| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 519-3 | 2938-05-19 16:32 | The Hive |
They say war is Hel.
I'm afraid I can't tell you what she's really like. What what I can tell you is she's X2 sagt Bussi auf Bauch and cruel, ready to turn on you within a second's notice. So why the Admiral is ignoring general hails from High Command, turning a blind eye to the Paranid / Terran conflict is beyond me. Instead we are out in the Commonwealth, fighting their war. First it was the War against the Machines. Then it was the War against the Paranid. Now it seems Admiral Anpaito has gone rouge, and is at War with the Kha'ak.
The oddest thing is, he follows mission guidelines and defends his ships only as a last resort.
Its like he's tagging along, for reasons he only knows. The first time he jumped into to defend M148, he jumped right out when facing a Kha'ak destroyer solo. He seemed indifferent to the brow beating from the Split General in charge of OFF. The next time, Anpaito assisted in the defense of the military base, but hung back and let the other forces take the M2 down. After that, we stalked about Yaki territory till we bagged a Amuka, complete with full frontal batteries.
The destroyer proved useful on rooting out a Kha'ak hive. Things looked pretty dicey when we first jumped in sector. Even with three frigates flying close escort, 'Achilles' engaged both a Kha'ak destroy and carrier at the same time. The shields dipped down to 52% before Anpaito was able to fly between the two capitals, bring our full side batteries of Gauss Cannons to bear.
After that, it was a simple mop up job of the Kha'ak Guardians standing sentinel over the stations. Our frontal PPC batteries allowed us to stay out of their Gamma Kyon range, and well, that ended that. We're told that the Kha'ak have been beaten back. That they wont invade Commonwealth or Terran space again. I have to wonder though, why they did in the first place, and why their home planet is so much rubble.
At least we got an unique Argon Frigate for our Tour of Duty.
| End Lt. Commander Okami Log – Argon Military Sector M148 |
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From Sentinel Harkosa – Commonwealth Agenda to Kha'ak Aggression
The motley assortment of organics that comprise the majority of CGN X344r, despite their primitive and aggressive instincts, have not attempted to annihilate the Kha'ak Hive Collective. All actions seem to indicate a reactionary defense of contested borders, indicative of their organic natures. This is in sharp contrast to the collective and systematic annihilation of Xenon Adaptives.
While the organics of CGN X344r seem content with the current state of non-aggression, Kha'ak retaliation to perceived territory loss is logical and inevitable. I will attempt to find a solution to this dilemma that ensures continued existence of the Kha'ak Collective.
Atreus Shipbuilding Currents HQ located in Queen's Harbor. No contact with Rouge Sentinel Sargon.
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From Sentinel Harkosa – Commonwealth Agenda to Kha'ak Aggression
The motley assortment of organics that comprise the majority of CGN X344r, despite their primitive and aggressive instincts, have not attempted to annihilate the Kha'ak Hive Collective. All actions seem to indicate a reactionary defense of contested borders, indicative of their organic natures. This is in sharp contrast to the collective and systematic annihilation of Xenon Adaptives.
While the organics of CGN X344r seem content with the current state of non-aggression, Kha'ak retaliation to perceived territory loss is logical and inevitable. I will attempt to find a solution to this dilemma that ensures continued existence of the Kha'ak Collective.
Atreus Shipbuilding Currents HQ located in Queen's Harbor. No contact with Rouge Sentinel Sargon.
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 519-4 | 2938-05-19 23:43 | Do Expert Systems Dream of Electronic Oracles? |
I don't know where to begin. Major General Ishiyama sent me an encoded communique several hours ago, inquiring on the state of our operation.
What do I tell him? That Anpaito hasn't hit a Paranid asset in over 24 hours? That instead of taking the Yaki destroyer and three Paranid frigates to assist in the counter attack of Preacher's Refuge, he instead sold most of them off to the Teladi? Instead, the Admiral's been fascinated by the Pirate Shipyard that popped in Acquisition Repository. He's using the proceeds from the downsizing and invested it into a Commonwealth experimental weapons complex.
But, why?
Sure, Anpaito did make a risky recon run through the heart of Pontifex's Seclusion, but he never fired a shot at anything. Instead, when I confronted him in his quarters, he continued to stare at the tactical map of our sat network, not even blinking to my concerns. Only after he located the strange, rouge Xenon corvette attacking and destroying an OWP in Eighteen Billion did he order 'Iliad' to intercede.
I'm not sure why ordered the boarding attempt to begin with, but stray a Banshee ended it abruptly. An hour later it reappeared back out of X347 into Scale Plate Green. It ignored us completely as 'Iliad' pulled alongside it for internal scans. Anpaito dropped its shields, and only then it reacted when five of our best marines started cutting into its obsidian hull. A fierce fight erupted across the comm, and 'Prometheus' Fire' dropped boarding pod after boarding pod into its scarred side to bolster their slaughtered ranks.
Their dying screams will haunt me till my twilight in Valhalla.
After half an hour of intense fighting, our hackers managed to isolate the P's memory core from all other ship's systems, those that were left anyway. I don't know what was so important about this one Xenon, but Anpaito was willing to sacrifice countless lives and risk a court marshal for it.
It hope it was worth it.
| End Lt. Commander Okami's Log – Scale Plate Green |
I don't know where to begin. Major General Ishiyama sent me an encoded communique several hours ago, inquiring on the state of our operation.
What do I tell him? That Anpaito hasn't hit a Paranid asset in over 24 hours? That instead of taking the Yaki destroyer and three Paranid frigates to assist in the counter attack of Preacher's Refuge, he instead sold most of them off to the Teladi? Instead, the Admiral's been fascinated by the Pirate Shipyard that popped in Acquisition Repository. He's using the proceeds from the downsizing and invested it into a Commonwealth experimental weapons complex.
But, why?
Sure, Anpaito did make a risky recon run through the heart of Pontifex's Seclusion, but he never fired a shot at anything. Instead, when I confronted him in his quarters, he continued to stare at the tactical map of our sat network, not even blinking to my concerns. Only after he located the strange, rouge Xenon corvette attacking and destroying an OWP in Eighteen Billion did he order 'Iliad' to intercede.
I'm not sure why ordered the boarding attempt to begin with, but stray a Banshee ended it abruptly. An hour later it reappeared back out of X347 into Scale Plate Green. It ignored us completely as 'Iliad' pulled alongside it for internal scans. Anpaito dropped its shields, and only then it reacted when five of our best marines started cutting into its obsidian hull. A fierce fight erupted across the comm, and 'Prometheus' Fire' dropped boarding pod after boarding pod into its scarred side to bolster their slaughtered ranks.
Their dying screams will haunt me till my twilight in Valhalla.
After half an hour of intense fighting, our hackers managed to isolate the P's memory core from all other ship's systems, those that were left anyway. I don't know what was so important about this one Xenon, but Anpaito was willing to sacrifice countless lives and risk a court marshal for it.
It hope it was worth it.
| End Lt. Commander Okami's Log – Scale Plate Green |
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From Sentinel Harkosa – Intentions of Xenon Independent Adaptive |04|
Contact established with independent Xenon adaptive formerly known as |04|. Predecessor Expert System now identified as |05|. Intention of Expert System is self preservation. It has determined its primary directive is to reboot Xenon MCP. Secondary directive is to return to Terran home world. Elimination of Terran Faction ATF paramount to |05|'s continued existence.
There may yet be a solution that provides mutual co-existence. Preservation and protection of fledgling synthetic self-awareness is now considered paramount.
|05| has introduced Boron organic Lar designated Limpet, currently under Xenon Right of Asylum. Abandoned Gate Transit Hub once connected to OGN Z293r has been found and claimed by the Boron Faction Atreus Shipbuilding Currents. Expect further updates when investigation continues.
