The ship construction was progressing, with one modification to 3 of the Crescent warships. The crew and living quarters had been removed, with those being replaced by larger and heavier shields along with bigger, faster engines. The holds were lined with Magnetic Containment Field Generators that would cut out from a remote signal from any Miranu vessel or a timer. The sensor unit was modified so it would jam all incoming scans but bounce back a sensor image of a regular CW with a skelaton crew and holds filled with SAD's. The rest of the ships were being built to spec.
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OOC:You smart people have probably figured out what I am planning, so have yourselves a laugh and don't tell anyone.

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OOC:Yes,I have.I'm shocked,apalled and disgusted that you'd try to blow me up with antimatter.
You know better than that!
But there are only 2 CWs,not 3.

(Message)
(To:Skradz'Na,Azdgari Liason Officer)
Fr:Commander Saraine,Leader of the Dark Angels)
(Re:Miranu Ship Replacements)
(I know the Miranu,they can be very vengeful when they are hurt, and I think that they
are being entirely too submissive in this matter.
It wouldn't suprise me to learn that they have a trick up their sleeves.
As such,I'd appreciate it if you'd stop the Miranu replacement ships in Tollb,Tinar or Plate,and commence the changeover of command away from inhabited areas.
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels Flagship (i)Fallen Angel(/i))

ETA until HAK complete:3 posts
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(This message has been edited by Shade (edited 01-05-2002).)

OOC:I made up a new list, replacing one of the Lazira's with a CW, since I decided that it would allow my means to an end.

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Message to: Zachit
From: Azdgari
We welcome a ceasefire. We, the Azdgari, have but one request. That is, for you to stay out of the central crescent. That is, any system less than 4 jumps away from terapin. We will give you a Mil credits as a small token of our appreciation. We have learned from various sources that you are a merc group, am I right? If you are interested in gaining systems and more credits than you can imagine, reply. We can probably find a job for you.
End

Meanwhile, the Azdgari empire is runniong low on funds, although they have enough to last (until the end of this story).

Work progresses on the Azdgari project, codenamed.. ah well I forgot what it's name was, but I started it a while back. I think most of you know what it is too, but it doesn't matter. Mwah ha ha anyway..

After a month of working with the hinwar rebellion, the hinwar vessels have gotten quite strong. Although the pilot wasn't a technician, he still knew how to improve the speed abnd maneuverability of the Voinian heavy fighters, and the azdara was dissected, and the shield capacitator and generator was removed, studied, and reproduced. With the pilot there to help the hinwar rebels to make weapons, the rebellion was ready to take place. The rebels armed their weapons, and a dozen heavy fighters lifted off from the planet, and although the defense fleet knew what was happening, they couldn't get in range to the fighters fast enough... The Fighters flew towards gualon station, and fired on it. Reinforcements were called from surrounding Voinian systems, and the brave pilots knew they didn't have much more time.. their friends and family were depending on them.. so they made the ultimate sacrifice and rammed their fighters itno the station. The crashes eventually ignited the stored ammo within the station, making it explode extremely violently, clearing most of the nearby voinian fighters, disabling 2 frigates and damaging a Voinian Cruiser... The second the Station is out, the rebels swarm over the planet. Although the rebels are small in number, all they had to do was say the word and the millions of slaves turned on and killed their masters, and hotwired all of the grounded Voinian ships- giving them nearly a dozen fighters, 8 frigates, and 2 Voinian Cruisers. The ships lift off to move at the original rebel base, where the slaves rush to upgrade them. within the week, the ships are upgraded, and are holding their system, with occasional raids on surrounding systems... with each raid they gain power, with each raid the voinians lose a fragment of their war machine... a heavy fighter is upgraded particularly heavily, losing it's rocket launchers and ammo, and replacing it with maneuverability, shields, and more maneuverbility, and then it's cargo holds are filled with intricate details of producing Voinian armor, and the fighter makes its way, quickly, to Azdgari space...

(OOC: The Voinians shouldn't kill them yet. They'll be defeated in the finale, leave them be for now.)

