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[capnq]

Rrurrr Defense Fleet Annihilated in Last Stand at Ggeh

2407.5 (Llev, Nizzarum) - The entire remaining Rrurrr space navy was destroyed today in a valiant battle against the invading armada of the Spoo Empire. Outnumbered four to one, the defenders of the Last functional shipyard in the Rrurrr Confederation at Ggeh charged to meet the enemy. The fleet flagship, the first Ocelot class cruiser, personally commanded by Czar Dvadd himself, was the first ship destroyed in a shower of polaron beams. The technologically superior Spoo fleet lost only one cruiser and several fighter squadrons in the assault. The azure skies of Ggeh filled with billowing smoke as the cruel conquerors obliterated the colony.

With the population of the sole surviving Rrurrr colony at Llev demoralized and exhausted, and the Spoo populations of occupied Eulario and Frashblatin rioting, it is estimated that it would take in excess of three years to bring a new shipyard Online, leaving the Rrurrr at the mercy of the Spoo and their Empire of Night allies.

[Geoschmo's "Survivor" Elimination Tourney, Round 1 Game 5 result]

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[This message has been edited by capnq (edited 30 July 2001).]

[Taqwus]

SCENE: A command center somewhere in the Delphion system. Wall-hanging displays are showing maps of many systems, with numerous softly glowing lights indicating the locations of known fleets.

An officer reports: "The Klingon fleet is *still* in Wega System, Admiral -- orbiting Wega IX, right by our KH-11."

Admiral: "The Prince will not be pleased. I'll let him know."


SCENE: Klingon Embassy. Frustrated diplomats are poring over a map of Wega.

Klingon Ambassador: "Wega System is yours. We will withdraw our ships."

Clan Ambassador: "You have promised this for a year. Perhaps your fleet is unaware of this? Or you have another motive for stationing a fleet in our space?"


SCENE: A well-furnished house in Delphion.

A shadowy figure: "...of course. They will be removed immediately."


SCENE: A bar in Wega IX. The Klingon crews have been invited to a raucous alcohol-laden party.

Various: "PARTY! PARTY!" "It is a good day to drink!" ...


SCENE: Klingon Embassy.

Klingon Ambassador: "What have you done with our fleet?"

Ambassador: It appears that your crews are prone to alcohol abuse, your honor. Our records indicate that your fleets, run by drunkards, have somehow found themselves hundreds of light-years away, in Norak space. In addition, they have declared allegiance to us. Perhaps you would like them back?

Klingon Ambassador: *sputter*



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-- The thing that goes bump in the night

[justjake73]

Recent operations by Terran Intelligence has resulted in the acquirement of Ice Colonization from the Zedron. We have since fully colonized our home system of Ephandra and subsequent colonies have nearly doubled our resource output.

Something curious has been reported by our counter intelligence operatives. Captured Zedronites have, under interrogation, revealed that they call themselves members of the Jethranis Confederation. Subsequent intelligence operation has revealed that an apparent rebellion has occurred in the Jethranis System of the Zedron Empire. It has since spread to several planets, with the followers naming their "people" after that system.

It has been revealed that the Zedron Protectorate spreads no farther than the galactic median. We have begun exploration of these systems and have already planned several colonies.

[justjake73]

(apologies - I am a fan of the old game Harpoon and like the use of "official" style Messages used in the game.)

TO: ALL TERRAN FEDERATION MILITARY FORCES
TASK FORCE CEWANDI
TASK FORCE LAPZOOLI
STRIKE FLEET ALPHA

FROM: STARFLEET COMMAND

***WAR WARNING - WAR WARNING - WAR WARNING-**

**************FLASH TRAFFIC***************

A COMMUNICATION FROM ZEDRON PROTECTORATE WAS RECEIVED AT THE CEWANDI I MILITARY INSTALLATION READING AS FOLLOWS:

"YOU HAVE BECOME A THREAT TO THE GALAXY AS A WHOLE. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE."

PEACEFUL DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE BEING ATTEMPTED AT THIS TIME. STARFLEET COMMAND HAS DEEMED THAT HOSTILITIES ARE IMMINENT. SMALL ZEDRON FLEETS HAS BEEN SEEN ENTERING THE CEWANDI AND XIBAN SYSTEMS. ALL FLEETS AND PLANETARY DEFENSE FORCE INSTALLATIONS IN THOSE SECTORS HAVE STANDING ORDERS TO DEFEND FEDERATION COLONIES AGAINST ANY HOSTILE ACT.

TASK FORCE LAPZOOLI TO MOVE TO FORWARD POSITION AT LAPZOOLI IX. STRIKE FLEET ALPHA TO MOVE TO FORWARD POSITION AT RESSHRAK I AND PREPARE TO SUPPORT TASK FORCE CEWANDI IN DEFENSE OF THAT SYSTEM. BATTLESTATION FORMIDABLE - HAVE RECEIVED MESSAGE THAT LEVEL V PHASED SHIELDS ARE OPERATIONAL - TO FINISH REMAINING UPGRADES ASAP.

ROE WARNING YELLOW, WEAPONS HOLD. FIRE ONLY IF FIRED UPON.

