The Wraith's Shadow arrived in the Vorik system, in which several Voinian fighters and a Frigate were patrolling. They're so big and slow...even a UE fighter could fly circles around those lumps. though ESPilot. The Voinian fighters instantly went to where the arada was when they saw it on their scanners, but couldn't see the ship on visual. He entered the moon's atmosphere and cruised around until he found the base. All I need are some neutron cannons. After they get the plans for that, it shouldn't be too hard to stick them on a rotating platform... The ship landed just past the base in a small overhanging ravine, where it could only barely be seen from a certain angle. Taking with him his lockpicks, gun, and his special ionized iron dagger, he set off towards the base in his black clothing. He got into the base easily and went straight for the outfitting section. There were several neutron cannons there, but how he'd get them into his ship's cargo bays was a mystery. Then he got an idea. There was bound to be at least one cargo transporter out there, and he could scan it's cargo, disable it, and tow it back to earth. He went out of the base posthaste and made for his ship. He launched and broke the atmosphere. There were three cargo transporters, one of them having a Frigate and two Voinian Fighters as guards. Must be something important. He set the ship to just float, and went to the cargo scanners. One of them was carrying a good bit of what looked like food, another with it's cargo bay full of a substance very similar to what the humans called 'marujana'. The one under guard was carrying three neutron cannons, a turret of some sort, and a very thick alloy material. The guards would be no problem. He flew in close and fired a pursuit missile at what he thought were the cockpits for the fighters, and they both went up in flames. The turrets on the frigate were armed quickly, but ESPilot simply fired two missiles at each bridge and the windows shattered, and the crew were sucked out into the vacuum of space. He then did the same for the cargo transport, dodging the neutron bolts since the turrets fired at him based on the scanner readings. He attached some tow cables to the ship, and pulled it through hyperspace into Pokoren.

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YOU NO LIKE DA ESP? DA ESP NO LIKE YOU.

The Dark Angels,accompanied by the Human Renegades,jumped into DSN-2131 to defend The Rock.
The Fallen Angel launched it's 6 fighters,which sped towards the Zachit,strafing their Gunships and flying away before the Zachit could get a good lock on them.
While the Fallen Angel launched SADs at Zidagar Zidaras,blasting apart any fighters which came close with Phase Turrets,the Angel's Lair fired swarms of SADs at the Miranu Battlecruisers.
Dark Angel Aradas went after the Dryad Missileboats,strafing them with Phase fire as they shot past,launching SADs at the far end of their run,then speeding back to strafe the enemy again as the SADs hit.

(In-System Short-Range Commlink)
(To:Azdgari)
(Fr:Commander Saraine)
(We're here and kicking,friends.These guys are going down!)

OOC:I just love this webstory!

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OOC: Shade, in my previous post, I told exactly what I was sending to the Rock.

Payback grins as he assesses the battle. the Adzgari are faring well against the Zidagar, numerical superiority goes a long way. He receives the Adzgari's message, and knows he can handle what forces the Zachit have so far committed to the battle. He assigns the CWs, with Punishing One in the lead, to tear into the gunships, while the Crescent fighters handle dogfight duty and the Aradas battle it out with the superior Zachit cousin. He instructs his Aradas to take targets of opportunity, but to generally stay out of a fray until his Laziras catch up and can aid in the fight. He knows that with the Laziras, the group can handle the Aradas easily, especially with the fase turrets in place, but with 3 times as many Zachit Aradas, that his renegades cannot deal with that.

The appearance of the Miranu vessels across the system worry him a bit, but the defense fleet may slow them down. By the time they arrive, his forces should be well into the mopping up duty. He instructs his group to watch for jump-ins to the fight and dives into the fray. Gunships scatter in the onslaught, not yet taking serious damage and learning of the improved range. "This," Payback thought, "should be an interesting battle."

Meanwhile, news of a large battle brewing has reached the South Tip, along with plans for the new fase turret. They immediately begin to equip their ships.

PROJECTS:
Outfitting 3/4s of North Tip Fleet with fase weapons: 1 posts
Outfitting all of South Tip Fleet with fase weapons: 4 posts
Flimsiplast armor: 1 posts

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Treat all the world as the world deserves,
With love or with hate but never with harm,
--an excerpt from The Seafarer , an Anglo-Saxon poem translation

Paul saw the new ships arrive on his sensor screen, and watched as they moved to engage forces that were friendly to him. "Navigation, I want you to plot us a course directly over the Rock and towards the new arrivals. Refocus shields where we start recieving damage. Transfer energy out of our reserves and put it into shields. Weapons, concentrate your fire on the new arrivals and the Rock as we pass it." Paul opened a commlink to the other Miranu ships. "Alright, lets form up. Follow me in, fire on targets as they approach." The ships soon assumed defensive positions to the rear of the Argentium Wing. "Engage."

