The Great Galactic War: Northern Front (FT Open)

by **The Steppe Empire** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:15 pm

Stingray Class Super Star Destroyer Rathbart, Hyperspace

The Giant ship was heading on it's way to The Cerberus System. on it's mission to bring the moral of the Coalition down. The Hyperborians needed victory to save the Khanate from being destroyed by The Coalition.

The Strike at Cerberus would be that victory, if The Hyperborians won that is once they attacked.

The Rathbart's Commander, Admiral Norgaibou Kima, watched as the ship went through Hyperspace to it's target.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:19 pm

Orbat

The Rathbart: Stingray Class Super Star Destroyer

Sabia (Sword) Sqaudron: 70 T65 X-wing fighters; Commander Enrru, Cimmarian Samurai
Iatagan (Scimitar) Sqaudron: 70 TIE Intercepters: Commander Iska Toral
Pumnal (Dagger) Sqaudron: 70 ARC-170 Starfighters: Commander Raleiau Vankahn

by **Telros** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:48 pm

The Dominion had long been preparing for war with the Hyperborian Khanate, and mobilizations all across the Dominion had been started to provide the industrial base, manpower, and necessary fleet concentrations to initiate the Northern front against the Khanate. Already, news was trickling in of Coalition pushes into Khanate territory, with the British and Telviran attack at Gal Mali Systemand the Russian assault on the Ranvalia System, and it would not be long until the Dominion deemed itself strong enough to fulfill any military commander's greatest nightmare; fighting a war on two fronts. However, as fate would have it, the Hyperborians decided to initiate a raid on the Dominion to try and achieve a quick victory and determine enemy defenses. Indeed, achieving victory against the Dominion, the largest threat in the Coalition, would provide precious morale for their troops and a brief pause in Coalition operations. Or it would merely add another defeat for the Khanate in this world, adding onto the battle lost at Gendo. For now, it was up to the players in the game of fate to see how this chapter would end.

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The Cerberus System was one of three Outer Rim systems, as they were known by the Dominion, as they were just beginning industrial development and only a couple of planets actually had populations. The rest had mostly automated mining and gas refineries. If not for the state of war with the Rethast menace and the Hyperborians, the system would have been rather quiet and peaceful. However, what normally would have been one or two military patrols had two full fleets in the area, with another patrolling the space between this system and the Fenrir System. As with every system in the Dominion, there was a network of long range sensor stations that monitored FTL comm traffic and masses that indicated FTL travel; this served as an early warning system for the Dominion, giving it a chance to respond to incoming threats. One such station, only known by identification number LRS-116, was conducting its duty of monitoring the FTL patterns going on within the Khanate, being one of many given the vital job of monitoring their all too close enemy on the border, when it detected something. As per everything else the Dominion had, much of it was automated, with only a crew to collect the data and give reports, as well as being able to repair anything should something go wrong. The station detected a single mass moving towards it and copied the mass signatures and matched it against known signatures in their databases. It established that it was a Super Star Destroyer and it began to run a query on what nations used such ships. It finished and found that one contained a high priority enemy: the Khanate. An alarm rang and the crew jumped from their seats, knowing what this meant.

They all moved to their stations, reading the data streaming in as the commander walked to the main computer and called up a hologram of what they were seeing. The outline of a Super Star Destroyer appeared, along with notes that due to its direction and what it could get from data the Coalition had given from the Battle of Gendo on Hyperborian FTL signatures, this was mostly likely a Khanate ship. The commander was confused; why send only one ship, granted it was a SSD, to the Dominion, which had been preparing for war for some time? He shook his head; not his place to figure it out, he could let the ONI spooks do that. He pressed a few keys and the face of Rear Admiral Martha Higgins appeared.

"Yes, station 116, what is it?"

"We just received an alert from the computer; it would appear that a single Khanate Super Star Destroyer is on its way here. Location is over by Cerberus-IV, and no signs of reinforcements of any kind behind it. I don't know why they are doing this, ma'am, but they're coming."

The Rear Admiral paused, obviously going through the phase of confusion he had just experienced, before she too ignored it. "Very well, good work 116. We'll take it from here. Keep an eye out, just in case. Higgins out."

On her Longsword-class Battlecruiser, Kronos, Higgins had brought the ship to Alert Level One and the bridge crew were manning their stations with combat operational focus. They were running over the data and checking all the decks of the ship, receiving OK's when the crews and garrison were set up and at their posts. The alarm rang as the bridge was bathed in crimson-red light; she received shouts of how the garrison was eighty-percent deployed and would be finishing setting up barricades and defense positions in five minutes, and how all fighter squadrons were prepped and ready for launched. Not that it mattered really, ship-controlled drones barely counted as fighters, but it saved on the casualties and that was important. Soon enough, her XO, Steven Jancowski, walked up and saluted. "The Kronos is ready for battle, ma'am."

She returned the salute and nodded for him to be at ease. "Good." She pressed a button and the station commander's voice sounded.

"Confirmation as you requested, Admiral. The SSD will be arriving near Cerberus-IV, coordinates 0045-6734-2281, and will be transitioning shortly. If you are going to intercept, you'd better go now."

"Understood, 116. We'll give them hell. Kronos out." She nodded at the navigation officer, who selected the coordinates and the computer warned everyone to prepare for a hyperspace jump. The screens flashed blue as they entered that otherworldly realm for a few seconds, until they exited again, now near the reddish-green planet of Cerberus-IV. Once they fully transitioned, Higgins began to bark out orders.

"All fighter squadrons are to begin deploying and take up defense formation gamma around the ship; ready weapons and once that ship arrives, I want it be to locked and ready to fired upon that second! And vent the atmosphere and inform all crew members to switch to internal oxygen!"

