Index 2
Extra information for Index 1
Section 1:
The ability to dock with other ships is used only as a last ditch effort in battle. When it is used, if they can only dock partially then the hulls of the ship's lock together and allow both ships to share core capacity, effectively doubling their previous abilities. However, if the two ships are able to fully dock, then their hulls merge together and their mental models also merge as well. This does not only double their cores capacity but it also combines their weapons, upgrading their firepower and, sometimes, producing new abilities and weapons. The downside is that if they are partially docked then the systems of the ships are split between cores, sometimes sharing analog controls if one of their systems are old. If they are fully docked then the two models must both act together in the same mental model to control their combined hull.
It has also been observed that destroyers are the only ones that can dock with multiple ships at once as long as those other ships are also destroyers.
Section 2:
The year was 2039 most of landmass that were once home to thousands and even millions of people now rest either on the bottom of the ocean or covered in sea water. Rising sea levels where the cause for this to happened, but no one was prepared for what came after that. It was that year in which the infamous Fleet of Fog appeared and started to spread their power across the sea's, Russia was the first to respond but in the end where sent with their tails in between their legs. As there fleet's of ship's where completely destroyed soon the Fog began to attack all countries with naval forces forcing them to fall back ever so slowly, in a final act the UN gave everything they got in what history knows "The Final Battle" both forces meant. Even with their superior firepower the fog ships were at times caught of guard by the tactics that the humans used against them but in the end the humans were forced to retreat. Soon the Fog cut all forms of communications and forming a blockade around every known landmass that was livable making sure no one sailed the seas. But as fate would have it this wouldn't last long the humans would one day find a way to regroup, rearm, and defeat the Fleet of Fog.
That would start with the US evacuating the islands of Hawaii, in the midst of evacuating the civilians from the islands the American Fog Fleet attacked forcing the American naval forces to pull back in order to keep the civilians at bay but were losing ships at an alarming rate. It was here that two Ohio class submarines moved in and saw an opening that could buy them time in order for the ships to escape. Seeing as the Fog Ships where diverting most of their power to the retreating forces it left open to an attack on the side, with that both captains agreed on their plan a plan that was crazy that in the end if they lived it could cost them their carriers using nuclear warheads. With the pieces lade they each fired one warhead both were sent to the center of the fog fleet it was here that the fog assault ship USS Enterprise was at the wrong place at the wrong time the warhead's hit the ship dead on. The explosions rocked the fleet ships, the ones that where close to the center of the explosions had there shields drop down and blinded by the bright light that followed the two nukes going off, the Enterprise wasn't so lucky. The force of the explosions caused her to be critically damaged causing her to go in deep lock down in order to repair, she then slip beneath the waves.
Once the dust cleared the US fleet escape to the safety of land but not without cost, in the wake of joining up with the rest of the fleet both Ohio class submarines where're caught by a fog submarine and were sunk. The Fog after recovering soon discover that the Enterprise was missing not wanting to waste time they decided that Enterprise was sunk and moved to commence operations on forming the blockade around the US. Fast forward to a couple months later the Enterprise resurfaced just a couple miles off San Diego but still in deep lock-down unable to move she drifted until long range scanners pick her up. Ships were dispatched to intercept her once in range they discovered that she was in some sort of lock-down they towed her into port and began the process of trying discover the secrets that she contain. After several years of trying everything they could think of they gave up and lock her up in a dry dock hanger deep within the base.
Soon word got out throughout the country that they captured a Fog ship and one that looks like the famous USS Enterprise (CV6) the news soon reached to the grandchildren of sailors who served on the original Enterprise in WW2. For some bizarre reason they were drawn to it as if it was calling them, they soon ask permission if they could visit it. They were at first confronted with a big "No" but in time they were able to change there the minds due to that some just simply wanted closure. Soon all were loaded on a plane heading for San Diego airport from there they were transported to the naval base not knowing that they would be the key feature for humanity future.
