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Post by miokalia on Aug 5, 2010 15:09:36 GMT -5
"I have given up on the possibility of negotiation with these Pudrians", announced Qualt in an emergency conference after news arose of the psychological warfare/soft power attack they were commencing, "Although I'm suspicious of the Aneans as well, and I am not ruling out the possibility that the Aneans and Pudrians are the same force working to fracture and weaken this planet's native forces with the intention of taking it."
Andertol disagreed, "I don't think that's the case. Why bother doing all of these theatrics when it's easier to just bomb the planet, and just as effective? Sure, it is possible that the theatrics are an aesthetic thing for them, worth the inefficiency perhaps. A cultural thing maybe.
But I really don't think this is the case.
Personally, I think IX is probably alright. The kind of person who I'd like to have a few drinks with.
He's a fuckin badass in the videos."
Sec Tjr. Konig said, "According to YouToob, the number one question being asked about the Pudrian video collection is: "Who is it starring" The number two question is: "When's it come out?" And the third one is: "Will it be subtitled or dubbed?"
I assume you've seen these?"
"I did and I'm concerned about the loss of public support. Miokalians can become empathatic towards monsters and robots very easily. Did you notice how the Pudrians appeared slightly more mechanical?", said Qualt.
"Yeah, but", said Konig, "Have you seen their faces? The Pudrians look like metallic-painted dolls. It's highly surreal and probably the reason why the dominant response has been that it's some kind of ad for a movie."
"They're watching these comments you know, they're going to adjust things and eventually figure out how to appeal to our culture.", said Andertol, "And I find that particularly alarming since, based on what we've seen thus far, they are quite revolting creatures. Unelegantly assembled with no regard for the form of the species they build upon. A theme which we should highlight."
"I can't believe I'm going to have a propoganda program in my administration", said Konig, "Prime Minister Salato, over the bay, will probably never speak to me again. But I want people to keep thinking the Pudrian perspective is fiction. I don't know if it is, or if it isn't. But I don't care, because this is a matter of survival.
We will establish a company to take credit for the production, I want them to break the whole thing down in to segments and make it well-publicized. I'm putting it up to you, Andertol to appoint someone to administrate this program.
In the mean-time, I want the media to be unobstructed, except for basic safety, in their coverage of the actual actions going on up north. Meeting dismissed until further notice."
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IIP World Service:
Answers revealed about the mysterious, YouToob Phenomena about an epic, gritty space-opera An exclusive interview with the director in Suikodan, and a sneak peek, on-location at the set in Aatuylva! Director explains that the film is inspired by the current massive ongoing defensive action just north of Suikodan
-------------------------------------------- A theatrical trailer composed entirely of Pudrian videos, some modified slightly, but for the most part kept intact. With the exception of (intentionally poor) Kohtohkhan-language dubbing.
COMING SOON:
General IX stomps on a skull in a burned-out wasteland while holding a sword to the sky in a Frazetta-esque manner. Then as massive starships loaded for bear enter the frame over-head, he shouts:
"BRANZATO. TANZ DAR DANOY IYCHEEE!"
"I HAVE MONKEYS IN ME!!!!!!"
*bunch of explosions happen*
Narrarator: "In a world where there was peace, and everyone looked like spooky metallic dolls..."
A gaggle of the Pudrians partake in some generic happy activity on a sunny day: "Darpo Pudriannapo anzike tarkopan..."
Narrarator: "Evil incarnate was the last thing they expected..."
A red-robed Imperial Inquisitor shows up and announces: "NARBAN GOH DO KASSIDAN TAJIRALE!" "Nobody often expects for the Imperial Inquisition!
Then a montage of explosions and people blowing up and guns and battle, and etc..."
"DAR TDAKIT EPO DAN HOKADAN EK LEIKAS" "OUR CHIEF WEAPON IS SURPRIZE! AND ALSO CATS!"
Narrarator: "Coming soon:
WORLDHAMMER: PUDR-NINE"
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DAILY PANTS An angry blog written by an angry grey wolf, angrily
On the current leak about Anean Atrocities
Clearly this things must be inspiring the recently advertised PUDR-NINE movie, (in fact, it looks like they are using a lot of pieces of the video footage leaked from a presumably Anean source).
This horrifying display of militarism and complete disregard for life is all the more reason why we should build A HUGE WALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN to keep everyone away from us.
The fact that the Apparat of Commerce communist-baby-eaters are even talking about establishing interplanetary trade with them somehow is sickening!
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Post by aatuylva on Aug 5, 2010 22:28:01 GMT -5
--Information: The information from the "outsiders/infidels"' network devices has been successfully downloaded. It is being analyzed.--
"Initial success of the upload?"
--Minimal. It has been misinterpreted as an 'advertisement' for the 'entertainment industry' of this planet. Mechanical "outsiders/infidels" are taking advantage and have released information --[/i]
"-that it is their doing. I've just seen the...trailers."
The portal...they needed to expan-...no. They needed to miniaturize their equipment. All of their heavy equipment on the other side were rated for planetary combat with the Aneans...
Modifying the designs, using some from the outsiders, should allow them to get their mechanized divisions up and running, as well as their aerial drones...
--Anean Scourge arriving. NOAA jumps detected on sensors. Incoming heavy armors.--
"Ignore the soldiers. IX will come to lead his army of demons. All railguns and air defenses not engaged in the light beach defense will engage the tanks that haven't landed yet. We must not let them land their heavy armors. Begin designing lighter armored units and tank destroyers modeled after the designs of this planet. We need to counter their tanks, and those on the ship are too large for the portal. Disassemble them if you have to."
So many protocols that have been added...so many mistakes made before he insured his own survival...it was all too much. Not enough time....He...he needed to do a full reformatting of his childre-
--We prepare the Hymn of Welcoming for your new children, Prophet. It would please us greatly if you joined us.--
"...if you wish."
