Freespace: Apocolypse Armada
Originally Posted on Aug 7, 2011
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Communications data obtained from Admiral Bosh's research into Shivan communications may have been the single greatest piece of intelligence obtained during the Second Great War.
Our leading theoretical scientist may have an explination of the incident regarding the Capella star.
From analyzing the structure of Shivan command transmissions, we were able to conclude the that Shivans are a heirarchichal in nature. The organization of their command structure resembles that of a beehive, we believe that they take their orders from a single source.
The leading theory regarding the destruction of the Capella star was the Shivans believing we operated in the same way. They thought if they destroyed our prime planet, we would be eradicated. The Shivans however have since caught on, and their forces have been detected on the outer regions of the ____, ____, ____, and _____ systems, we believe they are planning a full-scale invasion. Given their acess to as yet unkown jump gates, we will not be able to contain them.

By using parts recovered from the Sathanas we were able to construct the NeoColosus in 1/5th the time of the original. By synthesizing our technology with the Shivans we were able to increase the power to the Sathanas's forward beam cannons by a factor of 1.6

Our entire arsenal of Meson Bombs are tied up on the main fleet, we will be unable to contain the Shivans to a few systems, our only course of action is to proceed through the Shivan corespace node and make a run for their Prime Planet.
We have to destroy the enemie's prime planet before they destroy the GTD system

During the Second Great War, a special operations team was assigned the task of tagging, enemy Shivan craft with a sensor array, these sensors have proven enormously useful in gaining intel on our enemy. From the data, we were able to pinpoint the location of the Shivan prime planet. The bad news is we also detected a large force of Shivans in the area. It appears from the data that the Shivans are planning another attack. So far intel has discovered over 127 Shivan Juggernauts. An apocolyptic Armada.
Shivans believed the same to be the case with us. They destroyed the star because they believed it would incapacitate our entire fleet. However they have since wised up.

This gives us an opportunity, we must destroy the Shivan Home Planet before they wipe out

Shivan armadas have jumped into two locations, they have begun destroying GTD planets and bases. We have organized a single massive fleet to evacuate our people and our forces. We are going to push for a third node, the node has been deactivated but we have the capacity to reactivate it by combining our knowledge with technology uncovered from the Shivan Sathanas.

During an engagement with Admiral Bosch's NTSC forces, a special operations unit belonging to NTSC succesfully Hijacked the GTD Portico. On board were plans for high power magnetron beam gun, the ship has been missing. Locating that ship will be of primary importance in any further engagement with the Shivans. Our battle lab researchers, including the legendary Dr. Auchland are most likely already dead. The mission is to recover the data before NTSC groups discover it. The last known location was ______.
The meson bomb fails, and the Prime Planet is destroyed by crashing the colosus into a Shivan Juggernaut and having it fall into the Planet. Shivan ships become disabled.

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