Beyond Alpha Centauri: Discussion Thread

[Sprayber]

LMP: I did a timeline once. But I guess if there is something wrong with mine we can change it. As I have asked before, is there any problems with the dates that are on here. This was just whipped up in a few minutes the second day that I posted my initial thread.

2221-Progenators Land on Alpha Centauri

2301-Combined Spartan-Pirate-Peacekeeper-Hive armies overrun the last Progenitor stronghold. Conqueror Marr interred in a punishment sphere. University instrumental in providing technological support to Human Alliance.

2303-Morganites-Gaians-Believers are given back lands formerly liberated by Human armies.

2336-Universty and Morgans become the first factions to colonize Nessus and Pholus.

2354-Spartan and Hive forces attempt take over of Nessus mining operations.

2355-Moon Accords are finalized allowing Spartan and Hive to mine small portion of Nessus.

2379-Unversity scientist field first prototype FTL drive.

2381-Improved version of FTL drive is completed. Data Angel probes steal design for first prototype drive. Information is spread across Chiron.

2382-Spartans and Hive threaten war if all information on the new FTL is not released.

2384-University is forced to release information but withholds vital specifications about minerals need to power the drive. At least four different ores are found to work but University only mentions Kalciate as mineral needed.

2388-Peacekeepers attempt to get the factions to agree on equal shares of the FTL drive technology. Spartans and University refuse to cooperate with each other. The Hive-Spartan alliance crumbles and the two factions start small scale fighting. University is relieved of the Spartan Hive threat.

2390-University, with Morgan financial backing, produced the first fully operational FTL ship.

2399-Morgan and University begin production on Colony and Mining ships.

2400-Spartans and Hive launch separate attacks on University territory. Peacekeepers intervene on behalf of the University.

2401-Spartans launch first space attack on a University-Morgan space station. Two completed FTL ships are captured.

2402-Ceasefire is declared and peace returns to Chiron. FTL treaty is signed.

2406-Cyborg Scientists prefect first FTL Comm device. Information is shared to all factions but gets little fanfare initially. (Cyborgs will always seem to be able to communicate better than every other human faction.)

2417-Morgans move their headquarters off of Chiron and become the first faction to leave Chiron. They retain a few assets on Chiron and Nessus, But majority of Morgan employees move with Headquarters.

2420-University sets up their headquarters off world as well. Find out of the way planet to continue research. They maintain relations with Morganites and Peacekeepers.

2424-Spartans join exodus off planet. They wonder for years to find the right planet to take.

2428-Spartans land at Spartan Point on a planet they name Sparta.

[Sprayber]

I think that using battle suits would be a good idea for some of the factions. Some factions like the Spartans may be reluctant to invest in them unless they are proven to be reliable. Maybe just their conservative thinking I guess.

Spartans may have similar things for planetary defense or assault. But will likely stay pretty conservative on most weapons.

I did have a link to a Wing commander map but it was seriously large. I'm talking massive page that showed lots of stars and most of them with names on it. It was in pdf format.

other things

Come on LMP, what do you have against instant construction and research. I think building a fleet in a few days would be cool.

Actually I agree with you on this

[History Guy]

Well, I should think we Morganites do wear battle armor.

[[LordLMP]]

okay, here is some definitions for BAC:

Power Armor: armored pressurize suits for infantry units, allowing them to fight in different environments, as well as providing good protection, mobility, built in nanomed pack, etc.... example, the Terran Marines in Starcraft, the armored infantry in the HALO pic, light power armored Pilots in Battlezone, the Starship Trooper: Roughneck Chronicles (not the movie, the 3d cartoon), etc....


Battle Suits/Gears: those tall humanoid armor combat suits, like the ones in Heavy Gear, Gundam, Protomechs in battletech, Robotec, etc.... but average height of 8-10 metres.... they pretty much giant Infantry troops :P quite mobile for their height, and operates like a typical power armored humanoid infantry....
Like to call them Gears :P

as for the timeline, does have a problem, too Spartanize :P and slightly to specific..... anyway, will use it.

kass, when did Sol first develop FTL? i can find out, but not right now :P

-LMP

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by [LordLMP]
kass, when did Sol first develop FTL? i can find out, but not right now :P

In 2449, first succesfull Terran FTL flight by Coalition. Is that too early? It was a crude device, and the engine was disposable - you needed basically two drives to get to place A and back. Fraals helped fix that later on.

They had first prototype at 2432, but the ship crashed and whether it was FTL capable or not can not be told.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by [LordLMP]


as for the timeline, does have a problem, too Spartanize :P and slightly to specific..... anyway, will use it.

kass, when did Sol first develop FTL? i can find out, but not right now :P

-LMP

Well, the whole point was to let everyone be able to add what they wanted as their early history. Those are just the bare basics. If someone wants to add something they feel is important, they can. Thats what I did as the Spartans. Thats why I posted this three times to let people add something if they wanted to.

