AN IRON EFFECT
A/N: This a mass effect AU taking aspects of Marvel's tech, but non of the other parts of the Marvel universe with some of Halo and Destiny. That means none of the mutants, magic, stones, gods, or aliens of any of them. The only parts I'm bringing are Stark's tech(but it'll be closer to current timeline, not in the past, like past century), Wakanda tech, Halo ships altered with marvel and ME's tech, and the super soldier formula created by Abraham Erskine, plus Hydra without the tesseract or real magic, but still very crazy about controlling mankind for the supposed good of our species.
Will be pre ME1-ME3. I was inspired by Chunk Toad's Semper Vigilo, you should check it out.
All the calculations for mass accelerator cannon yields is from Stargazer. This will be the most technical chapter I'll most likely ever write and do forgive me if the science isn't perfect or even good, but I tried my best. Remember this is fiction. I'll have multiple codex's at the end of the chapter to explain how humanity got to where it's at and certain key technologies.
Heavy edit/rewrite on 12/10/20-12/13/20
Second edit/rewrite on 2/26/21-3/8/21
Made Stark Industries more modern around 2480s and Stark was alive during Hydra War. Limited Iron Man suits to Spartans and N7s because they cost around 2 billion per suit and I don't see any military anywhere spending that much on more than a few elite soldiers. Also changed several ship designs, human history, and outcomes, but this chapter is mostly the same. If you already read this, then just read Ahern's battle and the Codex at the end of the story.
Scientist estimate upwards of 50 billion planets in the Milky Way with 500 million of which could be habitable. Using those rough numbers and factoring Humanity in Halo is in the Orion Arm-3.5% of the galaxy- so about 17,500,000 habitable planets in just that space, but Mass Effect is only in 1% of the galaxy, so 5 million total habitable planets in ME. So adjusting Humanity by 3.5% of that is 175,000 habitable planets. Lets assume that's being too optimistic and cut it down to 1% of that, figuring countless cycles of harvesting space flight species lessened resources, that's 1,750 habitable worlds for Humanity to colonize in ME. 6,120 planets for the rest of the aliens in ME.
By Mass Effect 3 Humans have been colonizing for 38 years, approximately 12.5 billion humans and 61 colonies. My story humanity has been colonizing for 379 more years, meaning by that trend humanity is 9.97 times larger = 608 colonies and based off of population rates of about 83 million every year, factor in super human formula increasing human biology, so at the most 2 times as much-166 million per year, 63 billion humans(max, rounded up). Minus 11.7 billion on Earth leaving 51.3 billion divided by 607 worlds, meaning at most 84,514,003 humans per colonized world. So more than feasible by human expansion rates and population growth.
But, I'll factor in hardships, 2 Galactic Wars stopping human growth over several decades each time, and condense for ME's smaller state of the galaxy, the most advanced species, the Asari, have 115 colonies. So humanity has 72 colonized worlds-taking many systems and colonies from Halo.
All the other aliens in ME are slow at colonizing when compared to humans. Krogan's only issue was too high birth rates and being constrained to 1% of the galaxy.
All Destroyer-class and below ships have the look of the Obsidian-class Heavy prowler, Cruisers and above are the same as before.
I do not own or profit from the Marvel Universe, Halo, Destiny, or EA's Mass Effect.
Rest In Peace Chadwick Boseman
Chapter 1: First Contact
2567 A.D.
Shanxi-Theta Relay
Human explorers sanctioned by the Human Systems Alliance(HSA) are in the process of reactivating an inactive mass relay, just as they have been since the discovery of the Charon Relay that has allowed their rapid expansion through space, as a small security detail watches on. For one Captain Hurnandez of the SSV Thermopylae, a Obsidian-class heavy corvette ship(Think Halo ONI Obsidian-class Heavy Prowler but with vibranium, Arc reactor technology, nanites, shields, and eezo based drive cores from ME.) he commands, it's just another baby sitting job he has to do until he finally retires in 3 months.
Captain George Hurnandez is a 61 year old man with light bronze skin, a brunette buzz cut, hazel eyes, and a large muscular build on top of his 6'7" frame. He has a mostly faded diagonal scar ruining down his face starting from the right side of his forehead and ending at the left side of his jaw. A little gift from a Hydra elite that sliced through his helmet on Reach.
Nothing could be more boring than watching a bunch of techs nerd out on opening up another relay from their small research vessel, like it hasn't been done a hundred odd times by now. Ok, he might be exaggerating a bit there, but a dozen odd relays and around 70 plus colonized worlds later, it kind of takes the "awe" out it. To be honest, he knows that after all the fucked up shit he and many of his fifteen man crew-not counting the 40 marines- had been through in the Hydra War, this is a nice little reprieve for them.
Taking a moment to look back on how he was once a bright faced young man filled with hope and optimism as he first enlisted, he remembers his long harsh past. It started out pretty typical, his family joining up on a small colonization effort along the edges of human space with hope of creating a better life. Then shit turning sideways after their third year "on the range" so to speak, when a pirate gang attacked their little colony.
Being so new and non producing yet, they only had a small local security force to protect them, which didn't add up to much when they only had after market Hammond Combat armor-titanium coated armor, M7 Lancers(DEW not mass accelerator), low-grade energy shields, and twenty odd men. Especially when said pirate gang had over a hundred men and after market Stark Personal Security armor and Mattocks(DEW), which blows away Hammond's best gear by miles, but Hammond was all they could afford. They were fucked.
George still remembers watching with the innocence of a six year old as the pirates cut down their security force like it wasn't even there. The overwhelming fear that sunk into his stomach as his mother was being dragged off to God knows where, and his father laying in pool of his own blood. The sights of the visor helmeted pirates as they used their Mattock directed energy weapons, or DEWs, to punch holes through men's chests, and the horrific screams of the colonists as they butchered them for some profit, will always be burned into his mind.
Fortunately, a small HSA patrol ship was in the area and responded to their distress signal in force by dropping a squad of marines from orbit. The HSA's military grade Stark Industries Mjolnir armor(See codex) tore through the pirates even easier than the pirates had their own security forces. The black and olive green marines with their -vastly superior vibranium made Mjolnir armors suits; military grade energy shields; armed with military grade Typhoons, Crusaders, Valkyries, Valiants, and hurricanes(They fire energy rounds like Wakandan Sonic spears not mass accelerator rounds);- slaughtered the pirates.
It was because of that day, when those HSA Marines saved his mother and their colony, that George started to dream of enlisting and being like them. Just about every new recruit thought the same way, but just like before, it didn't take too long after he enlisted for all hell to break loose. He had just finished boot and became an HSA marine when the Hydra War broke out. He was little over nineteen back than, a far cry from that six year old, but no match for the war tested 61 year old man he is now.
The Hydra War was the absolute worst war in all of human history, so far anyways. The cluster fuck of the Hydra War cost humanity over sixteen billion lives. All thanks to the fucking parasite of mankind from WW2 called Hydra. May they all rot in hell. They had been hiding for five hundred years, give or take a decade, since the bio-terrorist attack they launched on Earth in 2030 AD, after the Super Solider War(See codex) ended in the Allies victory. That was back before mankind had gone any further into space than the moon, so it could have wiped out most of humanity.
It was a manmade virus unlike any other before it, called the Croatoan virus.
With it's 95% mortality rate, it was killing people by the millions daily, or as Hydra put it, killing off the meek that weakens humanity. Fuckers probably would have wiped out most of us back then if it wasn't for the combined efforts of SHIELD, Wakandan princess Shuri, and Dr. Hellen Cho. They took the super soldier formula that was recreated by Hydra scientists, which was used to start the Super Solider War in the first place, and unleased it upon all mankind through global dispersion by SHIELD satellites, that were enhanced by Shuri with vibranium and Wakandan technology, to enhance all of mankind. Thus allowing mankind to be strong enough to fight off the virus. After all, it was designed to not infect Hydra and their super soldiers, so by making all humans somewhat super human, it made them immune.
So, in a way, Hydra is responsible for actually making mankind stronger, though Hurnandez doubts that was how they intended it to happen. Regardless, most humans are almost as strong as Captain American, mostly in metabolism, regeneration, muscle density, cognitive processes, and reflexes. Rodgers still hit harder and moved faster, like most soldiers that were enhanced beforehand. Though average soldiers now a days are slightly more enhanced than Steve Rogers was back then.
Not massively of course, it's more like their are different classes of enhancement based on the genetic modifications applied to the individual solider. Most baseline or Cap class marines have the same build as Captain America with slightly higher strength, speed, reflexes, regeneration rate, metabolism, and durability.
The Hulk class like him are mostly the same as the Cap, but tend to have higher bone and muscle density that gives them greater strength and durability, not to mention being about 5 inches taller than the human average of today(6'2" male, 5'10" female), at the cost of having the same speed and reflexes of the Cap class.
While the panther class, based off of Wakanda's Black Panther, has much higher speed and reflexes than the baseline, but lower strength and durability than the baseline soldier.
But he is digressing.
The Hydra War started when all of Hydra's sleeper agents went active, killing large numbers of HSA forces and securing entire planets with shipyards, mines, fueling stations, and weapons manufacturing facilities in 2525. Hammond Industries had finally showed their ugly colors by becoming Hydra's main weapons supplier with their bastardized weapons, combat suits, Arc Reactor powered Titans(Titanfall), and energy shields -stolen from Stark Industries of course. With enough ships, element zero mines, resources, enslaved work laborers, and weapons, Hydra could finally wage war against the Human Systems Alliance for control of mankind. It was mankind's second Galactic War, and God help him, hopefully their last.
Hydra had tried taking over mankind more subtly through political and military control back when the UEG and UNSC ran humanity. They were slowly moving human government towards a tyrannical dictatorship with military enforcement. Starting with the outer colonies, that fortunately fought back until the Insurrection War(see codex) broke out. After their-at the time- unknown attempt to subtly control humanity failed, they switched back to brute force application, thus the war.
Thirty two years of space battles, ground warfare, and a few destroyed colonies later, Hydra had finally fell on their core world -Reach- that produced most of their war machines and resources in 2557. Hurnandez was apart of that finale raid on Reach, a Staff Sergeant with more kills than he could ever hope to bear by that point. Even then, that was still the worst part of the war he had ever seen. That last stand by Hydra on Reach lasted for nearly a year with a total of four billion deaths.
He left Reach a mostly broken man, hanging on only through service to the HSA, his comrades, and the ten years it took to hunt down every last member of Hydra through the known Galaxy. He did things that will forever haunt his soul to ensure that Hydra never grew two more heads. They are without a doubt dead and gone. Humanity paid a heavy enough price for it, but that's what it takes to be free of such monsters. There was 52 billion humans before the war and after there's only a little over 36 billion left of them now.
What a price to pay indeed.
Now he's gone up in rank and switched out his perfectly fitted standard issue HSA Mjolnir armor for the nearly bursting out of the seems dress blues befitting a Captain of the Navy. He also carries an M-2 Nemex(Altered Carbon) energy pistol for emergencies. Like a boarding party attempting to take the ship by killing it's entire crew, a sidearm can really save your ass. It's why there's weapon lockers loaded to the brim with DEWs, thermal clips, power cells, and Medi-gel attached to the walls on every deck of each HSA warship. Add in the standard vibranium EVA suit with average shields that will form around their bodies from their military grade kimoyo beads with a thought-received from their standard neural laces. The Hydra War taught the HSA of being prepared for such occurrences, whether it's from FDP'S(Forced Docking Pods) or Hydra sleeper agents.
Snapping back to the present, Captain Hurnandez looks out at the science vessel, the SSV Prometheus, activating the relay in the hope of continuing mans' ventures into the stars. The mass majority of people and corporations want to continue with humanities expansion into the universe. For profit, as corporations want, or hope that the everyday person wishes for.
Panning down towards his XO Lieutenant Commander Hershel who's in the middle of a conversation with the ships pilot, Flight Lieutenant Wen.
Lieutenant Ben Hershel is a pale skinned blond with wavy hair, green eyes, and a classic Cap build of 6'2" with highly defined muscles. All of which is snugly fit in to his dress blues.
Flight Lieutenant Mai Wen is a smooth skinned woman of Asian decent with her black bob cut hair, brown eyes, and a classic Panther build of 5'10" with a more athletic frame. She's wearing HSA standard issue fatigues.
"I'm telling you that there's nothing else out there. If there was alien life out there we would have ran into it by now.", Lt, Wen stated nonchalantly in her soft yet firm voice.
Lt. Commander Hershel responded with an exuberant, German accented tone, "You can't know that for sure. Besides, we already proved the existence of alien life five hundred years ago with the Prothean archives on Mars."
Lt. Wen replied, "Yeah, but they're an extinct species with nothing but ruins and artifacts left behind. Well, that and the Mass Relay System spanning the galaxy. There's nothing else out there anymore. Complex sapient life forms like us and the Protheans are flukes of pure evolutionary chance."
