so, im working on with the story on multiple leads all over the world, but right now i need someone with knowledge of different visions like infra red, ultra violet and similar different light aspects that cannot be seen by the human eye

the four new ships that are being built are the follow ones, and each will be described in later posts:

Victory class Grand Cruiser

Gladiator class Grand Cruiser

Memphis class Cruiser

Hoplite class Cruiser

if anybody is confused, this is the basic timeline: Republic is engaged in a war with the Jelkalan empire, which is part 1: Neptune III. after many tours back and forth, the war is eventually won at a heavy cost. so heavy, in fact, that a group of humans left the Republic in the mindset that they were doomed. theese were brought to a engineer planet, Neo Terra, on the other side of the galaxy. they created the Faith and after considerable time, they make contact with the Republic. that is part 2: Like a Phoenix. Part 3: Age of Instability is between part 1 and 2, and deals with the aftermath of the Human-Jelkalan war. piracy is widespread, and all militaries are decimated from the recent titanic war. as a example: the Republic fleet needed 5 times as many ships to patrol their own space efficiently, and now they have to patrol about 17 times that area, and that is after losing over 30% of their fleet... do the math.

during all this time, the Faith had gone away from the traditional course of Republic warfare. their ships do not have shields, and they use a all purpose cannon as sole weaponry. they have stopped using EMP, which is now a forgotten technology in their libraries. they employ heavily armored ships, with better quality armor than the Republic can use, to accomodate for the lack of shields. they have managed to make a ship cloacked to sensors, which translates to a ship that can only be seen via optical view, and in space and its distances and lack of landmarks, there is little chance of theese so called Blank destroyers to be detected. they are used in raids on ill defended targets, such as commercial convoys and light patrols. all technology is based on the sole meaning of killing aliens faster and better.

Jelkalans, after their medical actions for the other races, were given full membership in the alliance, and they enjoyed the respect of others now through other means than power. earlier, they had relied on military might, following their magical and spiritual leaders words that if they struck down everyone, everyone would fear them. now they could enjoy pride through peaceful means, something very strange and new to Jelkalans, and they realised it was much more worth than through war, which just created ill feelings for all. their leaders tried still to initiate zealots, but they failed and soon gave up, seeing their race decend into a very peaceful time for Jelkalan history.

numbers are uncertain, but there is no question they are gigantic. sickness, such as cancer and old "familiar" ones, took the lives of immense populations, and the cure was as distant as ever. here the Jelkalans proved to be a masterpiece. they had a uncanny ability to develop medicine for their own race, always finding the cure for a new disease very soon, even within weeks or even days. now they noticed the cancer humans suffered, and they quickly realised that curing the cancer and other sickness for their new allies, they would regain their honor. within a month, cancer had found its cure, and it was 100% effective, never missed the sickness, and it was easy to manufacture and distribute. suddenly, where the Jelkalans had killed millions of humans, they now saved just as many, or more. cancer had finally been removed, and what took humanity over several centuries took them a few weeks.

soon after the war with the Jelkalans had ended, they were punished harshly for all cruelty they had commited. their empire was divided up, and all Jelkalans who did not comply with the victors would become isolated on a remote planet under strict control. the planet became heavily populated in the end, and eventually famine and sickness killed millions of Jelkalans every year. soon the population was a mere shadow of their former glorious race. after 4 decades of miss treating the aliens, soon morality won over revenge, and the harsh restrictions were withdrawn. thoose who did not co-operate faced the same old fate still, but conditions improved for the ones who did not fight back. they were eventually granted a minor part of the star alliance, and once in, they proved a invaluable ally to mankind in ways nobody would have expected.

