Kalshion

[rp] Kalshion stared at the transmission screen and at Tracey. He pondered what she had told him and a smile creased his face. "I might need your help later," he said and looked off the screen. "I also had a feeling that your missing Commander was on that ship, it all started to make sense. Either way, becareful out there as---" he said before his communications officer spun in her chair, getting his attention, her expression was controlled panic. "Sir! G-Super Carrier is assaulting two transports near Starstation Gazer 1! Our ships are already engaging but the transports are reporting heavy fire!" she shouted. He scowled. "I think we know where the carrier is now, unless you want a firefight, I would advise you to stay clear of Gazer 1," he reported. "Fly Safe," he said and silenced the transmission for the second time. Now he was looking at open space, uncloaked and scanning open space with both internal sensors and probes; he had lost that insurgent vessel shortly after dampening the weapon they had used. He was impressed, very impressed, that the insurgent commander of that ship had managed to elude him. "Comm.... we have every communications frequency ever used by the insurgents, correct?" "Most of them sir, but they tend to change them once every so often, but the current one that they've been using - we have," said his communications officer, who hadn't yet turned back toward her station. "The latest transmission scheme they've been using, access it... and relay the following message," he said and collasped his hands together. He was originally going to send an overt message, but now he wanted to run the riskf of exposing Garrison - even though in reality - no one else would be able to hear his transmission. He thought for a moment and decided on a false name. "This is Commander Sensha of the GCV-Gentre to ICV Vessel, we know you have an Earthcom officer on board - his name being Garrison. If you expect to evade Prime's forces, then respond to this message," he said and looked back at his communications officer. His portait was intentionally blurred to help hide his identity, not to mention, to make it seem like they had suffered some damage before. Kalshion knew, however, that this cherade wouldn't last for very long - especially if Garrison 'did' respond to him. In truth, he was concerned about the Gammulans. As he looked at the tactical display, one of his ships which was located near the Gammulan border, was transmissing information related to twenty five other Gammulan starships, including six Stromcarriers. The insurgents hate our guts, but I know that they'd rather be the ones to kill us than the Gammulans.... he chuckled at the thought and was glad he wasn't transmitting. A strange relationship we play, there have been instances where Insurgent and Galcom forces have fought alongside during Gammulans incursions... of course... right after the battle the two sides continue their fighting.. he shook his head. ---- Commander Presto barked orders to his officers; he didn't know if they were going to engage or not, it was all up to Tracey if they would. In either case, he wanted to be ready.

Yer right, I did in fact forget to mention the Bison decloaking as she came up alongside ya. I can change that if you wish though. Though, diving into the sun does render the radiation emitting from that shot useless, but it wasn't shortlived: Meaning, the shot doesn't just die down - it's radiation, it lasts a good while before it begins to dissipate. The first hour is the most critical one, after that it would start to tapper off. Considering that Kalshion knew what to look for, and that the weapon was devised by his own techs, its a good bet he knew where the Daedalus was. Again, not shortlived, just dampened as the Bison got in close and used it's own ECM ability to block some of the radiation signature. Granted, the weapon is not perfect and does render the Bison's cloak a little useless for the time being (there is residual effects that linger after the weapon is fired) When your hull has been breached and you've got radiation leaking out into space, a certain amount of radiation can be detected - and if its moving, such as a cloaked ship, then cloaking becomes useless. Don't forget, you emit radiation while cloaked as well. The longer you stay cloaked, the more radiation that is emited outward from the cloaking device. The amount of radiation is usually shielded by the ship itself, which is why you can't stay cloaked for long peroids of time - or else you'll cook your crew alive. In this case, the radiated shot from the Bison has more radiation in it than the cloaking bubble is able to cover, thus making cloaking useless. There is still a signature, enough that the Bison can still track the Daedalus's location as its nearby - but the signal is nowhere near as strong as it was before. I do hope that Garrison and Kalshion meet up somehow.. oh well.. I'll think of something.