Hershel retorts, "Oh come on. You can't be that disenfranchised with the galaxy. Where's your pioneering spirit? The part of you that dreams of running across a new and exotic alien culture. It's one of the reasons why man first reached out to the stars."
A darkened expression crosses Lt. Wen's face for a split second before answering, "The Hydra War killed most of it. The rest is just being logical."
Lt. Commander Hershel is about to reply but is cutoff by the ship's alarms going off, getting Captain Hurnandez to yell out, "Report Leonidas!"
The ships AAVI(Advanced. Adaptive. Virtual. Intelligence), Leonidas, answers in his booming artificial voice, "Multiple unknown ship signatures have just exited standard FTL 5,000 kilometers starboard from our location."
Captain Hurnandez immediately barks out orders, "All hands to station. Prepare for engagement. I want firing solutions on the nearest targets. Lt. Wen get us some distance from those bogies and prepare for evasive maneuvers. Lt. Hershel get word to the eggheads to drop what they're doing and bug out now."
His crew moves fast, following his every order to letter, without missing a beat. They've been through this before in the Hydra War. The only questions going to the back of there heads is, "Who is attacking us?", or "Did we miss some of Hydra's forces somehow?".
Hurnandez is wondering the same as he prepares to engage the possibly hostile patrol size group, one frigate with a flotilla of eight corvettes(HSA standards), that lay before his holo screen, ordering, "Leonidas. Status report. I want to know what we're dealing with. Scan their crafts and try to hail them."
Leonidas responds, "Conventional thrusters are maneuvering us away while V24 Sonic Missile Pods, Laser point defense guns, Pulse cannons, and the DEC(Directed Energy Cannon) is charged and primed for firing solution. Arc reactor capacity holding at optimal levels with the energy shielding holding steady at 100%. Scanning unknown vessels and sending hail now Captain."
Captain Hurnandez simply nods his head as his eyes are transfixed on the unknown ships before him. They seem very aerodynamic with a long narrowing bow coming to a near point. Two sleek wings going along the sides like blades with rear wide wings just behind and some tail fins. All nine of them seem like sharp orange and white birds of prey primed to strike, and unfortunately they are aimed at his one black and blue jet like HSA heavy corvette.
He wishes that he had the newer model corvette with stealth systems and optical camo. They'd be able to disappear and then lay down fire in hit-and-run maneuvers.
It's times like these that Captain Hurnandez hates having only one heavy corvette for the defense of a relay activation team. Sure, he gets that after the Hydra War there are more important places to deploy the HSA's remaining forces, having taken a lot of losses during the war, but still, they could have given him at least one more heavy corvette and a frigate.
The entire Second Fleet under Fleet Admiral Nuwa Nombo is stationed at Shanxi, a medium sized colony with an approximate 206 million population that is still considered one of their newer colonies on the edge of human space. They could spare a few more ships to the relay activation ship's protective detail.
The Hydra War put a stop towards colonizing new worlds and activating relays for 41 years, only starting to continue this last year. The Admiral is too focused on hunting down the last rumored Hydra cell, that is supposedly on Shanxi. Wanting to show force in crushing Hydra like the Human Systems Alliance has been doing for the past ten years. By having an entire fleet around the planets orbit, cutting off all possible escape routes from Shanxi.
Besides, it's like his flight Lieutenant said, they don't believe that there are other complex life forms out there. So why waste guarding a relay during it's activation when there couldn't possibly be anything on the other side.
That has just possibly fucked him and his entire crew, not that he'll give up, but their odds of even holding them off long enough for the science vessel to escape and warn the Second Fleet are slim to none.
2157 C.E. (Not going back in time, it's just the standard galactic year. Not Humanity's date of 2567 AD)
THS Talek'ahr
Aboard the THS Talek'ahr heavy cruiser is it's Ship Master Aediria Cantumus, she's a seasoned Turian officer that has been on patrol along the Terminus Systems that border Council Space for 9 standard galactic years now. Going up against Batarian slavers and numerous pirate bands that thrive on attacking small colonies along their borders has hardened her and her crew. It's also strengthened their resolve in enforcing Citadel law with extreme prejudice. Some might say that it's taking things a little too far. But after arriving from a major slaver band raid on a small colony filled with multiple species, and seeing the atrocities there, she knows that they deserve everything they get.
Aediria Cantumus is a middle aged turian women of average build, white carapace with red face paint, and has a small chip missing from her left mandible due to a round she took from pirate raiders early on in her carrier.
Ship Master Cantumus is brought out of her musings by a member of her bridge crew, "Ma'am, our sensors have detected two unknown vessels near the inactive 314 relay. From what I can tell they seem to be attempting to activate it."
That got her attention real fast. Activating dormant mass relays with out approval from the Citadel Council is against Citadel law, and for good reason too. The last time a relay was reactivated without thorough study and heavy security the Rachni nearly destroyed the entire galactic community. Which eventually led to the Krogan Rebellions and the use of the genophage by her people.
Their duty is clear. For the safety of the galaxy and the enforcement of citadel law, they must be destroyed.
In a commanding tone befit any turian ship master, Cantumus gave the order, "All hands to battle stations. Get with in firing range. Once you have firing solutions you are free to open fire. Destroy those crafts immediately. Whatever they are, they're breaking the law and endangering galactic peace."
Her crew was in motion immediately to follow through on her orders, after all, a good turian never disobeys an order. Though, a few are secretly wondering if it's a good idea to attack a clearly new species for breaking a law they can't possibly know exists.
Well, better safe than sorry.
2567 A.D.
SSV Thermopylae
"Captain Hurnandez. They are ignoring our hail and readying their weapons. They have firing solutions for both our crafts.", informed Leonidas.
Captain Hurnandez orders, "Focus all our defense systems on protecting the science team's vessel while firing all we got on all targets. I want their attention focused on us. We need to buy time for the science team to escape and report in to the second fleet."
He didn't have to repeat himself or explain for his crew to understand what's at stake and what must be done. They already know and have accepted their fate. They're going to die this day, but they'll make sure it hurts and carry out their duty. Looking out at the holographic displays Hurnandez can see the enemy's corvettes(actually frigates, but are corvettes by HSA standards) spreading out and forward into firing range while their frigate(HSA standards) maintains it's distance in full prep for long range engagement. Smart really. Spreading out to lower the number of ships he can engage while simultaneously increasing their range of fire on him.
Lt. Herschel barks out, "Sir! The science team is maneuvering away and preparing to go into FTL travel towards Shanxi and the Second Fleet. They'll hail Fleet Admiral Nombo and inform her of our situation as soon as they exit FTL."
"Good to hear Lieutenant. Now all we have to do is give them the chance they need. Full speed ahead and start firing.", responded Captain Hurnandez.
Just as the words left Huranadez's mouth, the SSV Thermopylae lunged towards the nine enemy crafts in a suicide run, unleashing their entire arsenal upon them. The pulse cannons and V24 Sonic missile pods firing out at as many targets they can hit while the Directed Energy Cannon fired straight ahead hitting a corvette. The cannons and sonic missile pods only bring down several of the corvette's kinetic barriers, no real damage caused, but that's to be expected, they're just suppose to be a distraction.
The DEC beam brings down the target it hits by shattering their barriers, punching through the front end of the corvette, melting through the center of it, slamming into it's drive core, causing it to explode in a dome of white.
The DEC beam from their 391 meter heavy corvette, has vibranium magnetic coils lining the inside of the cannon increasing the energy beam's kinetic energy, while stabilizing and increasing it's range with a standard destructive output of 121 kilotons TNT-equivalent per shot. The only drawback is that it can only fire once every 30 seconds. Due to this extremely huge handicap that makes missing deadly in ship to ship combat, it was enhanced with a vibranium smart warhead that follows a locked-on target. Tony Stark himself came up with the design that allows the DEC beam to turn, curve, and swirl to ensure it hits it's target 90% of the time.
The enemy's kinetic barriers are only able to take 30.25 kilotons of TNT-equivalent, it never stood a chance.
Suddenly and mercilessly the assault of the turain corvette's Mass Accelerator rounds -with 2.4 kiloton yields each, and being able to fire one round every two second from 7 corvettes is 16.8 kilotons TNT-equivalent- slam into them. The energy shield is able to hold, being capable of taking 65 kilotons of TNT-equivalent. Fortunately the remaining torpedoes and missile salvos that were aimed at the science vessel, (being seen as a lower priority they weren't targeted by mass accelerator rounds), were shot down by their defense lasers, defense systems, and the science vessel's own laser defense system.
Every HSA ship has an energy shield, that consists of pure energy from the arc reactor and it's vibranium housing. It's humanities strongest shielding tech that is basically a scaled down version of the shielding used to protect Wakanda(Created by Wakandan tech company Yibambe V-Tech). It's obviously superior strength and resistance to heat is why it's used instead of kinetic barriers.
It appears that these aliens' warships don't have such protection.
"Status report.", barked out Captain Hurnandez.
Leonidas replied as calmly as ever, "The energy shields are down to 67%. Armor is at 100% with no hull breaches, and the nano repair protocols are active and ready to repair any damage we will receive. The Arc reactor is down to 87% and charging as we speak. The DEC will require 26 seconds of recharge and cooling to fire again. Warning. Multiple incoming Mass Accelerator rounds detected."
"Fuck! There's no way we'll pull through this time!", yelled out Lt, Hershel in panic.
Based off the previous salvo of one second yielding 16.8 kilotons of damage plus the 9 kilotons damage by the turian heavy frigate(HSA standard), that multiplied for every 2 seconds, there's no way they'll last more than 16 seconds, and that's if they're lucky. Their Vibranium-A 60 cm battle plate can take 142.35 kilotons. Even with the 10% restored shields from the stored kinetic energy -once taking 100 kilotons damage- and the remaining 48.2 kilotons shield strength, the 10.63 kilotons required to get through the hull and 2 kilotons to destroy the ship due to nano repair function, they'll be destroyed within taking 203.18 kilotons damage.
Knowing the math herself, Lt. Wen yells out more calmly, but still distressed, "Attempting evasive maneuvers!"
"Belay that! Forward steady as she goes flight lieutenant. Leonidas revert all power from the Arc reactor to our energy shielding and start pulling energy from the drive core to activate the Kinetic Barriers.", ordered out Captain Hernandez
"Warning. Pulling element zero from the drive core to our barriers while drawing from the Arc reactor to our shields will cause them to mix. The results of which will cause a catastrophic meltdown that will-" Leonidas is cut off.
"I know what will happen! I'm planning on it! We were never going make it in the first place! We can at least take a few of them with us!", yelled out Captain Hurandez.
The moment he saw the unknown vessels and their obviously alien appearance he knew that they weren't humans. Which was only confirmed by Leonidas's scan results that show that he couldn't make heads or tails of the language they were using and their cyber security, not that it's better, just too alien. With alien attackers striking out with their 9 ships, all of which are equal or larger classes, against their one heavy corvette, they were screwed.
Looking out at his crew and seeing their resolve helped steel his own. They we're all ready and willing to give their lives for mankind. Which isn't all that surprising when just about all of them had seen action in the Hydra War.
Looking back to the holo display to watch as they barreled towards the center of the enemy's formation of frigates holding formation in front of their cruiser. He can feel the ship start to fall apart as they are bombarded by mass accelerator rounds. The lights flickering on and off as explosions of sparks and fire start going off all round him as he grips the arms of his chair to the point of shattering.
Volatile streams of arc energy and eezo mixing together, filling the air and surrounding the entire corvette in an ever increasing blue and purple hue. His plan is working. Everyone knows that Arc energy and element zero become extremely unstable when mixed, causing massive explosions. It's why every human ship has duel reactors, one for each, every attempt to combine them has ended disastrously.
One of the Human Systems Alliance ships biggest weaknesses is that they can't have their arc powered shields up while in FTL, so right before and after going into FTL, their ships have to switch over to or from the weaker Kinetic Barriers. This leaves a very narrow window when they are unshielded.
As the ships A.A.V.I. Leonidas keeps going on about shields dropping, the ever decreasing hull integrity, nano repair systems being unable to compensate, and the inevitable core detonations,
Captain Hurnandez lets out a yell as loudly and with as much pride as he can, "Compadres! It was an honor to serve alongside you!"
Just then, right as they reach the enemy's formation, the SSV Thermopylae goes critical and explodes in a flash of white. A spherical wave of pure destructive energy spreads out in all directions, hitting and destroying two enemy ships while narrowly missing the science vessel that retreats into FTL, allowing them to escape.
