The Perfect System? (FT, OPEN)

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

It was the perfect system.

Uninhabited, but with an asteroid ring containing a significant quantitiy of resources that could be harvested by the Republic for various uses. From continiueing the Rebuilding project on Coruscant, still recovering from the Clone Wars, eight years previous, to Starships includeing more of the Defender Class Star Frigates, two examples of which now flanked the Battle Lance. The system was also extremly close to the Republic, a little under six lightyears, and had a planet that would be perfect for a Republic Colony, another reason to mine the resoures avaliable. The Battle Lance and it's escorts had arrived the week before to oversee the construction of a relativly small mining station. Now, a week later, it was firmly up and running with the small mining ships moving back and forth between the resource-rich asteroids and the station.

"Captain Sir!" A young Lieutenant begged permission to report.

"Go ahead" Captain Toma Alvaran replied.

"Sir, Obsidian has returned from depositing the beacons in the outer system and the sensor bouys around the orbit of the 8th Planet" The Lieutenant Reported "Acadia Station reports that all systems are operational, and they thank us for our assisstance"

"Good" Alvaran replied "Tell them we're gonna stick around for a few days, theres something in the Hyperdrive Core that our intrepid chief Engineer doesn't like the look of, and doesn't recommend we go into Hyperspace"

"I'll pass the message sir"

"Oh, and all non-engineering personnel have some down time, recommend they use it" Alvaran added "WE've got a tough mission coming up soon"

"Aye sir"

The Lieutenant left Alvaran to look out the viewport in his office, just besdie the bridge. Looking out he could see the second of the two bridge towers on the Venator Class star destroyers, in the middile distance he could see the mining station and it's small almost insect-like ships moving around. If he looked far and hard enough he would be able to see the distinctive form of the Defender Class Star Frigate approaching. All in all, it was good day.

Pretty standard stuff, no massive fleets ect. And decent posts please.

[Strathy]

PSS Volga
G15 Class Long Range Scout ship.

Captain Harold Danzig looked out of the front view screen, more blackness, nothing. 4 weeks in a small ship was really not Danzig's idea of a good time. They had been scouting for resources for sometime. Ever since the destruction of Titus IV, Strathan industry had taken a huge dip downwards. They needed more raw materials if they were going to stay in the market. Danzing got himself a coffee and sat down in his chair, looking at the stars flit past.

He was contemplating just going back to bed when his first officer yelled out, "Sir, uninhabitted system on Long Range sensors. Readings show large deposits of very rare materials"
Finally, an end to the boredom. "Excellent," responded the Captain, "helmsman, set a course, 100c".
"Aye, sir. Engaging hyper drive at 100c".

Danzig leaned back, this might be it. If he made a big enough discovery, he could get that Commodores post he was after, no more deep space assignments, no more scout ships. He breathed a hefty sigh of relief, "Oh thank God!"

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

"Captain Alvaran to the Bridge"

Alvaran sighed and placed down the report he had been writing and strode across the deck towards the Bridge. Stepping out onto the bridge he watched the calm efficiancy for a few moments before moving further into the room and down the centre walkway in between the two console-filled pits on either side. Standing in the centre of the walkway he glanced out the viewport and saw no problem, at least not yet. He then turned to his XO who was approaching.

"What've we got Commander Travi?" Alvaran asked.

"Sensors report unidentified Ship heading our way" Travi reported as he handed his captain a datapad with the full sensor read-out regarding the unknown contact.

"Well, let's assume that given the resources we have here, they might be hostile" Alvaran replied handing the datapad back "Sound General Quarters, move the Frigates into supporting positions"

The distinctive klaxon began to sound and the pounding of boots could easily be heard as the crew and the clone detatchment onboard began to sprint to their stations. The ships weapons were warmed up and primed as the two smaller frigates began to move into position to best support the larger Star Destroyer.

"Stand-by" Alvaran ordered.