after some time, the alliance realised that the republic military could not be behind the attacks, because now it happend to a republic convoy crewed by aliens contracted for a voyage to a remote world on the other side of the galaxy. this left the only option that some new threat had appeared, and now were attacking anything on the other side of the galactic core. spy satelites were dispatched, and soon Republic intelligence found what was the very powerful Faith, their lost cousins. but while the Republic mapped the Faiths holds, so was their understanding of how far they had stepped from the more peaceful, mercantile way of the Republic. the Faith had embraced hate for all aliens, and this was truly a dangerous foe, as seen when the first battle was recorded, and the Crusades vessels were seen in combat. suddenly, a new enemy had appeared, one that was hostile to all allies of the Republic, and unpredictable towards the Republic itself.

as the star alliance once met for a annual meeting where discussion upon various subjects such as trade embargoes, colonization, anti piracy warfare, there was a claim that Republic military ships had attacked a alien trade convoy far away. this of course the republic denied and claimed its peace keeping attempts were employing all warships, and none could possibly go and raid a convoy in a remote area of the galaxy. however, the assualt was undeniably made by humans, and so the Republic promised to both recompensate and find thoose responsible. going through known pirate gangs in that area, none matched the description of sleek, pure white vessels. soon, more convoys were attacked, and the Republic had a crisis trying to defend their own honor and finding the unknown attackers.

most noticeable of all theese companies, 2 stand out: an alliance of companies that built a entire Battleship, called Kings Pride, and the Koch. Inc, who created a whole new class of ships, the Tiger Cruiser, and who also invented the very first effective Rail gun, which they still keep secret and only Tiger ships are equipped with their Rail guns. this is has become a major concern for other companies who are left behind in the technology, and the military navy wants to have the blueprints of the weapon Koch somehow made when the militarys best engineers cant come up with a functional and effective gun.

due to a whole new market suddenly being created overnight, military ship building soared. mainly Everest classes were built, and later on when the replacement of the Victim, the Avenger class destroyer, appeared, they were all the ships that were built. about 4 Avengers per week was made, and by that speed, the fleet got hundreds of Avengers every month, which could be deployed to guard the merchant shipping that was plauged by the massive amount of pirates. soon Avengers earned their own name, and the 3rd generation of the shotgun in space carried on the legacy with distinction. many pirate gangs were brought down, but many more sprung up as well, funded sometimes by companies that grew richer than ever possible before the military contracts. they earned billions every day now, and the wealth was not to be spent lightly, but jealousy took control, and many companies begun building their very own fleets of destroyers, a private military force. this was to have consequences...

first priority was to make a all around ship, carrying crafts and regular weaponry as well, so it was suited for all situations. second priority was to create a new generation of crafts that the new carrier would use. this was to become, later on, known as the Valhalla project, and it bore much more fruit than simply upgraded crafts. thirdly, a replacement for the King Battlecruiser was desired, becuse the design was, wheter people admitted it or not, aging, and would soon be out of date. the last order was to improve the Victim destroyers, and scrap the last Nemesis ships. during the re-organization of the navy, private contractors were hired to manufacture ships. they built ships and rented them to the military, and picked its captain from a list of potentials the military had put togheter. the rest of the crew was all military personal. this way, the republic navy increased its size of small destroyers by hundreds.

a few years after the victory in the Jelkalan war, the Republic navy looked over its arsenal and found much to be desired. first of all, the Queen was scrapped at once, due to their extreme vulnerability to crafts and EMP weaponry. Verdicts were soon also scrapped, but not all, because some are still retained for training purposes. their only possible use is against ill equipped pirates, but barely they deal with so old weaponry. the Enterprise, which was praised and proclaimed as the war winning weapon, proved a utter failure. their crafts were outgunned by the Jelkalans, and once without crafts, the carriers were useless. they were scrapped shortly after the Queen class. in the new room for ship classes, programs were created to fill the gaps in the navy.