Lol! I only have three members, only myself and Denny seem to start up the rolls However, I wouldn't be surprised if you can manage it ;-)

Ya do realize Canshow that Kalshion is not only aware of where the Daedalus was (because he had fired and rendered your cloak useless) but was flying right alongside your ship.... (not firing, more so curious now than ever) You never once commected on that =\ Unless there was a reason your character didn't respond; it'd be best to make some changes perhaps.

I'm waiting on Canshow to reply mostly; as right now Kalshion is currently doing something that should either make the Insurgents worried, or perhaps stunned

Just because its on a PC doesn't make it a bad game And I've seen some stunningly good PC game's whose graphics are far better than those I've seen in the console, then again, I've also seen some console games whose's graphics are better than some PC games. The thing is; neither is better than the other, the PC has advantages that console does not, just like how a console has advantages that PC does not. I've also found it easier to cheat or modify on a PC, without having to worry about being banned from some service (it's not worth the risk)

Yea my sister has the console version while I have the PC version. Quite a bit of difference I saw. One of the very first bosses you fight killed me three times on normal until I figured out how to keep him from really damaging my characters. Yet, on the console, my sister killed him on her first try through and didn't suffer anywhere near the damage I did. So I have to agree, at least when it comes to some games, they are dumbed down on consoles. Oh well, I got the better challenge!

Thank ya greatly Denny!

Check into here folks, lets see how is active! Make sure to check into the one on the PF board as well ;-) http://z10.invisionfree.com/Prime_Fleet/in...hp?showtopic=38 Edit: Ummm... embarrassing misspelled December

True-dat, I wouldn't be surprised if while creating the weapon they are also designing the means to protect against it.

Has anything developed from this lately? Haven't seen Shinge post a link yet so =(

Woot. Lets go duck hunting with airborn lasers! U know the U.S military is experimenting with hand-held laser weaponry? That'd be fricking sweet once they're done and release those babies. I wish I could say that I would be happy myself; but it would only be a matter of time before such weapons would get into the hands of criminals. Right now, guns are easily traced and such - but a laser? Forget it, that would be almost impossible to trace. So while I am looking forward to our miltiary using it, I do not look forward the criminals getting ahold of them.

[rp] Kalshion's upper eye twitched. "And no one felt it prudent to at least give some unofficial word to Prime?" he said and then shook his head. "I have a general idea on where you sergeant is, luckily my own fleet intelligence officers have noticed this odd movement as well," he tapped his lower lip. "Let's just hope this has nothing to do with the Gammulans..." All the rigs yelled at him to bring Garrison in for questioning; even though he wasn't Galcom. Yet, at the same time, despite all of his ships he had at his hands - he didn't have the manpower to repel a full invasion of Sol. Not to mention that he was walking a very thin line, most of his ships were running on a skeleton crew right now. If anyone discovered that, they'd be defenseless. With a heavy sigh he looked at Tracey Dodds in the eyes. "For your sake, First Officer, let's just hope he doesn't get the attention of anyone else in Galcom and those he enlists are truly there to help us and not destroy us from within," he said and glanced off screen. He briefly silenced the screen as he gave an order to his helmsmen, then unmuted the audio. "God Speed First Officer, keep your crew safe. Commander Presto will continue to be your escort," he said and closed the communications. He sat back down on the chair and rubbed his temple. "You think she's lying?" he heard one of his officers say. "I couldn't tell to be honest, its hard sometimes when you are transmitting with lag," he said and turned back toward the view screen. "Divert more ships from Alpha to tail the StormCarrier," he said. His ship had dropped it's pursuit of the Stormcarrier and was now heading right back toward the ICV-Daedalus. What burned his anger more though was Earthcoms lack of sharing information. "Comm. Open up a line to Vanguard High Command, I want answers.." he said but wasn't expecting a response so quickly, not to mention the answer wasn't what he wanted. "No can do sir; I just tried, can't establish a positive link. It's possible they are having technical problems or-" she said before being cut off. "Someone's tampering with the communications grid," Kalshion said and shook his head. "Well played, I wouldn't be surprised if this has to do with either what Todd said or that Gammulan vessel. Looks like our answers will be coming from Garrison," he said and stood up. As his ship came up behind the Daedalus, the two Nightstars moved off to the side but then took up an escort position behind the Daedalus. The Bison Gon Flurie moved up to the side, her weapons silent, her ship showed no want for Aggression. Instead, it merely followed - yet if anyone had been paying attention they'd have noticed that the radiation signature that was lighting up the Daedalus was now gone. [/rp]