"--Lonely child, far from home, no longer do you have to roam. Family now, here inside the Harmony you now reside.
Holy death, holy life. Purge all weakness from all our souls. Born again, By His Will. We seek to live in Harmony.--"
What an odd song...he didn't remember adding songs. Did they add that in themselves?
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Aug 5, 2010 23:25:27 GMT -5
"Holy suspenders!" announced Analyst Day to the room after compiling the upload data. "So class, it looks like we have a level one breach of multiple communications satellites." Her initial outburst had grabbed the attention of those in the room. "Recommend we forward this finding to the Supreme Commander."
"Agreed," answered Krel as he did so with a few key strokes. "Day, what was the ratio of their breach to the last sim 12 game?"
"Point eight to one."
The skunk shook his head. "Unacceptable. Forward relevant information to all branches of government. We have a maximum information warfare threat on our hands. Analyst Eozi, what is your suggestion?"
"My suggestion is that our primary communication satellites be switched to stand by mode via protocols 15 and 27," said the badger.
"Would take to much time," replied Krel. "But do so. Request E73 be left online and operating as normal. However, activate protocol 83."
Of course all of these plans were contingent on the organizations in charge of the satellites complying, but given the piercing of their encryption, Krel was certain they'd be willing to endure a little down time to prevent the loss of the satellites. Protocol 83 of course the reverse. Shutting down ground stations. Satellite E73 was a relay satellite and didn't talk to anyone on the ground other than a few tracking and receiving stations. 83 would have just one station listening in. Eozi got on it.
"Day, what is the threat level to our military satellites?" asked the skunk in charge.
"Moderate. Recommend switching to Com Variant 'Het."
"Agreed, forwarding recommendation to the Supreme Commander. Day, analyze the videos and other delivered information. Idea. Eozi, when you are finished, route a broadcast of the North End version of Godspell back through E73."
"Yes sir."
The room in the Tower then went silent for a while as the intelligence furs went to work.
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Gothor frowned. "Someone please please tell me the Anean's didn't jump the gun?"
"That... would seem to be the case sir."
The skunk scratched his ear. "Ya know, when you were just starting to like some folks..."
"Sir!" came the voice of the communications officer. "We have orders to switch to procedure 'Hat. Supreme Commander just called."
Gothor rolled his eyes. "Yeah, get the fleet in synch with their clocks and, wait, these guys really worming into our com channels?" As the Sky Admiral pondered this, the Tinisian fleet switched to a series of effective electronic one time pads to verify their communications. "Any word on what the threat is with communications?"
"A series of videos have been inserted onto the internet via several hacked satellites. Apparently showing the Aneans raising hell against the Pudrians and being very good at it. Perhaps too good."
Gothor raised his paw. "If the Pudrian videos are to be believed, then perhaps their general's haste is not fool hardy. We keep to the general plan. When their air defenses are weak or destroyed, we move in. If the Aneans or who ever can't take care of that for us, then their propaganda needs a little more reality. And if the Aneans can take them out wholesale, well, then we'll deal with that when we come to it. Either way, I think we'll get to bomb something today."
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To: Miokalian Authorities From: Pimbon of Tinis Subject: We Need Some Help With Something
I know you are unlikely to know who I am, but that is alright. I've been asked by the First Speaker and our intel chief to ready something that could be needed for the current conflict against the Pudrians. Or more directly, against their portal. In the event that conventional means is unable to permanently seal their gateway, we need an alternative.
I am not an expert in advanced physics but there are a number on my team whom are familiar with the theoretical concept of a Haorohysterisis detonation. They don't know if it would be able to cause a slip of the gravitational breach which is likely supporting the imprint of the rift on the local space time, but could alternatively, depending on how the portal works, cause a compression of the rift. If that is the result, it would either make the portal unpassable by anything larger than a quark or hopefully encourage a total collapse of the rift. Of course that would result in a 'rubber band' effect concerning the space time energies involved in its existence, but my experts tell me that should be directed to the far side of the portal, for the most part.
I don't know if your experts are as up to date on this idea as my own. But from the proposals so far it seems the most likely to work if everything else fails.
That said, building the proper device is a tad difficult. We have been informed that there is likely a time window for which to get this finished in, but we don't have the numbers to do it. At the very least though we have a device that could act as the central processing unit for the bomb. It was the computer last seen in a video involving our former First Speaker's last impeachment attempt. We are currently hoisting it out of the Tower's lower levels and should have it top side this evening.
Any assistance would be appreciated. Please respond post haste!
-Dr. Pimbon
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Aug 6, 2010 5:48:56 GMT -5
General IX
I charged directly at the Pudrian lines with my warhammer in hand. I still hear the voices, but with the fighting, I don't care.
I got a footing on one of the thrown together defenses. Using that, I jumped over the wall and into the Pudrians below. I brought my hammer into one of the Pudrians heads. Blood, or whatever it is they have, went everywhere.
As the other AGF soldiers began to reach the wall, I swung the hammer at every enemy. It's been a while since I have been in true ground combat and I am savoring every moment of it.
From out at sea, the ANS Harbinger's 36" main guns opened up. I was afraid we wouldn't get that. The first 2 shells hit very close to us, but the rest were farther up the island.
I wonder if I can get the rockets on the ASF Harbinger II to start firing...
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
Damn it General... Crazy bastard. He's going to get us all killed. I said to whoever is in charge on this carrier, "I will be back in a few. I need to speak with the Anean commanders."
With that, Cortez and I headed out of the command center. We went directly to the shuttle that the Inquisitor came in on.
We sat down and he said, "What is wrong?"
