Where we Left Off [RP TITAN]

[Error]

Fuckin' 'ell, that ringworld is going up fast.

[Professor Fenway]

//AUF Message to: MR-\\
What we do with our psionic soldiers, however strong, is entirely the business of the AUF and not yours, up to the point where they operate in your space. Since they are not operating in your space, you have no need to be meddling in our affairs.

Any further incidents will be viewed as a declaration of war. Good day.
\\END//

[Meta] A power reduction of: 10% is being undertaken immediately among 19 subjects to avoid the so-called 'Enerjak Point'. The last subject is being transferred to a high-security station in low orbit over a black hole, to be monitored extensively and dropped into the hole in the event that the Enerjak Point is crossed. The extreme gravitational field prevents all FTL usage in the vicinity of the hole; it is expected that Psionic FTL will be the same.

Psionic Jamming and Obfuscation measures are being undertaken immediately to prevent detection.

The first three Armada's are being mobilized (out of 15). Singularity Installation is being prepped for firing.
[/Meta]

Torus: 75%

As another section of the Torus is locked into place, 8 large ships warp in, each carrying an extremely large, glowing blue rhombic crystal on an external mount. Each crystal had three spinning rings around it, one in the middle, one on each end, with red power arcs dancing between the angular rings. The crystal itself held 6 faces on each side, each coming together to two points on the ends. It was the main component of the Hyperspace Missile Array, but extremely harmonized and scaled up dramatically. 7 of the crystals were taken by smaller ships and ferried elsewhere.

[Vinyl]

Meta: Hexalan has received the Novan schematics, of which are for modified tachyon-subspace warheads.
OOC: ACH, the closest thing you can get to "major Hexalani shipyards, dry docks, and known military supply depots" are manufactorums and bunkers Realize that since Hexalan's formation, our primary tactic has been defensive and defensible operations, hell, the primary weapon on the majority of our ships is an artillery gun.
Meta: Hexalani officials at Zuguth have provided them with a copy of the ARK schematic.

[ACH0225]

The thing about shipyards and such is that they are often in orbit because assembling them on surface means you have to get them to space, and that's a pain. If they're on the surface of a something, then the HE warheads will destroy that target/the opening to the surface. Supply depots are always going to be in space, because to get supplies on a surface you'd have to land the ship.

Also, is now superthreadnought.

[Vinyl]

The thing about shipyards and such is that they are often in orbit because assembling them on surface means you have to get them to space, and that's a pain.

You see, we have these things called tugs, 'launchers' (like the one the ministation was in), and engines. Planetary surfaces are our most defensible position.

If they're on the surface of a something, then the HE warheads will destroy that target/the opening to the surface.

Literally, they're just shipyards built into the thing. The only opening are for launchers, but those are closed most of the time anyways, and even then, we're not going to waste the space so there's stuff on them. Planetary surfaces are our most defensible position.

Supply depots are always going to be in space, because to get supplies on a surface you'd have to land the ship.

You see, we have these things called tugs, landers, and engines. Planetary surfaces are our most defensible position.

[ACH0225]

I don't think you recognize the logistical pain in the ass it would be to have to use planets for everything. Supply depots are in orbit so that ships can be resupplied quickly and easily, rather than on a planet. It's akin to the problem with electric cars, and how you can only refuel them at home(planets) compared to petrol stations(orbital depots).

Planetary shipyards are another massive pain in the rectum; you have to fight gravity, and even with mass accelerators, if you botch a launch and it crashes, you'll have major problems.

Either way, your big manufacturing worlds were just bombed, and whatever orbital assets for this sort of thing were hit too.

[Vinyl]

Too bad I stopped relying on them.

[Error]

ACH. You don't have to fight gravity to leave planets. Two words:

Flight fields

[Ivan2006]

On that topic, the MR has a majority of their shipyards on planetary surfaces because there is a military doctrine that all ships below 1000m in length are required to be capable of sustaining atmospheric flight, and even the one class of military ship currently in service that is beyond 1000m, the Mobocarrier, is capable of operating in-atmosphere.
How? Repulsors.

