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Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. Dwight D. Eisenhower
With this sentiment in mind, the Nevada project was born. If Liberty were to succeed in the impending war, it couldnt repeat the mistakes of the Coalition war. They took the initiative and started exploring any and all means possible to defeat the impending invaders, and to ultimately claim victory for the people of Liberty.
Weapons and shield R&D was of paramount importance, with many High-Ranking officers in the Navy voicing their interest in Nomad-based technology. The research already being done in Alaska meant Liberty had a head-start, however some research had hit a dead-end. Scientists had been asking for access to the highly dangerous Omicron sectors to further their research. Until the war, this had been considered too high a risk for a seemingly small gain in research benefits. Now, with the Rheinlanders edging closer every day, the Liberty government re-thought the project and expedited its progress through parliament. The end product was the Nevada Project A highly classified and secret venture that would provide the Navy with advanced weapons and shielding capabilities to further the war efforts.
Billions of dollars went into building the new research vessel A modified Liberty Atlantis Assault carrier. Its equipped with enough firepower to fend off any ship game enough to fire upon it and enough armour to survive the harsh Omicron environment. The adjusted fighter bays of the Nevada mean it can retrieve large asteroids and contain them on-board for further study and research. This, coupled with an array of mining lasers positioned around the vessel, means the ship can safely take on board any object that is required for further research.
A secondary ship, callsign LNT-Nevada-AI, was constructed and appropriately modified to suit the harsh conditions it would encounter. The purpose of this vessel was to supply the Nevada with the required amenities and any new scientists/officers that were assigned to the project. If any organisms were to be returned to Alaska from the Nevada, this transport would safely get the organisms there, with no risk to human life. This vessel is completely controlled and operated by advanced artificial intelligence systems contained on board the ship, reducing the risk of Nomad infection.
The Nevada was now ready to be deployed and for the project to get under way. Their research vital, their stealth ability crucial and their courage undeniable; They set out to defend their home.
LNS-Nevada Modified Liberty Atlantis Assault Carrier
Weapons
o 1 x Heavy Mortar
o 1 x Mortar
o 2 x Battleship pulse cannons
o 12 x Liberty Primary turrets
o Various mining lasers
The weapons on the Nevada were designed specially to be good against hostile capital ships. Although the fighter bays on board the Nevada have been altered, they are still able to facilitate 60% of the normal fighter capacity. This means fighters are able to launch and destroy any hostile bombers threatening the research of the ship.
Shielding/Hull
o 1 x Battleship Graviton Shield
o Quad-Enforced hull with quantum-enhanced damage control mechanisms
Massive shields were installed on-board to negate any effects from any weapons fire, reaching a limit of 460,000 β of power. Once this limit is reached, shield capacitors are forced to recharge and the quad-enforced hull defends the ship from incoming fire. A Niobium-Beryllium experimental alloy was used on the hull to re-enforce the hull to approximately four times the original strength. Large amounts of damage control mechanisms (Known as nanobots and shield batteries) were installed on the ship, allowing it to instantaneously regenerate either shields or hull capacity with a click of a button.
Cloak Generator
o Magnetic/Electric field generator
o Electromagnetic wave filter
An experimental generator was installed on the Nevada to actively cloak the entire ship when its interaction with the surroundings was minimal. Intense magnetic and electric fields are used in combination with one another to deceive most high-range scanners. A similar device is utilised to allow any electromagnetic frequency to phase directly through the ship. This means that no light is reflected off the ship, nor absorbed, giving the visual effect that the ship isnt at that position in space.
Unfortunately, some experiments have shown that a critical angle of light can be achieved, which causes both the generator and filter to interact with one another and cancel the cloaking effect. With extremely advanced and sensitive equipment, it is possible to generate these critical waves and the Nevada can become vulnerable to attack.
