(meesage to Accara)
(no encryption)
what do you want from us? what if we do surrender?
why do you attack this galaxy for noo appearant reason?
you are telepaths you know our questions. answer them!
~UE Admiral
(end)

Huron
all of the Coalition ships plow them selves through fighters and into frigates
and Carriers destroying them at the cost of the fleet.
just then a dreadnought filled with unstable hyper fuel hyperspaces right into the command ship destroying it and several ships around it but the Acarra syill had some ships left winning them that battle.
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(message to Milkyway)
(milkyway encryption)
im sorry but we must inform you that the Attar you all gave info to are not Attar.
they were the Acarra and VERY Violant they want to destroy us but we may have hope.Admiral Benden build more Suiside(sp)Warships and plenty of them.
i relise how everyone feels about this but it is either that or face Armagedon(sp).
i repeat this is it and we might as well go out in a bang. i suggest we all join up into
one Nation under all our Gods indivisable for Freedom.
~U.E. Admiral
(end)

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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Dreadnought Construction
Total: 9, ETC: 1 posts

Ionic Particle Beam turret Completed now fiting cannons and turrets on all vessels
ETC: Completed all Coalition Vessels now have Ionic Particle Beam weapons instead of ion thus tripling the fire power of all Vessels

Cenurion Force Engine
ETC: 4 posts

Armor of Athena: Armor 30 times as dense as bronev but half as heavy
ETC: 12 posts

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/me feels all bad again

Red. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry, but once again i'm not going to be able to post for about a week and a half. I'm going to Arizona and there is no way i'll be able to post. :frown:

Carno, could you please post for me. I'd like to E-mail you a quick something and than you can do whatever you see fit

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MOD: I'm sorry, UE Admiral, but your Athena Armor is revoked. There is no way you could develope that kind of armor, and if you did, it would take 80 posts or more.

Also, how long did you spend on that Ion Particle tech?

Finally, your dreadnaught kamikazie is revoked. Not to mention that this whole battle is taking place fairly close to the planet (you need to be pretty far out to hyperspace), but you'd also have to plow through several other ships (a few of which would definitely be Wolf Starcruisers, which are rather large and would tear you apart upon impact), and for intents and purposes the dreadnaught would already be under extreme amounts of fire from the Acarra. They always target the biggest ships first. The only reason I didn't say this is because you didn't say whether or not you HAD any dreadnaughts in the fleet.

Overrider - Send me an e-mail about what you want the Renegades to do or contact me on AIM.

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Huron System

"These people are pretty funny..." Thrade muttered. "We'll show him our 'intentions'..."

As a dozen Enforcer Frigates descended upon the Coalition Dreadnaught, followed by two Wolf Starcruisers, the rest of the Acarra fleet threw itself headfirst into the Confed lines, destroying dozens of ships, and using the immense power of the Dagon to turn large warships into nothing but scrap metal.

As a dozen more frigates entered the system, what was left of the Confederate fleet was being scattered by the Acarran V-formation, which then turned to face the Coalition. As two Wolf Starcruisers and eight frigates duked it out with the Coalition dreadnaught, dozens of fighters were launched from the Dagon and swooped down on the Coalition line, destroying many of their fighters.

Once again, the voice appeared in the minds of the enemy; a cold, demonic voice. We need not give you any reason.... Surrender now, and we will let you live.... Resist, and you will die...

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OOC:Is it alright if I make Mechs and have three techs? I feel kinda limited.

Work was progressing well on the fixing up of the ships, but the Azdgari ships weren't looking too well to Pauls eyes. Large amounts of hull plating were missing, several shields capacitors were damaged, burned or just plain gone. Most of it would have to be replaced. The techs had been wrong. It would probably take a little while longer(1 more post) just to aquire parts for them. The Miranu ships were progressing well, and would be fixed up on schedule. The designs for the Mech had been shipped to several manufacturers and they would be ready to start producing soon. The Disruptor Cannon was going to be finished in time to be the main Medium range weapon on the Azdgari ships, and the techs were jabbering at him about how they could easily fit it into the Bahumat if it was removed from the front lines and sent to a dockyard for a week.

