(message to Miranu)
(milky)
hang tight. a dreadnought and 20 sharks are on their way and should arive in
(1 post). do stay clear of the Dreadnought when it gets low on armor as it is filled with hyperfuel and the explosion will be huge. it can nearly knock out an Acarran Command ship's shields.
~UEA
(end)

"That Battleship had best be ready soon or we're all finished."
"sir the replicaters are nearly perfected and will cut ship production time of any ship
by 4 posts. not to mention we can replicate anything that has been fed into the replicaters databanks."
"good. that will greatly help the Coalition Navy. begin inputing all of our ship designs."
"yes sir"

(message to Zidagar)
(milky)
the replicaters are nearly done. expect them soon.
~UEA
(end)

"GOD DAMN IM HUNGRY!!" /me goes to Lunch(yes at this hour)
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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Replicaters:
ETC: 1 posts

Stratta Class Battleship:
ETC: 6 posts

Tritanium Armor:
ETC: 5 posts

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Insanity has its advantages

The doctor turned back to Saraine. "Well, sir, from the analysis of your DNA samples, I can definitely say that you don't have any risk of developing Zaej's Disorder. You have a long life ahead of you, sir."
"Thankyou, doctor." Saraine's monthly medical checkups had assumed a new importance five months ago, when a relative back on Tidibat died of the crippling Zaej's Disorder. As the Disorder was known to be genetic, Saraine had been anxious to know whether or not he had it. Fortunately he was in the all clear.
"I must say, though, sir, you should probably cut down on the Zidagar Cheese Balls. They're bad for your heart, you know."
"Nonsense." Saraine snorted. "There's no way Cheese Balls could possibly be dangerous."
"Look, are you the medic here, sir, or am I? You have the purest strand DNA of anyone I've seen, but that doesn't mean you're immune to Vitamin Z poisoning."
"Only Zidagar get Vitamin Z poisoning." Saraine retorted. "It's a genetic thingy. What's that about pure DNA? I hope you're not one of those facist Strand-master-race superiority cult people."
"No sir. It goes like this the three Strands are all descended from the Gadzair."
"I know that, I've met them. Fought them. This system is named after them."
The medic glared at him. " Anyway , the Strands all have mutated copies of Gadzair DNA. We don't know why; some people think it's due to thermonuclear radiation. That's what gives the Azdgari their telepaths, the Igadzra their Chronic Paranoia Syndrome, and the Zidagar their Vitamin Z poisoning. However when people get chucked out of the Strands-"
"-They become Strandless." Saraine completed. "And there's no Strand divisions in Strandless society."
"Precisely. So some Strandless, the ones born Strandless, get genes from the other Strands, and some of those approach the Gadzair norm. That's what we in the medical profession call "pure"; little or no Strand variation."
"So you're saying, I'm genetically similar to the Gadzair?"
"Yes, sir. As I said, I've never actually met anyone more like the Gadzair without actually being one."
"Thankyou for that, doctor, you can go now. Hmmmm, I wonder "
As the doctor left, Saraine's mind began to whir. Mamajama had wanted telepaths; the Gadzair were telepaths. He was genetically similar to the Gadzair. So therefore, Saraine could be a telepath.

(message to: Mamajama)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Telepathy)
Hi MJ. I got your message about wanting telepaths or something, and the odd thing is, I've just been diagnosed as being quite genetically similar to the Gadzair. (Don't worry, it may be chronic, but it's not fatal ) And the Gadzair were telepaths. So therefore, I ought to be a telepath too. That's not to say I know how to use it or what to do with it; but if I can help you, please, let me know.
Ciao,
-Saraine

ETA until Archangel complete: 1 post
ETA until Singularity Beam complete: 3 posts

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(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/shades_shipyard")Shade's Shipyard(/url), the source for your ship needs.

Espilot had one stop to make before his trip into the edges of mapped space. He'd received a call from an intel agent, Dr. Kirst. He'd said that Saraine was probably as close as you could get to a Gadzair without actually being one. This warranted an investigation. The Wraith Shadow entered hyperspace, on it's way to Gadzair.

Unnoticed, the small Arada docked at the DA's station (I forget the name), keeping up it's charade as a simple trader. Espilot quickly strode to Saraine's office. Opening the door, Saraine looked up and opened his mouth to speak, but Espilot said "It's Espilot. I'm sorry for the unscheduled meeting, but a certain medical doctor has informed me that you may be the closest thing to a Gadzair..." Saraine responded "Yes, that is correct. But why did you come here?" "Obviously, you haven't yet learned to harness any psionic potential implied by that fact. But, I have, even if it is only a miniscule amount of power. I've come to help you out. So, how 'bout it?"
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Slug Claw Growth-6 Posts

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—The Cattleprod Duelist
_Go spread the word, from town to town
We are the human race, and we groove to the sound_—Sir Psycho
Oops, I think I killed it... —Grunadulater

Nemnel System
Fifty Mechs had been fitted with slug-claw armament, and stood in a glittering, imposing array around the enclosure in which the slugs were held. Bomphur, lead scientist in slug research, had thought it best to operate from a position of strength.

Enough of the slug vocabulary had been learned to have a basic conversation, using the symbolic buttons on the boards in the enclosure.

Bomphur typed in:
WE ARE THE MIRANU. WHO ARE YOU, AND WHAT DO YOU WANT IN OUR GALAXY?

(Redchigh, I think that's your reply, unless it's Carno's. It's confusing.)

