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Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul)

there are two sides to pick from the Coalition, and the Mercenary's
Coalition: being an organized military faction the Coalition are over 1000 years old but have begun to crumble under their governments power hungry corruption, they struggle to stay organized and have begun to run low on resources to fuel their faction, they take asteroid mines and and other kind of resourcing facility for themselves no matter how they obtain be it peacefully or by violence, They mainly focus on frigate, and destroyer class vessel. Their specialty being energy weaponry and engine strength.

Mercenary's: The only Faction willing enough to fight the Coalition, they have been hunting Coalition patrol forces most of the time, but have now begun to be more aggressive to the Coalition and have either captured or razed the Coalition's outpost, They focus on Frigate, and Battleship class vessels. Their specialty being shield strength and torpedo weaponry.

Rules:(yes all topics have them)
1.You may not take control of another person's ship
2.You may not destroy another person's ship without their permission, and their captain must survive somehow(unless told otherwise)
3.please post in novel format, none of this *pew pew (gunman dies)* crap it is very annoying to me
4.please no super powered one shot weapons they are just stupid and ruin the whole concept of the balanced statistic of each faction
5.have fun

Ship statistics:
Faction:
Class:
Defensive capabilities:
Offensive capabilities:
Engine type:
Shield type:
reactor core:(three types of cores the M7-Combat standard core, P12-Cargo standard core, and the FLS37-Engine standard core)*frigates only support 1 reactor, destroyers and battleships support 2 reactors*
*picture of vessel*

My Ship:
Faction: Mercenary
Class: Battleship
Defensive capabilities:
22x double kinetic HMG's
20x Minilasers
Offensive capabilities:
12x Torpedo launchers
3x Turbo Railguns
Engine type: Mark IV Cluster engine (350 Km/s)
Shield type: Titan Mark III (Medium + Bonus= Strong)
Reactor core(s):M7-Combat standard, and FLS37-Engine standard cores
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IC~
The Battleship ~Tarkat Nictov~ was on a standard scouting mission in the Coalition's farthest outward sector S7-9 when it detected a strange hyperspace signal.
The commander of the ~Tarkat Nictov~ Nokai was on Deck when this signal was detected
Nokai: Sensors officer, what is it?
Sensors: Sir a hyperspace signal has been sited but it does not match any of which we have seen before sir
Nokai:trace the signal we're going in for a look
Navigation: roger that sir, we're moving out
The Battleship came into the section of which the signal was detected.

Who will come into contact? (I don't know)
Arik Taranis (played by HRA)

Faction: Mercenary (HRA supplied)
Class: Battleship
Defensive capabilities: (Listing only online skeleton crew weaponry) 25 152mm FLaK, 50 100mm FLaK, 100 25mm Lascannon turrets, 100 20mm mini gun turrets
Offensive capabilities: (Listing only online skeleton crew weaponry) 6 60 foot Hellraiser Cannons (3 on each side) 20 boarding torpedo launchers (10 on each side), 20 torpedo launchers, 10 Missile launchers
Engine type: Mark V Warp engines (340 KM/s)
Shield type: Battleship Mark II (strong)
Reactor: Cold Fusion reactor, Thermonuclear Warp reactors
Picture: (cant find one)

IC:
"Sir, we've exited Warp. It appears that we are near the Coalition borders, and assault on the nearest patrol should commence in a couple of days. Anything else?" The 1st Lieutenant asked. Lieutenants always seemed to be the ones that saw everything first. At least they weren't the navigators. God knows what they would do then. Everyone would be screwed.

"Very well. Everyone, I want you all rested for this. Are you sure we are alone?" Arik Taranis asked. He was, well, the second Taranis in the universe, the first being Ascrith. He was also a well known General, and asked for this position personally.

"Yes, sir. We see no enemy ships,"
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

The crew of the Tarkat Nictov was relieved it wasn't a Coalition destroyer.
The Communications officer opened a comm link with the other battleship
Sulli:"Glad to see another friendly face nearby, we have reports of a Coalition outpost not far from our current location. If we move now we can catch the patrols by surprise and forward our assault to the outpost and gain control of this sector"
The Comms link went down and gave an open signal for communications.
Nokai had never seen many other mercenary ships before, and when he did they were usually frigates.
Nokai:"have all scanners scan that vessel for any Coalition signs, we can't be too careful even though it looks like one of our own.
Arik Taranis (played by HRA)

"Sir! Incoming signal! It's from another ship! Friendly, it seems! But familiar. The name... I might've seen it before," the 1st Lieutenant said, and pondered. Yes, the ship looked, and sounded familiar. Very, very familiar. He knew it from somewhere, but where? Sometime before this.

Arik nodded, and looked at the screen. He saw the man named Sulli appear on the screen, and begin talking. Arik nodded, and then formulated a response.

