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The Raid at Argazda
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| Tssk | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 2:08 AM | Message # 1 |
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| A Gozanti Cruiser painted in the personal colours of House Stark and broadcasting a Lorrdian Transponder would emerge from hyperspace at the edge of the Argazdan Gravity well. The ship would respond if questioned that it was a Lorrdian Freighter of the esteemed House Stark, seeking access to carry a Diplomat to Argazda to help resolve the crisis; their worlds were at peace this ought not to provide a problem.
The ship on it's inbound flight would take great care to give the Argazdan defenses a wide berth, staying at the edge of the Gravity Well waiting for authorization to enter as a diplomatic ship would. The hull had a pair of Heavy Rocket Tubes (each carrying a single rocket and disguised as fuel tanks) affixed as well as the Proton Torpedo tube being ready to fire.
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| Jcep_Snar | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 6:13 AM | Message # 2 |
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| The Golan III platform at Argazda was, by and large, an Imperial-run station, evidenced by the squadron of TIE fighters currently engaged in maneuvers about the station. However, they coordinated system interdiction with the Argazdan Home Fleet, which stood ready nearby in the form of its Centax-class cruisers. When the ship in question arrived, it was the planetary-based Argazdan Control that would respond.
Granted, of course, that it was strange to have a Lorrdian vessel bearing a diplomat come to Argazda (for Argazda as a whole did not know about their leader's duplicity) the Argazdan Control gave the Gozanti Cruiser clearance to land.
Prime Minister, Argazda
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| Tssk | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 6:23 AM | Message # 3 |
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| Targeting the Argazdan Secondary City and Capital with each of its Heavy Missiles it fired both of the ponderous missiles in succession. Each contained a number of deadly pathogens that were tailored for their debilitating and humiliating effects rather than being the most lethal - in any case, the bacteria were (to a man) dead, seemingly having been exposed to an accidental radiation leak from the engines but really having been bought dead and loaded into the large phials of the missile.
The Proton Torpedo was fired as a "dead drop" to activate on a proximity basis when a craft with Argazdan IFF was nearby. The missiles were marked with Starks companies markings and built from the same ores by using Stark products as the basis for their construction - they would appear to be experimental devices designed for the purpose, although welded together in a manner which was fairly crude and spoke of a well equipped home lab rather than a production line.
The Gozanti then spun upside down, performing a minimum radius to speed turn and firing its engines to clear the gravity well. A course appearing to be set for Lorrd keyed in, although not actually going there, the vessels course would actually take it to Trandosha (via several right angled turns).
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"Aoacwo coaoohurcrrwo ooww orraoaacahrcacoo" - "The Scourge of Kachirho"
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| Jcep_Snar | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 6:46 AM | Message # 4 |
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| A proximity warning was sounded as the ship fired its warheads. Fortunately, even as courses and targets were projected, interception would come from below. A squadron of NovaSword fighters had been conducting atmospheric maneuvers when the ship in high orbit fired. Immediately, the well-trained Argazdan pilots split the squadron in half, each heading towards a target. One half-squadron split down into quarter-squadrons, each three-man flight team seeking to intercept the slow-moving heavy rockets with a single concussion missile apiece. With such slower munitions, it would be rather possible to engage in such a defense.
The remaining six vessels were heading towards the Gozanti cruiser with attempts to order it to halt. Their path would take them dangerously close to the warhead, which might well activate and explode. If so, barring a direct strike, two or three of the craft might be badly rocked by the explosion, even some heavy damage, but that would cause the other Argazdans to fall back.
The real threat to the Gozanti, unless it jumped to hyperspace in time, would be the well-organized squadron of TIE fighters bearing Imperial markings that were closing on it.
Prime Minister, Argazda
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| Tssk | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 6:56 AM | Message # 5 |
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| The Gozanti would jump to hyperspace as it hit the gravity well edge. Making a clean escape (having not entered far in anyway). The Heavy Rockets would be easy to engage for the fast interceptors, several might find their crew jarred in the seconds when they followed the Gozanti from the Proton Torpedo in space, ther shields avoiding serious damage but the torpedoes detonation causing difficulties for their sensors for some seconds.
The TIEs wouldn't reach the Gozanti in time to engage it. In any case most TIE pilots would be conscious of the four Quadlasers on the Gozanti Cruiser (representing a fearsome foe for their fragile craft) and so would only approach it on oblique vectors in any case, to avoid its slashing laser fire and exploit blind spots and weak links in its armour rather than charging in hell bent for leather and being comprehensively blown out of the sky.
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Bounty Hunter (Guild Member)
Noted Hunter of Wookiees
"Aoacwo coaoohurcrrwo ooww orraoaacahrcacoo" - "The Scourge of Kachirho"
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| Jcep_Snar | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 7:01 AM | Message # 6 |
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| The TIEs did approach in such a cautious manner, and as such, the Gozanti was able to escape with nary a difficulty. With the heavy rockets shot down and with no losses among the Argazdan ships, the next question became one of outrage. Who exactly did Stark think he was, staging such an attack against Argazda? While there were calls for Argazda to go to war immediately, Prime Minister S'nar put out the word that things would be conducted in a civilized manner, and a message was sent to Moff Shirnoq, requesting an investigation.
Behind the scenes, though, S'nar did urge certain people to prepare for a war. If the Lorrdian fleet could be weakened or spaced out enough, then perhaps a reprisal attack could be made, especially if further attacks were launched against Argazda under such means. However, if Argazda were to truly engage Lorrd, they would need far more ground forces than they currently had.
Prime Minister, Argazda
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| Tssk | Date: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 7:04 AM | Message # 7 |
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| If the debris was combed, it would be found the Heavy Rockets had carried biological warheads, a gross violation of protocol in military circles at best and attempted genocide at worst. The fact any residue was found dead was explainable in the discharge of fire which went on to destroy the missiles.
Tssk
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War Chief of Trandosha
Brood Chief of the Red Skull Clan
Bounty Hunter (Guild Member)
Noted Hunter of Wookiees
"Aoacwo coaoohurcrrwo ooww orraoaacahrcacoo" - "The Scourge of Kachirho"
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