Quote

Originally posted by Shade:
**
(message to: Mamajama)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Telepathy)
Hi MJ. I got your message about wanting telepaths or something, and the odd thing is, I've just been diagnosed as being quite genetically similar to the Gadzair. (Don't worry, it may be chronic, but it's not fatal ) And the Gadzair were telepaths. So therefore, I ought to be a telepath too. That's not to say I know how to use it or what to do with it; but if I can help you, please, let me know.
Ciao,
-Saraine
**

Poch

Saraine's message arrived on Mamajama's screen next to some research she'd been doing in Old Earth Archives. It seemed that Psionic waves were identified by late twentieth century researchers as just another part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in the ultra-low-frequency region. Because they were so weak, they had been difficult to measure. Kirlian photography had begun to record the EM energy of living things, and by the mid twentyfifth century, the existence of the "psi" spectrum was generally accepted as being part of a "superspectrum" of electromagnetic energy.

"Nothing unnatural in nature," muttered Mamajama. This old research would be helpful to the Poch scientists working on the Singularity Beam. If it needed to change frequencies to "jam" the Acarra energy, they should be able to include the ultra low frequency psionic waves in the beam's range, effectively jamming the Acarra psionic energy.

She sent copies of the psi/em articles to Saraine and the scientists on Tolb, and included a private message:
<TRANSMISSION
<TO Saraine
FR: Mamajama
Encrypt: private Raven/MJ codes, ask her to translate
RE: telepathy

Saraine, that's interesting that you're close to being a Gadzair. As you know, they were the race most expert at using telepathy in warfare from our own Galaxy. Try experimenting with the notion that psi energy is a natural part of the energy around you; you may be able to perceive it directly, or perhaps even manipulate matter with your mind. I have no idea what kind of training the Gadzair had, but perhaps you have some resources available to you. At any rate, if we tune the Singularity Beams to include ultra low frequency waves in their spectrum, it should work to jam the Acarran wavelengths. Also attached are the EM spectrum readings we recorded from our drone taping the battle in Dewe; that should help in knowing what frequencies the Acarra use in their weaponry.

I had another idea on the USHOV ships. My sources tell me that the Acarra progress through the hyperlanes really quickly on slipstream technology, but that they DO use the hyperlinks. This should still work with the idea we discussed earlier. Please have my scientists work on creating another prototype of the USHOV vehicle, incorporating a Singularity weapon. We will need to collaborate with the Zidagar, as they have the maps of the Acarra system, including the hyperlinks.

<END TRANSMISSION

<TRANSMISSION
<TO: UE ADMIRAL
<FR: MAMAJAMA
<RE: RESEARCH

Admiral, I have attached all info that we have about the slug claw material and slugs. YOu are already in receipt of samples of that material. As far as psychics, the energy itself does seem to be real enough, and measurable, although weak and unreliable in humans. If you could contact the University of Edinburgh on Terra, and see what the latest things they are doing on the low frequency end of the superspectrum, with psi energy, it may be helpful to all of us.
Regards,
MJ
<END TRANSMISSION

Admiral Benden's Mayday call from Turgon came through next. "Zeldair, hey? Those Acarra are getting too d*amn close." Mamajama called all ships (except a force guarding the planet Poch) to go as quickly as possible to the Turgon system to aid in defense against the Acarra. Per Benden's request, she ordered the freighter to re-load the armed Mechs to take to the Turgon system ( if, that is, the slugs were not in full-scale revolt). She readied the Foster's Revenge , said goodbye to her family yet again, and proceeded into battle.

*******************************************************************************************Slug language research: Complete

Production of more Ultra Slow Hyperspace Observation Vehicles (in conjunction with Zidagar and the Seraphim)- these are fairly simple adapted freighters...their main difference is their type of hyperspatial drive - they go 5-10 times slower than conventional hyperspace ships through hyperspace, and were originally designed as research vessels. (to answer your question, Carno). They will have singularity shielding and armament when completed. 4 posts

Singularity Beam Research completed: 3 posts

Carno, what's frustrating for many of us is that you are mixing your moderator powers with the Acarra's formidable powers.

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My karma ran over your dogma. - bumper sticker

(This message has been edited by mamajama (edited 04-25-2002).)

OOC: Dispersal of ships in my fleets? Well, about 15-20% of it is made up of Shrikes and Wraiths, with another 40-45% made up of Enforcer frigates, 20% Centaur Carriers, and 20% Wolf Starcruisers.

Mamajama; please, tell me how I'm doing this. And I still don't see why you can't research that hyperspace ambush vehicle; it looked interesting. Or wait, are you still working on that? I can't remember.

Oh yeah, another note I was hoping I didn't have to make; it is thoroughly 100% impossible for non-living stuff to make psi energy or to jam psi energy. The only thing that can jam or create psionic energy is someone, not something.

UE Admiral; I somehow doubt you could go half-way across the galaxy in 1 post. That's just insane.

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Nemnel System

The Shamtul didn't respond at first. Only chirped to each other for a while before the lead one finally said something...

<we are the shamtul we destroy anyone who interferes with us we must furthur our species to prevent extinction we must multiply the only way to do that is to feed we must feed why are you holding us>

Obviously, the translator worked, though it needed a bit of tweaking.

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Turgon System

Another 10 ships were called in from slipstream (the Acarra are never dumb enough to send in a fleet without reinforcements). The reinforcement group, comprised of 3 frigates, 4 starcruisers, and 3 carriers, quickly entered the battle and launched their fighters. With the extra fighters and firepower from the carriers, the Acarra were able to more easily swarm their enemy and blast them into submission.

