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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 2:52 AM | Message # 16 |
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| With its sensors mainly blinded by damage and interference, the Revision's captain and crew didn't quite track the emergence of the Imperial forces. With the knowledge that the Guard-class vessel was closing from the rear, the captain made a split-second decision. With their bow pointed towards open space and away from the battle, he initiated a blind hyperspace microjump. The Acclamator II vanished... and reappeared nearly ten-thousand kilometers away. The jump with the damaged systems as they were had fried the majority of weapons controls, and damage reports were still flooding in as the crew made ready for another jump if need be. The captain, however, feared more abuse to the sturdy ship might indeed make it a death-blow.
The Cardan-IV had the worst of it from the impacts and concussive blasts. Escape pods jettisoned from the dying station as it began to break apart, the control tower severed and the two halves of the docking platform broken in two from the repeated impacts. Fortunately, the reactor in the control area did not go critical; there was no flash of superheated debris and death, simply chunks of still-burning wreckage where the station had been. Fortunately, the Tartan cruisers and the Gozanti cruisers had managed a safe distance away, as had the TIE fighters.
None of Stark's smaller craft could have stopped the onrushing pair of Alurion vessels; they'd scattered rather quickly, heading for all safe points while Stark and the Shadowguard tracked the falling escape pods. The Viridian Sky's maneuver out of the battlefield have put several thousand kilometers between itself and the opposing craft, it took the punishing blows from the Bayonet-class without flinching, but when the DP20 turned at full speed, it too executed an emergency hyperspace jump, thereby saving itself the indignity of a ram (and also saving the DP20 the need to waste its warheads).
The fighter craft in the form of the Z-95 and HLAF-500s were far and away from the heavier Auril vessels and tracked the landing pods headed for Lorrd, relaying coordinates and conducting flybys over the landing sites to pinpoint them for the Frezen Province authority. As Frezen stood, there was little in the way of trees and shelter, aside from perhaps closer to Lord Bowe's castle. If nothing else, there were thousand of kilometers of unrelenting desert and the Auril forces were welcome to hide where they could at the few scattered oasis, but it would bring them as much comfort as it had the fleeing Vianists, which had been little.
Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
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Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
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| Hector_Cynum | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 2:29 PM | Message # 17 |
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| With the Lorrdians running away left right and center, the ships from the Auril Sector just continued their drive toward the moon, the Guard-class made a jump away since it was deprived of it's target.
The two small corvettes, also deprived of their target did the same, as the Dock burned.
The medical evacuation shuttle did the same, carrying as many of the pilots it could have picked up, as well as several IPV Crewmen.
Commodore Hector "Igor" Cynum
Commanding Officer of the Auril Sector Union Navy
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| Kanzad_Shirnoq | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 3:54 PM | Message # 18 |
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| (( I'm waiting briefly before I post here. Need a second opinion on something. ))
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 5:49 PM | Message # 19 |
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| (( Delete. ))
Alyn Stark
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| Kanzad_Shirnoq | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 5:50 PM | Message # 20 |
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| (( Okay, going ahead. ))
With the Auril Sector vessels having fled in the wake of the arrival of the Imperial vessels, the Imperial ships on hand dispatched shuttles to rescue both the surviving Lorrdian and Imperial personnel from the Cardan IV, while also retrieving any remaining Auril Sector pilots or crew who hadn't been collected by the medical shuttle as it fled. Captain Colt was calling the shots relatively quickly now, and he wanted any survivors taken care of as quickly as possible.
Kanzad Shirnoq
Moff, Kanz Sector
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| Verence_Terrawin | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 6:25 PM | Message # 21 |
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| Zooming from Hyperspace dropped four ships in between Lorrd and it's moon. The Alsakan Might had arrived, literally seconds after the Auril force left. 
The ships consisted of three C-3 Liners, painted in the rich Teal of the Alsakan Humanitarian Corps. Each of them was fitted with boosted engines and large range of communications arrays as they slickly slid through space where they had emerged near the moon toward the side on which there was the penal colony. Behind them burst from hyperspace some seconds later a truly vast vehicle, a MC-80 "Liberty Type" Star Cruise Ship, at 1200m long it rivalled even the huge Imperial-class ship in mass, but alas not in firepower - despite having a huge level of redundant and reinforced shield capacity it was alas not a warship, and mounted little more than a few tractor beams and bow and stern Ion Cannon batteries to stave off interlopers and invaders. Although if one were to look at the ship they might consider "that ship really is built well enough to be a war ship, I wonder if one day an alliance of rebels might covert them into heavy capital ships". Statistically it resembled the Mon Calamari Evacuation Cruiser.
The Alsakan Commander aboard the Mon Calamari ship opened his communications to the Imperial ships and the locals "Fellow Imperials, felicitations from Alsakan, I am Commander Abraxas Wingar of the Alsakan Humanitarian Corps. We were informed by some Auril System vessels that there was need for an evacuation on humanitarian grounds here so we stand ready to do so, friends." there were some words audible in the background as he had the Calamari sensor officer relay the news about the orbital platform being hit.
