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Final Chapter: Doctrinal Conflict
Part 1: New Alliance of Free Stars, Transform and Roll Out
April 11, 2157
All right, no more dilly-dallying. Let's activate that sun device.
CHMMR
YOU HAVE FLOODED OUR SYNTHESIS MECHANISMS WITH A WEALTH OF RADIANT ENERGY. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE DECADES HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN SECONDS. THE PROCESS IS INCOMPLETE, YET WE HAVE EMERGED. WE ARE THE CHMMR. WHY HAVE YOU INTERRUPTED THE PROCESS?!!!
ZELNICK
You are the key to winning back the freedom of our Alliance.
CHMMR
YOUR NEED MUST BE GREAT FOR YOU TO HAVE RISKED SO MUCH JUST TO BRING US UP FROM BENEATH THE SHIELD. WE WERE NOT READY... BUT THIS IS NOW IN THE PAST. WHAT IS DONE IS DONE.
YOU ARE INTENT ON STOPPING THE UR-QUAN... VERY WELL. WE ARE PREPARED TO ASSIST YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN. WE MUST FIRST TELL YOU THAT EVEN BEFORE WE WERE PLACED UNDER THE SLAVE SHIELD, WE RELAIZED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY DEFEAT THE UR-QUAN WAS TO FIRST DESTROY THEIR PRECURSOR BATTLE PLATFORM... THE SA-MATRA. THIS VESSEL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTORY OF THE HIERARCHY OVER THE ALLIANCE. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO BEAR AGAINST OUR WORLDS, WE COULD NOT RESIST IT. THIS MUST BE YOUR PRIORITY. THIS MUST BE YOUR EVENTUAL GOAL.
WE KNOW WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THIS END, BUT FIRST WE MUST KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY LEARNED, SO WE WILL SCAN THE DATABANKS AND LOGS ABOARD YOUR SHIP.
THERE. THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. NOW WE CAN DISCUSS WAHT YOU MUST DO.
YOU NEED TO LOCATE THE UR-QUAN'S SA-MATRA VESSEL. IF YOU CANNOT FIND IT YOURSELF, ASK THOSE OTHERS WHO ARE NEAR THE UR-QUAN. PERHAPS THEY WILL KNOW.
WE HAVE DETECTED THE PRESENCE OF A DNYARRI ABOARD YOUR SHIP. THOUGH THE BEING IS DARKLY EVIL, AND INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, THE TAALO DEVICE YOU POSSESS HAS EFFECTIVELY NULLIFIED THE CREATURE'S POWER OVER YOU. HOWEVER, IT WILL DO A MOST EXCELLENT JOB DISTRACTING THE UR-QUAN LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO APPROACH THE SA-MATRA AND DESTROY IT.
YOU POSSESS AN ANTI-MATTER BOMB. THIS IS GOOD. BUT HAD YOU ACTIVATED IT, THE DEVICE WOULD HAVE ANNIHILATED YOUR SHIP, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WTIHIN FIVE HUNDRED KILOMETERS. EVEN SO, WE WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE THIS DEVICE, MAGNIFY ITS POWER WITH YOUR CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY. THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF THIS WEAPON WILL THEN MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK YOU WILL EVER UNDERTAKE: THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE SA-MATRA. THE UR-QUAN'S NEARLY INVINCIBLE BATTLE PLATFORM.
YOU ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR THE UNDERTAKING. THERE IS EVERY CHANCE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DESTROY THE SA-MATRA, AND STOP BOTH THE UR-QUAN AND THE KOHR-AH.
ZELNICK
So what happens now?
CHMMR
WE WILL NOW FIT THE PRECURSOR WEAPON AND OUR OWN CRYSTAL AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM TO YOUR VESSEL. BY ROUTING A PORTION OF YOUR FLAGSHIP'S FUSION POWER THROUGH THE WEAPON'S IGNITION CHAMBER, ITS DESTRUCTIVE FORCE WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY A LARGE FACTOR.
ZELNICK
We'll fire this waepon at the Sa-Matra, right? It's not going to hurt my ship, is it?
CHMMR
YOUR VESSEL WILL BE TOTALLY ANNIHILATED.
ZELNICK
Whoa. Gee, that's bad. I don't suppose there's anything we can do to change that, is there?
CHMMR
NO.
ZELNICK
Very well. Proceed with the modifications.
CHMMR
THE COMPLETION DATE FOR YOUR VESSEL'S MODIFICATION IS ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS HENCE. SO THAT YOU AND YOUR HUMAN COMPANIONS MAY MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AT YOUR STARBASE, WE WILL NOW TRANSPORT YOU AND YOUR CREW BACK TO EARTH IMMEDIATELY.
GOOD LUCK, CAPTAIN.
Fade to black, two weeks pass.
HAYES
Before we go on, I have something important to tell you.
We have made a formal alliance with the Chmmr. Their ships can now be built in our shipyards.