Noticing that the Miranu fleet was still clustered up into a ball, the Acarra Command Ship Quezacoatl suddenly led a charge into the center of it, followed by a huge amount of Wolf Starcruisers and Enforcer Frigates. The Command ship plowed through the Miranu fleet, simply crushing many ships and blasting away many more.

The Miranu fleet was scattered; its formation destroyed under intense fire from the Acarra. Now the Enforcer Frigates and swarms of Shrikes and Wraiths descended upon Miranu ships, taking them out one by one, while the heavier warships hit the enemy with artillary weapons. When they ran out of ammo, they charged in.

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Zeldair System

In this battle, the Acarra were more badly outgunned, and even though 10 more ships arrived, they were still taking too many losses. Lythrawn was already on the way with a large backup fleet, but in the meantime, Vaergon had to do something to badly cripple the Miranu.

He decided to use an old tactic that had been used many times before; kill the command ship. It was crude and costly, but effective.

Immediately a group of 10 Wolf Starcruisers, led by the Command Ship Menthu-Ra , plunged through the center of the Miranu fleet towards the Bahumat , their weapons firing at any ship got close, and their remaining warp disruptor torpedoes and hyperfield torpedoes all consontrated on the enemy flagship.

As more Miranu ships closed in around them, a wave of twenty Enforcer Frigates also charged in around the Menthu-Ra and its starcruiser escorts, providing heavy escort fire and allowing them to consontrate all of their firepower on the Bahumat , which was now taking extreme damage from the immense amount of energy lances and psi pulses streaming into it. The starcruisers also began moving around it, preventing the ship from escaping.

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Acarra Starflare Missile

Designed to be the next big weapon of the Acarra, the StarFlare Missile is a sort of combination of the Hyperfield Torpedo, the Warp Disruptor Torpedo, and a missile. It has the same effect of the Warp Disruptor Torpedo (sending shields into heavy flux), but it takes many hits by these missiles to do so. It has about the same damage as the Hyperfield Torpedo with a lot more shield damage, and can turn and home in incredibly quickly, making it even more hard to evade, not to mention the improved range over the older torpedoes, and incredible splash damage it could do.

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Acarra R &D;

StarFlare Missiles - 7 Posts

Vacar's Learning - 2 Posts

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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).

(This message has been edited by Captain Carnotaur (edited 04-24-2002).)

Quote

Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**Oh yeah, another note I was hoping I didn't have to make; it is thoroughly 100% impossible for non-living stuff to make psi energy or to jam psi energy. The only thing that can jam or create psionic energy is someone, not something.
**

Creating, that's somewhat reasonable. Jamming, why the hell not? Because it would slaughter the Acarra? They have enough super-weapons as it is.

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—The Cattleprod Duelist
_Go spread the word, from town to town
We are the human race, and we groove to the sound_—Sir Psycho
Oops, I think I killed it... —Grunadulater

OOC:I agree with Espilot. Jamming by a non-organic device should be possible, but it shouldn't be so totaly effective that the Accara are $hî†$ in space. And a mj, did you start making mechs too? I only have 50, and you said something about 100.
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Quickly typing in a few override codes, Paul told all of the remaining DW"s(12) to make micro-jumps into the enemy command ship. They all turned straight at it and disappeared in a flash of light. The command ship shook with the impacts as the ships were forced out of hyperspace by the collision, spewing Deuterium all over the warship and igniting it as they detonated against the ships shields while firing as many weapons as possible. The command ship was just about disabled when some much needed reinforcements arrived.

The refitted Azdgari warships(3 Diablo-Class, 5 Vengeance-Class) hypered in right behind the Miranu fleet and immediately unleashing a volley of photon torpedoes at the Accaran command ship. Several fractures in the hull appeared, and fires started gushing out of all the holes in the ship, or new ones that just happened to appear. For their next trick, the Ref-Azd ships fired their Disruptor Cannons at several nearby ships. Two fighters that had been targeted just had whole chunks ripped out, straight through the ship. These started to spin wildly and drift off into space. Six Enforcer Frigates had also been targeted. Holes where ripped in the bridges and engineering sections, venting the atmosphere into the cold of deep space, and suffocating crewmen.

The Bahumat had taken serious damage, but had been able to reroute enough power to the shields to stay actively in the battle(Shield Status 65%, Armour Status 75%). The Miranu forces opened up with everything they had, destroying many ships. The Fighters from the reinforcements had joined up with the rest of the fighters, swarming capitol ships and hounding fighters.

In the Turgon system, the remaining forces all hyperjumped toward one point, where they regrouped and aggressively charged the Accaran front lines. They lost several ships, but distracted and destroyed more Accaran ships. From the planet. Several(15) salvaged old-style human transports(Transporters) had been load with Deuterium and launched at the enemy fleet. These were all being controlled from a ground station. Within a few seconds, they had jumped at the nearest Wolf Starcruisers and detonated. Well, most jumped. Three of the most decrepit, worthless pieces of junk, had simply failed to engage and were now drifting aimlessly throught space. Their salvaged and rebuilt Blaze Turrets weren't very powerful, but were still active. The attempted jump had burned out the engines and power in them was dropping fast, but the ships still kept firing at the nearest enemy ships. These were soon blown up, slightly damaging the ships they were by.