Research/Development Facilities
o Modified fighter bays
o Type AN-1 Chemical Analysis facility
o Type UL-7 Metallurgist laboratory
o Type HT-4 Mechanical Processing workshop
o Type DQ-1 General laboratory
o Research Department
Modifications were made to the fighter bays in order to accommodate the large asteroids and other objects the ship would be moving on board. Extended and made wider, these new bays are able to hold any decent size asteroid expected in the Omicrons; Measuring no more than 50m x 50m x 200m. Both fighter bays have been sealed and special scientific equipment installed to analyse the asteroids the moment they are brought onto the ship. The extending and widening of the bays means there is less armour located in these regions and if the ship comes under attack, the Commodore has orders to evacuate these bays for safety purposes.
The large and extensive AN-1 Chemical analysis facility was installed on the ship, giving scientists access to the newest and most experimental equipment Liberty has to offer. This facility is primarily in charge of analysing the chemical compounds brought onto the ship and is headed by Dr. James Kurile.
For closely analysing metallic compounds found in the Omicrons, a UL-7 Metallurgist laboratory was constructed close to the AN-1 facility and is responsible for analysing microscopic particles and imperfections on an array of new and exciting metallic compounds. The precise equipment found in this laboratory was developed by Dr. Judith Stanford of the Manhatten University. Her field made her a prime candidate for the head of this department and she quickly accepted the position for a chance to work in the cutting-edge side of optics and metallic research.
The HT-4 is the ultimate workshop in mechanical testing and processing. Thousands of tools and equipment was loaded into this workshop to test out the new equipment being researched and designed in the other departments. Strict safety protocols are in place to prevent damage to the ship or harm to anyone on board. Dr. Joe Reynolds was chosen to command this department, after being head of Norfolks repair department for well over ten years and having a near-flawless safety record during that time.
The General laboratory is where all the general laboratory work is done and is much larger than the rest of the departments, taking up nearly twice as much space as the AN-1 and UL-7 facilities combined. Any and all equipment here is of the highest degree of accuracy and there is plenty of room saved for any new equipment needed for further research as the Nevada progresses in its research.
The Research department, however, trumps every other facility, boasting an almost unlimited amount of quantum processing power for the two hundred computers in the facility and taking up and entire deck of the ship. Research is paramount and with information flowing into this department from the other facilities, scientists are able to access data and information at an astounding rate.
Power Core
The power core of the ship has been bolstered to supply the weapons, shields, cloak generator and all the R&D facilities with sufficient power to operate each at its maximum potential. The power core utilises incoming electromagnetic waves to ionize a special compound of Uranium-5-Prometho-Malronium in order to create a high potential difference between two conducting plates. Once this potential is achieved, electrons are excited at the atomic level and begin to create massive amounts of current. This current is channelled throughout the ship and controlled through capacitors and resistors in key areas of the ship.
Engines
Ion-propulsion is used to both move and manoeuvre the gigantic carrier throughout the galaxy. With little resistance, a large enough pulse is able to accelerate the ship greatly, with inertial dampeners installed within the ship to minimise the acceleration-force on personnel. A primary pulse beam is maintained at the centre of the engine core, with surrounding parallel magnetic fields to keep the beam contained within the confines of the core. Once released from the core, the magnetic field has multiplied the propulsion energy by a factor of ten thousand. This energy is directed outwards a propels the ship in a straight line. Fluctuations to the magnetic field can alter the direction and magnitude of this stream, which will change the ships attitude and velocity.
LNT-Nevada-AI Heavy Armoured and Autonomous Transport
Weapons
o 5 x Liberty Vengence Guns
Fairly heavy weapons on this ship allows it to destroy most fighters with little hassle, however bombers and any other hostile threat poses a danger to the transport ship.
Shielding/Hull
o 1 x Adv. Transport Shield
o Enhanced Duo-Reinforced Hull
A large shield capacitor will provide some cover for the ship as it speeds through the highly dangerous region. A distinct vulnerability to Nomad weapons has been identified in the shield array and scientists have been unable to rectify the problem. The enhanced hull will provide almost two and a half times the previous hull strength, utilising similar techniques as detailed in LNS-Nevadas ship report.
