<highly encrypted message>
to:-REDCHIGH-, independant
from: BattleDoctor, Voinian
(The Voinians are interested in your services. We would be willing to reward you greatly if you serve us well. If you are interested, reply, and you will be sent a description of your mission)
END

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BattleDoctor orders his scientists on the newly rebuilt research station in the Isled system to begin designing a homing missile (similar to the Hunter missile, but faster) to be fitted on a new variant of Voinian frigates.
Also: Construction is to begin on 2 more vessels of the Dreadnought class, the V.E.S. Borb and the V.E.S. Kelmaon.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 03-24-2001).)

Taylor became one of the Miranu.

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Taylor, you're currently designing a class of fighter called the Trident. Read
backwards to learn more about the story. I had to take control of the Miranu for
a while, you see.

Thanks for joining!

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

Titan, sure you can be second of the Odin, be no thirds please, as we still
need an Igadzra!

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Paladin listens carefully about the U.E.S Paladin. It has also been fitted with
Phased Beamers now - a whole army of them. The insides are to be completed, but
it won't be long.

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Paladin blows up a couple more Azdgari.

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ENCRYPTED MESSAGE TO RIMA

Samurai and Arada Pilot definately have somehting planned. Something big. The Odine
are likely in need of a special mineral to make their ships - they have not been
sighted building new ships for a while since they arrived.

They are now designing new ships, though. Their numbers are raising. They must be
collecting a mineral from somewhere. I am sending an automated strike force of UE
Destroyers to F-25. They will take note of sensor readings and kamikase themselves.

The readings will then be sent to you. If you have any chemical in your land that
is the same as our readings, we suggest you form a blockade, and we'll send you
the cloak detector from the U.E.S Paladin in a Cruiser.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

Hmm, not my decision, but I think Taylor would be well suited to the Miranu. Plus, we really need a Miranu player.

Titan: I'd except you as my second-in-command, but there are other slots that need to be filled more urgently. I think you should take the Igadzra, they'd be perfect for you. Let's get the slots filled before we start joining as S-I-Cs.

(End Matchmaking)

All Odine Warships have been refitted with Tachyonic Lasers. The new ship design has been codenamed, "Viper." The Viper is a sleek vessel, about 5 Kilometers long. Other details are top-secret.

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Macintosh for productivity, Linux for development, Palm for mobility, and Windows for Solitaire.

Aw, darn, only read to the end of page one before posting. Sorry. Still, I think Titan should be Igadzra leader.

As the Odine Destroyer comes back to Zidagar for the next shipment, it delivers a message.

"It looks like the hunams have got the wind up about our mining. I think we've got to shut down now, save this spot for later. If they find us now, we'll never be able to get any more UC when we need it. We've got enough here to last us a little bit, let's head back to base."

"Yes sir.

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Macintosh for productivity, Linux for development, Palm for mobility, and Windows for Solitaire.

The U.E.S Paladin is almost complete.

Two more Tridents fly onto New Taranto to be placed in its bay.

More SAD launchers are being added, and on Earth the U.E.S Apollo, yet another
supership, is being built.

The Apollo is to be stronger, larger, but not have any fighters.

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ENCRYPTED MESSAGE TO TAYLOR / RIMA
It is good to see that our alliance is working well. I am happy to inform you
that soon the U.E.S Paladin will be ready, and after that the U.E.S Apollo.

I am glad that the Zidagar are improving their ships with new rockets - since
this is taking much time I assume it will be super powerful?

I hope you can fit some of the launchers, when completed, on my ships.

We are building more UE Cruisers - scrapping old UE Destroyers for the newer ships.
The Voinians are mainly silent - I assume they are up to something.

But of course, we are up to something much better.

I think the Azdgari underestimate our abilities. They do not understand that the
U.E.S Paladin will be available within a day or so - once it is ready it will use
advanced hyperspace engines to reach Azdgari land and cause devastation.

The U.E.S Apollo will primarily be used against the Voinians.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

I still need a second in command...someone needs to lead the Voinians on Thursday, Friday, and every other Saturday. Someone accept. Also, I really need someone to be the IA and the Igadzra, so I might have a few allies. I'm gonna get slaughtered at this rate.

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Construction is going well on the V.E.S. Borb and the V.E.S. Kelmaon. After their completion, 2 more Dreadnought class ships are planned to be built. They will be named at a later date. Scientists an Isled are proceeding with the Homing missile project. The plan is currently to add these missiles on all new interceptors, and to add them to some existing frigates.

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BattleDoctor is ordering more ships to move to key points at the border, but quietly and gradually so as not to get noticed. Only a few extra ships will be moved to Vorik, but Gamur will receive extra ships.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

I agree not to move against the Voinians until you have at least one ally.

