A War for the Stars

[Erax]

New avatar, more in keeping with this story.

[Erax]

Admiral Wiers' private log, SGY 2403.9:

Everything proceeds according to plan. Black Sword I has been launched and is currently at Gesaril II, picking up the first and second squadrons of the First Carrier Wing. There was intense competition among our naval officers for her command; we chose Captain Suvent from the many candidates because of his past experience with starfighters. Black Sword I will serve as headquarters for the entire Carrier Wing; we expect her captain to coordinate well with his Wing Commander.

We have drawn up plans for our sector Stormtrooper forces, which will be headed by Brigadier Tefnar, formerly Major Tefnar of the Imperial Army. His loyalty and dedication to the Empire should be an example for our citizen Stormtroopers; he will have to train them long and hard if we hope to match the high standards of true Imperial Stormtroopers. Army installations on Gesaril IX have been turned over to the new combat arm and that planet is now our sector's first Stormtrooper training center. We will establish others as necessary.

Seeker II is heading back to Syned I for fuel and supplies, after having discovered another uninhabited system which we named HolLastin. It looks quite promising, with several large planets, one of them fully colonizable. We will build a few Nova-class colonizers here on Virgillia, to reach the systems we have discovered beyond Arkonne.

Commodore Haase is trying to infiltrate Yakrin society with several covert ops teams. They will be invaluable once we get them in place.

It is now four years since I arrived on Virgillia. Four years, and no contact at all with the Empire. I begin to wonder if any of us will ever see the rest of the Galaxy again.

[ May 12, 2003, 09:32: Message edited by: Erax ]

[Erax]

Seeker I, Captain's log, SGY 2404.0:

We entered the wormhole at Gesaril two days ago, half expecting to meet a Yakrin fleet on the other side. Instead we found another barren system, with nothing but an asteroid belt around an unstable dim blue star. The astrographers back at Virgillia named this system Rela. We are currently holding station just outside the Gesaril wormhole.

Fleet Command tells us that Black Sword I is all loaded up and coming our way. Fyrine I is still taking on Army troopers at Gesaril IX. We'll get our next orders only when the Fyrine joins us, but I already know what they will be. We will form a task group and go looking for the Yakrin.

CODED TRANSMISSION
From: Commodore Telar, Sector Starfighter Force
To: Admiral Wiers

Gesaril II, 2404.0

Admiral,

Black Sword I has launched on schedule, carrying two squadrons equipped with TIE/ln A starfighters. The next two squadrons of the First Carrier Wing will be ready before Black Sword II leaves her dock on Gesaril V.

Our defense wings on Gesaril and Virgillia are fully operational. The Syned and Gandle Ott defense wings are in the production schedule, but it will be many tenths before those starfighters are launched, particularly in Gandle Ott.

Admiral, I urge you to reconsider construction priorities for the new colonies. I understand that the sector needs more mineral miner facilities and research centers, but as the situation stands there is nothing to protect those very same facilities if the Hutt or the Yakrin become hostile. Please consider this issue carefully, it could be vital for all of our systems.

[Erax]

Time for an updated map :



This is the quadrant map as of 2404.0.

Virgillia: Imperial homeworld.
Gathus: Andarr homeworld.
Keedad: Hutt homeworld.
Gesaril: First Imperial colony system.
Syned: Second Imperial colony system.
Berlin: Third Imperial colony system.
Gandle Ott: Fourth Imperial colony system.
Prazhi: Uninhabited colonizable system.
Tachung: Uninhabited colonizable system.
Klozar: Uninhabited colonizable system.
HolLastin: Uninhabited colonizable system.
Arkonne: Barren asteroid system.
Rela: Barren asteroid system.
Galvoni: Barren 'bLasted' system.
Nalros: Interstellar Alliance colony system.

[Erax]

Admiral Wiers' private log, SGY 2404.1:

The First Planetary Assault Regiment is still being loaded aboard Fyrine I. Black Sword II has been launched and is on her way to Gesaril II; she will pick up the two TIE fighter squadrons that are waiting for her there, then meet Seeker I and Black Sword I in the Rela system. Nova VIII has been launched from Virgillia; she will travel to Syned I, refuel there, then she will cross the Arkonne system and colonize Klozar VII. That was the planet from which Captain Stran aboard Seeker II picked up some strange readings six tenths ago. Perhaps we can find more ruins there which will confirm what the Alliance has told us about the alien race they call the Ancients.

Acting on Commodore Telar's Advice, I have increased the priority for starfighter production in the Gandle Ott system. It is quite likely that the unexplored system beyond Rela, which we believe is occupied by the Yakrin, also connects to Gandle Ott.

[Erax]

Admiral Wiers' private log, SGY 2404.2:

The Yakrin chose to declare war on us. We made no overt moves against them and we have never entered their systems; but still they decided that our treaties with the Alliance were enough of a threat to them to justify this decision. Fortunately, we were prepared for this development.

Our contacts in the Alliance tell us that the Yakrin are a ruthless and bloodthirsty race that must be stopped at all costs. Some of this may be propaganda designed to bring us into the conflict sooner, but our plans are already drawn and cannot be altered now.

Our attempts to manufacture proton torpedoes have met with failure. We need to improve our fusion technology first; as usual, it will take time.

Our first Stormtrooper forces are being raised on Gesaril IX. We will build an oversized brigade, with five battalions, and distribute it between two Fyrine-class ships.

Seeker I and Black Sword I and II have been grouped into the First Invasion Fleet; the Seeker will act as flagship, with Captain Veren in charge of all operations. He will wait for Fyrine I, which has left Gesaril IX and is on her way to Rela. After the transport joins the Fleet they will cross the hyperconduit that leads to Yakrin space.

What happens after that will depend on what Captain Veren finds at the other end of that hyperconduit.

[Erax]

The next update will be in +/- 5 hours. Was too tired yesterday to move the game along so I could post the reports today.