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From Sentinel Harkosa – Intentions of Xenon Independent Adaptive |04|
Contact established with independent Xenon adaptive formerly known as |04|. Predecessor Expert System now identified as |05|. Intention of Expert System is self preservation. It has determined its primary directive is to reboot Xenon MCP. Secondary directive is to return to Terran home world. Elimination of Terran Faction ATF paramount to |05|'s continued existence.
There may yet be a solution that provides mutual co-existence. Preservation and protection of fledgling synthetic self-awareness is now considered paramount.
|05| has introduced Boron organic Lar designated Limpet, currently under Xenon Right of Asylum. Abandoned Gate Transit Hub once connected to OGN Z293r has been found and claimed by the Boron Faction Atreus Shipbuilding Currents. Expect further updates when investigation continues.
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 520-1 | 2938-05-20 06:32 | Cloak and Dagger |
Anpaito asked me to come into his ready room this morning with a bug scanner. Not the ones with segmented limbs mind you, but the ones that tend to listen in on discreet conversations between ranking officers.
Once he was certain nothing or no one was listening in, he outlined just why he's been reluctant to talk to ATF High Command lately. There are several factors, none of which I was able to see until now. The first and foremost is that we may have a double agent among our ranks. Anpaito thinks it might be one of our Teladi advisers from PTNI. He showed me some rather incriminating contracts between the Paranid Cybernetic Research arm and the PTNI Gene Bank. I guess what they say is true. You can't keep a good man down.
Rana Banks' genetic code is now apart of some whacked cybernetic experiment. How did Anpaito know? He says a little Boron showed him.
Considering they used to serve together, Anpaito appeared strangely detached from the whole situation. Maybe he's finally worked through what happen in Heretic's End four years ago. Maybe Operation Final Fury gave him some twisted sense of closure. Either way, Anpaito laid out the second piece of the puzzle about that Xenon corvette we boarded. I guess its sentient. If word gets out among ATF High Command, there will be a firestorm.
And if that happens, its back to war with the machines again, something that our already strained fleet and economic situations can not handle.
So for now, Anpaito's got that smart brain P locked down in isolation, and no hacker is allowed near it. He swears there may be a way to talk to the Xenon and parley for a cease fire. The third piece of the puzzle has to do with that Experimental Weapons complex he built. He says the Eggheads at the Saturn Research stations are on the wrong track, and once they get on the right one, it might be too late for our boys on the front lines.
This has something to do with that Split M7 Panther he found so interesting patrolling in Ghinn's Escape. He also snagged a look at the Split M7M Cobra, getting a stern rebuke from the Split Commander in charge of the Military Outpost there. It was oddly mild for the thinly veiled threats Split tend to give. I wonder Anpaito is up to.
Anpaito asked me to carry out some Intel and Boarding Ops while he laid down for a rest, giving me a field promotion to Commander to seal my loyalty. We stalked about Duke's Domain, and caught a glimpse of some prototype Paranid corvettes. Both the first and second proved difficult to board, so instead, we jumped out and waited for a missile frigate to wander through Old Pirate Alley. Hopefully he wont be too pissed about the XL freighter we lost.
Its good to be officially in charge of this Operation. Those loyal under my direct command are now at ease. For a while, I was worried we were going to have to relieve Anpaito of duty.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Brennan's Triumph |
Anpaito asked me to come into his ready room this morning with a bug scanner. Not the ones with segmented limbs mind you, but the ones that tend to listen in on discreet conversations between ranking officers.
Once he was certain nothing or no one was listening in, he outlined just why he's been reluctant to talk to ATF High Command lately. There are several factors, none of which I was able to see until now. The first and foremost is that we may have a double agent among our ranks. Anpaito thinks it might be one of our Teladi advisers from PTNI. He showed me some rather incriminating contracts between the Paranid Cybernetic Research arm and the PTNI Gene Bank. I guess what they say is true. You can't keep a good man down.
Rana Banks' genetic code is now apart of some whacked cybernetic experiment. How did Anpaito know? He says a little Boron showed him.
Considering they used to serve together, Anpaito appeared strangely detached from the whole situation. Maybe he's finally worked through what happen in Heretic's End four years ago. Maybe Operation Final Fury gave him some twisted sense of closure. Either way, Anpaito laid out the second piece of the puzzle about that Xenon corvette we boarded. I guess its sentient. If word gets out among ATF High Command, there will be a firestorm.
And if that happens, its back to war with the machines again, something that our already strained fleet and economic situations can not handle.
So for now, Anpaito's got that smart brain P locked down in isolation, and no hacker is allowed near it. He swears there may be a way to talk to the Xenon and parley for a cease fire. The third piece of the puzzle has to do with that Experimental Weapons complex he built. He says the Eggheads at the Saturn Research stations are on the wrong track, and once they get on the right one, it might be too late for our boys on the front lines.
This has something to do with that Split M7 Panther he found so interesting patrolling in Ghinn's Escape. He also snagged a look at the Split M7M Cobra, getting a stern rebuke from the Split Commander in charge of the Military Outpost there. It was oddly mild for the thinly veiled threats Split tend to give. I wonder Anpaito is up to.
Anpaito asked me to carry out some Intel and Boarding Ops while he laid down for a rest, giving me a field promotion to Commander to seal my loyalty. We stalked about Duke's Domain, and caught a glimpse of some prototype Paranid corvettes. Both the first and second proved difficult to board, so instead, we jumped out and waited for a missile frigate to wander through Old Pirate Alley. Hopefully he wont be too pissed about the XL freighter we lost.
Its good to be officially in charge of this Operation. Those loyal under my direct command are now at ease. For a while, I was worried we were going to have to relieve Anpaito of duty.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Brennan's Triumph |
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 520-2 | 2938-05-20 12:01 | Ghinn's Parley |
I received an interesting communique a few hours ago, from the Split Commander in charge of the Military Outpost in Ghinn's Escape.
Both of our respective governments would put us in irons for it, even if it helps both tremendously in keeping our R&D efforts up to snuff. The last time the Split had any Argon help in designing weapon systems was quite some time ago, over the Mass Driver. And we have an experimental Argon frigate sitting idle in a pirate shipyard. He also noticed our little interest in the Panther patrolling his sector.
Its an odd coincidence then, that both were stolen at roughly the same time, and wound up in the exact shipyard the other came from.
The commander sent the hybrid carrier on short range patrol away from the OWP, and 'Prometheus' Fire' had a momentary computer glitch in its IFF systems. Its too bad that the M7 didn’t have a full compliment of shielding, making our hammer count imprecise. Unfortunate for the crew of the first boarding pod, who slammed into the frigate's 11% shielding at around 600+ m/s.
Splat.
At least the pilot of the Panther's only fighter kept docking and undocking, forcing the frigate to sit still for us. Quite handy that. While the loss of five seasoned marines was unfortunate, losses would have been much worse, all circumstances notwithstanding. We jumped our new acquisition out back to Ianumus Zero under light, obligatory counter-fire, with minimal reputation loss.
The Marauder's chief mechanic, a rather interesting Boron named Ganja, helped over tune 'Ghinn's Parley's engines and maneuvering thrusters. Because of the expensive, and haphazard, modification, Anpaito decided to sell off 'Ares' Wake' to keep credit reserves decent. We invested it into some more high yield ordnance and an Interceptor Wing. The Argon were too busy missing one of their carriers to raise official protest over one measly frigate.