2157 C.E.
THS Talek'ahr
Ship Master Cantumus is in complete shock in how it appears that the enemy heavy frigate(By turian standards) fired some sort of blue laser beam that destroyed one their frigates in a single shot. It also appears to have a blue shielding hugging it's hull that's at least twice as powerful as their own frigates kinetic barriers, matching her Heavy Cruisers barrier strength. Somehow that blue energy shield was able to shrug off 8 frigate mass accelerator rounds with apparent ease.
Cantumus has never seen or even heard of any starships having that obviously different type of shielding, let alone ones as powerful as this unknown blue type. Nor the more distressing energy beam that destroyed a frigate with ease. The only plus side is that the enemy's ship doesn't seem to be able to fire more than one shot at a time.
Even though the enemy ship is still accelerating towards them, ignoring that they took enough kinetic energy to have dropped any frigate's shields, having either extreme confidence in their shields or completely suicidal. At least it doesn't seem to be firing anymore armaments. That's good news but how much more can those shields take? Will they be able to fire another one of their lethal beams again?
Seeing as she wasn't the only one confused, Ship Master Cantumus orders out, "Don't just sit there slack jawed! Fire the next salvo before they can close the distance and get off another shot! They must be up to something, but we have superior numbers and firepower. Show these new comers the might of the Turian Hierarchy! Destroy them with overwhelming force!"
Shaking loose their shock and awe, the turian crews start following their orders and start hammering the approaching frigate with the turian doctrine. Throwing every thing they have at it, taking down it's blue shield after another seven rounds slam into it, tearing it to pieces this time as it continues it's suicide run. Unfortunately, mistakenly taking the glowing discharge as a sign of the enemy ships inevitable destruction. That causes them to be caught flat-footed when it goes supernova right in front of their formation.
In a blinding light of destruction, two of their frigates end up getting completely annihilated, unable to respond to the sudden and overly powerful explosion of the enemy's ship.
This time Ship Master Cantumus is beyond shocked, she's devastated. Three of her flotilla's frigates are lost to this single heavy frigate! How could she lose three frigates to a single heavy frigate? How will she live down the shame? What's more is how could a mere frigate's destruction cause such a massive explosion? She's seen and personally destroyed many frigate class ships in her life, sure none quite that big, but still. None of which blew with even a fraction of this ones force. Even with purposefully detonated drive cores of those frigates.
She's only heard of similar explosions from dreadnoughts being destroyed, which hasn't happened since the Geth slaughtered the Quarians nearly 300 years ago.
"Ship Matser! I repeat. What are our orders?", her XO asked for the third time.
Taken back for a moment for having not heard her XO, Ship Master Cantumus replies, "Calm down and give me a full status report on the flotilla."
After checking in with each of the remaining five frigates, her XO answers, "We have lost three frigates; the THS Havincaw, THS Daelan and the THS Verrikan. With each frigate having a crew of 35, that equates to 105 KIA's. The remaining 5 frigates took some minor damage from the shockwave, but nothing critical, and are still fully combat capable. Also, we've pin-pointed the approximate location of the vessel that escaped. The other ship captains are wondering if we should pursue. They're just waiting on your orders ma'am."
Taking a moment to take stock of the situation, or more accurately, the cluster fuck that is her situation, Ship Master Cantumus responds, "Good work Lieutenant. Tell them to hold there current positions for now. Except for the Aurus, I want them to scout out the escapee's location, but not to engage, just to get as much information as possible before reporting back in ASAP. I won't allow us to be taken by surprise again. Then link us with the nearest comm buoy. I need to report in to command about what has transpired here."
With their orders in hand the THS Aurus jumps to FTL to scout out the escapee's location to avoid getting hit with any other surprises. Ship Master Cantumus patiently waits for her communications officer to get her a link to turian command. She can't help but imagine how her superiors will drill her plates for losing three frigates to a single heavy frigate. She might even end up being demoted and stripped of her command of the Talek'ahr and it's flotilla, lowering her tier citizenship.
Her attention is shifted back to the here and now when the Aurus exits FTL near their original formation. They shouldn't be back yet. There is no way they could have scouted out the area outside of basic readings in just a few minutes.
Her communications officer speaks up, "Ma'am we are being hailed by the Aurus on the emergency channel."
Cantumus orders, "Connect us now."
Almost as soon as she got the words out her mouth the Aurus's captain urgently starts, "Ship Master. I'm ready to report in on what we found."
Cantumus replies in a harsh tone, "Go ahead captain. It had better be important enough to skimp out on your orders."
With just as much urgency as before, the Captain reports, "Yes Ma'am it is. Once we arrived we slowed our approach and sent out sensors sweeps as protocol dictates. Only to be frightened by finding an entire fleet of warships near a massive space station and the orbit of a planet in system. From what our sensors told us, there are roughly 500 war crafts at the following coordinates. They seemed to be maneuvering in preparation for an attack and sending out a battle group in our direction. We will most likely be under heavy assault soon!"
A cold chill runs down Cantumus's spine at the sudden revelation. The unknowns fleet strength is very near their own, with theirs having about fifty more crafts than the unknowns, not counting fighters. Not that she's worried about the Turain Navy. With 39 dreadnoughts, 936 cruisers, 7,488 frigates, and 14,976 corvettes gives the Turian Navy 23,439 warships, thus giving them the largest Fleet in the galaxy(Not counting the Quarain fleet that is mostly civilian crafts).
Unfortunately, the nearest fleet is the 7th Fleet which will take days to fully mobilize and arrive here. That means they won't be getting any help in time to save them. She highly doubts that this enemy fleet will bother trying to negotiate with them after hearing about the destruction of one of their frigates at her people's hands.
Knowing that their immanent destruction is at hand, Cantumus asks, "Are we linked into the nearest comm buoy?"
"Yes Ma'am."
She orders out, "Then send out a report of everything that happened and everything we know about the unknowns to the 7th Fleet on encrypted channels."
The communications officer is typing away as rapidly as his three taloned hands can move to ensure the message is sent. Just as he finishes up, two Dreadnoughts(Turian standards but HSA Heavy Cruisers) each with 2 heavy cruisers and a flotilla of cruisers(Turian standards, but HSA destroyers and frigates), 16 total, plus 36 frigates(Turian Standards, but HSA corvettes) arrive in force. The message is clear: "You'll pay for what you've done."
The comms officer states, "Report sent. On it's way to the 7th Fleet as we speak."
Ship Master Cantumus replies, "Well done serviceman.", giving him a nod.
Looking at the displays showing the battle group moving into firing range and getting firing solutions on them, Cantumus can't help but respect the move. Striking at an enemy with overwhelming force has always been the Turian's basic strategy for war, a strategy this new species seems to share. Though 2 dreadnoughts is overkill even by Turian standards. It's almost a shame that they'll be at war with each other soon. This is just the first fired shots between rivaling oppositions, a prelude to what is to come. One that she knows will end in her peoples victory, as it always has been since the Krogan Rebellions.
Those were the last thoughts of Ship Master Aediria Cantumus as a barrage of DEC beams, sonic missiles, and disruptor torpedoes completely annihilated her heavy cruiser and 5 frigates in an seemingly endless salvo from 54 warships.
Overkill with absolutely no mercy.
2567 A.D.
SSV Infinity Supercarrier
Fleet Admiral Nuwa Nombo is a 70 year old woman native to Wakanda with 50 years of service in the Human Systems Alliance. All though she is wearing HSA dress blues with an abundance of metals pinned to her chest, she still carries signs of her heritage on her face. An entire head tattoo showing her tribes pattern, the Jabari tribe, which after the Kilmonger incident that had the Jabari's aid in reclaiming the thrown and restoring order, ended up fully integrating with the other tribes over the next century.
She was actually a Dora Milaje for nearly 10 years before leaving to enlist in the HSA with her kings blessings. She still carries her sonic spear around with her wherever she goes, even though they are old fashioned, she feels naked without it. She's also one of the few that has a heart-shaped Arc reactor with a pure vibranium nano-tech combat suit in the center of her chest.
Being an Admiral has perks, like being given a vibranium EVA combat suit of her choosing, usually reservered for N7s.
Nuwa has been serving on Navy ships since she graduated from the HSA's Naval Officers Academy and was assigned as a junior bridge officer on a frigate. During the Hydra War she had proved herself as an exceptional leader and tactician as a Rear Admiral. To the point of being promoted to full Admiral and being given command of a Trojan-class dreadnought, the newest model at the time and current standard. She was in the thick of a majority of the major space battles against Hydra's fleets, and she had always came out victorious.
Nuwa is currently the head of the Human Systems Alliance Navy, thus being given the honor of heading the SSV Infinity Supercarrier. It's the HSA's largest and most powerful ship, with a length of 14,235.5 meters or 14.235 kilometers; a width of 2,083.25 meters; and a height/depth of 2,603 meters. With a mass of 188.95 million metric tons(vibranium is eight times lighter than aluminum which is 2/3's lighter than titanium), and it's hull being protected by Vibranium-A5 battle plate(23.6 meters thick) capable of taking 5,337.56 kilotons TNT-equivalent damage.
Actually the entire ship is almost entirely made of vibranium which has extraordinary abilities to absorb, store, and release large amounts of kinetic energy. That is the only reason they can build a ships this size even when using two massive duel eezo drive cores. Then add in the largest and most comprehensive nano-repair housing unit ever put into a ship giving it an extra 64 kiloton damage resistance, and factoring it's shields you have a nearly indestructible vessel needing a total of 32,781.72 kilotons TNT-equivalent or 32.78 megatons to destroy the Infinity.
It use to be that only Dreadnought class ships and Carriers were made entirely out of Vibranium, the extremely rare metal that can only be found inside a large meteor that crashed into Earth's African continent in the country of Wakanda. After all, vibranium is the rarest substance in the galaxy and is highly regulated by Wakanda's Tribal Council.
It wasn't until 2355 when Wakandan astronomers located the source planet that meteor came from; dubbed New Wakanda(All information on this planet is classified to point that only the highest levels of the Human Systems Alliance and Wakanda's government even know it's location); that they started to allow vibranium to be sold outside of Wakanda in larger amounts. Thus vibranium has since been used in the making of almost all HSA military vehicles, armors, and weapons, when before it was used rarely due to previous restrictions by the Wakandan government.
Due to the Infinity's size it requires 10 highly complex Arc engines to power and maneuver it. The 2 main engines are the XR2 Stark Industries: S81/X-DFR. The remaining 8 are 2 primary and 6 secondary repulsor engines. It has the state of the art ODSY Drive System that recycles the static energy that would typically cause a starship to explode, instead storing it to power the Infinitiy's primary systems. Meanwhile, an electromagnetic ram-scoop will gather hydrogen from the Infinity's surroundings, converting it into fuel as needed.
The two duel eezo drive cores that allows FTL travel and use of the Mass Relays is the Mark X Stark/W-PROTOTYPE #78720HDS, a prototype collaboration build with Stark Industries and Wakanda's best engineers to create the largest known element zero drive core.
Rumors suggest that it took ten years to create in a new hidden system, and that the first dry run on a bare bones supercarrier with a skeleton crew ended up blowing up half a system. Regardless if the rumors are true or not, the Infinity is capable of moving just as fast as any dreadnought even though it's almost more than twice their size.
The Infinity was created on the basis of building a fully armed and fortified mobile military space station that could house both the top HSA brass and Parliament in the event of Arcturus Station's destruction. This idea came from the time when Arcturus was attacked by a Hydra Fleet -it was only lightly damaged- and when Parliament's embassy was bombed by Hydra sleeper agents.
Thus it has an excessive amount of armaments to defend it and go on the offense:
-It's main weapons are four 4,000-meter mass accelerator cannons-2 bow, 2 bow flank- firing a 20 kilo slug accelerated at a rate of 20,125 km/s for a impact force of 3,872 kilotons or 3.872 megatons TNT-equivalent per shot, each one capable of firing one slug every 2 seconds for a total of 4 every 2 seconds. That's why the SSV Infinity and all dreadnoughts use MACs over the DEC, much greater rate of fire meaning more damage over time.
As the Fleet's flagship the Infinity is also capable of large scale force deployment for long incursions on a system or planet, like it did for the year long incursion on Reach. By having the SSV Infinity near the orbit of Reach, it allowed for faster deployments of troops and assets while also providing orbital strikes on bases that were too fortified and dug in to take conventionally. In short, acting as a Forward Operating Base(FOB) for deployment and exfiltration on Reach.
Thus it has a complement of 43,651 personnel broken into four separate branches:
-Naval with 22,385 sailors;
-Marine with 14,417 marines,
-635 N7
-Intelligence with 4,246 SHIELD agents;
-2 squads of Spartans(See codex) that have been redacted from the manifest
-Civilian with 1,192 technicians, factory workers, manufacturers that work in the Stark Industries weapons factory(Suites, armors, Arc reactors, missiles, and crafts), and 766 botanists and farmer.
