a weird space signiture.....

Undated_Abyss

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The scout craft continue taking scans of the bubble and it's inhabitant, and look for a way to breach it (peacefully, without weapons)
The energy spike is closely monitored, and EMP/overload protection systems are double checked for faults

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Undated_Abyss

jbox1

FangTheCat

CursedPh4nt0m
hmm...so it seems like you all did not claim that bubble,thats.....unexpected tbh,but ahh well
(also @killercat625 ,you took too muh time for that reply,so ima move on,hope u can catch up)
the energy spike continue to raise up,the void arround shakes as the sugniture become higher and higher,suddely,a series of large wormholes opens up infront of the scouts,as the leading portal,a large warship comes out,followed by many auxiliary crafts,a gigantic egg-shaped fortress-thingy and many fighters

the leading warship immediately open fire at the void,after a while,a transmission is received from the warship
//transmission starts//
"i am Jeffrey Wilder,captain of this warship,the Macross Quatar,and the flert behind my ship is the 25th New Macross-class Colonial fleet,or as other colonial fleets call us,the Macross Frontier,we are originally on a mission to go to the universe' center but......due to some circumstances,we lost our ace pilot to some unknown hybrid of one of our warship and an identified organic lifeform,thus we follow its gravitational signals to here,we are thankful that we finally can recover our ace pilot.As you all participated in this recovery mission,we can try and fulfill one request from all of you"
//transmission end//
all fighters,warships and the fleet cluster now stay in formation,awaiting for answer as the leading warship,titled "Marcross Quatar",sent out three fighters and recover the bubble

jbox1

Dumb Energy spikes? Oh yay!

FangTheCat

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The Coronas back up, Its clear they took some damage, their front armor is scorched, They wait for the input of the others...

CursedPh4nt0m

Dumb Having been slightly damaged, the scouts retreat, check their systems and send a second report before orbiting the remains. This time at a much greater distance tho.

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killercat625 ey bacteriophage,u need to act buddy

killercat625

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(You didnt mention me I dont think, Because I didnt get the notification)

(No you didnt @ me so I never got to reply)

CursedPh4nt0m

Dumb After some time one of the scouts sends a transmission.
/Transmission start/
This tech you're using seems pretty advanced. If you don't mind sharing your knowledge with us...
/Transmission end/

FangTheCat

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The Coronas remain in the back..
/TransmissionStart/
"We only request assistance on our new Drives, for our Mobile Suits, However you choose to assist, if you choiose to help, is up to you, Credits, Or technology. We will send our latest version out."
/TransmissionStart/
Some sort of vehicle, Larger than most fighters, Is launched from a Corona, It is painted black, with dark blue particles firing from the back.. It is moving without any actual propulsion. No Fuel.. No Energy seems to be needed.

The Vehicle, Which can now be clearly seen as a Mobile Suit, Moves forward. It seems to be displaying the particles. A small explosion is seen, It is clear that the Device is not perfected, One of the Lights on the Suit's back has went out, along with the particles on that side..
A small light blinks near the top of the Suit's head, A signal. The Signal Reads
"The Drive is still unstable, we cannot seem to figure out how to make it stable."

Undated_Abyss

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//Transmission Start//
We have no request for now, we may use it at a later date. The quest of yours, it should be an interesting one. Some of our higher ranks will be arriving shortly for more formal Diplomacy.
//Transmission End//
//Transmitting to all ships in sector//
Be advised, a few of our heavier warships will be jumping in shortly, but they are not hostile.
//Transmission End//

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Dumb FangTheCat

jbox1

killercat625

Undated_Abyss
with even more powerful scanning,the data shown is still the same,either the information of "the thing" is not even remotely protected against scanning or they uses technologies not comprehensible by any known factions to guard some dark secrets......
no reaction is performed by "the thing" against the transmission and the scans other than occational shimmering of the purple gems,as the Vulthoo,the bacteriophage and the manned scouts enter the 5m radius of "the thing",a massive dimensional barrier is projected from "the thing" as if to repel any intruders....

killercat625 i pinged tho 🤔

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CursedPh4nt0m //transmission starts//
"actually,our technology is still on the level of nuclear fission,but due to some extraterresterial invasion we are able to exploit some technology that we have not fully understand,but nonetheless,here is your request"
a fighter is launched from Macross Quatar
image https://i.imgur.com/JND5bxK.gif