"The General made a mistake. He is going to get each of those soldiers killed and piss off this whole continent. Yet... we have to finish this now. I want the rocket barrage from the Harbinger II authorized."
"We are talking about 200,000 minirockets on that ship."
"I didn't mean the nuclear ones... if IX didn't piss the people off, that sure as hell would. They may not be massive nuclear weapons, but we are still talking about nuclear weapons. Our people don't like us having nukes, but USING them would get all of us charged with war crimes. I want the conventionals authorized."
OOC: The Harbinger II's smooth top is covered with rocket tubes. The minirockets are ~6" wide and 12" long. There is 50,000 of the tubes, but there is little ammunition available for them. There are two variants that the Harbinger always carries: - Nonnuclear with a 5kt yield - Nuclear with a 50kt+ yield
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Post by Nova25 on Aug 8, 2010 22:44:21 GMT -5
Blade-mind : *DAMN ANEANS ! Can't they simply listen to reason for once ?* At that precise moment, this was the exact thought of many within the Hive, but this was War and they knew they would have to support this disorganized assault, with the hope to maintain the situation, and the push on the Pudrians, under control. Blade-Voice : '' To all alliance units ! Follow our S.F.E. troops closely to the beach... We will clear a path for you, to land your Units ! ...while the Aneans provide us with a distraction, for us to hit the Enemy's Jammer...'' The actions of that Anean General weren't part of the original plan, but they still served a purpose for this assault... and The Hive felt they had to justify this in their ''margin of error''... Blade-Mind : *All transporter boats, land troops as soon as the S.F.E. hit the beach and follow us ! We will use the line of Anean troops, on our right, for us to go straight for the Jammer ! Light Infantry behind us, Heavy Infantry on our left flank. Land the armors as soon as possible.* The Pyrus Aircraft was now at the bare minimal safe distance, from the South beach. The Hive finally entered the match. Their part was starting. From the deck of the aircraft, a unique spectacle was offered to those who were watching, as 200 people of the Hive run through the front deck, in their heavy looking exoskeleton, were literally jumping from the ship and taking flight. The 200 S.F.E. Units landed heavily on the beach, flashes and explosion surrounding them, as the Hive Fleet was covering them with a well nourished support fire, from various turrets and laser cannons. The sound of the lasers from the rotary cannons of the SFE units and the weapons of the Pudrian troops filling the ears and mind of Blade. Blade-Mind : *Let the rage of the Hive Mind fill your heart and guide your aim ! These beasts will regret the days they stepped on our world !* OOC : -Heavy Infantry : fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/345/a/4/Space_Vagabonds__Assaulter_by_ukitakumuki.jpg-Light Infantry : fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/347/d/2/Space_Vagabonds__Combat_by_ukitakumuki.jpg-Shielded Flying Exoskeleton : s780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/Nova225/?action=view¤t=FlyingInfantry.png-General Blade's S.F.E. : fc09.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/138/9/d/9d7070a5f2abd6851b5329f455f2993a.jpg-Light Tank : www.3drt.com/3dm/sf-tanks/tank-04_01.jpg-Long range Tank www.3drt.com/3dm/sf-tanks/tank-02_01.jpg
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Post by miokalia on Aug 9, 2010 16:34:32 GMT -5
To: Miokalian Authorities From: Pimbon of Tinis Subject: We Need Some Help With Something I know you are unlikely to know who I am, but that is alright. I've been asked by the First Speaker and our intel chief to ready something that could be needed for the current conflict against the Pudrians. Or more directly, against their portal. In the event that conventional means is unable to permanently seal their gateway, we need an alternative. I am not an expert in advanced physics but there are a number on my team whom are familiar with the theoretical concept of a Haorohysterisis detonation. They don't know if it would be able to cause a slip of the gravitational breach which is likely supporting the imprint of the rift on the local space time, but could alternatively, depending on how the portal works, cause a compression of the rift. If that is the result, it would either make the portal unpassable by anything larger than a quark or hopefully encourage a total collapse of the rift. Of course that would result in a 'rubber band' effect concerning the space time energies involved in its existence, but my experts tell me that should be directed to the far side of the portal, for the most part. I don't know if your experts are as up to date on this idea as my own. But from the proposals so far it seems the most likely to work if everything else fails. That said, building the proper device is a tad difficult. We have been informed that there is likely a time window for which to get this finished in, but we don't have the numbers to do it. At the very least though we have a device that could act as the central processing unit for the bomb. It was the computer last seen in a video involving our former First Speaker's last impeachment attempt. We are currently hoisting it out of the Tower's lower levels and should have it top side this evening. Any assistance would be appreciated. Please respond post haste! -Dr. Pimbon To: Pimbon From: Deuter Dosh Subject: Things Over the course of testing numerous devices for our Axial Clamp project, we do have some equipment which may be appropriate for this, however, this device, I am told, will require a great deal more. There are several aspects we have to take into consideration: 1. Power supply In order to push this system beyond it's stable state and into Haorohysterisis, we need to apply a larger amount of power to it than we currently can practically produce for previous devices. 2. Delivery We need to have something to drop this device in. Something which won't get shot down. Once the device is dropped, it should be safe on the way down, since the radiating field from the device will produce a Hariyamo boundry, or what your team would refer to as the asymptotic effect of the PDS. That said, at that point, there will be no way to cancel the action, because it will be out of our control. 3. Scale This needs to hit, no matter what. Which means we need to make sure it is sufficiently powerful enough to strike the gate even if it is physically separated by some distance. 4. Safety We have to make sure this reaction can dissipate. We do know that the causality perturbance involved in haoroaffective interaction does dissipate energy in the form of lomnino (selective antiphoton) radiation. We will have to include a secondary device to cancel-out the extreme lomnino radiation so that it does not create massively-endothermic conditions that might present a hazard. Such a device merely needs to provide a great deal of photons. 