Glowing Energy?

The various fleets arrive to find their approach to the Sacaen worlds blocked by what looks like a giant chain link fence. In space.

Puzzled, Commander Aaron orders the Centauri fleet to halt, and then orders the taking of scans of the strange megastructure by his scientific personnel.

OOC: I edited my last post Burn so it fit with your post.

IC:

Upon arrival the Veridians were faced with this super-structure, apparently guarding the Sacaen Systems. Immediately, abet a bit futile, the Veridians begin transmitting in the hopes of contacting anyone on the other-side but more specifially they hoped to contact anyone remaining in the Ordenreich. The Veridians also begin scanning the strange barrier, preparing their weapons in the attempt their scans pull up nothing important, at which point they'll attempt to use force to break the barrier.

*Hamburg System, Ordenreich space*
O.S.S.C Frontier Command Post (reassigned as Ordenreich Command and Control)

*Knight Commander Jager overlooked the equipment being brought in the O.S.S.C frontier command post. Most of it was equipment neccessary to coordinate the entire Sacaen resistence effort. As the equipment was turned on and synced to Ordenreich combat operations he began to receive reports from his aids.*

Order Captain Franklin: Sir we have confirmed that the Ordenreich council, Ordenmarshall, and Hochmeister were killed in the FOAB explosion on Livenstein as well as a majority of Knight Commanders. The remaining Knight Commanders have delegated overall authority to you sir.

Jager: Very well

Franklin: Additionally sir reports are beginning to come in from our scouts, nonessential colonies are being evacuated and their local defense fleets are being incorporated into our fleet. Most of the fleet has gathered here and is not awaiting orders.

Jager: Have we taken stock of our fleets and munitions?

Franklin: Yes sir. Fortunately almost our entire fleet was not at Livenstein when it fell. We are at 87% military capacity in that regard. While we did lost most of our heavy industry with the fall of the core worlds we have enough left to keep the fleet supplied with everything from bullets to FOABs but just barely. I have already ordered more heavy factories be built to increase our output and we are using refugee noncombatants to run them.

Jager: Very good continue on with that. Anything else?

Franklin: One more sir. We are cut off from the rest of the galaxy.

Jager: Cut off? How?

Franklin: A giant... fence, I guess would be the proper term, is blocking the others from coming into our space. Our communications aren't going through but we're not sure if thats the fence's fault or the fault of our destroyed central communications hubs.

Jager: Very well. On a good day I would order it studied but we don't have time. Order all 12 of our new ultra-dreadnaughts forward to the fence. They are to initiate a FOAB strike on that fence. I want it destroyed.

Franklin: Yes sir. But if it does work won't the allied fleets be caught in the blast? Especially since we have no communications?

Jager: Warn them with morse code sent by light beam. It looks to be a chainlink fence so light should be noticable. Tell them that we are attempting to a FOAB strike on the fence and that they should retreat to minimum safe distance. Brief me on the results once they have been carried out.

Franklin: Yes sir.

(OOC: The ultra-dreadnaught is my secret weapon that Burn and I discussed. It is the same dimensions of a covenant super carrier from halo. It bristling with traditional weaponry but its main armament is a slipspace FOAB torpedo. Its a torpedo that enters slipspace once fired and exists slipspace a few hundred fleet from its target. It also has a FOAB warhead)

Covenant supercarrier dimensions:
Length
28.960 kilometers (95,013 ft 1 in)
Width
11.447 kilometers (37,555 ft 9 in)
Height/depth
3.563 kilometers (11,689 ft 8 in)

(OOC: Wait, you have twelve of them? Whatever.)

Upon receiving the message, if they can receive it, the Rhean fleet will comply and move to a safe distance.

(OOC: If a second death star can be almost built within a year or so after the first one is destroyed I should be able to build at the most, 12 of these ships with a dedicated war economy within a few months. Especially since almost every shipyard would have been involved in building a section of the ships. My reasoning at least)

The fence is destroyed the moment the first weaponry strikes it, but it apparently triggers some sort of alarm system somewhere, for 2000 large ships appear at the breach, where the Burninites have also appeared.

The alien vessels are nearly as large as Rhea's largest vessels. They're not really comparable to anything else. So they're much smaller than a Rhean death star, but comparable to the largest ships.