The Dominion utilized an interesting tactic of depressurizing the ship so it would deter boarders and let any who foolishly came aboard without closed off suits would face a suffocating death, and it also reduced damage from enemy attacks and worries of losing life support in heavy battles. The entire eight hundred drone complement shot out from the several small hangar bays that housed them and formed a rather loose cloud that was a fair distance from the ship. This was to ensure they could scatter to engage and not get hit by their own point defense fire. Each crew member, having put on their pressure suit before the jump, initiated the switch to internal oxygen storage as several white jets appeared across the ship before shortly fading away, the depressurization complete. All preparations complete, they could only wait for their opponent to arrive. Adrenaline pumped through the entire crew as they eagerly awaited their first chance to fight their enemy. Steven walked up to Higgins and opened a suit to suit comm channel.

"Are you sure this is wise? To engage it one to one?"

Higgins gave him a look. "Jancowski, we are fighting Hyperborians; they have only seen victory against primitive civilizations and themselves. Any competent nation has seen them defeated or at least driven off. And this is only one ship; can you honestly tell me to deny our crew the chance for a battle that won't be more than sit and watch as the fleet fills it with lead and energy blasts? Besides, we should be more than enough to handle a single SSD. We built these ships to last, after all."

He sighed. "We warned the fleet at least, right?"

"Of course; I'm eager, not stupid."

Their conversation was interrupted when a channel from the navigation officer appeared. "Reading realspace fluctuations...here it comes, Admiral!"

She smiled and opened a general band channel. "Alright, people, here we go. Let's kick some Khanate ass!"

The sound of cheering overwhelmed the channel and make it hard to make out anything but what could have been a good impression of static.

Orbat:

1xLongsword-class Battlecruiser, the Kronos
--Battlecruiser
800x Killer-Bee-class Drone Fighters

by **The Steppe Empire** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:29 pm

Fighter bay

"I am telling you that Ayame is making a Mistake." Majisuyu Kanna, Enrru's wingwoman told Enrru, who was Commander of Sabia Sqaudron, which was one fo the eilte fighter sqaudrons in the Khanate. Kanna, Enrru and Galmor Seltu were part of that Sqaudron. Enrru being a Cimmarian felt that the war was wrong on both sides. "Ayame Khan only see her own power and might, not the Khanate's" Enrru said, her ears waveing a bit. "She wants to control The Galaxy and make it bow to her." "I heard that Sakura was meeting with Ayame before she left for Gal-Mali" Seltu said. "Anyways, I like to see how these X-wings fare in battle." Enrru said. The Sqaudron had been swiched from heir ARC-170s to The T65 X-wings. Sure The X-wings were good fighters, but they were used to the ARC-170s, which Pumnal Sqaudron used still.

Three Sqaudrons of three types of Starfighters: X-wings, ARC-170s and The dreaded TIE Intercepters. The Pliots got into their fighters as The Rathbart started dropping out of Hyperspace.

On the Bridge, Admiral Norgaibou Kima watched as the ship exited Hyperspace at Cerberus-IV. "Sir," The Sensor officer told The Hyperborian, "enemy ship detected." "Good" Norgaibou said, "Engage it and send out all fighters."

Soon the word was given and out of The Hangers pours the fighters. "All Sqaudrons report in."

"Sabia Leader, Standing by." Enrru said
"Iatagan Leader, Standing by." Commander Iska Toral, a Minotaur said fron his TIE Intercepter
"Pumnal Leader, Standing by" Commander Raleiau Vankahn, a Talmorian (a Humanoid Race from The Carina Dwarf Galaxy Colonies) Said in his ARC-170

"All X-wings and ARC-170s lock S-foils in Attack Prosition" Enrru ordered.

The Super Star Destroyer soon started fireing it's long-ranged Turbolasers as it started moving to the enemy ship.

The Battle of Cerberus had started.

by **Telros** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:04 pm

They watched as the SSD finally transitioned into space and they had to admit, it was a fairly impressive looking ship. Unfortunately, impressive did not equal powerful and they were about to prove that. They watched as the ship finished exiting into realspace and the navigations officer was quickly working on her computer, typing in commands, until there was a beeping sound and the SSD would find itself locked on by the Kronos. Higgins merely sneered and gave one single command: "Fire."

The SSD, when it was still deploying its fighters, suddenly found itself under fire as over sixty MAC's (railguns) and five Couched MAC's (Heavy Railguns) opened fire upon the vessel, firing in barrages as they sent a hail of shells at fractions of .c towards the ship. The SSD, having finished its deployment of its fighters, then began to return fire with its turbolasers. Higgins smirked as she watched the fire, from such a distance, and as they came close to the Kronos, they would watch as they seemed to hit something and then were diverted away or were diffused and became harmless as they hit the shields. At this range, the blasts would being picked off and diverted, allowing the battlecruiser to avoid harm. The crew chuckled viciously as they watched this. The Weapon Deflection Field had been a brilliant design by Dr. Duran and was well used for such an occasion. A warning indicated that the two hundred and ten Khanate fighters were deployed and heading for them, as well as the enemy ship began to accelerate.

Higgins leaned forward. "Let them come to us; have the FTL drive begin charging once more in case we need it. Continue firing upon it and have three hundred of the drones go engage them. The rest should move into defense formation Epsilon around the ship. Just hammer them from a distance and let the fighters duke it out; they'll soon see why machine wins out in the evolution of the fighter over human pilots." The orders were sent and five hundred of the fighters moved and split into two groups, one taking a position to the ship's left, the other to it's right. The last three hundred, shot towards the arriving 210 Khanate fighters, and moved into a loose formation before locking on and loosing a wave of six hundred missiles, two per drone. Then they activated their recording and ECM/ECCM devices, a move mimicked by the drones by the Kronus, which made it difficult for the SSD and its fighters to lock on and see what they were fighting. This raid would be short-lived, Higgins was going to see to that herself.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:44 am

Telros wrote:They watched as the SSD finally transitioned into space and they had to admit, it was a fairly impressive looking ship. Unfortunately, impressive did not equal powerful and they were about to prove that. They watched as the ship finished exiting into realspace and the navigations officer was quickly working on her computer, typing in commands, until there was a beeping sound and the SSD would find itself locked on by the Kronos. Higgins merely sneered and gave one single command: "Fire."

