ShoHashi

According to the "handy-dandy forum birthday reminder" at the bottom of the forum, it's DennyMala's birthday! Happy Birthday, Denny! I hope you having a really special day! -Sho

Congratulations, Eclipse! -Sho

Hi gnome.gemini! I'll try to answer your questions for you. It depends upon the caste that you select. For example, a Scientist caste doesn't allow you to pick a CC asset, only transport assets. If you destroy the shuttles and fighters that were on your ship, you can buy them at a starstation as well as any repair parts and personnel you need. You cannot change your CC once you are in-game. The only way you can change carriers is the restart the game and select your CC asset before starting. If your CC is destroyed, it's pretty much game over for you. -Sho

Eh...it looks okay, but I'd have to see some good reviews first before I plunk down the money. -Sho

Season 2 just premiered last week. Set the DVRs! -Sho

I forgot to mention it earlier, but the final Part 3 is up. All in all, I didn't think the whole movie was too bad. YMMV. -Sho

I've been using: AVG Free Edition Ad-Aware Spybot Search and Destroy -Sho

I have to agree! Very impressive, indeed. -Sho

Case: You got a recruit waiting for you in the Fleet Database. -Sho

Happy Birthday, Chavik, you old man! -Sho

I do appreciate you participating in the RPG, canshow, however you do have some problems. 1. We Insurgents do not have the rank of TacOps Commander. 2. If you'd have read this thread from the beginning, you'd see that I left on the mission WITHOUT an escort. This is exactly why the thread needs to be read from the beginning so that you can see where you can enter the storyline. While you're at it, read up on the Insurgent history and look at our rank structure over at the ICC. A better way for you to enter the storyline might be that you are on a patrol nearby and/or either happen across us or intercept some comm traffic between Aries, FC-1 and starstation New Frontier. I'm not trying to defer anyone from joining in; quite the opposite in fact. I just ask that you use a little bit of common sense. -Sho Quazar: I need to PM you.

[rp] The Aries was a Megaron-class carrier measuring almost 1097 meters in length. When fully manned, she carried crew of 66. She also sported 10 turrets for close-in support and 4 main guns with a range of 27.5 kilometers. In her hanger bays, she carried 2 Super Vandal and 2 Heavy Aurora fighters along with 2 Mk1 shuttles and 2 of the newer Mk3 shuttles. For surface operations she carried 2 Combat Assault Vehicles, 2 Heavy Assault Vehicles, 2 Combat Assault Buggies, and 2 Mayhem Tanks. She was a very formidable carrier indeed when at full strength. Unfortunately with this simple resupply mission, she was only at half her crew complement. Based upon the latest intel reports that he perused before departing New Frontier, ShoHashi really didn't think he needed the full complement. "Next time, if there is one, I'll be sure not to let my guard down like this again," he thought to himself. Fortunately, however, he did have all his fighter and shuttle pilots. If the situation started to take a turn for the worse, he'd at least have his close support to cover him while he retreated. [/rp] -Sho

http://bagbunch.com/11-freaky-encounters-w...rport-security/ -Sho

Silk, you have a potential fleet member in the Fleet Database. -Sho

Hehehe, I'm not much better! Yeah, I just hope I can handle it with minimal damage! Ahem...as any Marine will tell you, there is no such thing as a "former" Marine. Once a Marine, always a Marine. -Sho

[rp on] "Give me a SitRep," said ShoHashi to Lieutenant Stamos as he strode through bridge hatch. "We detected an unknown vessel in low orbit around Pravis," replied Stamos. "At this point, I'm not sure who or what it is, let alone what their intentions are. Whomever it is, they certainly seem to be going to great lengths to keeped masked." "Did you launch a recon?" "Yes sir. FC-1 should have an ID any time now." "Put the comms on speaker." Stamos nodded to Ensign Orelli. Orelli promptly tapped a button on his console. "Aries, I have a visual ID. It appears to be EarthCom starcruiser. They've powered up weapons" "What in the hell are they doing here?" thought ShoHashi. Thoughts began to materialize in ShoHashi's head as he strode over to the battle console. Did EarthCom somehow find out about the new Communication Intercept Module? Have the Mandorians sold us out for their own benefit? ShoHashi spoke to Stamos. "Have FC-1 RTB." Stamos repeated ShoHashi's command to FC-1. "Copy that," said FC-1 over the speaker. "Lieutenant Stamos, set condition red and power up weapons systems. I want our remaining fighters on standby." ShoHashi then turned to the Communications Officer, Lieutenant Commander Mike Tanberg. "Contact the outpost and tell them to go to condition red, we have hostiles in orbit. Then send a priority one message back to New Frontier on our current situation. I want to be ready in case this gets blown out of proportion." "You got it, sir," said Tanberg. [/rp] You guys are all doing a outstanding job on this! -Sho

Interesting! -Sho

Quazar and I discussed this a bit last weekend. I'll try to think of something, and take your low res suggestion, in consideration. Perhaps even something as simple as starting another thread entitled Part 2 might help. I, too, think the visual parts make the story much more interesting. An added benefit is that it's actually pretty fun trying to set up for the shots! We appreciate you contributing as well! Don't worry about it, we've done away with the posting order. Just post when you can. -Sho