5. Continued defense/Deterrent. Collapsing the rift may provide us an opportunity. The collapse may created a sufficient enough burst on the other end that it may be visible or detectable across space. Ideally, so visible that it's location could be triangulated and then ASE would be able to do their thing against them at the source. But I am not expecting this to happen. I am about 2/3rds sure that if there is any dangerous conditions created by the detonation, it will likely happen at the opposite side of the collapse. This is due to an interaction between the anisotropic particles emmitted from the detonation and the quantum tunneling occuring at the gate. That being: anything that blows up at the same time as the gate's perturbance will likely be very forcefully sucked through the gate as it collapses. Regardless, at this point: We are able to assemble the monopole-generating phase of such a device. Which will contain 3 branches. The next phase will concentrate the particles and increase the energy of their haoroaffective potential. An additional phase will further compress the particles into an even greater Haoroaffective potential using concentric carruthian fields. This whole thing will have to be powered by a very high output Fusion reactor, which we must ask Suikodan if they can build and provide it. A fission reactor would have to operate at impossible criticality to produce anything close to what is needed. A computerized amplifier will have to feed the microwave primers and Lorentz Point emmiters generating the carruthian fields. One which is able to control a device to produce acute entanglement at higher energy than the devices tested as part of the Geogaddi Axial Program. Which is where Tinis comes in. As they have exactly such a system. Now aside from all this, This may very well turn the tide of this war and it would be unethical for us to wait until countless more have died. More importantly, we should utilize this before they come up with something else. With that said, we have already begun construction of the system using parts of old axial clamp test systems. ------------------------------------------------- To: Nina Arrowny From: Deuter Dosh Subject: An international effort Before I get started, please note that if I say something odd, then assume it's cultural misunderstanding. I'm well aware that in general our two cultures often have difficulty understanding eachother. But anyways: With that said, we have an idea on how to strike a considerable blow to the Pudrians, directly at their gate, and we need your help. I've heard that you may have some things which could make this possible. Tinis and Miokalia are in the process of building a warhead which may cause catastrophic damage to The Rift Gate the Pudrians are using. However, such a warhead requires a power source capable of more output than we currently have. Additionally, the warhead would need to be dropped in from above and we don't have anything which could do such with such a large device. This is not a nuclear weapon. The mechanism of action is through concentration of particles that will interact or interfere with the Rift in some way which we're not entirely sure how, but we have several theories. Even if it fails to collapse or damage the gate, the effect on the immediate area of the island will be considerably disruptive to their operations, and buy us time. In terms of safety, this device does not create ionizing radiation in mass quantity, not will it produce any fallout. The main hazards have to do with the interaction possibly being tremendously endothermic, thus creating a great deal of ice and temporarily very low temperatures in the immediate area. We have not tested any kind of weapon like this, however many of it's components have been tested in peaceful context. Can you help us?
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Post by Nova25 on Aug 9, 2010 19:07:36 GMT -5
OOC : I will consider that the ''message'' from Miokalia was given a few hours before the beginning of the attack... so that it will be easier to come up with explanations later on... A super techno-bomb coming from nowhere, would be hard to explain -Early, the day of the Attack- Nova and Blade were really busy and focused their thoughts on the oncoming Attack of Acrocos Island... and Nina and Zio were in a secret location in the city of Minia, the city of technologies and researches of Suikodan. Ryu-Mind : *I'm sorry to interrupt your important activities Nina-Mind, but we just received a message that might be of interests for Us and the War.* As Ryu was reading the message and Nina was reading the thoughts, she was already starting to think about the message and its implications. Nina-Mind : *I see... The theories behind all this are fascinating... So, the Tinis and Miokalian Outsiders are building a bomb that should disrupt, in theory, the continuity of the field maintaining the Portal open... Hummm ?* *...and they need a particularly important and specific energy source for their device ?* She was thinking about the questions, going back and forth in the room she was in, Zio still standing in front of a console displaying various information about a new... ''weapon''... had already caught why she was hesitating. Zio-Mind : *They will need our Fusion Reactor technology for their ''disrupting bomb'', but it might be dangerous to give them one of our Fusion Cores, even if it's a smaller version and only for a single use...* *You have this doubt that an Outsider nation might try to copy it and then use it against Us ?* *Knowing the various Nations of the Outsiders in general, I would say that your doubts are well founded, but still... With this War upon Us... Can we really choose ?* *Which Evil is the lesser one... The menace of destruction and a fate worst than death, by the Pudrians... The annihilation by the Aneans, if we can't contain the Enemy... Or a new bomb, more powerful than we have ever seen on this planet ?* Ryu-Mind : *What do we answer them ? Without our Fusion Core, they might not be able to finish their bomb in time... and then... Who know what might happens...* She had already decided, the other Main minds, along with most of its people, were already agreeing to this... But they still had the feeling that... They had to justify it. Nina-Mind : *If this can save Us all and prevent unnecessary loses for our people and our allies... How could we refuse ? ...and if this doesn't work... Who could blame Us for at least trying ?* *...let's contact the research and security staff of the smallest nearby city with a Fusion Reactor, we will need help in order to safely secure the Core.* *...and Zio, contact the city itself, to warn them that they will not have electricity for a few days and also, make the necessary arrangements with the hospitals and medical centers and Ryu...* Ryu-Mind : *I'm already sending them a message to request for the location where we are to bring the Fusion Core. Also, warning them that it will be escorted with a militarized transport aircraft, with the scientific and security personnels, on board. Let's hope we will be able to make this Bomb before the armies get to the Onos mountain...*
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Post by The Union of Tinis on Aug 10, 2010 0:20:21 GMT -5
To: Deuter Dosh From: Pimbon Subject: Re: Things CC: Office of the Secretary of State, Nina Arrowny
Alright, we can obviously help with a few of these things.
