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Go after the rogue Captain

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Retrive the Fragile Cargo

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Drone Clearence

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Some Easy Escourt duty

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Screw all you rule obeying fools! There are other means of credit procurement!

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Total Members Voted: 3

[Immortal]

Yayy, thanks Jerick for coming back (:

Anyways damn forum just ate a big post, I had the cost and stuff calculated but thats gone so heres a list, sorry.

Turrets
- 4 Point Defense Batteries (Two to each ship)
- 2 Double 4 Inch Repeater Cannons (Firestar) Buy 71 Cannon shells so we have a nice round 200
- 4 Laser Turrets (Flarewise)
Missiles
- 235 Interceptors (75 to Flarewise)
- 100 Ravenhawk (25 to Flarewise)
- 35 Fighter Hunter(10 to Flarewise)
- 2 Fighter Destroyers (1 to Flarewise)
- 50 Gilber (10 to Flarewise)
- 5 Driller Nuke
- 10 Blinder
- 50 Hound (10 to Flarewise)
- 22 Avangelis
- 1 Burster

Total was around 50k leaving 10k for us to make special toys to do this job, I was thinking we would have to fire on them from space then send some landing vehicle down. Remember our cargoholds are full.. So we have to sell some fighters and toys off to hold new toys.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Keep the vesker. I'll get some of those torpedoes in fast and hot (cold). I think we should purchase a mining drill after we do this mission. I'm sure it will come in handy if everyone is dug in like this, or hell maybe we'll find something neat?

[adwarf]

By the advanced components for the drones, and set to work.

[Jerick]

Yayy, thanks Jerick for coming back (:

Anyways damn forum just ate a big post, I had the cost and stuff calculated but thats gone so heres a list, sorry.

Turrets
- 4 Point Defense Batteries (Two to each ship)
- 2 Double 4 Inch Repeater Cannons (Firestar) Buy 71 Cannon shells so we have a nice round 200
- 4 Laser Turrets (Flarewise)
Missiles
- 235 Interceptors (75 to Flarewise)
- 100 Ravenhawk (25 to Flarewise)
- 35 Fighter Hunter(10 to Flarewise)
- 2 Fighter Destroyers (1 to Flarewise)
- 50 Gilber (10 to Flarewise)
- 5 Driller Nuke
- 10 Blinder
- 50 Hound (10 to Flarewise)
- 22 Avangelis
- 1 Burster

Total was around 50k leaving 10k for us to make special toys to do this job, I was thinking we would have to fire on them from space then send some landing vehicle down. Remember our cargoholds are full.. So we have to sell some fighters and toys off to hold new toys.

5,040 4xpoint defense batteries
 2,970 2xDouble 4 Inch Repeater Cannons
10,816 4x Laser turrets
   284 71xCannon shells
 4,700 235xInterceptors
 6,500 100xRavenhawks
   525 35xFighter Hunter
   380 2xFighterDestroyers
 9,015 5xDriller Nukes
   650 10xBlinder
 1,750 50xhound
 3,300 Avangelis
   679 Burster
46,609
Total cost
The Firestar has four hundred missile tubes you can load when you run out of storage space so you're able to cram all the missiles for the firestar aboard but the Flarewise isn't so lucky and will need some space cleared in it's cargo hold.
(Space for one stored fighter=space for 15 stored missiles)

By the advanced components for the drones, and set to work.

The components are purchased and set to work making drones.
They're becoming well practiced at converting turrets and complete their task surprisingly quickly giving you a new set of drones.
But with the addition of the drones the Firestar's hanger is at it's capacity.