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Seeing the arrival of the Renegades,the Dark Angel Aradas bread off their attacks on the Dryads,pounding them with SADs as they go to provide covering fire.
The Dark Angel fighters also break off to assist the Renegades.
The Fallen Angel and Angel's Lair remain on the edges of the system to launch SADs at the three Miranu battleships.

(In-System Short-Range Commlink)
(To:Payback,Commander of NT Renegades)
(Fr:Saraine,Commander of the Dark Angels)
(Greetings.How can we assist you in this battle?Do you have any targets you'd like us to go after?
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels Flagship Fallen Angel )

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The commanders of the 5 fleets of the Zachit were in trouble

"Damnit call for Crusader and Silver Falcon, we can't do it alone!"

(Message to Crusader and Silver Falcon)
(From the ZMZA at The Rock)
Damnit were going down get up here and assist.
(end)

Each leader of the his group picked one damaged Arada to take out the 5 Azdgari Warships. they were instructed to get under the Warship and than Fly as fast as possilbe straight into the bottom of the Warship destrpying it, leaving The Rock open for Crusader and Silver Falcon.

Each Arada picked a Warship, the more shields one of them had, the Warship with more sheilds they took. The Arada's flew on with Fighters drawing off the attacks from the Warship keeping the Arada's safe.

The First Arada Shot under the Warship kicked in the afterburner and tore through the ship, part of the pointy part went off like a javilin going right threw a Lazira.

Every Arada had done t's job and a bunch of Fighters and Gunships took out the Warships that managed to stay alive.

Now all they needed was to hold off forces from the Rock while Crusader and Falcon arrived

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Cap'n Redeye sat back in his desk, after hearing of the robbery executed by ESPilot. He smiled, though. Once the Gunships were done he would send a few to chase ESPilot, and the rest to the UE front, to fortify the Voinian systems there. Now he needed a powerful fighter, so he began upgrading the Interceptor. The upgrade would consist of four neutron cannons, and two rocket launchers, each with four rockets. But still they didn't have enough shielding........

(From Voina)
(To Mira)

The Voinians would finace a fleet of ships to defend your freighter convoys if you would use one of your research facilities to design a fast-recharging shield system that can fit on one of our interceptors. By the time this message reaches you, there should be another freighter that is carrying a Interceptor in it for you to test the shields on a few systems away.

(End message)

Cap'n Redeye then looked at his plans to take over Emalgaha. Once the secret project was done, he would be able to neutralize any of the Emalgaha's fleets at will. To further speed up research on everything, he began converting Ekiup Station into a research station.

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Ship Construction-26 posts
secret project-14 posts
Station Modification-6 posts
Voinian Gunship-13 posts

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"WHAT DO YOU WANT!"
-Arthur Kane

Cap'n Redeye, upon hearing of the robbery executed by ESPilot, sits back in his chair. Good thing before he took over all the neutron designs had been made so that they, no matter how much reengineering, could never be converted to put on another warship. He smiled, then began looking over the plans he had to neutralize the Emalgaha's fleet. It would work wonderfully, he knew, so he went on to other matters. First, he needed a better interceptor. That would be easy enough. Cap'n Redeye ordered his techs to strip an Interceptor of its weaponry, and begin modifying it, to put four neutron cannons and two rocket launcher with four rockets apiece on it. Then he sent a message to the Miranu, asking them to design a fast-recharge shielding mechanism that would fit on an Interceptor that had all the firepower mentioned above, and then waited. And if they couldn't, he began modifying Ekiup Station into a research station, to speed up the Voinian's research program.

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secret project-14 posts
Voinian Gunship-13 posts
Station Modification-8 posts
Interceptor Upgrade-6 posts

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"WHAT DO YOU WANT!"
-Arthur Kane

OOC: Take a vote for whether or not to make the rest of this battle one big post. Keep in mind if this takes too long, the main objective wont happen, cause this webstory WONT go over three pages.

"Message to all fleets- The Zachit have torn up five of our warships- let's make sure it doesn't happen again"
20 warships that aren't in an immediate battle break off, and head toward several gunships clustered together. Their phase weaponry takes out the Gunship's shields down, and although the gunships fire back, it's just not enough. One of them fires it's repulsor beam, but it barely budges the azdgari warship that has it in it's targets. Suddenly, 7 aradas come at the gunships from behind, and Dispys finish it off.

United Earth

Message to: Human Renegades
From: United Earth
We welcome your assistance at Paaren, but since we are at peace, you need to decide whether or not to follow our laws. If you dont, then our destroyers will attack you. First of all, get rid of the voinian space mine field.