Following their own initiative, scientists began developing a new weapon, the Proton/Anti-Photon Turret. It should have nearly 2 times the power of a Lysew, but not have the Attract/Repel ability and have a slightly shorter range. It would fire meter-long shots of Protons encased in a molecularly bonded shell of anti-photons. This would do large amounts of damage to Photon-based shields and a good amount of damage to armour.
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Proton/Anti-Photon Turret
ETC:10 Posts
Aurgelmir Ship Design
ETC:5
MVAG Ship Design
ETC:2
Mech Mass Production
Paused
Total Produced:50
Total Upgraded:50

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"Take me to your dealer"-Bumper sticker
"This yacht is the luxury vessel for the pimp on a budget..."-Considered Plug-in Text
"Doritos:The official currency of fat people."-My friend

Quote

Originally posted by ESPilot:
**Creating, that's somewhat reasonable. Jamming, why the hell not? Because it would slaughter the Acarra? They have enough super-weapons as it is.

**

Oh, so you now intend to do something with your pitiful machinery that only the most trained brains can do? Oh please. The brain is so horribly complex that even in EVO I doubt much of it would have been fully explained. Even our best supercomputers don't come CLOSE to mimicking the immense calculating power of the brain. Unless you want to spend several dozen posts creating such a thing which would be mostly useless, of course.

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Zeldair System

The Menthu-Ra , horrendously damaged, quickly pulled out, but not before sending the Bahumat's shields down to a dangerously low 35%. The Wolf Starcruisers were still quite capable of dealing out heavy damage and quickly annihilated a whole wave of Miranu fighters, then picking off several enemy warships, before finally targetting the Bahumat again.

While the last Enforcer Frigates were destroyed or rammed enemy warships (causing mass havoc), a wave of Shrike and Wraith fighters descended upon the Bahumat , their beams ripping through its shields. It's shields were now at 25% and steadily weakening.

Suddenly, a Wraith was hit badly and spun out of control, smashing into the enemy flagships shields and actuallying punching a whole in the shield grid. Several hyperfield torpedoes were shot through the hole before it closed, impacting on the Bahumat's armor in several fireballs.

More Shrikes descended upon the Bahumat , still unable to return fire because of the warp disruptor torpedoes. One Shrike fell, but they continued their assault run, while still being supported by the remaining Wolf Starcruisers. The Wraith fighters then charged the Bahumat , blasting away its shields down to 10%.

Suddenly, a Wolf Starcruiser exploded, sending debris into the Bahumat and other nearby Miranu warships. As the Bahumat's shields now reached 5%, the Shrikes charged in a final time, and this time two of them purposefully rammed the enemy flagship. Its shields buckled and fell, and a third Shrike then sent its damaged hulk flying into the enemy ships engines, setting fire to a good portion of the insides of the ship and destroying much of the actual engines. The Bahumat was dead in space and still under intense firepower which it's armor simply could not sustain for very long. As it reached a mere 45%, the Menthu-Ra was still limping off the battlefield, and finally hyperspaced out.

The Acarra and Miranu were still evenly matched number wise, but that was only in numbers; the Acarra were still shredding the Miranu badly, and they would continue to do so until Zeldair was theirs.

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Turgon System

"We have lossed the Shadow of Death and the War of Doom to suicide frieghters. The Invincible Warrior has also taken extreme damage, as have several of our carriers. The Miranu formation is barely holding under our artillary fire."

"Very good. And Vaergon?" Third General Lhevak asked.

"He is suffering heavy losses but is nearing the destruction of the enemy flagship. First General Lythrawn's fleet is still approaching."

"Even better. Charge the enemy fleet and crush their formation once and for all. I want to send these pathetic people to their deaths..."

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The Acarra fleet formed up around the Quezacoatl and charged the Miranu fleet, their gunfire shredding enemy fighter wings into nothing but ash and frigates into nothing but space dust. Lhevak wasn't about to be defeated by what he considered "weaklings".

As artillary fire continued to pour into the enemy fleet, the Acarra marched on, targetting the center of the enemy line. As the Quezacoatl began to plow through the enemy formation for the second time, the Miranu were continuing to suffer extreme losses. Very little of their original forces were left, and the Acarra were still going strong. Soon, only a third of what they originally had was left, and those remaining damaged ships would soon fall...

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Acarra R &D;

StarFlare Missiles - 7 Posts (time extended 1 post because of complications)

Vacar's Learning - 1 Post

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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).

"sir the replicaters are fully operational."
"send the design to the Zidagar now."
"yes sir"

(message to Zidagar)
(milkyZ(only Zidagar can read))
the replicaters are complete. this message contains the designs.
~UEA
(end)

and the search for a psychic continues. now searching the last 1/4 of the station. UEA walked down through the streets and watches many boothes close before him exept one. he headed there and searched for any kind of cheating but this one was very beliveable. the psychic did every thing correct. "it seems ive found myself a psychic. ill see you later. dont go anywhere now" "i wont."

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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Replicaters:
ETC: Complete

Stratta Class Battleship:
ETC: 5 posts

Tritanium Armor:
ETC: 4 posts

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Insanity has its advantages

Paul started to push himself off of the floor, only to find himself floating up into the smoke-filled air. He looked around, and saw several other crewers getting 'up', but most were dead. He went to the wreck of his command chair, and typed in the self destruct sequence. He then broadcast a message to all Miranu ships. "All Ships, retreat to Zachit. All ships retreat to Zachit." He then ordered the crew of the ship to the escape pods, while he made his way down to the fighter bay. There was one fighter left. It was a very special fighter, with enormously expensive engines and shield ratings almost up to that of an Azdara. It was his escape vehicle, which he had christend the Commander's Folly , since it would have been his mistake if he had to use it.