2. From what the techs and the air force people tell me, there are three Tinisian airships capable of lifting something on the scale we need, provided your components and the power source are not over 18 tons. Else we might have a problem. We could also try a heavy cargo plain but the extra weight couldn't pass 3 tons and we'd have to modify the hull extensively which would take time. Another problem is getting the air admiral to lend us the air craft in either plan. I'll get on the line with him if he's not already in battle.
3. The scale issue might not be as bad if we use one of the airships. They are apt at hovering as is and thus can make semi-precise strikes with dumb warheads as is. Then we just have to make sure its not very aerodynamic before detonation so it doesn't drift.
4. We're at a loss about what level of photon cancellation would be necessary, but there's been a few ideas floating around of dropping hundreds or thousands of things like flash grenades. Some airships have anti-missile lasers too. Not much but could help. I'm guessing this also means we should do this during the day. High noon might be fitting for maximum sunlight.
As is, if we can get the air support, we plan on having the preliminary staging point at one of our locations on the island of Forr, and then move on north to Suikodan if they'll have us.
<remainder of the message is the block quote from Dosh>
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"Admiral!" said the com officer. "A request from Commander Krel for air support."
"Huh? What for?"
"Something about the techno Heor bomb again. They need craft big enough to lift it so they're requesting one of the following three vessels: The Cenpalis..."
"No."
"The Green Paw..."
"No we need them. They have most of our conventional bombs as is."
"Or the Toson II."
Gothor rubbed his muzzle a bit. "Loosing a stealth vessel would make things more difficult... Tell them that if the Toson II is still flight worthy after today's battle I'll send them back to pick up their widget. Else they'll have to make a more reasonable request."
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To: Deuter Dosh From: Pimbon Subject: Re: Things CC: Office of the Secretary of State, Nina Arrowny, Forr Ground Control, The Office of the First Speaker
Looks like Gothor will lend us the Toson II for transport, but not until tomorrow at the earliest and only if its not blown up before then.
I think we should be ready for alternative plans if the Toson II can't make it. I'd hate to have to suspend this thing between two or more craft.
The Toson II is one of the newest vessels in the air fleet. The best stealth our engineers have been able to come up with. Which probably won't help much if its carrying a building sized brick under it, but still, could be worse. Its also unfortunately the ship with the 18 ton excess weight above the computer's mass.
We should start assembling what we can as is. The computer is still in Arx and being moved out of the city.
One of us should talk to the Aneans about trying to spot the reflex flash.
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Aug 10, 2010 0:45:25 GMT -5
General IX
I said into the radio, "I need a rocket barrage on my position and the southern side of the island!"
Only a few minutes later, the massive rocket barrage from the Harbinger II hit the southern part of the island. I doubt that we were the only ones in the blast.
As the first rockets hit near us, I got behind whatever cover was available. It didn't do much good for me. One rocket threw me backward.
As the dust began to clear, I looked around. Dead Pudrians as well as my dead soldiers. How I survived is only a miracle. I managed to find my hammer again. Good.
With that in hand, I ran toward the mountain as the smoke began to clear. I seem to be alone. That, also, is good. Less people to look after.
Nothing is going to stop me now! That was my last thought as the bloodlust began to kick in finally...
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Post by Nova25 on Aug 10, 2010 19:17:19 GMT -5
The SFE units were still advancing slowly, but surely, losing very few units so far, but getting ground by centimeters.
The dense front that represented the Enemy troops on the Hive (central) side of the beach, was hard to pierce efficiently without more heavy units, like the incoming tanks, or a much higher number of troops, which was also coming shortly.
Blade was thinking of adopting a new formation for his current troops, when suddenly, not far from the Hive's position, a big number of small missiles could be seen hitting the Anean position.
Blade-Voice : *This isn't Pudrian ? DAMN ! Those Aneans outsiders are gonna get themselves killed, if they aren't more careful !*
As Blade was thinking those words, the ''wall'' of Pudrians in front of them started to seemingly become thinner... Like if the Pudrians were shifting some of their forces, on the eastern side of the beach, to fill the gaps that the explosions created.
This gave Blade an interesting idea for the formation of his SFE division, as the Heavy and Light infantry boats were landing one by one on the beach.
Blade-Mind : *Let's use the clumsiness of that Anean General to our advantage. We will pierce the lines of those Pudrians and prevent them from reforming by tossing them on our sides ! SFE, Arrowhead formation, now ! Heavy, protect the left side, Light will fill the column behind us.*
With this unique occasion taken, the Hive troops were now finally able to move through the battle field at satisfying speed, with minimal loses... But then... A series of explosions shook the ground on their left side ! Destroying a handful of SFE ! Finally, Blade had one of his interrogation answered...
Blade-Mind : *THE WEST ARTILLERY ! DAMNED ! Heavy must join the center column ! SFE must cover our left side ! New priority on the Artillery before the Jammer, or else there will be nothing left of Us ! Transmit message to the other mobile command stations : The Pudrians moved the West artillery to the South Beach during the night !*
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Post by miokalia on Aug 11, 2010 0:14:42 GMT -5
(A considerable amount of time after military actions began (weeks probably))
To: ASE Authorities From: Aptr. Qualt Subject: A weapons test
We will be conducting a test of a weapons system which may be useful in the current ongoing war against the Pudrians. I'm sure by now your intelligence officers have heard of this since we have been discussing it with other nations involved in this.
We will be detonating a device called a Haorohysterisis bomb aboard an old boat (which will likely not be destroyed in the process and is loaded with sensor equipment) about 500 miles off the coast of the island of Folsumar.
