Liotrent

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@6slyboy6

SO THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS!? >XD

I actually thought SSD meant Slip-Space-Drive due to my experience with Halo I have somewhat of an idea how it works, and for me would be the best method of FTL though understandably it's far beyond our tech.

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@6slyboy6 @wildman13

The Rarians would be a different story, they're not my race and I'd rather have Wildman speak for himself on that matter.

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@6slyboy6

The transports are just normal troop transports they can only load up so many, the fighters-bomber squads are dead, the transports would most likely die, and the rest of the boarding ships that were waiting were left docked in The Hammer of Thor and Odin's Wrath, the explosion would probably leave enough damage to at least render them less combat effective, assuming they activated their SSD or other forms of FTL after the explosion. But if they left before that the others would understand that it was to reduce damage to the fleet, it would open up some interesting dialogue about how Black Sun field agents operate.

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@6slyboy6

Most of my ships were at range, and some were already ready to retreat the moment there were any signs of trouble, it's likely in the time it took for you to fire the first shot, most of my ships would've left, the only ones that couldn't leave are the ships who didn't keep their engines warm and the ten squadrons of fighters and bombers.

So the way I see it is, I could go with a version where the fleet vanish back into the void once they detect the first shot or I could go with a version where they don't leave and most of the ships are either destroyed or heavily damaged. Just clarifying which path I should take here since you're the GM, which would you prefer happening?

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=GEMINI BREAK OUT=

As the garrison started responding, the sleeper agents started working, both prisoner and mercenary, the surprise was about to be unveiled, as they started killing fellow mercenaries, one click of a button from a remote detonator, and all the sections where the other mercenaries were exploded, the other sleeper agents start killing operators and men from the inside, slitting throats and killing the main operators of the point defense system, the sleeper agents then start freeing and distributing arms to prisoners who didn't already have any, as the point defense system was rerouted to attack the swarm pilots, the seventy others could fly much more relaxed and free ranged as the pilots began to disengage from the point defense the red cloud of fighters, started to get lit up by the now taken over point defense systems, whilst bombers fired off their payload into The Mist and it's fighter compliment.

"Engage, oh and ensign, raise alert, I want everyone working at one hundred and ten percent."

The rest of the fleet went into FTL, as they started to engage, several torpedo corvettes and frigates came out first in all different directions, firing their payloads into The Mist and the cloud of fighters, as this created enough of a distraction to let the transports and landers dock with the facility.

The Hammer of Thor came out last and fired their own munitions at The Mist, it's sister ship, Odin's Fury came along with them, the names of the ship were from old norse mythologies that survived the Empire's purge. They wanted to practice their religion without torment from the EOM, just like many others from fringe worlds, they view the EOM as oppressive and ignorant to the needs of the ones in the outer fringes, and careless of what happens to the inhabitants that they've displaced to Xeno worlds.

"Right, ready all transports for boarding procedures, and tell Conrad to make it bloody!"

The captain barked his teeth flashing a large grin, the ensign responded with a short "Yes sir!" before relaying his message, the fight had just begun, the captain noticed that some of the ships have put their engines off, he yelled "Ensign, tell those gits to get their engines on, if the Empire hits us here, we need to be ready to scat, understand!? We're drawing too much attention here especially with multiple FTL signitures appearing out of nowhere." again the ensign answered a brief yes sir as he understood that the EOM have hit them unexpectedly before and they barely got away with their lives, half the fleet suffered because of it and the captain was not pleased that the rest of the captains still haven't learned their lessons, these were new ships and crew, it would be a waste of resources and man power if they were lost for something stupid as not keeping their engines warm.

The rest of the ships immediately powered their engines up, and charged for a quick escape some slower than others. Conrad a famous mercenary has his own reasons for joining the Black Sun, not just because he hates the Empire for ruining his business, but the fact that he was separated from his family when he was younger during a forced relocation, he has never found them, and is still searching the galaxy for them. He boarded the vessel filled with men, and readied for his departure.

"Alright boys, girls, and people in between, these bastards are lawless and cruel, our objective for the Black Sun is to fragment their presence, strike them down like the devils we all are!" he put on his helmet, and sealed it airtight, his oxygen supply was high, and his body was heavily armored, his boots allow him to magnetize to surfaces in zero gravity, and he can disengage it at will, allowing for controlled RCS flight with the suit. All the other members are equipped similarly, all they're waiting for is the Mist and its fighter compliment to be disabled.

@wildman13

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@6slyboy6 That's the plan, they're not there for accurate hits on the point defense, they're there to distract, although, they can try, that's another point, any shots they can make are welcomed.

