A War for the Stars

[Raging Deadstar]

*Raging Deadstar walks in*

I wanna be a Stormtrooper, Mam...ooops sorry SIR!
Or I want to be a sith!

*Pulls out a metre long bagguette and starts swishing it round making lightsabre noises before bopping the sergeant on the head, and promptly being escorted out, bagguette swinging and lightsabre noises continuing!*

Hehe, but anyway...

Nice idea Erax, very good concept for an update. Should have your people playing putty right into your hands. You know what they say about men with Automatic weapons, or in a star wars universe jawa with droids

[ June 20, 2003, 19:24: Message edited by: Senator Raging Deadstar ]

[Erax]

Admiral Wiers' private log, SGY 2405.2:

Our first genuine Hoersch-Kessel ion drives rolled off the production lines today. They are cheaper and smaller than the previous atomic drives; in time, we will have Versions that are also more efficient. The Nova colonizer design has already been upgraded to include these new drives. Our research teams are now testing an anti-fighter laser prototype; after that their next priority will be to develop ray and particle shields. There are many who are optimistic with our recent victories over the Yakrin, but the way ahead is still long.

Seeker II entered a new system, which we named New Mantooine; it contains only a small and a tiny partially colonizable worlds, plus an airless moon. She will move through this system to HolLastin, then on to our colony on Klozar VI.

Our metal stockpiles continue to dwindle. I must find new ways to motivate the population of our mining colonies.

Seeker I, Captain's log, SGY 2405.2:

Our carriers have recovered all of their TIE fighters. The rebuilt spaceport down on Aram I has fuelled the Fleet's reactors, and our new laser cannon have been tested. Colonel Haakar and his Assault Regiment are back aboard Fyrine I, minus a token force which will hold Aram I until the Army brings in a proper security battalion from one of the colonies.

Our orders are to leave orbit and make for one of the unexplored wormholes, from which an Alliance destroyer has just emerged. From this distance we can't be too sure, but it looks like it's heavily damaged. Whatever the Yakrin still have out there, it's certainly nasty, and we're headed straight into it.

Fyrine III is on her way to join us, with half a Stormtrooper Brigade aboard. She'll join the Fleet in the unexplored system, if the Fleet is still in one piece by then.

[ June 20, 2003, 21:01: Message edited by: Chief Engineer Erax ]

[Krsqk]

Nice update, as always. Keep up the good work! I'm into my first Sci-Fi Xover game, and I can appreciate the interesting contortions of the research path.

after that their next priority will be to develop ray and particle shields

I did not enjoy the shock of finding out those shields were not phased.

[Raging Deadstar]

Yet another great update! The Empire grows strong i see! It seems the enemy are making a Last stand though. I love this, Great Work!

[Andrés]

Just in case you haven't seen it, I just posted Last night a new verion of the now called "Star Wars Mod II".
It is very different from the old Version Erax is using for this story.

[Erax]

Yes, Andres is correct. I will play through the end of this story with the old Version, but I definitely recommend the newer Version.

Hey, I've been promoted ! Who thinks I should bug David for an Imperial-style rank plaque, now that I'm an officer ?

[Erax]

Seeker I, Captain's log, SGY 2405.3:

The Fleet has survived another space battle. We were expecting a surprise from the Yakrin, but we weren't prepared for what actually happened. I'll start from the beginning.

We reached the wormhole on schedule and watched the Alliance Kent-class destroyer limp out of the area. We tried to get them to tell us what had damaged them, but they wouldn't answer. Maybe their communications were impaired, although I doubt it. It didn't matter, because before we could organize the Fleet to enter the wormhole, it started flashing and an enemy ship came through ! It was a Yakrin frigate and it materialized right next to our Fyrines. Our formation was thrown into chaos as the Fyrines fled for safety, while the rest of the Fleet reversed course and tried to draw the enemy captain's attention. A flight of TIE bombers scrambled from Black Sword III streaked across our bow and fired a spread of proton torpedoes, which plowed straight into the frigate, ripping it apart and leaving a glowing ball of space dust. It was all over almost as suddenly as it had begun. We waited tensely for another ship to come through the hole but none did.

Watching the holos after the battle, we realized the enemy ship was already damaged before it engaged us. I think it had fought with the Alliance destroyer and was intent on not letting them get away. They must have been as surprised as we were when they ran straight into us.
It's a good thing they were damaged, too, otherwise they'd have caught and shot up our transports before being taken out by the torpedoes.

Which means we've just saved that Alliance ship. I'd like to get the name of that destroyer's captain, if it weren't for us he'd be an ion cloud now.

It took hours to get the Fleet straightened out again. To help matters along, we got Last-minute orders, Fyrine II was detached from the Fleet and sent back into the Aram system. No great loss since she was sailing empty, but it added to the general confusion. I had to make a few threats to get everyone into place, but now we're finally ready. It's time to enter another unknown wormhole. I've seen more of them than any other ship's captain in the Empire, but I don't think I'll ever get used to these jumps into the unknown. I can't get rid of the feeling that one day there might be a brick wall at the other end.