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Post by Pierre Bezukhov on Oct 25, 2014 20:22:36 GMT -6
==Bashmeli's Hive== =Ringworld of Gilmar=
Workers would swarm over the ship, ripping off the armaments of it. New, larger missile tubes would be produced to hold Hive missiles. The primitive armaments of the Corvette would be ripped off as well, replaced with weapons designed to fit on their hard-points but that were far more advanced than the trash mounted on the alien corvette. The shield emitter would be ripped out, taken to the rooms designated as labs to be reverse engineered in order to give the Hive its own edge over alien invaders in the form of energy shields.
(Construction: HSC MKI Refit: 1/2) (Research: Point Deflectors: 1/15, Pseudo-AI: 1/15) (Research Queue: Shield Emitter: 1/26)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 25, 2014 20:53:31 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
Admiral Shurik tapped his fingers on the side of his chair, the D-374 Terminator had been sent to meet up with the 7 C-249s that were assembling in the Orchak system literally an hour off the assembly line, they hadn't had much time to test most of the systems, but seeing as only 4 corvettes had arrived so far when they got to the system, they'd had time to test the rest. Now, they were waiting on the last corvette to arrive, with so many corvettes leaving and the chance that the aliens would use the C-249 Discovery's slipstream drive to attack them, the Senate had approved Chancellor Irtalma's proposal to construct 5 more C-249s to defend the IAR until the fleet returned. Shurik straightened in his chair as the C-249 Intrigue exited FTL a few kilometers from the D-374, Shurik pressed a button on his chair that opened a channel among the fleet, "We all know the mission," he said, "aliens have attacked and taken one of our corvettes and killed its crew. Thus far they have refused to return the C-249 or provide recompense for any of the murdered Arthans. As far as we know they only have one vessel besides the C-249 Discovery, but they are sure to have retrofitted our ship with their weapons. We will drop out of FTL near the edge of the ringworld system to determine the locations of the 2 ships, from there an appropriate strategy will be given to you. Let's go." he cut the channel and nodded to the helmsman, "Take us out." he said, the D-374's slipstream drive powered up and the frigate jumped into FTL in a flash of light.
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 16/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 16/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 1/5 5x
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Post by Pierre Bezukhov on Oct 25, 2014 21:09:28 GMT -6
==Bashmeli's Hive== =Ringworld of Gilmar=
Before retrofitting the Corvette, it would have been taken underground to the landing bay of the Hive and put onto rails in order to be taken into its own bay. This would buy the Hive a deal of time due to the sheer magnitude of the Ringworld itself in terms of finding the Hive with the alien vessel's tracking signals turned off due to the rotation of the Ringworld and lack of adaption of standard coordinates systems to the Ringworld. Mimicing the design after several days of constant study by hundreds of workers giving their communal knowledge to the Hive, the Hive would attempt to build their first knock-off vessel in their own underground facilities. It would take longer due to the study needed while building it, but hopefully would allow the Hive to construct their first vessel. A major achievement as it would mean they would be able to enter the stars instead of probing around the general space of their Ringworld.
(Construction: HSC MKI Refit: 2/2, HSC MKI: 1/10) (Research: Point Deflectors: 1/15, Pseudo-AI: 1/15) (Research Queue: Shield Emitter: 1/26)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 25, 2014 21:27:18 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
The fleet dropped out of FTL on the edge of the ringworld system, "Scan for any ships in the immediate area and then expand the range of the scan." Shurik said, he tapped his claws on the side of his chair as he waited for the results, "No ships in the immediate area, admiral," the helmsman replied, "but I am picking up a ship near the ringworld, no others." "All right," Shurik said, "alert the fleet and set a course, let's go-" "Sir," the helmsman interrupted, "from what I can tell, it's the same type as the alien ship that the C-249 Infinity and the C-249 Intrigue encountered in the Dalhan system." Shurik frowned, "What are they doing here?" he said, more to himself then to the helmsman. "Alert the fleet," he said, "we're going to go see why they are hear, drop out close enough for communications but out of weapons range. Also, get their language files from the C-249 Intrigue." The fleet entered FTL once again in a flash of light, dropping out close to the Irsum Class Frigate, the D-374 hailed them.