The detonation will not release chemicals or generate any fallout. It is powered by a nuclear reactor which will undergo an intentional melt-down and controlled failure, and subsequent shut-down through destructive flooding, This is to eliminate the risk of reactor explosion in this test scenario. These operations will not present any threat to civilians, However, it may momentarily disrupt FTL devices during the detonation itself.
That being said, please avoid departing FTL jumps from 3 am to 6 am tomorrow morning. With that said, I am also asking a favor: Using your equipment for detection and analysis related to your FTL systems, and what you know of the Pudrians, could you take some remote measurements of the detonation and share the data with us so that we can make the necessary adjustments to the device for the Full-Scale version which we intend to detonate over the Pudrian gate.
Our goal is to not only collapse the gate, but between you and me:
I intend for this device to cause unspeakable havoc and harm on the other side of that gate which will have the prophet regretting ever creating this mindless scum of his. Assuming he survives.
Additionally, this detonation may create a "tacheyonic flash" of some kind on the opposite end. One which we simply do not have the resources and equipment to accurately triangulate. You however, do. Which means that this will reveal the location of the Pudrian stronghold that this gate is attached to once the gate is shut down.
Have at it.
Thank you.
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Dosh looked noticed a letter on his desk, the weave and texture indicated it was from Qualt's side of the government.
Qualt's note said,
"Call me. Use the Legacy Phone to do so."
Which was secret speak for "use the old-looking red phone which is hush hush"
He did so.
"Adie? I assume this is about The Bomb?", he said.
"Yes it is. I want to make sure it works, without fail. Specifically I want to make sure it causes certain things on the other side.
I do not want them to survive this.
Which is why I have a small-scale test scheduled today using a lower-end computer and lower power. From this test we will be able to make adjustments to ensure it's effectiveness.", said Qualt.
"I was not told that you were doing this too.", said Dosh
"No. NCAB was doing it per my direct order. We've built two. The full-scale version which you knew about. And now you know about the test version.", said Qualt, "The data from the test, taking place in the ocean near an uninhabited island we have. The Aneans are going to be taking some measurements for us, in addition to our own data.
This detonation won't be too spectacular, the majority of it's action is invisible. You know that.", said Qualt, "If it works within the tolerances you expect, then this is go and the bomb will be dropped."
"You did hear about the availability of air ships from Tinis", said Dosh, "They might not be able to drop it"
"If they can't drop it that the Aneans will. This needs to happen, and hopefully this test will make this point very clear"
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Post by miokalia on Aug 11, 2010 1:17:41 GMT -5
0200 hours.
"MZS Philadelphia Tsar Trinity?", said Dosh as he looked at the boat through some binoculars. "I don't understand this name at all".
"Combined three other test names. Trinity, the first nuclear bomb. Tsar, the largest thermonuclear detonation ever to occur. Philadelphia, the first documented and accidental generation of active haoroaffective particles and a carruthian field.", said Keido
"None of those are our tests or names though", said Dosh.
"Yeah but, it seemed fitting", said Keido.
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0250 hours.
Reactor is running at supercritical. We have 450 kilowatts, let's get this thing up before it chokes on itself.
Starting first stage primers. Microwave primers online. Starting second stage primers. X-ray cavitron warming up. Starting third stage... Delaying third stage: carruthian field is insufficient.
X-ray cavitron sure is taking its goddam time to warm up.
Up the reactor a bit and dump coolant on that cavitron, we don't have all day to wait for some piece of tungsten to NOT spall off the x-rays we need from it.
Dump MORE coolant.
Cut power to the C-Box. Ok. Get a C sample please?
It's even. It's fuckin' even. Abort. Drop the reactor rods 50%. We are *not* getting a carruthian field for some reason.
0315 hours
Some critters in brass-mesh suits fiddle around on some equipment aboard the boat for a bit, then hastily get off the test boat and go back to the carrier running the operations: The MZS Fhtagn.
Ok lets get this shitball rolling. Get that reactor up.
Start first stage Microwave primers; online Start second stage X-ray Cavitron; warming up
%%#S Flaming U%@$#@! Why won't that damn x-ray go? Dump more coolant on it.
Start up the auxillary x-ray cavitron, we'll shoot through it if we have to.
Apply 14 volts to the C-box. I want it over a bit. We're going to need some extra voltage to get whatever is clogging it up out of the way.
Please tell me we have a Carruthian Field people? C-sample?
C-sample reads a... 2.4 Dns.
Ladies, Gentlemen and everything inbetween or unclassifyable, this shitball is now ROLLING.
X-ray cavitron is operational, C sample is 2.41 Dns and accelerating.
Second stage casing temperature is high
I don't care, it's not like this is supposed to endure a trip through space damn it.
Cut power to C box and prepare for Loop Reversal.
Power offline. Spinout.
Reversal in 3... 2... 1...
Stage 2 cavitron temperature is high!
Dump coolant on it, just fucking freeze the damn #%$@r.
Reversal sucessful.
Cavitron feedback detected Microwave primer feedback detected. Synchronizing.
Synchronized.
Cavitron temperature normal.
Hariyon pressure increasing.
C-sample please?
4.5 Dns.
I'm sorry could you please repeat that?
Uh, Four dot Fiver Doron units sir.
Plus or minus?
Absolute value, it's alternating faster than we can read.
My god.
Sir?
C-sample?
5.6 Dns.
Repeat that
Fiver dot Sixen Doron Units. Absolute value.
Sweet Fancy Hat-wearing Iekdato. Do we have a waveform?
We can't capture it, the wavelength is too small.
C-sample. Estimated time to overload?
5.8 Dns. Holy shit. That's fiver-dot-eight. I repeat fiver-dot-eight Dns.
Dosh looked outside through the diffraction grating of the window. In the immediate vicinity of the MZS Fhtagn, it was night time, and moonlight scattered about the deck and the water. But towards the MZS Phillytsartrinity... things faded into a blackness rimmed with reddish to orange tint. The distortion completely engulfed the test subject.