[rp] Back aboard the Aries orbiting Pravis...... Lieutenant Phil Stamos was glad to get some Command time in. The more hours you had commanding a ship makes you stand out that much more when the promotion board comes around. Stamos' main goal at the moment was to make Commander and have his own ship. When Admiral ShoHashi departed for Pravis, he left Stamos in charge of the Aries until his return. "This command time is a piece of cake," chuckled Stamos to himself. "What can go wrong?" "Lieutenant Stamos," said Ensign Orelli. Orelli was filling in for Stamos as the Tactical Officer. "Sensors are picking up another vessel in orbit." Stamos swiveled in his chair towards Orelli. "Indentify." "Not sure. It's too close to Pravis's ionosphere, interfering with the the accuracy of our sensors. The only thing I can tell you with the readings I have is that it may be a starcruiser. Don't hold me to it though." "So much for easy command time," thought Stamos. "Whoever it is knows what he's doing by keeping close to the ionosphere." "Ok, let's get a visual identification then. Launch FC-1. Order them to close with the contact and see just who the hell that is," said Stamos. "Aye aye," replied Orelli. "Aries, this is FC-1, orders understood and am now heading to the contact," said the pilot's voice over the bridge comm speaker. "Sir, I just got a message from the Aries. There's an unidentified contact in orbit. I think you'd be safer if I get you back up there. Offloading of supplies is done anyways," said Ensign Walsh over the wrist communicator. "Enroute," said ShoHashi into the communicator. ShoHashi turned to Lieutenant Thomas. "Sorry to cut the tour short, but duty calls. Keep up the good work on the outpost." The two men saluted each other, and then ShoHashi headed back to the shuttle. A few minutes later, ShoHashi was strapping himself in his seat aboard Shuttle One. Ensign Walsh busied himself with the prelaunch checklist. "Alright sir, we're ready to depart," said Walsh. "Let's go then," replied ShoHashi. Shuttle One began to slowly climb into the sky, heading into orbit. "Aries just ahead, sir," said Walsh. "Shuttle One to Aries, requesting permission to dock," said Walsh into his headset. "Permission granted, use Bay 2," said a voice from the headset. "Roger, Bay 2, on final approach," replied Walsh. Back on the bridge of the Aries, Lieutenant Stamos was diligently monitoring the situation. He knew that once ShoHashi arrived on the bridge, he'd want an accurate sitrep. "What's FC-1's status?" Stamos questioned Orelli. "FC-1, what is your status?" spoke Orelli into his headset. "Aries, FC-1, I'm closing on the target and should have a visual in approximately 5 minutes." ....TO BE CONTINUED.... [/rp]

Welcome back, Kal! -Sho

Yes, I'm happy with it so far! It's turning out to be interesting. I'm not exactly the world's best author, but this is how you can get a lot of practice in writing! My posting schedule for this is during the weekends. I sure hope some Insurgents join in so I don't get screwed! -Sho

[rp] Shuttle 1 pulled away from the Aries at a leisurely pace while Ensign Don Walsh went over the short pre-planetfall checklist. The Pravis system wasn't exactly a friendly system for the Insurgents. The Mandorians controlled the system. The Insurgents had just negotiated a very uneasy truce with the Mandorians in order to establish several bases on the surface of Pravis. Walsh knew he needed to be careful that his flight plan to the surface wouldn't cause a provocation with the Mandorians. Ensign Walsh was a very adept shuttle pilot, especially after just graduating from pilot training two weeks before. Some of his friends back at school were amazed at his skills and it was often said that he was a natural. He always wanted to be a fighter pilot, and shuttles were just the first step on the way to the goal. The only thing that made Walsh nervous was the fact that there was a Fleet Admiral sitting next to him in the cockpit. ShoHashi picked up on that and tried to break the ice. "So, Walsh, have you ever been down to Pravis before?" said ShoHashi. "No, sir," replied Walsh, "This is the first time, actually." "We actually have several bases down here, but the one we are resupplying is an outpost still under construction." Walsh nodded, keeping his eyes on the HUD. "Planetfall in 5 seconds, sir," said Walsh. Minutes later, Shuttle 1 was speeding over the surface enroute to the outpost. "Wow, look at all those sand dunes," said Walsh. "So desolate." "Yeah, well, desolate is why we put the outpost here!" chuckled ShoHashi. "We Insurgents really don't like unwelcome guests." "Ah, that must be the place," exclaimed ShoHashi, pointing ahead. "Yes sir, it is," replied Walsh. "Aries Shuttle 1 requesting permission to land," he said into his headset microphone. "Copy permission granted." Ensign Walsh settled Shuttle 1 carefully down on the surface. ShoHashi unstrapped himself from his seat. "Ok, I guess while you're offloading I'm going to go out and see how the construction is going. Let me know when your done and I'll be back," said ShoHashi. "No problem, sir. I'm thinking it'll take about a half hour," said Walsh. ShoHashi headed back to the shuttle's cargo hold. He donned the standard-issue EVA equipment out of the equipment locker and started down the ramp which was already down. It was early morning and daylight hadn't arrived yet so it was quite cool out. He was glad to be wearing the warm jacket he had on. "The outpost is starting to take shape nicely," thought ShoHashi while he looked around. He turned around just as a heavily armed figure walked up to him. The figure snapped to attention and gave a salute to the Admiral. ShoHashi saluted back and said, "At ease, Lieutenant." "Thank you, sir. I'm Lieutenant Thomas. This is a rather unexpected visit, especially from a high ranking officer such as yourself!" "Well, I just want to get and stretch my legs a bit, Thomas. Promoting up in rank doesn't make a whole lot of things easier. Heck, I'm doing more paperwork as an Admiral on a starstation than I did as a commander of a ship!" said ShoHashi. "I'll have to keep that in mind as I further my career," chuckled Thomas. "I got about 30 minutes until the shuttle is ready to leave, so I thought I'd come out and see how the construction is going. It's one thing to see it on paper and another to see it in person," said ShoHashi. "Alright, I'll take you on a quick tour then," said Thomas. "See those antennas over there? That's the new Communication Intercept Module that Eversor Wing just fielded. I guess we'll see how it works out here in the field." Eversor Wing was the Research and Development section of the Insurgent Fleet. They developed, tested and fielded the new weapons systems and technology that the Insurgents utilized. The Communication Intercept Module or CIM was Eversor's newest creation. This device would allow forward outposts to intercept and decode encrypted GalCom messages, thus giving up valuable intelligence. ....TO BE CONTINUED.... [/rp] -Sho