The SSD, when it was still deploying its fighters, suddenly found itself under fire as over sixty MAC's (railguns) and five Couched MAC's (Heavy Railguns) opened fire upon the vessel, firing in barrages as they sent a hail of shells at fractions of .c towards the ship. The SSD, having finished its deployment of its fighters, then began to return fire with its turbolasers. Higgins smirked as she watched the fire, from such a distance, and as they came close to the Kronos, they would watch as they seemed to hit something and then were diverted away or were diffused and became harmless as they hit the shields. At this range, the blasts would being picked off and diverted, allowing the battlecruiser to avoid harm. The crew chuckled viciously as they watched this. The Weapon Deflection Field had been a brilliant design by Dr. Duran and was well used for such an occasion. A warning indicated that the two hundred and ten Khanate fighters were deployed and heading for them, as well as the enemy ship began to accelerate.

Higgins leaned forward. "Let them come to us; have the FTL drive begin charging once more in case we need it. Continue firing upon it and have three hundred of the drones go engage them. The rest should move into defense formation Epsilon around the ship. Just hammer them from a distance and let the fighters duke it out; they'll soon see why machine wins out in the evolution of the fighter over human pilots." The orders were sent and five hundred of the fighters moved and split into two groups, one taking a position to the ship's left, the other to it's right. The last three hundred, shot towards the arriving 210 Khanate fighters, and moved into a loose formation before locking on and loosing a wave of six hundred missiles, two per drone. Then they activated their recording and ECM/ECCM devices, a move mimicked by the drones by the Kronus, which made it difficult for the SSD and its fighters to lock on and see what they were fighting. This raid would be short-lived, Higgins was going to see to that herself.

"BREAK OFF!" Enrru said as she saw the missiles head for the fighters. while their sensors seemed not to be working, visual was good enough. but even as they scatdered 12 TIEs, 5 ARC-170s and 13 X-wings were not as lucky as the others, being destroyed By The Missiles. The Rathbart was pounded by eneny fire. "They are useing ECM devices." The sensor officer said, "We're blind as Corillian Bats!" "Move the ship to enemy and engage it at point blank range!" The Admiral ordered.

"Those things have to be drones!" Enrru said. "Great, Telrosian Versions of Vulture Droids." Kanna said, thinking of the Droid Starfighters used by Astral-Tech. "All fighters use Visual," Enrru ordered. Her Astromech Droid, R2-A7 beeped. "I know we are in trouble, but I am sure we can beat these things." Enrru said as she engaged the fighters, along with the others, Lasers fireing away.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:04 pm

by **The Steppe Empire** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:04 am

bump again

by **Huerdae** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:13 pm

Reliasa System, Station 00 "Cholera"

The Huerdaen Star Empire was not blind to what was occuring around it. Frenzied ship movements, as well as the buildup of Telrosian warships was threat enough to reach even their hidden ears. Clustered quietly within their borders, the Huerdaen watched as production increased, fleets were massed, and soldiers were prepared for war. It was a familiar dance, and one that meant that conflict was brewing, or coming. And it was a dance that the Huerdaen knew was never a solo dance. As soon as the reports began to be substantiated, patrols were increased from quarter-group size to a full battle group, each numbering nearly 20 ships, led by a battleship. It was an obvious act to match the buildup of Dominion forces. Imperial intelligence suggested that the Dominion wasn't preparing for war with the Star Empire, but military commanders rarely acted on such 'suggestions'.

The border that had once been patrolled by a single battlefleet was reinforced to a warfleet within a matter of weeks. The dull repair station that had served as a port and base for the patrol fleets in the sector was being upgraded to a sector command station, and defenses were emplaced, including minefields and stationary guns. The entire are fell under the command of the sector's previous patrol leader, a woman who had seen combat over a dozen worlds, but never found much distinction in her actions. However, as a Colonel, Fi'Lasai inherited a full war fleet, as well as a temporary promotion to fleet admiral until such time as one could be transfered to the location, or her promotion could be made official.

Her days were now filled with paperwork, reports, and logistics as she tried to balance a force five times what she was otherwise familiar with. But in her favor, she was given complete control over the placement of defenses, allowing her to plan out a defense as she worked. Unlike many around her, she was natural-born Huerdaen, her skin paler than most, and barely reaching the soaring height of 5'1". Her dark eyes and jet-black hair suited the uniform she wore, with the fresh gold of a new rank standing out on the sleeve of her left arm, sewn into the fabric. Her peaked cap lay on her desk next to her as the Colonel in charge of the last Battle Fleet arrived, saluting her with a smile.

"It's been a while, Fi'Lasai. I never thought that it would end up with me serving under you, but I guess being send to the middle of nowhere has it's perks when your neighbors prepare for war. You're sure you're not over-reacting?"

The glower the woman sent the much larger man was not hidden in the least as she spoke. "You're my subordinate this time, Mishyonai, I expect respect from you. Your presence suggests that your fleet has arrived. Still commanding from the old Lady of Stars, I take it?"

The failed attempt to get the woman to fall into a submissive role was enough to grind Mishyonai's teeth, but he saluted, smartly, his eyes staring straight ahead as he answered, over her head. They had been in reversed positions in the Pankrees war, and she had been kept away from the lines as the man had first tried to woo her, then grew to resent her, and spited any attempt to advance. There was no doubt in his mind that he would be left with a similar job, now that his time had come.