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THUMP
"Drat another miss"
A dart was thrown at the dartboard missing the bullseye on the other side of the bar, the bar was nice style having wood panel floors, and brown color walls that covered the bar. The counter was made of black granite covering it from end to end the stools had chrome over them there was a couple of ceiling fans spinning at slow speeds. In the comer was a black colored jukebox having checkered patterns on both sides of the bottom part of it, it was covered in blue neon color nights. But if one were to look at the middle of the bar they would see the occupant that was trying to hit the bullseye on the board, she was a teen girl having brown hair that was done up in a ponytail. She had brown eyes and was a wearing a pair of blue work pants and a light blue colored work shirt and was wearing black shoes and to top it all off she was wearing red and polka dotted bandana wrapped around here hair giving the impression that she just got off work from a factories in the 1940s.
She sighed "even if I am powerful fog ship that could destroy ships with ease and accuracy" she glared at the dart board "the board will not get the best of me"
She then lined up and through the dart through the air before landing inches off the center her eye twitched "ARGH!" she then released energy that hit the board destroying it completely. She then turned and sat down on one of the stools putting a hand under her chin and letting out a huff.
Suddenly a message pop in front of her "hmm looks like some humans are coming in to check on me" she then reach over past the bar and grabbed a bottle of beer she then grabbed a bottle opener and pop the cap "don't see what good it would do they tried everything on me but got nothing" she then drank some of the bottle "it's going to take a lot more than what they did to get information from Enterprise" she smiled.
She then made several screens pop up to show what was happening on the outside near her body. The cameras showed the large door that lead to the ramp way that connected to her body. Slowly it opened revealing dozens of navy and marines flooding in taking their defenses positions around her, she raised a brow after drinking "odd they usually have less troops when they come to see me" She continued to watch until the visitors revealed themselves, the group was normal consisting around 15 people most were elderly, a couple were accompanied with younger humans, what caught her attention was not there age but there clothes "civilians? What in the world are they doing here?" she then zoomed in with her cameras and listed into their conversations.
Daniels watch as he and other people started to enter the large bulkheads doors that opened in front of them revealing the reason for all of them being here, there in the center was a ship a ship in which marked a resemblance to one that his great grandfather served on years ago the same can be said for the other people around him. "It really does look like her" he thought as he stared at the fog ship, he soon felt a tug on his pants and looked down to see his daughter.
"Daddy, is that the ship great grandpa was on?" she asked.
He smiled and lifted her onto his shoulders "not exactly sweetheart, this ship may look like the one your great granddad was on but it's not" the girl tilted her head.
"why is that daddy?"
He sighed, "it's complicated dear"
She stared at the ship taking everything with her small eyes "is it because she working for the bad guys?"
"Something like that yes" he then looked around and saw a mix of emotions throughout the rest of the group fear, happiness, anger, sadness, and even hope. He soon got a tug from his daughter.
"daddy I want down please" he obliged and put her down as he did his attention was drawn elsewhere "Sir" he turned to see a man in a suit "if you would could you please sign the rest of the papers you were unable to finish them in the plane ride here"
"oh of course" he then handed Daniel the clipboard as he began to sign.
Unknown to anyone his daughter got up right next to the hull and slowly touch her hand on Enterprise "so you're the ship that great grandpa was on" she let her hand feel the cold metal steel "I know you're not the bad guy your just lost, we all get lost sometimes but in the end we do find the path we were on" she then smiled "but I know you will help those who need help the most just like you did when great grandpa was on board you when you were needed" she pulled back her hand and began to walk away to her father she then stop and spoke once more "I mean you brought smiles and hope to all these peoples this means you're not evil" she then skipped to her father.
The sound of a glass bottle could be heard crashing through out the bar Enterprise was glued to the screen as she saw the events happened in front of her, thousands of thoughts were flooding through as if a new door was opened. Her logical side tried to come up with millions of reasons to understand what was causing her this much pain but in the end came up with nothing. She grabbed her head "What is this?! What is this I'm feeling?! Did that human infect me with something?" her eyes widen "is this what guilt feels like?" Her time being here had given her time to understand the emotional subroutine that was within herself ranging from anger when she was first brought here, to sympathy when she heard the struggle some were going through "But I shouldn't care they are the enemy why should I care!" Where they? Were the human's truly her enemies? Her thoughts go back to the very first order given to all fog ships "blockade all livable land masses and keep humans out from the seas."