during the age of instability, the humans in the Faith had begun a rapid expansion of territory. acting under the idea that all aliens will be hostile and try to kill humanity, they strike first, and they strike hard. they utilize the resource rich planet of Neo Terra, which was created by someone wielding a lot of power, enough to create a entire planet, and therefore deemed as very dangerous. the Crusade has proved to be highly effective, using much more advanced weaponry and armor compared to the Republic ships. dozens of alien races have been wiped out, and there is nothing powerful enough yet to be found that can stop or even threat the Crusades progress. but despite their success, they still cry, because they have yet to find their arch nemesis: Jelkalans. once found, the Crusade will be directed there and vanquish the enemy in a glorious fire, or die trying to do so. but nobody expect the Crusade to fail, not at this strength it possess.

after the Republics victory against the Jelkalans, the aliens and humans created a Star Alliance, a co-opertaion act to stop war from even beginning, and using diplomatic, economic and civilized means to deter parties from starting wars. the humans contributed a lot of patrolling and fought in several large scale battles against pirates and mercenaries. in the unrest that was created in the vaccum after the Jelkalans defeat, many turned to their own interests, and piracy soared sky high, increasing their raids with over 600%, all over Republic, Jelkalan and other alien areas. the age of instability had just begun, and the effects of that age can still be felt when Like a Phoenix starts off, although fought down, the pirates and other shadowy groups are still a very present and very real threat to merchants and trade overall.

during the first days of the war, however, a bunch of humans, thinking the Jelkalans too powerful, fled the Republic, and settled on a engineered planet called Neo Terra. here, mankind was to rise again from the ashes of defeat, and this is why the 2nd part of the Neptune story is called "Like a Phoenix". theese humans formed the faction that was to be known as the Faith, and with its much higher technological standard, they created a space fleet dubbed the Crusade, and launched a all out war against any and all aliens around the area. space was considered dangerous now, and Jelkalans replaced the devil, and the entire population became highly religious, beliving earth had fallen, they swore to take revenge on the alien menace in the galaxy.

so to summarise what has changed: the war with the Jelkalan aliens that almost brought mankind down, was won in the end. a massive battle in the solar system was fought, where dozens of minor alien races who had been faced with slavery and worse by the Jelkalans joined forces with the humans, to stand united against a common foe. and the battle was won, where fully 40% of the Jelkalan navy was defeated and destroyed, and 15% of the fleet retreated from the battle in disorganization. the remaining 45% of the Jelkalan warfleet was spread too thin, and soon overwhelmed trying to contain all uprisings and attacks. the Jelkalans lost the war.

it feels like coming back to a room about 20 years since you were in it last time, and it has been left alone from then until now when i walk back in...

dusty and aged, but still so fond are the memories i could walk through the room and relive all thoose moments i cheerish... now, i guess, its time to repair and upgrade this place. time for some changes to new and cementing the traditions.

welcome back to the Neptune story line.

Everest - Destroyer

12 lasers on top, 4 on belly, 4 on front.

20 meter armor on all sides. 4 shield generators at 45.000 fusion cores.

a highly unusual design, the Everest was originally made to compliment the Victim class with long range firepower. today, as the Victim is steadily being replaced by Avengers, the Everest seems to be without its purpose. as such, it has undergone considerable changes. and the result is an all laser ship, being fully reliant on energy weapons to fight its enemies, with no guns to fall back on. it has been stripped of gun decks and munitions for thoose, and the armor is smaller than anything before it. this, however, makes the Everest truly nimble and agile, outspeeding any other enemy. should it be hit by an EMP the ship will be very vulnerable, and will never venture alone.

King - Battlecruiser

24 batteries of guns, 6 lasers on top, 4 on front.

50 meter armor on all sides. 3 shield generators at 30.000 fusion cores.

closing to being a millenia old design, the King has still yet to find a worthy replacement, making it the oldest server in the Republic fleet, beating the former record of Nemesis class destroyers. the King is also still unchanged at the core, stil sporting some of the most deadly close range firepower that has yet to be seen. the 1.000 year old battering ram still sail the void, and dont show any signs to withdraw from active service. doctrines start to favor lasers before guns, but so far, the King is still in use.

Avenger - Destroyer

6 batteries of guns, 2 lasers on top, 2 on belly, 2 on front.