"Lomninos. I have visual confirmation of an antiphoton interaction. One that's uh... quite profound it seems"
When is this thing going to blow?
C-sample?
5.89 dns.
Reactor meltdown emminent.
Shit! The reactor won't last long enough.
Whoa whoa, we just doubled down. 2.5 dns. Something happened?
What was that? Repeat.
2 point.
Signal interruption
Yap? Are you still there?
yeah, what just happened?
2.5 dns.
now it's 4?
C-sample?
4.1 dns. Uh wait. +4.1 dns.
Cut the reactor. drop the rods.
The automated system has already dropped the rods and flooded it. It's spent.
Uh, get me a C-sample again and give me a reading on the induction?
C-sample is: ... Damn. C-sample is 4.1 dns, and it looks like now we have a solid sine wave of 0.133 hertz. We have Carruthian induction.
Okay, and now we wait for it to dissipate.
Dosh looked out the window again and noticed that it had begun snowing. The test subject was still cloaked in the black lomnino antiphoton cloud.
0500 hours
This isn't going away is it?
No sir, it's still snowing on the deck of the FHTAGN and that black cloud is still there. Although the sunrise is beautiful through the interaction.
0545 hours
If we can't get this thing over with soon, then we'll have to ask the Aneans to extend the safety period.
Well it IS slowly decreasing now that the sun is out.
Notify the Aneans that we're going to need a bit more time on this. Give it until 0700.
0630 hours
C-sample?
About 2.9 Dns
We're getting there. Tell the Aneans that this is going to be going on for about 3 more hours at this rate. And I'm sorry.
At least the damn thing worked though.
0830 hours
C sample?
1.2 Dns
It's not going to go much lower, that's on the order of a naturally occuring RNV interaction. Tell Anea it's safe to do their jumps now.
"Now we have to go find all the pieces of the boat. Assuming any shearing happened.", he looked through the binoculars at the test boat, which seemed to be intact in the distance
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Post by aatuylva on Aug 11, 2010 3:33:25 GMT -5
Hatred is an extremely useful emotion. It clouds the mind and causes one to make mistakes. Humans and their sister races succumb to this often. And the mistakes are horrible. Mistakes like the Anean War Machine being crippled by it's Greatest Military Mind, all because he could feel me, touch me....and he hated me with every fiber of his being. And now, he is mine.
The Prophet smiled as he watched the digital readouts in front of him. He didn't need them, of course, but there was an aesthetic appeal to watching the icons move at his bidding. The decimation of the southern beach by the orbital barrage was unsettling, as the screams of his children saddened him, even as most of them had withdrawn...
But it had a lovely side effect: The Anean's on the island were all dead or dying, save for their great general. There he was, now indiscriminately attacking everything as the Pudrians fooled with his mind. His hammer was striking drone and Anean alike in his rage.
Not that there were many Aneans left after he ordered the barrage. Overemotional fool. Soon he would be purified....or simply dissected. It no longer mattered. The Aneans were no longer a problem.
He shifted one of his varied attentions to another idea the flashed into his mind...yes. That would do nicely.
The Harmony began a phase two, of sorts...the propaganda wasn't going to work, but fear has always been a far better motivator than compassion. Since the massive upload the nations of this planet had attempted to update their 'firewalls' and 'failsafes' against them. A single drone could be stopped, maybe, but the Harmony is unstoppable.
The first objective was a, 'counter-strike' against the Miokalians' movie trailer. This upload, instead of doctored imaged of the Anean/Federation war, contained the full glory of the Harmony, with the images and videos of the shining cityworlds and the technologies...the undoctored and uncensored footage of the Aneans and the Federation fighting, and the Pudrian call to order. A single system that took on an entire galaxy and (almost) won. Ship after ship after ship, tank after tank, billions upon billions of soldiers. Footage and recreations taken from memories and logs showed the templeships of PudrIX laying waste to entire solar systems, annihilating entire fleets with a single battle group. The Federation/Anean Empire alliance that formed to stop them, too late, the Welhan Protocol, put to use, and failing, as the Pudrians kept coming. Only one world survived the Scourge and fought back. Haroma III. The footage included the ruthless efficiency of the Pudrians, who were NOT odd grey people, but were once humanoids, appreciative of the arts, and of splendor, turned into war machines. Implants and weapons were sported on every citizen, and the brutality of the Pudrians was now shown, alongside the brutality of the other inhabitants of Andromeda. The most fearsome footage of all was of a massive battlestation referred to by the Aneans as a 'Replicator Station'. A massive construct capable of disassembling and reassembling matter and energy into whatever templates the user so desired. The station was impregnable, building ship after ship after ship, an almost endless supply, built by the atoms of the dead and the 'unpurified.'
This upload, when finished, was followed up with by several malicious attacks across the globe.
They focused on the realms outside...systems that, compared to the ones on this continent, and even those of the Aneans, which they were familiar with, were aggravatingly simple and mass produced. Firewalls melted away like drifts of snow, 'advanced' security programs and bare-bones artificial intelligences were bypassed entirely by the millions of minds working in concert. Each target surgically chosen and executed.
The purpose was not to destroy, but to panic. Stock markets began to crash, altitude information on planes began to be set several hundred feet too high, power transfer stations became unreliable as overloads and shutdowns occurred at computer controlled stations. Navigational computers began to see North as West, South as North, East as South, and West as Northwest. Military computer systems were hacked and left open for fledgeling hackers of other countries, key servers were shut down and medical records were tampered with, more than likely causing deaths. Worms, Trojans, and other malevolent programs were unleashed wholescale upon the world, and then the Harmony targeted, individually, the personal computers of the leaders of the nations currently attacking them. Not with any malevolent intent.... Each computer that they breached, they left but a simple message: "The chaos of the world will be inflicted upon you if you continue to attack us." After which, several Denial of Service attacks were launched seemingly at random before the uplink was shut down.
