King Uiluan Trilar
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on May 14, 2009 19:45:12 GMT -5
The large ship slowly approached the starbase. Slowing to an apparent halt, though it was still moving very slowly, it waited while docking clamps extended like the claws of a huge beast to grab onto the hull. Not long after the clamps had engaged, three shuttles dispatched from the docking bay aboard the ship. The shuttles moved underneath the base, where there was a large docking area. Several shuttles were already docked nearby, probably the bases own shuttles.
As one of the shuttle doors opened, Robert Reynolds stepped out with two officers behind him. Stepping into the turbolift with no more than the words "Command deck" the three were spirited up through the several dozens of levels the starbase contained. The turbolift doors opened again to reveal a large room bustling with people going about the business of running the Seperate Union of Ships. There were three large archways leading out of the room to the rest of the deck.
Reynolds stepped out of the turbolift. An officer to his left looked up, then stood and said loudly, "President on deck." Everybody in the room stood at attention until Reynolds said, "At ease."
Moving to the center of the room, where a stationary holographic strategic display was operational. Several of the highest ranking members of the SUS stood waiting for President Reynolds. When he got there, he ordered, "Send a message to all fleet commanders, return with all ships to Starbase Alpha. Tell them a meeting must take place before we can officially declare war. I was a little hasty in my previous message."
"Yes, Mr. President."
"I will be in my quarters. I ask not to be disturbed for another half hour. I need some time to myself." With that Reynolds walked out the far left archway and down a short hall to the end. There he entered a door labeled "President's Suite".
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Palpatine
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Post by Palpatine on May 15, 2009 19:43:02 GMT -5
Palpatine entered Starbase A-200. He walked up to one of the lounges and sat down to wait. After waiting for a while, he got up and walked over to a communication station and sent a message to the Interpride, asking for directions. He then sat down to wait for the directions.
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Post by Jeremy Tennant (aldrant) on May 24, 2009 12:38:49 GMT -5
"Captain on the Bridge." This familiar call always brought a sense of contentment to Jeremy's ears. It let him know that he was the captain, and that this was his ship. It felt good to be back on the bridge. Jeremy slid into his chair and gazed at the screen for a few moments, he always found the stars to be awe-inspiring.
"Make a call to the Interpride for further instructions. Until then, get the fleet rounded up and have them meet Palpatine at Starbase A-200, we'll be waiting there."
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King Uiluan Trilar
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on May 24, 2009 19:55:09 GMT -5
It was exactly twenty four hours after Reynolds had made the command for all NGS ships to rendezvous at starbase Alpha. All seven fleets were in the vicinity of the starbase, quite a formidable sight for an onlooker.
Inside the starbase inside a council room sat ten people. The various commanders of the fleets. From the head of the table, they sat in the following order around the table: Fleet President Robert Reynolds, Vice President Palpatine, Fleet Admiral Jeremy Tennant, Admiral LaTrell, Generals Fynn and Oakley, and Fleet Commander Bennet. The remaining three people were Gargons, ambassadors from Sargonia.
Reynolds began the meeting, "I have called you all here because according to the SUS laws, sixty percent of all fleet commanders must consent in order to officially declare war. Yesterday morning Alpha fleet was attacked by an unprovoked Federation fleet. We know the federation has been in an unsteady state of late, and that a knew leader has taken control. It is apparent this leader does not desire peace between us. Now gentlemen, any comments or points you would like to make before a vote is made are welcome. Again, the matter being debated is whether or not to declare war against the Federation."
The discussion that followed was interesting, but not very heated. Most people in the room were not to much against the proposition, as everybody but the Gargons used to be a member of the Federation themselves, and wished to see it returned to its former glory. After about an hour, Reynolds spoke up, "Alright. I think that's enough, don't you? How about we take a vote? The choices are war or no war. Vote."
The votes were spoken one by one
"War," said Palpatine.
"War," voted Jeremey.
"War," said LaTrell
"No war," said Fin
"War," said Oakley
"No war," voted Bennet.
"That puts the vote at four for war and two against. I vote war. That puts the option of war above the limit. It looks like war gentlemen.
The next two hours were spent making war plans and strategies. After that time, the meeting adjourned and the various commanders went to their ships and ordered all personnel to their ships and stations. Union-wide red alert.
For the first time in history, the SUS officially sent out an official declaration of war. For the first time, the SUS went to war.
