[IC] Void of the Stars: A sci-Fi Nation Roleplay

[TehAlphaGamer]

Pirate Ship Recovery

The fleet patiently awaited as the Zonanese marines grabbed and examined what they needed and for them to get out. Plans were set to bring the ship into orbit so they could collect its data, then scuttle it and leave it for scrap. One of their Trikolos, Barasia ("Boomer"), moved into position and locked into geosynchronous orbit with the old Marku-Class down below.

[WilsonTurner]

Common FTL-Initiation point near the inhabitant-labelled 'Colony 455', 'Colony 667', and 'Colony 257'. The following events are simultaneous throughout all said areas.

A Seed Ship folded out, near the local common FTL point, and immediately corrected course to aim straight at the target planet, and began to accelerate. At each of these colonies, they obviously might have more warning from one of their colonies go dark. The Seed Ship did not alter course for anything; one Seed Ship actually impacted a small asteroid, but it more or less disintegrated from the speed and strength of the ship, like a large dirt clod being hit by a car.

[Sukui]

Colony 741
The miners stopped their work for a moment on the asteroid fields, looking around to see more unknown ships trying hard as they can to colonize the still-molten largest remains of the colony planet. Thinking only the mines would be the problem here, they quickly continue their job, but some deploy counter-mines stolen from Zoradean technology that shoots high-power laser weaponry before exploding when triggered, to destroy any unseen object approaching them.
The guard ship in charge of the communication continued.
"If you wish for this process to undergo peacefully , then we would like to give condolences for the deaths of hundreds of thousands-- probably millions, of the planet's inhabitants. As for the foreigners, however, our mines should do the trick."

[WilsonTurner]

Colony 741
Upon the deployment of mines from nearby aliens, the Seeder Ships turn their focus from attempting to inhabit the dominantly-molten planet surface, where only a few structures were beginning to rise from the ground, and instead moved towards the asteroid field. Instead of slowing down as the giant, speeding Seeder Ships approached, they increased speed, moving faster as they aimed to very clearly smash everything like bugs on a windshield. No response was sent from their own. There was no attempt to communicate or even understand the message. All it did was redirect their attention from colonizing to eradicating.

[null123]

The Gift of Magic
A transmission could be heard throughout the Equiis Pact, or by those who tuned into the right frequency
"We have made new friends with you all, so we like to announce something. We can give the gift that is magic to all of the Equiis Pact races, and we shall. We have made several changes to the Megaspell used to give magic to others, and we can give it to you all at once. May it shine within in all of you."
The megaspell triggered, its invisible magical wave going throughout the universe. The Equiis Pact races felt the gift of magic within them, and are excited to have it. The Equestrians have setup new academies across the Equiis Pact and the Pact Military has begun refitting ships and weapons to use magical weapons and magical substance weapons. The other nations of the Equiis Pact are doing the same thing, refitting one or two fleets at a time with the new weapons.

Project Logs
Research: Project Reborn : Notes 005
"We have finally developed our biomass conversion process, and have begun drawing up plans for True Synths. Plenty of the material is stacking up, and we also have begun heavy development onto the use of meld. While we already used it in great numbers for other Synths, we feel that if we find out more about it we can use it to further our Synth Development. We also have developed synth types for most races in the Equiis Pact from Intermediate to Exalted, with Exalted and Exacted synths receiving memory wipes. Luckily even with the volunteers only policy we still have a lot of people that are stepping up to be synthed."

Research: Project Reality Breakers : Notes 002
"Even with almost nowhere to go on infusing people with Dark Energy we have still made some progress. Instead of just surviving a few minutes after the Dark Energy infusion the subject can survive for hours, we are still nowhere near figuring out how to actually make them live instead of die after the infusion and how to get them to use abilities but still its progress, and keeps the goddamned military official off my back about new developments. We tried infusing Synths but it seems to fail, we predict this is mainly because they already have heavy enhancements from cybernetics and genetics."

[Keyguyperson]

Colony 257
The Abh raised their weapons, firing away from the truck at the military soldiers and vehicles. Their super soldier status was well deserved, as It was obvious they were crack shots. Every invisible beam of energy found its mark and burned through the target. Their laser projectors were extremely useful against vehicles as well, as all that was needed to up the power on the lasers was a quick thought of doing so. Of course, there was no way they could take out the attackers, but they could certainty cover the escape well enough.

