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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2015 18:24:14 GMT -6
The battle of Rak Gate had been a defeat. The great Titan had been destroyed, and now a fleet bore down on the bug's planet. But the queens had one last gambit in play: a specially built Titan, designed not to fight in fleet battles, but as a living missile meant to impact a planet and destroy it with the same force and destruction as a large asteroid.
The ship had taken the long, detoured flight around to avoid attention, and made it to the Asteron system undetected. As soon as it warped in the bug's plan became clear, for the Titan began a long burn on a nearly direct course for the planet, a trajectory that had no hope of maneuvering to avoid it or slowing down above orbit. Time was precious; if the ship were not destroyed, or at least slowed, there would be no Asteron to celebrate a victory.
ORDER OF BATTLE Union of Asteron Modmark Hive Unity (optional)
ASTERON 1 Sentinel Class Destroyer (Victory) (HEAVILY DAMAGED -3 SPEED, -2 BEAM CANNONS) 3 Sentinel Class Destroyer 1 Independence Class Carrier
HIVE UNITY 1 Rak'Asteron Titan
NOTES If the Titan impacts the planet at full speed Asteron will suffer immense damage. Anything that slows, damages or diverts the titan will reduce its effect There will be 1 modmark
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Post by dragonlord7012 on Dec 8, 2015 18:33:56 GMT -6
As It-Forged-In-Hatred-Absolute lifeforce burned out among the First-Star-Of-Hostility, it branched out itself over the mind link
It wouldn't end so easily.
Not before the queen-slayers died.
All of them.
Its conciousness screamed and shattered within the ships shell as it overlayed its mind within the Eternal Emnity.
Gone was the mind its queen had forged for battle.
Only its purpose remained.
The Eternal-Emnity-Forged-In-Hatred-Absolute screamed in psycic agony as it moved. Any telepathically sensitve in several parsects would feel the abomination of hatred and malice.
Soon it would be over.
Its pain.
And Asteron.
Across all channels, and into the minds of any who could listen came a single message.
"We are the hive unity."
"You threatened the Queens."
"You where not forgiven."
It moved [Flavor only, not acting out of order]
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Post by killer spork on Dec 8, 2015 18:45:58 GMT -6
'' ORBITAL CANNONS! ONLINE! ''
'' Begin evacuating civilian sectors to bunkers in Tambo---- ''
There wouldn't be enough time. President Saratoga watched the oncoming approaching mass from his command bunker. The Navy had deployed every vessel that could shoot, fire, or otherwise impede the monster that was approaching.
'' At current velocity, contact will Asteron will be made in less than two standard hours. '' A computerized voice, a prophet of doom, announced over the intercom.
President Saratoga poured himself another drink and waited.
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'' TORPEDOES! LOAD! FIRE! '' Four torpedoes roared through the inky black darkness of space towards the approaching mass, determined to tear a hole into the armored mass of the titan.
Meanwhile, the Lightfoot, the sole functioning carrier of the Asteran fleet had formed behind her line of battle. Swarms of fighters, bombers, and fighter bombers launched towards the Titan in an attempt to pulverize her before she could make contact. Failing that, the Lightfoot was prepared to sacrifice herself in a collision course to knock the Titan off of its current trajectory with Asteron.
SUMMARY: -- All four destroyers target Titan with torpedoes, along with ORBITAL DEFENSES. -- Bombers attacks the Titan directly with payloads. -- Interceptors and Fighter Bombers will focus on taking out the Titans engines in an attempt to slow her. -- The Lightfoot is prepared to ram the Titan in a final attempt to stop the collision.
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2015 23:53:59 GMT -6
The Asteronian fleet fought bravely. The fighters and destroyers opened fire, causing some damage to the Titan's engines before it barreled past them at relativistic speeds. The great ship might have smashed strait into Asteron itself and caused great destruction for the planet if the Lightfoot had not valiantly sacrificed itself. The carrier rammed the enormous hive ship, pushing it off target just enough to send it careening through orbit instead of impacting the planet itself.
An orgy of orbital destruction followed as the Titan ploughed its way through the defense grid, a shipyard, and an orbital factory, breaking up into millions of relativistic pieces in the process. The cascade of destructive pieces washed across orbit, shredding anything in its path that was not heavily shielded.
Asteron was saved, but it would be one expensive cleanup bill before traffic could resume.
ASTERON 1 Sentinel Class Destroyer (Victory) (HEAVILY DAMAGED -3 SPEED, -2 BEAM CANNONS) 3 Sentinel Class Destroyer
1 Independence Class Carrier
HIVE UNITY
1 Rak'Asteron Titan
SUMMARY 1 Orbital Factory, 1 Orbital Shipyard, 1 Orbital Defenses DESTROYED Asteron suffers a KESSLER CASCADE. All trade routes to and from the planet are inactive and no ship traffic may move between the planet and space until the cascade is cleaned up. Cannot rebuild orbital sectors until cascade is cleaned up. Clean-up price: 80 Industry, 30 Credits.
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