[OOC]: Some shady people tried to come into my apartment while I was writing this, they knew my first and last name and apartment number too...fucking creepy. And then I had to go and haven't had time to respond until now, I will respond to Aeiouia's attack in an edit below, since this was happening within the Luminumbran fleet technically before then.
Terran Concordium should pay more attention to the first part above the EDIT while
Aeiouia should pay more attention to the part below the EDIT[IC]: The full force of the 999th battlegroup was raining heavily onto the Luminumbran fleet.
The fighters have all but been destroyed, the hackers could not seem to break through.
Amongst the destruction...Admiral Zeiadon was oddly calm, too calm. His navigators were nervously watching the whole disaster unfold the antimatter explosions ripping through space. The concordium was far stronger than they thought.
A hacker runs into the room. "Sir! They have a near-impenetrable firewall!" Zeiadon looks over at them. "Insert he Magnoseium Orb into the systems." The hacker grinned "Yessir." He runs back to his post...All code written by hackers are now more adept at breaking down security protections. It will attempt to
(very) slowly chip away at the firewall.
"Sir, it looks like they're getting ready to warp, we have detected an energy signature."
"Turn on the hyperspace jammers!"
The Hyperspace Jammer emits a field that prevents any ship from entering hyperspace or using its warp drive, it must use conventional controls."S-sir Admiral? Permission to speak?" The navigator quietly asked.
"Go ahead." The admiral was calm. Oddly calm.
"W-why aren't you saying anything? Can't you see what's going on out there? They're going to destroy us!!"
"No they're not. I'll bet they think we have zero shielding, that they can use their weapons to make direct impact on our hulls...These fools have never seen the power of magiscience. Not only is our armor made of some of the strongest metals in the universe, but that metal is magic infused with layers of specially made particles hovering just above the armor. Those particles specialize in dispersing energy. This in effect triggers the explosion just above the armor, while dispersing it, as opposed to a direct hit on the armor with a concentrated force of energy. This is effectively the same as detonating the explosion just outside the armor and then spreading the energy yield as wide across the hull as possible. We'll still take massive amounts of damage, but it will be less damage over a wider area, an equal amount of energy doing overall less damage. Unfortunately the danger of this is that with enough brute force, the entirety of the hull will eventually capitulate as opposed to one or two sections, and it can result in complete losses. We must be extremely careful on that end not to take too many hits, but for now they're forced to use more ammo chip away at our armor, buying us more time."
"Yes sir. What are your orders now sir?"
"Concentrate all fire from all ships barring the 500 cruisers that will surround them, and fire all weapons onto the Bridge of the Insidious Desire!! Call in Greadus's Fleet! Exclude the firing of the black hole cannon from the order!"
"Sir!" An ominous sound of beeps and the warming up of systems sounded throughout the bridge.
"What happens if we lose all our cruisers Admiral?" "Did I give you permission to speak?" "Er, no sorr--" "If we lose all our cruisers, we will activate the quasar gamma light--which will blind all who see the flash as bright as a quasar, and fry the electronics of any systems with its radiation, this would include our own electronics, and it effectively means a stalemate situation. Should the enemy have protections against this, we would have to retreat...But enough talk! FIRE!"
All weapons in the fleet concentrated on the bridge of the
Insidious Desire, while Greadus's fleet was entering the combat zone, with fresh fighters and nearly doubling the fleet strength.
According to the factbook, this means the
Insidious Desire has just been subjected to
3,150 Starburst Cannons -- 100 cannons equates to the power of a small star--that's 31 small stars' worth of firepower
17,494 Gravity Cannons
2,500 Plasma Burst Cannons
150 Gamma Ray Cannons
1 Space-time Shockwave Cannon --These disrupt all particles and even briefly reverts the target area back to a primal universal state--a time shortly after the big bang when there was no time and it was trillions of degrees hotter, the area of effect is quite small, yet near universal in its ability to destroy things--perfect for punching small holes into shields.
Greadus then gave the order. "Deploy all fighters, we will need them to fight off any remaining enemies should the
Insidious desire be successfully destroyed.
EDIT[IC]
After they fired their weapons, a few of the cruisers in the fleet suddenly had explosions ripping through their hulls
"GaaaAAAHH!! What's is going on?" Zeiadon, clearly frustrated, ran to the railings again.
"Just some minor explosions sir. The cruiser's magic were not touched by antimatter, but rather conventional projectiles so the shielding held up, however many weapons systems have just been damaged, and they are out of operation."
"Well? How much of our weapons systems?" "About 30% sir. Most of the explosions were on the weapons systems of the ships, but I do see some wreckage."
Still, 30% was a lot. And the Admiral was not pleased. Just as he looked over to his right, he saw a little speck fade into nothingness..."Is
that the source of what just happened?"
"How many ships were lost in this recent attack? Computer! Scan the fleet and show me our status!"
Greetings! Praise be to the Gods!
Scanning...
Scanning...
We have: 1,662 Artisan Cruisers, And 2,565 Templar Cruisers in the combat zone.
"We've lost nearly 300 ships in the attack Admiral!"
"
Damn" ... "
Damn Damn Damn..."
The Admiral then turned back and sat down in his command chair, a drop of sweat going down his face. "
What just happened? I don't see anything on the radars, yet just like that, 300 ships were destroyed. I need to make a request to the war department to put shielding on our ships, and fast."
"Admiral? Your Orders? Admiral? Sir!"
The admiral jumped in his seat. "Ah!...Yes?"
"Your orders?"
"Wait for Greadus's reinforcements to enter the combat zone. Our fleet strength is about to double, We will alternate the use of our weapons, one fleet fires while the other cools down." He grinned again.
"Yessir." The navigator turned back to his post. "
The admiral needs to stop being so hysterical."
The admiral was beginning to get nervous. The Luminumbran fleet still seemed to have the upper hand, but the potential for the situation to get completely out of control was too great for him to stand idly by. He couldn't do anything about the fleet's current configurations in this battle, but he had to do something for the future outcomes of battles.
He then made a request to the War department to prioritize the development of the shields. He was met with bad news. The war department's selections of R&D must be directly approved by the Grand Dietus. He tried contacting the Grand Dietus only to find that the Cult Leader was making preparations for a royal wedding and he couldn't be reached. (OOC: Invites coming soon for that RP I promise lol) [IC] "
Now??? Of all times..." He almost wanted to curse at the cult leader's poor planning but he kept himself under control--lest he lose his own head. So he contacted the war department to make the formal request to be given to the Cult leader.