Thanks for the comments, Spindoktor and rtoolooze1. It's appreciated. No problem, Quazar. I originally just started this as an "After Action" report of sorts, partially in response to Cruis.In's post. I thought that for something like this, it would be better posted in the RPG section. I have the game saved, so I'll just resume it when I add more to the thread. It may get a bit interesting now that Quazar has jumped in. Speaking of which, where's your pictures, Quazar? I'll be adding more to this sometime near the end of the week, so stay tuned. -Sho

Greetings, fellow Commanders! I think Commander Cruis.In hit on a neat idea with his Commander's Log topic. I decided to give it a try myself, as it looked like it would be pretty fun to do. I will be using Universal Combat Collectors Edition for this mission. I hope this will respark the RPG forum. Pictures really help out a story making it more interesting. Now, without further adieu, let's begin, shall we? [rp] Starstation New Frontier in orbit around Rinaal. As you can see, the station has been totally renovated from it's earlier appearance. It is also Fleet Admiral ShoHashi's command, where he leads Bishamon Fleet. Fleet Admiral ShoHashi was a bit bored as he glanced over the incoming logistical reports on his video terminal. "I really need to get away from this for a bit," he thought to himself. He swiveled in his chair a bit to his right and spoke to his vidcom. "Mariko, I need to take a bit of a break. We have a resupply mission heading to Pravis tomorrow, right?" Lieutenant Commander Mariko Tomosaki was ShoHashi's Administrative Assistant on New Frontier. "Yes sir, the supplies are scheduled to be loaded on a Canlon at 0400 tomorrow morning." "I'm thinking that's my ticket out for a quick breather. Cancel the loading of the supplies on the Canlon and load them instead on the Aries. Have her ready for a 0800 departure," said ShoHashi. "I'm on it, sir," replied Tomosaki. At 0800, the ICV-Aries begins to pull away from Starstation New Frontier on a heading towards the Pravis gate. ShoHashi felt right at home on the bridge of the Aries. Even though he spent most of his time on New Frontier these past years, it was alway more comfortable on his ship than the station despite the luxurious accomodations of the starstation. "Helm, prepare to jump to the Pravis gate on my mark," said ShoHashi to his Helm Officer, Lieutenant John McAlter. "Aye aye, sir," replied McAlter. "Jump!" said ShoHashi. Rinaal began to rapidly fade away in the distance as the Aries raced towards the Pravis gate in hyperspace. "Preparing to enter normal space in 5....4....3....2....1, normal space," said McAlter. The Aries re-enters normal space from hyperspace. "Pravis gate just ahead, sir." said McAlter. "I see it, Lieutenant," replied ShoHashi. "Maintain course and speed." The Aries closes in on the Pravis gate. The Aries comes through the gate into the Pravis system. "Now in Pravis, sir," said McAlter. "All systems normal." "Tactical, scan for hostiles," ShoHashi directed to his Tactical Officer, Lieutenant Phil Stamos. "No hostiles detected, Admiral," said Stamos. "Ok then, so far so good," replied ShoHashi. "Jump to Pravis when ready, McAlter." The Aries begins it jump to Pravis. In hyperspace, Pravis begins to rapidly get larger as the Aries gets closer. "Jump completed, sir, Pravis orbit achieved," said McAlter. The Aries begins to finalize minor orbital course corrections before the offloading of supplies begins. ShoHashi looked at Pravis on the main viewscreen. Even though he had been to Pravis numerous times before, he always marveled at how different it looked from Rinaal. "Ok," he said to himself, "Time to get this show on the road." .....TO BE CONTINUED..... [/rp]

Looking forward to it! -Sho