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 17/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 17/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 2/5 5x
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Sunshine60
Edessian Ensign
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Posts: 218
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Post by Sunshine60 on Oct 25, 2014 21:41:22 GMT -6
[Kingdom of Athos] [Lacor System, Exploration Group Bravo]
A second exploration force, consisting of three Frigates and utilizing newly-modified systems, deploys in the direction of the Ringworld with the supplies to establish a more permanent geological lab in an attempt to understand its nature. The power spike generated by the drives would be detectable from a good distance away from the ships.
Construction: Shipyard x5 (21/30)
Research: Neutron Beam (14/30)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 25, 2014 21:47:22 GMT -6
[IAR]
[Status Report]
The development department has succeeded in the improving the tracking system aboard their ships, allowing greater accuracy. With the recent encounters of 2 alien species, one hostile, and both with superior weaponry technology, Chancellor Irtalma has ordered that they begin looking into ways of improving the current railguns, ideally so that they could inflict more damage.
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 18/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 18/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 3/5 5x
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Enhanced Tracking: 20/20 Completed Gen III Fusion Reactors: 20/35 Gen II Railguns: 1/20
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Sunshine60
Edessian Ensign
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Posts: 218
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Post by Sunshine60 on Oct 25, 2014 22:50:03 GMT -6
[Kingdom of Athos] [Gilmar System, Exploration Group Bravo]
The frigates drop out of warp, performing an immediate scan of the area and detecting numerous unidentified contacts that are inconsistent with the asteroids in this system. At the order of the Paladin in charge of the task force, the ships move to an orbit inside the ring.
Construction: Shipyard x5 (22/30)
Research: Neutron Beam (15/30)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 25, 2014 23:03:57 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
"Admiral," the helmsman said, "3 frigates just appeared on our sensors, they are in orbit of the ringworld and closing in, I have no idea what type they are." Shurik cursed silently, just what he needed, more aliens. "Send 3 corvettes to intercept and try to establish contact," he said, "we'll wait here until we get a response from these aliens." "Yes, sir." 3 C-249s broke off from the main body of ships and headed on an intercept course for the 3 frigates that had just dropped out, broadcasting a signal on a variety of channels towards them.
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 19/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 19/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 4/5 5x
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 21/35 Gen II Railguns: 2/20
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Sunshine60
Edessian Ensign
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
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Post by Sunshine60 on Oct 26, 2014 6:43:04 GMT -6
[Kingdom of Athos] [Gilmar System, RNS Manifesto]
"Sir, three contacts breaking off of their formation, heading out way," the sensor officer reported, meanwhile the communicator next to the Captain's station blinked, he starred to pick up the headset, but was stopped by the Draiari observer, who took the headset and stepped off the bridge as he spoke, "This is the Royal Navy Ship Manifesto of the Kingdom of Athos, identify yourselves."
Construction: Shipyard x5 (23/30)
Research: Neutron Beam (16/30)
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Post by Sliprunner on Oct 26, 2014 7:51:59 GMT -6
-Lukra, Isrum Class- The ship was struggling to get back into higher orbit, the engines barely able to pull them up. The trouble soon faded through as they finally pulled into higher orbit. The captain shouted "Status report?", "Sensors are rebooting, we'll have signal shortly", "Engines overtaxed but operational, Don't expect a tour of the system". The captain was about to give an order when the sensor operator gave a shout "Sensors online! Multiple contacts! With those emissions, its bound to be something artificial" The Communications officer shouted "Inbound frequency" the captain closed his eyes for a moment, trying to focus, shouting out after a moment "open the frequency, Get strikecraft ready, I do NOT like this situation"
=QUE= >Construction< 5x Isorma (10/14) 5x Shipyard (18/28) >Research< Gen IV Warheads (13/45) Shipyard Overhauls (13/55)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 8:33:42 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
Shurik nodded to the communications officer who turned to the computer and started typing, using the language files that the C-249 Intrigue had provided, they patched the universal translator into the communications so the aliens could understand them. "Open a channel," Shurik said, "audio and video." the communications officer typed on the computer for a second then nodded to Shurik. "This is Admiral Shurik of the Interstellar Arthan Republic," Shurik said, "may I ask why you are here?"