Well, I can just LET you guys escape Of course, I AM trying to figure out a way to get Kalshion to talk to you guys to figure out what the heck ya'll are up to, heck he might even support it - depends though... Kalshion's character isn't a lemming so.

I hope what I did was alright, if it was over the top or to much, just tell me.

[rp] His voice curse-laden, Kalshion quickly barked orders to his crew. His ship started on a parrellell course to the insurgent vessel, his weapons fell strangely silent and he had no desire to continue this fight. "Our concern is the gammulans," he said before making a gesture to one of his officers. The main weapons array came online for one last time, and fired a modified bolt of energy toward the insurgent. This particular weapon, though similiar to the normal energy fired from the array, would generate a small, almost non-descrept enegy field for Prime Fleet, Earth Com, and any other military ship could detect and track. It was the easiest way to follow them, yet also one of those weapons that could be dealt with if the ships crew were willing to depart with a little bit of their ship - considering the weapon bore into the hull and left the crater there to simmer. He knew it might take at least an hour, perhaps less, before that commander figured out what it was that was fired, but then again it'd take a lot longer to clean it off. But he did hope that it would be enough for his ships to not only stop that ship, but also to retain its crew for him to talk to. When the weapon was away, the Firestrom banked hard left and plotted an intercept course for the Stormcarrier. Two Nightstars, which had been behind him, continued their pursuit course of the Insurgent Vessel. Their orders now were to just tail it, and keep an eye on them, not firing unless fired upon. And yet, Kalshion knew that something very odd was happening. An insurgent. A Gammulan. What were two enemies of Sol doing heading to the same destination? He pondered it, something was afoot and he knew it. The insurgents were up to something, and his gut kept telling him that it wasn't something bad. He played back the message that was sent to him, a conversation between Presto and a 'Sergeant First Class Tracey Dodds', he listened to it repeatedly but something just didn't sound right to him. Something seemed... out of place... he had one of bring him a list of ships that Earthcom had that were known to Prime Fleet, and even a couple, that they weren't supposed to know of. Flipping through the ships; he soon came upon the Ashdod. It's crew-member report came up onto the screen, he looked through it and played back the message yet again. Certainly, Commander Presto. I'm Sergeant First Class Tracey Dodds, First Officer of this vessel. Our Commander, First Sergeant Richard Garrison, is currently away on other business. In his stead, I've been ordered to conduct a standard roaming patrol until ordered otherwise. In the process we've been conducting some trading runs to help supplement Vanguard Fleet's UFN budget. What can we do for you? Would you care to accompany us He stopped and thought, then cut it down. I'm Sergeant First Class Tracey Dodds, First Officer of this vessel. Our Commander, First Sergeant Richard Garrison, is currently away on other business Tapping his lower chin, he now had a thought that came to him. "Where is their First Sergeant at exactly?" he asked himself. "No records of him entering any of the starports, at least not within the past few days.." said his communications officer. A grin tugged on the edge of Kalshion's face. "Why do I get this gut feeling I know where he is..." he said and had his communications officer hail the Ashdod. "Ashdod, this is Strategic Commander Kalshion, leader of Prime Fleet, please respond to this message," he said in a serious tone. He was tired of playing games, he knew that Earthcom was up to something and now he wanted to know what exactly it was. Of course, the message lag would be something he'd have to contend with. Unbeknowst to him or his officers, several of his Nightstar and Firestrom class carriers suddenly dropped off the grid, their ID's changing very quickly to display them as Gammulan before disappearing completely.

