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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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[10ebbor10]

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

Like movement based turrets?

Much more advanced. Infrared and all the other parts of the spectrum, secured control systems, ability for manual and automated( A.I) control, friendly fire checks, all that stuff.

[Jerick]

Set about inventing an improved fuel system for the drones.

There's a limit to how much fuel you can physicaly put on a small drone, you manage to figure a way to optmise their engines so they use less fuel.

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.

It's about 75% the size of the Flarewise's reactor and produces about 70% of the power.
It'd take about 50 units of armour and requires about 350 credits to install a lifesupport system from scratch.

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.

There's a less than legal heavy freighter for sale for 350,300 credits.
There's a Medium Tanker vessel for 145,000 credits (massive empty fuel tanks)
There's a Balt light Tug for 23,000 credits (small but can pull large empty containers)

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.

In

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?

Yes it can
Four
(3 crew, an unknown number but normaly there are ten deployed with a platoon)
You can drop them from the cargo shuttle.
The lowest the Firestar can go is 650 miles from the surface (on similar to earth planet)
No it can't
You can launch them from orbit.

9 Halker Fighterbombers sold:23,400
30 pilots:390 credits

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.

They're the same size of the drones, the cargo shuttle can hold six of them.
You create a fairly sophesticated internal for the Firestar with the electronics you buy.
  400 cost experimental electronics
  870 cost for 3 satalites

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: 36,239
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
(Internal defenses)

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:45 (1 cast)
Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/ Fighter pilots 17
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 x4
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
• Interceptors x70
• Ravenhawks x25
• Fighter Hunters x10
• Gilber x10
• Hound x10

Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/ Fighter 15

Crew:35
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:
14 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)

[Immortal]

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?

You can launch them from orbit.

Well that settles questions on attacking the installation.
Do we have room for say 2 more nukes and 50 hammers in the Firestar? If so buy them, and lets get going. Obviously we can hit the installation from space so lets move out..

If anyone has any last minute considerations applicable to the mission they would like to address speak up.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

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?

You can launch them from orbit.

Well that settles questions on attacking the installation.
Do we have room for say 2 more nukes and 50 hammers in the Firestar? If so buy them, and lets get going. Obviously we can hit the installation from space so lets move out..

If anyone has any last minute considerations applicable to the mission they would like to address speak up.

I agree. I'm itchin' to go. After we get the flarewise's armor repaired, though.

[Immortal]

True. Alright lets get her armoured up! Lets go get some estimates from the contractors in the system.

How much for full light plating?
   If the above costs a ton, can you answer the below assuming light plating.
   Can we get partial plating in patterns, say a checkerboard or ribbed?
   How much to plate around just critical parts?
   How much to plate around the hangers?
   Are the laser turret mounts for the Flarewise spread out or were they concentrated to a side?
       If concentrated how much to just lightly plate that whole side?
       How much to use medium plate or that whole side?

[Gotdamnmiracle]

True. Alright lets get her armoured up! Lets go get some estimates from the contractors in the system.

How much for full light plating?
   If the above costs a ton, can you answer the below assuming light plating.
   Can we get partial plating in patterns, say a checkerboard or ribbed?
   How much to plate around just critical parts?
   How much to plate around the hangers?
   Are the laser turret mounts for the Flarewise spread out or were they concentrated to a side?
       If concentrated how much to just lightly plate that whole side?
       How much to use medium plate or that whole side?

How much to make plating using scrap?

I seem to remember the Flarewise having a repair sequence. How long would it take till it fixed itself fully?

[10ebbor10]

True. Alright lets get her armoured up! Lets go get some estimates from the contractors in the system.

How much for full light plating?
   If the above costs a ton, can you answer the below assuming light plating.
   Can we get partial plating in patterns, say a checkerboard or ribbed?
   How much to plate around just critical parts?
   How much to plate around the hangers?
   Are the laser turret mounts for the Flarewise spread out or were they concentrated to a side?
       If concentrated how much to just lightly plate that whole side?
       How much to use medium plate or that whole side?