They have some strange glowing center, but are otherwise apparently similar in design and structure to ships in use by the Burninites or Centauri.



Without pause, they immediately begin to form what is clearly an attacking formation and move towards the Burninite fleet.

ENCRYPTED TRANSMISSION
"This is Teresa Trimbalt of Burnination, commanding this expeditionary fleet -- we have determined that the alien fleet is Hildenburen and that these ships are protected by shields more powerful than even our own, but they are launching some sort of attach that is wreaking havoc on all our ship systems. We're not sure if we can flee or fight back. We would appreciate assis -- *CRACKLES* *FIZZLES*

(OOC: The Sacaens would pick this transmission up now that the 'fence' has been breached.)

The alien fleet continues to move towards the Burninites.

EDIT:
The Centauri vessels are unable to determine anything about the "fence." It doesn't appear on scanners at all.

*Jager learned of the success of the attack on the fence and the subsequent attack on the burninite fleet*

Jager: this is knight commander jager of the Combined Ordenreich fleets. We hear your transmission and will assist where we can. We will deploy FOAB nukes in a line in front of the enemy formation. While we are uncertain whether this will be effective or not you may use the resulting detonation to retreat. This transmission will be recommunicated in morse code as was the last one. Once fired our ultra-dreadnoughts will be retreating from that system. Jager out.

(OOC: And what exactly is happening to my guys?)

(OOC: Nothing. I forgot about that part cuz nothing. Edited post )

(OOC: OK, that's all fine and well, but I believe the fence was kind of already blown open with a massive explosion that we should have detected and a ton of aliens just dropped in that we should have scanned. Did they just ignore my fleet? Because that's the kind of vibe I've been getting, and it doesn't seem like what you're trying to aim at, unless it is, in which case :/)

(OOC: I don't have a Death Star. That's the Sith's thing and they're not doing that for a few hundred years. Also, the Empire had an entire galaxy's worth of resources to build a new Death Star in four years.)

In any case, the Eclipse fires its superlaser at twenty percent power into the middle of the Hildenburen formation. It should tear shields and armor like toilet paper even at that power, what with it being a continent-searing moon-shattering weapon at full power. It has to cool down for a few minutes between shots, though, but it's not as long a recharge time (fifteen minutes) as a full power blast would require. The other smaller ships fire away at the remaining ships. All launch fighters.

(OOC: Yes, the Hildenburen fleet saw all the present fleets; that is, the Burninites, the Veridians, the Sacaens, the Rheans, and the Centauri, and chose to attack the Burninites.)

OOC: Everyone is able to receive Teresa's transmission, correct Burn?

IC:

The Veridians are astounded by the breach of the fence. Their futile attempts at scanning the thing proved nothing. They themselves were preparing to fire at the thing when the breach was made. Upon receiving the Burnite transmission, the Veridians beginning scanning the surrounding space. After all the Hildenburn told them Gar''zhog were in the area.

(OOC: Yes, everyone can receive that transmission. After Sela reacts, I'll move forward )

Commander Aaron is visibly surprised when he sees the megastructure blown apart, with such firepower and large vessels being fielded by the Sacaens of all people. Still, he shrugs it off quickly and when he notices the Hildenburen heading towards to attack the Burnites, and the Burnite transmission, he quickly orders his fleet to begin relieving the Burnites. A barrage of high-powered fusion missiles and EMPs are fired leading up to concentrated volleys of quantum lasers, tachyon bolts, and streams of plasma. Soon after, the carriers release their loads of fighters and fighter-bombers which proceed to head towards the Hildenburen fleet in an attempt to if not harass then at least distract them.

The Hildenburen fleet absorbs all that firepower, from the Rheans' and the Sacaens' obscenely powerful weapons, and even the Centauri volley without loss of a single ship. The Centauri use of EMPs appears ineffective, in that none of the ships appear to experience technical difficulties.

However, their power output noticeably falls, and they cease all motion.

The Burninite fleet disappears and redeploys, launching jumpers.

"Whatever you guys threw at them while we were blind did enough that our tech works again," Teresa's voice. "I think fighters might be the key to this fight -- I think they'll be able to fly right through the shields of these vessels."