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"I- I Swear Officer.. The Dwarf was on fire when I got here!"
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"....This is only what I think. We can't in a million years guess what goes on in the snarling, churning bowels of Red's head."
~ESPilot

OOC:What is the main objective?If Redchigh wants to make the Battle of The Rock one big post,I'll cede my forces to him for the battle.

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Sorry Redeye, but I'll have to revoke your second post there, it not being quite as believable as the first. Besides, the first one is more detailed, and detail is good in a webstory

ESPilot had left the transport in the Luna dock and was now lounging in The Bunker, looking around and thinking of how easy it would be to simply take all the liquor from under the guards' noses and stow it in the Sahara for whenever he needed a drink or two. Suddenly a man came in, who was not a man. He was a strandless, no doubt, and the guards and some patrons were a bit disturbed by his entry. He sat down at ESPilot's table and ESPilot said "So what do you want here, Serryc?" The alien responded "Listen, something's going down in the Crescent. The Azdgari are trying to make lots of alliances all of a sudden; the Emalgha, the Renegades, and..." his voice lowered to a whisper "the Igadzra!" ESPilot was not one easily startled, but at this his eyes widened noticeably. "They've been acting kind of strange. They've stolen one of the Zidagar's phased beamers, asked the Voinians for a shipment of thick alloys, and have even gotten Saraine and his crew on their side. I believe that this is part of some scheme of theirs. You and I know how they are; cruel, trecherous, and very reckless, but this kind of working-togetherness is beyond abnormal for them. I'm pretty sure they're developing some kind of supership; something with which they can wipe out all the Strands and rule absolutely." "But, there's probably one thing they didn't figure in." ESPilot said with a smirk. Serryc gave him a quizzical look, and ESPilot said "The Council. They won't allow an imbalance in the war. You and I both know that too. Every time some grand idea of conquering was put before the Council, no matter how flawless, it was dismissed. Any attempt of alliance was futile. They want the war to keep happening, and it won't if the Azdgari come to power above the other two. You're more familiar with the Council than I am. They'll probably know about all this, but you should tell them anyway. I'm sending word to Saraine. No good bounty hunter teams up with pirates and Renegades. And the Azdgari can be worse than both of those."

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Greetings from your friendly local cannibal, put in your town by the federal government to keep the human population in check.
Of all the people I've pummeled; unsuspecting and deserving, I've learned one thing: you can either run, or fight. All other strageties are variations of these. —Geglash
All the lonely people, where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong? —The Beatles
YOU NO LIKE DA ESP? DA ESP NO LIKE YOU.

OOC: Ummm, yeah, I would agree with Shade. What exactly is this "main objective here?" I don't recall having a specific goal set for this. In any event, I cede control of my forces to RED with one exception:

Payback watches the Miranu ships, led by paul, slash over the Rock, and smiles with glee. "Trigger the charges in the Rock!" he shouts. A few moments later, a spectacular charge goes off, and a billowing explosion engulfs a good portion of the Miranu ships. As the flame is quickly killed by the near-vacuum of space, a tatered, yet barely intact Miranu fleet is still evident, albeit with much scarring on the ships. "Excellent," he chuckles, and turns his attention back to the gunships scattering off vessel's bow.

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With love or with hate but never with harm,
--an excerpt from The Seafarer , an Anglo-Saxon poem translation

Payback,the entire purpose of this battle was to defend The Rock!
Besides,I think that,having been firing SADs at them since I arrived with the Fallen Angel and Angel's Lair ,at least one of the Miranu battlecruisers should be down.

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OOC: I never got voinian armor.. I dont even remember asking for it.
OOC: I had this whole battle posted, but my computer crashed on the send button, like it's dont before. I almost cried... it was a page long. We'll do this instead.
Everyone, post your own, but up the losses a good bit to make the number of posts shorter. Just make it accurate, or it'll be revoked.

(Moderation Edit)The Rock blows, reducing 2 miranu battlecruisers to charred clouds of debri, and damaging the third a great deal.(/Mod Edit)

On one side of the system, were most of the Zidaras and most of the Azdaras, with the Zidaras taking out several azdaras with every pass, and the Zidaras shields being reduced steadily, quickly, when a pack of Renegade laziras and aradas sotrms the Zidaras from behind with catastrophic results- about 16 of the damaged remaining ships are destroyed. (Losses: 16 Zidaras, 39 Azdaras, 4 Renegade aradas, 1 renegade lazira)

The Renegades do heavy damage to the Zachit, and when several azdgari warships help them, nearly half the Zachit force is taken out, with heavy losses, of course. (Losses: 10 renegade CWs, 5 renegade Laziras, 2 renegade Aradas, 2 azdgari warships, 19 zachit aradas, 9 gunships, numerous fighters on all sides)

The heavily damaged miranu vessel tries to back away, but is picked off by a renegade and a Azdgari arada.(losses: 1 Miranu Battlecruiser)

Message to: Strand Renegades
From: Azdgari
We have failed.. the Rock has been destroyed. We did what we could, now we request our alliance. If you refuse, we'll withdraw all of our forces, leaving you outnumbered. If you accept, we'll finish this battle, and expect every available vessel of yours to be in tollb within the week.
End

(I really would like this battle not to go one much longer.. If it does, I'll make it end with the humen renegades jumping in and launching several space mines into the fray, killing several dozen ships ships defending the rock, and finishing off the attackers. do you want that?)

