Romano Trek: Voitor: Prologue
1st Point of Divergence - sometime in the past 2 million years.in tectonic
activity in the Pacific region results in more Islands appearing in
Polynesia than in our timeline.
2nd Point of Divergence - 1500 BC approx.the extra islands have copper
(and the other ingredients of bronze) the Polynesians enter the Bronze
Age. This results in a population explosion and the splitting of the
polynesians into many different national groups (a _lot_ more than OTL
anyway)
3rd Point of Divergence - 829 BC
Aliens from another planet arrive and visit the home island of a tribe
known as the Ocampanos. Their technology is destructive to the ecology of
the island and 2 aliens are left behind to care for them.
Through the 2nd Century the Romans make progress on mechanic stuff,
gliders (their equivilent of the transporters), magnetic compasses, adecimal number system and steam computers.
150 AD
A Roman accidentally makes a battery and causes a spark, intreged he
continues to investigate this phenomenon, by the time the Voiter is
launched the Romans had developed the telegrapth, also by this time the
Romans have mastered the use of carrier pidgeons (and some other birds) in
between their ships.
165
A superbeing (for the sake simplicity it is Q [the same Q]) sends the
"Enterprise" somewhere near the coast of OTL Brazil. There the
"Enterprise" encounters a square shaped ship, They are called the Thorg,
made up of people who have been brainwashed into a "collective". After an
attack which kills 14 of the "Enterprise"'s crew members and the Thorg
learning about the Roman Empire Q sends the "Enterprise" back to the
Mediterranian.
166
A Thorg ship destroys a coastal town near the Pillars of Hercules. The
"Enterprise" is sent to investigate, after investigating the destroyed
place they encounter the Thorg ship. They send a message to Romanfleet
Command (for want of a better description of the Roman Navel HQ),
They start amassing an armada near the mouth of the Tiber as the Thorg
ship is heading directly towards Rome. Thorg glide onto the "Enterprise"
and glide back to their ship with the captain.
Later the "Enterprise" attempt to resque him but find he has been
brainwashed into their collective
The Roman officers glide back to the "Enterprise"
Once back the Thorg send a message with the former captain anouncing
himself as "Locutus of Thorg"...
The "Enterprise" fires their Greek Fire type weapon at the Thorg ship but
it fails and they have to persue them towards Italy...
The Thorg ship distroys 39 out of 40 ships and heads up the Tiber with the
"Enterprise" close behind.
Near Rome the "Enterprise" catches the Thorg ship and resques the captainwho is fighting past the brainwashing...
The "Enterprise" through the captains interface tells the Thorg to sleep,
their ship malfunctions and destroys itself.
170
The Romans sign a treaty with the Kazaks with a "Demilitarised Zone" in
the Crimea. Mechanical Doctors are invented.
The Crew of The Voiter
An earlier POD has the Romans allowing some women into their naval force
and the captain of the Voiter is one of the few who have made it to the
captaincy leval
Katherine Janimius
The captain of the Voiter a Roman (of course)
She is determined to get the Voiter home from the
Oceanius Pacificus
Long (at first) red hair
Chakintis
A Roman who subscribes to ancient prefoundation beliefs. He served in the
Roman Navy before leaving it to join the Crimean Anti-Kazak Fighters
he is now second in command of the Voiter. He has a strange tatto on his
left temple
Theolopolis Alexanderus
The Greek Security cheif. Long associated with Jamimius
Brunhilde Torranimus
Born of a Germanic mother and a Roman father she is the cheif engineering
officer. She was a member of the Crimean Anti-Kazak Fighters. She
constantly fights against her Germanic half
Thomas Maximus
A Roman, he was a boat pilot who was sent out of the Roman navy after an
accident. He went looking for a fight and found the Crimean Anti-Kazak
Fighters. He was captured by the Romans on his first and sent to a prisonin Rome. Jamimius freed him in order that he helped the Voiter find
Chakintis' ship. He became the cheif helmsman after the previous one died
in the Voiters entry into the Oceanis Pacificus
Harrimus Kimonius
Fresh into the Roman Navy he often serves in the bridge area.
Mechanical Doctor
Activated after the Voiters medical crew was killed he serves as the
Physician
Kess
An Ocampano she is the lover of Nelisis rescued from the Kazenek - Ola
clan by the Voiter crew when they were looking for their people
Nelisis
A Telaxis the Voiter (and the CAKF ship) found him in a debris feild when
looking for someone to help them look for their people and before the
Voiter crossed the Necrid Sea their guide to the Oceanus Pacificus
Seven of Nine
A Roman who had been captured by the Thorg as a child, was freed by the
Voiter. Her parents were unconventional and they went out into the Indian
Ocean to look for Thorg ships to study them
The Technology of the Voiter
The Voiter is state of the art at the time it is launched
Electromechanical Computing systems Runs calculation stuff, the
simuldecks, the mechanical doctor and moniters the internal telegraph
system as well as the stored food despencers.
Simuldeck
System which moves stuff around to simulate stories and other scenarios
Propulsion
Highly effective sails and backup rowing systems
Gliding units including underwater systems, Retractable metal sheilds
Weapons - Catapults and flaming arrows fired from crossbows
A boat bay at the rear.
Additional tech
A Thorg Jet engine at one time and Supercaviation tech from the
"Dauntless"
Caretaker part one coming