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Palpatine
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Post by Palpatine on May 24, 2009 21:20:26 GMT -5
As the fleet Commanders left, Palpatine tapped Jeremy on the shoulder, and whispered to him, "I need you to look after my fleet for me for awhile." He then left the room. He walked quietly to his quarters on the Akira. All the captians were in there. As he walked in he motioned them to remain seated. He then took his own seat. Palpatine then looked at his captains, Cotais, cocaptain on the Akira, Aurther Tenision, captain of the Going To The Sun, Killik Walters, captain of the Mourning Glory, Robert Parker, Captain of the Ticonderoga, & Jim Parker, Captain of the Essex. "War has begun." "Yes, Killik that is true." "I also want to tell something of the uppermost importance. Not even Reynolds is to know about this." "We swear on our lives that Reynolds will not know." " The plan is called Zeta. Your parts in this are easy, work with Jeremy Tennet's fleet, if Reynolds gets curious, tell him that you are working on a joint exercise. Thank you." Everyone leaves, however Palpatine taps Cotais on the shoulder, when the doors close, Palpatine speaks. "I want the Akira to get back to the Four Corners. She will be an escort for the plan Zeta." "What is plan Zeta?" "I told the other captians their part. Your part will come naturally." "What?" "You will see the logic in it soon. However I will take the X-112 to get there." "Yes Captain." The pair leave and Palpatine heads to the X-112. He then boards the shuttle and sets it on a course to the Four Corners, at warp 9. Over Earth Zeta Dagger "What is the mission, Captain Ivan?" "We are to remove the Four Corners from exesitance." "Won't that affect several species as that is a trade center Captian Ivan?" "Who cares, as long it is going, Palpatine has a base for himself to live at and the SUS has another place to repair their ships." "Let's go get them."
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Post by Jeremy Tennant (aldrant) on May 25, 2009 14:37:22 GMT -5
As Jeremy left the council room, the command that Palpatine had given him brought turmoil to his mind. He was confused, and didn't really have that great of an idea of why. All he could do was to take the extra ships as his, and make sure that everything got completed.
"Send a message to both fleets. 'This is Fleet Admiral Tennant speaking. This is our official declaration of war against the Federation. Recently the Alpha fleet was preemptively attacked. We have yet to know the reason, but our only choice is to take this as a threat against our union. For this reason I ask you all to be the best you have ever been, fight till the last battle, and if times become rough, remember the Klingon prophecy, 'Today is a good day to die.' I trust all of you will do your best, and I place my deepest trust in all of you, now get out and win this war!.' End transmission."
At the conclusion of this message Jeremy had had enough for one day. He was personally not a big fan of wars, so for him to feel strongly enough to actually declare war was a rare thing. It was within this that he had come to doubt his decision. Was it right to declare war, it could have just been a misunderstanding. No, it was not a mistake, he knew it, and he knew that this must be done.
"Commander, you have the bridge, I'll be in my ready room."
As Jeremy walked out, he felt a nudge from his first officer. "I just wanted to let you know that we're all with you on this, you don't need to worry so much about it," he said. Yet even though he knew this was sincere he couldn't help but worry.
"Thank you, but I think I just need to be alone for awhile." And with this, Jeremy left the bridge.
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Post by Palpatine on May 25, 2009 15:01:42 GMT -5
Four Corners Palpatine Palpatine walked the hallways of the Four Corners. He then walked into restricted hanger. A guard gave him a pad-down, checked his ID, and let him pass. The hangar was quiet and almost empty. In the middle of the bay was the corner stone to Palpatine's little plan, Project B, or as he it, the FD Bismarck. Palpatine walked on to the bridge and saw that the whole crew was ready to go. Captain's log We are beginning a new era in the battle for peace. Not just against old enemies but now against new ones, ones that were once old friends. End log "Fire her up and lets go find the Federation." "Yes Captain." "Begin Check. Engines?" "Go." "Radar and Scanners?" "Go." "Weapons?" "Go." "Retro?" "Go." "Guidance?" "Go." "Ginsi?" "Go." "Mark time?" "Time marked." "Let's go." The Bismarck left her bay. The ship then turned and began to head west. Her glorious launch had been dampened by two things, a pair of Saber class ships, the Challenger and the Challenged. The pair then reported the launch to their fleet flagship, the Zeta Dagger, which was headed east, alone. meanwhile the Akira had taken the hint and now shadowed the Challenger and the Challenged looking for a chance to destroy both ships.
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King Uiluan Trilar
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on May 28, 2009 21:04:09 GMT -5
The captain of the SUS New Land, Captain Greg Pratt, was nervous. He had been give orders to scout the heart of the Federation territory, including Earth itself. The New Land was equipped with the newly developed cloak of the SUS (conveniently, since the SUS broke off from the Federation, it was not bound by the Federations cloak treaty with the Romulans), but skilled crew members could still detect it.