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"....This is only what I think. We can't in a million years guess what goes on in the snarling, churning bowels of Red's head."
~ESPilot

The Dark Angel Aradas are retasked to take out the Miranu Dryad Missleboats.
The Dryads are faster,and their SAOs have longer range,but the Dark Angel Aradas have better shielding and are able to take more of a beating.
However several Aradas are destroyed on the approach.
Launching SADs as they come in on an intercept course, the Aradas begin firing with their Swivel Phase Cannons as soon as they get in range.
After that strafing run,the Aradas turn around and begin again,continuing until all the Dryads are destroyed,but they take heavy casualties while doing so.
(Losses:20 Dryads,12 Dark Angel Aradas)
The Dark Angel Crescent Fighters are sent to take out the Zachit fighters.
The Zachit have pursuit missiles, but the Dark Angels are more maneuverable, and often maage to make the missiles explode harmlessly againt the system's thick asteroid belt.
Even so,both the Dark Angels and the Zachit take losses.
(Losses:18 Zachit Fighters, 16 Dark Angel fighters)
Towing the Angel's Lair behind it, the Fallen Angel moves slowly towards the center of the battlefield, firing SADs as they go(That's eight SAD launchers firing in unison at a single target,peoples).
Their target;the remaining Zachit Gunships,one ship at a time.
Against heavy SAD fire the Zacha can't hold out in their flimsy green frisbees, and soon fall.
However the Fallen Angel drops to about 35% shields doing so,and the more powerful Angel's Lair drops to 65%.
(Losses:12 Zachit Gunships,Dark Angel commandships damaged)

(Short-Range In-System Commlink)
(To:Azdgari Commandship)
(Fr:Commander Saraine)
(I assume you're going to replace all the ships we're losing here?The Dark Angels are down to 3 Aradas and 9 fighters.Both our commandships are damaged.
If you don't,the Dark Angels won't be any good against the main objective.)

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OOC: People fighting at the Rock need to have posts revoked, My stats say that I only have 5 battle groups at teh Rock which means there are 5 gunships per. 5 x 3 last time I checked was 15 so that means you guys have said i've lost 9 + 12 which equals 21. That's all the gunships we have total! So numbers have to be reduced.

"Attention all ZMZA forces! The Rock is down! Meat up at New Mira now. Everyone exit the system!!!"

Aradas and fighters and gunships and battle cruisers, Zidara's and their escorts jumped out of the Rock as the renegades forces grouped where the rock once was. Although suffering damage, Crusader and Silver Falcon were intact and The Rock had been destroyed. Leaving the renegades only with North Tip Station.

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Originally posted by Overrider720:
(B)OOC: People fighting at the Rock need to have posts revoked, My stats say that I only have 5 battle groups at teh Rock which means there are 5 gunships per. 5 x 3 last time I checked was 15 so that means you guys have said i've lost 9 + 12 which equals 21. That's all the gunships we have total! So numbers have to be reduced.

MOD: You're right! they'll be reduced. You lost all your gunships you had in the system, and 8 more zachit aradas.

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"I- I Swear Officer.. The Dwarf was on fire when I got here!"
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"....This is only what I think. We can't in a million years guess what goes on in the snarling, churning bowels of Red's head."
~ESPilot

To: UE
From: Human Renegades
It is my understanding that when you signed that treaty you recognized us as independent systems. Thus we would not need to follow your laws.
End Message

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OOC:Thanks for killing off my character {/sarcasm}

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Celebarations had been started on New Mira. The remaining Miranu were not as fortunate as the Zachit and Zidager but the celebarations had begun

OV stood in front of all the forces remaning

"We have defeated the renegades. The Rock has been demolished thanks to their explosives and the Azdgari are hurt. We do not wish to fight the strands so we will be calling peace with them. Thank you Zidager for aiding us in this battle and thank you Miranu all though you have suffered great losses. The renegades will be vanquished"

(Message to Azdgari)
(from the Zachit)
We are sorry we had to fight you off in the battle of the rock but we wish to call peace, we do not wish to be a part of the strands buisness, we only fought with the Zidager becuase both of us were having problems holding off the renegades. We will not be working for the Zidager unless it is reneagde buisness, like I said. We do not want to be involved in your war. Please consider this thought
(End)

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