STGOD 4 Game Thread

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-13 02:19pm

Raistlin was feeling very nervous. Everyone watching him. He pulled the cowel over to further block his head and shield him from the sun, which was now shining into his hourglass eyes. Everyone around him was dead, or at elast seemed that way to is sight. He could barely stand the eyes, watching him any longer. His face was covered, and his features shrouded, his cloak billowing in the breeze. Why he had to be here he did not know.

"Greetings people of the Galaxy. The Arcane Empire wishes to offer its apologies for the tragic accidental death of our ambassador, and for the foolishness of his actions that caused his death. We did not wish to be offensive in our previous apology, but we dont like to omit information in any form. We Also offer our support to the people of the Monocoran empire in this most tragic of times to help them rebuild their homeworld in any way shape or form"

...

Dalamar looked at the man.. this wasnt going to work, the little bastard shifted position and he didnt have a clear shot. The best he could hope for was hitting themans hand...

He muttered the words of a spell

Shalafi, there is at least one sniper, get out!

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-13 02:21pm

Raistlin got the message

"I am sorry, but I have just recieved word that at least one of us is in danger"
He wispered into the princes ear

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-13 03:33pm

lazerus wrote:As an attempt to turn away from the millitary towards more peacefull indutries, the Jardanian governement is offering massvie tax breaks towards genetic engineering and terraforming companies.

Dyson Technologies has a wide variety of products, some of which involve terraforming or genetic engineering. We are interested in expanding into markets. This seems an ideal time to do so, especially for our Biotechnology division.

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-13 03:34pm

admiral_danielsben wrote:
Straha wrote:
admiral_danielsben wrote:A few ships approached the ravaged Earth. When they encountered other vessels, they hailed, stating "We understand this world has been seriously damaged and is presently unable to be self-sustaining. We of Dyson Technologies will, at low cost, be willing to sell your reconstruction forces genetically modified photosynthetic bacteria and algae, in robotic assemblies to keep under control; as well as machines that exchange dissolved ocean water and the atmosphere at much greater speed than normal; to stablilze the worlds atmosphere."
"Done deal, send some men down to Andorra to negotiate the details."
"The negotiation team is under transit. Our opening offer is 100 bricks of latinum per 12-cubic-km patch of algae/assembly, and 310 bricks per ocean-water exchange unit. We will await your counter-proposals and number requested."

"We have arrived at the council and await your counter-offer."

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-05-13 04:52pm

Straha wrote:
Captain tycho wrote:Far Point, Embree Mountains
A small and boxy shuttle descended into the mountains, sweeping low over their tops and then circling around the agreed upon landing zone before setting down. As the ramp slid open, a pair of Anubites marched down, energy lances cradled in their arms, eyes scanning every detail. A few moments later, a R'hlloran clambered down the ramp, ill-used to the planet's high gravity. "Greetings" he said through his electronic voice filter. The R'hlloran flicked an annoyed appendage at the 2 Anbuites, who went back inside the ship. "Now, lets get down to business."
"Yes let's. Here's what we are willing to do. We each agree to come to the other's aid if we are attacked, offensive actions are not covered by this. We agree to a small joint military command force which will control all joint decisisons in times of hostility. You will come to our aid if any of our allies are attacked, and we will do the same with you. All secret treaties are to come to the fore now, or else this treaty will be null and void, also we will be in the complete control of all ground forces if the alliance is called apon to fight an aggressor party. Do you have any objections?"

The R'hlloran paused, then slapped his tentacles together happily. "It is done, but we are loathe to give away the command codes for our ground combat robots, and translating the command language from the original to something compatible with your computers will be difficult at best."

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-14 12:19pm

admiral_danielsben wrote:
admiral_danielsben wrote:
Straha wrote: "Done deal, send some men down to Andorra to negotiate the details."
"The negotiation team is under transit. Our opening offer is 100 bricks of latinum per 12-cubic-km patch of algae/assembly, and 310 bricks per ocean-water exchange unit. We will await your counter-proposals and number requested."
"We have arrived at the council and await your counter-offer."

Ambassador Halifax rushed in.

"Sorry about the delay. We pretty much agree, except for the fact that we have no clue as to what Latinum is..."

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-14 12:21pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:Raistlin got the message

"I am sorry, but I have just recieved word that at least one of us is in danger"
He wispered into the princes ear

The Prince whispered back. "Nonsense, our men are patrolling the rooftops, and some of the buildings. We'll be fine."

Then, turning to the press, he started to talk.