He climbed in and immediately set off. The ship had an experimental cloaking device, which he engaged and flew away from the ship. He disengaged it once he was away from the battle, and watched as the fleet retreated, grabbing escape pods from fallen ships as they went. The Bahumat detonated several seconds later, destroying a couple of already severely damaged Wolfs and some starfighters. She had been leaking engine coolant, and when it came in contact with the Deuterium in her punctured feul tanks, it had detonated like a small atomic bomb. No civilians had been evacuated. He quickly hypered to the Zachit system, thinking out the strategies that he could follow. By the time he was there, he had figured it out.

He dispatched several operatives to every North Tip Miranu world, and they began stockpiling arms and munitions, and quietely organizing ground forces. These activities were well hidden and unnoticed by all. He disapproved of the R&D; department starting research on a new ship, but he was just as glad that they finally had some stats for the Aurgelmir.

Aurgelmir BattleCarrier
Shields:10000
Armour:3000
Shield Regen:7.5 points/sec
Accel:150
Speed:100
Turn:1
Weaps:
12 Proton/Anti-Photon Turrets
4 Photon Torpedo Launchers+600 Ammo
1 Bay+60 Interceptors, 60 HV Fighters, 4 CW's
2 Disruptor Cannons

Most of the design left to be done was stuff for the crew and computer systems. The MVAG was coming along nicely, but would have older technology but still be good.

MVAG
Shields:600
Armour:75
Accel:200
Shield Regen:3 Points/Sec
Speed:150
Turn:2
Weaps:
8 Photon Torpedo Launchers+200 Ammo
4 Lysew Turrets

He sent word to mamajama and UEA to consider the planets lost, and retreat.
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Proton/Anti-Photon Turret
ETC:9 Posts
Aurgelmir Ship Design
ETC:4
MVAG Ship Design
ETC:1
Mech Mass Production
Paused
Total Produced:50
Total Upgraded:50

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"Take me to your dealer"-Bumper sticker
"This yacht is the luxury vessel for the pimp on a budget..."-Considered Plug-in Text
"Doritos:The official currency of fat people."-My friend

OOC: ESP, the Dark Angel station is known as the Angel's Lair.
Beam complete, w00t! Carno, were you referring to me or Benden?

Saraine grinned. "If you think you can aid me, you're welcome to try. Personally I don't know a thing about it. Just wait a second - I've got mail."

(message to: Mamajama)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Telepathy)
Well, what do you know. ESPilot of the Zidagar has turned up here, offering to help me use my Psi powers. It appears he's been trying too. Thankyou for the recordings; it means the Singularity Beam will be able to fire no matter what frequency the ship's shields occilate to. The Beam is now complete, by the way; just plug those numbers into your weapons consoles, and it'll be able to fire quite nicely. Specs are attached.
As for the USHOV's, it sounds like a good idea. We'll begin working immediately.
Ciao,
-Saraine

"Now, ESPilot, good news for both of us. The Singularity Beam is complete" -Saraine handed ESPilot a datacrystal- "And it will be able to fire through shields even if they're sent into flux. Enjoy it. Say, why don't you spend a half hour or so playing tourist, and I'll get back to you - right now I've got a lot of work to do."
"Sure." ESPilot shrugged, leaving.

"Hmmmmm " Saraine mused. "I wonder "
Five minutes later Dr. Kirst was standing in Saraine's office, looking uncomfortable.
"Kirst, I know you were spying for the Zidagar." Saraine said. "And even though the Zidagar may be our allies, you know the punishment for spying on the Dark Angels."
Kirst nodded glumly.
"Fortunately, you're our premier geneticist. You, Kirst, are going to take a trip down to Strandless space, and see if you can find any more Strandless with pure DNA."
"Yes, sir. Thankyou sir." Kirst rushed from the room, doubtless grateful to have escaped with his life. Later that day, he was aboard a Dark Angel CW heading down to Tidibat.

Saraine hummed happily to himself as he opened the message channels.

(message to: Rasael)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Singularity Ships )
Hi there Rasael. Mamajama wants us to help her build Ultra Slow Hyperspace Observatory Vehicles with Singularity Generators in them - I think she's aiming to have a gravitational anomaly in the hyperlink throw the Acarra out of hyperspace between systems. As it goes slower, the USHOV will be able to reenter hyperspace from there, but Acarra vessels can't. Have your shipbuilders begin work refitting some freighters.
And have Akhanris drag his lazy body away from those girlfriends of his and start working on a new design of Supercruiser - one which uses Singularity Beams. I know he won't let us down.
Ciao,
-Saraine

(message to: Raven)
(message fr: Saraine)
(message re: Good work!)
Heya Raven. Our allies seem pleased with the Beam; just a short mail to thank you. Congratulate those scientists, and make them get some sunlight.
Ciao,
-Saraine

K'res entered Saraine's office, looking nervous. Raven's ex-XO was a brilliant tactician.
"K'res, hello. Take a look at that screen, would you?"
K'res peered at the visual link to the shipyards on Xarnes. "It appears to be an Archangel, sir."
"Correct. Now, what would you like to call it?"
"Sir?"
"She's yours, K'res."
"Mine?"
"Yours."
"Thankyou, sir. I think I'll call it Snowflake."
" Snowflake." Saraine said. "Well, it's certainly new, I'll give you that."
K'res grinned, then ran off to inspect his new ship.

ESPilot returned. "I take it your schedule is free now?"
"Sure. Take a seat, and try to teach me this Psi thing."

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ETA until USHOVs built; 3 posts
ETA until Artemis - class Supercruiser designed: 8 posts
Artemis stats:
10,000 Shields
3,000 Armour
Accel: 300
Speed: 150
Turning: Very good
Weapons:
8 Singularity Beams (forward firing)
15 Angelfire Turrets
5 TRAK Module launchers and 1000 TRAK Modules
5 Carried Aradas, 50 Drones

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(This message has been edited by Shade (edited 04-24-2002).)

