Apollo26

From Stardust, To Stardust

Jesus, the snow and ice made work hell this week but the Terran and Ghaj response is up

From Stardust, To Stardust

Taoshe Valag backed the group of senior admirals over toward the group before turning to face the Terrans, nodding in agreement. “ Actually that is the reason exactly, we are a simple and very communal people at heart. What you see on the surface is our history, what this planet would of looked like from the at the beginning of the Septonian age. However, every civilized planet needs a metropolis, a place for business and pleasure so we hollowed out the iridium caverns you see now and built truly massive underground cities. We used the iridium to build our starships and armor, making further excavation viable. We still have tons of it down here. Nearly 40% of the capital lies on a huge Iridium vein, who knows what else is down here” he said with a particularly excited tone. The senior admirals led the group down a series of corridors until reaching what looked like a huge conference room with a large table in the center. A large holographic star chart floated above the table while at either end holographic screens provided a closer view for those who needed it. The table was full of food, wine and other random delicacies from around the concordant. Cooked beasts, steamed and cooked plants and vegetables, wine, ale and a local honey mead that only makes appearances during harvest festivals, this was certainly the feast they were told about. In the room were two men, both in plain naval uniforms bearing the rank of lieutenant. They wore no campaign medals, no unit patches or anything. Usually this wouldn’t be an oddity by itself but given the high value visitors they had, why were two lieutenants with no combat experience in the room at all. The answer was known to Valag and the senior admirals in the room who could spot a JIIC spook from a mile away, but to Velka and the crew of the Syren these men would remain unknown. “ Please sit” one of the JIIC officers said “ Eat, drink…we have much to discuss” They pair introduced themselves as “Naval Intelligence Officers” and waited for everyone to sit before continuing. “ First I would like to welcome you to the Septonian Concordant, I hope our people and city are to your liking” The “ Naval Intelligence officer” said as manipulated the star map “ So far, we have fought two major battles with the Iscandarian threat, here at Jaques rest ( New Condria) and here at planet 11-A ( Falacia). One was a resounding defeat while on 11-A we failed to penetrate the outer defenses of the planet. At this stage in the war, we are looking to open another front to hit them where they are weakest, hence the reason we have brought you here. We would also like to hear of any other problems that could be a threat to our civilizations, and the own state of affairs in your areas of the sector”. Although friendly, the two JIIC officers were collecting intelligence on these new races, they wanted to know who they were but also wanted to know how the concordant could help. Being a small nation, the Septonian Concordant understood the importance of allies and would try their hardest to gain the trust of those in the room.

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Im getting to you Dark and Key, I havent forgot about you!!!

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Lt.Cmdr Nikal Ahman Sul Territory Nikal floated in the space behind the Tumen watching as the unknown aliens unloaded his crew, taking his own stock. Next to him floated the special operations platoon leader, a lieutenant and a fairly new one, this was his first command. A large command level radio sat between them, hooked into Nikal’s and the lieutenant’s suit as they listened to the evacuation underway. The bridge crew had already destroyed all of the equipment on the bridge and elsewhere but there was still a good amount of weapons and ordinance onboard the ship, all of this new nation to plunder and study. The two of them communicated with the rest of the crew in a half awake zombie like state, a skill the two haven’t used since training. Most of the crew was on their last couple hours of watch when the pirates attacked and had been up ever since. Everyone has visibly tired, even for a race who trained for conflict constantly and relished in their ability to deal with any hardship. This whole scenario was embarrassing for Nikal, not only did a singular rogue ship nearly destroy the Tumen but they had to be rescued by some unknown nation. As far as first impressions go this was not the best, they seemed pretty weak. After the evacuation ended the pair met the rest of the ships officers on the 12D docking spire, to discuss their next moves and how they feel about this new nation. “ 200 assigned 170 present sir, 30 dead from combat action with pirates” the officer, sighed obviously annoyed “. As far as the people who rescued us, they look like honorable people, they even have Aradites in their staff. They have put the wounded crew into some sort of medical ward, while the rest are in a holding area”. Nickel nodded “ Good, well I’m about to find out what they want in a second. Stay with the crew and monitor the wounded, I want one or two of you with each group at all times. Lt. Jilaal…” he said turning towards the Special operations platoon leader “ I want two of your men to accompany me up there, get the rest ready to operate at a moments notice” he said as two operators were waved over. Nickal peeled the emergency pressure suit off his body, revealing his disheveled and dirty dress uniform. Blood, probably his own, stained the collar and there was still the remnants of vomit on the front. Both of the operators that were with him were equally as dirtied, Aradite blood was spattered all over their, charred and pitted armor. The fatigue could be seen in their eyes and movements, they were slow and lacking the normal grace by which Aradites move with. While Nikal only had a pistol stuffed into the back of his uniform pants, both operators had their primary and secondary weapons on them in different states of readiness. Both pistols were holstered and their rifles were either slung off to the side or slung behind them as they walked up to the group of soldiers. Some of the non Aradite members might of found it funny that both weapons were loaded with the safeties off as they casually walked, this was business as usual to them. “ I am Lieutenant Commander Neavou Nikal of the Septonian Concordant, on behalf of my crew I would like to thank you for saving us and welcoming us to your home” he said, the guilt in his voice nearly too obvious.

