extinction here!" Peter: "How far away is the central rim? Thats where these... Ahceans live, isnt it?" Eccles: "Its 50000 light years. Were looking for a wormhole, or something so that we can take the fight to them!" Karock: "God loves, Man destroys... this is our punishment for trying to screw with this race! Nanobots indeed! Were all going to die!" Peter: "Maybe not. My scientists at Geothermal Shallows have been studying the artifact Eccles has found." Galen: "So have we all! What makes you think you can find something we would all miss?" JT3: "Let the man speak!" Peter: "Thank you. As I said, weve been studying this gate artifact, and we believe weve discovered its powersource!" JT3: "So, if we shut that down..." Eccles: "Then the gate will close!" Peter: "Exactly! And since their homeworld is 50000 light years away, it should be quite some time before they bother us again." Eccles: "But they are so advanced... what makes you think they wont find another way back?" Galen: "The fact that they havent come before now suggests they arent as powerful as we originally thought! If we can shut down this gate, we'll only have to mop up those forces that have come through the gate thus far!" JT3: "Even mopping up, that wont be an easy task... they are so powerful - its like were fleas going up against lions." Eccles: "This plan might not even work. Even if we CAN destroy the gate, they may come some other way, now that they know we are here." Peter: "We'll deal with that when it happens. But for now... I believe destroying the gates powersource is our one slim chance! We have to try." |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 07:38 AM ET
Eccles, the wormholes don't exist long enough for the aliens to damage them. They are created, the ships pass through, they slowly dissipate. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 08:21 AM ET
Transcript of the EHS Mimas, last 15 minutes.Capt: Preparing to open wormhole Ensign: Moving towards wormhole. Ground: Acknoledged Sigma Twelve, prepare sensors, were going in to scout the Rim. Capt: Slight alteration in frequency. Over Ensign: Altering speed.. Science Officer: the artifical wormhole It's not.. (sealing?)..engines....overload.. The Mimas is lost Evidence that the Aliens can tamper with Wormholes,which is why they don't use them themselves. Signed God Emperor Eccles V Letter to the AOP |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 08:22 AM ET
Peter, you try assaulting an entire defensive fleet, it might be difficult. Flavored Tacyhons or Dimtear might stop them, but they would move out the way. Prehaps infecting their workers then attacking as they are dying? |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 08:33 AM ET
I've found something important about the aliens. If you cover them in molten tungsten, then wash and cover in liquid helium, repeated 10 times their exoskeleton falls off and you can pull apart the soft centre. Like pulling the wings off flies. i tested this myself, as my scientists don't appreciate the importance of torturing. He did not confess anything, but it was bloody good fun. |
Kestril
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posted 04-17-99 10:51 AM ET
Peter: If we all send as many ships as we can to begin a frontal assault on the force guarding the gate, perhaps we can sneak a few tiny ships past the battling fleets, and destroy the powersource.Eccles: Basically we keep them occupied while someone does the dirty work. Do you know how many losses we will incur in a frontal assault? JT: And who would go to disable this powersource? I want to be a part of this. - Im not letting you hog all the glory. Galen: Me too. If we do this, we do this together. Peter: It was never my intent to do this by myself. The Ceres Alliance has not the firepower to do this. we are a young, small faction - without your powers. No, I suggest a team composed of our seperate forces, working together to sneak past the main battle - where many of our men will die, I know it - and perhaps, working together - we may destroy this powersource, and shut down the gate. Eccles: You ask alot of us - we have our own plans. If this does not work, it is a waste of valuable men and resources. Galen: Men and resources we dont exactly have in abundance right now. If we cant stop them, we will need our forces to defend our colonies! JT3: How much do you want us to spare for this mission? Peter: As much as you can, really. We merely need to hold up and distract the Archaens fleet, while our joint team goes about its work. I myself will be putting the entirety of the Alliance's forces at the disposal of this mission. If we fail now, there isnt much hope for us. Like I sad before, I believe we HAVE to try. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 02:34 PM ET
OOC: This seems too easy, lets have a bit more slaughter. IC: ECCLES: This seems too easy, they would have a few more devices in return. JT3: destroying the artifact will stop the immediate threat ECCLES: But when would they return, 3 days, a month, a year? PETER: If we destroyed this, we might gain enough time to research a wonder weapon, or amass our forces. ECCLES: Agreed, we must marshall our forces to buy time before they return.