"Ye gods of old.." he momentarily paused and could be heard making some orders away from the microphone "Imperial and Lorrdian craft, I've got six Sprint-class Rescue Craft waiting aboard for dust off within two minutes, we'll happily offer all help possible to the survivors and take any off who can be easily reached. I've also got a couple of firefighting and rescue units aboard. I can have fourty "Inferno Firefighting Robo" droids deployed aboard the damaged station in five minutes, as well as thirty six men of Rescue Corps in powered space suits some minutes later. We've got five hundred beds available in our hospital aboard as we speak. Naturally, we're not armed or prepared for a tactical situation. Requesting permission to land on Lorrd II and take off any Lorrdian Vianists of Tionese Ethnicty as requested? Our ships are all based on the hulls of Liners, are unarmed and pose you no threat. We have three Skipray Blastboats waiting in reserve outside of the System in Deep Space should you require any further help in securing your world during this clearly difficult time... Has there been a battle here?"
The MC80 Liner would bypass the moon as the C-3s moved toward it, locking it's tractor beam on the larger sections of the space station still intact in orbit of Lorrd and holding them from falling down into the atmosphere with all it's might.
Verence Terrawin
Senator of Alsakan
First Lord of the Foreign Office, Alsakan
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 6:46 PM | Message # 22 |
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| The Revision had managed a turn so as to be on a slow, limping course back to Lorrd. At the moment, sealed bulkheads and blast doors kept the part of ship that was open to space from venting any further. With all available power taken from weapons and shunted carefully to shields and engines, as well as aiding damage control, the Acclamator II was not a viable warship at the moment. Nonetheless, it's trajectory would carry it within the protective confines of the other, undamaged Lorrdian vessels.
The two squadrons of Lorrdian fighter craft had survived as well, and they slowly moved through space near the destroyed station, looking for survivors and bodies alike.
The Viridian Sky reappeared at last, coupling with Stark's other vessels as they helped conduct a search for survivors.
Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
Licensed bounty hunter
Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
Civilian Medal of Honor recipient
Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Kanzad_Shirnoq | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 6:52 PM | Message # 23 |
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| As the Alsakan ships emerged, Captain Colt sighed and rubbed a hand alongside his nose. More party-crashers. With the Dominator having moved forwards to lock its own tractor beams on the wreckage of the station, largely the portions of the command area, Cole had the comms channel transferred to his station.
"Commander Wingar, this is Captain Damien Colt of the Kanz Sector Imperial Fleet. We appreciate the offer of aid, but at present, utilizing your combined tractors with ours will assist in moving any wreckage away from the planet to stabilize it. Lorrdian Control has assured me that their rescue ships are already en route. Nonetheless, thank you for the offer. In regards to the Vianists, whether they be ethnic Tionese or not, that is not yet my place to make a judgement call for or decide about. You will need to contact either the Lorrdians or Moff Shirnoq, but at this time, I would not recommend removing the Vianists from Lorrd II until the Moff contacts me with further details."
Kanzad Shirnoq
Moff, Kanz Sector
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| Verence_Terrawin | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 7:07 PM | Message # 24 |
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| They actually cheekily launched half the firefighting droids anyway aboard a civilian Gamma-class shuttle which deployed them in the space a short distance from the burning hulk of the station and they proceeded inwards, being flame proof and heat tolerant they skimmed through gashes from which flames spewed and moved into cooler areas of the interior and began shutting down gas valves or coating them closed with thick oxygen dampening foam.
"Commander Abraxas Wingar here again." he replied over the comms protocol. "It is my judgement that the fire situation could not wait for the Lorrdian response (minutes away as it may be) so I deployed firefighting droid crews. I'll leave evacuation to you chaps but I didn't want to see any more explosions and think its best that as quickly as possible we staunch the flames that are using up the oxygen left aboard that station. This channel is open to Lorrdian Control so the Lorrdian chaps can hear I am sure, you're welcome to keep the droids, the password on them is one, two, three, one. Consider it a gift."
As he spoke the C-3s began to deploy shuttlecraft (unarmed and with civilian or medical markings variously) down to the "Penal Colony" on the moon. There were also a selection of short range sublight transports which began to set down, as did two dozen transports from the MC80 Liner. "We're just going to drop off some aid for now, blankets, medical supplies, food, prefabricated shelters and survival equipment. We've also got refugees aboard who are claiming asylum on Lorrd (not Vianists you'll be pleased to hear) we rescued them when they sent a distress call from their Bulk Liner which was leaking atmosphere and had disabled engines from a raid, Imperial citizens all."