Spoiler: Nav computer (click to show/hide)

Tabien System
Galvenn (known shipyard)
Jayld
Vrinis
Ilbrier (Digital Rights Front Headquarters)
The disputed Zone
Lastros Ak'Mkal
Braben Hall (Black market)

• Repurposed Mining station 29

N 5647
N 2059 Hermin's Valley(Pirate Base)

(Trade post)

Spoiler: Firestar status (click to show/hide)

Credits: 14,499
Hull damage: Fine
Armor: Full
System Damage: Fine
Computing Power: 200,000
Weapon Status: Ready to fire
Weapons:
4x Point Defence Turret Battery
2x Double 4 Inch Repeater Cannons

twin linked railguns
400 missile tubes
Railgun shells: 30 (Railgun shells do more damage but the railguns can still fire scrap metal if need be)
4 inch Cannon shells: 200
Gattling rounds:1200

Missiles:

• Tether Anchor x2 (currently in use: 0)
• Giber x41
• Interceptor x231
• Ravenhawk x104
• Hammer x2
• Hound x47
• Fighter Hunters x51
• Fighter Destroyer x11
• Tracker Beacon x2
• Driller Nuke x5
• Avangelis x22
• Blinder x10
• Burster

Crew:30 (1 cast)
Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/ Fighter pilots 2
Crew Morale: Extreamly high.
Crew rations: 11192 (one crew ration per crew memeber consumed per day)

Computer System:
Type: Armok Modular system
Modules: Superior Targeting (Turrets + main gun)
Custom sysems Automation(Systems, doors, lifesupport all respond automaticly to crisis situations, are automatic and only active when needed saving power)
Customised manuvering and thrusters (The Firestar's controls respond in realtime but lack the percision of a better control system, they've also been optimised for use by the crew of the Firestar)
Basic Shuttle jump calculating (Very long jump calculation times)
Tailored AI interaction module(designed to link the AI Urist into the ship systems)

AIs:2(Urist, Helios/Bill)

Other Craft:
Away

Hanger
Scout Drone(Fuel: 10/10)
3xGattling Drones(Fuel 10/10  ammo 250/250)
Rocket Drone(Fuel 10/10 Missiles: /3)
Remote Fighter(Fuel: 180/200, Computing Power:150)
(Forward Mounted Gattling gun:670 gattling rounds Missile launcher: Interceptor )
Old Knell fighter(Fuel; 180/200, Computing Power:75)
(Forward mounted beam weapon x2, Missile Countermeasures: 0 Pilot: Total newbie)
LR Cargo Shuttle (Fuel: 321/600, Computing Power:60)
Ravenwind fighter wing (five fighters) (Fuel; 100/200, Computing Power:75)
(Forward mounted beam weapon x2, forward mounted cannon: 0, Rear mounted point defnse gun, Missile Countermeasures: 0, Pilot: No pilots)
Ravenwind fighter wing (five fighters) (Fuel; 100/200, Computing Power:75)
(Forward mounted beam weapon x2, forward mounted cannon: 0, Rear mounted point defnse gun, Missile Countermeasures: 0, Pilot: No pilots)
Ravenwind fighter wing (five fighters) (Fuel; 100/200, Computing Power:75)
(Forward mounted beam weapon x2, forward mounted cannon: 0, Rear mounted point defnse gun, Missile Countermeasures: 0, Pilot: No pilots)


Hanger fuel tank:4000/4000

Cargo:
Satellite
Stealth probe x2
Data Courier
4x crawler drone

Spoiler: Flarewise (click to show/hide)

Cargo Vessel
Hull damage: fine
Armor: depleted
System Damage: fine
Fuel: 15,000/15,000
Computing Power: 25,000
Weapon Status: fine
Weapons:
4x Point Defence Turret Battery
4x Laser Turrets
6 missile tubes

Missiles:

• Fighter Destroyers
• Interceptors x5

Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/

Crew:20
Crew Morale: Extreamely high
Crew rations: 7340

Computer System:
Type: Armok Modular system
Modules: Superior Targeting (Turrets + main gun)
Custom sysems Automation(Systems, doors, lifesupport all respond automaticly to crisis situations, are automatic and only active when needed saving power)
Customised manuvering and thrusters (The Firestar's controls respond in realtime but lack the percision of a better control system, they've also been optimised for use by the crew of the Firestar)
Basic Shuttle jump calculating (Very long jump calculation times)