Even though it's a civilian branch, it's vital for being mostly self-sufficient in arming and feeding the troops, and resupplying the weaponry. The ships hydroponics level is used for supplying oxygen, water, and food. The Infinity still needs to have raw resources like eezo and various metals delivered.
To be able to command all HSA operations in the galaxy from the Infinity when needed, it has an entire communication deck out fitted with multiple Quantum Entanglement Communicators(QEC), one for every colony with a military headquarters, every major country's capital city on Earth, every flagship in the HSA Navy, and one for Arcturus Station. Arcturus has the same communications center and is the one in main use right now, the one on the Infinity is just a back-up option in a worse case scenario. Mostly just the ones connecting to Arcturus and HSA Dreadnoughts are used right now.
As far as the HSA knows the SSV Infinity is the absolute best warship that has ever been made in the galaxy. All of the most innovative and advanced technology at mankind's disposal went into the creation of the first Supercarrier in existence, and it'll most likely be the last. The cost's to build such a monster is astronomical and the upkeep costs are almost as large. It's just too unfeasible to reproduce, and many in the HSA industrial complex believe that the upkeep costs are too expensive and that it should never have been made in the first place.
A bunch of bean counters too focused on cost to see the benefits of the SSV Infinity, or potential if the current systems fail. Like what could have happened if Hydra had succeeded in destroying Arcturus, then managed to take Earth. With the Infinity the HSA, and humanity by extension, would still be able to coordinate it's remaining assets into taking back Earth.
That's just a moot point now. With Hydra's extinction -well it will be once finishing this last hidden cell on Shanxi- any feasible threat to Arcturus and Earth are non-existence at best. So it's only a matter of time before the Human Systems Alliance is forced to decommission her to appease a bunch of money grubbing politicians and Parliament.
It's like they forgot the fact that the Infinity had destroyed the last Hydra Fleet around Reach single handed. If it wasn't for the billions of innocent civilians on Reach being used as human shields, she could have bombed Hydra to death and ended the war a year sooner.
As those depressing thoughts cross Admiral Nombo's mind, the research vessel that she was ordered to protect while it opened another mass relay shows up damaged and without it's heavy corvette escort, the SSV Thermopylae.
"Admiral we are being hailed by the Prometheus science vessel. It's marked urgent.", her XO Captain Thomas Lasky, a 47 year old caucation male with brown military cut hair and brown eyes; standing at 6'4" with the classic Cap build.
Roland, the SSV Infinity's AAVI, pops up on the holo display looking like a WW2 bomber and informs, "The Prometheus has taken weapons damage."
Admiral Nombo replies, "Open a channel to the bridge's comm. Roland run a sweep of the area with our sensors. I want to know what's happening."
"Yes Admiral/Yes Ma'am.", both Roland and Lasky reply.
A second later the Prometheus's comm is connected, "Admiral Nombo! We have an emergency! An unknown group of hostile ships showed up and attacked us! The SSV Thermopylae was destroyed covering our escape! We were ordered by Captain Hurnandez to jump to FTL and report in to you!", a highly frightened female voice yelled out.
Just as everyone on the Infinity bridge was processing what was just heard, Roland urgently informs, "Warning! Unknown corvette has just been detected exiting FTL in system and is currently scanning the area."
"What do you mean by unknown? Mercenaries? Pirates? A new Hydra vessel?", Admiral Nombo asks.
Roland answers, "No. The profile doesn't match any known ship designs on Human Systems Alliance files. It doesn't seem to be of human design."
Captain Lasky asks incredulously, "Are you seriously suggesting that we're dealing with aliens? Honest to God aliens!"
Admiral Nombo cuts in, "It doesn't matter right now! All hands to battle stations! I want full battle prep for system wide invasion across the entire Fleet! Roland send two heavy cruisers and their flotillas to follow that frigate back to it's group! Tell them they are free to engage the unknown vessels with extreme prejudice!"
The entire bridge crew moved with extreme haste to carry out their orders while Roland asks, "Ma'am. I have the sensor data from the Prometheus on the unknown vessels. Should I forward it to the heavy cruisers?"
She answers, "Yes. Send a copy of the data to every ship's AAVI. in the Fleet and my Kimoyo Beads."
She doesn't have to hear Roland's confirmation to know he'll do it with the upmost efficiency, like all A.A.V.I are capable of doing. It's why every military vessel, base, Hulkbuster(see codex) and Iron Man/Maiden; War Machine; Iron Panther and Iron Mjolnir suit in the HSA has one. She is occupied with reading through the data from the Prometheus on the enemy ships.
That's the bright side to science vessels, they have the best sensor screens available. So the data will be better than what the Thermopylae's sensors would have picked up. They probably would have detected these unknowns faster if they didn't have their noises buried in activating a relay.
Right now she needs to understand humanity's newest enemy as best she can, so she can prepare for the fight coming there way. Even before reading the data Nuwa knew that they were dealing with a military force. She could feel it in her bones. That and the corvette that followed the Prometheus was following standard probing procedures that the HSA uses.
No matter the species military is military.
Nuwa gets lost in the data, trusting her senor officers to carry out her orders like a well oiled machine. The shape of the crafts screams out birds of prey and their weapons seem to be pretty standard with mass accelerator cannons on ships of those sizes. Their language, or what she can only assume to be their language, is incomprehensible to her. She'll leave decoding it to the science teams and their A.A.V.I.'s.
The part of the data that gets her most attention is the last bit before the SSV Thermopylae was destroyed. These unknown "aliens" don't seem to have the same energy shielding along their hulls like all HSA space crafts, with the exception of fighters and interceptors. Plus they seem to lack the DEC that all Cruiser class and below warships use, making them one hit killers.
If -no- when this turns into a space battle, that'll definitely give the HSA the edge both defensively and offensively. Other than that, she can't possibly be sure of the unknowns full fighting capabilities as things stand.
Are these the Protheans, or something else? What do they want? How large is there society? More importantly, how large is their Navy?
Nuwa knows that the Human Systems Alliance currently has 21 dreadnoughts and 12 carriers with 20 cruisers per capital ship, that's 660 cruisers total. There are 2 destroyer escorts for every cruiser, making 1,320 destroyers. Then a flotilla of 8 frigates per cruiser makes 5,280 frigates. With 2 corvettes for every frigate makes 10,560 corvettes. Adding the Infinity and her 22 warships that makes the total count of warships the HSA has, 17,876, not counting fighters and interceptors. Hopefully the aliens will have less or at least the same number of war crafts.
Admiral Nombo is brought out of her thoughts by Roland informing her, "Half of the battle group you sent has just returned Ma'am. They report no casualties and that their ships received no damage in the assault on the unknowns. All hostel forces have been neutralized. The other half of the battle group is holding their position to secure the area until relieved."
She replies, "Good. Tell the Captain to begin patrolling the system. Then CAG eight other cruisers to form similar battle groups and join the patrol. I want you to update me once they've begun and continue to update me on their status every hour on the hour. Then contact Admiral Ahern and tell him I want the SSV Kilimanjaro to go and take command of the heavy cruiser's battle group securing the battle sight. I want recovery of enemy debris for study made a top priority. Captain Laskey you have the bridge."
Turning and heading for the elevator, Nuwa is asked, "Yes Admiral. Where are you going? If I may ask?", by Laskey.
She answers without breaking her stride, "I'm headed to the comm deck to personally inform Prime Minister Hood of our situation. Roland I want a detailed info packet ready to give to the Prime Minister by time I get there."
"Already done and sent to your Kimoyo Beads Ma'am.", replied Roland just as the elevator door closed.
2157 C.E.
THS Indomitable
Senior Ship Master Desolas Arterius was given temporary command of the THS Indomitable dreadnaught, measuring 1,190 meters with a crew of 900. Admiral Vomus Idgius who's originally in charge of the Indomitable and the 7th Fleet is currently stuck in an annual threat assessment of the galaxy. They say it's the worst part of making Admiral, being stuck in a room for hours on end with the highest ranking military officers in all of the Hierarchy. Having to listen to them drone out in excruciating detail about how things stand, what they anticipate to happen, and how best to handle such events. A single Admiral can drone on for hours to the Primarch, glorifying their success to move up the meritocracy.
But Desolas knows what it really is. The continued rot of Turian society. He can see it, smell it, hear it, and by the spirits he can feel it. All his life he had felt that something was wrong with how the galaxy runs. His people being used as attack varren to protect the lesser species and the political machinations of the Asari and Salarians. Turian blood spilled for their profit and benefit while not allowing his people to properly do their job.
The Asari always so willing to appease others to the point that they give the Batarians a pass for attacking council colonies and enslaving their people. Using the flimsy disguise of slavers that just so happen to be Batarians using older Hegemony gear. Then the Salarians secretly moving politics to their favor with spy's gaining blackmail on the other species and black op projects that end up blowing up in the galaxy's face. Costing more Turian lives to fix, like the Krogan Rebellions, while they use their influence and cunning to avoid any blow-back.
The worst part of it all is that the Turain Heirarchy allows this to happen when they have the power to take their rightful place in the galaxy. They have rotted down to their cores and it's spreading throughout turian society, infecting them to point that it'll bring about his people's end. That's why he must replace them and guide the Turian people to their greatness, their destiny, as the rightful rulers of the galaxy.
He saw what can become of his people in the temple of Palaven. The Arca Monolith is the salvation and only hope for his people. It's power to make super soldiers with nothing more than a touch is the answer he was waiting for.
It was all perfect, the timing, the opportunity, and his hands at the controls of the monolith. He was making an army of super soldiers right under the noises of the Heirarchy on Palaven of all places. Religious zealots are always so easy to manipulate into doing ones bidding. With more time and preparation he could have overthrown the Heirarchy and taken his rightful place at the head of Turian society. He would have lead his people to the greatness they deserve -no- are owed.
Unfortunately he was discovered by a miscreant that was able to get a message out -that a bioweapon in the Temple of Palaven had gotten loose- to Palaven command. He was able to stop him before he revealed too much, but the damage was done. Desolas knew that Palaven command wouldn't risk such a thing getting loose to the population and would perform an orbital strike that would wipe out the temple and the surrounding area.
He had to get away as fast as he could, leaving behind everything, including the Monolith. Fortunately luck was on his side and the monolith had shown him that there was another one on another planet. It's coordinates burned into his mind when that traitor -his own XO Lieutenant Caisius Nyx- attacked him when he interrupted Nyx's message, nocking them into the Monolith.
He can still hear it's voice telling him what to do to find it's twin.
He slit that traitors throat before he could recover and beat feet out of the temple and into his personal transport, just nearly escaping the blast.
Desolas had lost that battle, but the war can still be his. That fool Nyx hadn't sent his message with his Omni tool, most likely knowing that Desolas was monitoring all comm traffic in and out of the temple. He had to patch a secure line through Desolas's own terminal and could only type a written message. That meant that he was able to take credit for informing Palaven command and put all the blame of the "bioweapon" getting loose on Nyx.
The Temple of Palaven was one of his people's most sacred landmarks, so when word got out that Caisius Nyx was the one responsible for it's destruction, his entire family became ostracized. He heard that Nyx's own children had to flee Palaven, and without a body the Heirarchy was able to mark him as a deserter. So all Nyx was able to due was drag his family name into mud just to slow Desolas down.
He'd laugh if it didn't still irk him to be so close and have it taken all away by one man.
At least he still has the coordinates to the monolith and for now the command of the 7th Fleet to help him get to it. He has already sent a patrol group to the system to hopefully find something to warrant going there. If that fails he can arrange for something to happen. A pirate band or mercenary group can always "happen" across the patrol and lead them on a chase to the planet where the monolith waits for him.
Desolas is brought out of his musings when the elevator he was riding opened up to reveal the bridge and his XO -Commander Dardagius- headed towards him. As he walks out of the elevator his XO hands him a tablet with an encrypted message they received from the very same cruiser he sent, the THS Talek'ahr. As he was reading the message, he couldn't keep the smirk from his face, everything is going even better than he could have even hoped for. It's as if destiny itself is ensuring his plan comes to fruition.
Lieutenant Commander Destiponia Dardagius is a 29 year old turian woman with green eyes and a black carapace with blue face paint. She's about 2 inches shorter than the average female height but with a slightly larger than average muscular build.
Lieutenant Commander Destiponia Dardagius is confused and a bit taken back as to why the Senor Ship Master is smirking so deviously. Curiosity getting the better of her, she asks, "Sir. What is it?"
Chuckling softly to himself before clearing his throat and answering, "It seems that the THS Talek'ahr ran into unknown vessels of a new species attempting to activate a dormant relay. In accordance with Citadel law they attacked them, destroying one of their vessels in the process."
Destiponia replies, "Isn't that a bit extreme sir? Doesn't first contact protocol dictate not to show hostile intent unless provoked? We should contact command and inform them of-
"They were provoked by trying to activate that relay. It's one of the most important laws in Council Space. Or do I need to remind you of the Rachni war that nearly destroyed the galaxy commander?", Desolas interrupted.