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JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 04:31 PM ET
I have justmade a great discovery that will allow us to destroy them once and for all! There seems to be an alternate dimension to ours. This dimension is so close, though, that if you travel through it and come back to our dimension, you will have travelled through ours to! Also, light speed and physics are changed in this dimension. Traveling at top speed in that dimension is _many_ times faster than the speed of light here! I have had one of my fighter pilots test the speed acceleration. Using this, we can have a fleet at the Central Rim in 4 days! I have already completed three Dimensional Gates(I'll call them Dim Gates from now on) to this dimension. Send any attack forces you can spare. If we can destroy the core of this civilization, the rest will be much weaker. This could be our only chance! |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 04:39 PM ET
My Fleet K will be arriving soon with 2 more fleets on the way. Death to the Achaens!Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy *OOC* I'm not sure if that's possible, JT. Better ask Galen or Collins. They seem to be the science whizzes. |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 05:02 PM ET
*OOC*Well, this is RP. I mean, we're 700 years in the future. Maybe it's not possible according to today's science, but in 700 years, who knows? |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 05:25 PM ET
*OOC* I meant that I think it's impossible for the speed of light to change. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 05:47 PM ET
OOC Its highly unlikely. Prehaps 3 on the Sci-junk scale. Battlestar Galactica being 1.IC JT3 you are insane. How well defended do you think their colonies are? We would need a wonder weapon to obliterate them. All our combined fleets are not big enough. (The galactic centre is massive, and no doubt HEAVILY fortified). We are a few blips on one spiral arm.
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God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 05:48 PM ET
Also, having that sudden discovery seems a bit super-man. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 05:57 PM ET
Another thing about our alien friends. Riots are impossible as any thought out of normal parameters causes instant agony. Their society seems like a very evolved nasty Brotherhood (sorry Colins). The fighting continues, they went for the penal colony on Telesto today, why they don't attack a proper colony(like Titan) I don't know. Our forces fled, and observed from a distance. No new information, except our biologic test weapon could not penetrate the hull to deploy.
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JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 05:58 PM ET
AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! _ONE_ DISCOVERY IS SUPERMAN?!?! _ONE_?!?!? _EVERYBODY CAN GET AT LEAST TWO A WEEK AND YOU'RE SAYING _ONE_ IS SUPERMAN?!?!?! READ THE RULES! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED THEM! "Researching Factions can get one every two days and an extra every ten days." I AM NOT BREAKING THE RULES AT ALL, LET ALONE BEING SUPERMAN! |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 06:02 PM ET
Okay, now that I'm half cooled down, I'll continue. Eccles, you're probably right. I was kinda excited at the thought of having a chance. We probably would get obliterated. I am, however, sending a small cloaked Frigate class ship to scout. I am hoping to get as much info as possible. Anyone else may send a scout, also. |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 06:06 PM ET
Korian: Oh. Well, I don't know. I mean, this is another dimension. Because we don't have any alternate dimensions to study right now, who knows? Maybe all the laws of physics can be changed in different dimensions.Oh, yeah, my "AAARRRGGGHHH!" post and this post are OOC. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 06:20 PM ET
*OOC* I don't think that it's superman at all. I just think it's impossible for the rules of physics to change. *IC* The Achaens have recently attacked one of our outposts in the Dbar system. We think it was just to see how strong we are, as they retreated after only a few shots were fired.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 06:25 PM ET