The Draconian, unable to help due to his current unarmed state, was tending to the human. It was a sight nobody expected to see, as most humans would rather die a slow and painful death than accept help from a Draconian. Clark was most definitely either a follower of Faust or a subscriber to that whole agnostic star-worshiping... thing the Abh have going on. The human looked up at the Draconian, and smiled.
"Ted... it kinda... suits you."
The Draconian though for a moment, and nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I like it. When we get to whatever planet we're going to, I'll have to find a namer."
"I... I was a namer."
"You were? Would you be willing to give me the ceremony?"
"Of course... I'm certified... for an Abh ceremony and... human Church of... Faust. Which... one?"
"Uhh..." The Draconian trailed off, not knowing what either of the ceremonies included or what the two ideologies stood for. He didn't want to get mixed up in some kind of insane initiation thing or end up being a member for life of something he hates. Since the human was breathing heavily, an Abh ducked in to explain.
"The Church of Faust is an Equestrian belief that promotes peace and harmony above all else, and they worship the goddess Faust, whom Admiral Fergus McClain claims to have met. I should mention he's considered a reputable source, especially on the subject of a religion belief, as he is incredibly hard to persuade towards a belief. The Abh belief has no name, but it is well developed. It too promotes harmony and peace, although it is peace by any means. Some of the best combat schools are operated by the unified church, and subscribers to the belief are usually picked first to enter along with Church of Faust members. I know that sounds intolerant, but it's really more of a way of weeding out the individuals who won't understand the philosophy behind our way of fighting. Oh yeah, us Abh sorta worship stars... well, not really. Kind of a connection with them, a sort of 'we came from stardust' thing."
The Draconian sat and though for a time, completely oblivious to the firefight all around him. He weighed the benefits of each, but simply couldn't decide on one. Besides, he was already a believer in the Draconian goddess.
"Well, I'm already a Draconian. That probably means I'll have to wait to get to a core planet."
"Oh not at all!" The Abh said "I'm a CoF member, as well as a New Hindu, Muslim, and Final Frontier Christian! Also Abh, of course."
"Then I think I'd like a combination of the two ceremonies."
The human, without saying a word, slowly lifted his hand up to the Draconian's forehead equivalent.
"With Faust as my witness, I proclaim your name to be Ted."
The Abh then whispered in the Draconian's ear: "Look up."
The Draconian did so, seeing the twinkling stars in the sky. It was perfect for the Abh ceremony. The human continued, using all of his strength to keep his sentences unbroken.
"May star fire bear you to touch the universe beyond, and find the wonders that lay beyond what you know."
Has Clark talked, Ted felt so right. The human Church of Faust ceremony sounded good as well, but the Abh ceremony felt so perfect to him. It was as if the writer of the scripts had created the ceremony exclusively for him.
"May all creatures you meet in the cosmos know you by the name agreed upon by the infinite amount of stars in this universe, and all the universes beyond. From this day forward, you shall be known as Ted."

[Keyguyperson]

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[Keyguyperson]

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[Keyguyperson]

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[Keyguyperson]

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[darkwolf687]

Argutus update

The energy blade has been updated. By coursing dark energy around the edge of the blade, its deadly edges can slice through nearly anything, due to the unique way dark energy works. Imbedded into the gauntlet, it turns what was previously a viable close combat weapon to a technologically brilliant and dangerous weapon, adding to the fear surrounding it

Colony 257
A small group of ships, Two Evocatus, three princeps and a aquilifer arrive above colony 257 to investigate, peering in from the edge of the system. Their weapons are armed but they don't fire on anyone, instead raising their shielding

[Sukui]

Emergency Situation Level V
Hostile Presence: ACTIVE
Potential Threat to the Kaiyouan Race: MEDIUM
Technological Level Needed for Extermination: Level III

In the midst of the charging process of the hostile ships, all the active mines present were set to trigger, firing extreme-strength lasers against the Seeder ships and then exploding in a brilliant shine moments later after their energy reserves have been depleted. Many miners were safely sheltered behind the asteroids, but some were caught and sustained severe injures, of which are being treated immediately.

The patrol ships have been set to fire quark-gluon plasma and dark matter explosives at any hostiles they can find. One miner ship has been safely escorted back towards the nearest world, travelling via wormhole.

[WilsonTurner]

Colony 741

The Seeder Ship continued on its way, treating the tiny mines the way a tank would a dog; it didn't do anything, and just kept going.