'This is a suicide mission,' Pratt remembered telling Reynolds. 'You know as well as I that our cloak is far from full proof.'
'But the way to detect it is far different than any other cloak. They will not be able to detect it unless they already know what their looking for,' was Reynolds reply.
"Alright," said Pratt to his navigation control man, "I guess we should set a course for... Alpha Centauri...maximum warp."
"Yes, sir," responded the ensign. After pushing a few buttons the SUSNew Land was at warp towards the heart of the Federation.
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Post by Jeremy Tennant (aldrant) on May 29, 2009 16:58:49 GMT -5
Jeremy walked through deck 4, having stepped out of the turbolift just a moment ago. The bridge seemed slightly hectic to him right now, and he just wanted the peace and serenity of the kitchen. The chef always seemed to know what to say. He was sort of a pseudo-counselor, so to speak. Jeremy walked into the kitchen at an extremely brisk pace, which somehow alerted chef to his uneasiness with the war. "Hello Jeremy, something bothering you?" "Oh just this whole thing with declaring war on the Federation. Somehow I don't know if it's really called for. I feel this is all just some sort of misunderstanding we have, even though the facts clearly state the opposite of what I believe." It felt good to just get it out to someone who would listen. "Yes, this war does not sit well with me either, it seems that wars never turn out well." With this statement there was a shake as the Galactian was hit with a volley of torpedoes. The violent tremor sent Jeremy sprinting out the door. With all of his speed, he ran down the corridor, hopped in the turbo lift and went to the bridge, the Red alert siren screaming in his ear. As the Turbolift neared the bridge, Jeremy retained his composure. Swiftly he stepped out onto the bridge. "What's our status?" "There are 6 Klingon warbirds dead ahead. They sent us a message proclaiming the Federation's response to the war. Blood lust." "Tactical, send a message to all fleets, take out their weapons and engines, I don't want to kill them, I just want to leave them defenseless. All ships, attack pattern Omega3!" With this command, the ships moved to there respected positions, while sending a good volley of quantum torpedoes at the warbirds, trying to make every hit count. THe bridge shook violently with each hit, but the little ship trudged on, backed by the fleet. "Take out all communications that those guys have, I want to leave them out here for a while." After this last command the fleet headed home, to the NGS HQ to regroup.
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Post by Palpatine on May 29, 2009 21:15:02 GMT -5
Illyria Palpatine Zeta Dagger / Bismarck / Challenger / Challenged / Akira The Zeta Dagger sat quietly cloaked, waiting for her convoy of refueling ships to arrive and restock some things on the ship. At the same time, the Bismarck sat quietly cloaked and waiting for the same convoy. At the same time the i]Challenger[/i] and the Challenged waited for the Bismarck to decloak so they could cripple her and let another fleet finish her off. What they didn't know was that the Akira was waiting for them to fire on the Bismarck also so that she could fire on the two smaller Federation ships. The convoy arrived forcing the Zeta Dagger to decloak. At the same time a small battle-group entered the area. The 3 Galaxy class ships and the 1 Intrepid-class ship. The Akira then fired on Challenger / Challenged, destroying both, then it cloaked and moved away from the convoy. The battle group then charged after the Akira. The Zeta Dagger began to herd the convoy together. When the ship's back was turned, the Bismarck turned 90 degrees to the left, decloaked, and fired on it with all 50 of it's left phasers. The Zeta Dagger then turned and returned fire with it's torpedo launchers. The Bismarck responded by getting moving out of the way and get between the Zeta Dagger and the convoy. She then pounded both with her 14 left torpedo launchers. Palpatine watched as the Zeta Dagger exploded in a ball of fire. "Damage report." "Shields are down, but other then that no damage." "I almost feel like using the big guns to finish off the convoy. Focus all of the starboard guns and remove the ships." "Sir, the Akira is returning and she has company." (reluctantly) "Okay, fire Alton." "Firing Alton." The Bismarck's forward turret swung left to face the incoming fleet. The Akira flew over the ship then turned around. 'Alton' fired, rocking the Bismarck with the recoil and destroying the Intrepid class ship. Alton then preceded to destroy the remaining ships. Palpatine called Cotais. "I think we had better go. You will go and see what is going on at the Four Corners and the NGS in general. I will see what havoc I can cause." "Agreed." The Akira and Bismarck enter warp. Federation headquarters Intelligence center. "Sir we just got a report from the Zeta Dagger. It seems that she has engaged the mysterious Project B. We now know that she is 500 meters in length, has a cloaking device can go in speeds of warp 18 and has 72 phaser quads, 12 Type 16 single phasers, 16 Type 17 pulse phasers. We also believe that she is not affiliated with the NGS in any way, shape or form." "It sounds like she could be problem." "A big problem." "Tell the remaining Daggers, they have a new mission: Destroy Project B."