"Yes, Ma'am. Heavy Battle Fleet Szass has arrived on station. Requesting port and repair facilities."

"Welcome to Cholera Station, Colonel. You'll have ports fifteen through nineteen. The last three are not completed yet, but are expected within the week. Until then, I expect you'll do. Dismissed."

The man's expression was priceless as he realized that the only ports and facilities that were not completed were being given to him, putting him behind and likely putting his fleet behind in preparations for war, or any manner of patrol work. At his dismissal, he turned, determined to overcome the many hurtles she would put in his path. The other fleets, Fi'Lasai's own Recon fleet Herald, as well as the two carrier fleets Brood and Firestarter, were already docked. The only fleet yet to show was their bombardier fleet, the famous Jormungand, a sisterfleet to Szass and Herald, created in the same war, where it had earned no small number of decorations for valor. It was to Jormungand that the War Frigate had been assigned, giving the esteemed Major Kolran Marn'Es the option of taking command should he wish.

Mishyonai only hoped that the Major would make use of that option.

by **Telros** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:39 pm

The drones kept track of the fighters as they did their best to avoid the wave of missiles they had launched at them and scattered into various directions. The drones received orders from the Kronos and they broke off into packs to attack the remaining fighters. A series of explosions indicated that thirty fighters had been wiped out by the missile barrage and Higgins nodded. It was a good start to the battling, already close to 1/4 of the enemy force was destroyed and this was just from the beginning engagement. The enemy fighters whipped around and moved to engage the drones, only to find the drones right on top of them, kinetic cannons blazing. As the Hyperborians engaged the drones, they would soon find that they had another problem in dealing with them. The drones were automated fighting machines, given orders from their home base, this being the Kronos in this case. They did not have the design limitations that faced fighters with organic pilots, and having to include life support in the drones, thus they reduced it bulk. This made the drones very slim and quick, and able to pull off maneuvers that other, manned, fighters just could not keep up with and this is just what the Hyperborians experienced.

The drones dodged, weaved, and flipped in the battle space as if they had been born from space and it was their living habitat. They slipped past the fighters and came around, blasting away and launching missiles from close distances to take out their targets before swiftly moving onto another. They also were able to react to attacks and tactics used with stunning speed, due to their high computing speed of the computers guiding the drone, thus turning an already lopsided battle into an overwhelming one. Even with this, however, the laser fire and attacks of the Hyperborians did end up hitting the drones and overwhelming their limited shielding, taking eighteen drones and turning them into bright fireworks displays.

Higgins sat and watched as the battle continued and the drones began their war of attrition against the Khanate fighters. It wouldn't matter how badly or well the battle went; they had more than enough fighters to bury the small Hyperborian fighter force and still have enough left over to aid in the destruction of the Hyperborian ship. She glanced at the tactical map and noticed that the SSD was making a hard burn at them, probably intending on narrowing the distance in order to nullify the advantage the WD Field granted them. She grinned; a SSD getting into close combat with her Longsword-class Battlecruiser was not a wise move but then the commander of that ship probably didn't have a choice. With the WD Field as it is, long range combat would favor the Kronos. Taking her gaze off the display, she called out to one of her officers. "Tactical, estimated time until enemy ship enters the range of our energy weapons?"

"Ten minutes, ma'am!"

She glanced at her XO and he grinned at her. The Hyperborians were going to be in for a surprise when they came into range of her weapons. They were not going to enjoy what she had to offer. "Tactical, redirect MAC fire to focus on one area of the shield, and start sending staggered barrages of missiles at the same section, so they will hit before the kinetics do. Also, time for FTL drive recharge?"

"Almost done ma'am, just another minute."

"Very well, keep my informed."

The MAC guns and the Couched MAC's redirected their fire to focus on the forward section of the SSD, pounding it with long range kinetic strikes, and this was only compounded when the missile tubes of the ship opened and waves of fifty missiles were sent streaking towards the enemy ship, timed so they would destroy or be destroyed by the MAC salvos. They were a mix of Antimatter-I, Antimatter-II, Armor-Piercing, and Disruptor-Core missiles. AM-I was your typical large explosion of antimatter that basically functioned as a heavy bomb, AM-II was like the Antimater Beam weapons that dissolved any matter it touched and sent out a massive amount of deadly radiation waves, and Disruptor worked by striking its target and then causing a short-lived gravitational distortion that crushed and warped anything in the vicinity, dealing great damage to its target.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 12:56 pm

Telros wrote:The drones kept track of the fighters as they did their best to avoid the wave of missiles they had launched at them and scattered into various directions. The drones received orders from the Kronos and they broke off into packs to attack the remaining fighters. A series of explosions indicated that thirty fighters had been wiped out by the missile barrage and Higgins nodded. It was a good start to the battling, already close to 1/4 of the enemy force was destroyed and this was just from the beginning engagement. The enemy fighters whipped around and moved to engage the drones, only to find the drones right on top of them, kinetic cannons blazing. As the Hyperborians engaged the drones, they would soon find that they had another problem in dealing with them. The drones were automated fighting machines, given orders from their home base, this being the Kronos in this case. They did not have the design limitations that faced fighters with organic pilots concerning G-forces, and having to include life support in the drones, thus they reduced it bulk. This made the drones very slim and quick, and able to pull off maneuvers that other, manned, fighters just could not keep up with and this is just what the Hyperborians experienced.

The drones dodged, weaved, and flipped in the battle space as if they had been born from space and it was their living habitat. They slipped past the fighters and came around, blasting away and launching missiles from close distances to take out their targets before swiftly moving onto another. They also were able to react to attacks and tactics used with stunning speed, due to their high computing speed of the computers guiding the drone, thus turning an already lopsided battle into an overwhelming one. Even with this, however, the laser fire and attacks of the Hyperborians did end up hitting the drones and overwhelming their limited shielding, taking eighteen drones and turning them into bright fireworks displays.