[Strathy]

Captain Danzig entered the bridge, his fourth coffee of the morning in his hands. He took his seat and looked to the screen on his console. Five minutes to target. Just as he relaxed his tactical officer, a young Lieutenant spoke. "Sir, sensors report heavy combat vessels in a defensive posostion around the asteriods. They are charging weapons."
Danzig didn't need this. "Go to red alert! We can't take them on, these are real warships, we have 4 laser cannons and an ion cannon. That won't stand up. Hail them!"
"Go ahead sir." Instructed the Comm officer.
Danzig cleared his throat. "This is the People's Star Ship Volga, we are a small scout vessel, we have no hostile intentions, please stand down, respond..."

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

"Sir a ship is emerging from Hyperspace" The same lieutenant as earlier reported "Looks like a scout ship"

"Threat Anaylsis?" Avalaran asked with interest.

"Negligable" The Lieutenant replied.

Alvaran couldn't help but smile as he looked at the ship as it cruised out of Hyperspace in front of the three Republic warships. Glancing at the datapad with the ships armamants he knew that the ship would have difficulty defeating a Republic Corvette, let alone a Star Destroyer and two Star Frigates. This made his job much easier. He first had to make sure that these people weren't going to attempt an attack, and that they knew that they were now in Republic Space. After that things could develop.

"Sir, they are hailing"

"Let's hear it" Avalaran requested.

"This is the People's Star Ship Volga, we are a small scout vessel, we have no hostile intentions, please stand down, respond..."

Alvaran scoffed and nodded to the comm officer who opened a channel to the alien ship.

"Volga, this is the Republic Star Destroyer Battle Lance, you are in violoation of Republic space without clearence, you will state your intentions immediatly or you will nbe fired upon"

[Strathy]

Danzig was taken aback, the past six times he'd encountered an alien group and tried hailing, he been shot at, now they were only talking about shooting at him. This was an alright day.
"This is Volga, we are on a scouting mission for a particular material for trade purposes. We detected you scanners.We have no hostile intentions, the Strathan Government does not wish any more extra-planetary conflict, please stand down, you must realise we are not a threat. If you are currently mining we can turn tail and head back. But at least let us stop and get some sort of shore leave. We've been in this tub for nearly a month." The chief mechanic wasn't happy with this comment, but Danzig had no time.
"Please respond."

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

Alvaran smirked slightly as he read the return message before turning to his officers and giving the order for the ships weapons to stand-down, although protocal would demand that they kept their shields fully raised, at least for the time-being. He also put a call into the Republic Diplomatic Corps, suggesting that it might be an idea to send a diplomat out, if they could arrive in time.

"Put together our own Shore party" Alvaran ordered "But put a squad of troopers with them if we're gonna be having these people on the surface"

Travi nodded and left the bridge to organise these arrangements. Alvaran on the other hand got about replying.

"Your request for Shore leave has been granted, be advised a Republic Shore Party will be planet-side at the same time"

The two Defender-Class frigates moved back into formation behind the Star Destroyer. Still a good combat posture but it would appear much less aggressive.

Alvaran sighed, it was at times like these that he missed the Jedi. He was one of some in the republic that missed the Jedi and regretted them being ejected by the Republic. He knew the cause as he had ferried a Jedi to safety. The damned Sith again, they always seemed to keep coming back. In situations like this a Jedi Knight, hell even a Padawan would have been much more effective. Alavaran was a Military Officer, and the nearest Diplomat was some distance away and until they could arrive, he was responsible for the outcome of this diplomatic situation.

[Strathy]

Back on the bridge of the Volga the mood was still as tense. Danzig had got his landing permit, clearence to let his men out, but he was still un-easy. There was a huge mining operation here, military ships watching over everything. Danzig leaned to his comm officer, "Send a brief communiqué to Space Fleet HQ, tell them this plot's taken by someone else. I don't think they'll let us mine here."