"this is what we called a "VF",or variable fighter to be exact,this is developed back in the 2100s as to counter mecha from an extraterresterial civilisation,throughout our travels we have obtained many knowledge about void-borne fighting and thus this,the Ghost V1 is developed,it is capable of both void-borne fighting and fighting in atmosphere,thus living to its name "Variable Fighter",it is also capable of mounting almost all weaponary and capable of moving in near light speed,this is a gift from Macross Frontier and do whatever you want with it,we hope both our civilisation remains posperous in this galatic theatre"
//transmission end//

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FangTheCat (wait..does that "Mobile suit" of urs is some sort of mecha?)

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REVIVE!
huehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehue

(jk)

Undated_Abyss just find out that i sorta missed your reply in this event,im very sorry about that,theres a next part rn ,faint energy outburst ,so you can join if you want (you will get the bonus of not losing anything due to having atleast a face-to-face contact with Macross Frontier)

FangTheCat

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UHM, Sorry,
Internet decided to die yesterday..

Yes, Here is a Graze (Its also a mobile suit, but not quite the same as the one here)

image https://i.imgur.com/jCbkaJu.jpg
These things are BIG too.. only the very center is for the pilot.

jbox1

Dumb we are able to exploit some technology that we have not fully understand

this is an equally fitting description of the SFCD.

Drakador_Chaos permanently damage time-space

Obviously you've never met Jake.

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@jbox1 u can request something too lol

jbox1

Dumb /transmission begin/
Erm, we actually ain't got no requests. Well, yet. Whatcha got on offer?

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jbox1 //transmission starts//
"we.....erm....what we got that these factions don't have?""sir i think they havn't gain any understanding of our strategic resource""ahh,very good idea indeed....ahem,sorry about that,we can offer a material which we named as fold quartz,this material have amazing potentials that even us have not fully tapped yet,we can provide nearly unlimited amount due to our recent friendship with a bio-mechanical race called the Vajra,but in return we expect feedbacks on your research"
//transmission end//

jbox1

Dumb Fold quarts? fold quarts... fold quarts...

Gimme a minute.

60,000 milliseconds latter

Herm, thought I heard of it before. Eh, never mind. We've been performing a deep amount of research in the areas of slip space drives, and this may be of use. We'll see. We promise to uphold our end of the bargain and report back any findings.

(and by "science", that means sticking it into a prototype slip space drive and seeing how many TATC @Drakador_Chaos warnings for space-time distruptions you can get)

Thank you for your buisness.
/transmission end/

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jbox1 //transmission starts//
"alright,you now have permission to dock on Macross Quatar and we shall strap the containers on your ship,or do you request a transport ship from us to carry it instead?"
//transmission end//
(well if thats the case,"folding" of my faction ships will surely get alot of warnings from TATC due to its instantaneous travel disregarding of distance and inter-dimensional warps)

jbox1

Dumb The small lightning MK 1 flies up to the Macross Quatar and proceeds with normal docking procedures. Despite the diminutive size of the tiny utility ship, the crew insists it can carry the containers.

Drakador_Chaos

Dumb (as long as the drives don´t permanently damage time-space, the faction (not the TATC btw) could not care less.)

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jbox1 the mechanic approach the lightning MK1 and its pilot
"its ok if you insist to carry it yourself,fold quartz are very light-in-weight and we are trained to strap anything on a fighter anyway"
as the mechanic speaks,the repair crew in macross quatar strap some containers onto the lightning MK1 as some people,wearing the same uniform as that the inhabitant of the bubble is wearing,gathers around to watch the progress
soon after the containers are strapped on,the repair crew bring out another set of booster with a glistening purple tip and begin strapping it on the lightning MK1,as the pilot of the lightning MK1 protest,the mechanic calmly explain that it is a "fold" drive for smaller ships which utilises the property of fold quartz to breach into extra dimension for zero-lag between jumps,thus allowing ships to jump through rift gaps in normal space which blocks normal FTL methods in macross universe,but although rift gaps does not exist in cosmoteer universe,the zero-lag jumps can be very handy for long distance travel
"this is one of our known technologies that the fold quartz can be applied on,may we wish you good luck and a continueous bond between our factions"