And careful how fast you build those Dreadnoughts. Remember that in EVO the first
dreadnought's crew was so large that they had to completely depopulate the Isled system
to build it - I know that you've missed a lot and deserve to build them faster but
don't go overboard.

And the U.E.S Paladin is limited to a crew of 307 - Apollo will be 793.

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The U.E.S Paladin leaves New Taranto for the first time. Armed with Stellar to Stellar
Missiles, which are as powerful as Voinian rockets, and SAD modules, it is incredibly
powerful. It has dozens of launchers for both, 1000 SAD modules and nearly 2000 STS
missiles. It is fitted with a huge number of blaze cannons, can detect cloaking devices
(not Odine ones, though) and carries a full 12 Tridents, which use a very long ranged
laser called a Pulse Laser to damage and also tractor in enemies while out of their
weapons range.

The combined work of all United Earth, with great help from the Miranu and Zidagar,
is accompanied always by over 200 Scoutships which carry packed blaze turrets, ready
to swarm over the U.E.S Paladin and transform it's weaponry.

Nearly 7 foot long, the U.E.S Paladin goes into a fast hyperspace north to Zidagar
lands, where it plans to crush as many Azdgari as possible.

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Nobody knows this, but I'll tell you anyway. Remember - no defending against because
you don't know about it, nor do you know about the U.E.S Paladin's weapons. I intend
to place the U.E.S Paladin outside an Azdgari system and have the STS missiles pummel
away at Azdgari ships. When they come closer they will be met by Zidagar <hopefully>
and UE ships, while still being hit by STS missiles and also SAD modules.

Then, when the Azdgari mass a more powerful attack, the U.E.S Paladin will slip away
under cloak.

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The U.E.S Apollo is quickly being constructed. They have modified a rescued Emalgha
turret to fire in a 360 degree angle, and now have enough to fit on the U.E.S Apollo,
which will be used against Voinians. Everything else has yet to be made, plans are
ready though.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

Quote

Originally posted by Paladin:
And careful how fast you build those Dreadnoughts. Remember that in EVO the first dreadnought's crew was so large that they had to completely depopulate the Isled system
to build it - I know that you've missed a lot and deserve to build them faster but don't go overboard

I'm not going overbaord... my Dreadnoughts will take a while to build, and I will gather a bunch of crew members from far west Voinian space. Besides... Isled was just a research station... it couldn't have been too hard to depopulate it.
Also: We are farther in the future now, and we have new, faster shipbuilding techniques and equipment.

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Scientists on Isled are proceeding well with their projects.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 03-25-2001).)

Rima recieved a message from Vl;agos.She quickly took off and went to Vlagos.When she got there 10 Zidaras and the UE Cruiser she had sent all had a new weapon.Standing there celebrating were all the scientists human and Zidgar.She quickly walked over to the ships.A Phase Rocket Launcher was installed in each ship.The Zidaras all had 20 phase rockets and the Cruiser had 40.Quickly Shalck came over."We have finished!If you want to see how much power there is find an Azdgari warship and let fly 2 rockets.The shield will be down and 1/4 of the armor.another and it's disabled.It's still a little weak and we're trying to get it down to 2 PR's to disable a AW.""Quickly do that.I'll test it out.I'll take those 5 Zidaras and take them out for a test.
~Message to Paladin,heavily encrypted~
I have finished the protype of the Phase Rocket.When it is fully finished I shall send you the blueprints and a launcher+10 PR's.I am going to test them out on the Igadzra before I go after the Azdgari.Hopefully this weopon will do good.
~End~
She takes the 5 Zidaras to Mark.There were 3 Igazra and 2 Igadzra aradas.They were destroyed within a minute of engagment.Rima smiled and returned them all to Vlagos.

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"Captain!The Monkey is after us!""What!It can't be.WE killed it in Zachit!""It used a Escape Pod""Run!"*A sound from space"ooahoah""Too late!

BattleDoctor orders all Voinian ships making runs into UE space, in Pax, or anywhere not in our space to fall back to the border and strengthen it. He orders them to not fire until fired upon.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 03-25-2001).)

I agree not to move against the Voinians until you have at least one ally.

And careful how fast you build those Dreadnoughts. Remember that in EVO the first
dreadnought's crew was so large that they had to completely depopulate the Isled system
to build it - I know that you've missed a lot and deserve to build them faster but
don't go overboard.

And the U.E.S Paladin is limited to a crew of 307 - Apollo will be 793.

