Galaxy Rise (Sci-fi, IC Thread, Open)

by **Kratu** » Wed May 27, 2015 3:16 pm

For thousands of years the Scinfaxi had spread across the Orion Arm. A parasitoid alien consciousness, the Scinfaxi mind was driven by the simple need to expand, to spread the virus that sustained them. Unable to even conceptualize failure, they swept across the galaxy. On planets that harbored life The Virus absorbed all it touched, transforming once fertile worlds into barren husks of Scinfaxi growth.

Sentient life, while rare has been encountered by the Scinfaxi periodically over the course of their expansion. While the spread of The Virus had been slowed considerably by resistance, over time such resistance withered and the nature of the conquered races was absorbed into the Scinfaxi mind. In several cases the process of absorption was left incomplete as elements of the opposing races escaped from the grasp of the Scinfaxi into space. While unfortunate, the Scinfaxi were content with the knowledge that sooner or later the advance of the Virus would catch up with those remnants.

Now the Scinfaxi having prepared themselves sufficiently, have decided it’s time to launch the final blow against the escaped sentients. But the remnants of the races have been preparing for the worst, and it’s clear that soon enough the fate of the Milky Way will be decided.

Credit for the Scinfaxi goes to the Dawn of Victory Mod Team. I didn't create this nor do I claim to.

OOC Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=340964

Map: http://i.imgur.com/LjMqu8j.jpg

Faction/Player List:
-United Nations (Kratu - Turquoise)
-Scinfaxi Collective (Hippie Kiwis - Purple)
-The Daimyo Republic (The Flame Dawn - Not on map yet)
-The Sha'kar (Jorliefstreiken - Not on map yet)

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UNDF Olympus Mons, In orbit of Baldur, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
09:32

Captain Kenneth Robinson lifted the mug of morning coffee to his lips taking a sip from it. Goddamn routine missions to the frontier, he thought, nothing interesting ever happens out here. Maybe there would be a stray freighter or terrorists would attempt something, but in such a small system it was incredibly unlikely. Baldur itself only had a single city with a few farms around it, only 93,000 people lived here. The colony was new enough that independence movements hadn't even taken place among the populace yet. He set the coffee mug on the desk in front of him.

Most of the crew hadn't even gone down to the service during leave, for there wasn't anything to actually do there. Some crew members even joked that the ship had better food than the planet did. The UNDF Olympus Mons was the only warship in the Atlas System, and it was only a cruiser, and the only other military forces were a few detachments of Colonial Military Army soldiers located on Baldur's surface. If anything happened he was quite literally on his own.

The crew was going about it's normal morning routine when suddenly the Olympus Mons shipboard AI 'Kelly' suddenly appeared in a holotank nearby, "It would appear if comm is correct there appears to have been a translight disruption in the Outer System. And it doesn't have any human tags on it."

"Kelly, call all members on the surface back up. Inform the Colonial Army commanders of what is going on. We're trapped until we reach full capacity. Also start to bring the weapons systems online, I pray to God we don't need them but we might." Robinson opened the door from his quarters and started for the bridge.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Wed May 27, 2015 3:44 pm

Captain Diarade Mazhou would sit in the bridge of the small Zoran class ship. The Siarcis system was the most boring place in space. Nothing but gas giants and one colony on a large moon. Still, it was entertaining to beam down to the jungle and stay there. At this point the ship was being prepared for a hyperspace jump to the Orion arm, the fist ship ever to do so. Sha scientist had predicted sentient life was most likely there and so the ship was being prepped to explore he mid area of it. The captain scratched his Canine snout when the comma buzzed with commands from high command. The orders were simple. Warp to the Orion arm, scan a few systems for life, then return. Take only your Zoran. He barked the orders through the intercom telling all crew to prepare for Hyper jump in the common lounge age of the collective-Shurn. To a human it might sound similar to a rough version of Chinese mixed with latin, but only in sound. The captain would the hit the countdown for the Hyper jump and brace for launch. Who knew what awaited them in the Orion arm

OOC: they are going for the atlas system.

by **Kratu** » Thu May 28, 2015 3:32 pm

UNDF Olympus Mons, In orbit of Baldur, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:16

Captain Robinson felt the four He-3 fusion engines of the Olympus Mons roar as the ship's helmsman Yuri Orlov pushed the throttle to the stoppers. With the crew on board it time to break orbit and intercept the vessel. Hopefully if it was hostile it could be destroyed or disabled as the cruiser shot past it, if it wasn't it would have a clear shot for Baldur. The crew was at battle stations and the magnetic cannons, the cruiser's longest range weapons, were fully charged. If the vessel didn't respond then it would be prudent to engage at a distance from the planetary surface. As the Olympus Mons broke free of Baldur's orbit and shot into space Robinson composed a message.

