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STC Inrilk ( A-237)
Captain La’jue
The second reports of fire on the ground was heard over the radio the ships opened fire, firing missiles first followed by magnetically accelerated torpedoes. All shields were no boosted to full as the ships engaged their targets. The plan was to use the nuclear warheads EMP properties to fry the enemies shields and disable any unshielded electronics. After the shields were disabled or weakened the high explosive warheads coupled with the torpedoes would rip holes in the enemy vessels.

“ Sir, enemy fighters coming in to attack” said the radar operator as a dozen small dots appeared on the command view screen. The formation of the ships would be in their favor here, the point defense turrets had shared fields of fire with other turrets, so two guns could be on one target at a time if need be. From the bridge the weapons officer waiting for the fighter bombers to enter into optimal range before activating the point defense system. Suddenly almost 60 turrets came online at once, shredding the ordnance dropped by the enemy fighters and any fighter/bombers they could hit. After firing the first salvo the entire formation shifted clockwise around the enemy, moving their shield concentration to always face the enemy fleet. The two Septum class ships began firing their 120mm cannons towards the enemy formation, concentrating their fire towards one ship at a time to maximize damage and hopefully disable or destroy the ship completely, each set of cannons targeted a different portion of the ship. Point defense turrets shredded the warheads of missiles as they came within range, leaving their strange goo-like payload in the space between ships, this was the main point of concern for Captain La’jue. The enemies laser based weapons could not be dodged or countered however and impacted the Septonian vessels, resulting in minor hull breaches and a few injuries, not a problem for the crew who were in sealed suits for battle stations.

The Lahai class vessel that was acting as a lookout for the formation quickly broke away and made a full burn for the dark side of the planet. Using New Condia’s gravity well to slingshot around the planet, the vessel sent a burst transmission back towards the core worlds before re-surfacing towards the rear of the enemy formation. large nets of mines spewed from the back of the Lahai class cruiser, which quickly spread themselves out to their full width. The comparatively small nets of mines would be almost impossible to visually discern from the rest of space and would not give off any sort of signal. As the cruiser finished deploying about twenty mine nets, it continued to use the gravity of the planet to move back into the Septonian formation, making a full burn retrograde to slow itself down. The space battle had begun

STC Jaques ( BH-44)
Crash landed on New Condia
Cmdr. Deaxja ( KIA)
Lt. Cmdr Sinidas Kalai ( Now in Command)

The first shot fired at you always surprised the hell out of Sinidas, who quickly ducked and fell to a knee. After that first shot however, it was business as usual and crew reflexively took cover and returned fire, the ships plating provided good cover from the rounds and explosives coming in. They had been staring down the barrels of these aliens for some time now, so their positions were well known to the septonians who had been planning for this moment since they crashed. Gunships began firing their cannons down towards the enemy troops, firing missiles, rounds from their gatling cannons and 105mm cannon rounds, towards focal points and machine gun emplacements along the alien lines. The introduction of enemy fighters was a surprise to both Sinidas and the Marine captain as they watched a fighter swiftly shoot down one of the larger gunships.

“ RTO”! the marines captain yelled towards the combat radio operator “ Fire mission, at grid 11021, 20049 and 3372. Gun runs and bombs from west to east, tell them there are aerial contacts”! On time as always, Shrike fighters and Faulk fighter-bombers swooped down on top of the enemy force. The more nimble Shrike fighters began pursuing the the enemy fighters while the Faulk fighter-bombers dropped everything from 1000lb high explosive bombs to small 300lb cluster bombs down on the enemy troops. The Faulk bombers then turned around and began strafing the enemy positions with their large 40mm gatling cannons while dropping more ordnance, tearing through anything in their path.

The first initial moments of the battle seemed to be going well but the appearance of a strange enemy worried Sinidas. Amore aliens clad in black armor “seemingly appeared” and tried to wrench one of the 20mm turrets from the ground, succeeding in pulling it a short distance towards him before the crew manning it wrestled it back down to the ground. More of these aliens “seemingly appeared” and began spouting flame from their finger tips, engulfing a few crew members in flames. Anger washed across Sinidas’s face as he watched them scream in agony from being burned “ Concentrate your fire on the black armored aliens”! he yelled over the sound of the combat. Within an instant the recoiless rifle shot a shell towards one of the black suited enemies. hopefully obliterating it while the machine gunners and turret gunners concentrated their fire towards the rest.

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Bomb something.....Jk idk man. You just gotta put yourself out there. Make a ship crash "randomly" it worked for me

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STC Inrilk ( A-237)
Captain La’jue
“ Shots fired!” was heard over the radio and word was quickly passed around the operations net about the hostile action from this new alien race. “ Advise sir, either they have really bad aim or those were warning shots” the lead pilot said over the radio, the sound of marines yelling orders in the background. Captain La’jue thought for a moment, he didn’t want to start a war, but he didn’t want to get his men killed either. He had to make a decision and fast regarding what to do.

“ Communication officer!, get in touch with the admiral tell him I’m bringing my ship to battle stations” La’jue said pressing the general quarters alarm. Soon the entire ship was in action, all available crewmen were up and running to their stations. “ Set missile tubes 1-4 to 1 SQ, load one nuclear warhead and three High explosive warheads with targeting solutions for the orbital stations and the closest ship”. The deck officers nodded and relayed the orders to the crew, boosting their shields to the front as the Inrilk turned towards the alien fleet and opened their torpedo tubes. “ Load all tubes and give me two firing solutions, one for the stern of the ship and one for the bow”. The other ships followed suit, targeting other ships in the alien fleet with missiles and magnetically accelerated torpedoes.