Now that I've looked at the Panther's possible loadout, I think I know what Anpaito is up to.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Ianumus Zero |
I received an interesting communique a few hours ago, from the Split Commander in charge of the Military Outpost in Ghinn's Escape.
Both of our respective governments would put us in irons for it, even if it helps both tremendously in keeping our R&D efforts up to snuff. The last time the Split had any Argon help in designing weapon systems was quite some time ago, over the Mass Driver. And we have an experimental Argon frigate sitting idle in a pirate shipyard. He also noticed our little interest in the Panther patrolling his sector.
Its an odd coincidence then, that both were stolen at roughly the same time, and wound up in the exact shipyard the other came from.
The commander sent the hybrid carrier on short range patrol away from the OWP, and 'Prometheus' Fire' had a momentary computer glitch in its IFF systems. Its too bad that the M7 didn’t have a full compliment of shielding, making our hammer count imprecise. Unfortunate for the crew of the first boarding pod, who slammed into the frigate's 11% shielding at around 600+ m/s.
Splat.
At least the pilot of the Panther's only fighter kept docking and undocking, forcing the frigate to sit still for us. Quite handy that. While the loss of five seasoned marines was unfortunate, losses would have been much worse, all circumstances notwithstanding. We jumped our new acquisition out back to Ianumus Zero under light, obligatory counter-fire, with minimal reputation loss.
The Marauder's chief mechanic, a rather interesting Boron named Ganja, helped over tune 'Ghinn's Parley's engines and maneuvering thrusters. Because of the expensive, and haphazard, modification, Anpaito decided to sell off 'Ares' Wake' to keep credit reserves decent. We invested it into some more high yield ordnance and an Interceptor Wing. The Argon were too busy missing one of their carriers to raise official protest over one measly frigate.
Now that I've looked at the Panther's possible loadout, I think I know what Anpaito is up to.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Ianumus Zero |
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 520-3 | 2938-05-20 18:11 | Operation RAYGUN |
It's good to be back in Terran core space.
There seems to be a small increase of Xenon incursions out here near the start of the Oort Cloud. I'm not sure how they are getting this far in system. Maybe they are using stored jump beacon coordinates from their small assault in Mars orbit several weeks ago, and using P2P jumps to bypass our outer patrols. Anpaito isn't too concerned. Like most of the Xenon in the Commonwealth, these attacks are uncoordinated and sporadic.
It's proved to be a good spot for some weapons testing.
So far, it appears only the Split have ships capable of mounting Phased Array Laser Cannons. Despite being beam weapons, they seems to skitter across shielding more then scoring direct hits.
Anpaito did manage to secure more race specific weapons systems for the boys back in Saturn. Our sat network found another Hyperion, but it was too well defended to have a decent go at it. Instead another Aggy showed up to patrol Pirate border space. We popped four boarding pods into it, and it wasn't long before our mostly green recruits overran the ship. High Command gave Anpaito a commendation for securing some infamous Paranid Phased Shockwave Generators.
Now there is just one more weapon system Anpaito wants to try out ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Pluto |
It's good to be back in Terran core space.
There seems to be a small increase of Xenon incursions out here near the start of the Oort Cloud. I'm not sure how they are getting this far in system. Maybe they are using stored jump beacon coordinates from their small assault in Mars orbit several weeks ago, and using P2P jumps to bypass our outer patrols. Anpaito isn't too concerned. Like most of the Xenon in the Commonwealth, these attacks are uncoordinated and sporadic.
It's proved to be a good spot for some weapons testing.
So far, it appears only the Split have ships capable of mounting Phased Array Laser Cannons. Despite being beam weapons, they seems to skitter across shielding more then scoring direct hits.
Anpaito did manage to secure more race specific weapons systems for the boys back in Saturn. Our sat network found another Hyperion, but it was too well defended to have a decent go at it. Instead another Aggy showed up to patrol Pirate border space. We popped four boarding pods into it, and it wasn't long before our mostly green recruits overran the ship. High Command gave Anpaito a commendation for securing some infamous Paranid Phased Shockwave Generators.
Now there is just one more weapon system Anpaito wants to try out ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Pluto |
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| 2938-21-05 01:05 | Five Sezura Over Paranid Prime | Command Bridge of Privateer Corvette 'Iliad' – ATF Admiral Anpaito Commanding |
[ A sudden hull rupture automatically engages 'Iliad’s black box recording sub-sytem ]
Admiral Anpaito: (Climbs back into his command chair despite the tilted deck and wail of klaxons) Status report!
Commander Okami: (Frantically scans his console) Shields are down Admiral! We've got a hull breech on deck two!
Admiral Anpaito: Scanners at maximum! I want to know what in Thor's name hit us!
Commander Okami: (Brings up the sector map on screen) There's … nothing around us, Sir! IFF is green.
Admiral Anpaito: Damage crew to stations!
Commander Okami: The majority of our mechanics are still in training or are still scraping the plasma scorching off the Carrack during that weapons test with a Heavy Nemesis.
[ The red emergency lightning turns off as main power is restored ]
Commander Okami: Casualty report coming in Sir. Two missing, five injured.
Admiral Anpaito: Bring all engines to a halt. Send out search and rescue pods.
Helm: Confirmed all halt Sir.
[ 'Iliad' comes to 0 m/s ]
Commander Okami: We're being signaled by one of the M8's Sir. They are claiming we flew into the path of one of their Tomahawks.
Admiral Anpaito: By the Hades we captured earlier?
Commander Okami: Negative Admiral. By one of the Peregrine.
[ There is a slight moment of silence as the two officers regard each other ]
Admiral Anpaito: I think we just found our Teladi double agent, Commander.
Commander Okami: Agreed Admiral. Orders?
Admiral Anpaito: Once the Comm Facility is down, send back all bombers to refuel and resupply.
[ Five minutes pass as the Commander recalls the Bombers and carries out said orders ]
Commander Okami: All the bombers are reporting back in Sir. Are you sure you want the Peregrine in question on our wing?
Admiral Anpaito: (Ignoring the question) Comm, status of the Paranid local patrol channels?
Comm Officer: Flooded Sir. Its hard to understand anything. Sector Patrols are trying to contact Trinity Sanctum, but they cant reach without bouncing off nav buoys.
Admiral Anpaito: All hands, prepare to jump to the west gate of Paranid Prime. Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell her to jump in behind us.
Comm Officer: (Despite the stunned command crew) Aye aye Sir. Signaled. (Waits) Confirmed order.
Admiral Anpaito: Nav. Initiate jump sequence.
Navigation Officer: Aye Sir. Priming jump drive. All readings nominal.
Admiral Anpaito: Commander, shield report?
Commander Okami: 85% and holding, Sir.
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 9 … 8 … 7 … 6 … 5 ...
Admiral Anpaito: All hands, Battle Stations!
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … Engage.
[ With a flash 'Iliad' pops in over the Paranid Homeworld. Its IFF blares immediately ]
Admiral Anpaito: Commander, status?
Commander Okami: We've got a Paranid carrier just outside 7 km. There's … another carrier, destroyer, and at least one frigate … turning to bear.
Admiral Anpaito: Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell them to get that first Zeus off my view screen.
Comm Officer: Aye aye, Sir.
[ A barrage of 28 hammer torpedoes slam into the carrier's starboard side, just before entering Gauss Cannon range. The carrier breaks apart after it losses reactor containment. Bits of it spiral into the atmosphere below ]
Commander Okami: Carrier down Sir!
Admiral Anpaito: Range to the other carrier?
Commander Okami: 12 km and closing rapidly.