Danzig would land, grant his men a couple days shore leave, some R&R, maybe get some more supplies, but after that, anything but more scouting. His hopes of a promotion were down the toilet for now, no doubt space fleet would send a diplomat along as well. This was gonna be a bad day.

The volga landed, Captain Danzig was first off, met by the soldiers, he breathed in. Fresh air, it felt good. They had landed at a simple base, places to eat, get supplies, but that was just about it. Still, at least they could have a couple day's rest before the Strathan diplomat arrived. These alien lot were bound to send a diplomat too. Great an official diplomatic incident. This would not look good on Danzig's record.

[United Planets 1]

Gunship 16
LAAT/I Gunship
8 ACW

"Ok gents, this isn't expected to be a hard mission" TL-5512 'Topper' commented to his platoon as the Gunship began it's descent down towards the planet "WE're watching over our shore-party and keeping an eye on our guests, ROE's are simple; do not fire unless fired upon, Helmets on boys"

THe LAAT/i gunship was the shepharding the Shore-Party shuttles down to the surface, and was carrying the entire platoon. The LAAT/i had been drastically refitted since the Clone wars to allow one to carry and entire Clone platoon and their equipment, and were generally fantastic vehicles for various roles. Topper pulled his helmat on, this was his first time in Phase-III armour and was enjoying the experiance. The military suppliers had spent a hellovalot of credits in designing the new armour. Brand-new systems in the form of Phase-I armour, which Topper secretly liked the look off.

Soon enough the Gunship reached the ground, gripping his DC-16, another new weapon for the Republic Military, he led his Platoon out onto the ground. They quickly secured the area of beach before giving the all clear and allowing the shuttles to land.

"Trap One, all clear, we're down"

[Strathy]

The men of the PSS Volga had been on the ground for about a day by the time the Strathan Diplomat made contact with them. Danzig really didn't want this, well, the sumbag would be here in a matter of days.

Danzig approached the head of the Guard Platoon. This was probably rediculous, but worth a shot anyway. "Hi there," the soldier looked at him from beneath his helmet, saying nothing. A chill ran down Danzig's spine, "Would it be possible for me to speak to your commanding officer? So that we can work something out?"

Danzig had no idea what he'd just said, or why he'd said it. Perhaps he just wanted to sort this whole thing out before it became an official incident.

[United Planets 1]

TL-5512 'Topper
Planetside, Acadia IV
8 ACW

Topper looked at the being who had walked up to him, through the polarised eyepieces that quickly scanned the being for any weapons or devices that could be used to launch and assault. Topper would clearly be staring directly at the being, although his face and expression would not be visable, due to the helmet he was wearing. As he kept staring he flicked his head slightly and activated a secure channel up to the ship. The responce he got was unusual but a good move. Signing off he activated the Helmet's speaker so that his speech could be heard outside of the Helmet.

"Follow me"

As Topper lead the Being back through the camp, pretty much everyone who was planetside turned to watch, one of the Clone Sergeants approached and talked to Topper through the privacy of their Helmet commlinks before assigning two Clones to go with the Lieutenant who promptly began to talk to the pilot of the Gunship.

TL-5512 'Topper
RSS Battle Lance
8 ACW

Five minutes later they arrived on the Star Destroyer. Topper led the being through the vessel, as other clone troopers provided security around other parts of the ship, the corridors towards the bridge were busy as the ships crew got about the task that they were carrying out. Soon they arrived at the bridge and entered the Captains office.

