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Colonial Powers NRP (Reboot/New Thread)

Bright_Ops said
I see. Fair enough. Maybe it was just a little to big to manage all the different factions properly.

Yeah, well, It's been fun.

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Operation Free Market
The LCF has allowed the civilian vessel to land, and have also given them multiple examples of fiction. However, they did warn the crew that the LCF and Collective are technically at war, and any hostile action would have resulted in the destruction of the vessel and death of the crew. What they neglected to mention, however, was that they were almost completely sure that they were trying to spy on the LCF. Because seriously, they're the Triarian Collective. The stories the Equestrians have told say that the Collective would never do something like this.

Knowing that the ship was most likely dropping off spies, Loroi and Delphan Spec-Ops teams had been dispatched to the spaceport. They had begged to be allowed to wear their standard pitch-black armor, but instead they had been given disguises. A team of Imperial Star Academy cadets was also enlisted in the effort to help, they were given authorization to use the Academy weapons lockers and ordered to catch the attention of the spies. The multiple agents have been placed outside the landing pad, in the many cafes and food courts, and nearby communications devices.

The cadets were stationed just outside the landing pad, and had set up a simple transparent tripwire on the steps. They stood off to the side, and began casually talking about the Ceramus War and the new orbital plans. They figured neither needed to stay secret. Of course, they also threw in things that were completely made up.

Nanobots
The LCF has begun production on a Von Neumann nanobot swarm. It is expected to be completed in just a few weeks, although field medical kits will no longer carry nanobots as a result.

Comms Tap
Aside from the usual flame wars, blog posts, overwhelming usage of curses, the Collective tap found something interesting: A government video clip uploaded to a video sharing website. The clip consisted of multiple interviews with sobbing people from every Federation species, talking about an attack on the Nikolien system. It ended in exactly what you would expect: propaganda.

"Join NOW!" Said a male announcer, apparently propaganda sounds the same no matter what language it's in. A clip showing amounts of warships that most certainly didn't match up with the actual numbers was displayed, it was a side view with them simply flying forward and firing weapons. How gloriously standard.
An orchestra played in the background as the visual changed to display clips from the battle of Nikolien, mostly clips of the Federations vessels blanketing the Ceramus fleet in antiproton fire and shots of the wreckage that escaped disintegration. After the clip, the music faded into a quiet background noise.

"As I speak, our men and women in white are planning revenge against the alien menace!" Said the announcer, accompanied by a brief shot of a group of an Abh, a human, and a Delphan strategizing around a paper starmap. A caption identified the Delphan as Admiral Kuuyi Oras and the Abh as Admiral Spoor.

"Remember, we can't do it without you!" Said the voice of Fairlan Miklan, another clip being displayed of a Delphan and a human in what appeared to be the bridge of a starship. Captions identified the ship as the LIV Starfire, the Delphan as Admiral Fairlan Miklan and the human as Emily Natālija.

"Give any metal you can spare to the local Imperial Star Forces relations office, every aluminium can goes towards a new warship!" Said Emily Natālija in the overenthusiastic way that you can only find in propaganda.

"Together, we can end the Ceramus once and for all!" The two said in tandem, and the music started back up in full force. An image was displayed of the Imperial Star Forces flag:

Then, the main announcer spoke again, the volume of his voice greatly amplified.

"Join the Imperial Star Forces NOW! Go to your local relations office or call 7785-21-ISF! End the alien scourge! Protect Lakfakalle!"

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Nikolien
As the alien fleet moved to jump out of the system, the Terminator trailed them and fired a volley of antiproton fire. It was a token gesture of aggression, and none of the shots hit. When the enemy jumped out, the crews of each surviving ship cheered in celebration. Their first battle had ended in the retreat of the enemy, running from the combined power of the Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation and Equestrian Empire. Despite the loss of Lakfanikolien the system as a whole remained under Federation control, keeping the strategic point and solidifying the safety of Lakfakalle. The Federation fleet began to gather with the Equestrian fleet, and the Terminator sent a message to them.

"The enemy has captured the wreckage of the LIV Freidsmekalre. Their antiproton streamers were intact, the enemy now has access to that technology and is almost certainly reverse engineering it. If they begin mass producing antiproton streamers, they could overrun us in months. We have devices called nanobots, they are extremely expensive and usually only used for medical purposes. However, they can- er, could theoretically reproduce exponentially. If coded correctly, they could search through the entire galaxy for the enemy worlds. Once located, they could be... pacified." Said Kuuyi, devilishly grinning with the last sentence.

Fighter Project
A squadron pf five prototype fighters have been completed. Testing has determined that the fighters are more than capable of victory against a vessel such as an LCF planetary defense ship. While that sounds impressive, planetary defense ships are only armed with a few coilguns, and most have been retrofitted into interplanetary cargo vessels. Due to the small fleet of the LCF and limited capabilities of said fleet, a message has been sent to the Equestrian Empire.