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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

(Message to Azdgari)
(From the Zachit)
We would love a ceasefire. We do not wish to fight against the strands. Please do not worry about us coming to your space, we have no buisness there. Are work only belongs around the Miranu. We are most certinaly a merc group. We will offer awards if we can't track down our renegade prey we will ask for help but our job is only to rid the Miranu of their renegade problem. Systems are not what we would like, we want to keep our planets as low as possible so we do not have to keep track of all of them. We would love to donate our planet in Tmidor to you if you want it. Please inform us of the job you have and we will decide if we want it
(End)

Rebuilding: 5

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Payback returns to his desk after a short hiatus, interested to see the numbers and alliances shaping up. An aide fills him in, suspecting the Adzgari of communicating with everyone in the surrounding systems, and also aiding some sort of rebellion in Voinian space. The details are as yet hazy, but Payback worries about the armor technology of the Voinians. Power like that in the hands of speedsters like the Adzgari make a very scary adversary. He orders the refitters to step up their processes, and after the new ships are churned, to retrofit the existing fleet with flimsiplast armor.

PROJECTS:
Outfitting all of South Tip Fleet with fase weapons: 1 posts
Rebuilding Renegade fleet: 3 posts (decreased by a post because of redoubled efforts)
Retrofitting fleet: 2 additonal 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

REDchigh reads the message from the fallen angel... he's right. The miranu and Azdgari have never gotten along well, and as much as he'd like to think that it's over, there's still a risk involved...

Message to: Miranu
From: Azdgari
You are taking entirely too long with the ships we requested. All we want are the ships. We will use our own crews. Also, when you build the ships, keep them in miranu or Zachit space (for security reasons). From here on out, The Dark Angels merc. group is in charge of getting the ships from you, since they would be getting the ships anyway.
End

Message to: Dark Angels
From: Azdgari
You are probably right about the miranu having a suprise for us, so from here on out, you're responsible for getting the ships from the MCD. We will supply you with crew. No doubt they plan to use the ships against us, probably nothing more than fighting against us when they jump in, so make sure that you use trusted crew members.
End

The Azdgari pilot that helped the hinwar arrives at the Azdgari system, and the armor is brought to their science base, where the armor technology is fused into their supercuiser. Construction is also increased on Azdgari aradas, and outfitting the Azdgari warships with an extra turret and a dispy launcher. Outfitting will take a while (wont be finished until the finale), and I'll figure out how many aradas later.
End

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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

(Message)
(To:Skradz'Na,Azdgari Liason Officer)
(Fr:Commander Saraine,Leader of the Dark Angels)
(Re:Miranu)
(I trust all my crew with my life.
We're now sending the remaining three Aradas to go get the warships from the Miranu,or to supervise their construction if they're not complete yet.
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels flagship (i)Fallen Angel(/i))

The three Dark Angel aradas arrive in Mirava,and hail the planet.

"We are the representatives of the Dark Angels.We have come to get the ships you've been making for us-10 Laziras, 15 Aradas, 2 CW's, and enough SAD's with launchers to fill all of the ships' cargo space.
If you don't have them ready now,then use your security overrides to requesition them from the civilian shipyards.
Remember;do as we ask and we can all live in harmony-cheat us and our wrath will be that of an angry God!
-Dark Angels out."

The Aradas fall into a stable orbit around Mira,and wait.

ETA until HAK complete:2 posts

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Paul recieved the message sent by the three Arada's now taking up orbit. He pressed a button on his desk console. A few seconds later and aide came in. "Yes, sir?" She asked. "Plot these three Arada's courses. When you have that, set the defense guns to fire at them, but without their targeting computers active." Defense guns were very useless, as it was almost impossible to hit a ship that was moving around in space with them. Still they were powerful enough to disable and Arada in orbit with a single hit. This plan would eliminate the ships ability to pick up on the targeting sensors being painted at it, as the shots would be timed instead of targeted. This would also leave them defenseless and without HyperComm's. "Admiral, we have the timing," Came the voice of his aide from the next room. "Try and fire about two minutes from now," ordered Paul. He quickly typed up a message to the Azdgari. A timer appeared on his screen. When it hit zero, he pressed the send button.

*DST:Azd
*OGN:Mnu
*Encrpytion <None>

We will not be bullied. Just because we send you ships to replace those you have lost doesn't mean you own us.