OOC Thank you, Korian. I know it's probably impossible. It's just that I was channelsurfing, saw Babylon 5(I am never watching that show again. Too boring), and noticed that "jumpgate to hyperspace" thing they have. I thought that would be really cool, especially since we don't have warp engines or anything. Plus, I wanted to send ships out that could make it to new stars and planets very quickly(an expanded version of MOO2). |
Ambassador Winston
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posted 04-17-99 07:30 PM ET
-*OOC*Sorry I haven't talked in a while, I've been busy. -*IC* We are preparing several ships to assist in the effort: (listed in order of power) AFPS FREEDOM - (INDIPENDANCE Class Star-Fighter Carrier) AFPS LOCKE - (WASHINGTON Class Battleship) AFPS SARATOGA and CONCORD - (LEXINGTON Class Destroyer) AFPS ACHILLES and HERCULES - (ACHILLES Class Heavy Cruser) Several other support ships are also being sent. Also, these ships are equiped with new alliance weapons systems that were recently discovered. Our other ships are being upgraded as we speak. These weapons should work agnist any type or sheilding or protection. First, the Anti-Matter Particle Beam, works just like a beam weapon, firing Anti-Matter paritcles at almost the speed of light, but when they hit their target, the anti-matter colides with the matter of the ship, the anti-matter anihilates the matter. We also have a version of this as a pulse weapon, which our ships and fighters have. This is all we wish to release at this time, and hope to have further devlopments ready in the future. -Ambassador Winston The Alliance of Free Peoples Ambassador to Centauri Space |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 07:47 PM ET
Winston, thank you for the weapon knowledge, but the attack isn't happening. Sorry for any mix-up. |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-17-99 08:58 PM ET
OOC Korian: It is very possible for the laws of physics to change in another dimension. In Scientific American there was an article that said it was very possible that the cosmological constant is different in different points in the universe (making in unconstant! ). If this is possible, then why not the speed of light, especially in another dimension! Also, there was a recent article in Discover detailing how they have recently accelerated a photon (electromagnetic (light) transmitter) to slightly over the speed of light using a property called tunneling.Although this is "only" one discovery, due to the fact that it is so major, I do consider it "supermaning". It appears that JT3 has not changed as much as he has lead us to believe.
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Ambassador Winston
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posted 04-17-99 09:21 PM ET
Maby I missed something, why isn't the attack happening? What happened? Also, these weapons don't only have to be used for attack, they can be used for defense, too. Why can't we attack?-Ambassador Winston The Alliance of Free Peoples Ambassador to Centauri Space |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-17-99 09:22 PM ET
OOC: Hey no backbiting Collins! but I agree with you thinking that the discovery was superman. I have heard of that photon experiment. I find it fascinating, but still too unsure. Lets hear no more arguing. IC: The Acheans attacked the massive colony on Delta Scorpia. They are using the same ships, and warping into different sectors after attacks. They attack orbital defences or freighters, then vanish to attack something else. The Acheans had to penetrate the complex by ground invasion. They completely destroyed the army and have set up a shipyard there. It is amazing what they can build with slaves. Can somebody help obliterate this foothold.
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Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 09:23 PM ET
Well, Collins has helped me see the seriousness of this issue, and I now agree that it is supermanning. Perhaps you could say that it didn't work after all. I don't want this alien thing to turn out to be "we developed a superde duper laser that fried their shields and armor and we took them over." It will be won by hard work. Oh, and JT, this issue does not necessitate creating a new username, i.e. JT4. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-17-99 09:31 PM ET