But it didn't state that they were her enemies they only became enemies when the fought back "so in terms we are the attackers since we attack them for no reason other than we were following orders, orders that still have holes within itself" She shocked herself, for the first time she spoke against the Admiralty Code the very foundation in which the Fleet of Fog was built on. "Why did I speak such things?" Were they true? The orders only stated blockaded and keep humans out from the seas, yet it didn't say anything about the flag ship giving the fleet mental models, or having humans onboard themselves for either their own needs unless they were the needs of the fog. So the question remained why was it there in the first place? Could be there as some sort of test? One used to see if maybe the Fleet of Fog could evolve enough where they can see the faults in the code and grow past it?
She then began to recall her time when she research human history as sort of her pastime, she remember one occasion in human history that was very close to her problem right now: human segregation. In the past humans had laws set between white and black people where they couldn't eat in the same area or ride in the same part of the bus heck they couldn't even drink from the same water fountain the list goes on. When she first discovered it, it was something she just brushed off saying that humans were making a big fuss over something that was meaningless judging people by their skin color. But looking back at it now she could see the same things now, even the laws were set long ways back in time people began to see that they were flawed and no longer needed them and soon started to go against them it took time but in the end they won and the laws of old were goon. She slow retreated her hands and look at them
"Everything we stood for, everything we done in the end was flawed even from the beginning we were given the order!"
She slammed her hands on the countertop causing to crack a little under the force of the blow "The order never told us that we could have mental models, having humans onboard us heck it never told us that we could use them for our own goods!" "In the end it is flawed but…" she looked up at the screen "what can we do if all we ever know was a lie in the beginning, maybe" she went into deep thought 'could we just forget the code in general?' solutions began running through her mind all coming to the same point: she could it was not stated in the code that they could. 'So the main question now is what do I do with this freedom?' Her attention turns to the words of the little human girl "I know you're not the bad guy your just lost, we all get lost sometimes but in the end we do find the path we were on"
Path, what path could she take? Again her thoughts go back to the girl words "but I know you will help those who need help the most just like you did when great grandpa was on board you when you were needed" "Help those that are needing my aid" she stood up her pride building up once more "I know what must be done, in order for us to grow past the code that was given to us we must be willing to do things that would be deem impossible for us, one of those being the code itself" a screen pop up showing the original core of her program that contained the famous order. She knew what she was about to do was not only unheard of in the Fleet of Fog but also would cause her to be a number 1 target with the ever find her. "Activate termination sequence" with that the code disappear from her very core. A new feeling was soon being swept throughout herself the feeling of being free, free to choose what she wanted to do. She then produced with the rest of her plan "time to make things right"
Outside scanners started to go off before the alarms followed "What's going?!" announced one of the scientist "sir we are getting gravitation readings Enterprise is coming back online!" His eyes widened "there's civilians in there tell them to get them out of there!"