The last thing he needs is command getting involved, or worse the Citadel Council.
With uncertainty she responds, "No sir. I remember the Rachni war and council law. It's just that if they are new to the galaxy, then how can we expect them to follow our laws, or even know they exist? Wouldn't it have been more prudent to fire a warning shot and then attempt communication."
Narrowing his eyes and standing above his XO, Desolas explains, "The Ship Master was right in her decision. It's our duty to enforce Citadel law to ensure the safety of all it's inhabitants. If a few ignorant new comers have to die to ensure the survival of trillions, then so be it. Besides, those new comers ended up taking out three of our frigates before falling themselves. A scout also found an entire fleet of ships numbering around 500."
Raising his voice, "They've spilled turian blood and spat in the face our laws! They'll rule the day they picked a fight with the Turian Navy! Mobilize the Fleet and head towards the coordinates that the Talek'ahr and her flotilla found at the cost of their lives! I want us there ASAP! FOR THE HEIRARCHY!", making sure everyone on the bridge heard him.
The shouts of "FOR THE HEIRARCHY!" sounding out to ensure him of their compliance and commitment to his orders. How easy it is to use his peoples patriotism to fulfil his agendas. The very doctrine of never questioning a superiors orders will be the Heirarchy's downfall and his rise to greatness.
The only one hesitating is commander Destiponia Dardagius, uncertain of the orders she was just given. Mobilizing the entire 7th Fleet isn't completely within the Senor Ship Masters authority. Desolas should contact command before making such a extreme move against a new species. At the very least he should try to contact the Fleet Admiral and get his approval first.
Seeing the uncertainty of his XO, Desolas asks coldly, "Are you disobeying a direct order from your superior officer? Who happens to be the Senor Ship Master given command of the THS Indomitable and the 7th Fleet by Admiral Idgius himself? Are you sympathizing with a bunch of law breakers that killed our fellow Turain servicemen and women?"
Snapping into a solute Destiponia answers firmly, "No Sir! Forgive my hesitation! Sir!"
Placing his hand on her shoulder, Desolas replies, "That's alright Commander. You're just use to serving under Admiral Idgius. I'm not him, nor do I hold his same prestige. It's only natural you'd freeze up when being given so many revelations at once. Shake it off and get to your station.", dropping his arm as he takes his position standing over his crew.
Even though she nods in respect and immediately heads to her station to follow her orders, Destiponia can't help but feel dread over what's to come. Plus the need to scrub her shoulder clean.
2567 A.D.
SSV Kilimanjaro one week after first contact
Admiral Tadius Ahern(cannon appearance) is an experienced combat vet of 40 years that has been on every class of ship in the HSA Navy and got his start as a private in the Marine Corp as a Cap type soldier. He saw a few years of action on the ground during the Hydra War before being promoted into a Navy Captain of a corvette. Even though there's apart of him that misses the direct combat on the ground, he fell in love with commanding his own ship. Now he's one of the most experienced Naval officers in the service and heads a dreadnought, the SSV Kilimanjaro.
The SSV Kilimanjaro is a Titan-class dreadnought made almost entirely out of vibranium, like all warships in the HSA Navy.
Measures: Length- 7,234 meter or 7.234 kilometers; Width- 1,202 meters; Height/depth- 891 meters.
It's main weapons are 4 -2 on the bow and 2 on bow flank- 3,000 meter mass accelerator cannons that fire a 20 kilo slug, yielding 968 kilotons TNT-equivalent per shot and each one can fire 1 shot every 2 seconds for a total of 4 shots every 2 seconds.
The Kilimanjaro was made legend when it road in and saved Arcturus Station from Hydra's sneak attack that nearly succeeded in destroying the station and killing Parliament. Hydra had snuck in by traveling at standard FTL from the nearby system, avoiding use of any of the relays connecting to Arcturus. They dropped out of standard FTL before entering the system, using conventional thrusters to maneuver themselves on the edge of Arcturus's sensor screens. Then in mass they rammed the two dreadnoughts with hundreds of corvettes loaded to the brim with eezo at FTL. They were destroyed before they even knew they were under attack. Then the rest of their fleet moved in with their dreadnought lighting up every cruiser and frigate in range.
When it seemed like all was lost, the SSV Kilimanjaro arrived for an unscheduled dry dock to repair faulty sensor arrays. Taking the Hydra fleet by the rear allowed the Kilimanjaro to take out Hydra's dreadnought within minutes, thus turning the tide in the HSA's favor.
Admiral Ahern is still holding his current position that Fleet Admiral Nombo ordered him to take while staying in a state of battle readiness along with 1 heavy cruiser, 2 destroyers, 8 frigates, and 16 corvettes. The recovery operation of the alien debris ended days ago and was sent back to Shanxi to be studied. He highly doubts that the alien enemy will be dumb enough to arrive at the spot where their battle group was destroyed. It'd obviously be watched like he was doing right now, so they'll either come in force at another approach vector to Shanxi or send in a small patrol ship to scout ahead first.
Sitting in his command chair watching the holo displays, Ahern waits for the inevitable assault to come. He can feel it in the air. The tension before a fight breaks out. Just then, the detection alarm goes off, signaling incoming hostiles.
Athena, the Kilimanjaro's A.A.V.I looking just like the Greek Goddess she's named after, informs, "Warning. 200 enemy war crafts detected heading towards our current position."
Standing to attention, Ahern watches with shock and awe as 8 heavy frigates(HSA standards); 64 corvettes(HSA standard); and 128 really small corvettes(HSA standard wouldn't make warships that small) matching the profiles from the Prometheus's scans, exit out of FTL and move to surround his much smaller battle group. The only good news is that they don't have any ships larger than a frigate with them, which must mean that this is just the probing party!
"Don't give them a chance to overwhelm us! Fire everything we got and break their advance! Focus fire on their heavy frigates and normal sized corvettes! All cruisers unload all fighters and interceptors! Link all A.A.V.I's through the battle group and form up! We're out numbered 8-1! Watch each others backs!", Ahern barks out.
Without missing a beat every bit of weaponry they have is fired out from all 27 of the ships in his battle group. Firing MAC rounds from the SSV Kilimanjaro every 2 seconds; all T-Arc Laser Cannons, sonic missiles, along with the 26 other ships firing their DEC beams every 30 seconds and a full salvo of missiles, torpedoes and DEW gun batteries.
The turian corvettes causes .6 kilotons per shot, 1 shots per 2 seconds, times 128 equals 76.8 kilotons damage per seconds. Say half missed targets due to HSA defense systems and evasive maneuvers, so 38.4 kilotons of damage land every 2 seconds.
Turian frigates cause 2.4 kilotons per shot. Times 64 will cause 153.6 kilotons of damage per shot, 1 shot ever 2 seconds, only half hit, so 76.8 kilotons damage land every 2 seconds.
Turian heavy cruisers causes 9 kilotons per shot, times 8 equals 72 kilotons per shot. 1 shots every 2 seconds. Half land, so 36 kilotons of damage land every 2 seconds.
The Kilimanjaro's shields can take 2,080 kilotons and it's armor can withstand 2,668.78 kilotons.
(Reaper capital ships beams cause 242 kilotons of damage and can destroy dreadnoughts in one hit, so half at best to get through shields leaving 121 kilotons to punch through their armor that's made of titanium. Titanium is just as strong as steel just lighter and capable of withstanding extreme temperatures, and vibranium is 10 times stronger than steel and can weather temperatures even better than titanium. Plus the armor plate on this dreadnought is 11.8 meters thick.)
Then factoring the rate of shield reconstitution from stored kinetic energy to 50% for every 500 kilotons of damage the plate takes, giving it 5 boosts to the shields before reaching the hull. Spaceship hulls are multilayered with 4.7 cm thick vibranium, so corvette-class ships hull can take 10.63 kilotons damage. The with nanite repair function gives an extra 2 kilotons before corvette-class ships are destroyed.(Full states in codex at end of story)
HSA dreadnought can take a total of 10,150.86 kilotons damage.
The HSA's corvettes can take 226.48 kilotons of damage. 16 total corvettes can take a combined damage of 3,623.68 kilotons
The HSA's frigates can take 418.51 kilotons of damage. 8 frigates can take a combined 3,348.08 kilotons of damage.
The HSA's Destroyers can take 869.88 kilotons of damage. 2 destroyers = 1,739.76 kilotons
The HSA's Cruiser can take 1,305.02 kilotons of damage.
The dreadnought's MAC is destroying every ship it hits in one shot, with only 1 in 4 actually hitting, 4 shot every 2 seconds, so 5 destroyed ships every 10 seconds. The the combined T-Arc Laser Cannons firing once every 10 seconds and factoring 1 in 4 hitting is an additional 2 destroyed ships every 10 seconds. 16 total destroyed ships in 30 seconds.
While the heavy cruiser, frigates and corvettes can destroy every ship they hit in one shot as well, but they can only get off one beam every 30 seconds landing 90% of the time, means 22 destroyed ship every 30 seconds-one shot in the beginning and one at the end of the 30 second attack, for a total of 44.
1 heavy cruiser with 4 T-4 Arc Laser Cannons is 4 total, with 1 in 4 hitting is about 1 hitting targets that can destroy unshielded HSA frigates-Turian unshielded cruisers- meaning 1 destroyed shielded frigates every 10 seconds. 3 over 30 seconds.
8 frigates with 2 T-2 Arc Laser Cannons is 16 total, with 1-4 hitting is about 4 hitting and needing two shots to destroy one turian frigate, means 2 destroyed ships every 10 seconds. 6 total over 30 seconds.
So first HSA 30 second barrage destroys 69 ships; all 8 of their cruisers, 44 of their frigates, and 17 corvettes that intercepted 10 DEC breams in a desperate attempt to save their cruisers. That knocked their remaining ships out of sink from loosing nearly half their forces and most of their leadership so quickly. Leaving 20 frigates and 111 corvettes of the Turian's battle group, meaning they can only cause 57.3 kilotons of damage ever 2 seconds now.
While the Turian ships combined assault caused 2,268 kilotons damage in the same span of time. They focused on the HSA Kilimanjaro, -seeing it as a super dreadnought- the inflated fake it's defense system activated, and the heavy cruiser -seeing it as a dreadnought- as the bigger threats. So 2,268 divided by 3 is 756, leaving the heavy cruiser capable of taking 549.02 kilotons damage and leaving the Kilimanjaro with 9,394.86 damage resistance left.
In the enemy's confusion the Kilimanjaro destroys 10 more ships, 7 frigates and 3 corvettes in 10 seconds before they can respond, only half of them being able to maneuver away from the assault. The added benefit of having A.A.V.I.s is that they can auto maneuver all the their ships in response to enemy attacks while simultaneously giving firing solutions. That and humanity has actual experience of waging a galactic war, so respond quickly and don't hesitate. Thus further lowering the turians battle group to 13 frigates and 108 corvettes that can cause 47.7 kilotons every 2 seconds.
Ahern's remaining ships need 20 more seconds before being able to fire shots from their DECs, except for his dreadnought's MAC that's still unloading 4 rounds every 2 seconds. Both sides hammering it out in a desperate rush to finish each other off, knowing that if the Kilimanjaro fails before the HSA's others ships can get off another shot of their DECs, they can overwhelm them with seer numbers.
Fortunately Ahern knew this from the start and had Athena calculate the amount of damage the enemy ships can cause in 20 seconds versus the damage they can take. Coming up with enemy damage of 477 kilotons -half that's focused on their heavy cruiser- so 238.5 kilotons, to their 9,394.86, meaning they'll have 9,156.36 kiloton damage resistance left. Even the cruiser will have 310.52 kiloton damage resistance, thus they have nothing to fear.
Thus allowing them to get off another barrage of DECs, MAC rounds, and T-Arc Laser Cannons. It destroys another 35 turian ships, all 17 frigates and 18 corvettes, leaving them with just 90 corvettes of their original 200 warships. Meaning they can only do 27 kilotons damage every 2 seconds which continues to decrease by 2.1 kilotons every 10 seconds from the Kilimanjaro's weaponry, heavy cruisers T-4 Arc cannons, and the HSA frigates T-2 Arc Cannons, as they loose 11 more ships. By time the next 30 seconds passed they get off 405 kilotons damage and leaving them with 79 corvettes.
The Infinity is down to 8,751.36 after shielding the cruiser from the barrage by having it fall back. So they get off another barrage that destroys 69 more turian corvettes, leaving them with 10 corvettes able to do 3 kilotons damage every 2 seconds.
The next 30 second exchange the turians cause 45 kilotons damage and losing their remaining 10 corvettes, lowering the Infinity's damage resistance to 8,706.36 kilotons, and the heavy cruiser down to 310.52 kilotons damage resistance.
