In a distant System:
High General Raldierf lounged in her chair alone, her fingers tapping restlessly on the console before her, lazily rolling a flash drive around in her lips. Intelligence reports scrolled past on the screen, some times with a tap of a button she would pause them for a more detailed read and with another tap dismiss them.
Fiddling with her long white hair she stopped another report.
A steaming mug of strong smelling coffee was placed gently on the console next to her as she read by a man wearing the typical, over decorated, complicated uniform of an imperial officer.
"Anything interesting?" asked the newcomer as he sipped his own coffee.
Dismissing the report she looked back at him shaking her head "Not really, just something about an unregistered warship in the Tabien system.
Normally that'd be a bit of a problem but they haven't done any thing disruptive and we have more important things to do than chase people who are just dodging taxes,"
"...or are flying a ship made up to look like a warship and don't want their secret to come out when they register," added the officer.
Raldierf took the flash memory from her mouth and inserted it into the computer. In response the computer filled the screen with images of United Sol League fleet build ups.
"We'll have someone deal with them later whatever their reasons but first I am considering our options. The USL is just looking for an excuse to attack us and enforce their claims in the disputed zone by force. I think we should give them one... we should launch a preemptive attack and cripple their forces as they gather them,"
"You mean go to war?" replied the officer casually sipping his coffee.
"The emperor will support this plan as will many of the houses and anyone else who's realized the USL's refusal to back down has made war inevitable. I merely want to start it on my terms,"
Meanwhile in a scrapyard:
The signal stops transmitting, the shuttle begins burning through it's tether and an order is given for the crew members to put distance between them and the shuttle.
A few men aboard the shuttle search for the computer core in an effort to disable it.
While flying to safety John Varayis realizes there are still crewmen on the shuttle and immediately fires his thrusters and heads back to go and get them.
As he reaches the outside of it's airlock a triumphant call is heard over the comns.
"I've found it!" cries one of the men aboard the shuttle.
The ship jolts and suddenly accelerates as the cable fails.
The tether whips back hitting a EVA wearing crew member in the chest, slicing through it's outer layers, smashing four of his ribs and propelling him into the side of the firestar.
Point defense fire from the turrets blaze around the shuttle barely missing as it dodges and maneuverers, the heat of each near miss scoring the outside.
With a vice like grip John clings to the edge of the outer airlock.
The shuttle flies unpredictably, gradually distancing itself from the Firestar's vulnerable side.
Grunting with the effort John pulls himself inside despite the craft's high acceleration.
Inside the crewmen struggle to contain the loose crates of impact sensitive explosives bouncing around inside as the shuttle flips, spins and turns.
Flying past the Firestar's engine, the shuttle barrels towards the cargo vessel the Firestar is towing.
(I'm back, for good this time!)
Use the thrusters on the EVA suit.
Shouldnt I have been in the shuttle?
Well yes but I'm a little relucant to arbitraily put players in places with little to no chance of survival.
If you ever die I want it to be your own fault
Tabien System
Galvenn (known shipyard)
Jayld
Vrinis
Ilbrier (Digital Rights Front Headquarters)
The disputed Zone
Lastros Ak'Mkal
Credits: 2775
Hull damage: fine
Armor: Full
System Damage: Negelected
Weapon Status: fine
Weapons: four point defence turrets (energy based)
4 inch repeater cannon turrets x2
twin linked railguns
400 missile tubes
Railgun shells: 0 (Railgun shells do more damage but the railguns can still fire scrap metal if need be)
4 inch Cannon shells: 11
Missiles:
- Blinder x2
- Tether Anchor x0 (currently in use: 2)
- Giber
- Ravenhawk x2
- Interceptor x5
- Hammer x2
Crew:15
Crew Morale: high
Crew rations: 60 (one crew ration per crew memeber consumed per day)
Computer System:
Type: Amok Modular system
Modules: Superior Targeting (Turrets + main gun)
Basic shuttle sysems Suport (You have basic computer control of comn, life support, doors and all basic systems)
Basic Shuttle manuvering and thrusters (The Firestar's controls are sluggish and crude, with noticable lag between input and thruster activation)
Basic Shuttle jump calculating (Very long jump calculation times)
Other Craft:
Hanger
LR Cargo Shuttle (Fuel:293/600)
Wrecked boarding shuttle
Away
Scout Drone(Fuel 7/10)
Other
Cargo Vessel (Fuel Unknown, engine and life support non functioning, self repair operational)
Hanger fuel tank:2400/4000
Cargo: basic ship parts
99 flak shells
Crawler Repair Drone
Advanced tools
Shuttle engine
antique couch
damaged cargo loader
smoke grenades
gattling turret
explosives (one mines worth)
Escape pods (damaged)
Some small arms