Back with the group all turned their heads to have their worst fears realized as they watch the famous hum of the kelvin flied come to life once more "EVERYONE MOVE BACK NOW!" yelled a marine soon all of them ran for the exit before they could enter the doors slammed shut "statis report now!" "Sir we been locked out from the controls!" "Well try to over-"he was cut off as the sound of the field died down. Then before them a flash could be seen on the flight deck of the ship as Enterprise mental model showed itself for the first time. All eyes were on here "is that-"the marine nodded "a fog mental model", he then turned to his fellow troops giving them hand signals to point there weapons at her. Soon all eyes and weapons were at her, she looked at the troops before leaping from the flight deck to the ramps below causing them to point there weapons even more toward her. Enterprise scanned the group before staring at the marine captain "I presume you're the captain correct?" he slowly lowered his weapon "yes ma'am that would be me" Enterprise nodded "well I, fog assault ship Enterprise, would like to speak to your leader the president as you call him" the captain raised a brow "for what reason?" "To discusses negotiations so that I may join your fight against my kind"
Section 3
Created as a last ditch effort, Missouri F-1 is the first highly advanced free will AI created by humans as a way to fight the Fog. He was created with the help of the Fog aircraft carrier Enterprise, who defected from the fleet and faked her own death to help the humans in the US. With her information the humans were able to reverse engineer many aspects of her, the main being weapons, engines and long range scanners. Eventually by studying the way mental models work they were even able to make something similar to there cores. After several tries F-1 was made, but for some reason it didn't want to activate. It wasn't until the young son (Jacob Merlin, ) of the creator of F-1 ( Hector Merlin) said that the AI was to "boring", giving Hector the hint that the only way for it work at full power was to give it a will. Praying that it would work they gave it a free will, knowing what it was and who it was created. F-1 finally activated, ready to fight for the humans, not only because of its programming, but because it felt their pain and wanted it to end.
Fast forward to a couple of years later things aren't going good the US Fog fleet have found out that the Americans have created something and so attack the base where F-1 was hoping to destroy it. The Alaskan naval base was soon fired on, at the time Jacob was training in the navy and was at the base talking with F-1. The two had grown on one another, when the base was attacked and everyone was evacuated, in an act of friendship, Jacob grabbed F-1 core and took it with him. Once the attack was over, all the information containing the Freedom project was destroyed along with the vessel F-1 was going to use. But thanks to heroics of Jacob, F-1's core was saved. They were then moved to the San Diego naval base where the Enterprise helped F-1 master making a human body.
But now there was a new problem, they had no ship in which to give to F-1, but he already had one in mind. Leading them to the innermost parts of the base, he lead them to the dock of the original USS Missouri which helped and defend the evacuation of the small Hawaiian islands. He said this would be his body and told them, "this ship has been the symbol for these people, if they saw that an American legend was out there fighting the Fog it will boost moral". He then integrated with the ship using nanoparticles to change the ship. When he was completed they were shocked by the way he had changed it. His explanation was, "I believe the phrase goes: by looking like your enemy you become the enemy" Soon after he was given the name Missouri F-1 when Jacob became his captain.
Subsection 1:
"FIRE!"
The shockwave of 9, 16 inch guns, firing could be heard as the lethal weapons fired their deadly payload to their target, a Atlanta light cruiser. The 2,700 lb. rounds screech in as they hit the cruisers' klein field but unlike other rounds these were not normal AP rounds that the fog ships would come against when fighting against humans. Instead these were a new type of rounds ones that the fog never knew the humans could make, armor piercing photon rounds, the cruiser's field was rocked by the force of the hit it had taken. Then, throughout the ship like if glass had broken, it failed, soon the kelvin field of the cruiser saturated completely, deep inside the core of the ship was trying desperately to counter the fall of its shields and wondering how a human ship was able to bring it down! Warning messages pop showing incoming torpedoes showing thainium readings, but most of its CPU power was at work trying to get the klein field back up it didn't have enough power or time to counter the torpedoes in the split second before they hit it looked off in the distant to see a large ship loaming over the horizon. Its dark steel grey color contrasting the blue swept markings that cover it giving the illusion of it being the Fleet of Fog "a wolf in sheep's clothing" it thought before the torpedoes hit ending the cruiser in large explosion.
"Fog Atlanta class ship sunk" announced Marlin the sonar operator he smiled
"Understood, excellent work everyone" announced Jacob
"Marlin send a transmission to the admiral that if they're going to launch the RSD that now would be the time"
"Got it" the dark skinned blue eyed operator began sending there report to command
"Kin, Jan how's the engines and shields holding up" announced Jacob
A beep was heard before the main screen and a small window screen pop up showing a blonde girl with brown eyes, in the background a boy with black hair with blue eyes.