Now the matter of a new station for the researchers that had been evacuated from Station Pybin. They already had an abundant source of metal in orbit(destroyed loading station) that could easily be drilled through and cut through with mining lasers into an easily defensible station that could house some of the refugees from Hrekka and the scientists. The dockyards were currently using most of the manpower available to fix the ships, and this station would have to be made afterwards.

First hand accounts from the refugees were being sent to Pauls office by the hundred. Some of the more notable ones of the battle Paul was reading right now. These ships mostly used beam-weapons and had some kind of reinforcing gridwork of power. The ships were immensley powerful, with the fighters being little match in numbers and no match one one one. It took several CW's to even contemplate taking on one of their warships. One singular CW could take out 3-4 fighters, but a few more than that and the ship would quickly become swamped. If these aliens were intent on taking the galaxy by force, they sure had the power to do it. They sent no messages, and none were sent to them. Several hundred refugees had experience crewing ships, and these were being trained at an academy on New MIra. These people would crew the ships that had had their crews taken.
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Disruptor Cannon
ETC:4 Posts
Miranu Ship Refurbishing
ETC:1 Post
Azdgari Ship Refurbishing
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Mech Mass Production
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OOC: the Dreadnought wasnt in the fleet. it was sent in after the warcruisers ramed
the Acarra ships. but just kept hypering into the command ship. and those wolfs
have crap for armor and only 300 i think shields to my 10000 total value. i doubt that
the would rip me appart on impact.

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MOD: Just because the Wolf's have "crap" armor (i don't call 300 crap armor, that's three times the armor of an old UE Cruiser, and I made a mistake in the stats anyway; it's 400) does not mean that they would just crumble. They're fairly large, and would cause extensive damage if you just rammed them. Then remember that if you just hyperspaced into the system and into the Command Ship, that's fairly improbably, seeing that you can't really direct how you enter a system. AND also remember that the Command Ship has a LOT of armor and a LOT of shielding, which would not be easy to punch through, especially if you had already plowed through a Wolf. But, to be fair, I'll give you a compromise; your dreadnaught hit the command ship, but it didn't fully destroy it. Okay?

Benden; no, I'd prefer it if you did only 3 projects at once, but I'll let you complete that Miranu ship refurbishing project first. After that, only three projects.

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Huron System

Second General Thrade slowly got up off the floor, now strewn with wreckage, and looked at the tactical display. Not much was left of the Dagon , though enough of its weapons survived the impact to fire off a good deal of power.

As the rest of the bridge crew slowly got up, Thrade ordered that the ship be abandoned, and only a skeletal crew left behind. "And contact Fourth General Tronos and the Demeter ; we need him to get back over here and take the Dagon 's place."

As most of the (surviving) crew was evacuated, Thrade was also brought off the Dagon on the Wolf Starcruiser Mardoc , and promptly left the system to coordinate the battle from a safer base via video links.

With the Coalition dreadnaught now a burning piece of metal and not much to worry about, the Acarra continued to throw all they had against the quickly weakening Coalition. As a dozen more Enforcer Frigates, followed by three more Centaur Carriers, entered the system, the Coalition dreadnaught was finally destroyed.

At the same time, the horrendously damaged Dagon began to move forward, plowing through the Coalition lines. It had a crew of only a few dozen, and it did the suicide strike alone, while the Acarra fleet backed up. Finally, under intense fire from the Coalition, it exploded in a huge fireball which scattered much of the Coalition line and damaged many ships. It was at that time that the Acarra fleet charged them with deep vengeance for the loss of a Command Ship. Not much was left of the Confeds, and already troop transports had begun to land on the planet.

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Huron
15 Carriers and 3 Defenders jump in to Huron and begin to unload all firepower. The reinforcements had finally arived. With hundreds of fighters everywhere, the Acarra are finally outnumbered and outgunned. The rest of the dying fleet is attacked full force while 5 Haulers jump in and unload all 5 platoons of troops on the planet. All fighters and warships use thier cloaks efficiently, along with broadcast cloaks covering up a few Coalition ships.
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Kelmoan
Suddenly, a large amout of Haulers leave the planet, cloaked, and shoot off for the nearest system. All warships also shoot off. On the planet, hundreds of tons of explosives go off when the Acarra ships land and destroy or dammage them all.
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Kelmoan System

With the Confed forces now gone, the Acarra set up a large base on the planet, enslaving anyone that was still left alive on the planet. As Third General Ravaer grinned as he looked over his new system, he also wondered how Thrade and Lythrawn were doing...