Also, in the two weeks that have passed since the Chmmr began to work on your vessel, they attached the Utwig bomb to your ship, and have also put in place their own crystalline amplification devices to boost dramatically the power of the weapon. This work is now complete and your flagship is ready for wahtever final modifications you desire. The Chmmr technicians wanted me to explain to you that the bomb and tis crystla power boosters are fragile, and cannot be moved from their positions at the back of your vehicle.
Now I have some bad news, and some good news. The Chmmr had to remove all your main modules; weapons, crew pods, and the whole lot, including your emergency warp escape unit, so pick your engagements carefully, Captain. In addition, their equipment now fills the rear ten slots, leaving you only six for your own modules. But here's the good news: The Chmmr have provided us with an unbelievable wealth of minerals and other resources. We no longer have limits on what we can build for your flagship, or your fleet.
Hoo boy. Let's make the best we can of this meager space.
Now, you may notice that I have no weaposn installed on the new Vindicator, aside from a single Point Defense laser. That's because the Vindicator isn't going to be fighting in the upcoming battles. The bomb cripples my ship enuogh that it's more efficient to build the ship for survival and leat my escort fleet do the dirty work.
Speaking of said fleet...
Here it is.
Top row: Fwiffo's Spathi Eluder, a ZoqFot Stinger, an Earthling Cruiser, an Orz Nemesis, a Supox Blade, and a Shofixti Scout.
Bottom row: Four Utwig Juggers and two Chmmr Avatars. These are my trump cards.
There's not much else to do here, so I'll skip the part where I search for clues to the Sa-Matra's location and go there directly.
Taking a QuasiSpace Portal I had never touched before (for what I hope are obvious reasons), I proceed to Delta Crateris, the final battlefield.
Hoo boy. If you encounter that directly, It's an infinite fleet of Ur-Quan and Kohr-Ah ships. Certain death.
That's why we brought this guy!
DNYARRI
It is time, Captain.
ZELNICK
What now, Dnyarri?
DNYARRI
Oh gosh, gee! I don't know. Let's just sit here and talk a while... AND IGNORE THOSE THOUSANDS OF DREADNOUGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO CREAM US IN A FEW SECONDS!
ZELNICK
Employ your powers! Confuse the Ur-Quan!
DNYARRI
Okay. Now, whatever you do, once I've started, DON'T LEAVE THE STAR SYSTEM! We've only got one chance at this, so let's make it good! Here I go...
All right, the superfleet has been dragged away, so it's time to end this.
There it is. The Sa-Matra.
Of course, there's still one last thing in our way...
TO BE CONTINUED!
NEXT TIME: The Grand Finale!
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Final Chapter: Doctrinal Conflict
Part 1: New Alliance of Free Stars, Transform and Roll Out
April 11, 2157
All right, no more dilly-dallying. Let's activate that sun device.
CHMMR
YOU HAVE FLOODED OUR SYNTHESIS MECHANISMS WITH A WEALTH OF RADIANT ENERGY. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE DECADES HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN SECONDS. THE PROCESS IS INCOMPLETE, YET WE HAVE EMERGED. WE ARE THE CHMMR. WHY HAVE YOU INTERRUPTED THE PROCESS?!!!
ZELNICK
You are the key to winning back the freedom of our Alliance.
CHMMR
YOUR NEED MUST BE GREAT FOR YOU TO HAVE RISKED SO MUCH JUST TO BRING US UP FROM BENEATH THE SHIELD. WE WERE NOT READY... BUT THIS IS NOW IN THE PAST. WHAT IS DONE IS DONE.
YOU ARE INTENT ON STOPPING THE UR-QUAN... VERY WELL. WE ARE PREPARED TO ASSIST YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN. WE MUST FIRST TELL YOU THAT EVEN BEFORE WE WERE PLACED UNDER THE SLAVE SHIELD, WE RELAIZED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO TRULY DEFEAT THE UR-QUAN WAS TO FIRST DESTROY THEIR PRECURSOR BATTLE PLATFORM... THE SA-MATRA. THIS VESSEL WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VICTORY OF THE HIERARCHY OVER THE ALLIANCE. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO BEAR AGAINST OUR WORLDS, WE COULD NOT RESIST IT. THIS MUST BE YOUR PRIORITY. THIS MUST BE YOUR EVENTUAL GOAL.
WE KNOW WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THIS END, BUT FIRST WE MUST KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY LEARNED, SO WE WILL SCAN THE DATABANKS AND LOGS ABOARD YOUR SHIP.
THERE. THE PROCESS IS COMPLETE. NOW WE CAN DISCUSS WAHT YOU MUST DO.
YOU NEED TO LOCATE THE UR-QUAN'S SA-MATRA VESSEL. IF YOU CANNOT FIND IT YOURSELF, ASK THOSE OTHERS WHO ARE NEAR THE UR-QUAN. PERHAPS THEY WILL KNOW.
WE HAVE DETECTED THE PRESENCE OF A DNYARRI ABOARD YOUR SHIP. THOUGH THE BEING IS DARKLY EVIL, AND INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS, THE TAALO DEVICE YOU POSSESS HAS EFFECTIVELY NULLIFIED THE CREATURE'S POWER OVER YOU. HOWEVER, IT WILL DO A MOST EXCELLENT JOB DISTRACTING THE UR-QUAN LONG ENOUGH FOR YOU TO APPROACH THE SA-MATRA AND DESTROY IT.
