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I cant wait for my race to meet the Kerbals, I forsee lots of fun with rockets and other space faring craft.
Id be willing to RP with you, we can hash out a story if you want.
Valag Timonus
Taoshe, Executive Palace
Shao XI system
“Exploration?!” screamed Vice Admiral Shalkur Timonus, “ Our highly specialized troops…..sent on exploration missions……Brother….please..?” Shalkur said to his brother Valag. “ This is a political decision, we are at peace at home. I want the First through Fifth special forces groups and the first special warfare group ready to deploy for PEACETIME……..long range recon patrols..” Valag said with a smile towards his younger brother Shalkur. Valag always knew his younger brother was hot-headed but he was not dumb. They both knew that this wasn’t just a snap decision to explore, there was more out there. “ The Laucomb has been intercepting stray radio traffic for weeks, alien languages mostly, and our combat recon teams have started detecting radar signatures just past the Kalai Abyss” ( The asteroid field and gas cloud that lies to the galactic south east). Valag sighed a bit as if he were making this decision for the first time “ If it wasn’t clear before….it is definately clear now that we cannot be isolationists . Anything we find out there must be dealt with peacefully or we risk annihilation.” Shalkur nodded and studied the galactic map, his brothers concerns were his and the thought of starting a galactic war made him feel uneasy. “ Alright, you will have your troops, we will launch today”. Valag clasped his brother on the shoulder and nodded, “good….get it done” he said as he turned back towards the map as Shalkur began to walk off. “ Oh…..” Shalkur added as an after thought “ Two recon platoons found something…….well it found them rather. I think you might want to see it…..it is, beyond explanation” he said before walking through the large double doors to the main chamber of the palace.
Captain Yulan Talikan
Taoshe, somewhere in the woods
Raven 2, Army
“ Well things sure did escalate quickly” said one of Talikan’s lieutenants, “ Yes, it sure did, just our luck huh…..we are doomed to forever find things” Talikan said with a chuckle. Shortly after the engagement started, the repeated mortar impacts made the ground give way. After maybe 10 seconds of fighting, the entire aggressor force fell into the newly formed hole, a win in Talikans book. Luckily no one was killed, only a few cases of broken bones and concussions. “ Lucky them…..” talikan said as he pulled a expertly rolled cigarette. White paper encapsulated a ground blue herb, with what looked like a rolled up notecard acting as a filter. Yulan’s helmet was already hanging off his belt when he brought the cigarette up to his mouth to light it. The Blue herb was one of many psychoactive herbs that were natural to the planet, this was known for relaxation and feeling of euphoria. It was also a favorite of soldiers in garrison due to the relatively light effects.
Taking a long drag, he placed the small plasma torch back in a pouch and let the sweet smelling smoke wash over him. “ They are searching what ever this is, we need to be back in orbit. We are scheduled for more training operations on Haloh” he said calmly as the cigarette took effect. He wasn’t exactly happy that their sister company would get all the glory for “finding” the ruin, he wanted to be the one exploring it. This would certainly lead to some promotions, maybe even a senatorial appointment if they find something. Captain Talikan scoffed and continued to take long drags from his cigarette “ Breakdown the gear and have Alpha squad set up a landing zone, transports will be here soon…”. The young lieutenant nodded and sprinted off towards the troops who were lounging by their holes. A sigh escaped Yulan’s lips as he looked over the commotion in front of him, ‘what could this be….’ he thought to himself before pitching the cigarette butt and walking back to his company.