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Huron System

As the Acarra were slowly pushed back by the combined forces of the Confeds and Coalition, suddenly, over 30 warships and 50 fighters suddenly slipstreamed into the system. They were under the command of Fourth General Tronos, transferred to this sector from the North Tip, who had come to reinforce Thrade's fleet after the loss of his command ship. Thrade didn't exactly like asking help from a Fourth General, but he was forced to do it, and wouldn't show a bit of weakness in his duties.

As the dozens of warships screeched down and began to tear away at the enemy fleet, causing immense casualties in seconds, the huge Demeter looked on. It was not in the middle of the battle, but it was close enough to unleash its devastating power. Launching its huge compliment of fighters and two frigates, the command ship also began launching swarms of torpedoes into the midst of the Confeds and Coalition fleets.

On the command ship Demeter , Tronos was laughing to himself. "To think that the Second General must have my help in fighting them? Haha! This will be a fun battle indeed..."

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Huron
"All ships attack the Command ship! Cloak when needed!"Hundreds of fighters cloaked and attacked the Command ship.
"All fighters, go for attack pattern Mindule!"The fighters began hurting the Command ship... just some though.
"Bomber squad 1 and 3, follow me on the attack run."20 bombers flew down over the command ship, cloaked. They were very close when they uncloaked and released masses of bombs, getting destroyed in the process though by Acarra weapon fire. The damage was done though; shields were almost down on the Command ship. Several Defenders flew alongside it, cloaked, until they were in maximum attack range. They then uncloaked and unleashed a huge flurry of missiles, lasers, and mines. The command ship was now shieldless, but the Confeds were losing ships pretty fast...
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MOD: I'm sorry Grundy, but you just can't take out 7000 points of shields in one post like that. How about it's at half-strength, okay? This is supposed to be a supercruiser, and people are acting like it's a light cruiser. Now, if this ship is that weak, then I hate to think about how weak other ships like the Archangel of Miranu Dreadnaught would be.

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The Demeter was rocked by multiple impact hits and the bridge crew had to steady themselves to prevent being knocked over. Tronos smiled. "An interesting battle indeed! Activate the energy lattice!"

Immediately, a swarm of fighters moved up alongside the command ship. As they all started to glow, they moved into a position sort of like a big wall. Suddenly, beams lanced out from them, connecting with the other fighters, and creating a huge lattice of pure energy.

"Charge them."

The fighters emitting the lattice were suddenly joined by a huge beam created by the command ship, which supercharged the lattice. Then the fighters charged the enemy fleet, and taking the lattice with them. Anthing that touched the lattice was either damaged or, if it was weak enough, destroyed. The resulting chaos caused by this move gave the Acarra another advantage, and they continued to inflict huge amounts of losses upon their enemies.

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A Defender rammed into the Command ship as it was dying. The following explosion was huge. Suddenly, points of light appeared everywhere. 5 Defenders, 20 Carriers, and the Striker. Grunadulaters fleet had arrived. 200 lightnings and 150 crashers zoomed out of the carriers and began attacking the Acarras warships. The 5 Defenders stayed close to the Striker to protect it. Any fighters that come to attack the Defenders would be blown to pieces with 200 Spark turrets firing at the same time. Pretty soon, the fleet Acarra fleet had no fighters left (devoid of fighters?). The Confed fighters went to attacking the Command ship while the group of Defenders slowly plowed through clouds of warships. After a while, though, only 2 Defenders and the Striker remained, so they cloaked and went about the battle. The carriers, who were already cloaked and watching the battle from above, launched all their bombers, who cloaked and began the long, slow journy to the command ship. They would launch a few mines every now and then, just to make it harder for the remaining warships to attack. There were only about 75 lightnings now, and 25 crashers, but they had caused dammage to the warships and the Command ship. When the bombers were at the Command ship, they did another attack run. Only 7 of the 50 bombers pulled out alive, and they went on another attack run. No bombers survived, but they caused thier dammage. The Defenders and Striker flew over the Command ship, still cloaked. They then released a huge barrage of missiles on the Command ship. One Defender stayed uncloaked too long. It was attacked and it spiraled down until it hit the Command ship. The battle stopped for a moment, and the two sides rested. All that was left was the Stiker , 50 fighters, and 6 Acarra warships and 10 Acarra fighters.
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OOC:Carno, just so you wont think its unfair, that was half of the Confederations fleets going into battle there, and being destroyed.