*******END TRANSMISSION**********

[justjake73]

Ships log, stardate 2425.223, USS Bonhomme Richard IV-2, Captain Martin Jameson commanding. It has been three months since the Zedron Protectorate declared war on the Terran Federation, and two months since any contact with any Zedron ships by any of our forces. Today six Zedron ships have appeared in the warp point to the Vendrin system. Our fleet has been ordered to move to protect the colony at Cewandi IX. Strike Fleet Alpha has moved into position at Cewandi III. I believed not even the Zedron would be foolish enough to launch an attack into a system protected by thirty heavily armed starships and dozens of defense bases, but I was wrong - and am guilty of forgetting one of mantras of Basic Tactics; never underestimate the potential stupidity of the enemy....

"Sir, the Zedron ships have left the warp point. They are headed deeper into the system." Ensign Smith reported fro her ops poition.

Captain Jameson scowled. "Current trajectory?"

"Directly for Cewandi IX." she answered.

Commander Dewitt shook his head. "Naturally, the only colony in this system that does not have an orbiting defense base. They're rank cowards."

"Order the fleet to set an intercept course. We'll teach them what it means to threaten one of our colonies! Engage!" ordered Jameson.....

[Hotfoot]

The Path of Shadows

+++Public News Net+++
+++++++2421.7+++++++

Headlines:
-Sagellan Homeworlds now under Shaderni control: War nearing an end
-Terran hostilities increase
-Praetorians join in the development of the former asteroid fields in the Ishantrissi and Vartoxia systems
-Scientists confirm that the Huju system's sun will deteriorate until it becomes a supernova in 2424.5
-Prince Mortova reports that all is well in the Imperial Palace, despite Last month's reported disturbance

Would you like to inform yourself further?

War coming to a close: Sagellan front has collapsed thanks to the coordinated efforts of Haunt Fleet and Hive Fleet. Reports from the several ground assaults of Sagellan Homeworlds has prompted a redesign of the Strange Mercy troop units. The end results being the creation of the Strange Mercy Mk4 heavy troops and the deployment of the Chimera Mk3a troop transports, which should prove useful for the eventual re-opening of the warp passages to the dark side of the galaxy, as well as other potential problems in and around Shaderni territory.

Abandoned Terran Colonies mistake war with Sagellans for war with Humans: In a surprising move, the human colonies on the light side of the galaxy have declared war with the Shaderni Empire. Despite having no support from the Terran Homeworlds, and entering into conflict after the fall of the Sagellan Homeworlds and military strength, their chances of being any sort of real threat to the Shaderni are very small. Still, Shaderni Fleet Command has ordered the mobilization of the Terra Nova Dreadnoughts in order to quickly nullify the Terran hostilities.

Praetorian Colonies on former asteroid belts reporting great sucess: In what is now a joint venture of developing worlds created from previously useless asteroid belts, the Praetorian the Shaderni governments both report that the increase in resources and prosperity surpasses previously projected estimates. Experts report now that once the various system improvement facilities are finished, it will mark a golden age of economic expansion.

Huju's star to go nova in under three years: Due to unfortunate natural causes, the single-star system of Huju will be turned into a wasteland in under three years. While the loss of the Huju system is unfortunate, due to the two major colony worlds that will be destroyed when the sun ends its life cycle. The majority of the colonial population is slated to be evacuated to the new gas giant colony in Vartoxia one year before the predicted supernova. A few top-level Shaderni research scientists will be remaining behind until the Last possible moment in order to study this most fascinating of phenomenon. It is possible that the study of this stellar event will allow for the possibility for our scientists and engineers to construct a device which could prevent such catastrophies in the near future.

Prince Mortova says everything is all right on the home front: Despite reports in the past few months of strange behavior from the Prince, reports from the Prince's personal health officials and a statement from Prince Mortova himself assure the populace that all is well. The accidental near-deployment of the Terror ship in Terran space has been attributed to an unforseen glitch in the ship's Master Computer. Thankfully, the ship's mission was aborted by an emergency override command when the ship was about to enter bombardment range of a major terran colony. The frigate's Master Computer is going to undergo a massive overhaul and reprogramming in order to avoid unleashing the class two plague that the ship carries. There is also debate on whether the ship should have the plague bomb removed, as its usefulness to our medical advancement technology has passed. Fear that the Terror ship's virus will be used as a biological weapon concerns many scientists who were originally on the project to develop the biological plague. Fleet command has assured that the Terror ship is not slated for any military engagements in the foreseeable future.

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-Hotfoot
"Good things come to those who wait."

[justjake73]

Jameson ordered the fleet into battle line formation. He had transferred his flag to the dreadnought USS Sovereign II-2. Capital ships were ordered to either flank so as to avoid any weakness in the formation.

"The Zedron ships are a mix, sir. One even appears to be a first generation frigate!" Ensign Smith said with a mixture of amazement and contempt.

"Battle line formation. The carrier will stay behind, protected by the Ticonderoga, Decatur and Princeton." Jameson ordered.

Lt. Benson was at Tactical. "The Zedron are moving to intercept, but due to the mixture of engine types and lack of fleet training, they apparently can't coordinate a battle line. One Bangalore III class dreadnought is in range, sir!"

"Open fire!"

The enemy dreadnought never really had a chance. Phased weapons and null space cannons skipped her shields and tore into her. It was over in less than a minute - she never even got a shot off.

The Sovereign II-2 was buffeted by multiple shots. "They're concentrating all fire on us! Shields down to 30%!!"

"All ships target closest vessel. Fire at will!"

The first space battle in the history of the known galaxy was over quickly. The Zedron were grossly outmatched - both sides had roughly comparable technology, but the Zedron had apprently not spent the time upgrading their fleets, and it cost them dearly. No Federation ships suffered any damage.

Phased we