Cloak Generator
o Limited Capacity
Because of the compact nature of this ship, a cloak generator was a challenge to retrofit onto the vessel. Eventually scientists came to a trade-off between the size and capability of the generator: Although it is able to mask most sensors, there are a number of commercially-available scanners that can be finely tuned to pick up small amounts of Muon radiation emitted by the generator, a unavoidable side effect of the size of the ship. Fortunately, the systems which the ship operates in are flooded with muon and various other types of radiation, making it near-impossible to utilise that flaw to pick up the ship on sensors.
This generator still contains the critical wave issue as stated with the LNS-Nevada ship report.
Power Core
To properly supply the cloak generator with enough current to make the cloaking field, the power core was almost doubled in size and capacity. Although the power core is protected by a re-enforced radiation barrier, this is not enough to completely contain the highly toxic radiation leaking from the core. Approximately 0.01% of the total radiation leaks through to the cabin. This is another reason why the ship is completely automated.
Engines
The engines have been fully equipped with the latest in Fuel-propulsion systems. These systems arent as advanced as those installed on the LNS-Nevada, however they are much more compact and allow for tachyon thrusters to be installed. These engines utilise H-Fuel and usually deliver a 78% fuel efficiency rating when combined with standard fuel rods and burn protocols. Dr. Reynolds, head of Mechanics aboard the Nevada, took apart the engines and replaced nearly every component inside, upgrading each as he went along. The result was astonishing; giving the engine a 96% fuel efficiency when working at optimum cruise speeds.
Commanding Officer: Commodore Mark Stevenson Second in Command: Lt. Commander Jack Malrone – No longer assigned to the Nevada project Weapons Control officer (Acting XO): Commander Haley Kiley Head of Engineering: Sergeant Richard Mallard
Head of Research, Testing and Analysis: Dr. Elizabeth Carter R&D Department Heads:
• Dr. James Kurile – Chemical Analysis
• Dr. Judith Stanford – Metallurgy
• Dr. Joe Reynolds – Mechanical Processing
• Dr. Elizabeth Carter – Research and Development
CO Evaluation – Commodore Mark Stevenson
Lt. Commander Jack Malrone
Malrone, Malrone, where to start with him? He was assigned the position of XO soon after the Nevada had finished construction, as he’d showed potential in the Liberty Navy to become a fine officer. I expected a “spit n’ polish” your boots kind of guy. The one who’s got his shirt buttoned all the way to the top. Fortunately I got a breath of fresh air with him. Seemingly laid-back and easy to talk to, but he knuckled down when the time came. It was his quick-thinking that allowed us to take down two hostile gunboats near West Point not so long ago. His knowledge of the ship’s systems proved invaluable when the ship got into strife.
Its just a shame Malrone couldn’t be a permanent part of this endeavour, however commitments in the Navy meant he was to stay in Liberty.
Commander Haley Kiley
As soon as this young lady joined the crew of the Nevada, I knew she’d have much to offer in tactical skills. Graduating from the top of her class at West Point, she achieved an outstanding score of 99.8% in the field of tactics and targeting arrays. Soon after, she moved to Manhatten for work in the Liberty Security Force. After working there for a few years, we got her back into the Navy and onto the Nevada project. Her tactics have been flawless so far on the Nevada and it was her cunning plan that lead to the downfall of a Phantom battleship terrorising New York, the Hellbound.
I have no doubt she will prove invaluable in the Nevada endeavour and am proud to have this Commander working under my authority.
Sergeant Richard Mallard
By far the most comedic and yet the most hard-working person on the ship is good old Richard. He hasn’t got any special degrees, however he has a knack for finding the problem and fixing the problem in the shortest time possible. Off-duty, he’s the guy in the bar everyone crowds around to listen to stories and jokes. On-duty, he’ll have everything done around the ship before you even drink your morning coffee. He had the Nevada’s systems almost completely memorised within a month of its design completion, so he was perfect for the job.