"A very good idea. Unfortunately, we picked up some heavier enemy activity nearby. Perhaps it's a reinforcement fleet. We have to act fast to secure this sector, and prepare it for the invasion, no?"
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

Sulli caught the signal, and rammed it through the ships comms
Sulli:"That is not a decision I can make, but for the captain Nokai" Sulli turned to Nokai who was sitting in his chair "Sir they have reports of a possible reinforcement fleet on the way, what are your orders?"
Nokai took this into consideration of his current plan.
Nokai:"Well that could be a threat to this whole plan" He thought for a moment "We should take caution then and make sure we are not to warn them, if i'm right the reinforcement fleet will rush if an alarm was to be sounded at the outpost" Nokai said through the comms to make sure the other ship heard the plan
Arik Taranis (played by HRA)

"Very well. What is your computer's strength? We might be able to shut off their communications with the outside universe. That way, we can strike swiftly, and destroy them in less than five movements. Of course, we'd need other ships, though. We can't take on much on our own," Arik explained, and looked at the 1st Lieutenant.

The 1st Lieutenant had been on the Bismarck during the Great War, and he had to change because of difficulties serving on that ship. Boy, they had seen a lot. But now he wanted to help destroy this Coalition, and place a new government on it
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

"my computers are updated TS5-31, they are a little glitchy around the edges but otherwise they get the job done" Nokai told them with a very enthusiastic tone. soon after they communications officer launched a portable satellite ready to use at all times.
Sully:" sir the satellite is ready, on your mark" he told Captain Nokai and in response he said
Nokai:" alright get it ready to transfer an interruption signal make sure it blocks out all communications"
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

Faction: Mercenary
Class: Destroyer
Defensive capabilities: 20x Hydrogen Blasts, 10x Thermal Mini-Rockets
Offensive capabilities: 30x Thermal Rifles, 10x Thermal Beams, 5x Thermal Rockets
Engine type: Thermal Thruster Engine (370 KM/S)
Shield type: Maliwan Amplify Shield (medium)
reactor core:three types of cores the M7-Combat standard core and FLS37-Engine standard
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IC: "We've got more men on the radar." One of the men said.
"Enemies?" Mentat asked, looking at the charge of the thermal weapons.
"No, they look like friendlies." One of the lieutenants replied.
"Establish a radio connection, see what they need, if anything." Mentat replied.
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

The ~Tarkat Nictov~ picked up the radio signal from the incoming destroyer
Nokai:"Sulli get that radio working we have an incoming vessel"
Sulli nodded and began pushing buttons in order to get a communication signal between the destroyer and the ~Tarkat Nictov~
Sulli:"This is the ~Tarkat Nictov~ communications officer Sulli, state your Sector wide code and verify which side you are one please"
Nokai didn't see anything wrong with the destroyer but he wanted to be sure with it to make sure it was safe to trust the destroyer.
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

"Mercenary here, 3512965." Mentat replied over the radio.
"Sir, the fifteenth energy beam is offline!" An Engineer shouted.
"Get it working! Thermal energy will be wasted if any energy goes to it!" Mentat shouted back.
Arik Taranis (played by HRA)

"Sir, ship coming in. It's a destroyer class, but... It's nothing to be worried about," The Lieutenant reported, smiling. He knew what the others had in mind. Well, it was time for action. The signal? The jamming beacon. Of course the jamming beacon wouldn't touch the HRA ships, mainly because they were 'allies'. That was soon to change, though.

"Commander, order your men to... Wake up. I want every last person on this ship out of cryo and ready to move. That means tell the skeleton crew to get ready. Colonel, I know this isn't a Battle Barge, so we won't have many soldiers, but field what you can. Remember, the rest of the fleet will be on their way. Master Chief Gunnery Commander, I want all projectile weaponry online now." Arik ordered, and turned on his swivel chair.

The Battleship herself was like a warship of old, combined with warships of new. On the side, in the middle shaft between the two biggest sections, lay a hundred 60 footers, 50 on each side, six of which were online now with the skeleton crew. It also contained 30 torpedo tubes, or 15 on each side. On the massive back of the ship, where the warp engines, regular engines, and shield generators were located there was two hanger bays, one on each side. Around the hanger bays was 100 AA sections. Each AA section was divided into four AA segments. The first two segments, located on the top of the section, contained two double barreled 100mm FLaK cannons, or 8 guns in total. The bottom two segments contained two four barreled 45mm or two double barreled 88mm cannons, or 16 or 8 guns in total.

On the bottom of the back of the ship was three massive gun turrets with three barrels each. One on each side, and one on the bottom. On the top of these turrets were two lance gun turrets with two rapid fire energy weapons. This was the orbital bombardment weapons, but they were deadly against ships, too. On top of the ship's back was the command and control station, situated above the shaft, and at the front of the back, staring out into the front. It was surrounded by many, many AA sections, and it's own shield generator.

Above it was one enormous gun turret, bigger than the orbital bombardment turrets. It had, inside, a second command and control center with the antennae, scanners, and all the guns on that control. It was surrounded by 100 AA sections, each ready to fire. But no more turrets.