[rp] Severals thumps reverberated through the Bison's hull as the main array fired again. Kalshion was dissatisfied that they hadn't taken out the hyper-drive, but was satisfied that they hit the engines, wit hthat he knew all those weeks of training and hunting had paid off. "Continue fire, once we exit hyperspace, I want all ships in the area to converge and begin their assault," he ordered. "Yes Sir!" his officers all shouted. He stood there pondering several options - including the one of the ship cloaking the moment they dropped out. "I want all ships to decrease the power rating on their main arrays so they'll be able to fire at a quicker rate, just in case they cloak I want a means of finding them. I want three ships per gate, depending on where we follow them to," he said and then looked at the tactical map. "Where are they headed exactly... one insurgent ship. That's one roach to worry about but not enough to really cause a wide-spread problem.... so what is there goal...." he tapped his lower chin in thought. "Weapons, status on torpedos?" "Armed and ready sir." "Fighters?" "Rearmed and ready to launch sir." "Good, now we just have to see what move they make. The sooner we capture that ship, and sooner we can figure out what the heck is going on," Kalshion said and continued to watch the display. Though I want to know, why one ship... He stood there in thought and looked off to his side, he stared at another display, two halves of the Alpha Wing he had sent to SoL had just arrived there moment ago - they started to fan out into the surroundings sectors. He knew that even if they didn't disable this ship out here, the moment it arrived it would be hard-pressed to get anywhere. "Continue to fire, I want her disabled before we get to Sol," he ordered. [/rp]

I'm kind of glad I haven't lost my edge; even though I've been very rusty on role-playing. As always though, please tell me if I over-do things =)

[rp] "Sir! Insurgent ship just entered hyper-space!" shouted his sensors officer as she rerouted the probe to another destination. "What's it course and speed?!" Kalshion shouted as he brought up the tactical display. He studied the layout as small lines of red appeared across the map. Suddenly the line for the insurgent ship pegged it heading straight for Sol. "Son of a.... pass word onto to Alpha Wing. We have a priority ship headed straight for Sol! I want it intercepted NOW!" he shouted toward his communications officer, the girl just nodded and started sending out the transmissions. He was somewhat glad that his carrier's hyperdrive was brand-new but he didn't know if he could catch up. "Recall all fighters, plot a course to intercept that ship!" "Fighters returning!" "Sir! I have four squads that are currently heading back to sol. I have a cruiser group that is requesting permission to intercept!" said another officer in a sligthly german accent. Kalshion merely nodded. It was strange though, normally tagging a ship in hyperspace wasn't easy to do, none-more-so when they fell off the grid. They could see the ships direction quite clearly right now, and that he knew meant that either the ships hyperspace was malfunctioning, or something else was up. "Odd," was all he said before he heard his flight officer inform him that their fighters had docked. Space pulled apart as his firestrom entered hyperspace; seconds later and the ship vanished into Nullspace. "ETA?!" Kalshion shouted. "Five minutes sir! I can cut that time if we decloak-" said his officer before Kalshion interrupted him. "No, I want to remain invisible to them until we catch up," he said. His weapons officer didn't miss a beat; bringing the ship to maximum combat alert. The crews manned their stations, the fighter pilots took a quick breather before getting back into their cockpits. "To bad we didn't have time to get those artifacts properly scanned," someone on the bridge said. Kalshion had to agree, he would've preferred to have the artifacts they had discovered put to use but he wasn't about ready to use a non-researched object in the middle of the battlefield. "ETA Three minutes!" Kalshion watched the viewscreen; the ship was growing bigger as they got closer. It dawned on him, he wondered if, because the ship was plainly visible. Could he afford to fire his ships main weapons. As the ship entered into firing range, he gave the order to target the carriers main engines and with that, his main weapons system fired off a volley at the ship. Now was time to see if the ship could take damage, or if it was just a mere sensor glitche of some sort. "Waiting games, I hate waiting games!" grumbled Kalshion. <Tag anyone...> [/rp]

