From the Begining New Chapter Added (9/12/06)

[Rasorow]

Nice.... question - what mods if any are you using in your game.. I know you are using shipsets but what about game mods... I didnt see a reference to those..

Rasorow

[Starhawk]

Well Yeah I'm using my own creation for the Icaran shipset I'm proud to say

As to the mod I'm using it's a moderatly modded Devnull, I added two new weapons:
I-Laser (a 13th generation AP beam with extended range and more firepower -20% accuracy +a LOT more expensive) Oh and it's green

Frag Cannon: (Fragmentation Cannon) Ultra short ranged ultra light moderately powerful 7th generation Meson bLaster weapon designed mainly for bases guarding warp points or anti-fighter weapons (more power then a fighter missile +10% accuracy but a range of 4).

Best part is the AI will research BOTH new weapons I know this because I ran a quick (play as the AIs) a while ago to see if they were researching properly and i saw a warship of another star nation with Frag Cannons

Plus I added a new ship size but that's going to be a suprise

Any more questions from anyone?

[sachmo]

How many planet are under Icaran control now?

[Starhawk]

Here is a total breakdown of the Icaran Empire at this point and time:

Systems: 33
Planets: 170
Population: 54.3 Billion
Units: 2768
Ships: 117 (roughly 90 are combat ships and only about 30 are dread and super dread designs)

Economic Income:
Minerals= +10,305
Rads= +180143 (I wish I had resource converters)
Organic= +82111

Ranking: 2nd

Other Star nations contacted:

Neo-Star Empire (offically partnered unoficially they are in a state of cold war)

Maggellan Corporation (Military Alliance of convenience, the Icarans and MCs don't like one another)

Manti Star Kingdom (military alliance of necessity, Icara is not strong enough to defeat the Manti at this time)

Sol Coalition (Partnership treaty, the Solars are begining to be considered a trusted ally of Icara)

Citizen Federation (Trade and research alliance, mainly because the ICarans havn't seen a single CF ship in nearly 12 years)

Phong Federation (A state of open war exists between the Phong Federation and the Icaran Empire, a war Icara is thus far winning easily)

Political Status (Aka average planetary happiness):
All "True Icaran" worlds including those of the former Rebel Alliance are for the most part happy and absolutely trust the Praetor and House of Lords thus far.

The Recent "acquisitions" all have SS brigades stationed on them and have thus far been easily pacified on the few occasions they've attempted rioting.

[sachmo]

You have a partnership wtih the Sol Coalition?

That seems...odd.

[Starhawk]

Well their attitude towards me is murderous and mine is the same towards them, the treaty was first signed when the Phong attacked me, and I was actually outclassed by both them and the Solars....as I said it was out of my survival though the partnership treaty was actually the first thing they proposed and I took it

Besides that my economy is in shambles at the moment and I need their resources and above all else the Icarans are survivors and if it takes allying with a hated enemy for the time being then ally they will.

[edit]: Oh and remember these are Icarans we are talking about when I say "trusted" ally I simply mean one that is not making any immedietly threatening moves against me.

[Starhawk]

Well time for a new chapter, this one is less a "character" one though and more of a "big picture so far" story just to let you know in advance.

2420.3
“Welcome back, We promised to bring you up to date on the war against the Xeno Phong when we came back from our break and we always keep our promises, Hello Roy are you there?” the pretty news woman turned to face something off screen and as a voice came over her ear piece.

“Yes Madalin I’m here from the bridge of the flagship Conquest, with the 1st fleet where the invasion of Ogatha Tir has taken off like a missile. Admiral Babcock has politely denied our requests for an interview because he is very busy leading the fleet against the Phong Federal forces.” Roy Scheller was the premier field reporter of the Icaran News Network, wherever he was the hottest stories were and the people loved him, mainly because he was one of only a few field reporters that was willing to place himself in the midst of the action, though the Navy always denied him permission to drop with the ground forces during an invasion.

‘Roy can you tell us how it’s going so far?” Madalin Brice was the other kind of reporter, she never left the safety of the Icaran capital and though she was a well liked anchorwoman she was not as famous or well liked as some of her colleagues like the famous Liza Torrence of the nightly news.

“Well Madalin, in the past month alone the brave men and women of our armed forces have valiantly conquered Orgotha Tir, Eight, Six and Nine, without the loss of a single brave Icaran….The navy still won’t let me go down to the surface of any of the OT planets because they are afraid that the locals might see a reporter and attack him….” he laughed cheerfully “Even after I said I’d take a marine escort their afraid I’ll stick my “nose for news” out to far and get it shot off.” some of the military personnel in the background could be heard laughing at the reporter’s quoting Admiral Babcock.

“Well it sounds like you’ve gotten yourself quite a fan club over there Roy.” Madalin smiled into the camera.
Roy chuckled again “Yeah I’ve made a few friends is all, these people are great to be around, and given another two months and Admiral Babcock says this entire star system will have fallen to our forces, another step on our road to victory over the enemies of Icara.”

“Well Roy I’m afraid our time is up.” Madalin looked into the camera again “Ladies and gentlemen thank you for watching, we’ll see you tomorrow here on INN a subsidiary of the State Security Broadcast system.”

2420.5
Babcock’s estimate was correct, Ogatha Tir fell within two months and the first fleet was already mobilizing to move on to the next target of conquest on the Icaran hit list, Babcock had not lost a single soldier or spacer during the invasion, more then the capture of the entire system the Icarans managed to destroy a small fleet of Phong warships and an entire corps of Phong ground troops.

On the other end of the Phong front the 3rd fleet had finally been given the resources to go on the offensiv, the 1st Germania regiment had swept through the first three Phong bases in Cortina like a flood, sweeping aside all resistance and bringing the population of Cortina 1, 2, and 2a (Cortina 2’s moon) under the heel of Icaran Jackboots.
Admiral Ross had just received word of his promotion from Rear Admiral to full Admiral and Captain Yu Lin had just received the Fleet Service Medallion for her starship as it had managed to gain it’s 30th kill in only a few months of service.

Thus far the war was going well on the Phong front, yet on the NeoStar border the Icaran fleet was in a tense mood, the Neo Star empire was quickly growing more hostile and after three Icaran Merchantmen went missing on their borders the Royal Navy 4th fleet was ordered to ready it’s self for deployment in order to investigate the disappearances. Needless to say the Neo-Star Empire was less then pleased when they heard of this and began mobilizing one of their own sector fleets along the border, along with the usual diplomatic threats and accusations.