Taoshe, Executive Palace
Shao XI system
“Exploration?!” screamed Vice Admiral Shalkur Timonus, “ Our highly specialized troops…..sent on exploration missions……Brother….please..?” Shalkur said to his brother Valag. “ This is a political decision, we are at peace at home. I want the First through Fifth special forces groups and the first special warfare group ready to deploy for PEACETIME……..long range recon patrols..” Valag said with a smile towards his younger brother Shalkur. Valag always knew his younger brother was hot-headed but he was not dumb. They both knew that this wasn’t just a snap decision to explore, there was more out there. “ The Laucomb has been intercepting stray radio traffic for weeks, alien languages mostly, and our combat recon teams have started detecting radar signatures just past the Kalai Abyss” ( The asteroid field and gas cloud that lies to the galactic south east). Valag sighed a bit as if he were making this decision for the first time “ If it wasn’t clear before….it is definately clear now that we cannot be isolationists . Anything we find out there must be dealt with peacefully or we risk annihilation.” Shalkur nodded and studied the galactic map, his brothers concerns were his and the thought of starting a galactic war made him feel uneasy. “ Alright, you will have your troops, we will launch today”. Valag clasped his brother on the shoulder and nodded, “good….get it done” he said as he turned back towards the map as Shalkur began to walk off. “ Oh…..” Shalkur added as an after thought “ Two recon platoons found something…….well it found them rather. I think you might want to see it…..it is, beyond explanation” he said before walking through the large double doors to the main chamber of the palace.
Captain Yulan Talikan
Taoshe, somewhere in the woods
Raven 2, Army
“ Well things sure did escalate quickly” said one of Talikan’s lieutenants, “ Yes, it sure did, just our luck huh…..we are doomed to forever find things” Talikan said with a chuckle. Shortly after the engagement started, the repeated mortar impacts made the ground give way. After maybe 10 seconds of fighting, the entire aggressor force fell into the newly formed hole, a win in Talikans book. Luckily no one was killed, only a few cases of broken bones and concussions. “ Lucky them…..” talikan said as he pulled a expertly rolled cigarette. White paper encapsulated a ground blue herb, with what looked like a rolled up notecard acting as a filter. Yulan’s helmet was already hanging off his belt when he brought the cigarette up to his mouth to light it. The Blue herb was one of many psychoactive herbs that were natural to the planet, this was known for relaxation and feeling of euphoria. It was also a favorite of soldiers in garrison due to the relatively light effects.
Taking a long drag, he placed the small plasma torch back in a pouch and let the sweet smelling smoke wash over him. “ They are searching what ever this is, we need to be back in orbit. We are scheduled for more training operations on Haloh” he said calmly as the cigarette took effect. He wasn’t exactly happy that their sister company would get all the glory for “finding” the ruin, he wanted to be the one exploring it. This would certainly lead to some promotions, maybe even a senatorial appointment if they find something. Captain Talikan scoffed and continued to take long drags from his cigarette “ Breakdown the gear and have Alpha squad set up a landing zone, transports will be here soon…”. The young lieutenant nodded and sprinted off towards the troops who were lounging by their holes. A sigh escaped Yulan’s lips as he looked over the commotion in front of him, ‘what could this be….’ he thought to himself before pitching the cigarette butt and walking back to his company.
Every nation can have established High speed space travel lanes, things we have built specifically to move around our "empires". It would be one way of telling when your in another nations territory.
For extremely long distances we can just have specific jump lanes, using the mass relay method or something like whats in cowboy bepop. Also for medium to short range jumps we can use the slip-space method, so yea kinda like a wormhole.
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Shao XI system
Planet Taoshe
Raven 2, Captain Talikan
Talikan’s soldiers were obviously smoked, he could see in the way they walked and moved. Speaking had become a un-needed function amongst the company and after a 17km patrol through the night, he doubted any of them could pass information effectively.
His Battalion commanders liked to do these types mission drills frequently and most of the time without warning, today was no different. This Full Profile Mission or FPM in Army speak started as a mass parachute op at night. The drill itself was routine the company had done this many times but what made this odd was what they carried. They jumped with Full packs and combat loads: Sleeping kit, rations for 5 days, water, armor paint, 5 pounds of C12 explosives each and a minimum of 2500 rounds, 5000 rounds for Automatic gunners. At least 90-100 pounds of essential gear per man, not counting specialized weapons, rockets and larger weapons. In short, today was meant to suck. Shortly after landing on the ground, Talikan received a message from his battalion commander to patrol to a certain point and lay in ambush, they would receive further instructions at their lay up position. So Captain Talikan took his 34 soldiers and walked through the mountainous terrain of Taoshe.