Burninite jumpers immediately switch to Rhean comm channels that they know, planning on coordinating their assault with the Rhean fighters. They're just glad to have backup in the realm of small fighters. Teresa contacts Commander Aaron, looking to put the Centauri fighters on the same channel as well.

A few of the Hildenburen ships drop fighters -- more than either the Burninites or the Rheans or Centauri have deployed, but not more than the total of the three forces.

Meanwhile, blue glowing balls of energy appear behind the remnants of the 'fence,' closer to the Sacaen planets. One of them is automatically destroyed by strange matter, but the Gar''zhog must have somehow defeated the device, for the second and third groups are not destroyed. There are now a small number (perhaps 500) Gar''zhog ships. They do not attack anything, but move into an apparently defensive formation where they appeared. Radio chatter is picked up from them, and it sounds like they're trying to convert their comms to English for some reason.

Commander Aaron receives the message from Teresa, and replies affirmatively, "But of course. I'll put the fighter pilots on channel immediately."

Then, sending out a blanket communication to all the fighters and fighter-bombers, he then alerts them to enter the communications channel with the other fighters of the allied force in order to coordinate with the attack.

In the meantime, the volleys of fire continue, and as soon as the Gar'zhog fleet appears Commander Aaron's brows furrow at the entrance of another party into the battle. Seeing as how they had not immediately attacked, however, he orders the science personnel to immediately scan them and report back to him as quickly as possible.

Finding (and being very annoyed) that superlasers and turbolasers don't work so hot, they switch over to firing away with their ion cannon batteries.

Then Veridians did nothing when the others went to the aid of the Burnites, well did nothing is strong term as they were doing things. Though they didn't help and provide any assistance whatsoever to the Burnites, they did watch the engagement with great interest. They thought it highly curious that the Hildenburen would be momentarily interrupted as they were by the combined firepower of the parties involved. The Veridians relayed everything they had witnessed and everything that could be scanned, back to the Dominion.

Then the Gar''zhog appeared , several ships in strength. Far outnumbering the Veridians, it was simple to realize that any action against them would be futile. However, the Hildenburen need the Veridians to deal with them and to do nothing could jeopardize the Dominion future plans. So, the fleet was order forwards and into Saecan space. They positioned themselves between those fighting the Hildenburen and the Hildenburen themselves and that of the Gar''zhog around the planet. Though in a defensive posture, the Veridians continued to simply wait.

*Knight Commander Jager, from his base at Hamburg watched the tac display with a grim look. The FOABs did little to nothing against the enemy formation even when combined with the considerable firepower of the Rhean fleet. As Ordenreich comms were still patchy much of the conversations between the other allied fleets went unheard by the Ordenreich. Now another unknown fleet had appeared practically in the backdoor of his formation. With the disarray the Ordenreich was in still he could not determine that the fleet was Gar'zhog not Hildenburen. He gave what he assumed was his last orders*

Jager: Order the civilians to evacuate Hamburg, prepare a burst transmission to send to our remaining colonies warning them away from Hamburg. In addition, order our conventional fleets to engage the newly arrived fleet and recall our ultra-dreadnaughts to assist. We must buy the civilians time.

Ensign: Yes sir.

*Jager moves over to the radio and prepared a message for the allied fleets*

Jager: To all allied fleets, unknown vessels have just jumped in system outside of Hamburg's orbit. I have ordered civilian evacuations and our entire fleet to engage, including the ultra-dreadnaughts. Our fleet will not survive this engagement but we must get our civilians out of here. Our comms are not fully repaired so we are unsure whether we will hear your comms or whether this message will even get through. The Ordenreich wishes you the best. Fur Den Auftrag. Jager out.

As the combined fighter forces of the Burninites, Centauri, and Rheans strike the fighters of the Hildenburen, it is clear that the galactic fleets have an advantage. For whatever reason, the Hildenburen must be unaccustomed to fighter struggles. Their tactics are a little sloppy, and their fighter count is lower than expected.

A Burninite jumper does indeed fly beyond the Hildenburen shields to prove Teresa's assumptions. It slows nearly to a stop, then slowly pushes through the shield. Once through, it launches most of its ordinance at the enormous vessel, creating satisfying explosions where it lands. Unfortunately, the ship will require a lot more than a single jumper to destroy, but it's a proof of concept.

