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To: Alan Rak (alanrak@ign.marshal.exec)
From: Jimbob (Jimbob@ign.admiral.8th)
Subject: Universal Trading

Dear General Rak,
I have come up with an idea that could make the IGN profit in money, but much mor in technology. It may however, be dangerous. We could possibly try to begin trading with the aliens. We can have my fleet trade for some of their sheilding and weaponry. But, we have no idea how to reach them. There is a rumor that they use portals to enter our galaxy. Please, reply soon.

Jimbob
Head of 8th trading fleet

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To:Jimbob (Jimbob@ign.admiral.8th)
From: Alan Rak (alanrak@ign.marshal.exec)
Subject: Re: Universal Trading

Dear General Rak,
I have come up with an idea that could make the IGN profit in money, but much >mor in technology. It may however, be dangerous. We could possibly try to begin >trading with the aliens. We can have my fleet trade for some of their sheilding and >weaponry. But, we have no idea how to reach them. There is a rumor that they use >portals to enter our galaxy. Please, reply soon.

Dear Jimbob:
Do what you wish, but inefficiency is punishable by dishonourable discharge.

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OOC: I accidentally deleted my initial post (damn clear key!). So...Falcen is the leader of the alien pirates. Asriel is under orders of the emperor.

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Falcen, infamous pirate commander, was on the move. He had struck at Liberty Station, and while his fleet was destroyed, the Emperor knew that it was only a decoy. However, he could not predict the size of the real fleet to come. He had assembled a massive assault force to be led by Admiral Tasina, to go to Liberty Station, incinerating all pirates found on the way.

Fleet:
10 Behemoths (star destroyers)
20 Gorgons (carriers)
35 Cyclops (cruisers)
70 Hrulgin (destroyers)
170 Vampires (light fighters)
110 Darkwings (heavy fighters)

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Cyclops
Holds: 60
FreeMass: 100
Shields: 13000
Armor: 6000
Speed: 220
Accel: Poor
Turning: Poor
Mass: 500 tons
Length: 120 meters
Fuel: 700

Weapons
2 flak turrets
2 heavy fusion beams
3 seeker launchers and 30 seeker drones
1 Darkwing bay and 4 Darkwings
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Cyclops
Holds: 40
FreeMass: 80
Shields: 7000
Armor: 4000
Speed: 280
Accel: Good
Turning: Poor
Mass: 200 tons
Length: 750 meters
Fuel: 700

Weapons
4 flak turrets
2 heavy fusion beams
3 seeker launchers and 40 seeker drones
2 drone mine launchers and 20 drone mines

The Destroyer is so heavily armed because it is the newest ship.

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"My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states." -- forge

Zaff stared quietly ahead while Luke explained the intricacies of his plan. Despite the terribly engrossing detail and sheer unbelievability of all he had heard, he still found his mind adrift. Perhaps it was the shock of the past few moments that was addling his mind. That ahd to be it.

But he still found himself worrying not about any behind the scenes action, but instead about the current Naval state of the human empire, despite any huge recent expansion, a Navy that was willing to poke around beyond its own borders, namely these reported "Aliens" would have to be heavily advanced, and numerically superior. And people didn't even know what they LOOKED like, who can tell what things would go on if they were to catch a spy in their midst he thought as his mind travelled back to the matters at hand.

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"So, Zaff... how about it? Remember, we'll send you into the space-time hole, and you'll end up inside of the fabric of space and time. Then you just have to select where to come out with this device-" (Luke hands Zaff an odd-looking egg-shaped machine) "-and keep out of the Aliens' sight. If they have eyes. As long as they can't see you, they'll think you're one of them. We hope. Anyway."

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here are the fleet numbers. I'll try to make the numbers balanced with those of yours.

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do I pilot a UE destroyer? certainly not!

You can't really do that; I have more resources than you, remember?

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The fleet was assembled, and was moving towards the hypergate...

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"My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states." -- forge

here are the fleet numbers. I'll try to make the numbers balanced with those of yours.
2 spectre(dreadnoughts)
5 behemoths(of the about 20 existing)
10 gorgons
20 cyclops
80 centuar(destroyers)
200 vampires
130 darkwings

Centaur
shield:10000
speed:300
armour 2000
turning:120 degrees p/s
5 heavy fusion beams
2 seeker launchers +50 drones
1 drone mine launcher+20 drone mines
1 cloaking device
this ship has good manueverability because they who created the ship wanted to get all possible with the fusion beams.

spectre
shield:25000
armour:5000
speed:150
length:2000 meters
turning:60 degrees p/s
5 heavy fusion beam turrets
4 seeker launchers+ 60 seekers
3 flak turrets
1 darkwing bay+10 darkwings
1 cloaking device
all of my ships are equipped with cloaking devices. thre is only 3 spectre in existance. remember I can have anything you have for I am a renegade.

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OOC: Falcen, that is simply not true. However, I am kind of abandoning the emperor. You, Falcen, are free to launch a coup.

In my previous post, the second ship was supposed to be the Hrulga, a destroyer. All shield and armor stats, of course, are ResEdit scale.

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Somewhere beyond the jumpgate, in alien space, a prominent alien mercenary named Vaten floated through space in his upgraded Hrulga, the Dark Archon. He was going to rendezvous with Falcen's base at Desbar, a hidden stellar inside the Turtle Nebula. Vaten didn't care for the emperor, and he didn't care for Falcen, either, but he preferred the renegades. He made clear, however, the fact that he was a mercenary, and had no loyalties whatsoever.

He had a following, though, who were fanatically loyal to him. They had gone as far as to create a special weapon for him, an antiparticle blaster. Vaten called it the scorpion blaster. All ships in his fleet were outfitted with them, and they matched any alien primary, beam or other, ever created. In the meantime, he zoomed through space with his fleet to Desbar...

Vaten's fleet
Dark Archon , flagship Hrulga
5 Gorgons (carrying all fighters)
25 Hrulgin
80 Vampires
50 Darkwings

Dark Archon
Shields: 14000 (ResEdit)
Armor: 10000 (ResEdit)
Speed: 350
Accel: Good
Turning: 120 deg/sec
6 scorpion blasters
3 seeker launchers and 35 seeker drones
2 drone mine launchers and 25 drone mines

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"My mind is like a steel trap: rusty and illegal in 37 states." -- forge

Well, well. I don't really want this webstory to die, y'know.

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The Dark Archon entered the hidden system of Desbar, headquarters of pirate leader Falcen. Vaten hailed the planet, requesting permission to land. He wondered what would happen next.

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"I may detest what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire

Falcen was lounging in his cabin on desbar, wondering what to do. then, an alien officer entered."there is a pirate fleet approaching,sir. should we give them access to land?" Falcen thought about it. he knew that Asriel was commanding the fleet. he had heard that he had some secret weapon."let them land, if they let me have their "secret weapon". The officer left, and Falcen waited....

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do I pilot a UE destroyer? certainly not!