Higgins sat and watched as the battle continued and the drones began their war of attrition against the Khanate fighters. It wouldn't matter how badly or well the battle went; they had more than enough fighters to bury the small Hyperborian fighter force and still have enough left over to aid in the destruction of the Hyperborian ship. She glanced at the tactical map and noticed that the SSD was making a hard burn at them, probably intending on narrowing the distance in order to nullify the advantage the WD Field granted them. She grinned; a SSD getting into close combat with her Longsword-class Battlecruiser was not a wise move but then the commander of that ship probably didn't have a choice. With the WD Field as it is, long range combat would favor the Kronos. Taking her gaze off the display, she called out to one of her officers. "Tactical, estimated time until enemy ship enters the range of our energy weapons?"

"Ten minutes, ma'am!"

She glanced at her XO and he grinned at her. The Hyperborians were going to be in for a surprise when they came into range of her weapons. They were not going to enjoy what she had to offer. "Tactical, redirect MAC fire to focus on one area of the shield, and start sending staggered barrages of missiles at the same section, so they will hit before the kinetics do. Also, time for FTL drive recharge?"

"Almost done ma'am, just another minute."

"Very well, keep my informed."

The MAC guns and the Couched MAC's redirected their fire to focus on the forward section of the SSD, pounding it with long range kinetic strikes, and this was only compounded when the missile tubes of the ship opened and waves of fifty missiles were sent streaking towards the enemy ship, timed so they would destroy or be destroyed by the MAC salvos. They were a mix of Antimatter-I, Antimatter-II, Armor-Piercing, and Disruptor-Core missiles. AM-I was your typical large explosion of antimatter that basically functioned as a heavy bomb, AM-II was like the Antimater Beam weapons that dissolved any matter it touched and sent out a massive amount of deadly radiation waves, and Disruptor worked by striking its target and then causing a short-lived gravitational distortion that crushed and warped anything in the vicinity, dealing great damage to its target.

The Hyperborian ship took damage. pieces of armor and durasteal blasted from where the enemy fire struck. but the Rathbart continued fireing. 12 more fighters, TIE Intercepters, got blasted by the enemy.

Enrru saw how fast the fighters were, knowing that they were machines, like Droid Fighters. They my be fast, but they are not smart to do the imposable. Enrru though to her self. If The enemy drones were like Droid Starfighters, they had to take orders from a command ship, like the enemy capital ship the SSD was fighting. "We have to take down that Capital Ship," She said and soon sent a Message to Admiral Norgaibou, "We need to take that ship out, Admiral!" "We are trying." The Admiral said, "It's shields are stronger then any we have seen before."

Enrru sighed and continued fighting, letting the force guide her with her shots against The eneme drones.

by **Backje** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:33 pm

(I think this is the right spot for this...)

Lightyears from the battle-zones, a small ship, 2 man at the most, exeited a wormhole in the home system of the Steepe Empire. It sent out a simple message:

Code: Select all: A Toa of Plasma is on-bord this ship. Surrender or face a supernova

by **The Steppe Empire** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:00 pm

Backje wrote:(I think this is the right spot for this...)

Lightyears from the battle-zones, a small ship, 2 man at the most, exeited a wormhole in the home system of the Steepe Empire. It sent out a simple message:
Code: Select all
A Toa of Plasma is on-bord this ship. Surrender or face a supernova

OOC:

IGNORED!

by **Hornopolis** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:01 pm

Blackje is part of The Joint Systems Alliance...

by **Backje** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:27 pm

The Steppe Empire wrote:
Backje wrote:Lightyears from the battle-zones, a small ship, 2 man at the most, exeited a wormhole in the home system of the Steepe Empire. It sent out a simple message:
Code: Select all
A Toa of Plasma is on-bord this ship. Surrender or face a supernova

OOC:

IGNORED

Well if you want an example of the powers of Toa of Plasma, here you go. *Red Dwarf appears in system*

by **The Steppe Empire** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:38 pm

by **The Steppe Empire** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:17 pm

Gal-Mali was a fortress world. mainly flat plains and small seas, it was more defended then any other world in The Khanate save for The Throneworld. over 890,000 Warriors were on the ground, along with 500,000 Battle Droids (The World did belong to Astral-Tech and the droids were fron it's own Army.)

also here was the Second Fleet, massed to Protect the Planet from any Coalition Attack

The Second Fleet

This was The Base of the Hyperborian Bird of Prey.

by **Bavin** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:25 pm

Windsor Castle, Great Britannia

Just after lunch, Queen Alexandria, monarch of the British Empire, withdrew into her study for a briefing on the Khanate affair. Various officers and diplomats slowly filled the study, and a pair of technicians placed a holographic map projector in the center of the room, and the meeting began. Lord Admiral Harold Kitchener, commander in chief of the Royal Navy, began the meeting.

"Your Majesty, the Khanate affair began some weeks ago when they announced that they would be launching a vast colonization program across huge swaths of space, in an obvious power grab. What began as a colonization effort quickly turned sinister, with the Hyborian's attacking many native populations, causing vast amounts of genocide across multiple systems. A coalition response was mustered, lead by the Telvirans, Ozymosians, the Russians, and other interstellar powers quickly moved, stopping the Khanate here at Gendo, for the time being, however, reports are coming in of the Khanate attempting to ram the planet with their ships, to cause as-of-yet unprecedented loss of life. The Royal Navy has deemed these actions to be in the utmost a threat to all civilized life in the galaxy, and offers us a unique opportunity to seize more territory with little interstellar response. This world is Gal-Mali, in Hyborian space, and the site of one of their fleet-bases, which has sent ships towards the Sol system with the intent of disrupting Russian-and British- shipping. As such, the Royal Navy deems that a pre-emptive strike on Gal-Mali is in the utmost British Interest," Kitchener concluded, before sitting again. The room was silent for some time, before Lord Robert Schmidt, a Prussian, stood to rebut Kitchener's argument.