[Strathy]

Danzig looked around, this ship was huge -well most things would be after you'd spent a month in a scout vessel- but still, it was amazing, even this far out, there were still advanced civilisations. They went to the Captain's office. The soldier didn't move, he stood there, constantly watching over Danzing. It was moments like these that Danzig hated being short. Danzig reached for his ear piece and fiddled around to make sure his universal translator was working. It had worked on the planet, but Danzig didn't want to make a bad first impression. He sat down in one of the chairs and spoke softly.
"My name is Captain Danzig, of the People's Star Ship Volga. I come from a planet far from these parts, looking for mining opportunities. One of our mining planets was lost recently and we have suffered very large economic drops. We came here purly to find materials to sell on the markets. But as you are mining here we have to head home, however, my people are sending a diplomat over to try and "help" the sistuation. These people are utter baffoons, I came to you to try and sort things out before he arrives.
"If we could reach an agreement as to some sort of compromise here, you don't seem to be mining on the planet, could we take samples from there?" Danzig was nervous, he'd never been able to handle dimplomacy very well. He was sweating and the twitchi in his right eye had started up again.

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

Avalaran glanced at Topper who nodded and remained by the door, keeping a careful watch over his commanding officer. His DC-16 was on a sling, but it was still clear that he could react quickly. Avalaran listened to what his guest had to say and listened carefully. He knew that the Republic wanted to inhabit the planet, and wouldn't react well to someone strip mining the planet, it was after all a relativly attractive planet from an athestic point of view. Avalaran was sat behind his desk, which was full of Datapads.

"That would depend on how you intend to carry out mining operations" Avalaran replied "The Planet is slated for Colonization by the Republic, and needless to say, the Coloization Insitute doesn't want the planet strip-mining"

Avalaran couldn't help but note that his guest appeared to be somewhat nervous. On the other hand, Avalaran was calm and collected. He was happy enough to leave it to a Diplomat as he had confidence in their ability to get things done, although he would have preferred a Jedi. He had also made contact with various organisations back in the Republic and knew exactly what the Republics stance on the situation was.

[Strathy]

Danzig thought this over for a second, another God-knows-how-long trip in that tiny ship. His boss wouldn't be happy, he'd make repairs and then head off again, but then something happened to make his day that little bit worse. Danzig's ear peice started buzzing, he gave it a tap, "Danzig here," there was murmering at the other end. "right, I'll tell him" Danzig turned to the Captain of the Battle Lance. "Our diplomat managed to get a long range transporter lock to our ship, he is standing by to transport, if you'll let him." Danzig was upset now, beyond hope of hapiness, Strathan Diplomats were great on their homeworld with the other nations, but when it came to interplanetarly stuff, the tended to cock things up. The ear piece buzzed, "Captain, it is Finsk, he needs an answer." Not Finsk, not him, he was a total idiot, and a self rightious, cocky idiot at that. "Sir? Sir, we need an answer. Do we transport or not?"

[United Planets 1]

RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System
8 ACW

"He's more than welcome to come, but I'll tell him the same thing I just told you" Avalaran replied as he sat back against the backrest of his chair looking at the being across from him.

Topper meanwhile watched the exchange with interest, and put the ships Clone detail on alert in case this transport was used to start an attack. He himself tapped the side of his DC-16 slightly, a bad habit he had picked up whilst waiting to go into battle during the Clone Wars. It was yet another indicator that although the GAR was made up of clones, they were all individuals who were all different from each other whilst the same. Indeed they saw themselves as brothers rather than clones. Mostly the same but enough to be different. Like his Captain, Topper wished the Jedi were here, a specifc Jedi in fact, but for a different reason than the Captain.

[Strathy]

By the time Danzig arrived at his ship, the diplomat had arrived. Already he was running the crew ragged to make him comfortable. There he stood in the cargo bay bossing people about, he approached Danzig with a charasmatic grin from ear to ear. "Hello there old bean, how's things?" The thought of having to be around this man for any time at all made Danzig feel sick.
"Not too much, I have talked with the CO of the alien ship, they won't grant us mining rights." He looked at Finsk, tired, homesick and, above all, full of a passionate hatred for the man standing infront of him. The charasmatic grin was gone now, his face deadly serious. "You spoke to him? Without my consent?!" Finsk looked down his nose to Danzig. "No wonder you didn't secure the rights. You military types are no good at this job!"
There was no point in arguing, he was sure of himself to the point where any of his delusions would be made fact if he wanted them to. "Right!" He declared, "I am going up there!"
"But sir, they are going to colonise this place," protested Danzig, but it was no use.
Finsk turned to Topper, "You, yes you, in the plastic suit!" He demanded. Topper seemed to look to Danzig, Danzig's facial expression screaming 'sorry'. Finsk continued, "well, take me up to your CO, and double quick will you?"
Danzig walked over to Topper as Finsk strode toward the shuttle, "I am sorry for his... attitude, oh and please, apologise to your Captain in advance for me, will you?"