"This is Admiral Spoor of the Imperial Star Forces of the Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation. We have developed our first fighter class, and need to do trial runs. Needless to say, we can't afford to take a warship out of the fight for a few weeks for what is essentially large-scale LARPing, and we don't have anything else equipped with things like shields and armor. So we are requesting that you allow us to use one of your frigates for testing. It will be equipped with a system for simulating damage, and both the frigate and fighters will be firing blanks."

Infrastructure Expansion
Instead of launching the parts into orbit and docking them, the LCF has decided to begin construction on an orbital refining and construction/combat complex (ORCCC). This station is planned to be modular, with a central command module and other specialized modules branching off from it. It will most certainly be armed with weapons, and is planned to be used as a multipurpose station. Core worlds such as Lakfakalle, Terra, and Shuroh, will likely have multiple of these instillations. Colonies will be provided with a core module, and the rest of the construction will be up to them. The project is being headed by an Abh Admiral named Sobarc, who is known for his work on the Starfire Project and his obsession with space.

Magic
The Delphans and Loroi have begun teaching the rest of the species how to use their magic, though the differences between magic energy and psychic energy have resulted in some rather humorous accidents. A message has been sent to the Equestrians, requesting assistance with the magic.

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Not really, all methods destroy the ship. Given that ships are actually pretty important now, conventional warfare would almost certainly be a better choice. And by almost certainly, I mean your people have to consider it a better choice in most circumstances or else.

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And that's where my FTL makes things a lot better, because it works in realspace. Therefore, instead of being near-FTL, my projectiles could travel at unlimited speeds (Imagine something hitting a planet at 100c).

I think my FTL is an overpowered weapon now.

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duck55223 said
Lets just forget about all those advanced and powerful weapons we got from the Equestrians.

*Dark, Evil Laughter* Fear us!

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Somewhere Else
"Well, you have chosen the two of us to unite the universe." Said Fergus "You have given us the gift of immortality, and you want us to unite the universe with it. I don't know how we will do it, but I do know that we can, and I know that we will never give up. As long as the two of us live, neither the Children of Lakfakalle nor the Equestrians will travel down the wrong path."

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darkwolf687 said
Lower Class Triarian vessels might have it good then hehe... Especially if I do what I did at Kashyyyk and jump into the middle of the enemy fleet so they can't use AoE weapons without fucking themselves up too >:D

Exactly, you just made the only worthwhile weapons I have useless!

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Nikolien
The railguns pummeled the shields of the fleet, the purple field protecting them growing dimmer and dimmer. The crews respected the strategy, but they had made a fatal error. General Order 24 had been issued, forcing all ships to charge their antiproton weapons to critical mass and fire upon the planet. Being turrets, the antiproton streamers quickly turned around to face the enemy ships. Then they fired a huge and deadly burst of antiprotons towards the fleet, designed to melt a planet's crust and remove its atmosphere. The brightness of the antiprotons lit the entire night side of the planet, appearing in their sky as large as the moon.

The fleet, however, took damage as well. The spell that had been set upon them had been lifted by the weapons firing, but it had also damaged them. the shield systems of two ships had been destroyed, and the gravity rings of three of the ships had been halted by the attack. One ship, the LIV Freidsmekalre, had been completely destroyed by the blast. Despite this, they remained vigilant, and began the charging process once again, now with six antiproton streamers down.

Lakfanikolien
A Delphan clad in an armored spacesuit materialized in the military command center of Lakfanikolien, some sort of barrier protecting him.
"Do not fire, I come bearing a message from the Hyacintho Mental Collective. The vessels you are attempting to destroy are vital to our long-term plans. Please surrender this world to the Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation, the fate of this universe may rest upon your decision. If you surrender this planet, then we will help you find more to take. It would be somewhat hard to take those worlds, but striking quickly would ensure victory."

Military Expansion
The LCF has begun construction on another ten warships. With the ability to create new antiproton weapons, they have taken the standard warship configuration and added a huge spinal antiproton streamer called the "Antiproton Lance". Along with this, the LCF has begun development of a fighter craft that will be armed with three modified antiproton streamers that draw ammunition from antimatter containment cylinders instead of a particle accelerator. Those modified weapons will use railgun technology to accelerate pulses of antiprotons at near light speed, allowing for pinpoint accuracy and maximum damage.

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There are plenty of weaknesses, you just have to find them yourself. Also, antiproton streamers are essentially targeted AoE weapons. They are best used to blanket a fleet in fire, and are worthless against small and fast-moving targets.

LCF antiproton streamers are large pyramidal protrusions from the hull, the antiproton containment cells are always just below the weapon in an armored compartment. The shields of LCF ships are extremely effective against projectiles, but lasers pass right through if aimed at the hull and not the antiproton weapons (which are protected with ultra-reflective materials). That's what I'll tell you, there are weaknesses in those facts, and many more. You just have to find them.