"Ladies and Gentlemen. We are most pleased with this turn of events. We hope that these talks work to improve both our interests, and make the galaxy a much happier place. Any questions for us from you boys and gels in the press?"

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-05-14 02:18pm

Temesvar, Region of Varna
Castle of the Grand Prince

Elanie began searching the estate. She would make it her own. It was a palatial structure, surrounded by grounds in which one could easily become lost, but she fully intended on learning it like the back of her hand. She had been a creature of the Void, masquerading as a flatlander, for most of her short life. I guess I'm some other sort of ... creature. It was a cold, clinical thought. It had been a choice she had no trouble making. Life for a cripple on a Cluster was far from ideal. Bereft of usefulness, it was possible to find oneself reliant on the kindness of strangers to survive- and there was little kindness for deadweights in the Clusters.

No. She thought. It wasn't hard choice at all. She shuddered, memory's eye turning back to those cold, terrible weeks following the Rape of Terra. The only thing worse than the burning, constant, drug-hazed pain she had felt as she lay wrapped in the repair-creche was the empty numbness below the waist. The explosion hadn't spared her- it had merely failed to finish killing her.

Which reminded her. This was the first time she had been on her feet in what had seemed like an eternity. She needed to feel alive.

The Gropener-sword was a hard weapon to master. In the null-g of a cluster, the environment for which it was designed, the user had to learn to use it's counterthrusters to control her own movements as well as those of the blade, each cut of jab acting as a defensive dodge, as well. Dirtside, the weapon's strange balance, dedicated heavily towards the tip, made it akward to those who were not well-trained.

Elanie had never needed to use the 'sword in combat. Not for her stand-up duels or face-to-face confrontations. She had spent some of her free time learning the complex art, reveling in the direct simplicity of the physical conflict in comparison to the games of smoke and mirrors she had spent so long mastering.

She had brought her 'sword with her, along with a handful of relics of her life on the Cluster. In minutes she had found a secluded lawn, and there she began. Clad in a pair of shorts and a cropped vest, barefoot, she began her kata, settling into the dueling stance on the balls of her feet with blade held at a parallel to the ground. Elanie closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then exploded into motion. Her muscles felt no fatigue at all, no cramps despite her sedentary state over the last few weeks. The blade moved in dizzying patterns of whirling slices and fast parries accompanied by swift kicks, first high and then low, aimed at a shadow-opponent's adam's apple and then crotch. Her long, prehensile toes gripped the ground as she pushed herself into a prodigous lunge, recovering almost instantly.

As suddenly as it had begun, it stopped. Elanie stood still, in the en garde position. She smiled broadly. It felt good. Sweet voidmother- I haven't broken a sweat.

Nothing was furthur from her mind than the consequences of what had been an easy choice. There was only the joy of the moment, and the revel in an end to torment.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-05-14 02:36pm

Manifold Starpot, Halo
"Grey Worm, step forward." Obediently, Grey Worm gracefully stepped out of the lift towards the speaker. His towering form could barely fit within the cramped lift, but nonethless he thought nothing of it. AI's cared nothing of physical discomfort, even if the host body could detect it. He stretched out to his full 9 foot height as he stepped onto the landing pad, his enhanced eyes taking in and processing every tiny detail instantly. He noted the 4 Hunter-Killer specialist automatons, the R'hlloran hovering in front of him with a dozen different devices in his tentacles, and the compact yet heavily armed Goddess-class cruiser hovering a hundred feet above the landing pad. He went to one knee before the R'hlloran, and lowered his eyes respectfully. "This one is ready" he stated in a deep, harsh voice. The R'hlloran make a sound halfway between a laugh and a sigh. "Don't be so dramatic, Grey Worm. Now, your mission..." the R'hlloran paused to enter a command into one of the devices he was carrying, and information flooded Grey Worm's head. Grey Worm skimmed through the details at lightning speed, and rose from his kneeling position. "This one is prepared." The R'hlloran slapped his tentacles together in a typical display of impatience. "R'glash, teleport the squad up please." Grey Worm was blinded for a brief instant, then he felt his mind disocciate freom his body for a fleeting moment. Then it was all back to normal, and he was standing inside the familiar confines of a R'hlloran warship, the 4 HKs standing next to him, perfectly still. Without a glance back at them, he uploaded himself into the ship's control interface, settled in, and took off.