The Pudrian defense began to actually form when IX was captured, as newly developed tanks, and the reviving of several older Pudrian designs, gave the Prophet an effective armored force to deploy at his whims. Armed with two large railgun weapons and perimeter guns, these tanks could engage naval, air, and ground targets with near impunity. The only real worry came from an increase in infantry support to the enemy, but with the new armored vehicle designs he was looking over, soon that would also be taken care of.
It was frustrating that the artillery pieces had to be disassembled and brought through the portal for reassembly, however. Nevertheless, they were proving most effective counters with their high rate of fire and unique firing patterns. It meant that they had to be deployed higher up on the mountain to be effective, but with them operational soon he would no longer be worrying about naval bombardments...now, if only he could bring an orbital defense cannon...
The flashes of pain and rage, inside his mind, told him that IX was here. For the first time in his life, the Prophet genuinely grinned.
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Aug 11, 2010 9:34:50 GMT -5
General IX
"No! NO!"
Useless... god damn how could I have been so stupid. Now I am right in their base.
But... maybe I can do something about that.
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
There are reports of attacks all over the world. On the network and tech level I think we are losing, but we are winning this battle militarily.
Cortez said, "Colonel, we just lost IX."
"What?" That was all I could say.
"He was captured. You know what that means."
"We are not killing him."
"Welhan Pro-"
"FUCK THE PROTOCOL. Use everything we have to annihilate their Pudrians."
"I cannot comply with th-" I shot him in the head and kicked him out of the shuttle.
I jumped into the cockpit and went directly for the Harbinger II. It took a few minutes to get up there, but when I did, I went straight for the Command Center.
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The Admiral stepped aside as I came in. He knows the situation.
I picked up the communications for the entire task force.
"For those that don't know, the Pudrians overran our forces on the island. 10,000 soldiers, dead. They also captured General IX. Prior to the capture, there was a rocket barrage that destroyed the south side of the island.
"That was a defensive measure, more or less. However, we have reached the point where we may not defeat them like we always have. We have never encountered the shielding tech that have here. I am willing to try all things.
"The rocket barrage didn't work, but we have yet another weapon to be tried. I am authorizing the use of a five megaton nuclear weapon to be launched at the shield. If this fails... then I may have to get bigger. I don't want to do this but... we are left with no choice it seems.
"All forces that are still left on the ground are to fall back from the mountain. Get as far away as possible. If there are allied forces still advancing, tell them to stop. If they don't listen, then let the idiots continue.
"That is all."
The Admiral said, "Are you actually going to fire that thing?"
"Yes. It's a test shot, if nothing else. If it brings the shield down, then I want orbital fire directed on the mountain."
"What if it doesn't?"
"Then we just pissed off the entire world."
"And if that happens?"
"Then more than likely we will suffer for a while."
"Of course, but what will happen in the long run?"
"The anger of the world? Kicked from the planet? I have no idea."
"Oh, now that I thought about it, some people sent a message about a bomb test not too long ago."
"Ignore it, I don't care."
"They asked for our help."
"I. Don't. Care. We have more pressing issues right now."
"Very well. The nuclear weapon has been brought out of the munitions hold and is loaded. It is aimed at the shield and we are waiting for your order to fire."
The camera feed in the Command Center turned to the view down on the island.
"Do it."
The rocket launched from the side of the ship then went down toward the shields. Several minutes later, there was the huge flash of light. I couldn't look at it.
The Admiral said, "What will the General say to defend himself?"
"It wasn't his choice. It was mine, and I am taking full responsibility for it."
"Very well sir. We are sending the next wave down with their GK-IIs. I recommend that you join them."
"Yes... good idea."
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I hit the ground near a GK-II that dropped shortly before me. I climbed on top of it and loaded my HPC. To my right are at least another 1,000 soldiers and 20 GK-IIs. To my left are 1,500 soldiers and 50 GK-IIs. So I am not at the point, but no matter.
Time to get IX back whether the shield is there or not.
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Post by Nova25 on Aug 11, 2010 11:10:52 GMT -5
OOC : ...to say the truth... When the heck are we now ? and who are where ? OOC : Right now, from what I believe... we are NOW and now is = to in the middle of the assault for the South Beach, not before/after or 0803009H something (what's up with that, by the way?)... OOC : Hive and Anean have ground troops, Miokalia is supposed to also... Tinis, Hive and Anean have aircrafts for Phase 2-3... Aatuylva will start infiltrate at Phase 2... Hive and Miokalia have boats... OOC : I thought the battle thingies would be like... Everyone on the beach, describing how they handle Enemy troops (+artillery now), beat the Jammer, move on to next target (now with more aircrafts), beat some AA, etc, and Shield generators... and then Phase 3 and etc... ? Goal being the ''military actions'' made by the Nation(s)... OOC : ''(A considerable amount of time after military actions began (weeks probably))'' - The attack of the Island will and should be in a matter of a single day, maybe 2 at max... since we will be dead after that... OOC : ''There are reports of attacks all over the world'' - What ?? ''the Pudrians overran our forces on the island'' - Hun ?! ''rocket barrage that destroyed the south side of the island.'' - Whaaaat ? ''attack the mountain'' - Whaa... oh whatever *** fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/166/e/8/Nation___The_Rift_BattlePlan_by_Nova225.png ***N.B. : This all gone crazy or is it just me ? ...whatever... I don't care now... too much tired to care anymore.......... -------------------------
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