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Quote

Originally posted by U.E. Admiral:
**(message to Milkyway)
(milkyway encryption)
attenion milkyway the attar we all met before are not attar the are of the Acarra Empire and they are very unfriendly. Be on your guard as they must be the ones that obliterated the renegades and they are now on my front. I ask this galaxy to unite and put aside hostile feelings to prevent us from the fate the ST Renegades had.
~Coalition Capt. Jack Shmit aproved by UE Admiral

And Benden's message:
"I have just learned of your mutiny, and needless to say I am not very pleased. Unfortunately, under old Miranu law, you did not commit mutiny. Mutiny is classified as disobeying a superior officers order and/or commiting acts of terrorism against one own
government. I never ordered you not to destroy the freightor, and you are not part of our government. However, High Command isvery dissatisfied with what you have done. Tread lightly in Miranu space, as you might find yourself on the wrong end of a Adaah Emitter."

(message to: Mamajama)
(message fr: Raven)
(message re: Your actions)
Friend, it was a good and brave thing you did in Mirava, and I thank you for it. You have repaid your debts fifteen times over now. If at any time you want to stop by, I'll be happy to talk.
Ciao,
-Raven**

Poch

Mamajama clicked through her messages one after the other, pondering UE Admiral's plea for unity against the Attar/ Acarra, scowling at Benden's warning, and smiling at Raven's friendly message. Two more messages flickered into view. Her son, Jo Jama, informed her that the Planetary Council meetings were not going well. The Mercenary Houses of Poch were a conservative lot, and had actually made a motion to censure her for blowing up Benden's antimatter-loaded freighter. The idea of an alliance with the Adzgari was being hotly debated. Most of the Council members were older people who had lost family and ships to the Adzgari / renegade raids thirty years ago. Resentment and distrust were their primary feelings towards the Adzgari. Some of the younger Council members were in favor; however, the vote was tied. Jo Jama had presented a compromise; instead of an alliance, a trade agreement was proposed, to try out the Adzgari intentions, and see if they kept their word. This was slated to come to a vote tomorrow.

From her estate accountant, Zota, was a dry financial statement which showed the family fortune dwindling as stored goods were used to keep people from starving. No new revenues were coming in. Mamajama grimaced. Should she bill Benden for evacuating Station Pybin? No, since she'd destroyed millions of credits worth of antimatter, that might be more than even her customary gall.

Outside her window, the usually green and gold fields of Poch were a dusty brown. Withered stalks of Poch Maize waved limply in the breeze, or crumpled and wilted on the ground. No drought relief was in sight, if the Planetary Council did not accept Redchigh's offer.

From the fleet in Zanat came a short message:

No Adzgari have showed up here. Can we come home?
Regards,
Mo Jama

She replied: Come home to Poch. Redchigh went back to Adzgari space through Nemnel; I don't think he'll trouble us for a little while. She pressed "Send".

From researchers in Nemnel:

We've managed to keep one slug alive on Grivan brains. It consumed its other two mates. It is now about 3 feet high, and growing rapidly. It adapts its EM field to compensate for changes in electrical frequency, and seems to learn rapidly. We're attempting various chemical sprays to see what effects they have on it. It seems to be getting rather angry at our experimentation on it. Let's hope it doesn't get much bigger.

Planetary Council decision: 1 post
Live slug research: 2 posts

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(message on BBS)
"Anyone with firepower, please help! Come to the Huron system, if you do what I ask you will be payed greatly. PLEASE HURRY, VERY URGENT. FIGHTING ACA-"
(ERR:Transmision cut off)
(unable to finish transmission)

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Reading the BBS mission, Mamajama grinned. At last, someone who wanted mercenary help, and was willing to pay for it!