"Your Majesty, the Empire has no place getting involved in this! The Hyborians have not attacked us, or even threatened our shipping! Why put British lives at stake for no good reason?" he implored.

"Because we'd be helping save the lives of billions, and strengthening our Empire!" Kitchener responded, standing back up. The two men stared each other down, and the room was deathly quiet. Then the Queen spoke.

"Due to the certainty of a Hyborian attack, I have decided that a pre-emptive strike is eminently in the British interest." And that was that. Kitchener then presented his plans for the attack.

"We will send the 1st Strike Fleet, lead by the 1st Rate Ship of the Line Prince Donald II, along with three 2nd Rate's, and a carrier, as well as an Irish Ranger Regiment, two Sudanese Regiments, and a Georgian Regiment. We have already charted a course through the Etherway, and are ready to strike within a few days."

The Queen gave her approval.

Titan
Above the recently terraformed moon, the elements of the 1st Strike Fleet were forming up. Leading the way was the massive HMS Prince Donald II, with her formidable 112 linear cannon. Behind her were four Third Rates, her escort. Behind this, the Flagship Squadron, were the three Strike Squadrons, each lead by a 90 gun Second Rate, and having an additional four Third Rates each. Behind them was the carrier Ark Royal, with her escort of three Third Rates. A smattering of torpedo boats, and a trio of Fifth Rates, for scouting, and a Transport Squadron completed the fleet. Under the command of Admiral Stephan Hunter, this was one of the Empire's most powerful fleets, and it set off quickly. It soon reached the Etherway beacon, and began its journey towards Gal-Mali.

1st Strike Fleet, Order of Battle.- C.O. Adm. Hunter

by **Bavin** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:27 pm

OOC: Repost, like the above

IC:
Admiral Hunter looked out the windows of the Prince Donald II at the Hyborian fleet, with a steady calm, a feeling obviously not shared with the rest of the bridge crew.

"Well, looks like we've underestimated the enemy- again. Navigator! How long to recalculate the Etherway back to Sol?" Hunter asked.

"Two hours, give or take, sir," the officer responded.

"Bloody hell. Put me on with the fleet,"

"Aye sir," another answered, and Hunter's face was projected onto every screen in the fleet, up in the corner, and his voice came from every speaker.

"Well then gents, it seems that the chaps over in Military Intelligence have underestimated the foe, and I've been told it'll take two hours to re-calculate back to Titan. As such, we're going to have to hold out for the duration, and hopefully give the Huns a what-for in the process. However, I just sent a communique back to the Admiralty, and they're going to try and convince the other Coalition members to join us here. If that falls through, we'll be committing to the attack straightaway. As things stand, we'll be having to get into combat formation," And they did, with each squadron forming into a gun line, and preparing to maneuver against the Hyborian fleet. The Ark Royal disgorged her Mosquito fighter drones, who made their way up to the trio of fifth-rates, who were patrolling right at the edge of the gravity well, using their LIDAR to watch the Khanate fleet, watching for movement.

Back on Earth, the Admiralty in Greenwich sent out a communique to the other Coalition members, hoping to salvage this chance to attack Gal-Mali.

Bavin wrote:

Official Statement of Her Majesty's Government

To: Fellow Coalition Members

Following the actions at Gendo, the British Empire decided to launch a pre-emptive strike on Gal-Mali, hoping to avert another attack on any Coalition members or locals. Unfortunately, our intelligence estimates were off on the enemy strength, and one of our fleets is trapped at Gal-Mali for another two hours. Any and all Coalition assistance would be welcome, and if enough is provided, we may commit to the attack anyway.

Signed, Minister for Foreign Affiars,

Sir Johnathan Smith

by **The Steppe Empire** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:34 pm

Bavin wrote:OOC: Repost, like the above

IC:
Admiral Hunter looked out the windows of the Prince Donald II at the Hyborian fleet, with a steady calm, a feeling obviously not shared with the rest of the bridge crew.

"Well, looks like we've underestimated the enemy- again. Navigator! How long to recalculate the Etherway back to Sol?" Hunter asked.

"Two hours, give or take, sir," the officer responded.

"Bloody hell. Put me on with the fleet,"

"Aye sir," another answered, and Hunter's face was projected onto every screen in the fleet, up in the corner, and his voice came from every speaker.

"Well then gents, it seems that the chaps over in Military Intelligence have underestimated the foe, and I've been told it'll take two hours to re-calculate back to Titan. As such, we're going to have to hold out for the duration, and hopefully give the Huns a what-for in the process. However, I just sent a communique back to the Admiralty, and they're going to try and convince the other Coalition members to join us here. If that falls through, we'll be committing to the attack straightaway. As things stand, we'll be having to get into combat formation," And they did, with each squadron forming into a gun line, and preparing to maneuver against the Hyborian fleet. The Ark Royal disgorged her Mosquito fighter drones, who made their way up to the trio of fifth-rates, who were patrolling right at the edge of the gravity well, using their LIDAR to watch the Khanate fleet, watching for movement.

Back on Earth, the Admiralty in Greenwich sent out a communique to the other Coalition members, hoping to salvage this chance to attack Gal-Mali.