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 20/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 20/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 5/5 5x Completed
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 22/35 Gen II Railguns: 3/20
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Post by conmann35 on Oct 26, 2014 9:37:43 GMT -6
TECH Resupply Platforms: 7/15
Basic EMP Hardening: 7/20 TECH
Tarus Emerius. It didn't take long after we were landed for me to be "unofficially stripped" of my marshaling duties and back to the world of politics, as one of those ever-lovable diplomatic officers in the service of the Emperor handed me a missive at the starport. Its contents could best be summed up as this:
-------------------------------------- -- IMPERIAL DIETARY SUMMONS -- ALL PRINCIPALITIES OF THE EMPIRE ARE TO SUBMIT THEMSELVES TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE IMMEDIATELY FOR AN ASSEMBLY OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. ARRIVE AT ONCE.
-- Emperor Ardan III
[ The Emperor usually, but not always, sealed these missives. Not this time, must have been in too much of a rush. No formal legalese to melt my mind over, either.] -------------------------------------- .. so as I got on my way to the appropriate means of transport, I'm pretty sure I muttered " Welcome back to politics, old boy" somewhere along the way.
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Post by Sliprunner on Oct 26, 2014 9:59:29 GMT -6
-Lukra, Isrum Class- The captain, along with most of the crew, was rather startled when the feed started. This was partly from seeing aliens, while the rest was the shock from the translated communications. The captain glanced to his flight deck officer, looking back to the screen he responded "I am Captain Murik of Seminar, How do you know our speech?" A mental message to the flight deck officer had him rush off, within moments the hanger bays would be priming every strikecraft carried on board, an "Alpha" package was being loaded onto them, largely under the hope of projecting enough force to scare off these ships. Murik himself had a rather nice view of the holographic map projection, showing part of the massive object they were in orbit of along with the various blips, Seven in total were flagged for suspected artificial emissions.
=QUE= >Construction< 5x Isorma (11/14) 5x Shipyard (19/28) >Research< Gen IV Warheads (14/45) Shipyard Overhauls (14/55)
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Post by flightoficarus on Oct 26, 2014 10:16:30 GMT -6
[Vorskel Confederation] =VSS Warspite=
Daria tapped the comms buttons on the armrest of her chair. It opened a channel to the destroyers. "Power up the warp drives, we're making the jump," she said. She cut the channel, nothing else having to be said. "Helmsman power up our drive too," she added. The helmsman acknowledged and started the task of powering up the drive and plotting the jump.
=Construction= 5 Fabricators 4/5 5 Shipyards 8/30 =Research= Gen II Railguns 14/20 Universal Translation 14/30
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 13:00:47 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
"We recently encountered your race in one of our systems," Shurik replied, "a frigate of the same class as yours, captained by Ixram of Seminar. He provided us with your race's language files, from there our translators are able to completely translate anything you or I say." In the earpiece he had in his ear he heard the helmsman report on the complete scan of the system, they were unable to detect the corvettes they were looking for. It was likely that they were hiding somewhere on the ringworld and a detailed scan would be required at close range. "We mean you no harm," Shurik continued, "we are merely here to carry out justice on an alien species that we discovered here, they tricked us, murdered 15 Arthans and stole one of our Corvettes."