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The U.E.S Paladin leaves New Taranto for the first time. Armed with Stellar to Stellar
Missiles, which are as powerful as Voinian rockets, and SAD modules, it is incredibly
powerful. It has dozens of launchers for both, 1000 SAD modules and nearly 2000 STS
missiles. It is fitted with a huge number of blaze cannons, can detect cloaking devices
(not Odine ones, though) and carries a full 12 Tridents, which use a very long ranged
laser called a Pulse Laser to damage and also tractor in enemies while out of their
weapons range.

The combined work of all United Earth, with great help from the Miranu and Zidagar,
is accompanied always by over 200 Scoutships which carry packed blaze turrets, ready
to swarm over the U.E.S Paladin and transform it's weaponry.

Nearly 7 foot long, the U.E.S Paladin goes into a fast hyperspace north to Zidagar
lands, where it plans to crush as many Azdgari as possible.

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Nobody knows this, but I'll tell you anyway. Remember - no defending against because
you don't know about it, nor do you know about the U.E.S Paladin's weapons. I intend
to place the U.E.S Paladin outside an Azdgari system and have the STS missiles pummel
away at Azdgari ships. When they come closer they will be met by Zidagar <hopefully>
and UE ships, while still being hit by STS missiles and also SAD modules.

Then, when the Azdgari mass a more powerful attack, the U.E.S Paladin will slip away
under cloak.

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The U.E.S Apollo is quickly being constructed. They have modified a rescued Emalgha
turret to fire in a 360 degree angle, and now have enough to fit on the U.E.S Apollo,
which will be used against Voinians. Everything else has yet to be made, plans are
ready though.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

I understand you need and Igazdra player. Now you've got one.

Thunder, Prime Minister of the Igadzra, considered his situation. Alliances were forming all across the galaxy, and the Igadzra, a paranoid people by nature, didn't want to be left out. The Odine had come from beyond the galaxy, and allied with the Igadzra's rivals, the Azdgari. Without an ally, the Igadzra would not stand a chance. Thunder knew that the Igadzra had begun work on a turretted beam; an experimental idea but one that held promise; but that it would not be ready for quite a while. Perhaps too long.

What his ships needed was strong armor. Armor that would allow them to survive and continue on. The choice was obvious: The Voinian Empire. Though their ethics were questionable, they would make a powerful ally, and would together they could ensure the survival of both their races.

MESSAGE TO BATTLEDOCTOR<<<
Encryption sequence Beta-4 confirmed<<<

This is Thunder, Prime Minister of the Igadzra Republic. I suggest a coalition; an alliance between our people. My people have strong shield technology and yours have strong armor. Together we would make a force to be reckoned with; and could ensure our survival in the coming conflicts.

I await your response.

-Thunder out.

END MESSAGE<<<

(OOC): Anyone got a game map for this story?

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A hatch opened up and the aliens said,
"We're sorry to learn that you soon will be dead,
But though you may find this slightly macabre,
We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job."

(This message has been edited by Thunder (edited 03-25-2001).)

Feel free to make a game map for yourself.

The Odine have one planet - F-25. No other system changes have occured if no-one
chooses the Imperium Alliance.

If someone does choose the I.A, give them four or five systems between the UE and
Miranu, all with stations.

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The U.E.S Paladin reaches the Zidagar homeworld. It engages three Igazras outside the
Terapin system, destroying down with primary weapons with ease.

It then moves on to Mark, where it assualts some of the forces there. Before it can
turn into a proper battle, the U.E.S Paladin cloaks and runs away.

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OUT OF GAME MESSAGE: Wow. I forgot that the Voinians and Igadzra would be so strong in
an alliance. I'll have to start being careful - I'm surrounded!

This really is going to be interesting. And everybody, when massing major attacks
let not be silly about it - it would be the most fun if all three sides got involved, not
just 2 involved in a war and the other left the do whatever they want.

Also, Titan, your technology is both perfectly acceptable and also scary.
I've finished "controlling" the Miranu so they could do with something to research.
Azdgari/Odine, careful how many of these superships you create - don't make it too unfair.

The following sides have depleted their money stocks a lot:
United Earth
Voinian

The Zidagar and Igadzra specials cost less, I think.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

<sending message: Beta-4 encryption>
To: Thunder, Igadzra
From: BattleDoctor, Voinian
(Greetings, noble and wise Igadzra. The Voinians agree that an alliance would benfit both our peoples greatly. We realize that the current situation warrants that we break from our years of xenophobic isolation and embrace at least one other culture as worthy of not being destroyed. A combination of your sheilds, my armor, and our different weapons would be unstoppable, and that is exactly what we need in the current situation. Send diplomats to Svass Station ASAP so we can finalize this treaty and begin an exchange of technologies. We eagerly await your response)
<end message>

P.S. Thank you for being the Igadzra. Now all I need is a second in command...