“ Raven 2 actual, Nest” he heard from his secure communication line. All Mk-3L powered armor suits have integrated company and platoon comms, but long range communications required additional gear. A rounded square radio laid in his pack allowed him to communicate with his leadership in orbit. “ Raven 2 actual, send it…..” he quickly answered, “ Aggressor force will enter your battle space between the hours of 07 and 09, you will destroy this force.” Just as this message was passed 5 light trucks came into view, cresting over the hill to their 2 o-clock. Talikan’s company was set up on the opposite side of the mountain valley, on the edge of the tree-line. He split his company into three platoons and spread them out on line right on the tree-line ,his 4 person command squad lay just behind his front line. Each platoon was dug in and camouflaged, camo nets lay draped over machine guns and each hole was naturally camouflaged. Five men in each platoon became his weapons teams, they manned the machine guns and mortars that were dug in each hole. The remaining five were his assault force they were spread along the tree line with a couple yards between each man, everyone had painted their armor for camouflage. All of his soldiers maintained light and IR discipline, there were no IR range finders, lasers or any infrared signature given off by his company. Even to the trained eye looking through night vision, his company looked like a series of bushes and unintelligible blobs on the hillside, and the aggressor force was certainly trained.
Without informing his company, the battalion C.O enlisted their sister company to play the role of the aggressor force, this added to the realism and the difficulty. Essentially they were fighting a mirror image of eachother, same tech, weapons, training and strength, this would be a good fight. The trucks maintained good light and IR discipline as well, they moved almost silently down the worn trail and up to the structures. Had he gotten here five minutes later he might of missed their insert and would certainly have a harder time locating their camouflaged vehicles and troops. Luckily here was all 34 of them in the open without any cover. He was sure his snipers had already ranged every doorway, window and alley, this information was quickly passed to his mortar men. All Captain Talikan had to do now was launch the attack.
Talikan pulled the magazine from his FS-01 and inspected the paint rounds inside. Non-lethal/high speed marking round were in every rifle and machine gun, they had the same ballistic trajectory as normal lethal rounds but shot a marking round. They hurt if you got hit between the armor, bruises and lacerations were common, it was desirable to take the round to the plate. They carried more kinetic energy then normal rounds and would certainly take and soldier off his feet when hit. Grenades and mortars were replaced by something the Army called “force rounds”. They were old non-lethal riot control shells that blew everything within a 15ft radius away, usually resulting with soldiers flying through the air before landing on the ground in a heap or hitting something, again injuries were common in training. In a real time mission, his company would not be assaulting village. Raven 2 was the recon company to Raven 1, Raven 1 being the main combat force. However the battalion commander wanted to see we could do, usually they would be supported with a company of Marines and all the Naval and Air support they wished. Today however it was just recon company Vs recon company.
Talikan pushed the magazine back into the weapon and increased the magnification on his faceplate, the aggressor force was just starting to dismount from their vehicles. For this attack to work, he would need to take out most of their number during the first 3-5 seconds. “ Mortars, target the trucks…” he spoke through his company comm channel. He waited a few seconds as they dialed in their ranges before tolling the radio twice, this was the universal signal to begin.
Planet Taoshe
Raven 2, Captain Talikan
Talikan’s soldiers were obviously smoked, he could see in the way they walked and moved. Speaking had become a un-needed function amongst the company and after a 17km patrol through the night, he doubted any of them could pass information effectively.
His Battalion commanders liked to do these types mission drills frequently and most of the time without warning, today was no different. This Full Profile Mission or FPM in Army speak started as a mass parachute op at night. The drill itself was routine the company had done this many times but what made this odd was what they carried. They jumped with Full packs and combat loads: Sleeping kit, rations for 5 days, water, armor paint, 5 pounds of C12 explosives each and a minimum of 2500 rounds, 5000 rounds for Automatic gunners. At least 90-100 pounds of essential gear per man, not counting specialized weapons, rockets and larger weapons. In short, today was meant to suck. Shortly after landing on the ground, Talikan received a message from his battalion commander to patrol to a certain point and lay in ambush, they would receive further instructions at their lay up position. So Captain Talikan took his 34 soldiers and walked through the mountainous terrain of Taoshe.