35 meter armor all sides. 2 shield generators at 40.000 fusion cores.

the Avenger is replacing the agin Victim destroyer as the "shotgun in space" and is widely appriciated for its high damage output and almost over-improved shields, going far above the normal levels on even minor cruisers. some would argue that the armor would do better with an improvement, and many even voice their concern that the shields could be a drawback, relaying so much on shields makes a EMP even more deadly, and if struck, only 35 meter of armor protect you...

Evangelion - Cruiser

80 Punisher guns

1350 crew

50 meter armor

the Evangelion is a carrier. on the name is cruiser, but that is just 15% of the ship. the rest is a carrier and it contains a large ammount of Hunter crafts that deploy from its hangars and cause havok among the enemy. beyond Hunters, the Evangelion is not particular in any other form.

Blank - Destroyer

36 punisher guns

680 crew

20 meter armor

the Blank Destroyer is the very first ship of the Crusade that sports a entirely new device: the stealth field. basically, it drain outs all energy signatures from the vessel, making it extremely difficult to track and target via sensors. since pure invisibility from the eyes is still impossible, it was decided to try the stealth field on a small Destroyer chassis, so that sensors were almost useless, and optical was not much better. the Blank is, apart from the stealth field, not particular in any other note. but then, a surprise attack from a squadron of 5 Blanks could, potentially, cripple a battleship even.

Victor - Cruiser

60 Punisher guns

960 crew

50 meter armor

the Victor class is one of the oldest designs, and with its name being a tribute to the shipyard in the system of Victor, used by the Republic navy. the Victor is today one of the old vessels still in use, but its being phased out by the Evangelion battle cruisers, which is taking over the role of carrying hunter crafts and being a allround vessel. the Victor is one of the few ships that carry hunter crafts in the Crusade, so it is still a very useful ship, despite its almost anciet design.

Arch Angel - Cruiser

48 punisher guns

1300 crew

70 meter armor

the Arch Angel class is a bit of an odd vessel. where most ships follows a similar weapons to size ratio, the Arch Angel has fewer guns per meter than other vessels. this is not to be taken as its undergunned, for the Arch Angels strength lies not in its weaponry, but in its armor and most of all, its crew. containing 5 times the usual number of marines, the Arch Angels has specilized on boarding the enemy, unleashing its large amount of marines onto the enemy and then lock them down. it is well armored to provide shelter for the marines as they cannot do much as long as the vessel is not boarding. it is recorded that battles have been won due to that the Arch Angels have deployed next to battleships, locked them down in a marine battle inside, and therefore rendered their guns inoperable.

Tempest - Battleship

130 Punisher guns

3600 crew

60 meter armor

the Tempest is made to be like a storm for the enemy, sweeping aside any and all that opposes mankind. it is the utter perfection of mobile spaceobjects, and only rivaled in power by starforts and the nova canons in use on planets. it is used very primitive, just simply sailing into the enemy fleet with all guns blazing. but then, with a ship of this caliber, there is no need for manouvering. you simply move to the enemy, and blast them to pieces.

Vindicator - Cruiser

36 Punisher guns

700 crew

45 meter armor

the Vindicator is supposed to be a very fast and agile ship for being a cruiser class vessel. its main purpose is to hunt down any enemy and tie them down, forcing them do to battle. the Vindicator is moderatley armed, but its supposed to just tie down enemies at first, just as to let bigger ships come to the battle and unleash their much deadlier arsenal on the foes.

a new place, a new set of characters, a new time, new enemies, new friends, new ships, new planets, new part

"and so, the Faith was established in the minds of humans. the Crusade was created and built, from nothing to the shining marvel it is today. the High Council was the result of the merging of many organisations, now united into one, and was tasked with leading mankind into space again. like a Phoenix, we rose once more and returned to space. our ships sail with their white armor plowing the void. our priests spread the faith and affirm it wherever they go. our hatred for the aliens will never fall, nor die out. mankind has risen again. and we will never stop again until mankind rules the galaxy."