All in all, he’s my right-hand-man on the ship, doing whatever he’s asked when he’s asked to do it and to the best of his ability. Top bloke.
Dr. Elizabeth Carter
Now, I’ll say this; I usually get confused and drift off whenever a scientist is talking to me. Not with this one though, Carter only recently joined the Nevada project, along with about fifty other scientists and various researchers. She has a way of explaining the most complex of scientific issues in the simplest of terms, even I can understand what she’s on about. An absolute genius, she is, ask her anything and she’ll be able to answer it with ease. She graduated from the Manhatten University of Technology with honours and did three post-graduates, specialising in the fields of quantum engineering, chemical & processing engineering and gravity research.
I’m looking forward to working with her on the Nevada project and hopefully learning from her some more about why we’re out here in the Omicrons.
Personal Logs
Test Run
Today, the Nevada got loaded up and made its way through the Nomad-infested space to systems designated Omicron Delta and Kappa. Research scientist, Dr Elizabeth Carter, was in charge of pointing us towards the specimens and keeping the scientists from drooling over the exciting new organisms they were finding.
Once we made it to Omicron Delta through CLASSIFIED, we moved to three checkpoints in the system, provided to us by previous intel of the system. All three points proved extremely useful; I could tell because Carter's eye's had a slight sparkle to them each time the probe returned with samples. Large samples of unusual asteroids and alike were carefully brought into the Fighter wings. Apparently the minerals within the asteroid were radioactive and spewing out moo's or muon's or something. Anyway, they proved to be valuable for Carter's research into tachyon field-generation...or something to that effect.
Next system was designated "Omicron Kappa" and operatives who retrieved the intel advised extreme caution; as Corsairs didn't like visitors into the system. We took the risk and ended up hitting the "jackpot of muon-research". Malrone's words, not mine. Both Carter and Malrone were clambering to me about how we needed to tractor in as much of the asteroids in the system as possible. I just stared at them with a blank expression and stated "Yes" to all their demands. They busily went away cutting up rocks and swirling test tubes full of stuff they assured me was safe...
After some time in the system, they'd researched themselves out and it was time to go back to Liberty and fully analyse the data. That's where we hit the snag. Seems some Corsairs had picked up our energy signature and were on an intercept course. The fact we were hauling asteroids emitting muons, which Malrone tells me makes us "stick out like an Outcast on a Hunter base". Again, Malrone's words, not mine. We attempted evasive maneuvers and tried to communicate to them we didn't mean them any harm. Of course they didn't really care and continued to gain on our position. We were now racing back to the Delta jumphole, Malrone carefully dodging every asteroid in the system with excellent precision. The small Corsair squadron, consisting of one gunboat and three bombers was about to get a large re-enforcement...
Out of the blue, an Order Aquilion-class Carrier was on our ass. Luckily the Corsairs weren't quite smart enough to disrupt our cruise engines and we made it to CLASSIFIED without any hull damage. There, a Navy fleet lay in wait to fend off the Corsairs and Order. They retreated back to whence they came and we docked at CLASSIFIED to analyse the cargo.
Overall, the mission was a success. However, if such a research mission were to be carried out in the future, the fighter bays in the Nevada would have to be filled with fighters to fend off any Corsairs or Order that endangered the ship.
New orders handed down from High Command now state the LNS-Nevada is to be a research ship out in the Omicrons until further notice. I only wish wed been given more notice, because apparently High Command knew about the mission long in advance, even before the ship was built. Now Ive got scientists, engineers and all manner of smart people running around the ship, setting up shop for the long stay out there.
After theyd all set up, we loaded on all the supplies needed and powered up the main engines. The journey out there was fairly uneventful, with Richard inanely bouncing that infernal ball of his back and forth on the bridge. Once we arrived in Delta, however, it was all hands on deck as we made our way to the Tokelau Ice cloud.
