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      OK, stop bugging Skyblade about the BfS graphics! Some of us bored Mac gamers have lives, ya' know! 😉

      Anyway, here's a new webstory, to pass the time. It's pretty an much open-ended, old-fashioned thing. Just the obvious rules, but you can make your own ships and outfits, as long as they're reasonable. I'll be the judge of what's reasonable, so just post stats for a new ship, and I'll give a green or red light. Get it? Got it! Good.

      The Story So Far:

      _Mankind has started to colonize the galaxy. All is well.

      But wait...

      Traders are disappearing near the Trugati Asteroid belt...

      People are worried, and a group of space pirates has sprung up.

      Rumor has it that a Confederation is forming...

      To Fight

      ...whatever is hiding in the Asteroids.

      What is it? Can it be stopped?

      It's up to you._

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      Not structured enough for BFS III players, I would expect. Too many unknowns, no significant rules. I think I'll stick to the Boozerama Bars, they already fill that niche, but with less unknowns.

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      Originally posted by Macavenger:
      **Not structured enough for BFS III players, I would expect. Too many unknowns, no significant rules. I think I'll stick to the Boozerama Bars, they already fill that niche, but with less unknowns.
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      It's not supposed to be serious. I am not a very serious person. And it's not just for BfS players, either. Everyone knows about it, whether they're in it or not.

      OK, here's some rules:

      1. You may control only your own character.
      2. No total destruction.
      3. No undefeatable protections.
      4. Thread Moderators may revoke your posts at any time if they do not follow these rules.
      8. Anything acquired or developed must be noted.
      9. You must allow time for your opponent to respond in battle. No single-post battles!

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      What happened to rules 5 through 7? 😛

      Actually, it's starting to look like BFS III may get going soon, and you'll have some massive competition then. 😉

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      Nah, who cares about lack of rules. The original BFS had no rules whatsoever, and it was also the most entertaining. 😉

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      Captain Skyblade docked his heavilly-upgraded light freighter at Luna. The cargo of food (which the Triton Corsair was carrying) was quickly unloaded and taken to a local stock-house. Ever since word had been received that vessels were disappearing in the great asteroid belt to the south, panic had made a grip on the human race. Demand for food and other important resources was high in case something was out there that might threaten the humans. Skyblade happily took the pay of 125,000 credits and split it up with his Light Freighter crew of 21 members. For now, The Triton Corsair set course for Centauri to grab another cargo load...

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      Originally posted by Macavenger:
      **What happened to rules 5 through 7?:p
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      Well, damn. How did that happen? 😛

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      Actually, it's starting to look like BFS III may get going soon , and you'll have some massive competition then. 😉

      Yep. And "soon" in BfS terms means...?

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      Originally posted by Luke:
      **Yep. And "soon" in BfS terms means...?

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      Probably a few weeks... 😛 😉

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      Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
      **Probably a few weeks...:p 😉
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      Or maybe days, with what we're working out now. 😉

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      Actually it is equivelent to soon in Nova terms. Which means we will get going about the year 2032 at the earliest.

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      Capt. Anderson took a look around, searching for any ships. He glanced at his radar, just to be sure. When he was offered a Cargo mission on Turin 5 to drop off some urgent supplies at Liberty Station,he thought why not take an easy 75,000? Now It seemed pretty dumb. The mysterious dissaperences were making everyone nervous. Escpecially Capt Anderson, because his only protection was sheilds and armor in his little shuttlecraft. He jumped out of the system, glad to finally be heading to Liberty Station.

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      As Jimbob jumped into the system (which system exactly), his shuttle craft was rocked by a large explosion. A pirated argosy had just exploded, throwing debris everywhere. Jimbob hurridly took evasive action as a large corvette swung through the system, launching missile left and right at the mass of civilian ships. A shuttle craft was hit by two missile in quick succession and flew spinning. It quickly slammed into an asteroid, exploding. The corvette began searching for any survivors of the massacre. The captain was of course, the infamous spl_cadet.

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      "Thanks again for the cargo run, Captain. I hope you find 200,000 credits good pay," the dockworker at Capella said. "If you're ever in the area again, drop us off some extra food and raw materials. We could always use more with the panic currently about."

      "No problem," Skyblade replied. "But somebody has got to find out what it going on down there in the asteroid belt. None of the vessels that have been attacked have survived, and I fear there is something more than pirates lurking there in the dense belt of asteroids."

      "I couldn't agree more," the dockworker replied. "Perhaps if the colonies throughout the galaxy could unite and form some kind of defense effort, we could find out what this mysterious enemy is and possibly defeat it should it come to that. But for now, just keep it cool."

      The Triton Corsair pulled away from Capella, and headed for Earth.

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      Armament and stats of the Triton Corsair:

      Ship type: Light Freighter - Upgraded
      Crew: 21
      Speed: 200
      Shield: 60
      Armor: 25
      Cargo space: 150 tons

      Armament: 3 Laser Turrets (we're going to say that the Confederation invents the Proton Turret), one Missile Launcher with ten Missiles, and two Flare Launchers with fifty Decoy Flares.