MOD: Egad! Benden, if your ship is really that strong, either add another 5 or 6 posts (the thing's practically a bloody supercruiser) or downgrade the stats.

Oh yes, and map update is coming soon...

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Zeldair System

With the Miranu gone, the Acarra quickly began cleaning up the mess and deploying ground troops, which, once again, swept through the station, easily taking control of it.

At the same time, wreckage was being collected, and would be used to help construct extra warships to compensate for those lossed. Lythrawn's reinforcement group then arrived, and half of it was directed back to its base, while the other half (20 ships) was sent to Turgon...

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Turgon System

The Acarra in Turgon continued to fight, but soon the Miranu in that system retreated as well, leaving behind an Acarra fleet which was in much better condition than the one in Zeldair. When Lythrawn's reinforcements arrived, they were quickly sent back to Zeldair to reinforce Vaergon's badly damaged forces, and meanwhile Third General Lhevak began capturing the planet and salvaging all the damaged hulks and debris.

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Dirach System

The Acarra warfleet of several Wolf Starcruisers had departed from Molar, joined up with several more Wolf Starcruisers from Lythrawn's fleet, then quickly penetrated back into Azdgari territory, going stealthily, and careful not to be detected.

Their next target; Dirach.

Jumping into the system, the heavy warships scattered the small defense force, then headed for the planet and began to lay waste to the military facilities, using the same psionic attacks on the civillians there as they had used in Molar and Kelmoan. Now another colony would fear their wrath.

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Gyn'Thor System

The Gyn'Thar Supreme Viceroy listened to what the Confeds had to say, and after a time, finally was about to speak when he stopped and looked at what appeared to be an advisor. The advisor wore a black rob, and had a rather sinister look to him. He whispered some words to the supreme viceroy and nodded, and after that the Gyn'thar leader looked at the Confeds.

"I'm sorry, but we cannot allow you to stay here. You must leave immediately, or we will force you to leave, or imprison you."

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Vacar's Learning

Finally, after many weeks of training, Vacar had successfully created and perfected the Lance of Navair. The lance would not be turreted and not have a very good range, but would do extreme damage to shields, and even more damage to armor. It was even possible for it to literally cut whole warships in half. The training of the people necissary for to use such lances would take a bit of time, and during that period, the Acarra could begin work on a new ship; the Paladin Battlefrigate, the most powerful close-quarters attack warship ever known.

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Acarra R &D;

StarFlare Missiles - 6 Posts

Vacar's Learning - Completed

Paladin Battlefrigate - 9 Posts

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OOC:That is just the design for the ship. Then you have to build all of the ships it contains and the ship itself, which will probably take 15 posts(or more). So chill, I ain't goin to start pumpin out supercruisers every five turns.
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Reports were coming in from observery stations hidden in asteroids in the Zeldair and Turgon systems. The fleet in Zeldair had apparently left just in time, and the fleet in Turgon had just barely made it back at all. Paul sent a message to mamajama.

"How is the slug research going? Any chance we can get them to ally with us? Join us against the Accara? Anyways, we may have more work for Poch in the future, so check your messages."

Paul also sent a message to UEA.

"We are designing a new supercruiser. We haven't finalized designs yet, but if you help us build the first one, we will share the designs with you and allow you to build as many as you want."

Several(12) old Miranu Couriers had been salvaged, bought, and bartered for. These had been filled with more deuterium, and were prepped as suicide freightors. They would be about as effective as DW's, but without the combatworthiness. The MVAG had been completed, and production of these had been started(2 Ships/3 Posts). Several design flaws had been found in the BattleCarrier, and it would take a little while longer to smooth them out(+1).
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Proton/Anti-Photon Turret
ETC:8 Posts
Aurgelmir Design
ETC:4 Posts
MVAG Production
Total:0 TTC:3
Mech Mass Production
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Total Produced:50
Total Upgraded:50

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Originally posted by Captain Carnotaur:
**Oh, so you now intend to do something with your pitiful machinery that only the most trained brains can do? Oh please. The brain is so horribly complex that even in EVO I doubt much of it would have been fully explained. Even our best supercomputers don't come CLOSE to mimicking the immense calculating power of the brain. Unless you want to spend several dozen posts creating such a thing which would be mostly useless, of course.
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That's what I mean about mixing moderator and character superpowers. Of course, a psi blocking weapon is possible. I read the original Wave of Destruction pages. The Gadzair had all kinds of crystals, lattices, focusing stuff solely to manipulate and direct and suppress psychic energy. And, there really is research even today (the University of Edinburgh actually has a mission to bring all of the wacky "extrasensory" stuff into the realm of modern science, exposed to the same rigors of testing and proof) that living creatures create weak, low frequency (like 6-8 hz) electromagnetic radiation. This has been measured and recorded for thirty years. I'm merely extrapolating that,in the present time of the W of D scenario, that that research has reached its logical conclusion, and that, as with any other technology, artificial means has been found to make it more useful and more controllable. That's why I asked the UEA to contact the University of Edinburgh. We wouldn't have to do all that psychic research in 5 posts - it's quite likely that it's been done in the centuries prior to whatever timeline W of D is on.
It's simple arrogance, and in my opinion, an abuse of a moderator's power, to simply state that it is "100% impossible" to create a device which uses a weaker wave of EM energy. There is no scientific base for such a statement, and prior Wave of Destruction episodes do make use of devices which focus and suppress psychic energy. I could, of course, cite Nova, with Nova's use of telepathic inhibitors, etc, to enslave Vell-os, but that's really unnecessary. W of D should stick to its own precedents, plus logical extensions of current research.
As a compromise, Carno, what about that the singularity beam can only work with Gadzair-like crystals embedded into it? That would fit along the lines of what Saraine and ESPilot are doing.
And, yes,the Poch Miranu are still going to be resistant to psychic manipulation. This, too, fits with research that shows that different brains are more receptive to these weak energy emissions. The analogy I read was that the human brain is a "frequency analyzer" that opens under duress to a wider bandwidth, and is selective about what to receive.

