The Star Forge

Brank

boombox
The Fleet, Changing Their Mind, Charges all weapons, a mirror of sorts is placed in front of the fleet, They fire, and all the Beams Combine, Firing a Massive Beam that disables shields and Does Damage to the Station, the ships Blink warp in front of the GSR, the shots coming from them not Hurting them, when the GSR Stops Firing, they make a Wall protecting them, giving the GSR Time to Get Better Situated, they tank the shots from the Star forge, one mothership goes down, another warps in.

boombox

Brank
@LeftHandofGod
"Danke, wir owe you."
Hans now has time to reassemble the fleet, they form multiple groups and attack from different angles, making them harder to hit...

Drakador_Chaos

Boiled_Cabbage (I think an installation as big as a dyson ring has dedicated point defense systems against missile fire. Though this i not my thread I guess.)

Brank

Drakador_Chaos ^

Boiled_Cabbage

LeftHandofGod Drakador_Chaos

(I see, i'll remove that)

LeftHandofGod

Boiled_Cabbage
Please fix your post. We're dealing with a whole solar system here, meaning there's still several AU between the fleets and the Forge. In all likelihood, you can't even see the rings yet.. Mach 10 wouldn't get you in range of the ring before auto defenses destroyed your fighters.

The lance switches to target the Mech specifically, firing a concentrated burst of almost a full minute that overloads circuitry and begins to eat its way through the shield. several other, lesser lances begin raking at the rest of the enemy fleets. Then a signal goes out, and the defending fleet retreats further back towards the Forge, as several thousand engine signatures suddenly show up on the radar. At the edge of the system, a complex FTL interdict lock, even more resilient than the barrier sealing the Core Worlds off, rises, and as the newly revealed defending fleet begins to engage, firing barrages that rip into the attackers and shred them like glass, the commanders approaching the Forge begin to realize that this was a trap the entire time...

Brank

LeftHandofGod (Just to say, if they aimed at the Mech, they would have to go through Taldarim warfleets)

LeftHandofGod

Brank You posted while I was writing.... 🙁

Brank

LeftHandofGod (Oof Sorry)

LeftHandofGod

As the defending fleets engage, explosions and the flash of weapons fire roll along the system, the thunder of cannons roaring like the heartbeat of the cosmos.

When Hans transmits, one of the operators on a Imperial dreadnought locks onto the signal and sends its location back to the Forge. The lance flickers away for a moment, then returns at twice as much power, carving through the Tal'darim in a bid to slay the Fuher and put the GSR forces to rout.

Boiled_Cabbage

LeftHandofGod

The fleet engages the ring using long range railguns, being almost 50 km away.

Brank

LeftHandofGod ( @TinySaint )
the tal'darim open coms with khalai
We require assistance, come in with sub-ftl speeds coordinates are attached

Jenwuf

LeftHandofGod
JTAE ships quickly perform evasive manoeuvres,
They swiftly avoid incoming weaponsfire, although the larger slower ships with them take many hits.
A small portion of them stay back to buy time for the force to advance, sitting themselves between
The advancing fleet and the new defenders.

LeftHandofGod

Boiled_Cabbage 1 AU=150 million kilometres
Think about that, as well as the fact that if the ring is damaged, the star blows up.

Boiled_Cabbage

LeftHandofGod

The ships begin to fire at the Star Forge.

RandomCommander

LeftHandofGod Brank Jenwuf Jesus3747 @boombox

"Penumbra 1 and 2, have you finished collecting data?"
"The Beacon scans have passed the interdict field through their innate usage of the rift and have collected some serious data. We think we may have found a possible weakness."
"Excellent, How do we destroy the Star Forge?"
"That is... not recommended. The destruction of the forge means the destruction of the star, which will end in a Class-5 Supernova that will destroy all entities trapped in the interdict field. It would be a victory, but a pyrrhic one. We have a better solution - the Forge's massive defensive AND offensive capabilities are literally powered by the star it envelops. With so much power being diverted to this "eye of helios" and Type-III superheavy shield, we think that if we can affect the star, we can decrease the effectiveness of the Forge's combat capabilities."
"What you are suggesting may very well anger the New Hegemony."
"There is no mistake we cannot make without being able to rectify it."
"But will they see that as a rectified mistake, or a blatant attempt to hide our misdeeds?"
"Frankly, the building of a level 2 Celestial station that puts large amounts of stress on the star itself should also be a misdeed in the eyes of the New Hegemony. Besides, we cannot afford to let the station stay and generate a massive military for our enemy."
"...Very well. Conduit 1 and 2, How operational is your beacon network?"
"147% efficiency, Class-Head. We're good at what we do."
"Excellent. Prepare yourselves to alter the mass of the star."
"...If I may, it is not guaranteed that this could work with an astoundingly positive result. The best chances of this plan working would be if our Beacon network is at 160% efficiency, and even then we don't know what the Forge foreman has up their sleeves."
"The Stellar Assembly cannot afford the loss of entire battlefleets from multiple factions. We end this as soon as we can, and that means now!"
"...Affirmative."

Deep Klaxxons blare on the entire Star Forge as the main Command computers detect a Rift-Signature... Deep inside the Forge's Stellar Containment chamber! Unlike the typical portal that exerts a ship and immediately closes, it stays open, and seems to be emitting a... familiar force that bends reality to its will, except on a more, dimensional level. More alarms blare as it is registered that the Star is slowly but surely decreasing in mass, and power levels begin dropping as a result.