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King Uiluan Trilar
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A good man in an evil society will seem the greatest villian of them all.
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on Jun 7, 2009 13:39:26 GMT -5
The New Land had been in orbit above Alpha Centauri for five days, intercepting messages and watching ships come and go. So far, no sign of detection was shown by the Centaurians. The most important piece of information was involving the dictator of the Federation, Katriel Matthews. Pratt didn't like the way some of these messages were worded. They mentioned things that didn't seem...possible in this time.
Turning to his communications officer, Pratt ordered, "send our latest reports to Reynolds. Add that it is my belief that Katriel may be an agent from the future. Please refer to statements in military transmissions mentioning technology not considered possible by today's standards. Also, tell Reynolds we plan on heading to Earth withing the next twenty-four hours."
"Yes, sir."
With that, the New Land broke from orbit around Alpha Centauri and set a course for Earth. Not long after they entered warp, a small, black ship also broke away from orbit and followed.
The SUS New Land was being monitored...
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Post by Palpatine on Jun 7, 2009 20:58:45 GMT -5
The Bismarck Palpatine Palpatine left the bridge and headed for the X -112. He sat down and sighed. The Federation probably knew of the ship and would hunt for her till she was destroyed. He also knew that he had some options. The first was tell Reynalds, but secrets were going to stay secrets. The second was destory the ship, but that was also pointless. The third was leave the ship and get back to the Akira, pick his fleet from Jeremy, and act like nothing happened. The fourth was just simply to vanish into thin air. Just then his thoughts were interupted by a call from the bridge. Palpatine walked back to the bridge and had the call put through. It was from a friend of his that served on the USS. Interceptor. "What's the news Alec?" "The Federation has a file on a Project B. Some claim that she could eclipse the threat of the Interpride, others say that the rest only say that bacuase we don't know anything about it. Personally I think that this is being blown out of proportion. The ship is a little bigger then an Akira class ship." "True, thanks Alec." "No problem, by the way, did you know that I will be promoted to captain of this ship." "Nice, who knows, maybe we can still have P-51 races and Bell 222 dogfights." "You know that mine is more powerful." "True, but I have the better paint job and enegine sound." "HA, HA, HA, HA, you never fail to amuse me, I call you sometime." "Later Alec." The transmission ends. "Captian while you were conversing we spotted a Cardassian ship and three Soverignes. Orders?" "Leave them alone, all of them. We need to bide our time and make hit and runs. this will keep the Federation busy. Enter Warp." The Bismarck enters warp.
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King Uiluan Trilar
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on Jul 3, 2009 19:17:41 GMT -5
Two weeks ago Reynolds had sent the SUS New Land into Federation space to gather intelligence. Now he sat in his corridors listening to the last message received from the New Land.
The image on the screen displayed most of the bridge of the New Land. Several dead or wounded bodies lay about, and few consoles were intact. In the center of the video sat the captain covered in blood that ran from his left shoulder.
The captain spoke, "...attacked by unknown Federation vessel. No warning. Important intelligence gathered just before attack. Federation leader appears to be from future. Around the thirty-first century. Temporal Cold War grown to Galactic Temporal War. This time period chosen as primary target by Katriel Matthews faction. It was a turning point in the future of the galaxy. The NG-"
Throughout the transmission, the ship shook three more times. The transmission was cut short when a fourth hit (or so Reynolds believed), either destroyed the ship or destroyed its ability to transmit data.
Fleet President Robert Reynolds did not leave his quarters for the next twenty-seven hours...
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Post by Palpatine on Jul 4, 2009 11:29:08 GMT -5
The Bismarck Palpatine Palpatine walked onto the bridge, sat in the captain's chair, and opened the in ship com link. "Attention crew of the Bismarck, I am leaving the ship effective in 5 minutes. Your captain knows what the plan is. You are to have no contact with the outside world, other then the supply ship I have already arranged. Good day and may you live long and prosper." He then left the ship in the X-112. As soon as he was 3 light-years from the Bismarck, he called the Akira, "Where are you?" "We are near Starbase Alpha." "Wait at your current position, I will meet up with you. Then we shall collect our fleet, then wait further orders from Reynolds." "You really are up to something." "No. Why do you ask?" "The chief engineer and I had a little bet that you were up to or hiding something." "Let's sort that out when I get there, I've got company." The X-112 enters warp.