"after that battle, we had lost our realm. the Republic was dead, gone and would not be reborn. the High Command tried to salvage what ships they had left, but in vain. all vessels were damaged, to some extent, and the military navy broke down. planetary defences still held out some time, but they were besiged, not to be relived. one by one, the planets and systems fell to the devils that assailed us. but one ships came through. one vessel was never in battle, and was spared from damage. the bright star of the Pangea I was to lead humanity to this world, to be saved and put to sleep for a while so we could regain our strength. we then, once more, sailed to the stars. once more, we took the stars in our possesion. once more, we forged a realm for our own."

"i dont really know when it happend... was it before the battle at Terra, bless its name, or was it after? i think the Jelkalan devils brought us to knee before that battle. all i know for sure is that from that moment, the Republican Fleet never truly stood again. it was killed in that orbit above our homeworld, and never really fought again."

Holy Archivist Veronika took her glasses off, and watched the painting showing the battle at Terra. its scale was never truly recorded, but rumor has it that over 2000 ships were in the battle. she never really understood how so many ships could battle. she sighed, and returned to reading the book of history.

as you may have noticed, Commando here is taking some of my job writing about other ship designs. we will be working togheter along the lines of ship creation, and are currently building some ships for the Jelkalan fleet, a most interesting subject.

on other news, we are now officially over 100.000 words in total with story writing!

Everest Destroyer:

Crew: 520 Laser Batteries: six port, six starboard, eight forward, two rear. Conventional Batteries: Two port, two starboard, two forward, two rear. Armor: 20 meter front, 20 side, 15 rear. Hanger: twelve Squadrons Speed: 4.8 km/s Shields: 35,000. Fusion reactors: two.

A newly-designed addition to the Republican fleet, the Everest is a Destroyer-sized Queen cruiser, essentially a space-based sniper rifle, or would be, except that unlike other ships of its size, it carries craft. It’s best use is to pick off enemy ships at long range, since it’s weak armor, weapons, and shield would make it a vulnerable target. When engaged at close range, this vessel will typically launch it’s bay of twelve craft squadrons and flee, for this reason, it is recommended that it be used in conjunction with a Victim or Nemesis destroyer, as the two can cover each-other’s weaknesses.

Pangea Cruiser:

Crew: 1060 Laser batteries: two Forward, one Aft, four Port, four Starboard (With capacity to target downwards and upwards.) Conventional batteries: 10 forward, 10 side(Port, starboard, ventral and dorsal.), 5 aft. Armor: 40 Meters forward, 30 Side, 30 Aft. Top speed: 4km/s. Shield Strength: 60,000. Fusion Reactor: One primary, two smaller emergency backups.

The Pangea is a newly designed ‘testbed’ vessel, designed to field test a new weaponry setup, the effectiveness of a medium carrier, and jump capability all rolled into one, as well as several smaller technological innovations. The Pangea is a top-of-the-line cruiser, designed for versatility, It has the capacity to make jumps normally afforded only to larger or more important ships, and has been designed to function for prolonged periods of time on its own without the need for resupply. The Pangea also has the capacity to hold and service eight squadrons of craft.

note: i said that the verdict have a few craft squadrons, but i did not mention any hangar...

this is because the "hangar" is too small for being a pure hangar. a "real" hangar is one capable of housing, repairing, rearming and provide all kinds of support for 10 squadrons.

the one Verdict classes have is not big enough to handle more than half that amount, 5 squadrons, and they cannot provide anything than shelter for them. that is why it is not listed as "hangar" and why you should not think that the Verdict have crafts applenty.

in fact, it should not have nay crafts, but can hold them to keep them safe if the regular hangar they belong to is overcrowded with crafts requiring support.