Moments later, the Seeder Ship began impacting the asteroid belt/field, bright flashes of light erupting from its sides as it constantly modifies its inertia and ship heading to continue on straight through the field. A couple minutes later, it makes it through, and accelerates. After a moment, all the 'engines,' which have yet to be seen besides bright flashes from the smooth sides, shut off. Acceleration stops, and it drifts. The ship then begins turning, still getting farther and farther away. As the ship re-aligns with the asteroid belt, the engines come back online, and there is a great flash of light, as bright as an atomic bomb [which would blind or burn anything looking at it], and begins to rapidly decelerate to a standstill.

[Sukui]

Colony 741
All patrol ships have been ordered to retreat back to the nearest Makudan world via wormhole, such orders have been followed without any reluctancy from leaving survivor mining ships behind. The asteroid field and it's parent star system has been considered as quarantine zones; all access or exit from said area are considered hostile action, ships attempting to enter the field or identified as a miner ship from the star system through databases are terminated.

Possible easy methods of terminating the hostile were theorized to be the latest two biological weapons that cause extreme cancerous necrotic growths with any cell regardless of resistance, and the nervous system takeover substance, respectively.

[hacher5]

Colony 741

As the foreigners continued their own things, another attack fleet entered the fray, assuming that the patrol fleet went dark due to local insurrections spiraling across the colonies. To their surprise, they were met by two unknown races and the destruction of Colony 741. A message to the attack fleet sent by the patrol fleet was relayed

Keep your distance from both of these races, they are seemingly agressive, especially the one continuisly firing off weapons onto whatever's left of the planet. We fear that more of these races, both of them, will come, we can't retreat, we must find another haven, we need to get out of this thing

The attack fleet sent a message to the species containing the patrol fleet: Please release our brothers, we will leave the premisise immediately unless you require our assistance

Other Colonies that have met this strange race

Attack fleets have already been sent to the colonies after recieving word of a massive insurrection throughout the Empire. When these new ships entered the fray, and thinking these ships belonged to colonials or pirates, the attack fleets immediately opened fire with their glass cannons positioned already. They fired a five second glassing cannon burst, hoping to tear the ship down with little energy use.

Insurrections

After the little stunt on Colony 257, all colonies 112+ have followed in C257's footsteps. The colonial militias stationed in the colonies have for the most part aided the rebellions, with most of the outer colonies (690+) already fending off the military. The campaign is to secede from the current state of Zonan, and eventually destroy the current state completely. All freed colonial planets have established an unofficial nation: The Colonial Powers of Zonan (CPZ). Most of the colonies 690- have been met by fierce opposition of the military, who have began to mobilize their reserves to stomp the insurrection.

The CPZ has called for galactic aid, stating that the Zonanese Empire has "failed to allow the colonial planets to survive, failed to supply the colonial planets with the basic necesities that cannot be supplied on the planet itself without illegal actions, and failed to keep the colonial opinion of the Trinity a good one. The Trinity is a tyranny, they must be ended"

Colony 257

The radio was kept as low as possible, but everyone could hear the conversation.

"Commander Ru, we need to abandon this area, we're taking the kid and guess with us" said Kal.

"Kal, we both know how complicated this is becoming, you know what's happening everywhere else, yeah?"

"I should know, and I should know that a sh*t-load of colonies just rebelled"

"Besides, what do you think we can do with them when they get out of the atmosphere? The military is swarming us, Kal."

"The human and others can fly them safely away, and if they can't, he can."

"He's too young, Kal"

"It doesn't matter!" Kal screamed. The boy began to tear up, only to be comforted by his father. The truck neared the colonial base, almost torn apart completely from gunfire and plasma/drughan-artillery blasts. The base quickly opened the gates to let the truck in, and closing it tightly once they had entered. The militia was still reluctant in helping, but by this point, they have no choice. The death toll has ramped up significantly, and if they were going to get foreigners out of the planet, they basically guranteed who they were loyal to. So instead of sitting around and letting the military stomp through the rebel lines, the militia launched a counter attack. VenZ fighters and bombers quickly rained plasma bombs onto military-mechs. Gult missiles were fired onto enemy AA sites. Enemy soldiers also now had to deal with Cobra jeeps and Conda tanks, who were swarming the hills with drughan artillery and gatlings.

The group quickly abandoned the truck, and ran over to the nearest C-craft.

"Can you drive, humans?" asked one of the men acompanying the group.

Planet by the Shipyard

REPORT:
MESSAGE TO: Commander Reyes II

Send more ships immediately...we found something you might like to see

Shipyard

The wolverines quickly left the scene, noticing that the sarkazjhit were waiting for them to leave. Fleets carrying components scavenged have been taken to Commune for expirements. A part of the fleet stayed, however, to ensure that OP was maintained under ZE control.