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-14 04:40pm

Straha wrote:
admiral_danielsben wrote:
admiral_danielsben wrote: "The negotiation team is under transit. Our opening offer is 100 bricks of latinum per 12-cubic-km patch of algae/assembly, and 310 bricks per ocean-water exchange unit. We will await your counter-proposals and number requested."
"We have arrived at the council and await your counter-offer."
Ambassador Halifax rushed in.

"Sorry about the delay. We pretty much agree, except for the fact that we have no clue as to what Latinum is..."

"Latinum is a precious, rare-earth, transperiodic metal, liquid at standard pressure and temperature (760 torr, 298 k), usually alloyed with gold at a rate of 90% gold, 5% latinum, 5% impurities, by mass. The resulting metal is very valuable. The equivalent value is about 1 brick of latinum = .6 kg = .03 kg latinum, equivalent to the value of roughly .11 kg of 95% pure platinum."

OOC: coming soon, an OOC post.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-05-14 04:50pm

Onboard the Unreliable Savant
The system was finally entering sensor range. Grey Worm plotted a course inward, towards the Veithan fleet, then turned on on the ship's broadcast beacon, indicating the ship was friendly. While his mind piloted the ship, his body was loading up with weapons and armor in the armoury. On went a layer of kinetic energy-bleeding mesh, then a energy abosorbent mesh, and then finally his outer suit, which sealed itself tighly against Grey Worm's skin, extending life support sensors throughout his body, and then mating its own AI with Grey Worm. He grabbed and stored dozens of explosives, several fletchette guns, a laser saw, EMP bursters, and finally a long but sleek energy lancer. After he was fully armed, his body stood perfectly still, and waited for the ship to get into range of the Veithan fleet.

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-05-14 06:59pm

::::::::::Carulan Orbit:::::::::

The Monacoarn shuttle containing their diplomats reverted to realspace in orbit around Carulan

::::::::Carulan orbital defense station::::::

"Monacoarn shuttle, you have landing clearance."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-15 12:03am

Raistlin sent a quick spell directly into the political prince's mind while making his happy(relatively speaking) political show

My apprentice is on the roof of another building, he sees the sniper. If Dalamar could get a shot off, he wouldnt have told me. Do you have the ability to put a shield around the restaraunt?

Shark Bait · Post by **Shark Bait** » 2004-05-15 12:17am

As the Atlantian carrier appeared once more in real space near the planet New St. Paul Hectori and his mate Lutris surfaced in their tank. First contact had come at a somewhat unfortunate time for them it had coensided almost perfectly with their second courtship cycle. At the moment they had reached a state of mental connection that most humans could not fully comprehend, their mindes acted almost as one, often finding themselves finishing each others sentences.

Once out of the tank and somewhat dry they walked hand in hand to a short ranged communication center and sent a message to the planet's local government stating that they had arrived and were ready to begin scanning for a suitable location for the dome.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-05-15 08:39am

As the Atlantian carrier appeared once more in real space near the planet New St. Paul Hectori and his mate Lutris surfaced in their tank. First contact had come at a somewhat unfortunate time for them it had coensided almost perfectly with their second courtship cycle. At the moment they had reached a state of mental connection that most humans could not fully comprehend, their mindes acted almost as one, often finding themselves finishing each others sentences.

Once out of the tank and somewhat dry they walked hand in hand to a short ranged communication center and sent a message to the planet's local government stating that they had arrived and were ready to begin scanning for a suitable location for the dome.

House Lord Micheal Childs was at home when the message got to him. In fact he had been asleep. Jerking himself awake (and his wife in the process) he dressed quicky, twiching on his black tunic and pants. On the right breast of his a pair of crossed axes were embordered on, the symbol of House Childs. House Lord Micheal cursed mildly, his heir and eldest daughter was on Lastport, acting as his repersentive on the Lord's counsil and his twin sons were much to young for this.

"Are you ready dear?" Asked his wife.

"Yes, let's go. Hopfully we're beat the press."

They arrived at the Comm Station, already in contact with the alien carrier. A tech turnned to his House Lord and reported.

"House Lord Childs, they state that they are ready to begin scanning for dome locations."

"Oh, I hope this turns out better than the snakes." Whispered his wife, House Lady Donna Ryan Childs.

"I'm sure it will, the Lord Protector himself met with him on first contact. I knew that lad find a way into the history books one way or another." The House Lord whispered aside. He took a monute to chuckle over that youth. As a rule House Lords were not suppose to like their Lord Portectors. After all if the wars had gone the other way, they would all be soverngen lords in their own right instead of just his governors. But it was hard not to like the young and energertic Lord Protector. Besides, if the Houses had won the wars, they would be 11 nations now, not 1. 11 nations that would have been easy meat for the Hajr or Krynor or the machine rapist...