Enterprise Carrier:

5470: 10 port batteries of lasers, 10 front, 6 rear, 40 meter front armour, 30 side, 30 rear, top speed is 3.80 Km/s, shield at 60.000 2 Fusion generators, 14 hangars.

the Enterprise is recently built, with only one single ship out so far but with 9 more to follow, to start with. if the class shows promise in its intended role, the line will be expanded, but for now, its undergoing testings. the Enterprise I has been sailing for only two months, but already participated in two major battles, where it was close to being destroyed in the second.

they have a large array of hangars on both sides, even two on the "belly" and can deploy over 140 squadrons at once, giving it about 500 crafts in space at one single time if all should be deployed at once. that is enough crafts to severly harm two super ships if left untouched. alotugh that will never occur, since they are both rare and not unguarded.

use Enterprise as rearguard ships, providing lots of crafts

Dauntless mini-carrier:

420 crew, 2 front batteries of lasers, 2 rear. 20 meter front armour, 10 side, 20 rear, top speed 6.50 Km/s, no shield, 4 hangars.

the Dauntless is known for its odd placement of both armour and weapons, having them at the front and rear, but hardly anything on the sides. they compensate for this by having the 4 hangars on the sides, two on each, and allowing strikecrafts to deploy and engage en masse, something the Verdict class is not capable of.

its weak armour and low number of weaponry is a factor many captains have felt lacking, but the crafts onboard can often be far more powerful than many guns combined, and therefore it is sufficently armed according to higher rankings.

they should be employed behind the formations, perhaps around the Queen cruisers to provide craft coverage and assistance for theese when they pound the enemy. stay far away from comabt, use the rear lasers, and keep the crafts outside all times in combat.

Queen Cruiser:

640 crew, 20 port batteries of lasers, 10 front, 5 rear, 30 meter front armour, 25 port, 25 rear, top speed 5.70 Km/s, shield at 60.000 3 fusion generators.

the Queen is a "one of its kind" ship, being a pure laser ships, with not a single gun at all on board. instead, this ship, recently built, follows three set requirements:

1. longrange firepower, 2. fast movement, 3. strong shield.

this resulted in a "cruiser" close to being classed as a Destroyer instead, but passed it. it has an aresenal made up of only laser weaponry, creating a ship with devastating longrange firepower. also, its small size allows for speeds exceeding even destroyers. the result is a ship not built for frontline combat, and it will go down fast if caught by an EMP.

the tacticians all agree, its the most deadly opponent in long range fights, but the weakest in close battles.

avoid closerange battles, and pummel the enemy from afar with this beuty

King Battlecruiser:

2150 crew, 34 port batteries, 5 rear, 10 port laser batteries, 10 front, 60 meter front armour, 50 port, 50 rear, top speed 3.70 Km/s, shield at 140.000 4 fusion generators.

the King is truly worth its name, being the most advanced battlecruiser of all time in the republican navy. its large array of gun batteries can pound anythng smaller than its own size into a pulp in minutes, while its lasers can damage many ships of destroyer class and lower while its closing the distance to finnish them off.

King has recived such advanced equipment and so much of it that it is in fact considerd a battleship by many, even higher end admirals. it can easily hold off several destroyers as long as they dont engage in longrange combat where the King loses efficency. it is commonly escorted by Nemesis and Victim destroyers to increase the closerange firepower into levels threating even larger super ships.

the King should be used as a battering ram against the enemy

Victim Destroyer:

560 crew, 14 batteries of guns, 4 front batteries of lasers, 20 meter front armour, 25 side, 20 rear, top speed 5.20 Km/s , shield at 25.000 Fusion generator.

the Victim class is beginning to replace the aging Nemesis class as a strafing destroyer at close range, nicknamed "shotgun in space" because of the similarities (the few a handheld weapon and a space ship can have).

the Victim is based on a new formula of chassis, and as such is not performig as well as it could be. this is currently being fieldtested, so to make the ship better.

Victim is, as you can see, more armed, better shielded, but less armoured than the Nemesis... this has created a debate if it actually is better than the Nemesis, but most argue it is, using the much higer speed, stronger shield and better weaponry, particulary the laser ones, as a reasons compared to the lone counter one that it is less armoured than Nemesis.

it should be used just as the Nemesis is used.