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@wildman13
Things are about to get interesting.

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=GEMINI BREAK OUT=

The Black Sun have been monitoring an unknown human faction that threatens the formation of a free Republic, an Era of unity and peace, no more rampant civil unrest, no more rampant war, it was time to put an end to it one way or another, however this UAE or the United Anarchist Empire as ironic as it sounds is a threat to that ideal.

Sector 15, Gemini Mining Facility, the Black Sun have been monitoring this for days, it was time for them to make a move, the fleet, a hodgepodge of stolen imperial ships modified and completely overhauled for their needs, along with several xeno ships that have been found abandoned or stolen from docks on imperial worlds, also heavily modified.

"This is The Hellfire, when do we engage?"

The fleet admiral simply waved a hand at the glowing screens, and spoke in reply to the Hellfire's captain, "When the sleepers say we can."

Another ping this time it was encrypted, "Captain, the prisoners in here just started a commotion, there are several dead and injured, some of the staff are diverted into the medical wing and morgue to transport bodies, this as good a time as any to strike."

The communication was short and brief, the captain then opened fleet comms on a secure channel, "All missile frigates and torpedo corvettes, prepare your payloads. Helmsman, get the ships to slow burn, I want the FTL drives to be ready, we are going to hit this place hard and fast."

Activity started to fill the bridge and the ships alongside the main flagship started to whir their engines to life, their main weapons ready for combat. The captain of the main flagship Hammer of Thor then barked another order as he pulled up his other tactical view's and User interfaces. "Ensign Cruz, scramble all squadrons, they hit first, make sure the pilots know to fly like bats out of hell am I clear!?"

The Ensign then replied "Sir the pilots are scrambling, they're launching now, all pilots ready for combat flight, they also wanted to relay that and I quote 'We'll give 'em hell Captain, just give us a keg of cold beer once we get back!' end quote."

The captain chuckled and cracked a smile, "Tell Mccormic to go to hell and start their assault, frigates and corvettes close behind!"

The ensign nodded and the captain began his assault on the Gemini Asteroid facility, before doing so he opened comms to the sleeper agents "Have you prepared your little surprise? Cause once you here fighting above I need you to give them that surprise."

There was a short answer, "Surprise is ready. Acknowledge signal." as he said that the fighters and bombers went into FTL and started the assault on the facility. as they exited faster than light they started darting in all different directions doing brilliant maneuvers, the frigates and corvettes were next, waiting for confirmation that the target is distracted, the fighters and bombers really making it seem like a random pirate attack, ten whole squadrons of seven fighter and bomber craft, making it seventy small craft, doing all sorts of evasive maneuvers, they are battle hardened and crazy pilots, willing to do stunts and maneuvers a normal EOM pilot wouldn't even dare do with his craft and they were damn cocky too maybe a little too cocky as they started their attack runs.

The rest of the forces were ready to engage, at any moment, as soon as the point defense started firing. The captain then started his speech before going into battle himself. "The Mist, a formidable opponent, but like many in my own fleet, it will be boarded and it will be captured, no survivors! let the black sun rise to the occasion once again." the engines whirred to life as the rest of the fleet readied itself, ten modified corvettes, five modified frigates, two modified destroyers, and two main line modified battleships, along with a compliment of several boarding ships and assault landers.

The sleeper agents went along their business and heard the signal, their 'surprise' was ready.

@Wildman13

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@6slyboy6 It depends, The Black Sun is a resistance group to anyone with complete power, most of these people are from fringe worlds or worlds with heavy military presence and high Civil Unrest as they blame the lack of action on the Empire.

Martin being born on a fringe world understands the problem and is willing to go through the political route but if necessary will go through open revolt.

Not everyone is willing to wait for the order of open revolt or willing to wait to see if the political route will work, Martin understands this and tries to mitigate the pressure on known worlds with civil unrest. He is Imperial but he is also a revolutionary. Don't know yet whether to involve Xenos in the Black Suns, but it is an interesting thought.

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@6slyboy6

At this point I've made myself somewhat more of a political piece more than anything, I may be working with a resistance from the human side (And from the looks of it, I am the only one that is doing this angle of approach) so we'll see how the ball rolls from there since from studying the Emperor's actions further I've found that there is little the Humans would hate him for, aside from fringe worlds being somewhat left high and dry, and others being forcefully relocated to sectors with a Xeno presence. I'll void the posts later by editing them "voided".

If I don't then that means that my room is still under extensive renovation and I was unable to post, informing you ahead of time.