Tanis
12-05-2006, 8:23 PM
Blasts of blue and purple super-heated plasma passed within feet of the hardened ferro-titanium hull of the EWS Banshee as the huge fleets traded fire at nearly point blank range. The block and robust war ships of the Eridanians sharply contrasted with the gentle curves and flowing lines of the Achirdian cruisers, whos sleek and slight vessels cut like a knife through the battle group, firing their plasma weapons at the larger, yet better armored, Eridanian battleships. Fleet Captain Aureas Tenagus was nearly thrown from his command chair as Achirdian vessels poured fire onto his hull. He cursed silently before re-composing himself before his command crew.
"Sir, we've lost electric turret control!" Yelled the Master Engineer.
"Hand crank the turrets if you have to!" Replied Captain Aureas.
"Target aquisiton gear just went down too!" Came the call.
"Then sight down the damn barrels!"
The massive twin projectile cannon turrets on the fore end of the battleship blossomed in fire, throwing huge slug like rounds at hypersonic speed. In the not so far away distance, an Achirdian Carrier rocked as the projectiles hit home, blowing straight through the weak armor and exiting the opposite side. Lights on the ships flickered, and finally went out. Bodies of the Achirdian sailors were ejected into the dark of space, suffocating and dying of the incredible cold. Aureas was indifferent as the turrets rotated to target another vessel. Aureas prepared to fire again...
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The year is 3021 A.D., known to some as 39 A.E. Mankind is once again at war with itself. In 2022, after years of unsuccessful attempts, the USA in cooperation with the Japanese, managed to develop and land a self contained habitat that was landed on the Moon with the ability to support Human and plant life. Forty men and women from the two nations were the first people to live off world for any length of time. From then on, Human relations would never be the same. Nations united with the aim of interstellar colonization and exploration. Late in 2027, a similar habitat was landed on Mars, and by 2100 nearly a billion people were living off Earth in manufactured colonies on the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and Venus. Sub light engines created a booming inter-colony trade, and independence was restored to sea captains, who soon bought their own vessels and ventured into Space.
2123 brought a new level of achievement to the Human race. Early that year, the first faster than light, or FTL drive was installed and successfully tested. A ship jumped from Earth to Pluto, a journey that would normally have taken six weeks, was executed simultaneously and with little side effects to the test crew. Within twenty years, a colony had been established on Pluto. However, FTL drives were primitive and dangerous, and people had yet to leave the solar system. Peace abounded the Earth Colonies, which one by one declared peaceful independence from Earth. By 2210, all colonies were sovereign powers with their own armies and fleets of ships, though the idea of war was far from any Human's mind at this time. Trade was at an all time high, and people were high in morale. It was the greatest time in the Human race's history. In 2213, a huge project was launched to send colonists outside Earth's solar system, with two missions planned to take place simultaneously. The projects were aimed at the distant star systems orbiting the stars Epsilon Eridani and Achird.
The projects were planned and set up over the course of fifty years, finally culminating in the launch of the Epsilon Eridani Colonization fleet in 2264, followed by the Achird Colonization Fleet in 2265. Both Colonization fleets consisted of five cold storage vessels containing 500,000 men and women all together, as well as six ships containing prefabricated shelters, electronic equipment, freeze dried food stuffs, and other supplies that they would need after they landed on their target planets. Both target planets could support human life, and were designated Eridanus Prime and Achird Prime. The craft landed approximately five years after launching, each Colonization Fleet landing without problems. Men and women woke up, and began establishing the first extra-solar system colonies. By the year 2341, the Achird and Eridanus colonies had established contact with themselves and Earth, forming the first Interplanetary Alliance, which they called the Triad of Terran Powers, or TTP.
The year 2456 brought the three into a small conflict. FTL drives had become much more reliable and safe, and were on virtually all ships in the TTP fleets. By this time, the Achird and Eridanus colonies had terra-formed and landed people on all the habitable planets in their own star systems, and even managed to settle colonies of their own on neighboring star systems. They began to call themselves the Achird Planetary Federation (APF) and the Eridanian Republic (ER), creating their own interstellar nations and distinct peoples. The TTP began to break down in 2513 over territorial disputes and trade agreements, and by 2549 was completely defunct. Open war had not broken out, but they were now rivals, not fellow Humans in the eyes of their fellow Star Empires. The first shots fired in anger in nearly five hundred years were fired on January 23, 2601 when ground troops of the APF attacked and took an Earth colony in the earliest stages of development. Things began to heat up fast, and the ER mobilized its battle fleet against the APF in 2679. The first spacial engagements took place between a Frigate of the ER and a fighter wing of the APF.
The APF and the ER fought over territory for almost twenty years before a formal cease fire was signed on September 27th, 2698. With the cease fire, peace returned to the three Star Empires. The ever reaching arms of the three Human empires began to stretch, planting colonies and hundreds of worlds across the galaxy. On the year 2982, the first invasion of a Star Empire by another occurred. Battle cruisers of the APF Expeditionary Battle Fleet exited Light Speed in high orbit above Earth and Mars. Firing their recently designed plasma-based weaponry, they poured super heated weapons fire on to Earth till the oceans boiled and the atmosphere broke down completely. This marked the beginning of the years After Earth, A.E. Earth became a dead rock, and the rest of the Earth chief planets were simultaneously eliminated in the same fashion. Within three weeks, the Earth Star Empire had submitted to the control of the APF. Apparently having aspirations of ruling all Human planets, the APF began a similar invasion of the ER by 3019. However, unlike the Earth Star Empire, the ER was ready for such an attack. APF Battle cruisers were met by ER Dreadnoughts, and the most devastating war in Human history ensued. The war has been going on for only two years, but untold numbers of people have died. Can the Human race survive?