Before entering the cloud, Kiley picked up a small anomaly on the ships scanners and so we went to investigate. As we neared the small object, Kiley managed to identify it as a Corsair fighter. Its energy core was completely drained, with zero atmosphere on board and no signs of life. Carter thought the ship would be worth investigating further, so we carefully loaded the ship into the fighter wing and had the scientists look over it.
I noticed the scientists werent quite as excited over this ship as of the rocks theyd found in Delta in the previous mission. Apparently they find muons more exciting than Corsair technology Who am I to argue? During this time, Kiley took note of the size and shape of the nearby Planet Tuvalu, by orders of Dr. Carter.
After they were bored with the fighter, we moved back on course for the ice field. En-route, we all stated our awe at a large object near the system. I thought it was a black hole, but then Carter told me if it was a black hole, itd be black and all wed see was the accretion disk. I nodded as she theorised what the anomaly could be, too busy looking aimlessly into the distance.
We carefully navigated into the narrow field and moved to the co-ordinates given to us by Carter. Once there, Richard checked over each of the mining lasers around the ship and we started to mine the ice.
I asked the question Why do we need to mine ice? Weve got ice in Liberty That was responded to by a scolding look from Carter, followed by an explanation of something to do with radioactive isotopes. Seeing the huge asteroid chunks being brought into the fighter bays was a jaw-dropping event; The colours and blue mist that enveloped the asteroids was simply astounding.
A few hours past with no trouble whatsoever, however coming up on the fourth hour we encountered some hostiles making their way directly to us.
It was a patrol of four small Nomad fighters. I called for battlestations and for the scientists to evacuate the fighter wings for safety. They scurried to the safety of their laboratories and went to work inputting some of the data they had retrieved. The Nomads were scuttled with little effort and the scientists went back to work, analysing the ice asteroids.
It seemed the Nomads werent content with leaving us be in the dusty field, sending wave after wave of fighter in after us. Each time, I locked down the fighter wings, annoying every scientist on the ship This wasnt good, as Carter was getting quite annoyed at my order as well. But it was for their own safety and the order wasnt negotiable. Eventually the Nomads sent a larger ship; Of gunboat class.
Kiley suggested to bring down its shields and then place a Heavy Mortar on its hull A brilliant plan to quickly down the ship. Carter wanted to bring the remnants of the Nomad vessel on board for further analysis and therefore suggested we slowly bring down its hull in order to preserve the ship. I grudgingly agreed and we managed to tractor in most of the remains into the Chemical Analysis laboratory.
The night continues on, every now and then I hear the mining lasers slicing through the ice crystals and the weapons batteries vaporising yet another Nomad vessel. Not a bad first day, not bad at all.
I was quite pleased at how quiet the engines actually were Its something you only notice when trying to sleep only three floors away from the reactor. Kiley and Richard were already on the bridge, as usual. Todays mission seemed a little more dangerous than simply parking the ship in a bunch of crystals and watching the mining lasers do all the work. No, todays mission involved us exploring possible wormhole locations within Delta; thereby expanding our research capabilities into other neighbouring systems. We started out near the upper sectors of Delta, in a sparse asteroid field.
En-route it seems the Order had picked up our energy signature and four Order fighters were bearing down on our position. I kindly ordered them to cut their pursuit and leave us be, however they continued on their course. Once within range, they started to fire and launch mines at our gigantic shields. We couldnt risk the Order scanning our ship and learning all our research data They had to be destroyed.
Kiley managed to destroy all but one heavily damaged fighter who retreated back to the Omicron Minor jumphole. We had to move before that fighter got word back to the Order of our presence in Delta We flew deeper into the asteroid field.
After some searching, a space-time anomaly was detected A wormhole. We cut engines and powered-down outside the swirling pool of ionized gases while Carter and her team took some readings of the wormhole.
Just as we were powering back up to head towards a dust-field in the left sector of Delta, nomads were detected heading directly towards us. Kiley noticed distinct differences in the energy signatures of the Nomad ships.