On the top of the shaft was two smaller gun turrets with three guns each, one sitting on the top of the shaft directly, and the second sitting on another structure attached to the shaft. Both had a single Lance gun turret on it. The second shaft structure was surrounded by Lance turrets.

The front part of the ship had the same guns as the back, and another special addition. It had four fixed rail guns pointed forwards, two large, fixed lance energy guns, one massive plasma cannon, and one large Nova Cannon. Truly, this was not a force to be reckoned with. And it was all horizontal.

As soon as the order was given, the Colonel, commander, and Master Chief Gunnery Commander disappeared, heading towards their duties. The captain had sent out a command for the computer which signaled the starting of the thawing system. Those in cryo would soon be out. In maybe a day or so. Maybe longer.

"Captain, let's play it safe here,"
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

Mentat looked at his ship, an entire section closed off for thermal beams. In war, the hatch outside would open, revealing the cluster of beams, each with an A.I. To keep it firing without maintenance. Other weapons were smaller and less useful, but used up less energy around the ship.
Marshal (played by Chris_Pike)

(Room for one more in this rp?)
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

((of course plenty of room))

Sulli nodded and held a thumbs up for the captain to butt in the call
Nokai "Hello and welcome to the sector Mentat, pleasure to have you apart of the fleet for the time being.
As you probably don't know we have Coalition patrols in this sector defending an outpost in which we will raid, chances are the outpost itself will be weaponized so we'll need to strike fast and hard do you understand?" Nokai let go of the comm and waited for the response, pointing for the engineering officer to check up on the statis of the destroyer he began to scan it from top to bottom.
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

"Understood. How much collateral damage will be accepted?" Mentat asked.
"All Thermal Beams are online sir! The systems are fully repaired from the energized cobalt blast!" An engineer shouted.
"Good, Do you have the blueprints for the railway gun yet?" He shouted back.
"Not yet, we are narrowing down the location, however." An engineer replied.
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

Nokai turned his radio back on "enough to rip the station to shreds without blowing up the cargo" he replied and went over to the door and walked out of the room to go to the cargo bay.
Sulli took over the communications array "alright set up and delta formation form up on the left flank of the ~Tarkat Nictov~ we're making a wall formation to ensure that no one gets out of the kill zone" Sulli said then turned off the comm to bring up the destroyers status all was clean.
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

"How far away is the outpost?" Mentat asked over the radio. A sliding door opened on the left side of the ship, slowly moving away, revealing several large cannon structures. In the center of each barrel, red glows were seen.
Unknown Advanced Int (played by Zactrul) Topic Starter

Sulli looked over at the radar officer and the radar officer put up 4 fingers
Sulli went back to the comm "4 clicks away located on an asteroid mining platform, should be an easy win" sulli said
Nokai was entering the cargo hold where he met up with 2 other men
Nokai"Alright boys, what's the status on that project I gave you?"
One of the men opened his mouth to answer "well we're almost done, but the coding is canceling itself out we're probably gonna have to erase it and start over"
Nokai" I don't care what you do just get it running as soon as possible" he said then left back for the bridge
Marshal (played by Chris_Pike)

Faction:Mercenary
Class: Heavy Frigate
Defensive capabilities:8X Hypria Class Anti-Missile flak Cannons, 6X Anti-Fighter Laser Beam Turret
Offensive capabilities: four Forward Tri-Cannon Particle Cannons, 1 Double-Torpedo Turret Launcher, Rear Mine-Launcher/Deplorer
Engine type:MK-II Impulse Drive
Shield type:Frigate Mk II Frigate (Strong for frigate standards)
reactor core: FLS37-Engine standard core
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IC: Marshal was looking around the bridge, He was 6.2 Feet tall, Had Red Hair and a long scar along his leg, Though no one could really tell that anyways, his normal look of neutrality was replaced by a look of surprise, He was surprised they had made it out of that mess, About ten hours ago he and a bunch of prisoners had escaped from a detention station and had stolen this ship, They were chased for a good eight to nine hours before they had lost their pursuers in a nebula, Marshal then jumped out his seat, He had realised something, This ship could easily be mistaken as a Coalition vessel! "Jonathan, I want you to get into the computer, and take out this ships Coalition transponder and replace it with a Mercenary One, We cant risk that any Mercenaries that we come across will shot and ask questions later" Marshal finished and sat back down, Jonathan only nodded, and stepped away from his chair and left the bridge, But about five minutes later, there was a beeping sound on the bridge "What the-" Marshal started, but was cut off by someone "Sir! The Engine drive is failing, We are dropping from Warp!" And no sooner as he said that, the ship dropped out from Warp, 50.000 Km from three mercenary ships (You guys) And then marshal looked out of the view screen "...Oh just great! Bet five thousand dollars they mistake us as Coalition scum!" Marshal said sighing and shaking his head
Mentat Wallace (played by Jabonicus)

"Understood." Mentat replied. The cannons extended to longer versions, the spaces between them glowing red. "Our Thermal Beams are set, I recommend not getting in any of the lasers way. Once they start, they won't stop till it needs to cool."

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