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      Fleet Admiral Alan Rak of the Sol Defense Force (SDF) surveyed the newly formed fifth fleet out his bridge central window. The SDS Bird of Prey , his flagship, was situated to the port side of Defense Dock Theta. Theta is a highly advanced shipyard, and headquarters of the SDF. It is the most technologically advanced station ever built. The Bird of Prey is a Capitol class battle cruiser. Comissioned two years ago, it is the most state of the art ship in the entire SDF.

      Statistics- Non ResEdit Scale
      Armour: 250
      Shields: 100 (At this stage of development, shield technology is very primitive)
      Speed: 200
      Accel: Average
      Turn: Poor
      Guns: 8
      Turrets: 5
      Fuel: 800
      Length: 200M
      Mass: 850T
      Crew: 1600

      Weapons:
      5 Laser Turrets
      4 Rear Swivel Laser Cannons
      4 Forward Swivel Laser Cannons
      2 Heavy Rocket Launchers + 20 Heavy Rockets
      2 Missile Racks + 30 Missiles
      2 Torpedo Launchers + 20 Torpedoes
      External Corvette Rack + 4 Corvettes

      His fleet contained:
      1 Capitol BattleCruiser
      5 Capitol Cruisers (Lower shielding + armament by about 20%)
      15 Kestrel Frigates
      20 Maskier Corvettes
      50 Lightning Fighters

      They set course for Liberty Station, commanding respect from all traders. Their mission: Ensure the safety of merchants in the Trugati Asteriod Belt.

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      Looking for a quick escape, Jimbob flew his puny shuttlecraft away from Spl_cadet, weaving through the asteroids to dodge his shooting. He knew he needed to land on Liberty Station, because they were way short on supplies. This was probably why Spl_cadet was killing all the traders. But suddenly, he quit shooting. Jimbob knew it was his chance. He accelerated at full speed, heading toward the dock. He slowed and docked at the station, but he still needed to get the supplies from the cargo bay...

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      Hypering into the NGC-1776 system, Rak's sensors were flooded by reports of a most wanted pirate. He quickly scanned a decked out corvette massacring the traders in the area. Taking quick action, Rak unleashed a barage of heavy rockets and laser turret fire. The corvette was quickly brought down to 50% armour...

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      Starkiller paced up and down the control room of Liberty Station. A squadron of Hawks were being scrambled to try and take out that damn pirate, but already a number of traders had been massacred. One of them, Starkiller thought with anger, had been carrying badly-needed food supplies. He cursed, and yelled into the intercom, "Get that squadron flying!". At that moment, he saw ten Hawk fighters fly into the battlezone, towards the marauding corvette.

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      Before the hawks could get their, however, Rak's fleet had already destroyed the Crovette. Rak docked at Liberty Station and strode right into Starkillers office. The zodiac mongrel saluted him. Rak told him that his fleet was tasked to protect traders in the NGC-1776 system, and that he had orders to assume control over all of Liberty Stations defense assets...

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      "Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no..."

      Luke was panicking. A large red blob had blipped across his moniter. And shot at him. With a beam weapon.

      Shields failing.

      "Uh... uh... um... Aha! The escape pod!"

      Eject button selected. Eject in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

      Luke had just finished strapping himself in when his small, grayish escape pod lurched forward.

      Luke wasn't very fond of his escape pod; it was small, ugly, and had horrible rations. However, it was nearly imposible to target with weapon systems, and didn't show up on standard scanners. It was the grand-daddy of the now-common Merklin-Bater escape pod.

      Luke looked at the small display screen. His scouter shuttle* (Kiribati Sytems first scoutship version) had exploded. The red blob blasted away. Oh, god... Luke thought, as he drifted through space, That ship cost a fortune!

      *Statistics for scouter shuttle:
      Armor: 60
      Shields: 30
      Speed: 310
      Accel: Good
      Turn: Good
      Guns: 4
      Turrets: 2
      Fuel: 700 (seven jumps)
      Length: 12 meters
      Mass: er... not too big...
      Cargo: 40
      Space: 30
      Crew: 5
      Weapons: three Kiribati lasers (a bit worse than standard lasers)

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      Luckily for Luke, one of Rak's corvettes had detected a huge anomaly in a nearby system. Jumping in, it quickly recovered Luke's escape pod. Luke is given a new Scout Shuttle and a job with Liberty Traders.

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      Originally posted by General Rak:
      **Luckily for Luke, one of Rak's corvettes had detected a huge anomaly in a nearby system. Jumping in, it quickly recovered Luke's escape pod. Luke is given a new Scout Shuttle and a job with Liberty Traders.
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      Luke thanks the Corvette's captain and docks at Liberty Station. Luke is determined to find out what is going on.

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