Eccles, I will immediately send you my People's Guard, who were formerly the fighting forces in the Union of Liberty. I will send the ALL of our spacefleet to destroy the shipyard, as I think it extremely important the Achaens have no foothol in our section of the galaxy. I will wait until tomorrow morning to attack so other factions can also attack if they so wish.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-17-99 09:35 PM ET
OOC Eccles: What is backbiting? |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 10:31 PM ET
OOCOh, ha ha, Korian. Alright, alright, fine. I'll go think up a reason why we can't use that dimension. But, will someone _please_ explain to me why this is so "superman"? I mean, if it's the speed, I guess Korian's wormhole was superman, too, because it allows instantaneous movement over short distances. If it's the dimensional part, then Klug's Faction must be one big group of supermen, since they can talk to us from their dimension. If it's the going through dimensions, then Klug, Q, and I must all be really super, because we can all do it(maybe others can do it, too. I just remember us three.). If it's the fastness of the discovery, then then there must be tons of supermen, because the wheel, guns, cars, dynamite, and _many_ other things were thought up all of a sudden. They might have taken a while to build, but they were thought up all of a sudden. Also, if you're searching through dimensions with scanners, you will find things suddenly. I said I found this dimension and sent a fighter pilot to investigate. He found that physics were changed there. I don't see what's superman about that. I'll cancel it, but I would like an explination. |
JT 3
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posted 04-17-99 10:38 PM ET
Oh, and I _have_ changed much. This is my first, that's right, _first_, discovery since I returned. I didn't think it was supermanning(read previous post) according to what had been discovered before. I'm not being invincible, either, since I lost many ships in the battle(and I am about to lose more. Stay tuned). I am not arguing quantum physics with other people.If it's an apology you want, fine. I'm sorry for creating an alternate dimension. There. For all those people who wanted an apology, there it is. |
Kestril
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posted 04-18-99 12:34 AM ET
OOC: Just dodging back up to the Eccles conversation after the last bit I did, and dodging the whole 'superman' issue.You may think its a simple easy solution, but I never said it would work Im leaving that up to you guys. Plus, we already know we cant defeat them easily - the distraction battle is going to be a major slaughter for our forces. We just have to hold them off long enough. Then, we have a while before the next attack - if they ever attack again - they may need the gate for such long distance travel. Who knows? IC: Reports have just come in from our colony on Pallas, the Archaen forces bombed it to the ground. Luckily, a few survivors remain underground, but for the most part, the colony is gone. Destruction seems to have been their goal, and not occupation - as they have not yet made any landing. I fear that genocide of our species may be their ultimate goal! |
Galen
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posted 04-18-99 12:34 AM ET
*OOC* Although I haven't read the same articles Collins did, it IS feasable. Since gravity warps space-time, it is concivable that another dimension may be faster to get from point to point in ours if you can switch between them; of course it is not nessecarily so. Kind of like Hyperspace from Star Wars, just not quite so superman.*IC* My 2nd Fleet, who has been out exploring the Crab Nebula, is coming. It has 7 ships. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-18-99 08:59 AM ET
CODE RED A massive Achean assault is heading towards the Jovian colonies. Another force is sweeping round Mercury and is heading for Luna. I need you help. (Korian will too). This attack must be to depleat our forces. But if we use superior strategy we can kill them. Withdraw forces from Delta Scorpia, it was destroyed by a sabotaged shipyard They have 5 Mantis (manti?)and hundreds of smaller ships. My forces can hold them off, but we need help. They could turn the Jovian Satelites into bases, which we don't want! |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-18-99 09:01 AM ET
OOC Backbiting: Snide, vicious comments that destroy morale or confidence. After a famous soccer player lost his temper with one of his own side (after scoring) and bit him in the back.