"Engines running smoothly cap no problems with the energy output" Jan then turned to Kin "hey Kin how are the shields doing?" The boy gave a thumbs up before getting back to work on the console
"Understood give me a heads up if anything happens"
Jan smiled "roger that cap" with that the small window disappear returning the screen to normal. Jacob led back in the chair recollecting his thoughts of the actions that just happened
"Trying to forget that they're living beings Jacob?"
He turned to his left to see his first mate and childhood friend Pat, a light tan boy with shaggy black hair and green eyes
"Yea even though there just machines in most people's eyes" he sighed "but with the introduction of their mental models they seem more human than every"
"It makes since, but for now we will deal with it later right now let's just head back"
Jacob nodded, he then turned to the person in front of them he had silver hair and dark blue eyes and was wearing a blue button up navy style coat with a white t-shirt underneath he also was wearing dark jeans and black shoes.
"Missouri sent a course for San Diego naval port, I'll leave the seed up to you"
He nodded "setting course for San Diego naval port" the screens around him disappear and where replace with holographic lines that rotated around him
With that Jacob got up and headed out of the bridge and venture outside leaning against the railing. He looked out to the open sea hearing the gulls flying around the ship and the water smacking against the hull.
"Jacob are you fine?"
He turned to see Missouri had come out as well
"Yea just clearing my head and getting some fresh air" his eyes soon caught the smoke and wreckage of the fog ship sinking off in the distance, he caught some emotion on Missouri face as if he was trying to understand what were these feelings he was having.
"You feel them don't you"
He looked down into the water with a straight face "at times I can catch small transmission's from them due to the components that make up my core" he lifted his hand to his face "it's as if them and me are what humans call 'long distant relatives' he looked up to see the ship sink into the sea
"But unlike them I know what I am, where I came from, and what my purpose in this world is"
Jacob turned to face him "which is?"
Missouri faced him and gave him the strictest face he can make "to help the humans and the fog to coexist with one another in the near future"
Jacob smiled with his response "indeed Missouri, indeed"
Section 4
In the beginning this Fletcher class destroyer was like any other destroyer in the Fog fleet, having small processing power, and unable to create a mental model, but still having some sort of conscious in order to obey orders. This particular destroyer however, was in battle with three other of his brothers, against Missouri and near the end of the battle he fired his EMP shockwave cannon at all three of them. However, instead of frying their basic CPU's something strange happen. It wiped all three ships core's memories clean, causing them to go into lock-down.
Missouri then towed all three into San Diego bay, where he was confronted for bring them back and explained a plan that they would use theses ships against the fog fleet. At first they were hesitant, but after finding out that all three of the ship's memories were clean slates they decided to go ahead with the plan. With the combined help of Enterprise, humans, and Missouri and his crew. They were able to repair the three destroyers and upgraded them to have enough power to have their own mental models. With that, they activated the first destroyer, soon Enterprise and Missouri spoke to it through their link explaining that all three of them were not slaves and had the choice of going back to the Fleet of Fog. The destroyer then asked Enterprise why it left the Fleet of Fog and everything they stood for. In response Enterprise explained that both the Fleet of Fog and humans can both live together in peace and with that peace they could even help them with the ultimate goal finding out who is the creator of the Admiralty Code, where did they come from, and why are they here.
The destroyer then felt something stirred with itself, something that Enterprise knew all too well. It then agreed to join alongside Freedom fleet with that it created a mental model. What surprise them was that instead of a female mental model it made a male one of which closely look like a young US Captain with blue hair and eyes, it was then that Missouri ask what it would like for a name. In response the destroyer ask to be named Fletch, he then ask to turn on the other two destroyers and that he would explain to them what has happened. Soon the other two destroyers joined up having also male mental models expect that they closely look like Young CO US Navy sailors and looked the same as Flech except that they have different hair and eye color.
What surprised everyone was that the other two destroyers considered themselves as brothers and made Flech (due to him being activated first) as there leader of there small platoon. After that Jacob being leader of Freedom Fleet then ask what they would like to be called they then responded that they would like to be called "The Black Spot's" and that due to there name being pirate related they ask permission to fly the jolly roger, they got the permission to do so.