This is turning into more of a rant than I'd intended, so I'll stop. Of course, Carno, you can revoke anything you want. You are the Goderator (misspelling intended). But I think you shouldn't.

USHOV Production: 3 posts
Slug research: completed, but continuing at new level
Admiral Benden - I'll edit the post, I forgot you only had 50 mechs.

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OOC: Listen to the teacher!
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UEA goes to the University of Edinburgh and forwards his findings to MJ.

"hi! want your self read again?"the psychic from yesterday called to UEA.
"hey! your booth moved!"
"only by a foot or too. and besides, as you remember you told me not to go anywhere." he said with a smile.
"right again im afraid.haha. say ill pay you 200,000 to go help a friend of mine with some research."
"SURE! where to?"
"up by Miranu space."
"WHAT!?!? THATS 1/3 THE WAY AROUND THE GALAXY!!!!!"
"two hundred graaannnd."
"done."
"ok your set to leave in 2 hours so get packed."
"oh. by the way. when will i arive?"
"about (2 posts)"
the legit psychic packed up and headed out.
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Coalition of Worlds
R&D;

Dreadnought Contruction
ETC: 2 posts

Stratta Class Battleship:
ETC: 4 posts

Tritanium Armor:
ETC: 3 posts

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Originally posted by U.E. Admiral:
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UEA goes to the University of Edinburgh and forwards his findings to MJ.
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Mamajama, enroute to the Turgon system, reads through UE Admiral's forwarded message.

"Some exciting developments have happened in the field of psychic energy in the last few hundred years," she said over teleconference with another Miranu scientist, Lark, who was preparing to go work with the Dark Angels on the Singularity Beam. "It seems that it is now possible to precisely measure the frequency of psionic emissions. Zoron and Aschev from the University have been experimenting with psionic amplifiers and psionic blockers. It is true that only living consciousness can generate psionic energy; however technology has proved its usefulness in amplifying and blocking it. Interestingly, all of this technology uses some kind of crystal to resonate the psionic waves - so perhaps that is why the Gadzair, with their giant crystals, were such deft users of psi power.

Telepathy never seemed to be affected by physical distance in experiments; however, it was affected by the sender and receiver's emotional states and receptivity. These technical aids have overcome some of those problems. An expert in this technology is on her way to Miranu space from Earth as we speak."

"That's good to hear", replied Lark. "We'll incorporate the designs for the amplifiers and blockers into the enhanced Singularity Beam."

Admiral Benden had sent a message not to go to Turgon after all; the planet was lost to the Acarra, and all forces had retreated. Mamajama awaited further orders about where the Jama fleets would be needed next. 30 of the Mechs had already been loaded into a Crescent Warship, which had also been halted on its way to Turgon, awaiting orders. Mamajama redirected this ship to Miranu, so that Benden could make use of his Mechs. The remaining 20 Mechs were standing around the slug enclosure in Nemnel, monitoring the conversation with what the Nemnel scientists now knew were the Shamtul.

Nemnel

" <we are the shamtul we destroy anyone who interferes with us we must furthur our species to prevent extinction we must multiply the only way to do that is to feed we must feed why are you holding us>"

Bomphur nervously cleared his throat, flexed his fingers, and typed into the translator:
"GREETINGS SHAMTUL. WE UNDERSTAND FURTHERING SPECIES. WE ALSO SEEK TO CONTINUE TO EXIST. WE WILL FEED YOU BRAINS OF GRIVIAN TO HELP BOTH OF US. WE ARE HOLDING YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. WE ALSO SEEK YOUR AID AGAINST THE ACARRA (a video clip was inserted here of the Dewe battle) WHO SEEK TO DESTROY US BOTH. WE WILL FREE YOU IF YOU WILL HELP AND WILL NOT KILL US. WE WILL GIVE YOU MUNB LEAVES AND LIVE GRIVIANS TO FEED ON. WILL YOU HELP US AGAINST THE ACARRA?"

USHOV Production: 2 posts
Extended research on Singularity Beam, incorporating U of Edinburgh research: 3 posts

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OOC: Mamajama, check your e-mail.

Also, map updated.

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Gyn'Thor System

The Supreme Viceroy glared at the confeds. "NO! You must go now! Now leave!"

Guards moved forward to take away the Confeds...

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Hizdriar System

Hizdriar was in a state of utter panic.

The strandless colony had been frightened enough with the Acarra invasions of the nearby Miranu colonies, making thousands leave, and now there was a rumor that the Acarra were about to invade this small colony as well, causing millions more to try and flee the planet.

Suddenly, a huge Acarra warfleet entered the system, opening fire on the only militia vessels in space. The defense fleet was launched, but was still horribly outgunned by the superior Acarra fleet of 65 warships.

Soon, the militia fleet was routed and destroyed, and over half of the colonies population had been evacuated, but several thousand civillians were still left on the planet when the Acarra began landing war-troops. The civillians were enslaved, and many were sent to join the several million other slaves on the other conquered Acarra worlds, most of them being Miranu, to help construct ships for the Acarra invasion...