*End

The three ships in orbit were hit and disabled, though one had atmosphere vented from two compartments. No messages were sent from them but they did recieve the one that had been broadbeamed to the Azdgari home system. Work on the ships continued, with almost all of them having been completed. All they needed was their weapon loadouts. The three special ships that had been built had been loaded with anti-matter in their holds, and they were tractored into orbit near an orbital drydock facility.
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Ships:ETA 1 post

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The Zachit were working very hard at getting their forces back together, work forces had increased since news of the renegades working faster had come. When a patrol group went through the system of Tmidor no Azdgari were seen there. Ov thought that the Azdgari would love a new system but nothing had come. OV was very pleased with their new treaty with th Azdgari, the strands were none of the Zachits biusness

Rebuilding: 3 (same sstory as payback :))

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The Arada pilots had been trained to think on their feet,and quickly realised that the Miranu had betrayed them.
Scanning for the signatures of the ships the Miranu were building,they found them at a large orbital drydock.
Quietly they managed to regain maneuvering power,and,although slowly,moved towards the drydock.
The captains rerouted control to their escape capsules,and got ready for emergency evacuation.
The Aradas launched SADs at the drydock,at the same time as they launched their escape pods.
On automatic,the Aradas continued to fire SADs as they plunged towards the drydock-and hit it.
The resulting explosion,as the three Aradas went critical and destabilised the drydock's own reactors,reached the ships the Miranu had been building.
As the magnetic containment holds on the treacherous Crescent Warships were breached,the antimatter made contact with normal matter,and the explosion which followed destroyed all the ships the Miranu were building.
Chunks of blazing wreckage rained down on Mira.

The escape pods were picked up by Azdgari-aligned merchants in the nearby systems.
The crew were returned to Azdgari.
Commander Saraine heard their reports.His eyes narrowed,their vertical pupils contracting to dark slits in his sea-green irises.
"The Miranu are up to no good."he growled. "They want war-we will make their seas run red!"

Saraine,dressed in his full Dark Angels Commander's regalia,managed to get a face-to-face interview with Skradz'Na,the Azdgari Liason Officer.
"My three Aradas have been destroyed by the Miranu." he growled to the tall Azdgari. "In return we have destroyed the ships they were building for us,as well as one of their orbital drydocks.
Analysing the explosions of the three-three,not the two we ordered-Crescent Warships,we have concluded that they were loaded with antimatter.The Miranu were planning to use their "compensation" as retribution,and destroy you.
Three Warships loaded with Antimatter-one for each of the moons of Azdgari.
They were planning to turn Veltes,Xarnes and Dames into radioactive wastelands.
The Miranu have no legitimate way to explain their actions-when the Dark Angels return to the South Tip,we will hunt down and eliminate all Miranu traders we find. The Dark Angels do not,and will not,forgive treachery.
Obviously this has now invalidated the option of using the ships the Miranu built-not for us,never for us,as they had been converted to carry antimatter-,so we still need new ships.
Skradz'Na,my people need new ships before we can aid you-what shall we do?"

ETA until HAK complete:1 post

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REDchigh reads the message from the miranu, and a puzzled look comes to his face. He opens a hail with the miranu-
Message to: Miranu
From: Azdgari
Miranu, Why betray us? We gave you 2 Mil Credits. We hate to do this, but if you dont wire the credits back to us, we wont have any mercy when we rip you apart limb from limb. However, I dont know how you got the idea we were bullying you. We were just getting retribution.
End

Message to Dark Angels
From: Azdgari
We are still wondering what happened with the miranu, but we have two last sources of ships- The Renegades, which dont really like the Azdgari but will still fight for us since we defended the Rock, or the Kayans, and even they wont give you ships if they know you're with the Renegades. Your choice.
end

The Azdgari supercruiser is complete, and now research has begun on enhancing the Azdgari Warship in every area.

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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:(rant)A few things, and don't tell me it is just a game because I already know that. We generaly build small ships on the ground, since that is were materials are readily available. Your ships were diasabled, so how is it that they would have seen us towing our ships up to a drydock facility. And how would they have known that these were the ships being buuilt for them? And if we are going to disable your ships, don't you think we might still monitor them? If they were to start accelerating, or their power signals were to escalate, don't you think we might notice? And if you say that I am just sore that I lost my ships you're right, but in my opinion it shouldn't have happened that way. Along with the fact that the Azzies didn't care when the Zids took out their homeworld. They are a race of Egotistical Nomads. They probably don't even think that anyone would dare to do such a thing to them.(/rant)
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"Brawl:Aussie for World War"-Quote from #ev3
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OOC:Benden,I'm going to ignore your rant until you calm down.