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JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 09:17 AM ET
Noone send ships to go through the Dim Gates! It appears that dimension has some sort of Neutron destroying substance in it. When my fighter and pilot got back, they were already starting to fall apart(noone say, "that's too disgusting!"). The substance slowly destroys all neutrons it touches. This causes the atomic structure to break apart.I have bioscanned all decks and crew on my ships, and this "disease" has not spread. But, I ask noone to go into this dimension, it would be the last trip you ever made! Also, the Acheans have destroyed four Space Stations in the ring orbiting Proxima Centauri. They then retreated for unknown reasons. OOC Does that fix everything, people? |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-18-99 01:36 PM ET
I am temporarily withdrawing Fleet K to help defend the Sol system from the Achaen's attack. Please do not ask me to help anywhere else as the either the Achaens will be defeated or our fleet will be destroyed. Unfortunately, there are virtually no defences against starships on Luna, due to the recent fighting. We are building more and more by the second, but I doubt it will be enough. Please, send us any aid you can. Also, we are going to try and board one of the Mantis ships, so please wait for me to tell you whether the attempt has failed or succeeded before you fire on it. Thank you for your cooperation.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy
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God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-18-99 03:32 PM ET
Comlink........fail (a)bort (r)etry (f)ail ? Rerouting via Titan...Fail Rerouting via Io...Fail Rerouting via Europa...Fail Rerouting via Anake...Fail Rerouting via Mercury...Link established Korian this is a war you cannot expect me to wait, they are after me as well. Mercury is holding out, but I have lost contact with the above colonies. They are attacking Saturn now... I will help you, but we need help ourselves. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-18-99 03:42 PM ET
We were not asking for your help, Eccles, because we know you are preoccupied. Also, I am not sure what you mean by " Korian this is a war you cannot expect me to wait, they are after me as well."Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-18-99 04:52 PM ET
We are both being attacked by the same strike group Korian. I cannot wait for you to board every ship, I have twelve (hears a scream in the background) sorry eleven prisoners that we can interogate. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-18-99 06:36 PM ET
I wanted to board one of their Mantis ships to get their tech, not prisoners.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy
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JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 06:43 PM ET
Someone please explain to me why that was superman. No need to get mad or anything, I would just like to know, so I can avoid it in the future.IC I'm not sure we can provide any aid, Korian. We are losing ourselves. I have lost almost one hundred fighter squadrons, 17 battle fleets, 5 Space Stations, and the planet Evknow. I have implemented the new Anti-matter Particle Beam and Star Destroyer. They work better, but I am still losing. We need a new type of sheilding that can stand more than two hits. JT3 Head Scientist of The Federation of Research and Knowledge Member of AOP |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-18-99 07:34 PM ET
The attack on the Sol system is over. We sustained heavy losses, but it appears the aliens have been beaten. We lost over 300 fighters, 4 Doomstars, out of 5, 26 Titans, out of 30, and 12 Battlecruisers, out of 15. Countless Menaces of the Vacuum were also lost. Billions of civilians died in the bombing of Luna. Our boarding of the Mantis succeeded, but we do not understand how their weapons, shields, armor, or drive works. We are also not sure how to repair the ship. I have not decided whether to allow scientists from other nations to inspect the ship. We will inform you of any breakthrough.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy |
JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 07:42 PM ET
Korian, would it be alright if I could see the sheilds and armor of the ship? I would like to test some new weapons and sheilding my scientists have been working on.We have just lost 4 more Space Stations and been bombed on Aqedu. Our losses now amount to over 19 billion people, 6 Doomstars, 20 Star Destroyers(ship, not weapon), 13 battlecruisers, 297 fighters, 9 Space Stations, and the planet Evknow. We are steadily being beaten back. We are building an Star Destroyer Cannon the size of our small base Research Lab on Aqedu. We are hoping this will be able to defend the planet, as it is our capital. We are also testing some new weapons and sheilding, I will send any breakthroughs with those. |
God Emperor Eccles V
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posted 04-18-99 07:55 PM ET
Luckly the Acheans attacked the Comms uplinks first, so I could harry them away. Mimas has two Craters now. One where a metorite hit, and the other when I detonated a Singularity Planet Buster. This killed 2 Billion of my people, easily cloned, but it saved the battle, the Mantis withdrew, with my forces pushing them until they duality jumped. Overall Dead: 6.2 Billion Colonists Recloned: 5 Billion Net Loss: 1.2 Billion Colonies Destroyed: Mimas, Callisto, Anake and Atlas. Ships lost: 20 Ships Produced: 10 Net Loss: 10 |
JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 07:59 PM ET
You Planet Busted your own colony? Never heard of that tactic before. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-18-99 08:01 PM ET
*OOC* JT, you're only allowed to have 5 Doomstars at time. *IC* JT, thanks for the Star Destroyer cannon tech. They were invaluable in the defense of Luna. I will wait to see if we have any breakthroughs before we let you inspect it.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy
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JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 08:03 PM ET
No, no, I meant I built another one after one was destroyed.You're welcome. Good enough for me. By the way, what kind of ship did you capture? Fighter? Battlecruiser? |
Galen
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posted 04-18-99 08:26 PM ET
The Acheans have attacked our Small Star in the Vicinity of Betelgeus listening station. Our 2nd and 3rd fleets have gone to intercept. We beleive there are 2 Manti and 25 smaller ships, we are going to use DimTears and Chem weapons.Galen AqKnow |
JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 08:28 PM ET
Prepare for major losses. I'm not sure you should waste the chemical weapons, as we havce tried before, and they cannot penetrate the hull. |
Galen
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posted 04-18-99 08:34 PM ET
Korian, I would like to have specs, and possibly part of the ship, mabey an Achean too, to do research on. My 2nd and 3rd Fleets probably won't live. My 4th and 5th fleets are going to back them up, though I doubt we will capture any Manti.Galen AqKnow |
JT 3
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posted 04-18-99 08:40 PM ET
I think Korian has got the right idea. Our fleets won't stand up to theirs, but if we board them, we have the advantage, since we catch them off guard, they have no sheilds, and if we just barely hit them, it would be enough to kill them, as their insides fall out. I am sending some Space Marines to attack one of their small fleets. If we use this strategy, we may be able to win! |
Galen
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posted 04-18-99 09:45 PM ET
My 2nd 3rd and 5th fleets have attacked the Achean, and driven them out. One small ship, containing 13 Acheans has been captured and is being sent to a research base which I cannot disclose the location of. My losses were "()" indicate how many there were: 3 DOOMstars (3) 9 Titans (12) 16 BattleCruisers (18) 5 DimTear Frigates (6) 314 Fighters (420) 11 Carriers (12) 13 Orbital Defense Pods (13) All orbital stations in the system (5) The colonies on Betelguese 3 were destroyed. 2.163�10^6 (�1.3�10^3) humans died.Their losses: 1 Mantis (2) 23 Cruisers (24) 1 Carreir (1) 1 Cruiser was captured 165 fighters (179) Galen AqKnow |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-19-99 07:19 AM ET
Our scientists have discovered the secret to their weapons, but nothing else. We call it "the Disruptor cannon." It fires intense bolts of energy phased in such a way as to disrupt the molecular cohesion of the target. The disruptor has such great accuracy that it almost always hits, (which I'm sure you've discovered from your battles with the aliens.) The ship captured was a Mantis ship. Also, Galen, you may not have a part of the ship. This breakthrough has made me optimistic about the abilities of my scientists, so until further notice you will not be able to look at it.Governor Korian of the Federated States of Democracy
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Galen
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posted 04-19-99 12:17 PM ET
Ah well, we do not need it. However, their beam must be something more than what you claim, as we have sheilds that protect us on the quantum level. I would instruct your scientists to look into it further. And as always, research is best done by many, and as we ARE better trained, it will at least assist your scientists. If you wish for any information we will transmit it if you do the same.Galen AqKnow |
JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 01:53 PM ET
We have captured all of the ships(with the exception of some destroyed fighters) in the fleet surrounding Station Alpha-Beta. Their weapons do do more than what Korian has said, but he had the right idea. We cannot quite get a fix on exactly what it does, but we know it was more than what he said(no offense). Also, it appears their sheilds somehow fuse photons and quantum particles to become unbelievably strong. This Phontum Sheild, as we call it, can stand up to many hits of Electrophoton, Anti-Matter Particle, and Star Destroyer hits before falling(as you have probably noticed). We have not been able to duplicate it yet. The drive is a duality jump system, which is basicly a more advanced version of the Blink Generator. It can instantly transport the ship over long distances in space. It appears to also have a sort of hyperdrive system which can go many times the speed of light, although we need more testing before it can be confirmed.We will keep you updated with any releasable information. |
Spider
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posted 04-19-99 07:52 PM ET