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

The U.E.S Apollo is getting along, although there is little money for anything
outside it's creation. The armour is being fitted now. It will be bigger than the
U.E.S Paladin but not as fast, and an ultimate ship against Voinians.

Beware of this Voinians - I'm not joking when I say this could eat Dreadnought
after Dreadnought after Dreadnought for breakfast.

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Meanwhile, a lone UE Destroyer witnesses a number of Igadzra ships travelling west
above UE space. Having no quarrel with the Igadzra, he lets it slip past.

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The U.E.S Paladin and Z.S.S Topaz work together to take larger pieces out of the
Igadzra navy, and run away before a major retaliation can begin.

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ENCRYPTED MESSAGE TO RIMA
You are holding this land well. I hand command of the U.E.S Paladin temporarily over
to you, and I will return to UE space.

I am delighted to hear of the completion of the Phased rocket! Also am I glad that
both our forces are almost entirely technologically combined. I'm sending some ships
to Miranu space, hopefully to receive hyperspace speed upgrades <Miranu had that at
the start>. I suggest you buy some magnetic mines off the Miranu, and I will
manufacture some of my own.

Paladin out.

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NOTE: Magnetic mines are small cloaked mines, more powerful than the human type, that
automatically lock onto a nearby ship and travel a distance to it and explode. They
can be avoided only with a cloak detector <UE have in their U.E.S Paladin, Odine have,
others must research>

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

Message to Battledoctor, Voinians. Encryption sequence Gamma-2 confirmed<<<

I agree, it is time for both our races to come out of isolation. Our diplomats have been sent in a convoy of five Igazras and ten Igazra aradas. They should arrive at Svass soon. I look forward to our cooperation.

End message<<<

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A hatch opened up and the aliens said,
"We're sorry to learn that you soon will be dead,
But though you may find this slightly macabre,
We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job."

Change of plans for the Voinians. Due to financial concerns and recent developments wwith the Igadzra, all plans for Dreadnoughts are being scrapped exccept for the V.E.S. Kelmaon. Materials and money allocated to the scrapped projects will be put in reserve, possibly to be spent on implementing Igadzra technologies in our ships.

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The Homing Missile Project is nearing completion. The missile, when finished, will similar in guidance to the Hunter missile, but with strength around twice as strong as that of the rocket, and it will be faster than the Hunter. Due to size issues, it will not be fitted to Voinian interceptors as was earlier planned, and what it will be fitted to is undergoing evaluation. Scientists on Isled have not yet named the missile, but it will doubtless be named soon.

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"...Until next time, take care of yourselves, and each other." Jerry Springer

(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 03-25-2001).)

(This message has been edited by BattleDoctor (edited 03-25-2001).)

The U.E.S Apollo has little report - some paintwork here, floorboards there, etc.

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Paladin returns to UE space, where he deploys his forces strategically. HE REQUESTS
MAGNETIC MINES FROM TAYLOR to portect his space more successfully. He gathers together
a force of UE Cruisers and uses them to take Dogover by force - an easy enough task.

Once Dogover was his, he had little time on his hands. He planted explosives on Pax
and fled to Bakka. When the Voinians arrived there, they found that Pax had completely
gone.

Paladin did this because he feared the Voinians might use it as a jumping off base.
Now they must attack from someplace like Vorik, which means more time to set up defences.

NOTE: If you don't agree with this post then that's fine. It doesn't make much difference - it's just that Pax is in the way of any conflicts. Also, Paaren Station is
complete with Voinian armour, but the UE have not established a foothold within Voinian
space like in the game.

The Voinians have Emalgha ships and weapons if they can find any practical use to them.

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-------ENCRYPTED MESSAGE TO RIMA, TAYLOR----------
I hope that everything is going well with you. I suggest that we meet to consider our next
move. I suggest we do so at Priat, and consider where we should attack. We must attack
soon, as our enemies are growing stronger very quickly.

I will see you there, and will make the trip in a UE Scoutship to formally represent the UE government. Remember, Rima, I'm leaving the U.E.S Paladin in your hands. The
U.E.S Apollo shall remain mine, and Taylor may have my third ship, the U.E.S Cavalier,
once we begin and finish building it.

AND TAYLOR: Research something fun!

Paladin out.

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.

And roostersw, would you be so kind as to rate the power of our alliances:

UE - MIRANU - ZIDAGAR
With a supercruiser, phased rockets and a new hit and run fighter.

VOINIAN - IGADZRA
Nearly 2 Dreadnoughts, 2 more afterwards. Developing turreted laser. Large armies

ODINE - AZDGARI
Super powerful ships, that powerful weapon the Odine have, superwarships nearly built

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This is Esponer reincarnated after an accident with a phased beamer and a shipment of Saalian brandy.