The 2 minute engagement of non-stop fire from both sides finally subsides with the HSA's victory over the Turian's 200 ship battle group. The HSA is left with all of their original 27 warships while destroying all 200 of the enemy's forces. It's a onsided victory.
Cheers erupt from the bridge crews of every remaining HSA ships, including the Kilimanjaro with Admiral Ahern relaxing back into his chair. He let the tension of the battle and the fear of his he'd been suppressing ease out of his body. The moment when those alien's 200 ships appeared, he honestly thought they'd all die. Though some of those fears were alleviated when he saw the size profiles of their warships.
"Athena. What's our current status? How bad are our losses?", Ahern asked.
Athena answers simply, "Our shields are down to 3.273%. Arc reactor is down to 85%. No hull breaches detected. We've taken no losses. It's our complete victory."
As most of the crew is still rejoicing, several of the older crew members are quiet. They very familiar with war from their experiences in the Hydra War. This one victory, no matter how impressive, doesn't relatively matter when faced with full scale war. Something that they are all thinking as the high from their increased adrenaline levels fall back to normal.
With a deep sigh of relief, Ahern replies, "Thank you Athena. Inform Admiral Nombo of everything that happened here and our current status."
"The data is on it's way Admiral Ahern.", Athena replied
Standing up straight, Ahern orders out, "Alright men. We made it through this time, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods yet. Based off the size of the enemy's warships, this was just a probing party. Don't let your guard down now. We can expect much more headed our way, if they aren't already here."
That got concerned looks from all the younger crew members, not having first hand experience in war like the older members.
Athena cuts in, "I just got word from Roland that the 2nd Fleet around Shanxi is under attack by 401 alien warships. Admiral Nombo has ordered us to return to assist them as soon as our shields are fully recharged."
The bridge becomes dead silent for several moments.
Ahern snaps them out of by barking out, "You heard the lady! All hands to battle stations! I want us back up to full readiness ASAP!"
They all snap out of their stunned silence and yell out, "Aye, aye, Sir!"
2157 C.E.
THS Indomitable(prior to attack on SSV Kilimanjaro)
Senor Ship Master Desolas Arterius is handing out the battle plan, "8 heavy cruisers with their flotilla's of 64 frigates and 128 corvettes, a total of 200 ships will be lead by Ship Master Adrian. You'll lead them to the sight were our patrol was destroyed. If this enemy acts like any reasonable military they'll have a well sized watch group waiting for you, so be prepared. If my theory is correct and they have several patrols going, than the enemy's main base of operations around this planet,"
A holo of Shanxi being shown on their war map, "will be significantly lowered. Hopefully by 50%. If so than we'll only have to deal with roughly 250 crafts, which we'll be able to crush with our remaining 401 crafts. These two attacks are to be timed precisely, striking simultaneously to keep these aliens off balance. Once we've punched through their defenses, I want to begin off loading ground troops, armored vehicles, and gunships to take control of these renegade's planet. Questions?"
One of the other Captains asks, "What if they have called back their patrol ships or received reinforcements?"
Desolas takes a moment to think about it before answering, "I highly doubt a bunch of upstarts would have enough reinforcements to challenge us. But, incase they do have more, you don't have to worry about being out numbered. I had informed Palaven Command before we left and they're sending the 3rd fleet to support us, they should arrive an hour after we strike. Just to be safe, I want a contingent force of 2 cruisers and their flotillas, 50 ships, to wait until we've engaged the enemy to then maneuver around and jump to FTL towards the planet and start off loading troops."
Commander Destiponia Dardagius asks, "So Palaven Command has authorized a full military response and wants us to secure the ground?", sounding somewhat skeptical.
Desolas harshly answers, "Yes commander. So I suggest that you stop questioning my command. Otherwise you may be facing a court-martial when we are back on Palaven."
Once more snapping to attention, Destiponia replies, "Yes Sir! Sorry for my insubordination! Sir!"
Desolas dangerously responds, "You're forgiven, but this the last time. Next time I throw you in the brig and have you dragged before the disciplinary board. I'd hate for Admiral Idgius's reputation questioned for selecting an XO not ready for her post. Do I make myself clear?"
"Sir! Yes sir!", Destiponia quickly and firmly replies. She knows that her failures reflect on her superior who promoted her to her current rank.
"Good. This meeting is adjourned."
2567 A.D.
SSV Infinity(around the time the Kilimanjaro is attacked)
Fleet Admiral Nuwa Nombo has been on edge since she first heard from the Prometheus a week ago. Even though she has informed Parliament, top HSA brass, and Prime Minister Terrence Hood about the situation and has called in reinforcements from the 9th Fleet, she can't help but feel dread. Her bones are telling her things are going to get much worse, so she just called back half of the patrols. They've just returned back to the Fleet and have resumed their formations. Now there are 15 cruisers, 120 frigates, 240 destroyers, and 240 corvettes, not to mention the Infinity and her 22 war ships, holding a half circle formation in front of Shanxi.
Sitting in her command chair in the middle of the bridge, Nuwa has her eyes closed and her Sonic Spear in her right hand, it's butt touching the ground. She's waiting for something to happen. Breathing deeply, collecting herself for all hell to break loose at any minute.
Just as her eye's snap open, filled with a cold fire, 401 turian warships exit out of FTL in front of the Human Systems Alliance's 2nd Fleet.
It has begun.
Codex: HSA Navy warships
Every non-dreadnought class ship uses the DEC or Directed Energy Cannon over the MAC or Mass Accelerator Cannon due towards their higher speed and maneuverability. The doctrine is that corvettes and frigates move in close to fire their DEC and quickly flee to safety while they recharge and cool, at hit and run approach.
The ideal was to outfit each ship with both DEC and MAC, but the inability to combine the energy form Arc reactors and dark energy from element zero made it too dangerous to do. The SSV Chimera was an experimental frigate that had both cannons installed that ended up exploding, killing her 35 man crew, thus scrapping the idea until the energies can be safely mixed.
Obsidian-class Heavy Corvettes:
Measurements:
-Length: 391 meters
-Width: 196 meters
-Height/depth: 98 meters
-Mass: 3,000 Metric Tons
Engine unit:
-Arc Reactor Drive
FTL Drive:
-Stark V677 Shielded Ezzo Drive Core
Shielding:
V-Tech WG-10 VGF shield strength is capable of taking 65 kilotons of damage.
Armor:
-Vibranium-A battle plate is 60 cm thick capable of taking 142.35 kilotons TNT-equivalent.
-Due to vibranium properties it can restore shields to 10% from stored kinetic energy once taking 100 kilotons of damage.
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 10.63 kilotons damage:
-Laminated shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Sensor systems:
-AN/SPY-9 PAVE HOUND Active Electronically Scanned Array RADAR
-AN/SPY-7 PAVE SAW Radio Telescope
-AN/SSS-19 SAFEGUARD Electromagnetic Array
-AN/SSS-19 REARGUARD Electromagnetic Array
-AN/SLS-12 HORNET LIDAR
-AN/SVS-68 Optical Telescope
-AN/SAS-67 Infra-red Telescope
-AN/SSD-129 PAVE RAVEN
-AN/SPQ-111 PAVE HANNIBAL
Targeting systems:
-Multispectrum Optical AAVI assisted camera network
Navigation system:
-AAVI assisted FTL 'MAZE' directional router
-AAVI/Manual driven computer supported pilot systems
Avionics: AAVI Assisted ADIS
-QEC dish
-FTL LASER communication system
-War Net Integrated computer
Countermeasures:
-Firestorm Close-in Weapon System
-Thunderstorm Close-in Weapon system
-AN/SLQ 115 HARLEQUIN Decoy Launcher
-AN/SLQ-221 DOPPLEGANGER Array
-AN/SLQ-301 PAVE KEEPER
-AN/SLQ-340 PIRATE Torpedo counter guidance system
-Emergency Thrusters
-AN/SLQ-161 PAVE RAPTOR
-AN/SLQ-1011 PAVE FAITH
-Active thermo-optical Camouflage field
-Maintenance free RADAR/LIDAR absorbent coating
-Infra-red suppressors
-Texture buffer
-Engine Baffles
-Heat sinks
-Radiation sinks
-Magnetic Supressor
Nano repair unit:
-gives the ship 2 kilotons more damage resistance by breaking down all non-essential material for repair of ship critical systems and hull.
Armaments:
-DEC does 121 Kilotons of damage per shot every 30 seconds due to their smaller sized cannons and Arc reactors.
-6 V24 Sonic missile pods
-14 Windstorm Close-in Weapon System
-7 Laser point defense guns
-7 Thunderstrom Close-in Weapon system
-17 XEV11-Firebreak Nonlinear Pulse Cannons
-4 Mine Launchers, 6 M612 Tactical Sonic Mines in each
-12 RSM-103 Wayfarer Tactical Weapon Platform/ or/ 12 RSM-107 Vagrant Tactical Weapon Platform
Complement:
-4 Pelicans/ or / 2 Auriga-class Light Prowlers
-8 RQ-104 Kilijes
-Other Satellite and Drone modules, such as Black Widow or STARK satellites
-15 sailors
-40 Marines
Other systems:
-Warfare Control Systems
-Counter Ordnance Deterrence
-Electronic Countermeasures
-SOIEV Deployment System
Roles:
-Stealth hit-in-run warfare
-Electronic Warfare
-Reconnaissance
-Mine Laying
-Long-Range Strike
Total damage it can take before being destroyed:
-226.48 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Obsidian-class Light Frigates:
Measurements:
-Length: 478 meters
-Width: 151.9 meters
-Height: 112.3 meters
-Mass: Metric tons 77,500
Armaments:
-DEC does 242 kilotons TNT-equivalent per shot every 30 seconds.
-2 T-2 Arc Laser Cannons
-16 Disruptor Torpedoes
-6 laser Point-defense guns
-52 M710 DEW(Directed energy weapon) point defense guns
-76 V34 Sonic Missile Pods(Vibranium tipped Sonic missiles 34/pod)
-1 Anti-matter Warhead
Shielding:
-V-Tech WG-15 VFG shield strength is 130 kilotons.
Armor:
-Vibranium-A battle plate is 1 m thick capable taking 237.25 kilotons TNT-equivalent. Due to vibranium properties it can restore shields to 10% from stored kinetic energy once taking 100 kilotons of damage.
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 21.26 kilotons TNT-equivalent:
-Laminated shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Nano repair unit:
-gives the ship 4 kilotons more damage resistance
Complement:
-200 Marines
-65 N7
-6 D79-TC Pelicans
-6 M44 Hammerheads
-12 Sparrows
-24 Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicles
-2 D96 Albatrosses
-3 SHIELD spy drones
-200 Sailors
Total amount of damage it can take before being destroyed:
-418.51 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Obsidian-class Destroyers:
Measurements:
-Length: 485 meters
-Mass: 225,000 metric tons
Engines:
-4 primary Arc drives
-4 secondary Arc drives
Shielding:
-V-Tech WG-20 VFG shield strength is 260 kilotons
Armor:
-Vibranium-A2 armor is 2 meters thick capable of taking 474.5 kilotons damage. restore shields to 10% from stored kinetic energy once taking 100 kilotons damage
Multilayer Hull capable of taking 25.38 kilotons damage:
-Laminated shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Nano repair unit:
-gives the ship 6 kilotons more damage resistance
Armaments:
-DEC does 363 kilotons TNT-equivalent damage per shot every 30 seconds
-26 M58 Sonic missile pods
-4 M870 Rampart point defense lasers
-3 Anti-matter Warheads
Complement:
-50 Marines
-2 D77-TC Pelicans
-4 D75-TC Pelicans
-2 Trident fighter squadrons
-250 sailors
Total amount of damage it can take before being destroyed:
-869.88 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Heavy Cruisers:
Measurements:
-Length: 1,425 meters
-Width: 383 meters
-Height:431 meters
-Mass: 841,666 metric tons
Shielding:
-V-Tech WG-25 VFG shield strength is 520 kilotons
Armor:
-Vibranium-A2 armor is 2 meters thick capable of taking 474.5 kilotons of damage. Due to vibranium properties it can restore shields to 10% from stored kinetic energy once taking 100 kilotons of damage.
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 42.52 kilotons of damage:
-Laminated Shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-Kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Nano repair unit:
-gives the ship 8 kilotons more damage resistance
Armaments:
-DEC does 484 kilotons TNT-equivalent damage per shot every 30 seconds.