He shoke himself and replied to the tech.

"Tell they may begin at their convinence and that I and my Lady look forward to meeting with them."

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-15 01:06pm

Darksider wrote:::::::::::Carulan Orbit:::::::::

The Monacoarn shuttle containing their diplomats reverted to realspace in orbit around Carulan

::::::::Carulan orbital defense station::::::

"Monacoarn shuttle, you have landing clearance."

"Thank you very much, down we come."

::shall we just skip ahead to the actual meeting?::

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-05-15 01:39pm

Straha wrote:
Darksider wrote:::::::::::Carulan Orbit:::::::::

The Monacoarn shuttle containing their diplomats reverted to realspace in orbit around Carulan

::::::::Carulan orbital defense station::::::

"Monacoarn shuttle, you have landing clearance."
"Thank you very much, down we come."

::shall we just skip ahead to the actual meeting?::

(OOC: Sure)

The monacoarn military officials were led into a room with the emperor and High Admiral Nakema of the Krytos Star Navy

"Welcome gentlemen, please, sit down. Admiral Nakema has quite a show for you today. Admiral, if you will?"

"Certainly emperor."

Nakema turned to the Monacoarn commanders

"Let me introduce you to Aries."

The admiral activated a holoprojector that projected a set of specifications for a new type of starship

"This is the Aries class planetary assault cruiser. We have two prototypes under construction, and had planned to build as many as ten more, but with the recent buildup to fight the unknown machines that attacked earth, all of our shipyards are occupied with construction of existing designs. We'd like to use yours to build these things. We'll pay for the construction, as well of the construction of three more that your navy can keep if you let us.

"If you like, I can give a detailed breifing on the Aries class, what it's designed to do, and how it does it."

lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-05-15 01:44pm

The Jardanians continue to learn about goa'ould technology and biology.......

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-15 04:38pm

Darksider wrote:The monacoarn military officials were led into a room with the emperor and High Admiral Nakema of the Krytos Star Navy

"Welcome gentlemen, please, sit down. Admiral Nakema has quite a show for you today. Admiral, if you will?"

"Certainly emperor."

Nakema turned to the Monacoarn commanders

"Let me introduce you to Aries."

The admiral activated a holoprojector that projected a set of specifications for a new type of starship

"This is the Aries class planetary assault cruiser. We have two prototypes under construction, and had planned to build as many as ten more, but with the recent buildup to fight the unknown machines that attacked earth, all of our shipyards are occupied with construction of existing designs. We'd like to use yours to build these things. We'll pay for the construction, as well of the construction of three more that your navy can keep if you let us.

"If you like, I can give a detailed breifing on the Aries class, what it's designed to do, and how it does it."

Admiral Nomura, leader of the delegation, merely nodded.

"Done deal. Though a more detailed briefing would be prefered. I know we can get you 50% of our ship-yards by the end of next month and, if the army agrees, we could double that by the end of the year."

Darksider · Post by **Darksider** » 2004-05-15 04:44pm

Straha wrote:
Darksider wrote:The monacoarn military officials were led into a room with the emperor and High Admiral Nakema of the Krytos Star Navy

"Welcome gentlemen, please, sit down. Admiral Nakema has quite a show for you today. Admiral, if you will?"

"Certainly emperor."

Nakema turned to the Monacoarn commanders

"Let me introduce you to Aries."

The admiral activated a holoprojector that projected a set of specifications for a new type of starship

"This is the Aries class planetary assault cruiser. We have two prototypes under construction, and had planned to build as many as ten more, but with the recent buildup to fight the unknown machines that attacked earth, all of our shipyards are occupied with construction of existing designs. We'd like to use yours to build these things. We'll pay for the construction, as well of the construction of three more that your navy can keep if you let us.

"If you like, I can give a detailed breifing on the Aries class, what it's designed to do, and how it does it."
Admiral Nomura, leader of the delegation, merely nodded.

"Done deal. Though a more detailed briefing would be prefered. I know we can get you 50% of our ship-yards by the end of next month and, if the army agrees, we could double that by the end of the year."

"The Aries class is the first of our major naval vessels in over ten years to go without a fusion cannon, but that kind of armament dosen't suit the ships purpose. It is designed to attack an area of a planet with low yield warheads launched from five foreward firing capship missile launchers, and then land on the planet and begin deploying troops. While the troops are landing, it's PD guns will take out any enemy artillary shells and fighters that attempt to harras the deploying formations. Once the troops are deployed, the ship will raise it's shields and become a battlefield command center. Essentially a super fortified bunker with capital grade shielding, several meters of neo-duranium armor, and a full array of Point defense lasers and capital scale weapons."