How much to make plating using scrap?

I seem to remember the Flarewise having a repair sequence. How long would it take till it fixed itself fully?

The Flarewise automated repair system only does internal damage.
Also, seems like the station idea is of the chart( bit too costly). STill we could armor the patrol ships generator and give it some weapons, but that's not an issue know.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Oh. didn't realize it was only internal. Alright, let's slap on some armor.

We'll let's just see what we come across. We don't know what the future holds.

[10ebbor10]

Flarewise armour 5,660 to rebuild the hull and 2,000 units of armour

We don't have enough money for the armor.
The cheapest armor cost 50 a piece.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

36k. We can probably get it fixed unless it is below 1200 units roughly.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

You wanna just say fuckit and head out? We'll keep it in back, sort of as a mode of defence if they send some cloaked fighters at the Firestar. She'll be our retreating point after we've exhausted our salvo, so we can reload without fear of getting ventilated. Hit and run, hit and run. Assuming the diplomacy doesn't work. Since the Firestar produces hellfire when it jumps in maybe we could keep the flarewise invisible on sensors if we kept her far off and engine quiet. God knows the firestar can run back and forth between her pretty quick, but she doesn't need to hop around to much.

Okay, I'm decided. Let's go!

[Jerick]

Well that settles questions on attacking the installation.
Do we have room for say 2 more nukes and 50 hammers in the Firestar? If so buy them, and lets get going. Obviously we can hit the installation from space so lets move out..

You can fit 2 more nukes but the 50 more hammers is a bit much
(2x 1803 credits=3,606)

True. Alright lets get her armoured up! Lets go get some estimates from the contractors in the system.

How much for full light plating?
   If the above costs a ton, can you answer the below assuming light plating.
   Can we get partial plating in patterns, say a checkerboard or ribbed?
   How much to plate around just critical parts?
   How much to plate around the hangers?
   Are the laser turret mounts for the Flarewise spread out or were they concentrated to a side?
       If concentrated how much to just lightly plate that whole side?
       How much to use medium plate or that whole side?

Yes, yes and yes.
Depends on what you deem to be critical, the problem with the Flarewise is it's life support and other important systems are spread out through the entire ship rather than gathered in any one spot.
The Flarewise doesn't have hangers you never got round to actualy doing that.
Well since no one has mentioned where on the Flarewise the turrets are yet if you want to retroactivly change them it's fine.
1000 armour plates.
Well there isn't any of what you might call medium plates (Armour Plates Basic; 50 credits per unit
Reflective Armour Plates; 90 credits per unit (Better versus energy weapons)
Ablative Armour Plates; 190 credits per unit (Takes less damage from energy weapons)
Reactive Armour Plates; 70 credits per unit (Better versus armor peneitating weapons, solids and explosives, takes more damage from such weapons than regular armour)
Cooled Plate; 45 credits (fragile but makes sensor detection harder, good for withstanding abient heat sources))
But which ever you pick you'll still need 1000 units to amour half of the Flarewise.


With everything prepared the crew launch from Braben Hall and make their way to the jump point.
Your halfway there when an worring discovery is made, there is an additional crate of missiles that had been taking up space unnoticed till now.
But it doesn't contain any missiles, the unmarked crate houses a primed EMP device.

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: 36,239
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
(Internal defenses)

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 x7
• Avangelis x22
• Blinder x10
• Burster

Crew:45 (1 cast)
Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/ Fighter pilots 17
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 x4
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
• Interceptors x70
• Ravenhawks x25
• Fighter Hunters x10
• Gilber x10
• Hound x10

Specialists: Doctor 1/ Hacker 2/ Security 2/ Fighter 15

Crew:35
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:
14 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)

[Gotdamnmiracle]

Deactivate it!

[10ebbor10]

Shutdown all nonelectronical systems. That should offer them some protection.

>Me: RObert: Go and investigate. Attempt to disarm allowing for reusal of the bomb.

[Gotdamnmiracle]

"Bill! Shut down all non essentials! We got an EMP on board!"