-4 T-4 Arc Laser Cannons
-6 M66 DEW autocannon turrets
-32 V58 Sonic missile pods
-6 Laser defense guns
-Anti-matter missiles
-12 D79 Pelicans
-45 N7s
-220 Marines
-800 sailors
Total amount of damage it can take before being destroyed:
-1,305.02 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Phoenix-class Carriers:
Measurements:
-Length 2,500 meters
-Width 800 meters
-Height 689 meters
-Mass 3.7 million metric tons
Armaments:
-6 T-6 Arc Laser Cannons
-4 T-4 Arc Laser Cannons
-24 V42 Sonic missile pods
-40 Laser defense guns
Shielding:
-V-Tech WG-35 VFG strength is 1,040 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Armor:
-4.9 meters thick Vibranium-A3 Battle Plate that can withstand 1,108.22 kilotons TNT-equivalent. Allowing the stored kinetic energy to restore the shields to 50% once it's received 500 kilotons of damage.
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 85.04 kilotons damage:
-Laminated shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-Kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Nano repair unit:
-gives the ship 16 kilotons more damage resistance
Complement:
-3,500 Naval
-6,000 Marines
-2,000 N7
-62 D96 Albatrosses
-80 D79-TC Pelicans
-B-65 Shortsword
-6 Z-1800 Phaeton
-SOEIVs
-Lifepods
-600 HEVs
-10 Iron Titans
-178 M44 Hammerheads
-15 M510 Mammoths
-48 M34 Sparrows
-93 Scorpions
Total amount of damage it can take before being destroyed:
-3,289.26 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Titan-class Dreadnoughts:
Measurements:
-Length: 7,234 meters
-Width: 1,202 meters
-Height/depth: 891 meters
Engine Units:
-7 Stark Industries Model-J Arc Motors
-18 maneuvering repulsor engines
Power Plant:
-1 Stark Industries XX-1 Arc Reactor Drive
-4 Stark Industries FF-203 Arc Reactor Drives
Shielding:
-Yibambe V-Tech WG-45 Vibranium Field Generator(VFG) strength: 2,080 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Armor:
-Vibranium A-4 battle plate: 11.8 meters thick-capable of taking 2,668.78 kilotons TNT-equivalent
-Able to reconstitute shields by 50% for every 500 kilotons damage received
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 170.08 kilotons TNT-equivalent damage:
-Laminated shell
-ARGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-Kinetic absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Nano repair unit:
-Gives the ship 32 kilotons more damage resistance
Sensor systems:
-AN/SPY-9 PAVE HOUND Active Electronically Scanned Array RADAR
-AN/SPY-7 PAVE SAW Radio Telescope
-AN/SSS-19 SAFEGUARD Electromagnetic Array
-AN/SSS-19 REARGUARD Electromagnetic Array
-AN/SLS-12 HORNET LIDAR
-AN/SVS-68 Optical Telescope
-AN/SAS-67 Infrared Telescope
-AN/SSQ-23 Sensor Network
Targeting systems:
-Multispectrum Optical AAVI assisted camera network
Navigation System:
-AAVI assisted FTL QEC directional router
-AAVI/Manual driven computer supported pilot systems
Avionics:
-AAVI Assisted ADIS
-QEC system
-Mass Relay communications systems
-War Net Integrated computer
Countermeasures:
-Firestorm Close-in Weapon System
-Thunderstorm Close-in Weapon system
-AN/SLQ 115 HAREQUIN Decoy launcher
-AN/SLQ-221 DOPPLEGANGER Array
-AN/SLQ-301 PAVE KEEPER
-AN/SLQ-340 PIRATE Torpedo counter guidance system
-AN/SLQ-1011 PAVE FAITH
-Emergency Thrusters
Armaments:
-4 3,000 meter MACs(2 on the bow and 2 on the bow flank) that fire 20 kilo slugs yielding 968 kilotons TNT-equivalent.
-2 T-6 Arc Laser Cannons(capable of destroying unshielded HSA cruisers, only found on dreadnoughts, requires own Arc reactor) 1 on the port, 1 on starboard
-4 T-4 Arc Laser Cannons(capable of destroying unshielded HSA frigates, found on dreadnoughts/heavy cruisers) 2 on port, 2 on starboard
-8 T-2 Arc Laser Cannons(capable of melting through 15 cm of vibranium armor or 35.5 kiltons damage per burst, used on frigates) 2 on dorsal, 2 on ventral,1 port,1 starboard, and 2 on anterior
-420 RSM-131C Sonic pods(24 missiles per pod, 10,080 missiles in total)
-400 RSM-294 Widow SOCM Cells
-40 RSM-103 Wayfarer Tactical Weapon Platform
-165 M41 light Pulse cannons
-71 M54 heavy pulse cannons
-13 M45 Renegade DEW Heavy Gun
-200 Windstorm Close-in Weapon System
-100 Laser point defense guns
-100 Thunderstorm Close-in Weapon system
Complement:
-1,300 marines
-250 N7s
-2,200 sailors
-AAVI
-5 M510 Mammoths
-50 Trident fighters
-5 Iron Titans
-45 D79-TC Pelicans
-20 M44 Hammerheads
-18 M34 Sparrows
-150 Mark-V Rapid Insertion Pods
-70 DOBV(Dual Occupant Boarding Vehicle) used to send 2 marines to board an enemy ship)
Infinity-class Supercarrier(only 1 in the HSA)
Measurements:
-Length: 14,235.5 meters or 14.235 kilometers
-Width: 2,083.25 meters
-Height/depth: 2,603 meters
-Mass: 188.95 million metric tons
Armor:
-Vibranium A-5 battle plate is 23.6 meters thick: capable of taking 5,337.56 kilotons TNT-equivalent damage
-restore shields by 50% once receiving 500 kilotons damage
Multilayered Hull capable of taking 340.16 kilotons damage:
-Laminated shell
-AEGIS tile inserts
-Thermal energy absorbing layer
-Kinetic energy absorbing layer
-Gravitational Buffer
-Aero gel layer
Shielding:
-Yibambe V-Tech WG-44N Heavy Vibranium Field Generator: withstand 4,160 kilotons TNT-equivalent
Engines:
-2 XR2 Stark Industries: S81/X-DFR
-2 primary repulsor engines
-6 secondary repulsor engines
-ODSY Drive System
FTL Drive core:
-2 dual Mark X Stark/W-PROTOTYPE #78720HDS Eezo drive cores
Sensor systems:
-Long-range hyperscanner
-radar
-Spectroscopes
-LIDAR
Armaments:
-4 4,000-meter Mass Accelerator Cannons(2 bow, 2 bow flank); 3,872 kilotons or 3.872 megatons TNT-equivalent per shot, fired once every 2 seconds.
-875 pods of 24 V42 Sonic Missiles for a total of 21,000 missiles
-625 pods of 30 V75 Sonic Missiles for a total of 18,750 missiles
-25,000 Distruptor Torpedoes
-2,075 pluse cannons
-212 Dorsal Anti-Aircraft laser network
-475 Dorsal Guided Sonic Missile Weapons System network
-15 Anti-Material Warheads
Complement:
-22,385 sailors
-14,417 marines
-635 N7s
-4,246 SHIELD agents
-2 squads of Spartans that have been redacted from the manifest
-1,192 technicians, factory workers, manufacturers
-766 botanists and farmers
-25 M510 Mammoths(same as Halo but black and olive green paint, vibranium plated, Arc reactor, faster, energy shields, and the DEC is a mini-Directed Energy Cannon used primarily for anti-armored/anti-vehicle-anti-aircraft platform
-688 M44 Hammerheads
-961 M34 Sparrows(Destiny S-34 RAVENSTEEL) with forward pulse turrets that can fire at 1,000 rpm
-200 M820 Scorpions(arc reactor, vibranium armor, M990 Arc Laser Cannon can drop even heaviest gunships and armored vehicles, even unshielded corvettes)
-20 D96-TCE Albatrosses
-375 D79-TC Pelicans(same with black and blue paint, eezo core and kinetic barriers, replacing Kodiak)
-336 Z-1800 Phaeton(Halo but made entirely out of Vibranium and Arc powered drive core with VFG shields capable of taking 3 kilotons damage)
-188 F-61 Trident Fighters
-20 Iron Titans
-822 M8823 HEV drop pods(All marines are given ODST training)
-2 Heavy Cruisers
-4 Destroyers
-16 Heavy Frigates
Codex: Human Systems Alliance Space
Clusters(13), Systems(33) & Colonies(72):
Local Cluster
-Earth(11.7 billion)
-Luna
-Mercury
-Mars
-Jupiter
-Jovian Moons(Jovian colonies are natural satellites orbiting Jupiter): Callisto/ Ganymede/ Europa/ Io/ Ixion
-Saturn: Castellaneta/ unknown number of research habitats in orbit
-Titan
-Pluto
-Gagarin Station "Jump Zero"
Arcturus Stream
-Groombridge 34 System: Arcturus Station/ Minister
-Hellespont System: Troy/ Harmony/ New Carthage/ Benning(2.25 million)
Exodus Cluster
-Utopia System: Chi Rho/ Eden Prime(4.2 million)/ Arcadia
-Luyten 726-8 System: Luyten/ Gannick 22/ Terra Nova(4.4 million)
Viper Nebula
-Epsilon Eridani System: Reach/ Circumstance/ Tribute/ Beta Gabriel/ Tantalus
-18 Scorpii System: Falaknuma/ Actium/ Ballast
Artemis Tau
-Hestia system: Meridian
-Elduros system: Aleria/ Amasa
-Igdras system: Etalan/ Therum(34,000)
-Eridanus system: Eridanus II/ Binterall
Hades Gamma
-Proyon: Minab
-23 Librae system: Madrigal/ Sansar
-26 Draconis system: Levosia/ Coral/ Verent
-Charybdis system: Charybdis IX
-Orso system: Venezia
Gemini Sigma
-Helice-12 system: Sonata/ Carrow
-Orrichon system: Sedra
Voyager Cluster
-Escala system: Escala III
-Cygnus system: Cygnus/ New Jerusalem
-Cordoba system: Goa
Argos Rho
-Phoenix system: Intai'sei(150,000)/ Pinnacle Station(1,200)
-Lambda Aurigae system: Roost
-Tisiphone system: Barugi/ Nephis
Attican Beta
-Qusdar system: Mesra/ Feros(300)
-Alpha Aurigae system: Capella/ Cleyell
Maroon Sea
-Alpha Corvi system: Alpha Corvi II
-Kolaqoa system: Biko/ Desdoron V
-Sverdlovsk system: Komaya/ Talitsa/ Dwarka
Petra Nebula
-Epsilon Indi system: Harvest
-Vetus system: Elysium(8.3 million); Jon Grissom Academy
Xingyun
-Da Ling San: Xang Shi
-Chi Ceti system: Chi Ceti IV/ Hai Yat
Codex: The Super Soldier War
In 2008 A.D. a Hydra science team found Steve Rodgers -Captain America- body where they then shipped him off to one of their hidden bases in Russia. Upon arrival the science team discovered that Rodgers was still alive inside the block of ice he was trapped in. Over the next 12 years under Hydra cell leader Baron Strucker and head scientist Doctor List were able to replicate Abraham Erskine's super soldier formula. Then began selling the formula to Russia, China, North Korea, and various terrorist groups in the Middle East. Through manipulation of countless Hydra sleeper agents, the Nations now armed with super soldiers formed the third iteration of the Axis Powers and declared war on the world on August 9th 2020 A.D.
Within three years the Axis Powers had concurred all of Asia, with the exception of Japan, half of Europe and started laying siege to the African continent. Even the best armed soldiers of the Allied Powers( America, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, and various countries in Africa and South America.) couldn't defeat the Axis Powers super soldiers.
It was around the fourth year of the war when Europe and 2/3s of the African continent fell, With SHIELD, and Bruce Banner "The Hulk" failing to turn the tide did Wakanda finally reveal that it is actually the most technologically advanced society in the world and joined the Allied Powers in October 9th 2024 A.D. With the added brilliance of Princess Suri with her knowledge of the Heart Shaped Herb that enhanced the Black Panther, Banner was able to reproduce a super soldier formula from captured and dead Axis soldiers.
During the sixth year of the war, the tide had changed in favor of the Allied Powers with their new super soldier army mixed with Wakanda's technologically superior army. They had already liberated the entire African continent, England, and half of France. It was also the year when SHIELD had found the Hydra moles that had grown inside them since WW2. The current leader of Hydra, Alexander Pierce was killed and all of his agents, nearly 1/3 of SHIELD. Through this revelation they were able to find the source of the super soldier formula, Captain America. SHIELD agents Black Widow and Hawkeye infiltrated a Hydra base and recovered a still alive Steve Rodgers along with the recreated formula that was barbarically reverse engineered from him.
By the tenth year of the war the Axis Powers unconditionally surrendered to the Allies, having already been pushed back deeply into their own countries, losing all of Korea along the way. They couldn't match the combined strength of Allies own super soldiers and Wakandan vibranium tech.