"Keep them from moving," Teresa suggests, "By holding fire on their shields, then hit them with fighters. Looks like it will work."

The Burninites join in the mass firing on the Hildenburen shields. The ships seem able to move, but at a snail's pace.

From one of the ships in the center of their shield, strange electromagnetic disturbances begin to emanate. A Jumper is destroyed, seemingly without cause. "This is Thorgood of Burnination; my sensors indicate that they are able to direct neutrinos to tear holes in anything if they can pinpoint it. We just lost a jumper to it. Move in irregular patterns." Another Jumper is destroyed before the communique is finished, and the Hildenburen are no doubt directing their weapons against larger ships as well.

Before the Sacaen fleet strikes the Gar''zhog, they successfully convert their communications to English somehow.

"Hildenburen fleet, your invasion of a neutral system is in disregard of Systems Treaty 1175.6. These are not subject worlds, and the deaths of civilian populations behind your senwall are wrongful. Withdraw your forces immediately, and submit to war tribunal, or be destroyed."

(OOC: I'll not put the results of the Sacaen rush on the Gar''zhog yet in case you want to belay the order. Also don't be so sure you'd be destroyed .)

With the realization that the enemy Hildenburen force has directed neutrino technology, the Centauri fleet begins to take mass evasive maneuvers and break up formation as they continue to fire upon the Hildenburen fleet, though one cruiser is caught completely off guard and is belated in moving, causing it to be destroyed by neutrino fire. In the meantime the fighters begin to move in on the enemy fleet in irregular patterns, trying to break through the shields and quickly fire their fusion lasers and missiles in the case of the fighter-bombers and evade fire.

"Ambassador Adamus I have been made assured that you understand the gravity of this situation." said Marcus, "I have just received the latest reports from the front and the enemy is utilizing weaponry I'm not sure we would ever hope to match at present."

"I will not fail Triumvir" said the Ambassador. "I will ensure the package is delivered."

"Good" said Marcus, the two men were now standing just off from the Stargate. "With any luck, we'll be celebrating our forthcoming victory this time tomorrow."

"Forth the Dominion my Triumvir" said the Ambassador with a salute.
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Moments later, on Starbase 4

As he had before, Ambassador Adamus activated the Hildenburen long-rang transmitter and awaited a Hildenburen response.

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The Battle of Sacan Space...

The Veridians understood the transmission well enough but sent static back on the Gar''zhog channels. The Veridians then moved their ships into an attack posture and sent a message back to the Gar''zhog, ordering them away from the planet less they wish to be fired upon. Any type of scan would show that the Veridians were readying their weapons and that their carrier bays were now opening, readying to deploy their fleet's compliment of fighters.

*Jager upon hearing the Gar'zhog transmission*

Jager: All ships. Belay attack orders and wave off. The Gar'zhog are not to be attacked

*the Ordenreich fleets break off with the conventional ships moving off to link up with the ultra-dreadnoughts*

Ensign: Sir. Update.

Jager: Go ahead.

Ensign: Hildenburen forces appeared to be totally absorbed with the other allied fleets. We have been forgotten because we backed off to go after the Gar'zhog

Jager: First good news I've heard since this damn war began. Cancel evacuations. Order all fleets to move on the Hildenburen rear.

Ensign: Sir this is our chance...

Jager: I don't want to hear it. The Hildenburen started this war and the Ordenreich sure as hell will finish it. Order the fleets to engage and deploy all fighters and I mean all of them. They are to stick to the tactics the other allies are deploying but lets make it one better...

Ensign: Sir?

Jager: Equip some of our fighters with remote drone controls and one Saboteur tactical nuke. Our manned fighters are to clear a corridor for our drones so that they can slip into the Hildenburen shields and detonate the nuke. If our FOABs can't crack their shields then we'll bypass them entirely and go straight for the yoke.

Ensign: Aye sir. Orders sent, the fleet will be in range in 40 seconds and fighters will begin harassing the Hildenburen ships in one. But sir if I may, what about the EMP from the nuke? Won't it fry our fighters?

Jager: Hildenburen shields appear impenetrable to anything in our arsenal. We will turn that against them.

Ensign: Yes sir.

(OOC Notes: Sabateur Tac Nukes are smaller 2 megaton yield nukes designed to be carried on fighters for nuclear terrestrial bombardment)