She messaged the Jama fleet again:
TRANSMISSION:
TO: Mo Jama, interim commander, Jama fleet
FR: Mamajama
On second thought, rendezvous in the DSN-7294 system. Then we're going to fight the Acarra, along with almost everyone else in the Galaxy, in the Huron system.
END TRANSMISSION

She made a quick call to her son, Jo:
Jo, let me know what those pompous, pontificating, self-righteous Council members decide. I'm off to take on something that actually matters.
Yo' Mama

Planetary Council decision: next post
Completion of Live Slug research: 1 post

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Huron System

The Acarra, with the Command Ship Demeter and its remaining escorts, waited for the Confed force to strike first, their weapons ready. Suddenly, the fighters made a charge around the flank of the Confeds, drawing away fire as the main force charged into the center of the enemy line.

The Acarra tore away at the Confeds with all they had, with energy lances streaking out and smashing through shields and armor, and psionic pulses blowing apart fighters.

Suddenly, as the Confeds started to weaken, they suddenly detected a massive energy surge.

Over 59 warships jumped into the system, their weapons armed. As they began to launch a swarm of fighters, the Confed fleet was forced to retreat, for they would be killed instantly if they tried to stay and fight.

As the Confeds left, the Acarra began to clean up the huge amount of wreckage left behind, which included all of the Coalition fleet. Their shockwarriors easily took control of the planet, for none could stand against their psionic powers in ground warfare.

Huron was now in the hands of the Acarra Empire.

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OOC: Sorry Grundy, but you would have really died instantly anyway, even if you did cloak.

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Ancara Nebulae System

In the darkest depths of the nebula which filled the Ancara Nebulae system, the Acarra war machine was already hard at work. The losses suffered in the Battle of Huron were severe, and Thrade's and Tronos's forces would be unable to move for some time.

But the losses would soon be mended, but that was later. Now, Thrade needed a new ship.

The Myrmidon was the latest of the great Command Ships. Its hull was huge, and Prelate Zaertarul, the command and cheif of the Acarra Navy under the Covenant and Emporer Carnotaur, had ordered the ship constructed not long before the Battle of Huron. Now, construction of the vessel was being increased in speed, for Thrade needed a new command ship, and he needed one very quickly.

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DSN-2131 System

"'Build me a fortress bigger than any known today'..." said Fourth General Vaergon, quoting an Acarran general of old which had ordered the construction of the huge battlestation in Arzdagi.

His fleet was stationed in the system to start work on a large Deimos-class Warstation. It would take a rather long time to fully complete, but the basic structure would be completed and ready for use fairly soon.

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Acarra Fleet Statistics:
First General Lythrawn - 130 warships
Second General Thrade - 20 warships
Third General Lhevak - 75 warships
Third General Ravaer - 65 warships
Fourth General Vaergon - 65 warships
Fourth General Tronos - 35 warships

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OOC: Mamajama, I doubt it would be 3 feet high just yet. Three feet LONG, but not three feet HIGH.

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Slug Research - Nemnel System

While one slug was still hidden inside the whole brain of a Grivian, the other continued to move about and explore his surrounders. He was eating less, and was now 3 feet long. His mouth was rather big, and could easily crush skulls with its huge, sharp, and rather strong teeth.

Suddenly, one day, the second slug emerged from the brain which it had been living in. Seconds later, the brain began to writhe and contort, and was slowly consumed from the inside out by six 4-inch-long baby slugs. The slugs had voracious appetites, and thus required more food.

To see what their response would be, the scientists put a whole dead Grivian in the chamber. The six baby slugs and two large 3-foot-long adult slugs ate it within a few minutes. Then, to furthur experiment, one scientist actually went ahead and put in a live Grivian, against orders however. The two large slugs actually attacked it, latching onto its head and somehow gaining control of its nervous system, causing it to flop to the ground, paralyzed. The adult slugs then crawled inside the slug for a little while, apparently layed eggs, then left and let the baby slugs slowly devour it. Once again, six more baby slugs appeared from the head of the grivian, eating it quickly.

The two larger slugs were now rather dangerous looking. They had grown to 6-feet-long, with large, totally black eyes, and jaws that could snap off the head of a Grivian in a split second. They could also move rather quickly, and to be safe, the scientists had extra thick glass put in.