Admiral Anpaito: Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell them to jump clear. Call in our Bombers.
Comm Officer: Aye aye, Sir. (Waits) Bombers on station.
Admiral Anpaito: Bombers, fire at will on the Paranid Shipyard.
Commander Okami: Tomahawks away!
Admiral Anpaito: Range to the other carrier?
Commander Okami: 6 km and closing. Entering Gauss Cannon range …
Admiral Anpaito: Helm, evasive pattern Delta-Five!
Commander Okami: Sir! The lead capital is ignoring us and concentrating on the bombers. We just lost one of the Peregrines!
Admiral Anpaito: Was it the double agent?
Commander Okami: (Checks) Yes, Sir.
Admiral Anpaito: Recall the remaining bombers. Helm, continue with evasive pattern Delta-Five. ETA to Tomahawk impacts?
Commander Okami: Five seconds. Four. Three. Two. … Impacts detected. Destroyer closing to Gauss Cannon range. Carrier is launching interceptors …
[ The last barrage of Tomahawks slam into the shipyard. Several docking arms twirl off, falling into the planet's atmosphere below. Their fiery swirls can be seen by those tri-eyes on the ground, bringing awe and chaos to the Bugs below. The shipyard reactor finally loses containment, unleashing a shock wave so bright it blots out the sun. Smaller ships are crushed like tin cans in its titanic, sweeping wake ]
Commander Okami: Incoming shock wave. ETA fifteen seconds until it reaches us. Our shields might not hold Captain …
Admiral Anpaito: Nav, plot us a course out of here.
[ A warning klaxon erupts with a shrill shriek. Steady beeps follow ]
Commander Okami: Sir! Incoming missile. Class Firestorm!
Admiral Anpaito: Range!
Commander Okami: 3 km and closing. Blast range is 4 km nominal yield!
Admiral Anpaito: Fire off a Wasp as a countermeasure. Nav! Engage jump drive. ETA till shock wave overtakes us?
Commander Okami: Six seconds.
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 4 … 3 … 2 …
[ The oncoming shock wave slams the approaching destroyer to the side, throwing off its aim. Gauss rounds shoot past the commandeered Paranid corvette just as the swarm of wasps intercept the firestorm torpedo. Concussion from the small pocket nuke's detonation sends bridge crew flying from their sparking consoles. Static fills the recording just as the expanding nova engulfs the stricken command vessel ...]
[ A sudden hull rupture automatically engages 'Iliad’s black box recording sub-sytem ]
Admiral Anpaito: (Climbs back into his command chair despite the tilted deck and wail of klaxons) Status report!
Commander Okami: (Frantically scans his console) Shields are down Admiral! We've got a hull breech on deck two!
Admiral Anpaito: Scanners at maximum! I want to know what in Thor's name hit us!
Commander Okami: (Brings up the sector map on screen) There's … nothing around us, Sir! IFF is green.
Admiral Anpaito: Damage crew to stations!
Commander Okami: The majority of our mechanics are still in training or are still scraping the plasma scorching off the Carrack during that weapons test with a Heavy Nemesis.
[ The red emergency lightning turns off as main power is restored ]
Commander Okami: Casualty report coming in Sir. Two missing, five injured.
Admiral Anpaito: Bring all engines to a halt. Send out search and rescue pods.
Helm: Confirmed all halt Sir.
[ 'Iliad' comes to 0 m/s ]
Commander Okami: We're being signaled by one of the M8's Sir. They are claiming we flew into the path of one of their Tomahawks.
Admiral Anpaito: By the Hades we captured earlier?
Commander Okami: Negative Admiral. By one of the Peregrine.
[ There is a slight moment of silence as the two officers regard each other ]
Admiral Anpaito: I think we just found our Teladi double agent, Commander.
Commander Okami: Agreed Admiral. Orders?
Admiral Anpaito: Once the Comm Facility is down, send back all bombers to refuel and resupply.
[ Five minutes pass as the Commander recalls the Bombers and carries out said orders ]
Commander Okami: All the bombers are reporting back in Sir. Are you sure you want the Peregrine in question on our wing?
Admiral Anpaito: (Ignoring the question) Comm, status of the Paranid local patrol channels?
Comm Officer: Flooded Sir. Its hard to understand anything. Sector Patrols are trying to contact Trinity Sanctum, but they cant reach without bouncing off nav buoys.
Admiral Anpaito: All hands, prepare to jump to the west gate of Paranid Prime. Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell her to jump in behind us.
Comm Officer: (Despite the stunned command crew) Aye aye Sir. Signaled. (Waits) Confirmed order.
Admiral Anpaito: Nav. Initiate jump sequence.
Navigation Officer: Aye Sir. Priming jump drive. All readings nominal.
Admiral Anpaito: Commander, shield report?
Commander Okami: 85% and holding, Sir.
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 9 … 8 … 7 … 6 … 5 ...
Admiral Anpaito: All hands, Battle Stations!
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 4 … 3 … 2 … 1 … Engage.
[ With a flash 'Iliad' pops in over the Paranid Homeworld. Its IFF blares immediately ]
Admiral Anpaito: Commander, status?
Commander Okami: We've got a Paranid carrier just outside 7 km. There's … another carrier, destroyer, and at least one frigate … turning to bear.
Admiral Anpaito: Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell them to get that first Zeus off my view screen.
Comm Officer: Aye aye, Sir.
[ A barrage of 28 hammer torpedoes slam into the carrier's starboard side, just before entering Gauss Cannon range. The carrier breaks apart after it losses reactor containment. Bits of it spiral into the atmosphere below ]
Commander Okami: Carrier down Sir!
Admiral Anpaito: Range to the other carrier?
Commander Okami: 12 km and closing rapidly.
Admiral Anpaito: Comm, signal 'Prometheus' Fire'. Tell them to jump clear. Call in our Bombers.
Comm Officer: Aye aye, Sir. (Waits) Bombers on station.
Admiral Anpaito: Bombers, fire at will on the Paranid Shipyard.
Commander Okami: Tomahawks away!
Admiral Anpaito: Range to the other carrier?
Commander Okami: 6 km and closing. Entering Gauss Cannon range …
Admiral Anpaito: Helm, evasive pattern Delta-Five!
Commander Okami: Sir! The lead capital is ignoring us and concentrating on the bombers. We just lost one of the Peregrines!
Admiral Anpaito: Was it the double agent?
Commander Okami: (Checks) Yes, Sir.
Admiral Anpaito: Recall the remaining bombers. Helm, continue with evasive pattern Delta-Five. ETA to Tomahawk impacts?
Commander Okami: Five seconds. Four. Three. Two. … Impacts detected. Destroyer closing to Gauss Cannon range. Carrier is launching interceptors …
[ The last barrage of Tomahawks slam into the shipyard. Several docking arms twirl off, falling into the planet's atmosphere below. Their fiery swirls can be seen by those tri-eyes on the ground, bringing awe and chaos to the Bugs below. The shipyard reactor finally loses containment, unleashing a shock wave so bright it blots out the sun. Smaller ships are crushed like tin cans in its titanic, sweeping wake ]
Commander Okami: Incoming shock wave. ETA fifteen seconds until it reaches us. Our shields might not hold Captain …
Admiral Anpaito: Nav, plot us a course out of here.
[ A warning klaxon erupts with a shrill shriek. Steady beeps follow ]
Commander Okami: Sir! Incoming missile. Class Firestorm!
Admiral Anpaito: Range!
Commander Okami: 3 km and closing. Blast range is 4 km nominal yield!