It wasn't much, nothing more than prime numbers along with an attempted sign of peace. Two figures shaking hands upon a planet, it was the pieces of first contact protocol put together and broadcasted. To avoid immediate detection the signal was bounced of a satellite towards the alien vessel. Therefore if they decided to fire upon the source of the signal the Olympus Mons would at least last long enough to launch of volley. "Kelly, relay the signal off the satellite to whoever they are."

"Yes, Captain."

"Also get me a list of available ammunition onboard."

With that completed the Captain turned his attention towards reviewing the available weapons. He wasn't impressed, the ship wasn't fully stock up as it was a patrol in a section of space that even pirates deemed too poor to raid.

-30 High Density Tungsten Magnetic Cannon Rounds (15 in each cannons magazine)
-2 M4093 'Mjölnir' Nuclear Delivery Systems
-5 M965 'Shiva' class Nuclear Missiles
-75 M910 'Avenger' Ship-to-Ship Missiles
-4 M441 'Yellow Jacket' Remote Explosive Systems
-250,000 3cm Rounds for the M870 'Rampart' Point Defense Network

Maybe he could work with it, time would tell though.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Thu May 28, 2015 3:51 pm

A image flashed onto the screen... Two hands shaking each other. The Gurn were the only race to use such a gesture and it was between clan leaders before a clan war as a sign of respect. Captain Diarade growled to the Karath next to him. "Anzou prepare the laser torpedoes fire at anything that looks like an engine but don't breach the hull. Also send them a transmission request. The wolf like Gurn prepared to yell in Shurn in all his might about how stupid the primitive beings were. "Once the torpedoes hit prepare boarding teams as well"
OOC:this was rushed I'll do better next time.

by **Kratu** » Thu May 28, 2015 4:48 pm

UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:25

"Fuck."

Captain Robinson watched as the extraterrestrial ship built up energy on several points across the hull. "Helm, throw us 15 degrees to the right. It appears they want to blast apart our vessel..." mid-sentence a burst of energy ripped through a section of the hull throwing Robinson against his restraints. The taste of blood filled his mouth, he'd bit his tongue on impact.

"Damage control, report."

"Sir, we've lost 7 men and another 15 are injured. They are in route to the morgue and the sickbay respectively. We've also lost 2 3cm Gatling Guns and 1 Laser Mount from the point defense system. The ship appears to be running fine though."

"Thank you." Turning his comm system off the Captain turned his attention back to the ship. Checking his display the ship was about 500,000 Kilometers out. Doing some quick calculations in his head it would take light around 1.5 seconds to travel the distance from ship to ship. The ships magnetic cannons could fire projectiles at 4% of the speed of light. It would take around 32.5 seconds for the rounds to reach the aliens. Hardly enough time to do evasive maneuvers.

"Kelly, send a volley of four shells their way. Two from each cannon." That would deplete the cannons charge enough to require a short recharge. "And once they scramble to respond to that try to slip in some missiles. Twenty Avengers, Four Shivas, and a Mjölnir should do."

"Yes, my captain. Calculating paths now." Seconds later the UNDF Olympus Mons rumbled as shells were fired and missiles left their silos.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Thu May 28, 2015 5:50 pm

Diarade spoke over the loud speaker addressing the troops. Pilots laser cannons were at the ready as they drop out of the ships bay. The boarding teams were being beamed down as he spoke. He saw the computer indicating weapon like structures aiming two arms the ship. "Activate laser cannons and prep for firing. Fire at anything that comes at this ship. And keep those torpedoes going. Make sure that the troops shoot to kill and have the high grade armor on. These beings might use projectile weapons. We can't have anyone getting killed because of our own advance ment. Also prepare the laser for extermination fire on the planet. Take any survivors of that as prisoners and contact the council that we are ready for a colony ship."

by **Kratu** » Thu May 28, 2015 7:33 pm

Bridge of the UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:26

Captain Robinson watched with glee as the MC Rounds soared towards the ship, at those speed even if melted down or vaporized they would still cause extreme damage to any ship. Hopefully the alien bastards would get what was coming for them, many of the Avenger missiles were being swatted down though traveling at much slower speeds. Thinking for a moment Robinson said, "Detonate the the Mjolnir, they won't do any physical damage to the ships but the EMP and radiation will do something to them. Temporarily blind them and maybe we can land a few blows with the Shivas and MC rounds."

