[OOC Board] Eternal Galaxy: Shards of Starlight - Part I

@ Kristia
Anankerisa is pretty much the living embodiment of a bad luck charm.
Actually, her name itself is two Greek Goddesses in one: Ananke and Eris
Take what each one represents and combine it into one and you would get what Anankerisa represents and is sort of the opposite of what Aion is supposed to represent.

@ Pandre

Alpha Division is led by Commander Regalis, a human.
Beta Division is led by Commander Suria, a female Fox Irian.
Delta is led by Commander Sullivan, a human.


Alpha Division is responsible for Nexion and sometimes Venion, though Venion is ultimately left alone.
Beta Division is responsible for Conlustrare and Egale.
Delta Division is responsible for Helios and Sol Incineron.

Zeta Division, the original Alpha Division, disappeared from existence and is only a place holder reference in part I.

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Conlustrare is known as the Solar System of Constellations. There are these mysterious orbs of light that form various patterns in the space surrounding the System.
So far only two planets are named, you can add some if ya want.

So mara got stuck with the emdodiment of bad luck? looks like I hit the jackpot XD

You got stuck with the Semi- Final Boss of the entire story.
Have fun :rolleyes: though I should be able to replace her soon by basically putting Mara into Beta Division territory she'll be able to ultimately ditch the bad luck charm and move on to other characters.
Because I'll be honest: I based Anankerisa on Flandre Scarlet. She plays...a bit rough.

@Cucoo

interesting... I need to sleep soon, gonna try posting tmr

@ pandre

alright XD night then

you would be impressed that the bioroid might get attached to the little one

That's actually how she succeeds in getting to where she needs to go. There's one place in the galaxy she can't enter by normal means. She needs help from someone else. She'll reappear again in Part II.

Because my head is doing strange things I'm going to subcategorize the capabilities of ships:

Ok I'm going to use the really simplistic date system I developed for the story for references here.

Assume the story takes place in the year MDe12-MMXII (If you really want to translate this to something a bit less random, take the first roman numeral and assume e12 =10^12. Then add the last roman numeral =w= crazy Ik...

Ships of MDe12-MMXI

- use standard wiring and other electronic systems. This makes them susceptible to virtually anything of the electromagnetic spectrum as their systems convert crystal energy to electrical.

- Most ships of this time are adopting the new systems below.


Ships of MDe12-MMXII: (For the main three factions with access to Vatian labs, which are heavily guarded.)

- use crystal conduits, which use raw Aura energy in the systems using limiters to dampen it accordingly. Aura energy can only be manipulated slightly by outside sources. In short, a direct physical bullet that hits a key system is the only way to knock out Aura systems.

- have modular systems in such that a damaged/compromised system can be isolated from the rest. However if other systems depend on it, then those systems would be knocked out as well. Typically, control systems are isolated from other systems and are located in the center of any ship, including fighters.

- Utilize Aura Sensors and Controls, an experimental system which uses crystal energy as input. Sensors can detect Crystal energy readings in a visual scope. Deemed impractical as planets and space dust contains traces of these readings, however, filters can be applied if visual lock is acquired. Controls are also deemed impractical as some beings (humans primarily) can not manipulate aura energy by touch.

-Shield units, a special system for nearly anything. Typically use high amounts of crystal energy. Fighters have weaker adaptations of these systems. Shields are the end all system, allowing for anything to be deflected. However, they do have an endurance as set by limiters.
- - Typical endurance of shield systems can be illustrated by these percentages. Assume shields regenerate at 0.5% per minute.


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@ Book
I kinda want to collaborate and balance out a system of weaponry that is limited to a degree that makes such electronic warfare incredibly difficult to use in combat, since we're kinda trying to work it out.

Anyway this is the base line I had in mind:

Weapons that directly damage systems:

- Sparrows, rockets 2x the size of your hand. has an energy drill which is potent enough to drill through most materials. Can be blocked by shields (use energy blast formula and assume index of blast of 2)

- Unshielded energy blasts

- Unshielded projectiles

Feel free to add anything to this list you think would be useful to add.
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@ everyone that actually does the math for energy blasts
Yes, Alpha class is supposed to have that number. The reason why they are feared.

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@ Everyone

This is actually a modified version of the numbers I was toying with if I were to make this into a video game (just completely arbitrary things I do....)
The reason I'm putting this here now is cause...
I kinda want to have a definitive system for combat so as to prevent the "Surprise muthafaka, I actually had this and this is capable of doing (insert obscene power here.)" A set rules of combat for the ships and such as to keep it tame to a degree.