Admiral Anpaito: Fire off a Wasp as a countermeasure. Nav! Engage jump drive. ETA till shock wave overtakes us?
Commander Okami: Six seconds.
Navigation Officer: Jumping in 4 … 3 … 2 …
[ The oncoming shock wave slams the approaching destroyer to the side, throwing off its aim. Gauss rounds shoot past the commandeered Paranid corvette just as the swarm of wasps intercept the firestorm torpedo. Concussion from the small pocket nuke's detonation sends bridge crew flying from their sparking consoles. Static fills the recording just as the expanding nova engulfs the stricken command vessel ...]
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| 2938-21-05 06:32 | A Moment of Silence - 521-2 | Encrypted Communique Intercepted by Federal Argon Installation - Black Hole Sun |
Sender: This is ATF High Command Relay in Heretic's End calling Fourth Fleet Special Operations Bravo Two Zero. You are two hours behind scheduled contact. Please respond.
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Sender: I repeat. This is ATF High Command calling Fourth Fleet Special Operations Bravo Two Zero. Please respond.
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Sender: Bravo Two Zero. You are ordered to break radio silence. Please respond …
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(There is a slight hiss of stellar dust and the quiet tick of constant cosmic background radiation, but nothing else …)
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Sender: This is ATF High Command Relay in Heretic's End calling Fourth Fleet Special Operations Bravo Two Zero. You are two hours behind scheduled contact. Please respond.
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Sender: I repeat. This is ATF High Command calling Fourth Fleet Special Operations Bravo Two Zero. Please respond.
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Sender: Bravo Two Zero. You are ordered to break radio silence. Please respond …
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(There is a slight hiss of stellar dust and the quiet tick of constant cosmic background radiation, but nothing else …)
End Communique
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| 2938-21-05 13:39 | Rhonkar Insider – Clan Holdings Section – A2 | 521-3 |
][ Pirate Attacks Step Up in Family Njy Territory – Bring Shame to Rhonkar ][
T'ker Hisho – Ronkar Insider
Pirate Paranid M7M, formerly known as 'Xaar's Manifest', jumped into Ghinn's Escape this Tazura. Cowardly Pirates boarded the unescorted M7M Cobra on patrol. New commander of Military Outpost claimed little warning. Previous Split Commander moved to lowly Njy Shipwright Research after such incident just one Tazura earlier. With two pirate boarding within single Wozora, Family Njy has shown great weakness.
Matriarch for Family Ryk announced fleet mobilized. Possible takeover of Njy sector now anticipated with end of Operation Final Fury.
Pirate M7M possible involved on Paranid Prime Shipyard attack. Paranid / Split investigates.
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][ Pirate Attacks Step Up in Family Njy Territory – Bring Shame to Rhonkar ][
T'ker Hisho – Ronkar Insider
Pirate Paranid M7M, formerly known as 'Xaar's Manifest', jumped into Ghinn's Escape this Tazura. Cowardly Pirates boarded the unescorted M7M Cobra on patrol. New commander of Military Outpost claimed little warning. Previous Split Commander moved to lowly Njy Shipwright Research after such incident just one Tazura earlier. With two pirate boarding within single Wozora, Family Njy has shown great weakness.
Matriarch for Family Ryk announced fleet mobilized. Possible takeover of Njy sector now anticipated with end of Operation Final Fury.
Pirate M7M possible involved on Paranid Prime Shipyard attack. Paranid / Split investigates.
End Except
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 521-4 | 2938-05-21 23:21 | All Quiet on the Eastern Front |
Anpaito finally sent our recon Kestrel up through Circle of Labor to deliver a message directly to the High Command Relay in Heretic's End. He thought he'd work the 'Missing in Action' angle for whats its worth. I didn't think we were going to come out of that super-nova either with our battered shields and the huge gaping hole in 'Iliad'.
After that bit over Paranid Prime, our jump drive engaged at the last second, but not without considerable damage to it. Combined with the hull issue, it took us a while to limp back to Acquisition Repository for repairs. Since we haven’t been actively trying to crack Paranid Communications, our crews have only second hand news reports to go off of. All we know for certain is that the Paranid have stepped up triple duty patrols in high risk sectors.
It still didn't stop us from having a go at a straggling Demios that had wandered off by itself, with a single Hades for escort.
Instead for the most part we've been off the Intel grid, keeping a low profile, and hanging out on the eastern frontier of known Boron / Split space. We've intercepted the random Q patrol, earning some rep, and smoothing over that little indiscretion over in Ghinn's Escape. Since that unexpected gambit over the Paranid homeworld, Anpaito hasn't made our new strategy known. Its like we are in a holding patter.
We might as well look into that mineral survey side mission offered up to us.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Ocean of Fantasy |
Anpaito finally sent our recon Kestrel up through Circle of Labor to deliver a message directly to the High Command Relay in Heretic's End. He thought he'd work the 'Missing in Action' angle for whats its worth. I didn't think we were going to come out of that super-nova either with our battered shields and the huge gaping hole in 'Iliad'.
After that bit over Paranid Prime, our jump drive engaged at the last second, but not without considerable damage to it. Combined with the hull issue, it took us a while to limp back to Acquisition Repository for repairs. Since we haven’t been actively trying to crack Paranid Communications, our crews have only second hand news reports to go off of. All we know for certain is that the Paranid have stepped up triple duty patrols in high risk sectors.
It still didn't stop us from having a go at a straggling Demios that had wandered off by itself, with a single Hades for escort.
Instead for the most part we've been off the Intel grid, keeping a low profile, and hanging out on the eastern frontier of known Boron / Split space. We've intercepted the random Q patrol, earning some rep, and smoothing over that little indiscretion over in Ghinn's Escape. Since that unexpected gambit over the Paranid homeworld, Anpaito hasn't made our new strategy known. Its like we are in a holding patter.
We might as well look into that mineral survey side mission offered up to us.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Ocean of Fantasy |
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 522-1 | 2938-05-22 07:45 | Chitin and Silicon |
For the record, the USC manufactures its own alloys. Our own locally produced Hull Plating exceeds mechanical sheer tests that would shatter Teladianium and Nvidium. What the Mineral Survey expected to have Anpaito discover exactly is a bit of scuttlebutt and dark rumor. While our own engineers have looked over the modifications allowing us to perform an Unfocused Jump, even the Goners aren’t entirely sure how the Loki-damned thing really works.
So randomly jumping into unexplored reaches of our galaxy it is. Looks clear so far.
Or maybe not.
It seems like the Kha'ak are everywhere. I had even ordered up a shiny new Vulture Miner to do a bit of mobile mining, but I quickly realized two mistakes. One, no ships can follow our unfocused jumps. Two, 2 x 25 MJ shields wont last long under Kyon fire. We lucked out it seems, and added an Ore Collector on board 'Ghinn's Parley' a while ago. Now to just bust up the smaller rocks with IBL fire.
With 100+ units of Nvidium in the hold, we jet back to the Asteroid Field to dock and offload. Again, what the USC wants with Nvidium is beyond us commissioned grunts. But we don't ask and they don't tell. General Hammond offers us another side mission, one to help explore the fringes of the old Colonies. Did I mention I hate flying through Aldrin?
The ceremony to flip on the old Aldrin gate was supposed to be pretty cut and dry. Until a bunch of Xenon immediately jumped through. We're immediately ordered to fly through and establish a perimeter. Piece of Carbo Cake.
Or maybe not.
Time to call in the heavy artillery to clear the carrier group and pave a road to that Xenon Station. After Blue Wing hunts down the last AGI straggelers, we escort a Katana science ship to a sensor anomaly. Its another gate, one that wasn't used much and hidden away in a cluster of asteriods, so it's probably safe to fly through.