“ Raven 2 actual, Nest” he heard from his secure communication line. All Mk-3L powered armor suits have integrated company and platoon comms, but long range communications required additional gear. A rounded square radio laid in his pack allowed him to communicate with his leadership in orbit. “ Raven 2 actual, send it…..” he quickly answered, “ Aggressor force will enter your battle space between the hours of 07 and 09, you will destroy this force.” Just as this message was passed 5 light trucks came into view, cresting over the hill to their 2 o-clock. Talikan’s company was set up on the opposite side of the mountain valley, on the edge of the tree-line. He split his company into three platoons and spread them out on line right on the tree-line ,his 4 person command squad lay just behind his front line. Each platoon was dug in and camouflaged, camo nets lay draped over machine guns and each hole was naturally camouflaged. Five men in each platoon became his weapons teams, they manned the machine guns and mortars that were dug in each hole. The remaining five were his assault force they were spread along the tree line with a couple yards between each man, everyone had painted their armor for camouflage. All of his soldiers maintained light and IR discipline, there were no IR range finders, lasers or any infrared signature given off by his company. Even to the trained eye looking through night vision, his company looked like a series of bushes and unintelligible blobs on the hillside, and the aggressor force was certainly trained.
Without informing his company, the battalion C.O enlisted their sister company to play the role of the aggressor force, this added to the realism and the difficulty. Essentially they were fighting a mirror image of eachother, same tech, weapons, training and strength, this would be a good fight. The trucks maintained good light and IR discipline as well, they moved almost silently down the worn trail and up to the structures. Had he gotten here five minutes later he might of missed their insert and would certainly have a harder time locating their camouflaged vehicles and troops. Luckily here was all 34 of them in the open without any cover. He was sure his snipers had already ranged every doorway, window and alley, this information was quickly passed to his mortar men. All Captain Talikan had to do now was launch the attack.
Talikan pulled the magazine from his FS-01 and inspected the paint rounds inside. Non-lethal/high speed marking round were in every rifle and machine gun, they had the same ballistic trajectory as normal lethal rounds but shot a marking round. They hurt if you got hit between the armor, bruises and lacerations were common, it was desirable to take the round to the plate. They carried more kinetic energy then normal rounds and would certainly take and soldier off his feet when hit. Grenades and mortars were replaced by something the Army called “force rounds”. They were old non-lethal riot control shells that blew everything within a 15ft radius away, usually resulting with soldiers flying through the air before landing on the ground in a heap or hitting something, again injuries were common in training. In a real time mission, his company would not be assaulting village. Raven 2 was the recon company to Raven 1, Raven 1 being the main combat force. However the battalion commander wanted to see we could do, usually they would be supported with a company of Marines and all the Naval and Air support they wished. Today however it was just recon company Vs recon company.
Talikan pushed the magazine back into the weapon and increased the magnification on his faceplate, the aggressor force was just starting to dismount from their vehicles. For this attack to work, he would need to take out most of their number during the first 3-5 seconds. “ Mortars, target the trucks…” he spoke through his company comm channel. He waited a few seconds as they dialed in their ranges before tolling the radio twice, this was the universal signal to begin.
|Civilization Name: Septonium Concordant
|Preferred Color Blue
|Second Color: Orange
|System Name: Shao XI
|Location: Middle of the Perseus Arm 40,000 LY bearing 30
|Preferred Color Blue
|Second Color: Orange
|System Name: Shao XI
|Location: Middle of the Perseus Arm 40,000 LY bearing 30
ehhh In my honest opinion, magic is giving people an excuse to be overpowered. From my experience magic has been used to do "great" things, like magically make someones armor vanish or destroy a company of troops
Are you implying the existence of magic when you "enchant" something to life?
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