[United Planets 1]

TL-5512 'Topper
Planetside, Acadia IV
8 ACW

All things considered, it was probably a good thing that Topper was wearing a Helmet, primarially because the look that he gave the diplomat would have killed a Bantha. On the outside, Topper appeared to only indicate that the Diplomat should head towards the dropship whilst nodding his assent to the Captain. Topper kept his eye on the Diplomat, no doubt the Captain would have even less patience for such a clearly arrogant man as this, and he had no doubt that he would be ejected from teh ship shortly there-after. Whether via Gunship or Torpedo tube remained to be seen. This thought satisfied Topper for the rest of the journey from the Surface to the ship in orbit.

[MidwesternAmerica]

UCTSS Argent Fury, Argent-class Battle Cruiser
Commanding: Captain Mitch Torrel
Dec. 3rd. 2903, Earth Standard Calendar


The Argent Fury emerged from jump space in this unknown system nearly 150 ly away from the Terran Cluster. They had been sent on a mission here to scout the world and determine probability of colonization and the portability of a forward fleet base here for the Sphere Navy. The Argent-class was the latest in the United Commonwealth of the Terran Sphere's Navy. These ships contained the latest in stealth systems as well as plasma weapons and quantum drive, shield and power systems. With these advancements the Sphere had created a very formidable warship, but their mission was not of attack, but rather scouting for the Sphere.

Captain Torrel sat upon the bridge as they emerged,"As soon as we arrive in system, engage stealth systems and scan the system for an guests. We hope to scare them off, but if we have to we will engage them with the full power of this ship as well as our sister ship the Argent Dawn."

"Yes, sir" Came the reply of the sensor tech, as he punched in commands to his workstation and they began scanning for any unknowns within the star system, looking to see if their was anyone else with in the system to threaten them and the expansion of the Terran nation.

Hours Later:

"Sir, you might want to look at this." Said the Sensor tech as he put the Sensor display up on the main screen of the ship's bridge. It showed one outdated Star destroyer, two smaller warships and what looked to be some sort of scout ship. The Captain reviewed the scans and turned to the scan tech,"Can you ID them?" The tech punched in some commands and wait a few seconds,"Negative, Sir. None of their marks are in our databases, I have forwarded them to FLEETCOM, and have engaged the auto-mission report system to relay all data back to sent to FLEETCOM as we get it."

The Captain smiled, the boy had indeed learned well to think ahead like that,"Good job, ensign. Comms send a message to Captain Foller were going to need the Argent Dawn on this one, and tell him we will move in slowly. Tell him he has my authority to fire if fired upon, but not before." Shortly there after the Argent Dawn came out of jump space very near to her sister ship. Then both ships began accelerating in system at high speeds to intercept the Star Destroyer and here escorts, they would intercept in under an hour.

[Strathy]