Bavin wrote:

Official Statement of Her Majesty's Government

To: Fellow Coalition Members

Following the actions at Gendo, the British Empire decided to launch a pre-emptive strike on Gal-Mali, hoping to avert another attack on any Coalition members or locals. Unfortunately, our intelligence estimates were off on the enemy strength, and one of our fleets is trapped at Gal-Mali for another two hours. Any and all Coalition assistance would be welcome, and if enough is provided, we may commit to the attack anyway.

Signed, Minister for Foreign Affiars,

Sir Johnathan Smith

Gal-Mali

Raiana watched the enemy fleet come into the System. Seeing the enemy fleet had shown that the "Great Wall" of Stations was not good enough. "They ust have some type of FTL we do not know about." The Tactical Officer, a Hyperborian, said to Raiana. "Indeed," She said, "Hail Them."

The enemy would be surprised to see them selves beinh hailed by a Ral-Al, as they were Fox-like aliens with Wings "This is Grand Admiral Raiana Starlight of The Khanate Second Fleet. You have invaded Khanate Space and will pay for your actions." She said.

She soon turned to The FighterOps Officer "Send out all Fighters to engage the enemy fighters, keep them away fron the Capital Ships and try to force the enemy to come after them" She said.

The Hyperborian Fighters started pouring out of the hangers like Death Flies, heading to attack the enemy Drones.

by **Telros** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 5:34 am

The fierce and slowly overwhelming fighter battle continued to rage, as the Telrosian drone fighters fought the Hyperborian TIE's, X-wings, and ARC-170's and the two capital ships moved towards each other, firing all the way. The use of the Force enhanced their abilities enough that the drones started seeing more casualties, resulting in the loss of another twenty-two drone fighters. The assault continued, as the drone's switched tactics and formed into groups of three that went after single fighters, hammering them until they turns into puffs of flame and spreading shards of metal and then moving after another target. They would systematically wipe out single fighters until the enemy force was wiped out. Another wave of missiles was launched at them from the drones before they split into the teams and attacked.

Higgins took a sip of her coffee as the Kronos continued its advance on the Hyperborian SSD. The enemy fire coming in began to overwhelm the WD Field a bit, causing the shields to take some of its first hits in the battle so far. However, they were strong and held well against the attacks. It would take some pounding before the shields would come down. Another volley of MAC's and missiles were sent at the SSD when the navigation officer spoke up. "Ma'am, FTL drive is hot and in the green, awaiting your orders."

She smirked. "Very well, lock in these coordinates and prepare to jump." She sent over coordinates to the officer's console and she entered them in, the computer quickly locking onto the coordinates designated.

"Ready to jump, ma'am!"

Higgins nodded. "Very well. Sound the jump alarm and have all hands brace for jump. On my mark...five....four...three...two...one...MARK!" The Kronos opened a bluish-white tear in space and shot into it, seemingly vanishing from the system. The drones continued to fight, however, signaling that it had not gone far and this was true when a second or so later, it reappeared behind the [b]Rathbart]/b], snugged behind its engines. Higgins grinned viciously as the SSD's engines came into view. "Tacticals, unleash everything we got on them!" The ship unloaded its MAC's and Couched MAC's, its missiles and it added a new twist into the battle. As the shells and the missiles, interspersed to hit the shields in a staggered salvo to ensure no loss in the projectiles due to collision, dark and bright blue energy beams slammed into the shields. These were the Antimatter and Asgard Beam Weapons, powerful energy weapons that could rip apart enemy shielding and hulls with great abandon, and they were used in tandem with the other weapons they had.

Higgins sat back and drank more of her coffee. "Let's see them escape this one."

**************

As the battle in Cerberus waged and the Dominion prepared to unleash its full mighty fist upon the Khanate, they were keen to notice that a previously quiet neighbor had begun some quiet rumblings of its own. The Huerdae Star Empire, who had been merely a contact due to the Dominion's participation in the Galactic Assembly meetings that had occurred in the past, had suddenly seen a sharp spike in activity along their border with the Dominion. Long range sensor stations recorded a mass of FTL jumps and many mass signatures moving from deep within Huerdae space and heading to the border, ostensibly taking position in border forts and stations. The First was informed of these movements and from what ONI could gather from their agents and the sensor data, the Star Empire was merely taking precautions in cause the Telrosians were trying to be deceptive and catch them off-guard fighting the Hyperborians and then really launch an attack on the Empire. The Dominion shifted around fleet orders to accommodate the Huerdae threat on the borders. On the four systems that touched the Huerdae-Telrosian border, two of the FR/PP fleets joined the over twelve Zeus Fleets defending the systems as a way of letting the Huerdae know their efforts had been noticed and matched by the Dominion. For now, that was all they would do as they focused on the Hyperborians, but extra care was placed into watching the Huerdae, to ensure that they didn't suddenly decide to strike at the Dominion and make the war very, very complicated.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:24 am

Telros wrote:The fierce and slowly overwhelming fighter battle continued to rage, as the Telrosian drone fighters fought the Hyperborian TIE's, X-wings, and ARC-170's and the two capital ships moved towards each other, firing all the way. The use of the Force enhanced their abilities enough that the drones started seeing more casualties, resulting in the loss of another twenty-two drone fighters. The assault continued, as the drone's switched tactics and formed into groups of three that went after single fighters, hammering them until they turns into puffs of flame and spreading shards of metal and then moving after another target. They would systematically wipe out single fighters until the enemy force was wiped out. Another wave of missiles was launched at them from the drones before they split into the teams and attacked.

Higgins took a sip of her coffee as the Kronos continued its advance on the Hyperborian SSD. The enemy fire coming in began to overwhelm the WD Field a bit, causing the shields to take some of its first hits in the battle so far. However, they were strong and held well against the attacks. It would take some pounding before the shields would come down. Another volley of MAC's and missiles were sent at the SSD when the navigation officer spoke up. "Ma'am, FTL drive is hot and in the green, awaiting your orders."