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Grenits System

Wolf Starcruisers had been pulled from many of the nearby colonies and had assembled in Holmm, before finally setting out for the enemy base of Grenits.

The Acarra fleet of 35 starcruisers jumped into the system and sent a hail of weapons fire streaming into the Coalition fleet. Plowing through enemy resistence, the Wolves quickly entered into an orbit above the planet and began to bombard the colony. Most of their weapons hit military facilities, but many civillian cities and facilities were hit as well, causing massive amounts of carnage. The Acarra hoped that their ships could cause enough damage to the colony so that they would be able to move out before the Confed backup fleet arrived.

Deciding that it was too risky to remain any longer, the starcruisers jumped out, leaving behind a badly battered colony and a shaken defense fleet. The attack had only taken 15 minutes.

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Avann System

The same raider fleet of wolves now jumped into Avann and began to engage the enemy fleet. Plowing through enemy fire, and shooting off dozens of Warp Disruptor torpedoes, the Wolves went into an orbit around Avann Outpost and began to pummel it with all they had. Its shields were failing fast under heavy fire from the powerful armada. Hundreds of psi pulses pounded into it every second, and all the time the Starcruisers were far enough away to make sure they were only minorly damaged from the explosion of the station. Its shields were weakening extremely quickly, and in just a few moments its armor would be ripped to shreds as its shield grid fell...

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Acarra R &D;

StarFlare Missiles - 5 Posts

Paladin Battlefrigate - 8 Posts

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OOC: Just a note: The story in EVN takes place over 1500 years from the present (the present being 2002). EVO takes place some one or two centuries in the future. And this is 30 years after EVO. Do the math...

Espilot produced from his cloak a brick, and set it on Saraine's desk. "Now, then. Focus as hard as you can on levitating this brick. You can close your eyes if you have to, just don't get distracted." Saraine was skeptical at this, but he decided to trust Espilot, focusing on lifting up the brick. Slowly, gradually, it began to shake. After two minutes, nothing had happened. Saraine opened his eyes. The brick hadn't floated at all. But Espilot's keen eyes noticed something...there was an extremely thin line in the middle of the brick. Grabbing it by one end, he picked it up. All of the brick on the side of the line he had grabbed came off, but the other half stayed there. Espilot simply stared, his eyes wide with amazement, from Saraine, to the brick, and back to Saraine. "Er...try again, maybe?"

First Lieutenant Jeshi walked to Kalej's office. "Sir, we've received the replicator designs from the Coalition. We just need to make one big enough for a Trebuchet..." "No. I have something else in mind for our replicators." "Sir?" "Stick some anti-matter, contained in a capsule into the replicator. We then have basically an infinite amount of anti-matter, correct? We stick some matter into another replicator. We then put the matter and anti-matter together, which creates a massive expendature of energy. That energy could be harnessed, and directed to a ship's energy-requiring systems, such as shields, energy-based weapons, and engines, and any of those systems would be supercharged for however long the anti-matter machine is on. You follow?" "Indeed, sir. But, how would we harness the energy? Some sort of energy-absorbant material?" "I don't know...but get some researchers on it. Right now I'm doing my own research.." "Yes sir!"

Kalej had been reading a report from one of his intel agents on Poch. They were going to a university on Earth to do some research on psionic amplifiers and suppressors. This had to be looked into. Once First Lieutenant Jeshi was finished, he'd send him down there.

<Message to Mamajama, of the House of Jama>
<From Zidigar Vice Admiral Kalej>
<Encryption code 1337M4N>
I am Vice Admiral Kalej of the Zidigar Navy. We have recently found out that you are conducting some research about psionic eminations on Earth. The Zidigar have been trying to find a way to synthesize psionic waves, or something very closely resembling them, and I thought that we might be able to collaborate on it. I will be sending First Lieutenant Jeshi to Earth, to meet with you and the Coalition's Admiral. I would go myself, but I'm tied up here with some important work.
Kalej Out.
P.S. Your USHOV sounds good, but it could be improved. Zidigar hyperdrives allow ships to stop in mid-jump, and even fly in subspace as if it were normal space. The designs are attatched to this message.

<End Transmission>
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Slug Claw Growth-5 Posts
Energy-Absorbant Material-6 Posts

OOC: 5M credits to whoever guesses what that encryption code means

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We are the human race, and we groove to the sound_—Sir Psycho
Oops, I think I killed it... —Grunadulater

OOC: Eleet Man
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Paul stood on the immaculate bridge of the ship Argentium Vengeance , his old ship from the first intergalactic war. It had all the newest upgrades and weapons, making it as good as an Ares CW, but not as big. The Mechs that had just been returned from mamajama were a little uglier than before, but still in top fighting condition. These had been loaded on the Vengeance and soon the old ship had left with an escort of Ref-Azd ships. They had been very effective in battle, giving the Accara a run for their money.

Paul thought about handing the design spec's over to the Azdgari so they could upgrade theirs. It would involve the Azdgari recieving two free techs from the Miranu, but it would help defeat the Accara. But what about once they tried to kill him again? It was something to consider.

Currently, the fleet was headed for the Zidagar to discuss an alliance(will arrive next Zidagar Post). A Miranu Courier was sent to the Confederate Homeworld to also discuss an alliance. Paul had deemed it time to make friends and share some techs.
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Proton/Anti-Photon Turret
ETC:7 Posts
Aurgelmir Design
ETC:3 Posts
MVAG Production
Total:0 TTC:2 Posts
Mech Mass Production
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Total Produced:50
Total Upgraded:50

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