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C-249 Artan-Class Cruiser: 21/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 21/25
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 23/35 Gen II Railguns: 4/20
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Post by Pierre Bezukhov on Oct 26, 2014 13:38:33 GMT -6
==Bashmeli's Hive== =Ringworld of Gilmar=
The Hive would be completely oblivious to the situation brewing in the system, their RADAR systems shut off in order to keep the Hive hidden from vengeance against the race they took the corvette from. Their scientists would come along nicely in disassembling the shield generator in order to gain information on how shield generation works on starships.
(Construction: HSC MKI: 2/10) (Research: Point Deflectors: 3/15, Pseudo-AI: 3/15) (Research Queue: Shield Emitter: 1/26)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 13:51:16 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the C-249 Intrigue]
The message from the 3 alien frigates came through as gibberish to the Arthans, "Try a binary message," Tristan said, "if that doesn't work, try to open video communications, we might be able to communicate to them in that way like Uthar and Rachil did."
[Status Report]
The report from the D-374 Terminator has caused quite a bit of controversy in the Senate, with 4 frigates in the system, 3 unknown, and the aliens hiding on their ringworld, it is unlikely that the expedition will end as soon as was hoped. Allot of money has already been spent on new ships due to the alien attack, but if this is going to end quickly, they would need to send more corvettes to the ringworld to aid in the search. The senate voted to make 2 more corvettes and send the 5 recently completed corvettes to the ringworld when the S-472 is finished, but the vote was close, it is unlikely that they will be willing to agree to constructing any more military vessels.
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C-492 Artan-Class Cruiser: 22/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 22/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 1/5 2x
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 24/35 Gen II Railguns: 5/20
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Post by Pierre Bezukhov on Oct 26, 2014 13:58:56 GMT -6
==Bashmeli's Hive== =Ringworld of Gilmar=
Bashmeli would have several hundred workers dig deeper into the ground of the Ringworld in order to provide a new Royal Chamber and Brooding Chamber which would be safe from a decent amount of bombardment. Reinforcing the rooms with steel support beams, refined from iron taken from asteroids in the system's kuiper belt, the new Chambers would be far safer than the previous Chambers would have been.
(Construction: HSC MKI: 3/10) (Research: Point Deflectors: 4/15, Pseudo-AI: 4/15) (Research Queue: Shield Emitter: 1/26)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 14:28:13 GMT -6
[IAR]
[Status Report]
In addition to the new ships being prepared, a large task force is being prepared for the possibility of having to storm the Hive. The soldiers are being trained to fight in tunnels built for a smaller race and to fight the small insect like aliens, the task force is being trained on Orchak to give them the most time to prepare. Once the destroyer is finished, it will join up with 5 corvettes to pick up the task force and travel to the ringworld, at that point the hive will probably have been discovered, from there the plan was to bombard the Hive from space, if that didn't succeed in collapsing the cave system, the task force would enter the caves to attempt to drive them out.
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C-492 Artan-Class Cruiser: 24/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 24/25 C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 3/5 2x
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 26/35 Gen II Railguns: 7/20
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Post by flightoficarus on Oct 26, 2014 14:38:50 GMT -6
[Vorskel Confederation]
=VSS Warspite=
The warp drives charged up and activated. Space in front of the ship was compressed and space in front was expanded. It made a sort of space-time 'bubble' around the ships. That bubble moved faster than light, while the ship technically didn't move, it was just 'carried' along. This cleverly evaded the laws of relativity. Or at least that was how Daria understood it. She didn't feel like anything changed, but the cameras didn't display anything. It was just an orb of light that dulled to the edges. "That's weird, any idea what causes that visual effect?" Daria asked. "I think it might be the doppler effect. The stars' light is shifting out of the visible spectrum and into the X-ray range, which we can't see. The background cosmic radiation on the other hand shifts into the visible spectrum," the sensors officer says after a few moments. "So we're blind basically?" Daria asked. "Yes, at least to everything outside the warp bubble. Besides, our radar waves would be left behind, they only travel at light speed."