This is the first post of the APF/ER Interstellar War, please tell me what you think
"Sir, we've lost electric turret control!" Yelled the Master Engineer.
"Hand crank the turrets if you have to!" Replied Captain Aureas.
"Target aquisiton gear just went down too!" Came the call.
"Then sight down the damn barrels!"
The massive twin projectile cannon turrets on the fore end of the battleship blossomed in fire, throwing huge slug like rounds at hypersonic speed. In the not so far away distance, an Achirdian Carrier rocked as the projectiles hit home, blowing straight through the weak armor and exiting the opposite side. Lights on the ships flickered, and finally went out. Bodies of the Achirdian sailors were ejected into the dark of space, suffocating and dying of the incredible cold. Aureas was indifferent as the turrets rotated to target another vessel. Aureas prepared to fire again...
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The year is 3021 A.D., known to some as 39 A.E. Mankind is once again at war with itself. In 2022, after years of unsuccessful attempts, the USA in cooperation with the Japanese, managed to develop and land a self contained habitat that was landed on the Moon with the ability to support Human and plant life. Forty men and women from the two nations were the first people to live off world for any length of time. From then on, Human relations would never be the same. Nations united with the aim of interstellar colonization and exploration. Late in 2027, a similar habitat was landed on Mars, and by 2100 nearly a billion people were living off Earth in manufactured colonies on the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and Venus. Sub light engines created a booming inter-colony trade, and independence was restored to sea captains, who soon bought their own vessels and ventured into Space.
2123 brought a new level of achievement to the Human race. Early that year, the first faster than light, or FTL drive was installed and successfully tested. A ship jumped from Earth to Pluto, a journey that would normally have taken six weeks, was executed simultaneously and with little side effects to the test crew. Within twenty years, a colony had been established on Pluto. However, FTL drives were primitive and dangerous, and people had yet to leave the solar system. Peace abounded the Earth Colonies, which one by one declared peaceful independence from Earth. By 2210, all colonies were sovereign powers with their own armies and fleets of ships, though the idea of war was far from any Human's mind at this time. Trade was at an all time high, and people were high in morale. It was the greatest time in the Human race's history. In 2213, a huge project was launched to send colonists outside Earth's solar system, with two missions planned to take place simultaneously. The projects were aimed at the distant star systems orbiting the stars Epsilon Eridani and Achird.
The projects were planned and set up over the course of fifty years, finally culminating in the launch of the Epsilon Eridani Colonization fleet in 2264, followed by the Achird Colonization Fleet in 2265. Both Colonization fleets consisted of five cold storage vessels containing 500,000 men and women all together, as well as six ships containing prefabricated shelters, electronic equipment, freeze dried food stuffs, and other supplies that they would need after they landed on their target planets. Both target planets could support human life, and were designated Eridanus Prime and Achird Prime. The craft landed approximately five years after launching, each Colonization Fleet landing without problems. Men and women woke up, and began establishing the first extra-solar system colonies. By the year 2341, the Achird and Eridanus colonies had established contact with themselves and Earth, forming the first Interplanetary Alliance, which they called the Triad of Terran Powers, or TTP.
The year 2456 brought the three into a small conflict. FTL drives had become much more reliable and safe, and were on virtually all ships in the TTP fleets. By this time, the Achird and Eridanus colonies had terra-formed and landed people on all the habitable planets in their own star systems, and even managed to settle colonies of their own on neighboring star systems. They began to call themselves the Achird Planetary Federation (APF) and the Eridanian Republic (ER), creating their own interstellar nations and distinct peoples. The TTP began to break down in 2513 over territorial disputes and trade agreements, and by 2549 was completely defunct. Open war had not broken out, but they were now rivals, not fellow Humans in the eyes of their fellow Star Empires. The first shots fired in anger in nearly five hundred years were fired on January 23, 2601 when ground troops of the APF attacked and took an Earth colony in the earliest stages of development. Things began to heat up fast, and the ER mobilized its battle fleet against the APF in 2679. The first spacial engagements took place between a Frigate of the ER and a fighter wing of the APF.
The APF and the ER fought over territory for almost twenty years before a formal cease fire was signed on September 27th, 2698. With the cease fire, peace returned to the three Star Empires. The ever reaching arms of the three Human empires began to stretch, planting colonies and hundreds of worlds across the galaxy. On the year 2982, the first invasion of a Star Empire by another occurred. Battle cruisers of the APF Expeditionary Battle Fleet exited Light Speed in high orbit above Earth and Mars. Firing their recently designed plasma-based weaponry, they poured super heated weapons fire on to Earth till the oceans boiled and the atmosphere broke down completely. This marked the beginning of the years After Earth, A.E. Earth became a dead rock, and the rest of the Earth chief planets were simultaneously eliminated in the same fashion. Within three weeks, the Earth Star Empire had submitted to the control of the APF. Apparently having aspirations of ruling all Human planets, the APF began a similar invasion of the ER by 3019. However, unlike the Earth Star Empire, the ER was ready for such an attack. APF Battle cruisers were met by ER Dreadnoughts, and the most devastating war in Human history ensued. The war has been going on for only two years, but untold numbers of people have died. Can the Human race survive?
This is the first post of the APF/ER Interstellar War, please tell me what you think