SilverDragon had left the battlefield, leaving the IGNA to Sans Lavore to control. Meanwhile, upgrade convoys moved to Ikrahd, with the designs for the new SAI modules. With easily twice the range and a minor upgrade on strength, bringing them to par with SAV modules, they were one of the premier long range weapons in the refugee galaxy.
Emperor SilverDragon handed in his official resignation at the Gateway, making one last speech. Then, totally in secret, he prepared a small fleet of Stargliders and near-ancient Miranu couriers and made his way carefully, untraced, to the warpgate that led back to refugee's home - the battlefield where the Federation and Voinians were locked in combat with the Ediens.
Looking down on the project planner before him, SilverDragon frowned. The plans were perfect, even to his eye, but it would be difficult, and it might be the last time he saw his people.
The Igadzra Xenobiological Defence Research Project, the IXD.
The only question now was - would the Federation help fund it?
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NSI-8211 was abandoned, almost totally. A few Akrahd destroyers patrolled the system - no more than usual uninhabited Akrahd patrol fleets. When two magnificent golden battlecruisers - the Templar and the Defender - leap into the system, there was no question of the victory.
The destroyers were swallowed under a barrage of newly prepared SAI modules. They fired faster, more accurately, and more importantly, at an astonishing range. The destroyers were incinerated then by the battlecruiser's weapon's fire. Signals to Akrahd commands were impossible, there was not enough time.
The system's stellars were wiped, and at Sans' orders, were made impossible to colonise in the future by huge amounts of weapon's fire, venting of gas believed poisonous to the Akrahd, and so on.
When they were done, the Templar and Defender made their way back to Ikrahd, the IGNA training base.
Meanwhile, thirty IGNA vessels were securing a similar victory in the Skrahd system.
The major battle, for now, however, took place in Akrahd Minor.
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Five new Igazras came in with the weapon's convoy carrying new SAI modules and the upgrade specs for the launchers, meeting with the eighty or so ships that had not gone out to Skrahd and NSI-8211.
Those ships moved to Akrahd Minor, where reports suggested only fifty ships were defending.
The eighty five Igadzra vessels struck quickly with surprise, numerically superiority, and technological superiority. There would be little contest, but it was still a fairly major battle.
However, the barrage of SAIs wiped out half the Akrahd fleet effortlessly.
The battle would be short, and marked.
And Akrahd Minor was to become a new strike base.
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IGNA Projects
Turbophase, Dreadnought construction, SAI --- completed.
Beginning new project...
#1
Construction of the Citadel, a defensive station to be ported to Akrahd once complete. Will be the centre of IGNA operations in the area. Armed with 25 turbophase turrets and a number of exclusively SAI silos, it will be easily capable of defending itself and supporting the IGNA armada.
Time until it will be ready to port to Akrahd: 10 posts
#2
Zidagar uprising...logistics suggests moving in and annexing their space after they have fought their main battle. Logistics suggests the capturing of their phased beam technologies and upgrading with turbophase capabilities to make the "Turbo Phasebeam", to replace existing thoron beams.
Cannot begin
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OOC: That makes two more Akrahd systems gone, but don't worry, Carno knows what I'm doing. Next step...Bkrahd...then...Akrahd...ow...
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Word.