Danzig sat in the bridge of his ship, he was drinking a Strathan Single malt whiskey, mixed with ginger ale, his personal favourite. This was a very bad day; the diplomat was treating the locals like scum, he couldn't secure mining rights and he'd just run out of whiskey. He looked around his bridge, checking the transporter link status. Maybe, he could just transport Finsk into a sun somewhere, he was contemplating it when the link was lost. He looked around, but when he looked back, it flickered into lfe again. Something wierd just happened. There were only a few things that could make a transporter link dissappear like that. "What do you reckon that was?" Danzig turned to his helmsman
"Could be cloaked ships, sir." came the reply.
"No, only a quantum pulse could cause that sort of disturbance, and that sort of technology is too unstable for propulsion."
"Maybe very advanced tech, sir."
Danzig thought about it. "No, I wouldn't worry."
He sat there for for a couple of hours, writing up his mission report. He was contemplating his resignation when the helmsman shouted out again. "Captain, sir!"
"What is it Lieutenant?"
The helmsman pointed at the screen. "It happened again, the transporter link!"
Danzig thought it over. "Okay, we'll follow this up." He called his tactical officer through. "Gregor, looked at these readings. What do they say to you?"
Gregor mulled the thought in his head, "Quantum pulses sir?" He paused, "but there are none of the right sources around here for that sort of stuff."
"Can you pick up any vessels?" enquired Danzig.
"No sir."
Danzig was at a loss once more. He came to a decision, he'd contact the Battle Lance and inform them of the situation.
"Gregor, patch me through to Battle Lance." Gregor gave a nod, indicating he could go ahead. "Battle Lance, this is Volga, we have picked up 2 large Quantum Pulses. Source unknown. Suspected alien vessels. No sensor readings of actual vessels from here, but we think you should follow this up. Out"

[Alanava]

FNS Valiant
Victorious Class Light Cruiser

"Sir, multiple ships detected in a nearby system, varying designs, I doesn't look like we have encountered them before" Said Lieutenant-Commander Victoria Williams.

"We're not due anywhere so lets take a peak, Oh and engage Stealth systems, we don't know if they're friendlies yet" Responded Commander Paul Diego with a smile on his Face. The Victorious class weren't heavily armed but what they did have was top of the range and Because it was Primarily an electronic warfare and recon ship their sensors and countermeasures were first class. This was commander Diego's first command and he was keen to make it count. "Oh and relay all this to the admiralty, urgent."

"Aye sir engaging node drives..." Said Lieutenant Charlotte Talon

"...leaving node space now sir, stealth engaged, I don't think they see us."

"Hide us in the asteroid belt and use passive sensors only, prepare the decryption team, I want to know what they're saying asap."

[Mohawk Clans]

LRC-X Pegasus-class Frigate
Scouting Mission
June 2468
UCS Lamiere

Captain Wild stood on the bridge of the UCS Lamiere, looking out into the space warping by them. A few minutes ago they had detected a planet capable of settlement and had many resources. However, scanners picked up an armed presence, so Wild had radioed the nearby fleet and now had two Valiant(Venator to you)-class assault ships warping out to the same spot as he. He already had the ship on red alert, the klaxons going off as soldiers nervously awaited the impending battle.
Soon, the stars slowed down and the ship dropped out of warp. Soon a two white flashes could be seen and the two Valiant-class assault ships appeared, falling in with the Lamiere, ready for action

[Strathy]

PSS Armegeddon
Tesla Class Attack ship, Mk XII
OIC, Commadore William Harris.

William Harris looked out from the bridge, along the massive bulk of the newest war ship in Strathan Space Fleet. Armed to the teeth with the latest weaponary and sheild, and a maximum speed of 1'450c, she was truly a fine ship. Harris turned on his heel and walked back to his chair, "Danzig'll be glad to see us, we can relieve him and let the new team take over."
The first officer nodded in agreement, "I can't imagine what 4 weeks on one of those scout vessels is like. Must be awfull."
The helmsman called over to the captain from his station. "Sir, we are approaching the system."
Harris nodded, "very well, pull out of hyperspace."
"Should we engage cloaks, sir?"
Harris thought it over for a second. "No, these people know who we are, just send them a standard greeting, no hostil intenets, merely here to take our lads home and rid you of that idiot Finsk, et cetera, blah, blah, blah..."
"Yes sir".