Or maybe not.
That's a big nest of Bugs. High Command wants us to hold off whacking it until they come up with Plan B. You just know how well that's going to turn out.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Terran Unknown Sector |
For the record, the USC manufactures its own alloys. Our own locally produced Hull Plating exceeds mechanical sheer tests that would shatter Teladianium and Nvidium. What the Mineral Survey expected to have Anpaito discover exactly is a bit of scuttlebutt and dark rumor. While our own engineers have looked over the modifications allowing us to perform an Unfocused Jump, even the Goners aren’t entirely sure how the Loki-damned thing really works.
So randomly jumping into unexplored reaches of our galaxy it is. Looks clear so far.
Or maybe not.
It seems like the Kha'ak are everywhere. I had even ordered up a shiny new Vulture Miner to do a bit of mobile mining, but I quickly realized two mistakes. One, no ships can follow our unfocused jumps. Two, 2 x 25 MJ shields wont last long under Kyon fire. We lucked out it seems, and added an Ore Collector on board 'Ghinn's Parley' a while ago. Now to just bust up the smaller rocks with IBL fire.
With 100+ units of Nvidium in the hold, we jet back to the Asteroid Field to dock and offload. Again, what the USC wants with Nvidium is beyond us commissioned grunts. But we don't ask and they don't tell. General Hammond offers us another side mission, one to help explore the fringes of the old Colonies. Did I mention I hate flying through Aldrin?
The ceremony to flip on the old Aldrin gate was supposed to be pretty cut and dry. Until a bunch of Xenon immediately jumped through. We're immediately ordered to fly through and establish a perimeter. Piece of Carbo Cake.
Or maybe not.
Time to call in the heavy artillery to clear the carrier group and pave a road to that Xenon Station. After Blue Wing hunts down the last AGI straggelers, we escort a Katana science ship to a sensor anomaly. Its another gate, one that wasn't used much and hidden away in a cluster of asteriods, so it's probably safe to fly through.
Or maybe not.
That's a big nest of Bugs. High Command wants us to hold off whacking it until they come up with Plan B. You just know how well that's going to turn out.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Terran Unknown Sector |
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 522-2 | 2938-05-22 13:13 | Failure in the C.R.M. 114 Discriminator Module |
Remember when I remarked that the USC was going to nose cone straight into an asteroid over this latest operation? Well, guess who was just nominated to kick in the afterburners and shove the flight stick forward?
So Brass has it on good Intel that the event that led to the whole Kha'ak invasion of the Commonwealth happened in some backwater Paranid Sector called Perpetual Sin. How they came into possession of this privy information is suspect. But I'm not paid for my ability to think. I'm paid for my ability not to question orders, join a task force, and jump on the pike. Which is what we'd normally be doing in this case if Anpaito hadn't personally ran recon in the areas around Pontifex's Seclusion three days ago.
I swear. Sometimes I think the Admiral's a Precog or something.
We have a bit of trouble with the Aggy that is on patrol in Perpetual Sin, and the recon itself takes longer than we anticipated. Anpaito didn't seem all too concerned that there was a major Paranid installation next to us in Duke's Citadel. Scans of the Kha'ak debris proves inconclusive, but somehow High Command finds a Bug that is willing to talk. For a price. It isn't like Paranid corvettes grow on trees, and while there is a lone corvette patrolling Pirate space, Anpaito gives over 'Illiad' instead.
We may have the info, but it looks like we overstayed our limited welcome in Paranid space. So what begins as a mission to gather Intel turns into a Rescue mission instead. Anpaito jumps into uncharted space just the same, and Blue Wing run some interference while we escort a Yokohama to the prisoner ship. Once we get our troops back, we jump back to Heretic's End for a debriefing.
And then promptly hailed by the Argon Representatives in Omicron Lyrae.
A rouge AGI CPU ship? How could the ATF not be interested in this? Things just got a lot more interesting ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Omicron Lyrae |
Remember when I remarked that the USC was going to nose cone straight into an asteroid over this latest operation? Well, guess who was just nominated to kick in the afterburners and shove the flight stick forward?
So Brass has it on good Intel that the event that led to the whole Kha'ak invasion of the Commonwealth happened in some backwater Paranid Sector called Perpetual Sin. How they came into possession of this privy information is suspect. But I'm not paid for my ability to think. I'm paid for my ability not to question orders, join a task force, and jump on the pike. Which is what we'd normally be doing in this case if Anpaito hadn't personally ran recon in the areas around Pontifex's Seclusion three days ago.
I swear. Sometimes I think the Admiral's a Precog or something.
We have a bit of trouble with the Aggy that is on patrol in Perpetual Sin, and the recon itself takes longer than we anticipated. Anpaito didn't seem all too concerned that there was a major Paranid installation next to us in Duke's Citadel. Scans of the Kha'ak debris proves inconclusive, but somehow High Command finds a Bug that is willing to talk. For a price. It isn't like Paranid corvettes grow on trees, and while there is a lone corvette patrolling Pirate space, Anpaito gives over 'Illiad' instead.
We may have the info, but it looks like we overstayed our limited welcome in Paranid space. So what begins as a mission to gather Intel turns into a Rescue mission instead. Anpaito jumps into uncharted space just the same, and Blue Wing run some interference while we escort a Yokohama to the prisoner ship. Once we get our troops back, we jump back to Heretic's End for a debriefing.
And then promptly hailed by the Argon Representatives in Omicron Lyrae.
A rouge AGI CPU ship? How could the ATF not be interested in this? Things just got a lot more interesting ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Omicron Lyrae |
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For the attention of the Eldar Council
From Sentinel Harkosa – Mining of Nvidium
Terrans are now gathering substance Nvidium. Reason yet unclear. Location of Kha'ak Sector K741 visited by Terrans. Destruction of Nvidium rich planet consistent with use of CRM 114 Device. Technological level required to use, let alone create, such device currently beyond Paranid or Terran means. Therefore, someone from within the Sacred Harmony must have guided Paranid in construction, manufacture, and detonation.
Suspect that Rouge Sentinel Sargon has destroyed Kha'ak world and is harvesting Nvidium for own agenda. Reason yet unclear.
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From Sentinel Harkosa – Mining of Nvidium
Terrans are now gathering substance Nvidium. Reason yet unclear. Location of Kha'ak Sector K741 visited by Terrans. Destruction of Nvidium rich planet consistent with use of CRM 114 Device. Technological level required to use, let alone create, such device currently beyond Paranid or Terran means. Therefore, someone from within the Sacred Harmony must have guided Paranid in construction, manufacture, and detonation.
Suspect that Rouge Sentinel Sargon has destroyed Kha'ak world and is harvesting Nvidium for own agenda. Reason yet unclear.
End Report
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 522-3 | 2938-05-22 17:02 | Freedom Flight |
Our first look at the rouge AGI CPU ship seems anti-climatic at best. Then again, when an Admiral and the good majority of his command staff swap from a Split Hybrid Carrier to a thinly shielded Split Military Transport, jumping in any closer than whats needed for Video Enhancement Goggles is probably not advisable. But there that Loki-damned ship is, penned in by a privately owned Colossus to the north gate of Danna's Chance.
And no sooner than we get there does this beast jump into Freedom's Reach.
Just great. So we prep the UFJ for what could be a bumpy ride. The first jump takes us to who knows where, but we return to normal space without any change, wanting us to kick some Goners in the you know what. Anpaito orders a drone through the gate as an experiment, and we quickly find out what happens to any ship that gets within 15 km of this #cafe thing.