[darkwolf687]

Colony 257

High in orbit above the planet, the group overseer listened to the CPZ galactic aid request. He paused, considering as Overwatch spoke
". Alert, dissection detected. Alert. Colony sociostability index is marginal. Polistabilisation index lost."
"Prepare the troops, code: Inject, sterilise, stabilise" The overseer ordered, as the group moved closer to the planet, the Aquilifer preparing to release its troops
"Rules of engagement?"
"Dagger. Echo, confirm"
"We obey."
The ships moved closer to provide close support and cut off reinforcements, and ships were deployed from Triarian space to assist other CPZ planeta
From the ground could be seen a plume as the Aquilifer entered the atmosphere, and dropships moved down to the planet. There was a crack, and then a deafening noise as something pounded into the ground on either side of the Colonial Base, blasting dirt up into the air. Once it settled, a habitat walker and an Assembly walker marched through the dust, coming into sight in their towering glory, a single of their legs dwarfing the base, the top of the habitat walker 600 meters from the ground, maybe more, and the assembly walker around double that. They began to move forwards, preparing their forces for deployment as the drop ships landed and began to deploy forces. The Triarian Collective transmitted a planet wide message
"Attention, please. Your planet has been deemed unstable. Order shall be restored.

The overseer watched the view screens "Get me reinforcements, clamp the sector. No one may leave without my permission... If they try, shoot them."
"Yes, praelatus meus"

[Keyguyperson]

Colony 257
The Aviator smiles, and activates his holographic visor.
"You bet!" He says "I've had a year of training for flying Zonanese craft, I thought I'd never get to use it since I got posted on Draco, but I kept using the simulator in my free time. I've always found the idea of not being neurally connected to your ship fascinating, and the sims for your craft were quite frankly the cheapest on the military market. I think I can get this off the ground."
They entered the vessel, and the Aviator powered up the systems as if he was a pilot in the actual Zonanese military. His visor lit up with various symbols alien to the Hach, and the human had only a cursory knowledge of them. It was Abh writing, being translated directly from the markings of the controls. Sitting down in the pilot's chair, his hands danced gracefully and quickly over the controls, going through the minimal pre-flight checklist. After two minutes, he was done.
"Huh, there's a Triarian fleet in orbit. That makes things a lot easier, we might be able to catch a lift from them." Said the Aviator, as the ship lifted off from the ground.
"Yeah, provided they don't shoot at us instead." Said the Deca-Commander "They're definitely here to maintain social stability, they'll make sure nobody leaves. Then there's Ted, if they find out about him they'll kill us."
Hearing his name, Ted piped up "Firing on us would be a breach of treaty, it would be an automatic declaration of war. We have to send a message to them."
The Deca-Commander turned to the Hach, accidentally hitting the wall of the ship with what seemed to be an earring.
"Would such a thing be acceptable?"

[WilsonTurner]

Colony 257
Moments after the Seeder Ship, sleek and dark-colored, with an odd variety of colors [because the color that the ships are covered in would require a much greater range of Cones, which allow the eye to see different colors], began accelerating to the distant planet. Once within distance to visually see the Triarian fleet, the ship sent out a 'chirp,' a little radio wave that traveled faster than the speed of light, expanding in all directions. Several minutes later, a Mine Layer folded in some distance behind the Seeder ship, smaller but still very large, and also began accelerating towards the planet.

Both ships completely ignored the visually-sighted contacts, and kept moving to get into planet orbit.

[darkwolf687]

"Alert. Unknown exogen detected." Overwatch reported, and the Overseer tapped a few commands
"They are breaching the clamp. Soul of hatred, Truth is Subjective, break off and engage." The overseer ordered, and two of the princeps destroyers broke off, moving towards the unknown exogen ships and transmitting a message
"Move away, or you shall be amputated" The message read, and a few moments later the ships opened fire on the seeders with arcs of plasma, which was still mainline ship weaponry for technical purposes. The deadly super heated plasma, graded for destroying battleship armour, flew through the black of space.

The main section of the group continued to set up the clamp, and a few more ships (Three hastati and another Evocatus) appeared in the system, spreading out to set up the clamp around the planet, ensuring there was line of sight on as many exits as possible from the planet. Drone fighters left the ships, patrolling the planets atmosphere.
Meanwhile, Forces on the ground spread out, acting in an attempt to disarm all forces and restore order.