Coldra Cruiser:

1400 crew, 24 port batteries of guns, 4 front, 2 rear, 6 front batteries of lasers, 40 meter front armour, 35 side, 35 rear, top speed 3.80 Km/s shield at 75.000 2 Fusion generators

the Coldra is the closest thing you can get to battlecruisers without actually being there. it has 30 batteries of guns, plus 6 laser ones which grants it large amount of firepower. it has a good record of survivng even battelship encounters due to the strong shield generators.

the strengths is that the ship has dual generators, allowing one to take all damage, then switching, allowing the first to recover while the second takes over.Coldra classes are known to endure large battles without much damage on the hull due to this. it is also well armed, delivering powerful broadside agains the enemies.

tacticians inform most captains that while their shields are powerful, they are very vulnerable if a EMP hits it, rendering the ship to count on the weaker armour for sruvival.

note: i accidently missed the shield generator on the nemesis:

its a 15.000 Fusion generator.

Verdict Cruiser:

780 crew, 16 port batteries of guns, 2 rear, 2 front, 4 port sides of lasers, 40 meter front armour, 30 side, 25 rear, top speed is 4.20 Km/s, shield is at 40.000 Fusion generator

the Verdict class has been around for few years, soon to celebrate its 40th anniversary, and as such there are few ships of this young cruiser.

after the war of religion, the navy was considerd lacking in cruisers, after losses soared and modern variants was not present. as such, the Verdict was born.

the Verdict can do serious damage onto enemies no matter what the distance. they have a more powerful broadside than many ships, such as the Nemesis, but complement this with laser batteries so not to have the weakness the Nemesis have.

favoured tactics with the ship is to act as a multi-role ship, having even a few strike craft onboard, and generally act as a flagship for fleets lacking bigger ships.

Nemesis Destroyer:

470 crew, 10 port batteries of guns, 1 battery in rear, 25 meter front armour, 20 side, 15 rear, top speed is 4.55 Km/s

the Nemesis have been in the Republics service for 340 years. they are designed as though ships, having armour thicker than many other destroyer of its kind when it was built

after its initial combat, the Nemesis proved to be deadly as a close range ship, delivering large amounts of firepower on enemies at short range, forcing many cruisers to retreat.

they should be employed, according to repbulic tacticians, when the enemy is distracted by larger ships, and they can close in without danger. they should not be facing a battleship or cruiser on their own, nor other destroyers with longrange weapons.

the nemesis is a powerful ship at close range, but lose much efficency at long or even mid range.

they are aging, and the Victim Destroyer is taking over its role as the "shotgun in space".

allright, i have decided to start giving you people some doctrines over certain ship classes so you can handle situations more efficently.

i will start of with the Nemesis, a Destroyer class ship

well, the 8th fleet is not "obliterated", its just really really really close to being so ^^

as long as anyship from the fleet survives, it is still alive, and since Verdict IV was part of 8th fleet, its still alive

but if Verdict IV was to be destroyed, the Republic High command would have to list the 8th fleet as destroyed also

try not to lose that ship would you?

You mean the fleet that was obliterated, or the one I lost in the second jump? :P

and commanding officer of the 8th fleet

Well, considering I appear to be mentioned in the introduction, I figure I’ll officially introduce myself.

I’m *points to user name* and in the simulation I’m called High Admiral Kelly Heron of the Verdict IV. I’ve engaged in battles, crashed on a planet, disobeyed orders, and gotten lost during a jump... twice, among many others.

Out of simulation, I’ve been collecting information on the universe at large. If anyone would like to add anything, I’d be happy to chat.

as a first note, i would like to inform people that they could, if they wanted to, write down the story. if i by some farshot should forget it, we always have a backup.

also, take contact with me if you wish to continue on the story. i will be sitting around doing nothing for hours during theese days...