[ACH0225]

I'm fairly sure we have debunked flight fields as real sceince.

SDI forces have been detected to be readying to enter Hexalani territory, their supply ships being stocked with goods for extended combat. The Aiigaiion has been moved forwards to the largest fleet grouping, which some analysts predict to be the group that will make a thrust to the Hexalani capital. Barrage Cannon bombardment continues, now switching to aerial dispersed biological strains which are designed to, "produce disabling effects on enemy forces" by causing extreme vomiting, blindness, deafness, total-body numbness, and uncontrollable laughter. These are rated type Б chemical weapons, which are based on specially made strains that have yet to be deployed prior to now.

The lack of negotiation is why I hate Americans and you are all bad at negotiating.

[Ivan2006]

[meta]While there has been no scan of the psionics themselves, the HARMONY did detect psionic activity inside the AUF (the increased usage of psionic obfocusation and jamming was propably detectable as faint energy variations when they went online, in addition to similar variations when power was drained from the psionics, but still, not enough to determine a source apart from "within AUF space" nor get actual information on what caused them) and interpreted them as moves of the AUF to fix their problem.[/meta] The state of psionic emergency was lifted, though the Anti-Enerjak weapons remain distributed among special forces. Everything else returns to normal.

[Vinyl]

OOC/Meta: While the standard helmet assembly is rated for vacuum and toxic atmosphere, I do believe the majority of the irregular troops may forego the helmet entirely, leaving them susceptible to biological attack. However, concerning your attack on the capital, the leadership are also personnel who are aboard their respective flagships, those you'd find there would be nonessentials and expendables.

Meta: With the majority of the population armed and armored, anti-space emplacement weapons are being prepped. Regular fleets are being dispersed among choke points and bolstered by local irregulars.
After receiving the designs via a messenger shuttle, Zuguth has been provided hard copies of all Hexalani records, official and non, for safe keeping. Officially yet nonpublicly, the Hexalani command chain has been extended to Zuguthian leaders.

[Professor Fenway]

//AUF Broadcast\\
The AUF demands for the Strigiforme to stand down and cease any and all hostile action towards the Hexalani. Security analysts determined a terrorist element to be responsible for the attack.

The AUF formerly admits the presence of a large-scale espionage operation occurring through the greater part of Hexalan forces. This was accomplished through NeoRoman devices installed on Hexalan ships, which the AUF acquired control of shortly after it's dissolution.

Just before the attack, a majority (99%) of the NeoRoman devices broadcast a series of very similar, highly encrypted messages. One such message follows;

-NeoRoman Control Box 6615-

//ALERT: SYSTEM CHANGE NOTED//
//ALERT: COMMAND OVERRIDE DETECTED//
//ALERT: SHIP CHAIN OF COMMAND CHANGE DETECTED//
//SEVERE: HOSTILE AI ROUTINE DETECTED//
//SEVERE: SUBVERSION ROUTINE DETECTED//
//CRITICAL: SYSTEM CONTROL LOST//
//EMERGENCY ROUTINE: FAILURE//
//REBOOT ROUTINE: FAILURE//
//SUBVERSION ROUTINE: FAILURE//
//FINAL TRANSMISSION\\

These logs indicate that an outside group gained control of a large number of Hexalan ships. Given the extent of the NeoRoman device coverage, controlling the Tachyon-Subspace warheads was likely not an issue.

Hexalan was not responsible for the attack.
\\END//

Torus: 83%

[ACH0225]

The Strigiforme reiterate their demands, and refuse to back down with their solid evidence of a Hexalani attack, namely recovered ship data cores and debris. The Strigiforme also ask the AUF to remain uninolved in business that does not concern them.

[Vinyl]

= Songful Heartwriter =
"We're going for plan B."
The officer nodded, and left the cabin. The view of outside shortly turned into that of slipspace.

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A large amount of slipspace jumps [meta]vessels operating under Command, such as research vessels, transports, flagships, as well as the majority of the upgraded vessels[/meta] may be detected from all across the Expanses, with the destination being mostly the same - Zuguthian space.