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Post by Jeremy Tennant (aldrant) on Jul 5, 2009 12:47:27 GMT -5
Jeremy was paged by his com officer while relaxing in his ready room, letting him know that the Akira had just recieved word from her captain and that they will be awaiting his arrival. This was a relief to Jeremy, for having two fleets was more work then he was used to. He just told himself that it really wasn't any different then commanding his fleet, but there were just too many lives to take care of. With this thought, he "summoned" up some iced tea with a hint of mint and went back to his relaxation... to Disturbed...
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Post by Palpatine on Jul 6, 2009 14:53:56 GMT -5
Palpatine Akira The Akira approached Starbase Alpha. Palpatine called to his fleet. "Form up." Palpatine then ordered an all enegines stop and then hailed Reynolds. "What do want me to do?"
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King Uiluan Trilar
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Post by King Uiluan Trilar on Jul 6, 2009 20:56:30 GMT -5
Reynolds was in a bad mood. He never like making decisions where peoples lives were threatened. He was still skulking in his quarters when the message came.
"Captain, there is a message from the Akira."
"Patch it through."
After reading the message, Reynolds was even more angry. "I can't believe I made him a Fleet Commander. First he messes with time, then he doesn't even know what the standard orders of Union-wide red alert are! That's on the F***ing test!"
Stopping to take a few breaths and calm down, he activated his communicator. "Reynolds to bridge."
"Bridge speaking."
"Send the following message back. The Akira and her fleet are to patrol the Federation border in standard red alert patrol patterns. We are in an official state of war, there are bound to be enemies trying to invade. Your job is to stop them." After a brief pause, he added, "The Interpride is going to Sargonia to discuss war plans and view the actual extent of military forces the Gargons will be able to provide. Also, the SUS New Land is believed to be destroyed in action."
"Is that all, sir."
"Yes, and set a course for Sargonia."
"Yes, sir."
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Post by Palpatine on Jul 7, 2009 7:24:08 GMT -5
Akira Palpatine Palpatine sat back and thought over Reynolds had said, then gave his version of the orders. "Head to the Federation border, in patrol formation 32-49-67. I'll be in the X-112." Palpatine then left the bridge and headed to the X-112 as the Akira entered warp. He then called the Bismarck. "Report in." "Sir, did you know about the Federation starbase DS 42?" "No." "Well she is a new border station being built. She has advanced weapons and shields, as well as a hanger for three Delta Daggers. Would like us to remove it." "No. Just watch the place and see what happens." "Yes captain." Palpatine then contacts the Four Corners "Project Y report." "Hull is finished, weapons and engines are being tested." "Excellent." Palpatine then returns to the bridge.
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Post by Jeremy Tennant (aldrant) on Jul 7, 2009 9:35:07 GMT -5
More and more, Jeremy noticed that Reynolds seemed to not be handling the stress of war as well he had in the past. He knew that h would not do very well in the position, as he hated war as much as the next guy, but he simply didn't bear the responsibilities of Reynolds. From what he had seen, he had made a decision to stay out f Reynolds hair as much as possible, only contact him for extreme emergencies. or if he contacts us first.
(the sound of two ambient beeps) "Captain, there appears to be some form of annomaly, possibly temporal, about 4 light years away. It is well in NGS space. What are your orders?"
"Send out the Roi de guerre, I believe they can defend themselves if necessary, if it is anything worth noting, send a message and I'll send more ships due to the situation at hand. Captan out."
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Post by Palpatine on Jul 10, 2009 7:34:05 GMT -5
Akira Palpatine Palpatine reached his patrol region and began to run the patrol. He did not however use standard patrol formation, instead he used 32-49-67, which meant that the Going to the Sun and the Mourning Glory would be in the front, with 32 meters between them, then the Ticonderoga and Essex would sit at a 49 degree angle of the back outside corner and a distance of 49 meters was between them and the two Inquisitors. Finally the Akira herself brought up the rear, sitting at a 67 degree angle from each of the lancer dreadnoughts and staying 67 feet away from them also, while still ending up with a clean line of fire between the Inquisitors. The bridge crew then began to discuss the situation. "I think Reynolds misread your question." "I agree with the helmsman, Captain." "I think you are right, but we got orders and now we must carry them through." "Would it be wise to go rogue Captain?" "No, not for a few more years, I think." Meanwhile 10 Delta Dagger class ships under full cloak entered the space around Starbase Alpha. A second set are deployed to attack a new threat to the Federation, The Four Corners starbase, which now had a defense grid of 1 large Starbase called CPS, and 16 smaller bases called OPS'.
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