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(message to MJ)
(Milky Way encryption)
"This ---unadulater. Th--- Acarra attacke--- we ---orced to retrea---. Don--- go to Huro---. Meet m--- in Elto---. Repeat, --- in Eltor.------"
(Transmission broadcaster unable to operate)
(Broadcaster destroyed)
(Unable to complete transmission)
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The remaining carrier and Stiker limped through hyperspace, almost to the Eltor system. Grundy contacted the carrier to see how it was holding out. He walked over to the comm officer.
"Ummm--- were in troubl--- hyperdrive melting---- Uh-Oh...."
"Thats all we could get from them sir."The officer looked a bit depressed.
"What is it?"
"Sir... the dropped out of hyperspace early. They're stuck in between the two systems. They can't go back into hyperspace, and it will take years to travel in realspace."They both bowed thier heads in sorrow.
"Another thing. They have the only holovid tapes. Ours melted in the attacks. We must get those tapes to study how they destroyed us."
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Qerid System

While the rest of the galaxy was worrying about imminent strikes by the Attar, much of the news had yet to reach the Zidagar. But, unfortunately for the Zidagar, they would learn of the news in a much more direct way.

Suddenly, a huge fleet of 75 warships jumped out of hyperspace, led by the Command Ship Apollyon , slipstreamed into the system. As the Zidagar commanders panicked about how the aliens got past their defenses, the Acarra fleet stormed towards the Zidagar defenders who were badly outgunned and outnumbered.

First General Lythrawn, the lead general of the Acarra empire, and perhaps one of the greatest military commanders ever, was carefully coordinating his forces in the battle, using a huge holographic project of the whole system and his and the enemies ships to help do so. The information was being provided by the swarm of scoutships he had just launched; the same scoutships which had pretended to be the "Attar" a few weeks earlier.

Lythrawn was smart; he left enough of his forces in reserve to make them useful, but he didn't hold on on his enemy either. Second General Thrade oftentimes did not use his whole force in battles, a point which Lythrawn considered to be the main reason in why he was a First General and Thrade was not. Lythrawn also made sure beforehand that Vaergon was nearby. Vaergon was a friend of Lythrawns, and they often worked together to make sure victory was achieved.

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OOC: Ohhhhh sh•t. Been missing out on a lot. Oh well, here goes...
(EDIT)Again, ohhh sh•t. I didn't see Carno's last post there.

The Zidigar, during all this, had been planning. And researching. And researching more. Several new weapons were being developed, as well as two new ships. The weapons were more powerful than anything before that the Zidigar had posessed, as were the ships. Espilot sat at his desk, looking over recent events. All inhibitors had been disabled, very quietly, and stealth scout fighters had been sent out across the galaxy, although not in the same numbers as the Attar. Information was now being gathered. A scout going into the Proxima Nebula to investigate the home of these 'Attar' was mysteriously destroyed. Another scout going through NT renegade space reported total annihilation of several Renegade and northern Miranu establishments. The new Construction Droid teams were pumping out large amounts of warships, fighters and weaponry at an amazing speed. Espilot knew that almost 20 years ago, several military strategists, whom he knew well, predicted that something climatic would happen within the next several decades. Espilot knew that it was happening now. He wanted to be prepared. The new Trebuchet Heavy Destroyers under development would be powerful, yes, but so were Predator Cruisers. With Benden halting the production of SW's, the threat of the Miranu, should their relations turn hostile, was reduced to their Adaah Emitters. And the Ruling Council of Poch was now opening trade relations with the Azdgari. Trade relations sometimes festered, and turned into technology exchange, and then military alliance. He would have to investigate this later.

Scientists were researching a way to essentially go straight from point A to point B by going straight through hyperspace. Similar to multi-jumps, except on an interstellar scale. A team of researchers was studying anti-matter technology. When matter met with anti-matter, it released a tremendous amount of raw energy. If said energy could be contained and harnessed, it would mean near-endless power for ships. The researchers were now trying to find a way to contain the energy burst and then harvest it effectively.

Despite all this new technology, Espilot kept thinking that if these new visitors could wipe out entire Renegade military establishments, even the Azdgari Empire might be outclassed in naval power. He would need the Dark Angels' help, but they hadn'et discussed anything in a while. New Zidigar technology might help the DA, while new DA technology might help the Zidigar. Espilot decided to send a transmission to Saraine.

