History of the Galaxy, part 1-Story Thread

spacefan · #34 May 24th, 2002, 04:19 PM

Ship Lord Alzene's log

All quiet on the Praetorian front, but although most other shiplords have been dormant, our ship has been tasked to greet the defecting Amon'krie captains. After we took on three captains, my crew examined their ships, and found nothing of interest. It appears the Amon'krie are quite limited in their technology. Through various contacts, I've discovered our espionage against the Amon'krie is shifting to sabotage of their industrial facilies.

More significantly, radio traffic indicates the latest Grand Lord received threats from the Xiati to break treaties with the Sergetti. This Grand Lord decided to stop trading with the Xiati because of their insolence, and through his threats and diplomacy they have agreed to subjugation, paying the Grand Lord tribute in exchange for leniency.

No contact I'm aware of has been made with any other allies lately. The Norak have set up their colony, as mandated by treaty, without any fuss.

Jacob and I have returned to homeworld orbit, where traffic and general noise level remains high, due to the large number of ships in orbit. Among the orbiting fleet 7 obsolete ships have been decommissioned and are gradually being replaced by the latest Idaho class designs. Most captains have spent their time listening to reports about the destruction of Amon'krie factories and the tariffs from the Xiati; anything to keep them from facing the calm and peace that prevails. Drunkedness and fights are becoming a problem, but the captains are discussing various training scenarios, which should lead to some much needed battle training for the crews.

I've run a pretty tight ship myself. The Alpha Tau has a crew of 130, 15 of those being junior officers. We've worked on repair and construction drills as well as retrofitting and salvage missions.

The researchers I still have contact with report continued investigation into stellar phenomenon and how to manipulate such.

I still think we are merely experiencing the calm before the storm, but I am not sure how the storm will manifest itself.

[ May 24, 2002, 15:25: Message edited by: spacefan ]