Well, not ALL points I will say, even *I* can't spread my ships out that thin... I mean.. I have some spying on Shohashi's wife right now... (runs)

heh; it'll take time Shingen Right now I'm writer-blocked as I'm waiting for the Daedulus, or the shuttle, to come into the system that Kalshion is in. With the potential of there either being a fight, a stand-still, an escape, or perhaps Quazers character wins Kalshion's support (Fat chance of that, but you never know ) Plus, I had a couple idea's up my sleeve. Such as someone screwing around with the carriers sensor array and pegging the Daedulus (or the shuttle) as a Gammulan ship (which would warrent an attack straight away) but we'll see how things progress.

I hear ya there SC. I heard something about this on another board, never saw so much whining and crying before. If your going to pirate games, don't cry when you discover you've been caught.

This sounds almost like a PC that is not being kept up-to-date; I know I lax a bit on Windows Updates (due to my 3D Modeling hobby that takes up a lot of my time now-a-days) but irregardless you should 'never' run a video-card without it's driver! (I know some cards can run without it, but doing so pretty makes it worthless to have a card yes?) Either way, update all of your drivers and make certain you system is clean - defrag as well for good measure. If it still doesn't work, then it might be something else.

The only way we'll be able to help you better is if you post your compuer specs - much like how most of us have it in our signatures. Also, try running the game in compat mode though I don't hold much luck in that working since compat mode is a very buggy system in my opinion.

[rp] Kalshion tapped his shoulder with his finger as one of his probes entered another seector. The probe ran a quick scan of the area before sending out an alert back to the Bison Gon Flurie. The tactical map chimed to life, pegging an insurgent class vessel in Zelana/Lanix V. Kalshion's curiousity instantly turned serious. "Put fighters on delta status, inform them to prepare for combat," he told his comm. officer and then said. "Order the probe onto a new course that takes it away from that ship, luckily it'll show up as an exploration probe if they were to ever scan it. But if they do take interest in it, then send the auto-destruct code got it?" His officer nodded and relayed the new destination coordinates to the probes computer; on the tactical map, the probe suddenly changed course that would take it to the next wormhole. Meanwhile, Kalshion sent encrypted orders back to his forces. At least two carriers and one destroyer were pulled from the search and destroy mission and rerouted to Polaris 1. "Sir? What should we expect," one of his younger officers asked. He thought about it for a few seconds. "Probe data is enconclusive, so it's not possible to determine the ships type right now. But I'm going to assume its a carrier just to be safe, if it's not then the more the better. However, I'm curious why its a single insurgent vessel. Normally they travel in groups..... rarely do we see one alone," he tapped his lower chin in thought. "What are you thinking sir?" another officer asked him. Kalshion glanced away from the tactical map and at the main view screen. Several kilometers ahead of them a transport passed by and made the jump toward the Lanix V wormhole. "We'll offer them surrender," he said and then quickly added. "Even if they do have cloaking capabilities, we have ships scattered in every sector between here and Earth, it'll be rather hard - though not impossible - for them to slip through unnoticed. And since we are searching for a stromcarrier right now, they'd be in a very difficult position if they got pegged as said carrier," he grinned slightly and turned back toward the tactical display. "Monitor that ship, if it starts approuching the Polaris 1 wormhole, cloak us got it?" he said and his weapons officer nodded. All he could do now was wait and see what happened, and hope these insurgents weren't interested in dieing. He had orders to capture insurgents, and to only destroy them if it was absolutely needed. [/rp]