"Sir, the Magnetic Cannons can fire another round each."

"Well fire another volley, give them hell."

"Uh..sir, there appears to be several hundred contacts approaching the ship. They're approximately the size of a person each."

"Kelly, take control of the 'Rampart' system, show the boarders what happens when the get too close." As soon as he finished speaking 3cm Cannons started ripping through the temporary silence on the ship, punctuated with the thud of the Magnetic Cannons. Look to the screen he noticed, that the vessels lasers had taken their focus off of the Olympus Mons. "Oh shit." Seconds later he noticed that several civilian ships and stations above Baldur had been torn into by energy weapons, destroying them instantly.

"It looks like they're bombarding the city of New Gotland, if we don't neutralize the vessel soon..."

"Has the Colonial Army been notified of the issue at hand?"

"Yes, sir. The CA is doing their best to get citizens out of the city into the countryside and some are boarding ships and exiting the system."

"Good, now tell the Marines aboard this ship that they're about to enter combat. Boarders will be on soon and I want the entrances and exits covered. And I mean covered, put some Automatic Turrets near them. Bloody these bastards noses before they can fully enter the ship..." He stopped as another short laser burst impacted the cruisers titanium hull.

UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:26

Private Jorge Guerrero was assisting two other marines with setting up the Automatic Turret. Near the outer hull of the ship cannons roared as they fired at the boarders, soon enough they would suffer. Looking up at his friend and comrade Asha Osei he asked, "Do you think we'll stop them?"

"I dunno, Jorge. Some people said they could see energy bombardment of New Gotland. If we don't stop them here, can we prevent them from pushing into the other colonies?"

Jorge paused for a moment. Soon enough he heard clanking on the outer hull the boarders were here. He grabbed his MA2B Assault Rifle and ran for cover. Flicking the safety off, he aimed for the entrance.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Thu May 28, 2015 8:11 pm

Karath boarding troop major Mayrash would hug the corner of the entrance of the first door. He would throw a plasma grenade through the door wait for it to go off and fire in with his laser rifle, exterminating the humans int the room. He directed the Borbak body collectors to the bodies then ordered his apeman troops to repeat in this rest of the ship.

on the Sha'Kar bridge

"I've had enough of this idle chat. Fire off the ship to planet plasma and unleash the bigger torpedoes. Hopefully these primitives will give up. And keep the lasers firing at that ship. I want their engines cut and the ship motionless while we board."

by **Kratu** » Fri May 29, 2015 8:21 am

UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:27

Jorge watched as several Marines were killed in a burst of energy. Aliens swept into the room holding laser rifles firing as they came in. The automatic turret trained it's four 12.7mm Machine Guns on the entering extraterrestrials. It's firing sounded like paper ripping as hundreds of rounds poured into the aliens area. Focusing on an aliens visor he pulled the trigger several times, dropping it after several shots. Another marine to the right screamed as a laser beam burned through his armor cauterizing his flesh. Yanking a grenade off his belt Jorge pulled the pin throwing it down the hallway. He didn't know how much longer the line in the area could hold, as soon the Automatic Turret was melted by a plasma grenade.

Bridge of the UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:27

"Captain, the several of the outer compartments have been completely taken hold of by the aliens. I don't know if the Marines can hold them off". Kelly reported.

"Can we sealed the compartments off from the rest of the ship and induce explosive decompression."

"We could but it would blow us off course for a few moments."

"Do it. Train the 3cm Cannons on them as they are blown out. We need to retain control of the ship in order to keep fighting."

"Yes, sir." Kelly left the holotank. Almost as soon as she did an energy beam lanced through the rear of the Olympus Mons.

"Damage Control." Robinson asked hoarsely.

"Engines 1 & 3 are down, sir. They are trying to compromise our ability to run."

"Well even if they disable our fusion engines we'll still hurtle past them. But if they take the reactors out there's no way we can leave the system."
Holding down his comm button he said, "Armory, arm all nuclear warheads aboard the ship, once Kelly spaces the boarders I want everyone to get to the lifeboats. Me and Kelly can take it from here."