<Message to Saraine of the Dark Angels>
<From Zidigar Admiral Espilot>
<encryption code KN77TL 1st Priority>

Saraine, we haven't discussed anything for a long time. I believe we should get together and collaberate on some way of defeating the Azdgari. Benden is no longer a threat, I believe, since he has stopped producing Suicide Warships. And before you ask about how I know this, we have sent specially-equipped scout fighters all throught space. We wish to gain knowledge of the galaxy that we have neglected for decades. We are developing several new ships and weapons, but it would be much smoother with assistance from the DA. We can meet on Tumni, with the permission of the other Seraphim, of course.

—Espilot
<End Message>

An ensign came up to Espilot and said "Sir! Qerid is under attack! The enemy ships are using some sort of extremely powerful weaponry...they're tearing our ships apart!" "Attar..." Espilot muttered angrily. "I want four Carriers to stop in mid-subspace in the Qerid system. Recall all ships to the Carriers and get them repaired! After that, send them back out. When their shields are gone, tell them to get back to the carriers and repair once again, then launch them. But wait for my orders to launch any ships after the recall! Now get those carriers moving!" The ensign replied "Yes sir!"

Three Zidaras and nine Zidigar Fighters had been destroyed when the Carriers got there (Zidigar ships go through hyperspace very quickly), and all Zidigar ships entered subspace and docked with the Carriers. Espilot sent a message to the largest Attar ship.

<To Attar, or whoever your are>
<From Zidigar Admiral Espilot>

Attar, you told us you would not hurt us. In attacking our system you have lied, and such dishonor must be paid with blood. But, I will not attack you yet; I first wish to know, why must you attack us? We have done nothing to you. We wish only to be left alone.

—Espilot
<End Message>

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Flash Turret Upgrade: Increases the photon charge in each bolt of energy fired by the turrets, giving it improved power and range
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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
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(This message has been edited by ESPilot (edited 04-13-2002).)

(This message has been edited by ESPilot (edited 04-13-2002).)

MOD: No researching 5 techs at the same time, ESPilot. The max is 3. Also, the Attar would destroy a lot more ships than just three Zidaras. That is, unless your average ship count is ten warships per system.

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Qerid System

As the Zidagar tried to retreat and hyperspace, Lythrawn had fighters waiting for such a move. Screaming in from the sides, they generated an energy lattice which destroyed several move fighters and damaged others, though many Zidagar ships still got away.

As the Zidagar were retreating, Acarra shockwarriors immediately began to board the station and destroy all resistence. Within a fairly short amount of time, the station was secue, and the system now under Acarra control. Lythrawn was pleased over the easy victory, unlike the hard won battle made by Thrade in Huron. He immediately positioned his ships for a defensive move, for he knew the Zidagar would return.

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Suddenly, Admiral ESPilot heard a demonic voice coming out of seemingly nowhere. The voice was cruel and evil, and seemed to be inside his head. He knew what it was; the Acarra were telepaths, and very good ones.

We are the Acarra... We serve the Great Spirit Attar and the Covenant, his holy priests... We want your land, your space, your resources, your people... You will surrender to us, or we will conquer you bit by bit...

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If at first you don't succeed...Hit it harder! - Me
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Millennium. Its coming, prepare for it.
Coming to the (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiaSW.com/games/ev/chronicles.html")EV Chronicles(/url).

(message to:ESPilot)
(message fr:The Seraphim)
(message re:Your offer)
Is that safe? What with these aliens, Attar or whatever they are, running around, we should be careful. Other than that, the Seraphim have our eyes and ears also; we hear you're working on antimatter systems. As that's something the Dark Angels have used for some time now, we'd be happy to help you.
Also, my sources report that the Attar or whoever they are are attacking you in Zidagar. I'll send reinforcements.
Ciao,
-The Seraphim
-Saraine
-Rasael
-Raven

"Prep the Fallen Angel." Saraine growled. "Have Rasael prep the Storm Angel. Get the first fifteen Fireblades. And about thirty Crescent Warships. We're moving out."
"Yes, sir."

The Dark Angel ships hypered into the Querid system, launching TRAK modules and Drones, which swarmed the Acarra ships as the TRAKs began to impact upon the alien's shields. With six thousand Lysew-units of shieldpower each, the two Archangels were potent forces on the battlefield, backed up by swarms of carried Crescent Fighters and Aradas, as well as hails of TRAK fire. The battle began to turn

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