He opened a channel with the Volga. "Hello Danzig, we have another team here to relieve you, we're getting you home!"
The response came through. "Thank you so much sir! That has made my day. By the way, we picked up some unusaual Quantum readings a while ago, I'll patch them through to you."
There was a pause whilst Harris looked over the data. "No sign of any ships?"
"No, sir. But we have alerted our friends in orbit."
"Okay, hold fast just now. Armageddon out."

Harris turned to his tactical officer. "Read alert Commander Weymes. Start scanning for other vessels, use every method you know, and make some up too. If we have any unwanted guests, I want to here about them."
"Yes sir, scanning."

[Alanava]

Federal Navy Ship Valiant

"Sir, They're scanning, I don't know how they detected us but they must have some how." Said Williams.

"I want EW Probes Deployed Now. Give the Illusion that we are moving out system and that we are a Invincible Class Battle cruiser, In the mean time I want us to proceed In system remaining as silent as possible on a purely ballistic course, All systems other than life support and passive scanners off, oh and get everyone to their battle stations just In case." Ordered the Commander as he walked over to Ensign O'reilly at tactical control.

"aye, sir Initiating" Responded The ensign.

"helm Set the course for us to pass as near as the star as we can, the interference should throw them off our scent and to follow the probe, that should give us enough time to hide."

[Strathy]

PSS Armegeddon
Tesla Class Attack ship, Mk XII
OIC, Commadore William Harris.

The air on the bridge had become tense. Everyone was utterly silent. Cloaks had been raised and weapons on-line. Out of the silence came the voice of Commander Weymes. "Sir, we've detected a vessel, not one of the ships that caused those pulses, but another vessel. It looks like they're moving away."
Harris thought for a moment. "By God, another one? That makes three possible un-friendlies. This place is getting busy" He looked around. Hmm, looks like they're moving off. Continue scanning for the other vessels that emmitted those pulses."
"Aye sir."
Harris walked back to his chair. Slumping down, he sighed. "Okay, helmsman, take us closer to the planet. I want to get a better idea of what is so special about this place."

[United Planets 1]

Captain Toma Alvaran
RSS Battle Lance
Venator Class Star Destroyer (Refit)
Acadia System, 8 ACW

By the time the ships got closer they would have been able to run sufficent sensor scans to determine that the Battle Lance was anything but outdated, by any stretch of the imagination. Since the Republic's arrival in this Galaxy, some eight years previous, the entire Venator Line had undergone a massive refit, with the first coming off the production line some four years ago, just as the Republic began to encounter other inhabitants of the Galaxy. In order to meet increasingly tough enemies, the Republic Navy had pushed billions of Credits into designing a Refitted Venator, that was Lightyears ahead of it's original design. Taking advantage of technology that hadn't been avaliable, or easily accessable during the wartime that was the Clone Wars. Now the Venator served proudly at the front line of the Republic Navy, capable of going up against any ship that it could meet.

"Sir, we're recieving a transmission from our new freinds on the surface, they are reporting strange Quantum Shadows" THe Lieutenant reported.

"Dispatch the Sedat to investigate" Alvaran ordered.

"Sir, three unknown ships have come out of Hyperspace!" The Lieutenant reported suddenly "Two look arwfully like Venator's, they're combat-ready, also got another reading but it appears to be leaving the system"

"Sound General Quarters" Alvaran ordered "Lock weapons and stand-by to fire, keep an eye on that other contact"

The distinctive Republic Navy Alaram began to sound as the ships crew scrambled to get to their combat stations as quickly as possible. At the same time, the ships Twelve Heavy Turbolasers, an increase from the 8 of the pre-refit design, and the wealth of other weaponary, began to track the unknown vessels.

"Stand-by to launch Fighters, put a call out to any ships in the area, secure Republic Frequency, Don't recall the Sedat but tell them to be ready to give us help if we need it" Alvaran ordered "And open a channel"

"Aye sir, Channel open"

Unknown Vessels, this is the Republic Star Destroyer Battle Lance, you are infringing on Republic Space in combat sttate. You will power down your weapons, identify yourselves and state your intentions or you will be fired upon