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-15 11:12pm

Krynn, Oerth-Greyhawk, and Aber-Toril, Arcane Empire

Above each of these planets massive ships, each owned by a different holding company of the Monacoran Government, lifted off laden with gold and platinum. Governmental Regulations required that the nation own a somewhat sizeable amount of commodities in times of crisis. Gold was a favorite choice of the Government if war was seen on the horizon or if it looked to be strong in the long term.

From each ship a small cloaked military transport detached, zoomed off to the relative middle of nowhere, dropped off a wooden cart, and left the planet, once again inside the large ships. Each cart, self propelled by means of a small silent electric motor, carried large amounts of electronic goods, and went to nearby small towns and markets. Once there the people who drove the carts, who were also members of the Monacoran Army though they were dressed as peasents, would sell their goods at amounts obscene for inhabitants of electrified planets. These goods, seen as novelty items by some and items of convenience and wonder by others, brought massive amounts of gold into the carts, gold that would never be seen again on the planets.

Shark Bait · Post by **Shark Bait** » 2004-05-16 02:50am

"Tell they may begin at their convinence and that I and my Lady look forward to meeting with them."

Hectori and Lutris spoke in unison to the Command deck. "Ok this is it we want to make a good impression they need to be impressed with our construction and fabrication techniques if we want to establish a working trade partnership. Lets have this proceed quickly and smoothly if anyone finds a possible sight send the data directly to the build team and scientists. Other than that no one makes a move untill I confirm the location and give the go ahead."

The carrier slid closer to the planet and began their scan of the ocean while the construction team imediately set to work on the ship making final preps to deploy the dome-kit, as the command deck turned their full attention to interperting the massive quantity of data that was coming in from their scanning systems. After only a short while perliminary scans turned up a number of possible sights which were imediately sent to the builders. An anaylasis of a sight could take several hours under normal circumstances but they had committed to speed if a site seemed poor in any respect it was almost imediately rejected.

Hectori smiled a habit he had picked up from humans this could be it this could be the moment that decided how humans viewed Atlantian engeneering and technology.

admiral_danielsben · Post by **admiral_danielsben** » 2004-05-16 09:09am

"The Union is interested in attending the ongoing diplomatic negotiations, to observe as well as to conduct them ourselves."

(OOC: assuming they're allowed to get to Andorra....)

Five individuals stepped off the shuttle. One was a female human. Another was male, a member of one of the humanoid Avean species. A third was... not of any one species - she had pointed ears, a slight greenish tinge, and eyes that seemed to look beyond appearance. The fourth also had pointed ears.... but was four feet tall, and had no greenish tinge. The fifth was an amphibian, walking semi-upright, remaining low to the ground. They approached the conference.

(OOC: the third individual is 1/4 Vulcan, 1/4 Betazoid, 1/4 Ocampa, and 1/4 Elven. As you can surmise from this, she is quite talented in psychic and magical abilities. The fourth individual is short because he is 1/4 hobbit. The fifth is at least part of the amphibious Avean species - they are a 4-species race, 2 humanoid, 1 avian, 1 amphibious).

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-05-16 11:27am

admiral_danielsben wrote:
Five individuals stepped off the shuttle. One was a female human. Another was male, a member of one of the humanoid Avean species. A third was... not of any one species - she had pointed ears, a slight greenish tinge, and eyes that seemed to look beyond appearance. The fourth also had pointed ears.... but was four feet tall, and had no greenish tinge. The fifth was an amphibian, walking semi-upright, remaining low to the ground. They approached the conference.

Ambassador Halifax and Welles walked out to meet the approaching delegation, guarded by a small army unit.

"Welcome to Earth. You are luckilly a little late for a diplomatic conferece that we were holding, however we are more then elated to greet you in the name of Monacora. Come, though you have to go through medical quarantine untill we can determine if you pose no danger to us, and vice versa, we can accompany you through this and discuss more important matters there."

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-05-16 12:26pm

"Sir, the monocoran transmports seem to loose mass
"what? You must be joking"
"No sir, look at my crystal"
"Hmm... there are small gravitic distortions as well... small, but they are there"

"Have a telepath ask what tey are up to"

...

This is a telepath

"Monocoran transports, what on earth are you dropping off? Our government agreed to give you a loan, not to have you send ships down planetside under cloak."