Other Craft
Docked



Cargo:
23 Halker Fighterbombers
5 Ravenwind fighters
4 vesker torpedo bombers
vesker torpedo bomber (Stealth)
1 crawler drone

Spoiler: Galveen 4 trade station rented warehouse (click to show/hide)

Mainframe(network, computing power: 40,000)
basic ship parts
99 flak shells
smoke grenades
explosives (one mines worth)
Escape pods
Some small arms
fighter parts
Patrol ship Reactor
80 advanced fabrication components
Advanced tools
12 units advanced electronics
3 Fabrication Components
2 Advanced Fabrication Components
one heavy calibre cannon turret(medium)

Spoiler: Braben Hall temporary storage (click to show/hide)

Interceptors x70
Ravenhawks x25
Fighter Hunters x10
Gilber x10
Hound x10

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[adwarf]

Set about inventing an improved fuel system for the drones.

[10ebbor10]

Questions: How big is that patrol ships reactor? How much can it power? How much would it cost to buy enough armor for it and a lifesupport system.

I'm thinking of converting it too a small space base.

Inquire the local markets for any large cargo ships. It doesn't need to have engines, but a decent armor, many turret emplacemens, working life support and large cargo hold are a must.
We could just outfit that one with weapons and the mainframe we have in the storage. Throw in the reactor and extra weapons and we have functional space defense station.

I'd also like to join as a character:

Name: Robert ( No nickname, or anything else)
Former job: Pirate technical support
Bio: Robert was responsible for the maintenance, repairs and equiping of his pirate groups fleet. Since pirates don't often have acces to state of the art gear, or even spareparts, he had to fix them with whatever he had on hand. This also allowed him to come up with a couple of interesting and effective new weapons.
However, that also meant he got the problems when a large deal of the fighters was damaged due to malfunctioning cheap bought missiles. He managed to escape using a selfbuild jumpcapable escape pod.( Basically an armored shuttle that was launched at the systems sun). The rest of the Pirate fleet was destroyed when their heathsinks and lifesupports mysteriously malfunctioned. Nows he's here and looking for a job that won't get him killed the moment anything goes wrong.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Questions: How big is that patrol ships reactor? How much can it power? How much would it cost to buy enough armor for it and a lifesupport system.

I'm thinking of converting it too a small space base.

Inquire the local markets for any large cargo ships. It doesn't need to have engines, but a decent armor, many turret emplacemens, working life support and large cargo hold are a must.
We could just outfit that one with weapons and the mainframe we have in the storage. Throw in the reactor and extra weapons and we have functional space defense station.

Remember the merchant tankard we escorted? I bet if we got our hands on one of those, tore out most of the inside, and spent a few weeks and a boatload of credits on it we could have what you are talking about. I'd prefer a planet though.

[10ebbor10]

Questions: How big is that patrol ships reactor? How much can it power? How much would it cost to buy enough armor for it and a lifesupport system.

I'm thinking of converting it too a small space base.

Inquire the local markets for any large cargo ships. It doesn't need to have engines, but a decent armor, many turret emplacemens, working life support and large cargo hold are a must.
We could just outfit that one with weapons and the mainframe we have in the storage. Throw in the reactor and extra weapons and we have functional space defense station.

Remember the merchant tankard we escorted? I bet if we got our hands on one of those, tore out most of the inside, and spent a few weeks and a boatload of credits on it we could have what you are talking about.

The fun fact is that we can just add stuff as we feel like it. Aestethics aren't important and we can aren't to have it go anywhere. The problem with a planet is defending it's orbit is abit hard from the surface. With 2 of these we could defend the entire planet.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

So are we all ready? Do we need anything else? I think we need to get the Flarewise's armor replaced. Once that is finished we should begin the journey, unless there is anything else.

I would prefer a planet though. If it has minerals it's useful, if it has chemicals it's useful, if the atmo is cruddy it can be useful (as in it blocks comns). Plus we don't have to buy materiel, We dig straight down into the stone and use the materials available to build it. Seems cheaper.

