The Bashkar Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 In response to the senseless, brutal and unprovoked murder of our unarmed Explorer V-ger XVII by the WKE's Apshai Heavy Cruiser "Dahak", we have summarily sacrificed the WKE's Apshai's Explorer Cha-Ko-Tay. Archbishop Morpheus V The Bashkar Empire Empire #2744 - A Black Hole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WKE235 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 APSHAI -- Looking like some genetic experiment gone awry, the Apshai are large arachnids with wings, huge mandibles, and a heavy tail with stinger. This is the type of creature mothers would use in tales to frighten small children to behave. Luckily for everyone, the Apshai have become peaceful as they evolved and normally prefer talking with others over eating them. ------------------------------------------------------------ There was no unprovoked murder by the Apshai. Admiral Zast-crk invited Explorer V-ger XVII over for dinner and V-ger accepted. It is not a invitation that is issued lightly for it is a matter of great honor among the Apshai to enter anothers home for dinner. The sacrifice of ones self to anothers home / family / nation has served as a special means to create bonds. For under the old adage .. "You are what you eat" .. how can one engage in war against those who show respect by coming for dinner and allowing themselves to become one with their hosts through the meal? Truely this is one of the greatest honors the Apshai can bestow. We are still uncertain as to why V-ger struggled so much as he was prepared and led to the Admirals table. The injected poisons were selected with care to minimize any pain or movement while allowing V-ger to stay alive to relish in the honor he was accepting for the Bashkar. And then the Bashkar explorer ships rude actions afterwards as his husk was returned home left the Admiral no choice but to destroy the ships (125,000 tons of shipping needlessly lost). At first we thought perhaps something had driven the crews mad. But now, your Pickett Corvette brutally destroyed a simple Pathfinder. And you admit to having executed ... no, worse than that .. sacrificed .. the great Explorer Cha-ko-Tay. We must conclude the entire Bashkar race is mad. Perhaps the offer of dinner and the Peace we hoped it would bring was a mistake. You were undeserving of any such honors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMartinB Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 One has to wonder if WKE actually wins fights? Didn't you lose an exploration ship last turn to an NSI pathfinder? Sigh...wondering if Eyre fleet training officers can find time to train others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurassier Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 One has to wonder if WKE actually wins fights? Didn't you lose an exploration ship last turn to an NSI pathfinder? Maybe we should send more beer ships to the Bashkar and NSI and fewer to the Apshai??? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WKE235 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 Actually, it was an NSI Corvette weighing in at 3000 tons that took an unarmed WarpRider class exploration ship at 9000 tons (1 MK III JSS, 3000 Fuel tankage so they never have to go home, and some other odds and ends). Just another minor skirmish along the borders. Of course, one of my Corvettes (3900 tons) destroyed one NSI corvette with only Minor Damage (whatever the heck THAT means). These little battles have been helpful. For example, You get one Integrity (hitpoints?) per tonnage of the ship (Cargo Bays and Fuel tanks do not count) Titanium Composit Armor adds 7 Integrity per ton of armor. Selenite Battleweave adds (***State Secret***) Mk I Force Shields add 300 points of shield per unit (similar to Hitpoints / Integrity) Mk II Force Shields add (***State Secret***). Plus some odds and ends for weapons strength and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurassier Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 For under the old adage .. "You are what you eat" .. how can one engage in war against those who show respect by coming for dinner and allowing themselves to become one with their hosts through the meal? Truely this is one of the greatest honors the Apshai can bestow. Mental note, when the Apshai invite one of us over for dinner, send beer (or maybe a nice Chianti and fava beans) and our regrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galvorn Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yikes! Hannibal Apshai! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
octagon999 Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 In response to the senseless, brutal and unprovoked murder of our unarmed Explorer V-ger XVII by the WKE's Apshai Heavy Cruiser "Dahak", we have summarily sacrificed the WKE's Apshai's Explorer Cha-Ko-Tay. Any character named after a B-grade, old tele-video series deserves whatever they get! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternusIV Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 ***** CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENT ******* Chairman Kezar Stanyan of the Beulah Trading Company has solemnly donated the latest Advanced Consumer Goods to the families of those slaughtered on both sides of the incident and mourn the loss of Cha-Ko-Tay. His contributions to local space-time derivations of local Warp Nexus clusters has advanced our collective knowledge of warp distance estimations. A Virtual Funeral will be sponsored by Zip-Ride! anti-grav toys and will be stored into our network archives for subsequent replay (subscribers only at a rate of 142924 Mega Credits per month) Lastly, the Chairman wants the movie rights to the incident as it involves dinner, poison and madness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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