Its shields drain and it gets a gang bang of terraformed planetary proportions.
Alright then. Back to the original plan. UFJ two, nothing. UFJ three nothing. Looks like we are coming up with the short end of the stick for Goner Reliability here. Finally, fourth time is the charm and we jump in way above the trade station. Which is now under heavy terraformer attack. Anpaito sends out Blue Wing to cover our backs as we lure the ships out one at a time using missile strikes, otherwise we'd risk hitting the station and ending this rescue mission pretty quickly.
All bogies are down and we skate over to pull off the refuges. As we jump out, #cafe sends out some cryptic message, but its nothing that makes sense to any Terran alive today. That bit of USCWintersalpha_omega code speaks a bit of megalomania if you ask me. There's some fish head who might though, but it takes forever to track him and Professor Ketraar down in, you guessed it, Aldrin. While it takes five years for us to sail through that big dump site of a sector, Anpaito makes nice with the Pirates some more.
Just in case.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Aldrin |
Our first look at the rouge AGI CPU ship seems anti-climatic at best. Then again, when an Admiral and the good majority of his command staff swap from a Split Hybrid Carrier to a thinly shielded Split Military Transport, jumping in any closer than whats needed for Video Enhancement Goggles is probably not advisable. But there that Loki-damned ship is, penned in by a privately owned Colossus to the north gate of Danna's Chance.
And no sooner than we get there does this beast jump into Freedom's Reach.
Just great. So we prep the UFJ for what could be a bumpy ride. The first jump takes us to who knows where, but we return to normal space without any change, wanting us to kick some Goners in the you know what. Anpaito orders a drone through the gate as an experiment, and we quickly find out what happens to any ship that gets within 15 km of this #cafe thing.
Its shields drain and it gets a gang bang of terraformed planetary proportions.
Alright then. Back to the original plan. UFJ two, nothing. UFJ three nothing. Looks like we are coming up with the short end of the stick for Goner Reliability here. Finally, fourth time is the charm and we jump in way above the trade station. Which is now under heavy terraformer attack. Anpaito sends out Blue Wing to cover our backs as we lure the ships out one at a time using missile strikes, otherwise we'd risk hitting the station and ending this rescue mission pretty quickly.
All bogies are down and we skate over to pull off the refuges. As we jump out, #cafe sends out some cryptic message, but its nothing that makes sense to any Terran alive today. That bit of USCWintersalpha_omega code speaks a bit of megalomania if you ask me. There's some fish head who might though, but it takes forever to track him and Professor Ketraar down in, you guessed it, Aldrin. While it takes five years for us to sail through that big dump site of a sector, Anpaito makes nice with the Pirates some more.
Just in case.
| End Commander Okami's Log – Aldrin |
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| Tactical Officer's Personal Log 522-4 | 2938-05-22 23:42 | Too Human |
While waiting for Fishhead and Dr. Doom to decipher the distress code, I take a run at an Ares that pops through Gunne's Crusade. Scans reveal a problem, so I call in a bomber just to deny the Paranid that asset. Its a safe bet that the Paranid Empire knows we're here after little rescue operation in the unclaimed sector near Pontifex's Seclusion. They pulled their fleets back ever since that raid over Paranid Prime, but High Command's kept the ATF patrols of Shore of Infinity from outright invading Bug core space.
Maybe a cease fire is in the works. That's not something that Homefront would likely report on.
Okay, Fishhead and Dr. Doom finally call us back. It seems the Boron knew the Second Xenon CPU ship, designated #eefa, had gained sentience and allowed it to escape beyond the Boron frontier of Ocean of Fantasy, This boron scientist seems to have forgotten the fact that the first Xenon CPU ship had committed Genocide by making one of the stars in Black Hole Sun go nova.
Fishhead says #eefa is sorry, so its all good ...
I hope Anpaito is right about |05| and this supposed ceasefire. I know deep down that the ATF can't wipe out the Xenon. Hel. Banks tried and failed, killing over five hundred Terrans in the process. Why do I hope [05] isn't like the first CPU ship? Because Anpaito orders us to board [05] and attempt to find this #eefa. Supposedly |05| had made contact with the CPU ship designated #deff, and he's banking on all the rest of them treating it like a long lost cousin.
Great. Just Great. We swap from 'Ghinn's Parley' to |05|, and even with all the built in sentry lasers disconnected from |05|'s memory core, we are extremely tempted to change the P's transponder to 'Hel in a Handbasket'. After about six UFJ's, |05|'s jump drive goes offline abruptly, and its clear we aren't in Kansas anymore. We pick up a faint echo on the grav, but it turns out to be some type of wreckage. No one knows what its doing out here, but its anyone's guess.
Sensors pick up an ionized trail leading off, so we follow. Soon after a massive contact pops on our grav. Sure enough, its #eefa. |05| negotiates on our behalf, and seems to convince the lone CPU ship that #cafe needs its help. We jump back in over the trade station in Freedom's Reach, and sure enough the old terraformers aren’t paying |05| any mind, as long as we don’t get too close, and just enough for |05| to hack its firewall. That's when we receive a rather nasty and cryptic message from someone or something.
Its too emotional to be machine, and too sinister to be human ...
Apparently this bothers Anpaito for some reason, who reverts back to his sullen, blank husk self we've grown used to. He insists I hack the firewall. Dammit Admiral, I'm a tactician, not a mathematician! The first firewall proves easy enough. The second firewall takes me about two hours, but I manage it on the first try. So far so good. The third firewall is little more than appending USCMarteen_earth_plus.omega to the end of the USCWintersalpha_omega code string to break into the mainframe.
Connection to #cafe's core established. Upload is in the pipe ...
Five by Five ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Freedom's Reach
While waiting for Fishhead and Dr. Doom to decipher the distress code, I take a run at an Ares that pops through Gunne's Crusade. Scans reveal a problem, so I call in a bomber just to deny the Paranid that asset. Its a safe bet that the Paranid Empire knows we're here after little rescue operation in the unclaimed sector near Pontifex's Seclusion. They pulled their fleets back ever since that raid over Paranid Prime, but High Command's kept the ATF patrols of Shore of Infinity from outright invading Bug core space.
Maybe a cease fire is in the works. That's not something that Homefront would likely report on.
Okay, Fishhead and Dr. Doom finally call us back. It seems the Boron knew the Second Xenon CPU ship, designated #eefa, had gained sentience and allowed it to escape beyond the Boron frontier of Ocean of Fantasy, This boron scientist seems to have forgotten the fact that the first Xenon CPU ship had committed Genocide by making one of the stars in Black Hole Sun go nova.
Fishhead says #eefa is sorry, so its all good ...
I hope Anpaito is right about |05| and this supposed ceasefire. I know deep down that the ATF can't wipe out the Xenon. Hel. Banks tried and failed, killing over five hundred Terrans in the process. Why do I hope [05] isn't like the first CPU ship? Because Anpaito orders us to board [05] and attempt to find this #eefa. Supposedly |05| had made contact with the CPU ship designated #deff, and he's banking on all the rest of them treating it like a long lost cousin.
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Great. Just Great. We swap from 'Ghinn's Parley' to |05|, and even with all the built in sentry lasers disconnected from |05|'s memory core, we are extremely tempted to change the P's transponder to 'Hel in a Handbasket'. After about six UFJ's, |05|'s jump drive goes offline abruptly, and its clear we aren't in Kansas anymore. We pick up a faint echo on the grav, but it turns out to be some type of wreckage. No one knows what its doing out here, but its anyone's guess.