[10ebbor10]

So are we all ready? Do we need anything else? I think we need to get the Flarewise's armor replaced. Once that is finished we should begin the journey, unless there is anything else.

I would prefer a planet though. If it has minerals it's useful, if it has chemicals it's useful, if the atmo is cruddy it can be useful (as in it blocks comns). Plus we don't have to buy materiel, We dig straight down into the stone and use the materials available to build it. Seems cheaper.

Then again, when something attacks it defending it is going to be quite hard. Besides colony building equipment isn't very cheap. I would like to see at how much an old, nearly destroyed tanker thingy is going. CHances are if we want to buy one here it's probably stolen, so that would lower the price tremendoulsy. We don't need to invest much only a lot of manhours, we have spare turrets lying around so we can use these, and we can upgrade it if we want. Also when things go bad we can tow it away.

Problems with planet thingies is that it's going to cost quite a lot in equipment. You'd need mining bots, construction bots, refinerys , power plant.( the reactor could do this one.) something to get things out and in the atmosphere and also other stuff.

[Immortal]

Sell as many as needed Fighter Halker Bombers to make room for the missiles in the Flarewise. Load the missile drone. Hire 15 Pilots for the Firestar and 15 for the Flarewise.

So crew, whats the plan for removing this installation? I say we attempt a diplomatic solution just to say we attempted.. if that doesn't work we can try the fun way.
On the current talk, I was thinking we would get an armada going and start interstellar war between the two current superpowers. We can join in the battles on whatever side we want and then build a base from there..

Jerick - A few questions,
I may be mistaken but I think it was said the cargo shuttle can handle re-entry and take-off?
If the above is true, how many walking tanks can the shuttle hold?
How powerful are these tanks? (Crew size to run, and # needed to fight the installation)
Is there a method to get them on the surface?
Can we do a low low orbit drop with some rockets and parachutes on them?
I assume the Firestar can do a high atmosphere entry and exit?
If yes could it also land?
Can we drop driller nukes from orbit to drill in or do we have to position them on the ground and have them start drilling there?

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Sell as many as needed Fighter Halker Bombers to make room for the missiles in the Flarewise. Load the missile drone. Hire 15 Pilots for the Firestar and 15 for the Flarewise.

So crew, whats the plan for removing this installation? I say we attempt a diplomatic solution just to say we attempted.. if that doesn't work we can try the fun way.
On the current talk, I was thinking we would get an armada going and start interstellar war between the two current superpowers. We can join in the battles on whatever side we want and then build a base from there..

Jerick - A few questions,
I may be mistaken but I think it was said the cargo shuttle can handle re-entry and take-off?
If the above is true, how many walking tanks can the shuttle hold?
How powerful are these tanks? (Crew size to run, and # needed to fight the installation)
Is there a method to get them on the surface?
Can we do a low low orbit drop with some rockets and parachutes on them?
I assume the Firestar can do a high atmosphere entry and exit?
If yes could it also land?
Can we drop driller nukes from orbit to drill in or do we have to position them on the ground and have them start drilling there?

I like your idea. We'll argue more later. It is a little early to look for a place to station our armada when we have only been to smugglers den and junk heap and in one realm at that. Let's get more votes and then head out!

[10ebbor10]

I got a question. How big are those seeker mines. If they are quite small we could stuff them in a small shuttle, give it a boarding clamp and use it to deploy seeker mines on the inside.

Assuming I get in, help adwarf.

We should get some more sattelites, at least 3 . That way we can monitor the entire planet to see if they want to escape. Also on a medium shortrange, buy some antipersonell weapons, 10/20 experimental electronics and then set to work on Internal anti boarding security system.

[Immortal]

Which idea did you like? Where our base is, or the plan you can conclude from my questions to Jerick about attacking?
We also can't push off for the mission until we know how were going to do this.. Once we solidify our plan of attack we'll get going right away.

I fully agree on automated anti-boarding systems! We should buy a ton to have both ships worked on during flight.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

electronics and then set to work on Internal anti boarding security system.

Like movement based turrets?