Story Arc 2- The Conspiracy

[Professor Fenway]

UAC, you're going to have a VERY hard time attacking me with a 60-ship sending limit and a 3 month charging period. And that's ignoring the fact that the gate was previously crippled, and nobody said they were repairing it.

But ok, if that's the way we're going...

The 12 and 13th Defense Fleet have moved in proximity to the Quantum Gate connecting Andromeda and the Milky Way in order to blockade it. Currently engaging the sizeable force stationed there.

-Research lab Helix orbiting NeoRome-

Fenway looked at the small device. Quickly constructed, it only operated on a small scale. But it could be increased in size.

"What's its function?" He asked.

"Phase disruptor," replied one of the scientists near him. "Pulls anything and everything near it out of FTL."

"And how exactly does it work?"

"Generates a Space-Time bubble that serves to confuse and otherwise shut down FTL without entering FTL itself." Fenway opened a report.

"Seems like it works on FTL technology."

"It is FTL technology Hierarch. Just without the warping."

"In that case it's cheap." The scientist nodded. "I want ship-shield versions sent to every vessel above Destroyer class, and Fleet-Disruption versions sent to every dreadnought."

"Right away sir."

-WAR DESK-

The First and 7th Battle Fleet are enroute to the third contested frontier world to retake the lost colonies, after the 2nd and 4th were forced to retreat due to Hadron Cannon damage. Massive losses have been obtained because of these pesky weapons.

[Crash Override]

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Retrofitting main battlefleet with Hydrometal cannons.

Spoiler:

It uses an electromagnetic field to shape and accelerate a stream of superheated molten metal to relativistic velocities, which then impacts its target and deals horrendous damage. The weapons fire appears as a bright blue beam. its a form of new 'evolution" in long range weaponry

The defense flootilas are constructing arrays of small torpedo stations armed with JAVELIN torpedoes.

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Attack flootilas leading attacks at the Orion footholds to help with fleets and leading minor planetary bombardments.

A medium taskforce was created to regain one of the planets at NeoRoman control.A salvo of hadron cannon shots are shoot trought then,damaging minor ships like frigates and weakening the shields of the cruisers.

[ACH0225]

The Barrage Cannon shots destroy leftover ships and kills some civilians, the fleet destroys the defenses, yada yada.

Now, from outside the system jumps in some harvesters. With the majority of enemy forces gone or dead, the harvesters have an easy time salvaging scrap hulls. Then, a large asteroid mining ship jumps in. It flies to the gap in the planet, and uses a proboscis like apparatus to suck up the leaking core of the planet, gaining valuable tons of metals.

[Crash Override]

The Barrage Cannon shots destroy leftover ships and kills some civilians, the fleet destroys the defenses, yada yada.

Now, from outside the system jumps in some harvesters. With the majority of enemy forces gone or dead, the harvesters have an easy time salvaging scrap hulls. Then, a large asteroid mining ship jumps in. It flies to the gap in the planet, and uses a proboscis like apparatus to suck up the leaking core of the planet, gaining valuable tons of metals.

The before mentioned protected frigates try to attack,being destroyed very fast.
The Strigeform casualitys are the below
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROV6bmWDY1w[/video]

[ACH0225]

I lost that much or you did? Because my ships have shields better than anyone else, so one-shoting them is not feasable. Then there's also the Aigaiion with the NeoRoman fusion splicers as well as missile frigates.

[Crash Override]

I lost that much or you did? Because my ships have shields better than anyone else, so one-shoting them is not feasable. Then there's also the Aigaiion with the NeoRoman fusion splicers as well as missile frigates.

OOC: I did. The last ones went kamikaze or tryied to shoot you. They were all destroyed,but they rammed in some ships destroying minor cruisers or damaging some harvesters.And we dontr destroyed your ships,only weakened a little. And only the smaller ones.

[ACH0225]

A few hours after declaring war, all major shipyards and industrial centers in Strigiforme controlled space were commandeered for the war effort, and the fruits of that decision were showing. A little over a thousand frigates had been made, along with hundreds of cruisers, over 350 carriers, and a few dozen dreadnoughts. They were only slightly worse than regular ships, with shields only slightly better than the enemy and weapons left over from long years of stockpiling. These new ships were joined by ships that had been mothballed, and were placed in indefinite stasis. These were older ships, worse designs with aged systems and weapons platforms. They were deployed to fight off even worse armed pirates so that the majority of the military could be deployed to fight their enemy.

Even now, a little over a thousand mixed Strigiforme ships pour into Darkstar space in what is referred to as a quick, lightning-like war, hoping to take out Darkstar before they can build up defenses. Many worlds have already fallen to Strigiforme control, most very badly damaged.

[Crash Override]

OOC: Blitzkrieg dont function when someone has intel.

The Darkstar space? Seams to be very lonely...till hundreds and hundreds of ships appear out of decloack,creating a temporary barrier firing a salvo of JAVELIN torpedoes. The make-up fleet,created from older ships,mercenaries,civillians with modified weapons and crime leaders attacked the fleet systematically.With fast hit&run tactics,various ships were damaged,even if slightly.Some retrofitted ships even have a Hydrometal cannon itself,shooting a ray of molten metal bypassing any energy shield [Only kinetic shields resist,if you have,NICE! \O] The slower cruisers,even with powerfull shields,was being damaged by the wolfpacks of fast attack frigates and corvettes,unable to achieve this level of manueverability,going in and out of stealth.As the ships were old,they cant track a advanced cloacking system.The planetary Surface to Space lasers were trying to help with long range strikes.