(Message)
(To:Skradz'Na,Azdgari Liason Officer)
(Fr:Commander Saraine,Leader of the Dark Angels)
(Re:Ships)
(The Kayians,and indeed much of the south tip,is under the heel of the Renegades. They cannot aid us now.
Although I dislike them,it seems that the Renegades are the only option availiable.
Unless you were to supply us with Azdgari vessels-although my personal funds are running low,I remain quite wealthy-and allow us to refit them to our specifications.
If you wish you could remove all Azdgari military technology.
All we're asking for is three Warships and fifteen or so Aradas.Laziras would also be good,but we know the Azdgari do not use them.
This remains the best option availiable to us;if you don't aid us,we fear we may not be able to help you in return.
We'll also share the technology of our new HAK module if you wish,which has enhanced speed and accuracy.
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels flagship Fallen Angel )

HAK module complete

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MOD: Shade, hate to do this, your arada post is revoked. Once a ship is disabled, they're disabled- your ejection pods would have been shot out of the sky.

OOC :Dont worry though... It's assumed that you have constant contact with your aradas- once you realize contact is lost, maybe you have a militaristic ally that might help you?

OOC: Ignore all of my last post, except the research.

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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

Payback is wondering whether this is to be a calm before a storm. He still worries of armor technology in Adzgari hands, but that is something he cannot change. He must focus on preparation, in case that technology is come to bear upon him. The rebuilding is going well.
His scientists have also drawn up plans for a mole missile, which sounds promising. Preliminary models are being developed, but production will not begin for quite some time, as the resources are not available. Specs will also be available at a later date, but, suffice to say, this is the armor precaution needed.

PROJECTS:
The South Tip Renegades have completed fitting of their entire fleet with fase weapons.
Rebuilding Renegade fleet: 2 posts
Retrofitting fleet: 2 additonal posts

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-Payback37 (url="http://"http://www.clarkson.edu/~curtislg")Biggles Productions(/url)
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

OOC:OK then.The Dark Angels now have only about 15 Crescent fighters,1 Crescent Warship,and the Angel's Lair.No-one knows about the scum Miranu's treachery for certain,but they can guess.
OOC2:HAK Modules are still complete,right?They have improved speed and accuracy,and glow a dark blue,with green flashes,when in flight.

(Message)
(To:Miranu)
(Fr:Commander Saraine,Leader of the Dark Angels)
(Re:Ships!)
(We've lost contact with our Aradas in the Mira system-what's gone wrong?
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels flagship Fallen Angel )

(Message)
(To:Skradz'Na,Azdgari Liason Officer)
(Fr:Commander Saraine,Leader of the Dark Angels)
(Re:Miranu)
(We've lost contact with our three Aradas in Mirava;something has obviously gone wrong,but we don't know what as yet.
I suspect foul play on the part of the Miranu,but as the Fallen Angel and our remaining fighters are required to defend the Angel's Lair , we can't go to check ourselves.
As such,I'd appreciate it if you'd send a patrol to Mira to find out what's happened.
-Commander Saraine,Dark Angels flagship Fallen Angel )

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OOC:Thank you for conceding the point.
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The last of the Warships were finished, and these were flown by volunteer crews out into formation with the CW's. The ships then left the system, on a direct course to the Azdgari home system. The three Arada's sent by the Dark Angels had been towed to an orbital trading post, where the ships were placed inside a Mirany HVF and their crews placed in a habitable but sealed cargo compartment. This ship was sent towards the nearest Azdgari world.

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"Take me to your dealer"-Bumper sticker
"Brawl:Aussie for World War"-Quote from #ev3
"You may not throw things at my dragon!"-The Skies of Pern, Anne McCaffery

The Voinians, realizing that their armor has been stolen, begin designing new armor for their vessels, and stepping up ship production. The new armor, when finished, will go on all Voinian ships, and will blow up if placed on a non-Voinian ship.
Whatever I'm researching, it's one post lower.

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"WHAT DO YOU WANT!"
-Arthur Kane

Whups,double post!Sorry peopes.

(This message has been edited by Shade (edited 01-09-2002).)