Turns out, these little buggers were faster than the previous ones and this made it almost impossible to hit them all. Now we were in a bit of strife The combined weapons fire of the nomads was giving our shields a huge pounding, soon the hull would be vulnerable. Carter had previously overheard me grumbling about the brightness of the Blue Dwarf nearby and this gave her an idea. She knew our hull would withstand the much more radiation from the stars corona than the nomad ships would and so we accelerated at full speed towards the Blue Dwarf. Shields were slowly failing and we were crawling along without cruise engines towards the sun corona. A few nervous minutes passed and then the computer boomed over the loud speakers Danger. Radiation damage detected We were in the corona. Biting my nails, myself and the rest of the deck personnel watched the radar for any sign that the nomads were waning in their assault. After just a few seconds of the hard radiation, the nomads fell back and we sling-shotted back around the star, back out towards the new dust field.
On the way, we took some quick reading of the previously navigated Kappa jumphole to make sure it was still aligned or something. Once finished with this new dust field, we would move to investigate the unusual rock formations around that jumphole One of the most dangerous parts of the mission.
As we approached the field, a small station was picked up on scanners. We didnt approach it and stayed as far away as possible in order to minimise attention.
Carter identified some good asteroids to mine and analyse due to their unique ability to absorb certain, rare types of radiation. She used a water and sponge analogy which made sense at the time
Hours passed and Richards was busy around the ship repairing minor radiation damage caused by the suns corona It was good not to listen to the constant thud of a ball in the bridge for once. That peace didnt last too long, as an Order Osiris had moved to Delta, no doubt tipped off by the lone fighter that managed to escape us earlier in the day.
I attempted to reason with the Captain and for him to leave our ship alone.
He didnt seem to care and he sent out three wings of fighters to intercept the Nevada.
The fools encountered some nomad patrols and were vaporised as they tried to fight the organic entities.
Their patrols are still searching for our cloaked vessel; theres little chance theyll find us out here though.
Another day passes and I feel the buzz of the scientific progress being made here The scientists are working around the clock to piece together clues of the strange environment out here in the hope to help Liberty in its struggle against Rheinland. Cdre. Mark Stevenson
As we speak, the main ion engines are undergoing massive reconstruction and nearly all decks have received heavy damage. The R&D laboratory has been effectively shut downwhy did I listen to her?
Well, heres my sequence of eventsterrible day: Wed just come out of cloak and were continuing to analyse the new samples of asteroids retrieved from the last dust field. Sensors then detected a large, unknown biomass in the system, heading for the Freeport. Carter and myself argued for a while
Unfortunately, she convinced me that the opportunity to see the obviously large nomadic entity would aid the research greatly. I stuck a deal with a local Core Hunter in the sector They dont seem too friendly or open to competition.
He grudgingly accepted and we moved out towards the Freeport. We could see the Freeport taking a beating from the powerful nomad weaponry, both Kiley and me had the same thought that this wasnt going to end well.
Carter, on the other hand, was bubbly and excited that we were finally going to acquire some data on the true brains behind the nomads. She obviously didnt understand the risk involved The nomads were far more advanced than us, which meant they could give us quite a good pounding. We approached the Freeport, only to find the damn Hunter wasnt there! It was too late now though The nomad had seen us and began to open fire. Kiley quickly targeted the beast and an epic struggle ensued. Two friendly bombers came to assist us, however the strange battleship had much stronger armour than expected. We had almost bingo hull left when suddenly the nomad ship exploded right next to us in a massive fireball. The ensuing electromagnetic shockwave caused our reactor to overload and somehow activated our cloaking mechanism.
We were now completely projectile, floating slowly and silently towards the burning aura of the stars in Delta. Ion engines were offline, Id lost contact with Research Department and Richard was no-where to be seen We were in dire straights.
A frantic couple of hours ensued, with myself and Kiley moving all over the ship, counting crew and helping trapped scientists. Many had been injured in the explosion, luckily the infirmary was in one piece and was now overflowing with sick and injured personnel. We found Richard He had already got to fixing the ion engines with some other Engineers hed found floating around the ship. Typical Richard.