[Frankychan]

Hey Sprayber,

This might sound like a weird request but do you think you could give me an example of Bree linguistics. I mean like the name of a Bree official. I plan on having the Bree play a role in my upcoming posts and since you are the "Thread-God", I figure you would have an idea of how Bree structure their names. But if this is too weird a request, then I guess you can ignore me.

To Kass and HistoryGuy,

If you do not mind, I would like to play a minor role in the upcoming war. One of my characters, Minister Ehud, has not made an appearance yet and would like to have him have some part in your little 'spat'.

Mr. President,

Since the Drone's fought with the Spartans in the Spartan/Dron-Bree war, and since you have soldiers near Bree space, would it be alright if I mentioned your occupation in one of my upcoming threads? The Greater Hive Empire has a secret pact with the Bree and would like to have some interaction with the Drones, if that's alright with you....

[Mr. President]

Franky,

Go right ahead! Sounds fine to me. I was actually pondering the relationship between the Hive and the Bree, and what influence it might have on the Drones' border problems.

[Frankychan]

Mr. President,

Thanks! Just gotta make sure to get permission before messing with other factions. Just a reminder, the Hive/Bree relationship is secret so I was thinking somewhere along the lines that the Drone Regime/Empire/Republic was "infringing" on Hive space.....just throwin it out.

[Sprayber]

The Spartan have suspicions about the Hive-Bree relationship. No proof, but they are just waiting to find any evidence so that they can go to the other factions with a proposal to form an alliance against the Hive and Bree.

As far as the Bree language. I will leave that up to you.

The Bree are taller than humans but not really massive if that makes sense. They could appear to be if they had battle armour on. The Gorn are taller and more massive than we are. Both of their ships tend to be bigger than the human couterparts. The Tarn are about human size and have about the same features that we do with but with more pronounced bone structure.

I envision the Bree as an aggressive race shrouded in a lot of mystery as far as the humans are concerned. (except for the Hive) I didn't want the Bree to be a super race, just more advanced then Humans. They would be locked into a long term war with the Gorn.(I'm talking about generations) A war that flares up for a while and then cools down but never really going away. As far as I can tell, every human has some run in with the Bree at some time or another. But no one has ever faced a full Bree assault. Their main attention has been directed towards the Gorn. The humans are just a distraction from time to time. Their civ is a massive one. Just like the Gorn. The Bree, Gorn, Fraal, Tarn and Progenators are all far older than humans. With the Fraal and Progenators older than the rest. We are relitive new comers to the stars. The other races are all more primitive and are confined to their planets.


what the Bree would look like with armor on.

[Sprayber]

If it helps

Here are some Kilrathi names from wing commander.

Khark'ssak
Kur'u'kahi
Kur'u'tak
Kur'u'tsek
M'kahn
M'rissth
M'shrak
M'shren
Sa'tlor
Sum'kahn
Sum'tleh
Sum'tlor

Something along these lines would be ok unless you could think up some things.

I would think that the Bree would put some pressure on the Hive to help against the Gorn unless they wanted the Hive to be its eyes and hears in the human systems.

The Spartans would like to ally with the Gorn at some point in the future, but so far the Gorn are not interested.

[Frankychan]

thanks Sprayber

thanx for sending me examples. I was thinking along the same lines you are. The Bree want the Hive to join in their war against the Gorn...maybe thinking the massive armies of the Hive would be the coup de grace to finish off their long-time rivals.

I also was thinking that since the Bree have encountered human's, the Hive would indeed act as their eyes seeing that the Hive is very secretive.

As for the evidence...I guess I have to tread lightly The Drone's have been snooping near Bree space and we have their eyes on them. Gotta make sure no incriminating evidence surfaces or else the Hive may end up getting screwed over.

oh, btw....nice pic. Space:Above and Beyond?

[Sprayber]

Yeah, they are pictures from Space:Above and Beyond

To bad the show had to go off the air.

Check my ships section and tell me what you think. It's not finished but I am going to introduce these ships in my next few posts so I thought you guys would want to see what I am talking about.

http://www.geocities.com/hydro070/SpShipsShu.html

If you want, Spartan AeroCorp will be glad to take your orders for some its fine line of shuttles. All they make BTW are shuttles, fighters, and system patrol crafts. All of Sparta's capital ships are made by the Drones. Drone workers build the ships in the Spartan system, but under Drone supervision. Mr. President, you have a lot of citizens on Sparta Prime. Of course Morgan has his hands into the subsystem business. He would have a few people in Sparta as well.

[Kassiopeia]

To Kass and HistoryGuy,

If you do not mind, I would like to play a minor role in the upcoming war. One of my characters, Minister Ehud, has not made an appearance yet and would like to have him have some part in your little 'spat'.

Sure, what did you have in mind?

Kewl ships, Sprayber

What's it with these Christmas caps anyhow? My first Christmas as an Apolytoner, so this is a mild shock.

[History Guy]

Yeah, sure, Franky Chan. Ehud is the guy who hates us Morganites for no reason at all.

I guess Ehud and the InEn guys will group up. A conspiracy, you know! And then we shall have to nuke the Hive...

Well maybe it won't be that drastic...Sure, drop in Franky. Just remember to stay neutral.