"You plan to ram them?" His Navigation Officer asked.

"Yes, Naomi." He paused for a moment as the ship rumbled with the decompression of many compartments and cannons started to roar. "Now all of you get off my damn ship."

A few were hesitant but they started for the lifeboats.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Fri May 29, 2015 8:47 am

Let's finish this order all borders off that ship and fire the high powered laser straight at the hull. Punch a hole in it and then drop the plasma bombs on that city. Tell the council we might need backup in the future.

Sorry this was really rushed.

by **Kratu** » Fri May 29, 2015 9:21 am

Bridge of the UNDF Olympus Mons, Atlas System
January 3rd, 2400 C.E.
10:29

"Kelly, have all the lifeboats departed?"

"Yes, Captain, they have."

"Alright then remove the safety restrains from the reactors."

"Yes, sir."

Interesting, this morning when he woke up he didn't figure this would be the day of his death. The one remaining engine thrummed tiredly as it pushed the Olympus Mons towards it's target. Looking towards a display he could see a pinpoint of bright orange light on the surface of Baldur. New Gotland had been razed to the ground, thousands dead. The ship was void of everyone except himself, even the aliens had withdrawn. He was overcharging the Magnetic Cannons if he could get close before firing and ramming. The devastation would be unprecedented.

"Kelly, fire the rest of the 'Avenger' Missiles. Open up on the vessel with the Point Defense System, it won't do much but it might confuse their sensors enough to allow a few missiles to slip through." Kelly left the holotank to do as ordered.

If the vessel could be stopped here then many citizens could be evacuated from the Atlas System.

Over the comm system Kelly reported, "Only 20,000 kilometers and closing. Would you like me to fire the Magnetic Cannons?"

"Yes, Kelly, fire the cannons." Each cannon fired three rounds in rapid succession, it took less than two seconds for the shells to cross the space. Blips of light and debris flew from the craft. Seconds later the vessel responded in kind firing a high intensity laser through the hull. Something exploded deep within the ship, "Kelly, what was that?"

"The Translight Drive, sir. We're stuck here now. And our last engine, 2, just went out. We're only coasting in now, no control. Only twenty seconds left."

"Thank you, Kelly. If you would, let me clear my mind for a moment." As Kelly stopped talking the electronics on the ship finally let down. Red lights came on.

"I'll meet you in hell you bastards." The world disappeared as Robinson was violently thrown in a display panel, the several megatons of energy were released as the nuclear warheads detonated.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Sat May 30, 2015 4:09 pm

How much damage did that collision do?

It just breached the outer hull.

The fools, fire everything we have at the city's and have the council send a ship. We need backup to take an entire planet technology advancement or not.

by **Kratu** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:38 pm

Jorge watched the screen on the lifeboat with pure horror. The collision of the Mons Olympus had done little to damage the alien vessel. He felt his stomach drop away as the lifeboat's engines pushed it in system. Hopefully once there they could be recovered and put into the fight against the bastards. The Colonial Army wouldn't have nearly enough soldiers to protect the refugees on their own. Luckily for the moment it appeared that the vessel was holding back, only firing energy weapons against the city.

Without the spaceport it was uncertain whether or not citizens could be evacuated. But they couldn't take out all of the people who had retreated to the vast taiga of Baldur. Jorge smirked when not in corridors the armored dogs would see what hit and run attacks could do, maybe if they were lucky a handful of the Colonial Armies tanks might have survived.

The lifeboat shook as it entered the atmosphere of Baldur. A few kilometers above the ground it slowed down it's speed, ensuring that it wouldn't be smashed against the ground. After a rough landing the Marines clambered out. Looking to the horizon Jorge could see the smoldering remains of New Gotland.

by **Jorliefstreiken** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:59 pm

"Beam down the Martha and the borbak. I want to terrify them by shaking their idea of what we are. Send them with the heavy plasma weapons and the rail cannons. I want some sha terror troops as well."

"Right away sir"

The captain leaned back in his chair watching the major colonies of the planet go up in smoke. I minutes the Shagran super colony the Union would arrive in this system and warp down exterminator troops with the highest weponary in the armada. Builder domes would also warp down and begin building a command center an barracks for the troops while the scorching of the old cities were completed and prisoners were put to work or vicisected.

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