She smirked. "Very well, lock in these coordinates and prepare to jump." She sent over coordinates to the officer's console and she entered them in, the computer quickly locking onto the coordinates designated.

"Ready to jump, ma'am!"

Higgins nodded. "Very well. Sound the jump alarm and have all hands brace for jump. On my mark...five....four...three...two...one...MARK!" The Kronos opened a bluish-white tear in space and shot into it, seemingly vanishing from the system. The drones continued to fight, however, signaling that it had not gone far and this was true when a second or so later, it reappeared behind the [b]Rathbart]/b], snugged behind its engines. Higgins grinned viciously as the SSD's engines came into view. "Tacticals, unleash everything we got on them!" The ship unloaded its MAC's and Couched MAC's, its missiles and it added a new twist into the battle. As the shells and the missiles, interspersed to hit the shields in a staggered salvo to ensure no loss in the projectiles due to collision, dark and bright blue energy beams slammed into the shields. These were the Antimatter and Asgard Beam Weapons, powerful energy weapons that could rip apart enemy shielding and hulls with great abandon, and they were used in tandem with the other weapons they had.

Higgins sat back and drank more of her coffee. "Let's see them escape this one."

The enemy surprise attack was a total Surprise to The ship as it rocked as it was being blasted. "All Power to Rear Deflector Shields!" The Admiral Ordered.

12 more fighters, 10 ARC-170s and 2 X-Wings blew the dust because of the enemy attack. "This is not Good." Enrru said. "All Fighters fall back to the Ship, The Drones will have to fallow us." The Hyperborian Fighters soon begun falling back to The SSD. The Drones would be fired by Turbolaser fire if they got near the Ship.

by **Magna Omega** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:44 pm

by **The Fedral Union** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:19 pm

Message to the steppe Empire
From: The senate and the president of the Terran Alliance

Your flagrant disregard for life, your genocidal moves in to the south and your attacks on various natural powers in this conflict cannot go unpunished, as of this moment the United Terran Alliance and the steppe empire are at war by vote of the alliance senate.

---New Trenton system—
Admiral Stavros Johnson of the Terran Alliance northern expeditionary force stood on the bridge of the TAS Athena, a Terran heavy cruiser, his blue eyes gazed softly out in to the distance locking on to a tactical map of the Terrans star system and the ongoing hostilities around the area. He folded his hands in front of him musing for a second his orders were to engage enemy forces in the Gal Mali system several hundred light years away from his current position. Ship mind Athena appeared in a female form, in ancient Greek battle armor, illustrious and polished silver plating, a polished shield and a sheathed sword, She looked at Stavros her eyes gazing over his tall form, the Admiral was preoccupied thinking up of a strategy their main goal was to drive forces that are invading the south to the north to defend core worlds. For this to work they would need a spear of heavy and quick moving ships.

That’s where the Terrans came in Ship mind Athena spoke to the Admiral who seemed obviously occupied with various strategy. ~Admiral Stavros, I have completed my assessment of our approach and have readied a message to allied forces in the Gal Mali system for delivery, shall I send it?~

The admiral pondered for a moment, he put on his officers cap and ran a hand over his face, it was utterly smooth accept for a well groomed mustache over his lips he responded to the ship mind rather quickly and with a stern voice and a slight accent seemingly eastern European. ~Yes, they must be informed of our pending arrival. I believe forty ships might be applicable to this situation including troop transports. ~

Athena looked at him; she waved a hand nonchalantly her lithe gentle form looking somewhat bulker in the armor she had on. Quickly she responded her voice soft and smooth and it carried across the sleek well lit bridge. ~I agree however we must use caution I think assigning an additional wing of frigates might prove useful.~

Stavros nodded softly he would replace a wing of older corvettes with the newer heavier Valliant class Frigates, quickly with a single thought slots were reshuffled, Athena herself went on to send a message to the Omega forces in the system they were going to.

Code: Select all: This is Ship mind Athena In command of the Terran Alliance 12TH task force of the Northern expeditionary force, as you know we have declared our full support to coalition forces in this Endeavour, our tactic is simple, we will spear head a pile driving maneuver to brake steppe lines if you choose to support us, we could bring a n end to this conflict.

The message was sent, the forty ships assigned to the fleet formed up in a three dimensional wedge formation, their forms silhouetted both large and small against the back drop of the darkness of space itself. The Athena and its sister ships the New Jersey and Gilgamesh were at the head and center of this wedge multiple Forrestal Class ships including the TAS Nimitz, the TAS Hornet and the TAS Intrepid formed up to each side. Of them, In turn they were jacketed by various Ticonderoga class missile cruisers Solaris class destroyers and waves of Valliant class frigates. The fleet began to move their forms elongating and crackling with energy as they rushed forward in to a bright point of energy flaring out of existence in a glorious burst of power brighter than various suns for a split second.

--Gal Mali system---
The fleet appeared in a flash of white and blue energy just as bright as before their ominous rough hulled forms bearing down like valiant defenders ready to unleash a cauldron of fire. Their forms were again silhouetted against the blackness of space metrics formed over their hulls as their sub lights engaged only twenty vessels began moving forward, headed by the Athena herself. The metric bubbles formed around the twenty ships, they began moving at high speeds each ship reaching .99c instantly, their drives cutting off just forward of allied positions.
Ship mind Athena went on the horn again.

Code: Select all: To all Allied ships we have arrived in support of your actions in this system, it’s good to see you here.

by **The Steppe Empire** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:35 pm

Admiral Raiana decided it was time to send a Message to the enemy fleets

"I demand that you leave this system at once, Is this Khanate Territory. You are to leave this territory or be destroyed, we will give you time to turn back before you will regret this day. We knwo about your Genocidal Plans ad we will defend OUR Systems from you."

Raiana waited for them to respond.

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