YOU POSSESS AN ANTI-MATTER BOMB. THIS IS GOOD. BUT HAD YOU ACTIVATED IT, THE DEVICE WOULD HAVE ANNIHILATED YOUR SHIP, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WTIHIN FIVE HUNDRED KILOMETERS. EVEN SO, WE WILL HAVE TO IMPROVE THIS DEVICE, MAGNIFY ITS POWER WITH YOUR CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY. THE DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF THIS WEAPON WILL THEN MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK YOU WILL EVER UNDERTAKE: THE NEUTRALIZATION OF THE SA-MATRA. THE UR-QUAN'S NEARLY INVINCIBLE BATTLE PLATFORM.
YOU ARE FULLY PREPARED FOR THE UNDERTAKING. THERE IS EVERY CHANCE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DESTROY THE SA-MATRA, AND STOP BOTH THE UR-QUAN AND THE KOHR-AH.
ZELNICK
So what happens now?
CHMMR
WE WILL NOW FIT THE PRECURSOR WEAPON AND OUR OWN CRYSTAL AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM TO YOUR VESSEL. BY ROUTING A PORTION OF YOUR FLAGSHIP'S FUSION POWER THROUGH THE WEAPON'S IGNITION CHAMBER, ITS DESTRUCTIVE FORCE WILL BE MULTIPLIED BY A LARGE FACTOR.
ZELNICK
We'll fire this waepon at the Sa-Matra, right? It's not going to hurt my ship, is it?
CHMMR
YOUR VESSEL WILL BE TOTALLY ANNIHILATED.
ZELNICK
Whoa. Gee, that's bad. I don't suppose there's anything we can do to change that, is there?
CHMMR
NO.
ZELNICK
Very well. Proceed with the modifications.
CHMMR
THE COMPLETION DATE FOR YOUR VESSEL'S MODIFICATION IS ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS HENCE. SO THAT YOU AND YOUR HUMAN COMPANIONS MAY MAKE ANY NECESSARY PREPARATIONS AT YOUR STARBASE, WE WILL NOW TRANSPORT YOU AND YOUR CREW BACK TO EARTH IMMEDIATELY.
GOOD LUCK, CAPTAIN.
Fade to black, two weeks pass.
HAYES
Before we go on, I have something important to tell you.
We have made a formal alliance with the Chmmr. Their ships can now be built in our shipyards.
Also, in the two weeks that have passed since the Chmmr began to work on your vessel, they attached the Utwig bomb to your ship, and have also put in place their own crystalline amplification devices to boost dramatically the power of the weapon. This work is now complete and your flagship is ready for wahtever final modifications you desire. The Chmmr technicians wanted me to explain to you that the bomb and tis crystla power boosters are fragile, and cannot be moved from their positions at the back of your vehicle.
Now I have some bad news, and some good news. The Chmmr had to remove all your main modules; weapons, crew pods, and the whole lot, including your emergency warp escape unit, so pick your engagements carefully, Captain. In addition, their equipment now fills the rear ten slots, leaving you only six for your own modules. But here's the good news: The Chmmr have provided us with an unbelievable wealth of minerals and other resources. We no longer have limits on what we can build for your flagship, or your fleet.
Hoo boy. Let's make the best we can of this meager space.
Now, you may notice that I have no weaposn installed on the new Vindicator, aside from a single Point Defense laser. That's because the Vindicator isn't going to be fighting in the upcoming battles. The bomb cripples my ship enuogh that it's more efficient to build the ship for survival and leat my escort fleet do the dirty work.
Speaking of said fleet...
Here it is.
Top row: Fwiffo's Spathi Eluder, a ZoqFot Stinger, an Earthling Cruiser, an Orz Nemesis, a Supox Blade, and a Shofixti Scout.
Bottom row: Four Utwig Juggers and two Chmmr Avatars. These are my trump cards.
There's not much else to do here, so I'll skip the part where I search for clues to the Sa-Matra's location and go there directly.
Taking a QuasiSpace Portal I had never touched before (for what I hope are obvious reasons), I proceed to Delta Crateris, the final battlefield.
Hoo boy. If you encounter that directly, It's an infinite fleet of Ur-Quan and Kohr-Ah ships. Certain death.
That's why we brought this guy!
DNYARRI
It is time, Captain.
ZELNICK
What now, Dnyarri?
DNYARRI
Oh gosh, gee! I don't know. Let's just sit here and talk a while... AND IGNORE THOSE THOUSANDS OF DREADNOUGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO CREAM US IN A FEW SECONDS!
ZELNICK
Employ your powers! Confuse the Ur-Quan!
DNYARRI
Okay. Now, whatever you do, once I've started, DON'T LEAVE THE STAR SYSTEM! We've only got one chance at this, so let's make it good! Here I go...
All right, the superfleet has been dragged away, so it's time to end this.
There it is. The Sa-Matra.
Of course, there's still one last thing in our way...
TO BE CONTINUED!
NEXT TIME: The Grand Finale!
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