EXPLATION ON JAVELIN

Spoiler:

The Javelin is an experimental close-assault weapon consisting of paired disruptor torpedo tubes bolted or magnetically "slung" onto the ship's exterior armored hull. The torpedoes are fired on converging trajectories, detonating in a precisely timed sequence that allows the dark energy emitted by their warheads to resonate, magnifying the resulting space-time warp effects and literally shredding the target apart. These weapons are powerful enough to destroy a huge Dreadnought vessel with several volleys.

OOC: I dont destroyed your Giant fleet,im only attacking and damaging then with fast frigates and long range attacks.As they advance trought the space,they are being damaged and a space disruption devices are stoping they warp. Think the Warp Inibitor from the Sins of Solar Empire.This is gaining us time to build the official "Maginot Line"
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The full production of cheap ships [Corvettes and Frigates] with emphasis in stealth and disruption technology.
The construction of defenses is growing to never achieved levels in Darkstar systems.
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TechTronic industries agree to sell a basic Wormhole generator to Darkstar.Reverse enginered to function as a Matter-Antimatter cannon.

[ACH0225]

@Lightspeed

This fleet I have, it is full military. With good shields. And professional weapons. The fleet is also, for lack of better words, fuckmassive. It is literally the combined efforts of several hundred shipyards. You can't just retrofit ships with weapons and cloaks you pull from your anus. There's no post saying, "hey, we're retrofitting these ships". I've been stockpiling weapons and defenses since second page, an I say in the same post as I declare war on you that I am commandeering all shipyards.

I'm calling asspull on this one
And our shields block it all. Energy, kinetics, plasma, microwaves, antimatter, walruses. Whole thing.

[Crash Override]

@Lightspeed

This fleet I have, it is full military. With good shields. And professional weapons. The fleet is also, for lack of better words, I bite my thumb at. It is literally the combined efforts of several hundred shipyards. You can't just retrofit ships with weapons and cloaks you pull from your anus. There's no post saying, "hey, we're retrofitting these ships". I've been stockpiling weapons and defenses since second page, an I say in the same post as I declare war on you that I am commandeering all shipyards. And our shields block it all. Energy, kinetics, plasma, microwaves, antimatter, walruses. Whole thing.

I'm calling asspull on this one

OOC: Calm down,buddy! My Roleplay is not so good,What i was trying to say is that you found the defense forces,just that. They are not amazing,they are just this,defense forces.Calm down! Im not pulling a giant fleet out of my arse. Im just saying that the pirates and the defense force are uniting againts you,and what damage they are making. Not much compared to your giant fleet of doom,so calm down,please!

[Professor Fenway]

Ok, no plot device. Yet.

Lightspeed, i think you are being a bit OP. I find it odd that you automatically adjust to every change to NeoRoman/Strigiforme fleet change. FTL disruptor for Hadron Storm? New weapon. Stealth Disruptor? New Stealth. Invincible ship? Super-unstoppable missile.

Also, what idiot shield designer would NOT factor Kinetics into the equation? NeoRome uses Kinetic Energy Spheres, which are very effective, just not as common as Fusion Coil Splicers, which are easier to manage.

[Crash Override]

Ok, no plot device. Yet.

Lightspeed, i think you are being a bit OP. I find it odd that you automatically adjust to every change to NeoRoman/Strigiforme fleet change. FTL disruptor for Hadron Storm? New weapon. Stealth Disruptor? New Stealth. Invincible ship? Super-unstoppable missile.

Also, what idiot shield designer would NOT factor Kinetics into the equation? NeoRome uses Kinetic Energy Spheres, which are very effective, just not as common as Fusion Coil Splicers, which are easier to manage.

OOC: I agree with everything,but the "new stealth" is a very old idea,you can look at the beggining of the RP.And the "Super missile" is old too
Sorry for the FTL disruptor thing,after all,i have problems with Opness. My sincere sorry.

[ACH0225]

Your original stealth from the beginning was discovered. We can see you. You can't stop that without developing new stuff. An the missile was only just mentioned at the start if this conflict, with no note saying "new missile being developed" or anything like that that I can recall.

[Crash Override]

Your original stealth from the beginning was discovered. We can see you. You can't stop that without developing new stuff. An the missile was only just mentioned at the start if this conflict, with no note saying "new missile being developed" or anything like that that I can recall.

OOC: Sorry guys,i was thinking that the RP was tied with the Ships thread. All ships that i build there have this type of torpedo. Whatever,what about this: The JAVELIN is just a torpedo with a fancy name? And look at the page 7 of this roleplay to know what im talking about. Or look few pages bacK where i was talking about the project ZETA-SINGULARITY. Sorry for the opnes once again.

[ACH0225]

Zeta was just a giant cloak, as I recall. Not a new one, just a big one. I think.