Amazingly, no crew members died in the explosion, however many were seriously injured and will be in the infirmary for the next few weeks. Carters disappeared back to the Chemical analysis laboratory, still working on the main objective.
Now we aimlessly float closer and closer to the sun, I only hope Richard can fix the damage to the engines in time Cdre. Mark Stevenson
Well, while Dr. Mallard and the Commodore are busy fixing the ship, I took the time to organise my colleagues and get some real research done! The head of the Chemical analysis department was in the med-bay, which was quite annoying as her expertise wouldve been very helpful. Nonetheless, we moved on with the research of the hundreds of specimens wed retrieved from the asteroids.
I, however, focused on the data retrieved from the large nomad battleship that had just incapacitated most of the ship and crew, as well as the small amount of data from the Order fighters intercepted yesterday. From the scans, we were able to slowly decrypt and process the data. Keeping in mind, almost 2.3 trillion pentaflops of processing power was lost when the ship was attacked, I think the ability were able to use the computer systems at all is astounding. The end result was this:
The design is obviously of alien origin, likely nomad. Combining the fragmented report retrieved from the Black Squadron database (An Order division? Who knows), along with data decrypted from the battleship have produced an accurate description of the ship. An fast, sleek ship with a reasonable power core, the Assassin (A codename given by the Order) is a deadly foe. Seven areas of high power output are to be noted around the ship, these are most likely to be the weapons. Which brings me to the weapons. Their weapons are organic and Iota radiation streams from them in quite an unusual way:
This strange pattern of radiation seems to fall back on itself and reinforce it. This means the power drain of the targets shields will grow exponentially as the distance between the two ships increases lineally.
The organic skin of these ships matches the armour of most heavy fighters, as tests on the lifeforms have shown. Approximately 15.765GJ of energy can be applied to an area of exactly five square centimetres before the organic shell fails. The standard for a Heavy fighter is a little under 15.6GJ of energy, applied over the same area.
Research into these ships, as well as many other new information retrieved from the mining and nomads is still being processed. Hopefully we can start to synthesise their weaponry and shielding technology for further use in Liberty.
Finally, Richard managed to get the power core back to full capacity and the ion engines up and running again. The research facility is going to take much longer to repair however. We were waiting upon a delivery of new computer chips and what-not from the Nevadas support ship (LNT-Nevada-AI) when a Freelancer managed to spot us on the edge of her scanner range. Alyson Lear was her name and after a lengthy discussion with her, I decided to let her ship dock with the Nevada in the hope of expanding our research data. Well, thats what I told the scientists I just wanted to sit down in the bar and have a chat with her.
Soon after she boarded with her team of scientists, they were frisked for weapons and we escorted them around the ship. Carter was eager to show them all the new laboratories and have the scientists share their research with her As fascinating as sitting around a bunch of computer was, I thought itd be better to have a little drink. Alyson was thinking the same thing, and so we slinked off to the bar.
I was hesitant to leave the scientists with Carter; I knew shed get attached to them and Alyson would never see them or their research again. Luckily I had a sprightly Lieutenant and his team watching her and the scientists the whole time.
Alyson and I talked for a while in the bar as I drank down a few cold ones, she seemed a little concerned that the drinks were free I suppose shes use to paying for everything out here. Just as we were happily chatting away, Commander Kiley interrupted us over the intercom Something was awry. Apparently a dark matter cloud had sprung out of no-where and was heading directly for Delta. We had to cut short the chat as Alyson made a dash for her ship. Running along side her, I told her the carrier bay wasnt able to block the harmful effects of the dark matter, as theyd both been heavily damaged in the nomad encounter. She seemed fine with it and told me to keep the two scientists safe on board, as there wasnt enough time to get them down here to board. She rushed into the cockpit and I waved as the cargo bay door on the explorer hissed and then sealed shut. I wouldve watch her fly off, but I had to get the ship prepped and ready for the incoming bombardment. Carter met me half way as I ran to the bridge Which reminds me: I have to work out more in the Gym. Anyway, Carter met me half way and she was babbling on about how dark matter forms, then eventually we made it to the bridge and I made sure Alyson docked at the Freeport before we activated the cloak.