=Construction=
5 Fabricators 1/5
5 Shipyards 9/30
=Research=
Gen II Railguns 15/20
Universal Translation 15/30
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 14:44:18 GMT -6
[IAR]
[Status Report]
The S-472 has been finished, it was given 2 hours to test the system and for the crew to get on board, then it was sent to Orchak. The 5 C-249s are already there, waiting for the destroyer to arrive before they depart for the ringworld, it will take about 6 days to get there, with the route already traveled for 2 weeks, they're able to travel faster then the previous groups, but not by much.
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C-492 Artan-Class Cruiser: 25/35 2x S-472 Varnak-Class Destroyer: 25/25 Completed C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 4/5 2x
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 26/35 Gen II Railguns: 7/20
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Post by Sliprunner on Oct 26, 2014 14:50:13 GMT -6
-Lukra, Isrum Class- "Ixram you say?" Murik telepathed to the communications officer ~Keep the crew on high alert, I doubt we can make a move safely, we need more support~, He continued, "Then I suppose his trip went somewhat well, was not expecting to run into another race here, your word must travel fast though to of gotten from him to here, given the time between our departures" The strikecraft were in launch position at this point, at a word almost the entirety of the squadrons could be launched in rapid succession. Murik took a slight breath then continued "As for coming here to take justice, just what do you mean by that?"
=QUE= >Construction< 5x Isorma (12/14) 5x Shipyard (20/28) >Research< Gen IV Warheads (15/45) Shipyard Overhauls (15/55)
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Post by Chonicler on Oct 26, 2014 15:20:58 GMT -6
[IAR]
[On board the D-374 Terminator]
"We have instantaneous communication capability," Shurik replied, "it isn't very efficient or capable of lengthy messages, but it is useful. As for what we mean by justice, we mean to retrieve our corvette or at least render it useless to them and make sure they don't attack us again. We asked them to return our corvette and provide recompense for the families of those murdered, but they have refused."
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C-492 Artan-Class Cruiser: 26/35 2x C-249 Viala-Class Corvette: 5/5 2x Completed
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Gen III Fusion Reactors: 27/35 Gen II Railguns: 8/20
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Sunshine60
Edessian Ensign
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Posts: 218
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Post by Sunshine60 on Oct 26, 2014 15:46:56 GMT -6
[Kingdom of Athos] [Gilmar System, RNS Manifesto]
The binary message, being written to translate into Arthan, would make no sense to the Draiar with the communication set. He returned to the bridge and looked at the vessel's captain, "Order your officers to compile any data on Royal Common into a folder and prepare it for transmission," he ordered. Very shortly, the language files would be sent to the lead Corvette.
Construction: Shipyard x5 (24/30)
Research: Neutron Beam (17/30)
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Post by Sliprunner on Oct 26, 2014 15:48:46 GMT -6
-Lukra, Isrum Class- Murik was about to make a comment when the sensor operator shouted "Sensor contact! its the Gate!" not far from the Lukra, in extreme orbit, an Isorma exited. They were high enough to be in a geostationary position rather on accident. Murik signaled to the communications officer, who in turn relayed to the Isorma to setup as soon as possible. Murik finally responded "Instantaneous communications, somewhat of a crazy idea there. Regardless, it would appear our gate has arrived, so if you don't mind I need to see to it we can get it properly setup" Six fighter wings were launched from the Isorma, moving to a defensive screen position around the Isorma as the crew on board started the process of unpacking the gate.
-Jamlar, Isrum Class- With a flicker of energy, a gate opened not far from the Jamlar, an Isorma exiting soon after. Ixram just glancing towards it on the sensors and saying "Ah, finally the gate arrived" he gave signal to the communications officer, another 4 wings launched from the Jamlar, its already active defensive screen moving to have a full six wings present as a screen around the isorma as its unpacking.
=QUE= >Construction< 5x Isorma (13/14) 5x Shipyard (21/28) >Research< Gen IV Warheads (16/45) Shipyard Overhauls (16/55)
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