STC Jaques ( BH-44)
Crash landed on New Condia
Cmdr. Deaxja ( KIA)
Lt. Cmdr Sinidas Kalai ( Now in Command)

The shots from the defense station could be heard by the entire crew on the ground as they watched their dropships come in through the clouds. Instantly every weapon along the defensive perimeter was at condition one, rounds in the chambers and cocked, ready to be fired. A symphony of clicks and racking noises could be heard as the crew finished readying their weapons, soon every weapon on the line was trained on an alien figure. As the first marines began landing the atmosphere on the ground became much more hostile. Marines leapt from their transports ready to fight, while unships strafed back and forth over the landing site, ready to fire at a moments notice. This rapid deployment was a marine specialty and something they practice routinely during the military games at home, the only difference was this time the enemy wasn’t other marines, but a completely unknown alien race.


“ Who’s in command!” a marine captain yelled over the sound of dropships, his external speaker making his voice sound slightly mechanical. Sinidas calmly made his way out from the perimeter as marines ran towards the ship, providing aid and adding to the defenses. “ Lieutenant Commander Kalai!' he yelled back, extending his hand to shake. The captain was nearly twice his size in his powered armor and was slightly taken back by his calm display, this was a potential warzone of course. “ Good to see you alive commander, we took some fire on the way in. Have you had any contact down here!?”. Sinidas shook his head and pointed towards the Diplomat in the distance “ They have been butchering our language with that thing for about a couple hours, They say they are friendly but they sure showed up ready to fight, I suppose we got our answer when they started firing at you!” he said with a chuckling smile.

The two officer slowly walked back into the crews defensive perimeter as Sinidas began explaining the defenses to the captain. “ We have one recoiless rifle centrally located to be able to hit both sides of the perimeter. Every couple meters we also have the 20 millimeter point defense turrets on makeshift swivel mounts, those are placed equally around the perimeter. Triage is on the bridge and I’ve set up a nuclear warhead to neutralize the sensitive equipment if we got overrun”. The commander nodded, looking at his own marines augment the perimeter with extra rifles and machine guns. They were finally a formidable fighting force, but they were eager to get off this planet. “ Those gunships are going to stay with us”, the captain said pointing towards the strafing aircraft “ We also have on call fighter support and ship borne artillery. We also brought a salvage team, they should be working on removing data and tech as we speak. Our total time on target shouldn’t be over two hours”. Sinidas nodded and looked back towards the diplomat and his machine, he didn’t trust this new race and expected to be shot down the second he made contact. He would stay here and stare down this race until, they attacked or somehow made themselves look more peaceful in their intentions. “ Shut that bloody thing up”! a crewman yelled towards the diplomat “ We can barely understand what its trying to tell us”! this outburst was met with laughter from the marines and crew around him, even Sinidas couldn’t help but chuckle.

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* Sigh* Duck.....did you mention this core world in your post? We dont have a map so how exactly do you know where nearby is? Does this fleet have a name? How many ships? what world did it originate from? Please try to be more realistic, im not pulling random forces from the nether and no one else is either. :(

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^ I agree, and I have a problem with your post duck. Did you just pull a fleet out of your ass, like GTA weapon style? How did this fleet get there? and from where? no matter how fast you go that is still kinda broken.

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I hate being that guy, but didnt you quit already Cale? and your still here stoking the flames of the argument.

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Third Fleet, Admiral Hauglot
Over New Condia
Fleet log:
Left Taoshe Dockyards
FTL jump into the Kunis Abyss
Cooling drives
FTL jump outside of New Condia gravitational well
Cooling drives

After two cooling stops and two jumps the third fleet was finally within striking range of New Condia, slow making a burn into a high orbit over the planet. Using the mayday signal from the Jaques as a beacon, the fleet pushed itself into a geo-sync orbit over the crashed ship. Each Septum class ship covered the port and starboard side of the Aries class vessel. While the Lahai class ship hovered above the formation, acting as a lookout. Calling this collection of ships a fleet was not exactly correct, this was more a fleet detachment and was lacking in strength. Each ship had an field of fire and a particular sector to cover, making sure to have interlocking fields of fire.

STC Inrilk ( A-237)
Captain La’jue

“ Ok strike party listen up!” the captain yelled, standing in front a roomful of pilots. “ Here is the plan, strike group A will move with the landing party until you get below the cloud deck. Then you will split away and make a defensive perimeter around the landing party as they drop off the marines. Group B will consist of fighters and bombers which will be on call in the lower atmosphere, they will provide gun runs and bombs when and if needed. Ship borne artillery is also on call if needed for support, but remember the initial goal of this mission is to rescue the surviving crew of the Jaques, any questions?….none, good report to your ships”.

Roughly twenty dropships and there gunship escorts launched from the Inrilk and moved down towards the planet, making their way towards the crash site en-masse, staying in front of the sun to keep the element of surprise until the last moment. The sound would be almost deafening as the ships fired their retro-boosters and pulled into a hover, kicking up dirt and rocks around the crash site. Marine jumped from the low hovering dropships and assembled themselves in yet another defensive perimeter just outside the Jaques. After a couple minutes the landing site was full of marines working to salvage what could used again on the ship and removing the sensitive material.

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You watched interstellar recently didnt you Key.

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How do you know how far that is? Im deciding whether or not someone should pop off a shot

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Duck you are going to get those diplomats shot, approaching a bunch of nervous Aradites usually leads to people getting killed. They are going to see you reinforcing your position as another red flag, but im game for a good fight!

Oh and Abe, I was going to extract that sniper team I have on Nouvelle but I do want to make at least one instance of contact. Like some farmer sees them taking down their position or sees them running to the extraction ship.

I have one system : Shao IX. I guess I will put it somewhere between Sol and Nouvelle but offset up or down some, so there is some distance between me, the Nouvellians and Sol/Terra.