Verence Terrawin
Senator of Alsakan
First Lord of the Foreign Office, Alsakan
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 7:33 PM | Message # 25 |
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| Lorrd Control, which was monitoring all the current comm channels, contacted the Imperial shuttles that closing in on the station for evacuation and thanked them for their support, as well as setting a rendezvous marker for where the Lorrdian aid vessels were being sent from the surface. After hearing the Alsakan transmission though, there was a brief pause before another voice came through. Sounding rather proper and carrying an inflection of the upper class, it spoke over the open channels.
"Commander Wingar, this is Alexander Moss, Defense Minister of Lorrd. Your firefighting droids are appreciated in the effort to save whatever souls may be alive on the station. However, at this time, I request you do not land on Lorrd II due to the current situation. If you would be so kind, and if Captain Colt is accommodating, I would rather see the refugees transferred to the Imperial vessels for proper in-processing to Lorrd so that there is no confusion with the Vianists or cross-contamination, so to speak."
Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
Licensed bounty hunter
Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
Civilian Medal of Honor recipient
Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Kanzad_Shirnoq | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 7:37 PM | Message # 26 |
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| "These people are mad," Colt muttered to nobody in particular as he watched the Alsakan forces simply jump to their own conclusions. Activating the comm channel again, Colt sent a signal to Wingar. "Commander, reroute your transports to the Dominator. Imperial forces will be standing by to retrieve your refugees and render aid if necessary before transferring them over to the Lorrdians.
"In the meantime, I will ask you to comply with our current situation and the policy of the Lorrdian Defense Minister to remain off of Lorrd II for the time being. Turn your ships back, if you please." Sending an alternate signal to one of the Imperial II frigates, Colt ordered the vessel to launch a squadron of TIE fighters to act as escorts for the Alsakan sublight transports in bringing them in towards the Dominator.
Kanzad Shirnoq
Moff, Kanz Sector
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| Verence_Terrawin | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 7:40 PM | Message # 27 |
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| "Commander Abraxas Wingar here once again. We've decided that it is for the best that we de-bark the humanitarian supplies, although according to your wish we will not have the vessels touch down on Lorrd II but rather hover some centimeters above the surface and roll the containers down and out a safe distance from your Penal Colony. That way you can collect them and do as you like, does that sound reasonable?
As for these Asylum Seekers, they've the right to claim asylum at the first world they arrive at, and as such are claiming it within your jurisdiction, do you want them landed on Lorrd II or Lorrd itself? This is a clear matter of ancient law and furthermore I don't think the Imperial ships have the capacity to deal with such a mass of people - perhaps if we land them on Lorrd II they could use some of the prefabricated gear we're dropping off to take temporary shelter there while you work out what to do with them? There are only several thousand, not a huge mass or bulwark of people."
As he spoke the aid was dropped off "above" the surface of Lorrd II, by 5cm in each case, but no landing was made.
Verence Terrawin
Senator of Alsakan
First Lord of the Foreign Office, Alsakan
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| Alyn_Stark | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 7:59 PM | Message # 28 |
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| "Ancient law or not, asylum can be denied," Moss' voice was sharp as well now. "Please turn your vessels back Lorrd II. It is under travel restriction and at present, if any items to include arms and or explosives have been introduced onto Lorrd II, Alsakan will be seen as responsible for arming enemies of the Empire. Now once more, please turn your vessels away and follow the Imperial instructions to dock with their vessel."
Alyn Stark
Lord of Kinyov
Senior Captain, Retired, Republic Navy
Head of House Malos (former)
Licensed bounty hunter
Majority shareholder, Lorrd Engineering
Owner, Stark Defense Conglomerate
Civilian Medal of Honor recipient
Representative, Lorrd (10 BBY-9 BBY)
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| Kanzad_Shirnoq | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 8:02 PM | Message # 29 |
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| "Commander Wingar, I understand you are trying to help, but remove your vessels from Lorrd II's airspace, come about on course with my ship and your refugees will be guided in. This area was just a warzone and as such, I do not believe it is safe yet for any refugees to be placed, especially not on a penal colony as such." Colt's voice had a snap to it. Opening a channel to the TIE squadron closing in on the Alsakan transports, he ordered them to fire a shot across their bows if they attempted to disembark any passengers, but only on Colt's signal.
"I am ordering you, Commander Wingar, under the authority of Moff Shirnoq, reroute your vessels now. I understand your want to render aid but it is something I am rapidly running out of."
Kanzad Shirnoq
Moff, Kanz Sector
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| Verence_Terrawin | Date: Sunday, 09 Dec 2012, 8:10 PM | Message # 30 |
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| "The aid is delivered, friend." replied Wingar after they had been dropped off, his vessel feigning a comms problem until it had been. "Apologies, but we had already delivered the aid! I'm sure the Lorrdians can simply hand it out to the poor if they wish to do so. I'm recalling all my vessels now. The "war" in this "wazone" seems to be done, no? As such we request permission to set down these refugees at the earliest convenience - as the law specifies."
Verence Terrawin
Senator of Alsakan
First Lord of the Foreign Office, Alsakan
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