Would it not be possible to use the "Dim Gate" as a weapon (i. e. projecting one into an Achean ship)? I/We have considered this possibility, and thought it might work, but you'll have to work out the details.... |
JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 08:22 PM ET
OOCUhhh.... Spider, we decided the idea of Dim Gates was to "superman", so it's gone. I made up that story about the neutron thing, but I don't think using them as weapons wouldn't be considered "superman", either. |
Spider
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posted 04-19-99 08:33 PM ET
[OOC] JT3: Roger that. [/OOC] I/We miscalculated; Dim Gate weapon would only affect ships/troops moving through it, and would take too much energy for a ship maneuverable enough to sweep the beam through the enemy ships. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-19-99 08:40 PM ET
Our scientists have recently discovered the reason for the large shaft between the power source and the beam emitter. It is used to increase exponententially the force of the beam, so the energy actually disrupts sub sub sub quantum particles. I think we should asseble an attack fleet asap. Also, the election results are in. I have recently been elected President of the Federated States of Democracy. After tomorow, the name Governor Korian will be obselete and I will be known as President Korian.President Korian of the Federated States of Democracy *OOC* Also, JT, once again I think that "We have captured all of the ships(with the exception of some destroyed fighters) in the fleet surrounding Station Alpha-Beta" sounds a bit superman. |
JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 08:41 PM ET
Yeah. I thought something like that might happen. |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-19-99 09:00 PM ET
JT3: I do not understand the statement:"Also, it appears their shields somehow fuse photons and quantum particles to become unbelievably strong." Photons are particles that transmit electromagnetic radiation during quantum interactions (otherwise, it is best to say that electromagnetic radiation is transmitted by particles). It does not make sense that you can combine matter and energy without the transformation of one of them to the form of the other beforehand, such as what occurs often near the event horizon of black holes. Also, please do not make posts regarding things you do not understand. Not only is it "supermanning", it is extremely arrogant.
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JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 09:06 PM ET
Korian, I said it was a small fleet. Perhaps you have a different defination than I do(although there is no real definition). I meant 3 _small_ frigates with some fighters aboard each. You must remember, this is a Space Station, they would not send an armada to destroy it.OOC Collins: D**n it, this is RPing! Did you write a letter to Firaxis saying: "Anti-matter would blow up whoever wore it, since that person is made up of matter. How could you fire black holes? They would implode the gun first! Having a unit move such a small distance in a year is unrealistic! Blah, blah, etc." I bet you didn't. This is a race who has existed for millions of years. If anyone could do this, it would be them. |
Governor Korian
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posted 04-19-99 09:11 PM ET
No, you misunderstood. There are none of my ships blockading Herculi!! |
JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 09:13 PM ET
Oh. Okay. Something is seriously wrong with the Achean sensors(not the Herculeans. Remember, they got the messages that you were attacking from the Acheans. They didn't find it themselves). |
Ambassador Collins
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posted 04-19-99 09:33 PM ET
JT3:I DON'T GIVE A DAMN AS TO THE ACCURACY OF YOUR INFORMATION!!! WHAT ES THE HELL OUT OF ME IS THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT IS FAR BEYOND YOUR FEEBLE COMPREHENSION!!! Also, both of the technologies that you described in your last post are possible if you take advantage of a force called degradation. I'm not going to bother explaining what degradation is. Due to your obvious lack of comprehension, I will not bother to try to explain this force is. |
Galen
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posted 04-19-99 09:39 PM ET
(OOC:Actually, not only is Collins right, but the tech would be old) My Scientists are unconvinced of that. We tried to disrupt the quantum interactions, but that failed, so there is something, somehow, even deeper. We don't understand at all, but it is true. We hypothesize that this may be higher dimensional in nature. Nonetheless, we are confident that the Acheans themselves are susceptible to our bioweapons. If only that could be transmitted... Ah well. Nonetheless, we are confident we will be better equiped against them next time.Director Galen AqKnow |
JT 3
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posted 04-19-99 09:40 PM ET
OOCLack of comprehension? I don't think so. If you think it's so superman because it's not possible, why did you just contradict yourself by saying it is? This is turning into some long argument thread. Let's stop with all the fighting and get back to the point of it. IC The Acheans and I have signed a temporary cease fire. I urge the rest of you to do the same, as this fighting has wasted billions of lives. |