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"The shields will be easy to take out with our weapons technology." Said the Terran diplomat, downsizing the holographic map and bringing up a new image of a 12-turret warship, which he drew by hand in just a few minutes. "This is a Bastonge-Class warship, our standardized, modular-built frontline vessel. Those turrets are pretty standard fare, plasma and tungsten slug rounds, nothing special. However, it was designed with versatility in mind, so our engineers added this."

He carved away the hull, showing a cross-section of the ship. There was a long corridor in the center, running its full length.

"It's a weapon we call the Shackled Tachyon Lance, it has more power than the rest of the ship's weaponry combined. It fires a constant stream of tachyon particles using a superconducting railgun, a process that uses extreme amounts of power to accomplish. Tachyon particles, as you likely know, are not bound by the speed of light, and can move at any speed. Thus, when combined with this kind of weapon, they are absolutely devastating. I doubt a shield could hold out for long against multiple vessels employing these."

He returned to the holographic map, zooming in once more on Jaques rest.

"Now, I'm sorry that I didn't say this sooner, but there will be no need for invasion at Jaques rest. The Iscandarians bombarded their colony there without a second thought, it's what kicked off our war with them... aside from their greed. I can't go into detail as to their full intentions, but suffice to to say that this war is the most important conflict any Terran can imagine, and our imagination knows no bounds."

Switching back to the image of the ship, if only for the background it provided for his speaking, he continued.

"We cannot tell you how to create the tachyon ammunition for the lance. Not to sound hostile, but that information can only be revealed by the head of state under specific circumstances. What we can do, however, is ship you the ammunition and give you the plans for the firing mechanism. While the shield could likely be taken out conventionally, this weapon can do if far, far faster. Once our forces fully convene, our ships can take on the bombardment role. I suggest that we meet in our home system of Sol, as it has the best-developed industry in the region. Some repair and resupply, and we can move on into the rest of Iscandarian space."

Once again switching back to the holographic map, he marked Sol with a blue X and drew multiple arrows to it, marking the quickest and safest courses to Sol from allied space.

"A word of warning: do not protect us if the Iscandarians breach our defenses at the fourth planet in our system. If they do that, then you are to leave our space immediately. Again, I cannot give details. I apologize."

((Nowhere near everything I need to do, but I needed to at least get a Taoshe post out. Gonna post more later, I'm really busy failing English the day before the quarter ends.))