Apparently Dr. Martin will be able to provide us with her whereabouts But hes been hidden away in the chemical analysis facility for some time now with Carter and the rest of the scientists down there
Well, after the dark matter wave passed through, we checked that all our systems were working and moved out to Omicron Kappa. Carte was especially excited of this sector because it had a high concentration of something called muon radiation. Before she could fully explain it to me, Kiley alerted me to a message being received from an unknown source:
Kiley started the message encryptor and we responded by stating that our research was to continue.
After only a few minutes in Kappa, the same people who had contacted us before were present in the sector and now Kiley was sure it was the Order.
Once again, the Order didnt listen and sent out patrols looking for us. At first, Carter found this quite annoying, as she wanted to get a closer look at the two almost identical planets in the sector; Planet Gammu and Planet Primus. The Navy had portrayed these Order folk as brutal terrorists, who quite some time ago destroyed the RNC-Donau in Manhatten orbit for no particular reason. I didnt get that vibe from them however. They seemed concerned for me and my crews safety against the nomads and were also curious of the Nevadas ship signature Apart from that, they had no murderous ambitions.
After a rather long chat with the two Captains: Orillian and Ophidian, the ship was scheduled with a mandatory scan for breeches in security. As such, comms systems were shut down and the ship was cloaked.
I have a feeling this wont be the last we hear from these Order fellas. Cdre. Mark Stevenson
Over the past few days, Carter has been catching up on a backlog of research to do, which has allowed me and the crew to take some time off. I spent most of the time catching up on sleep and watching old Monk reruns A good old show from Earth, further developed on in Sirius. Just as it was getting to the good part in one of the episodes, Kiley says she needs my assistance on the bridge Typical. After quickly getting dressed into something a little more formal, I made my way to the bridge and Kiley informed me we had visitors
Somehow a Liberty Cruiser Captain had made his way out to Kappa for Nomad research. Unfortunately, it seems the Navy didnt outfit his ship with sufficient cloaking mechanisms So he attracted quite a bit of unwanted attention. First, the Corsairs became suspicious
Then the Hunters came to investigate
Corsairs and Bounty Hunters dont mix; This is a known fact across Sirius. I ordered the unknown cruiser to get out of Kappa before things became heated. However it was too late and the Corsairs started the engagement.
The two battleships struggled against one another until, finally, the Hunter won.
The Hunter wasnt too happy that we were out in the Omicrons He was worried wed all be infected and hell have to deal with yet another infected ship. Obviously he didnt care much about the hundreds of crew members that would lose their lives in the process, however out here you can lose your sense of humanity quite quickly if youre not careful. The Hunter was blocking the exit to Delta and so the friendly cruiser Captain was essentially trapped in Kappa for the time being. Since he didnt have official clearance to even know our location, I made him a deal:
The cruiser Captain was eager to see the ship and responded in the affirmative to my offer.
The fast turrets on the cruiser meant it was easier for them to take down the small, annoying fighters the nomads were sending at us. Within minutes, the Captain had taken down all the pesky fighters swarming the Nevada and was granted access on board.
I made my way down to the fighter bay, where the Captain was waiting for me. The slightly eccentric Captain seemed to be petrified of the Assassin A quick and fast nomad fighter vessel. He told me how two of the ships gunboat escorts were taken down out in Kappa by a swarm of these things and how they barely made it out of there alive. I have to say, the dear Captain scared myself and Kiley with the story, we thought it best not to share it with the crew No use in their nerves getting shot.
After we gave him the full tour of the Nevada, we transferred the nomad specimens over to our ship and made sure the Hunter was gone before he made his way back to Delta.
On my way back to the bridge, I stopped in to check on Carter and her gang They didnt even seemed phased by the whole event, too busy working on their research I suppose. Scientists. Cdre. Mark Stevenson
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