LeftHandofGod

Boiled_Cabbage
The shielding around the Forge comes online, drawing power from the star, denying the attackers the victory, while at the range the attackers have insisted on approaching to makes them an easy target. Numerous smaller beams, needing to be less powerful at this range begin tearing the incoming fleet apart, shredding most of it within minutes.
We can do hardball, son. We can do that indeed.

Boiled_Cabbage

LeftHandofGod

The fleet retreats, not wanting to deal with losses.

Ships lost:

3 Destroyers

10 Corvettes

5 Frigates

Jesus3747

@Jenwuf @Boiled_Cabbage @LeftHandofGod @Brank @boombox @RandomCommander
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... One ship is phased, and then another, and so this is repeated until the last ship is phased on the "outskirts" of the system, where the FTL interdiction is not present; the last ship is phased, its arrival is noticed by the radars and systems, which go crazy by detecting it, the gigantic ship of almost 8 kilometers leaves in the shade the smaller ships that are around it ...

... further scans manage to detect the origin of the ships, they belong to the Grand Imperium of the Suns, but this raises a question, which side are they on? ...

... The GIS ships maintain their position, but their weapons and shields are activated; The 3 Carriers that arrived accompanied by the immense fleet begin to regurgitate a large number of fighters and bombers, which begin to enter into the system ...

// Incoming Transmission //

Here the Great Imperium of the Suns, we have come to support to destroy this crescent evil, we will not let it spread by galaxy.

// Transmission Ended //

boombox

Jesus3747
The GSR sends a transmission over:
"Guten Tag. Our non-agression-pakt still stands, right?"

LeftHandofGod

RandomCommander
The foreman responsible for monitoring energy levels frowns and activates the reserve. Across the system, above the plane of the ecliptic, a captured black hole girdled by much the same machinery as the star, begins to lose mass as some of the compressed matter within the singularity is transferred via wormhole to the star. When the mass still continues to drop, the foreman knows something is up and he takes his findings to Ferana. She muses aloud as she reviews the data

"This must be the doing of the Collective. They're the only ones with the technology to do this. No matter. The Spellchecker can see them off."

At the apex of the rings lies the true secret behind the Forge: a bastardized Reality Editor. The engine begins to flicker, then a blur of distortion lashes out and cleaves into the DC ships, scattering those that survive.

RandomCommander

LeftHandofGod

"PENUMBRA 1, ARMORED SIDE FORWARD. REFACTOR NULLSPACE SHIELDS TO REINFORCE THAT SIDE. ASSAULT-CLASS FORCES, GET BEHIND PENUMBRA 1..."

boombox "...HANS, GET YOUR PARTICLE-MECH TO BOARD ONE OF MY BATTLESHIPS. WE NEED A TACTICAL BLITZKREIG FORCE, AND YOUR KIND SPECIALIZES IN SUCH SKILLS."

The Penumbra-Type Capital Subcore momentarily lowers about 1/2 its barrier to make the side that has a lot more armor and shielding glow brighter with the same cyan screen, and it maneuvers into position between what comes towards them and the rest of the allied fleet. Tyr receives coordinates to one of the Battleship-Type Subcore's docking points where small droneships go to be serviced directly inside the ship - it should be large enough to fit Tyr.

Jesus3747

boombox// Sure, there wont be any confrontation between the GIS and the GSR//

@Jenwuf @Brank @RandomCommander @LeftHandofGod

"Well, what we come for, Alpha Group, you're allowed to shoot," Natasha ordered as she watched the Star Forge shoot its Lance. The giant swarm of fighters and bombers would pass the ships of the GSR, then the Blade of Marmora, and just when they entered the effective range of their weapons, with the Star Forge just in sight, the swarm would just turn around ...

...Booooom!

... A salvo of projectiles traveling at the speed of light would begin to fall on the allied fleet, except the GSR; The Swarm would begin tofire all its arsenal against the allied fleet, taking advantage of the shock that had caused the unexpected (or perhaps expected) attack, the swarm is divided into small groups to avoid the losses and cause the greatest possible damage ...

... While the GIS takes advantage of its position to drop all its firepower on the allied fleet and thus keep the allied fleet in the line of fire of the HI and the GIS, 2 auxiliary fleets arrive at the combat zone, keeping next to the main fleet and guarding its flanks ...

RandomCommander

Jenwuf boombox Brank Jesus3747 Boiled_Cabbage killercat625 LeftHandofGod
On the outskirts of the interdict field, where the Allied forces are moving back to, rather weak Rift-Signatures can be detected. The Rift-structure took a large hit from the fragmented reality that resulted from the Forge's powers, but Trader-Class droneships, as well as Beacons of all classes can be registered entering the field. Some were damaged, others destroyed, but the Trader-Class vessels that are operational are attempting to make the best of a dire situation, and initiating immediate aid to the broken/disabled beacons and damaged ships of all allied fleets.

Meanwhile, on the outside of the field, the already set-up Beacon network, connected with Effervescent-Blade's own coreship, sends out a message to the entirety of the Stellar Assembly

(@Tson @yobeefjerky @Brank @boombox @Jenwuf @G4L4XY @Catplayz @Undated_Abyss)

//Broadcast Start//
"Attention Representatives of the Stellar Assembly, this is a Call to Arms - A combined, allied force is in a dire situation, and we are requesting help on defeating an extremist installation that is using captured civillian entities as literal fuel for a military force. All representatives are heavily suggested to bring the bestest, brightest minds and the bravest of warriors, as well as the most advanced spacefaring vessels you can reasonably muster. This is an important battle, and the Stellar Assembly can only win if we stand united! Join in as soon as you are able! Be advised - some parts of our representing factions have also taken sides with the extremists. FOR THE SAKE OF THE GALAXY WE MUST STOP THE STAR FORGE."
//Broadcast End//