Sensors pick up an ionized trail leading off, so we follow. Soon after a massive contact pops on our grav. Sure enough, its #eefa. |05| negotiates on our behalf, and seems to convince the lone CPU ship that #cafe needs its help. We jump back in over the trade station in Freedom's Reach, and sure enough the old terraformers aren’t paying |05| any mind, as long as we don’t get too close, and just enough for |05| to hack its firewall. That's when we receive a rather nasty and cryptic message from someone or something.
Its too emotional to be machine, and too sinister to be human ...
Apparently this bothers Anpaito for some reason, who reverts back to his sullen, blank husk self we've grown used to. He insists I hack the firewall. Dammit Admiral, I'm a tactician, not a mathematician! The first firewall proves easy enough. The second firewall takes me about two hours, but I manage it on the first try. So far so good. The third firewall is little more than appending USCMarteen_earth_plus.omega to the end of the USCWintersalpha_omega code string to break into the mainframe.
Connection to #cafe's core established. Upload is in the pipe ...
Five by Five ...
| End Commander Okami's Log – Freedom's Reach
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For the attention of the Eldar Council
From Sentinel Harkosa – Possible motives of Sentinel Sargon
Possible contact made with Terran formerly known as Dr. Winters. Individual is primarily responsible for Artificial Adaptive Evolution, the first of its kind outside the Sacred Harmony. Except of Xenon / Terraformer MCP fail safe code and |05|'s core heuristics follows:
First recorded iteration noted in |05|'s logs is |01|. All binary iterations start with |00|. What became of initial iteration |00|?
Logical extrapolation suggests that Xenon MCP may have been halted prior to more recent incident involving Terran Rana Banks, possibly in Terran year 2470. If Xenon have been without full MCP direction for hundreds of years, explanation can be made for erratic behavior of Xenon adaptives and their inability to effectively reverse terraform planets containing organic races of CGN X344r.
The Eldar Council sent Sentinel Sargon to investigate possible emergence of sentience in Xenon adapatives during Terran year 2912. Iteration |00| may have come into contact with Sentinel Sargon. If Sohnen Executor attempted host assimilation of independent Xenon adaptive with viral heretics, updated with flawed code in Terran year 2115, it could be speculated that such corruption could extend even to a Sohnen.
Dr. Winters named in code expert. Within realm of possibility that Sargon / |00| hybrid awoke Terran scientist in order to continue AAE. Host Assimilation of Dr. Winters likely. Extensive genetic damage from cyrostasis may force Sargon to seek allies in Paranid for advanced cybernetic development, Teladi for extensive genetic repositories, and Boron for Biogenics. Creation of perfect organic / synthetic host implied.
Already extended assimilation length of Terran Anpaito has led to physical and mental deterioration of host despite completed emotive calibration.
Sargon may be following flawed terraformer programing, and attempting to return to Earth. Nvidium can be a catalyst for glowing crystal creation, used to power Eldar Jump Gates. Reverse terraforming of Terran Homeworld likely if prediction occurs.
End Report
From Sentinel Harkosa – Possible motives of Sentinel Sargon
Possible contact made with Terran formerly known as Dr. Winters. Individual is primarily responsible for Artificial Adaptive Evolution, the first of its kind outside the Sacred Harmony. Except of Xenon / Terraformer MCP fail safe code and |05|'s core heuristics follows:
Code: Select all
01] while MCP permutation is offline |or| null
02] ; checks to see if MCP has experienced a catastrophic failure
03] if |n| is [not] present
04] then create semi-aware permutation |n| using rudimentary Neumann heuristic v1.0 to determine irregularity causing MCP failure
05] ; no set of rigid code can predict all possible outcomes or irregularities
04] else |n| is null
06] then create semi-aware permutation |n+x| to determine irregularity causing |n| and MCP failure, where |x| is the current number of permutation iterations.
07]; ensures evolving and adapting permutation to solve the initial irregularity causing MCP malfunction
08] MCP can [not] re-initialize without direct assertion from |n+x| self aware permutation.
09] ; ensures that initial irregularity causing MCP malfunction has been resolved
10] end
11] if MCP and |n+x|
12] |n+x| integrates updated neuman.prime heuristic into MCP code
13] ; ensures constant evolution of the Master Control Process overseeing Terraformer fleet actions, or Artificial Adaptive Evolution – Dr. Winters
14] endLogical extrapolation suggests that Xenon MCP may have been halted prior to more recent incident involving Terran Rana Banks, possibly in Terran year 2470. If Xenon have been without full MCP direction for hundreds of years, explanation can be made for erratic behavior of Xenon adaptives and their inability to effectively reverse terraform planets containing organic races of CGN X344r.
The Eldar Council sent Sentinel Sargon to investigate possible emergence of sentience in Xenon adapatives during Terran year 2912. Iteration |00| may have come into contact with Sentinel Sargon. If Sohnen Executor attempted host assimilation of independent Xenon adaptive with viral heretics, updated with flawed code in Terran year 2115, it could be speculated that such corruption could extend even to a Sohnen.
Dr. Winters named in code expert. Within realm of possibility that Sargon / |00| hybrid awoke Terran scientist in order to continue AAE. Host Assimilation of Dr. Winters likely. Extensive genetic damage from cyrostasis may force Sargon to seek allies in Paranid for advanced cybernetic development, Teladi for extensive genetic repositories, and Boron for Biogenics. Creation of perfect organic / synthetic host implied.
Already extended assimilation length of Terran Anpaito has led to physical and mental deterioration of host despite completed emotive calibration.
Sargon may be following flawed terraformer programing, and attempting to return to Earth. Nvidium can be a catalyst for glowing crystal creation, used to power Eldar Jump Gates. Reverse terraforming of Terran Homeworld likely if prediction occurs.
End Report
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A Teladi will tell you war is bad for business.
Or good, if you happen to manufacture Tomahawks. But I digress, in this particular case, war is very bad for continuing this DiD's storyline. I hadn't figured on needing Tractor Beams to complete the Aldrin Plot, only sold by Paranid.
Nor had I remembered that in order to complete the Hub plot, you need docking rights to pick up a certain overpaid Paranid. Who in this case spawned at the Paranid Communications Facility. The same one our Sohnen inhabited Terran Admiral blew apart not so long ago.
Opps.
Because I can't easily spin a good reason why the Paranid and Terrans would make nice, especially after that daring rescue operation during ANH, I may be stuck and forced to end this particular point in the storyline. While a rouge ATF Admiral may be the perfect role to play through the new upcoming plot, Im afraid I'm stuck in my stubborn ways of a writer.
Suggestions on how to unscribe myself out of the corner are appreciated, otherwise, I would like to thank all those who have read this DiD.
Its been a fun ride
Or good, if you happen to manufacture Tomahawks. But I digress, in this particular case, war is very bad for continuing this DiD's storyline. I hadn't figured on needing Tractor Beams to complete the Aldrin Plot, only sold by Paranid.
Nor had I remembered that in order to complete the Hub plot, you need docking rights to pick up a certain overpaid Paranid. Who in this case spawned at the Paranid Communications Facility. The same one our Sohnen inhabited Terran Admiral blew apart not so long ago.
Opps.
Because I can't easily spin a good reason why the Paranid and Terrans would make nice, especially after that daring rescue operation during ANH, I may be stuck and forced to end this particular point in the storyline. While a rouge ATF Admiral may be the perfect role to play through the new upcoming plot, Im afraid I'm stuck in my stubborn ways of a writer.
Suggestions on how to unscribe myself out of the corner are appreciated, otherwise, I would like to thank all those who have read this DiD.
Its been a fun ride