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Also remembering said planetary shield was being powered by a fleet of 100 ships and all of the defense stations orbiting the planet, and they were fighting a fleet of about 50 ships with inferior technology.

Duck55223

Im not going to say anything about this Duck, we have talked about this before. Ill bite though, what makes my tech inferior? please tell me.

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Jesus christ, I leave to get smashed with my homies and I come back to a shit storm!!

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Well thank you for the guest appearances from Sambo ( or whatever your name is) and ASTA. Im not sure some people really know how devastating some of the weapons they are using are. For example, in one of my posts an Aradite through a block of plastic explosive ( Named c-12, supposed to be an enhanced version of C-4) at one of Duck's Iscandarian walker things. The result was kind of disappointing:

Falacian Asteroid Complex The Mech merely paused for a minute as the explosive detonated, leaving a black scorch mark on the armor. The Mech has been built to withstand a lot more then the plastic explosives used against it.

duck55223

Now an actual block of C-4 can easily destroy most vehicles, anything more then that and your looking at building demolition. Not to be overly critical of you either Nak Nak but no being can survive ( or keep fighting after) getting hit by an AT missile or stepping on a mine, no matter how big it is. Just the kinetic energy of getting hit by a missile in flight would be enough to take off limbs, break bone or lodge itself in your body. The explosion afterward ( given that your soft body would even initate the primer) would be most likely a shaped charge, shooting molten whatever ( copper in RL cases) into whatever it hits. Thats why when Tanks like the infamous M1A2 Abrams gets hit by an RPG there is a small hole where the molten medal had bored into the tank ( Killing everything inside mind you). Even with shields, no matter how good they are, you will still feel every bit of that kinetic energy and be subject to what I like to call " the bulletproof vest effect". If you have ever seen someone take a rifle caliber round while wearing plates then you will notice that he doesn't just stand there and take the round to keep on fighting like a bad ass. You are knocked on your ass or picked up and thrown ( depending on how big the round is and how fast it is going). In this RP we are talking weaponized railgun speeds ( which ASTA can prob quote) but id imagine is pretty damn fast, with rounds that are comparable 50BMGs, 338 Lapua and 20mm shells. The same weaponized railguns in space would launch shells the size of Volkswagens or houses at blinding ( really scary) speeds while being paired with armor piercing, High explosive or even shaped charge warheads. Unless your ship has 20ft or some crazy amount of armor or some crazy shielding ( I still dont agree with the validity of ducks) this shell can literally turn your ship inside out from end to end. This is adding the effect of plasma weapons ( Burn and melt EVERYTHING), Laser based weapons ( burn and melt EVERRRYTHING, unless your ship is made out of mirrors) and other energy based weapons. No point defense turret will be able to defend against these either, you are not shooting a rail gun slug while its moving, the same with a plasma bolt or laser strike. Even torpedoes are a stretch ( Given Septonian torpedoes are magnetically accelerated), Missiles, drones, fighters, and other ( RELATIVELY) slow moving strikes can be targeted and destroyed by CWIS style point defense though. We are truly using some devastating weapons in space and on the ground, I would hope that everyone realizes this ( If and or when) another war/conflict kicks off.

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The first thing they would ask for is revenge, so yea that is perfect

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Its going to be an interesting one lol, everyone still alive is battered, beaten and drained beyond measure. you going to have a difficult time winning them over.

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There is my reply lol, it felt like an awkward post