In other words, hate me cause I'm going back on my word of "Anything rolls ok here cause big galaxy and all."
But I just don't want to have my head hurt when I read something and go "Oh gawd what? I don't even..."
...Cause it's that "1 up your thing" syndrome (even if we try to ever be modest about it, we're all susceptible to it.)
This way, when it comes to space dog fights and such, there's a mathematical formula for it. Rather than being "At your discretion" or even mine for that matter.

I'm open for debating out things to balance it accordingly so that way things can have a nice definitive system.

Again, no particular reason, I just want to have some rules for this set up for now to prevent future things cause I got that gut feeling seeing how things are playing out with like Book and me, which honestly was my bad for not defining the systems earlier. and again my bad for saying anything can go with that...
Once part III hits, these will be thrown out the door cause I'm really hating myself for not having the foresight to predict this. Gods I'm a fool on that.



And again, reiterating: Debate with me on these things so as to balance it out properly so we can all agree on some system that compromises with everyone.

EDIT: updated OP

EDIT 2: Second thought...don't bother with this whole post too much...I might just scrap it.

And I just realized that I jumped a scene with Nero and Mima...
@ Mima
If you want I'll let ya do a sort of flashback to tie in what happened before the Chapter 1 endgame.

EDIT:

Ok summary time for chapter one...
Feel free to correct me if I derp up something.

CHAPTER 1 | The Guardians of Helios

- Aion, Joe, and Terrisa meet Kiara at the Hunters' Guild, who has a message for Aion to join the Delta Division. Aion accepts, but brings the entire Guild with him. Any personnel that were not Maverick pilots get onto Transport Delta 8. Aion leads the formation of the Hunter escort.

- Suddenly, Joe warns that a possible skirmish is between them and the rendezvous point. Aion takes charge and organizes the Hunters for the charge. When the break through the clouds, they see the massive battle ahead. A Delta Division Beta Cruiser was being taken down by NGO forces. Aion then charges ahead leading the Hunters to clear a path for the transport. As they do this, Nero, who somehow took control of Transport Delta 9, charges through the battle to reach the Hunters. They eventually reach the nearest Zeta Carrier and flee the battle to the Delta Division Flagship, Excalibur. Then the Hunters mourn for the loss of one of their own, with Aion saying in the end:

"He died a true Guardian of Helios."

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Fractis Animus
-Mima awakens on the Isle of Spirits on Dua. A mysterious man named Cicero helps the ghost, who has ultimately lost her memories. He guides her to the Tower of Aquarion and tells her to find Nero.
Nero and a soldier find Mima on Duon, after she transported to it through the Tower. Nero then brings Mima along to the Transport Delta 9, where they then head out to Delta Division's Flagship.

Black Wind
-Nhiome had just raided a transport in Nexion system and flees the pursuing squad from the Alpha Division. He escapes to Sol Incineron, where the Black Roses, led by Ember, follow him. They catch up to him at Planet Werban, and attempt to convince him to join them. He declines and fires off a jamming device. Spear attacks Nhiome as he can't get in contact with Ember. Then, Ember stops him and they begin to follow Nhiome out of the atmosphere. Ember then tells the rest of her squadron to distract the Alpha Division pursuers while she follows Nhiome to his base on a moon of Inopia.

Wandering Machina
-Mara finds Eleos and decides to help him search for survivors. They then find a little girl named Anankerisa. Eleos tells Mara to take the girl to Celestora system, where it would be safer for her. Mara obliges and takes her to a freighter. Mara then leaves to go back to find Eleos again, however a sudden explosion at the freighter causes her to turn back and find the little girl. She finds Anankerisa on the freighter as it begins to travel to Celestora after a series of unfortunate events. Anankerisa then disappears and tells Mara to play her game of fate. After this, an NGO Beta Class Cruiser intercepts and captures the freighter with Mara on board.

Torta Manu Iustitiæ
- The Reaper attacks an NGO base on the edge of Celestora on the Planet Mortem. He works his way through and deals "justice" upon the commanding officer of the base.

So I'm gonna use this as a progress bar sort of.

Part I: Shards of Starlight

I'll get to a flashback later. Also, now I need to think of a sub-name for The Reaper's story.

Maybe Torta Manu Iustitiæ

Or, in English, Twisted hand of Justice