The Third World War had ended July 4th 2030 A.D. with a total death toll reaching over one billion world wide, and like with all wars, more than 50% of those casualties were civilians. A death toll that rose, when Hydra, the real instigators of the war, released the Croatoan virus killing 250 million more people on September 12th 2030 A.D. Fortunately, SHIELD, Dr. Cho, and Shuri ended up saving billions by genetically enhancing all of man on December, 26 2030 A.D.
Codex: The Human Systems Alliance
Formed five years after the Super Soldier War to ensure such an event never happened again and to restore order in the world. With the entire worlds population being enhanced by an altered form of the super soldier formula to stop the Croatoan virus, the Nations of the world came together to ensure the people of the world that things were under control. That after all the atrocities they had suffered for a decade, there is hope for a better world, a better Humanity.
Thus on November 7th of 2035 A.D. the UEG-United Earth Governments- was formed by all of the major nations of the world, though many argued that at the time Russia, China, and Korea's new democratic governments were still too new and overly controlled by the U.N. to properly join.
With the vast majority of the world flying under the same banner of the UEG, it didn't take long for man to finally reach out into the stars. With the UEG being funded by the governments of Earth, it had built colonies on the moon and Mars by 2056 A.D. and eventual finding of the Prothean ruins on Mars in 2061 A.D.
Bruce Banner(age 91) near the end of his life and the Wakandan princess Shuri along with the best scientific minds in the world studied a degraded alien beacon, a malfunctioning element zero core, advanced sensors, and tools, unlocking Mass Effect technology. The archive also held the location of the Charon mass relay, paving the way for the colonization boom that'd extend the newly renamed Human Systems Alliance to representing all human occupied worlds.
The UEG's most visible agency was the UNSC-United Nations Space Command- Navy, a combined fleet and marine force responsible for all military duties beyond the scope of any one nation's borders.
It wasn't until the end of humanities first galactic war-the Insurrection War-that the HSA was formed in 2304 AD to give equal representation to all colony worlds. With 23 systems and 55 colonies at the time, Parliament and HSA Navy's top brass agreed that every system gets a fleet consisting of 1 capital ship, dreadnought or carrier; 24 cruisers; 48 destroyers; 192 frigates; and 384 corvettes for a total of 649 warships for their protection.
The HSA's new Navy(2310 AD): 16 dreadnoughts; 7 carriers; 552 cruisers; 1,104 destroyers; 4,416 frigates; 8,832 corvettes for a total of 14,927 warships after combining the UNSC and Insurrectionists' Fleets once forming the HSA.
By 2525 when humanities 2nd galactic war started-Hydra War- with 33 systems and 72 colonized worlds the HSA's Navy increased to 29 dreadnoughts; 13 carriers; 1,008 cruisers; 2,016 destroyers; 8,064 frigates; and 16,128 corvettes for a total of 27,258 warships. An abnormally high number that was being secretly increased by Hydra sleeper agents inside the HSA Navy and Parliament over 200 years for their eventual war. Those number nearly split evenly in two when Hydra showed itself with the loyal HSA Navy having slightly higher numbers.
Codex: Insurrection War
In 2251 AD the Insurrection War broke out with nearly all of the outer colonies and several inner colonies turn against the-at the time-UEG and UNSC. Most people were on the Insurrectionists side of things, feeling bad with how the rebels were being told how to live their lives-what jobs to take, how many children they can have-by CA bureaucrats, often heavy-handed proxies of an Earth-based government with increasingly poor understanding of the colonies' unique challenges.
What started out as a political movement eventually moved to violent hits on military targets and CA sympathizers after being repeatedly ignored by the UEG. Then with the UNSC beginning its counterinsurgency operations, more and more innocent people got caught in the crossfire. Some historians believe that by that point hidden Hydra agents had almost full control of the UEG and UNSC. That they were trying to slowly shift politics away from a democracy to their preferred tyrannical dictatorship that'd control all of mankind.
It wasn't long before it turned into civil war that split humanity and the UNSC in two and last 53 years. Several colonies were utterly decimated during the war and billions of lives lost, but the thing that got the UEG and UNSC to finally bend on the issue was the attack on Earth. Several areas that use to be democratic nations like America, England, most of Europe really, and Japan began an uprising against the now tyrannical UN that replaced them centuries beforehand.
With their own necks on the line and Reach acting as the Insurrectionists' main base with its own shipyard and relay hub, the UEG and UNSC restructured the entire system along Insurrectionist leaders Colonel Robert Watts and General Howard Graves to create the HSA in 2304 AD. That was the official end of the Insurrection War, but their were terrorists that carried that name for 30 odd years.
Even though the mass majority of the Insurrectionists agreed to the new governing system, a minority refused to accept being under the HSA's rule. They held out in asteroid fields throughout the outer colonies and attacked colonies by bombing civilian centers filled with sympathizers and traitors to their cause. They wanted all the outer colonies to be separate and individual under their own rule, not a "new UNSC that just looks different."
Colonel Robert Watts had personally went to negotiate with the new "Insurrectionists' leaders to end hostilities and the war as they had agreed upon. The Innies publicly killed him as a traitor and stated that the war will not end until they are free. That ended up being massively backfiring on them as half of the few that agreed with them left due to their loving allegiance to Colonel Watts. Over the next thirty years they were systematically wiped out by HSA forces and SHIELD intelligence.
The total casualties from the Insurrection War are numbered around 11 billion-more than half of which were civilians caught in the middle.
Codex: Stark Industries & Arc Reactor Technology
The original Arc reactor was a fusion type power source featuring a palladium core created by Howard Stark in 2180 AD -which would become the initial power source of the Iron Titans, Iron Man, Iron Mjolnir Mark suits that his descendant Tony Stark would create during the Hydra War.
The Arc reactor started replacing fossil fuels, nuclear plants and Fusion plants in the energy market, by having Arc reactor technology available to the general public, although Stark Industries still owns all patent rights and gets a percentage of any tech using Arc technology. That allowed for it to become main streamed into society. Just about every thing is powered by Arc reactors, from everyday appliances to the most sophisticated warships.
Thanks to this renewable clean energy source, man was able to stop polluting the Earth's ecosystem and with the added technological advances like arcology skyscrapers and telecommuting, Earth's environment is almost like it was before the Industrial Revolution of the 21th century.
Tony Stark eventually rediscovered and synthesized a new element theorized by Howard Stark, as a clean and safe alternative to the palladium core. Tony Stark continued to improve the reactor to make more advanced suits, most notable is the New Element Arc Reactor Mark V.
It is the second most advanced reactor designed by Stark. The heart shaped reactor was capable of not only working as a power source of newest generation of Iron Mjolnir armors, but also being capable of storing the Nano-particles necessary in forming not only the Iron Mjolnir Mark L armor but all the modules needed depending on the situation.
It wasn't until 2285 when Maria Stark partnered with Obadiah Stane that Stark Industries started moving into weapons manufacturing. Though new to the industry they were able to replace Hammond Industries as the foremost producer of weapons and armor within 2 years. Becoming the main supplier for the UNSC Navy during the Insurrection War.
It was thinks to the war that most element zero technology was swapped out for the more advanced Arc powered tech(UNSC) and Wakandan Vibranium tech(Insurrectionists). The pure energy shields replacing kinetic barriers outside of FLT travel; Sonic missiles replacing common explosive missiles; Pluse cannons and lasers replacing gun turrets and mini mass accelerators, and the DEC replacing most smaller vessels MAC.
HSA Standard Mjolnir Armor
Maria Starks greatest combat armor design she created for UNSC's N7s in 2286 by using her first scaled down Arc reactor that could fit in the chest piece. The Mjolnir Assault armor is a technologically advanced combat exoskeleton designed to vastly improve the strength, speed, agility, reflexes and durability of N7 marines. Which ended up becoming the HSA Marine standard armor by 2314.
The battle suit is constructed in overlapping layer:
-a sealed system capable of extravehicular and submersible activity or operations in toxic atmospheres.
-hardened against EMP and radiation
-has filters that remove toxins and bacteria from local atmosphere
-outershell is composed of a multilayer vibranium that's been augmented with a refractive coating capable of dispersing a limited amount of energy weapons.
-a gel layer underneath a thick black armored bodysuit regulates temperature and can reactively change density
-inner skinsuit is made of a moisture absorbing synthetic material linked to an environment control computer and occupant's HSA-issue neural lace
-neural interface that translates electrochemical signals to digital code and routes them through the interface connection at the rear of the skull. Thoughts control the armor's movement and weapons; and input from on board sensors comes directly to the users mind. The kinesis between machine and mind is so fast that it is almost impossible to chart reaction time.
-Falcon-Jets with wings that retract into the nano layer; or optional Octo-arms used primarily by engineers
-between the external armor and the internal padding is the vibranium nanite layer that is used for suit repair
-2 ton lift capability
-a nano weapon generator was added to its design, not as powerful as Spartan nano weapons generator, and optical camouflage.
Codex: The New Human Race
On December 16th of 2030 A.D. the entire human population was genetically enhanced by an altered super solider formula to save their species from becoming extinct. The extremely deadly bioweapon, Croatoan virus, had a fatality rate of 95% with world ending pandemic infection rates. In the short three month period that the virus spread unmolested, it had killed 250+ million people from every nation in the world. The time it would have taken to find a cure would have been too late, so left with no other option, SHIELD, Dr. Hellen Cho, and Shuri had launched newly designed upper atmosphere dispersion devices all over the Earth. Using the super soldier formula as a base, Dr. Hellen Cho made an altered version to ensure the enhancement would focus on enhancing human immunity, metabolism, regeneration, cardiovascular system, and overall durability of human biology to be able to naturally fight off the Croatoan virus.
The new humanity that came from that event is far stronger than the one it was just the day before, but the full effects wouldn't show itself for several decades. Originally the enhancement only did as Dr. Cho designed it to, but over time the children being born were larger, faster, and stronger than before. Down to the very core of the human genetic code, mankind was enhanced to the point that without the formula being used, newborns carried the enhancement with them. The base physicality of adult humans are now at the level of Captain America, though some tend to excel in one area over another based on their genetics.
Scientists came to the conclusion that Erskine's serum didn't actually create super soldiers, but brought out the full potential of the human species. So, all the serum did was jump human evolution forward by thousands, if not millions of years. Most of mankind is elated with the exception of several religious institutions. Claiming that Dr. Cho had played God with the human species, changing Gods design, dooming all of man to damnation. A string of mass suicides from the more zealot based and cult like religious groups occurred in multiple nations on Earth. Fortunately, the largest religions, Christianity; Judaism; Islam; Hindu and etc, had embraced the concept and said that all the horrors and suffering of man had been God's plan to get us to finally reach our true state. That mankind is now closer to what God had originally designed us to be, before being cast out of heaven.
Due to the newly evolved human species capabilities, most illnesses and diseases have been completely wiped out. Only the most virulent diseases, virus, and genetic illnesses are left plaguing man, such as rare forms of cancer; AIDS; Tay-Sachs, but they are far less damaging and lethal than they were before. With modern technology, gene-therapy and Dr. Cho's Regeneration Cradle(Which is the foremost used piece of medical equipment in the Galaxy to date) have made treating these illnesses rather easy.
Humans are among the physically strongest species in the known galaxy with exceptions like the Krogan, human civilians can't match any without a Mjolnir suite and even then there are no guarantees that they'd be enough. HSA soldiers with full combat suite can kill Krogan simply enough(though Alliance training highly suggests maintaining your distance), but outside the suites only Spartans have the brute strength to go toe to toe with Krogans and depending on the Krogan(Biotic or Warlords) they can still lose.
The average modern human has an average height of 6'2" for males and 5'10" for women. An average maximum deadlift of 1,104.52 pounds(Hafhor Bjornsson) and maximum running speed of 27.8mph(Bolt).
Codex: Spartans(Classified to Saber 1 authorization eyes only)
Dr. Catherine Halsey had been pushing her SPARTAN program for years, and was mostly denied due to the barbaric methods she wanted to use. With the Hydra War still going strong after five years and with heavy casualties, the top brass of the Human Systems Alliance approved full funding of Dr. Halsey's SPARTAN program.
Dr. Halsey wanted to kidnap children that wouldn't be missed to be the subjects of her program, insisting that children are far more malleable and thus more capable of handling the genetic enhancements, bioengineering, and mechanical implants she wanted to employ. Even though the HSA was desperate with Hydra's sleeper agents being almost everywhere and their new super soldiers dubbed Abominations, they weren't that desperate. So instead they had Dr. Halsey pick her subjects from their best soldiers from the N7 program to use in the SPARTAN program.
The first group of candidates that volunteered had all died either during the procedures or from complications caused by said procedures, all of which were officially marked as KIA and their bodies never returned to their families, saying that there was nothing left to give them.
The second group faired much better do to what Dr. Halsey said was having a baseline to go off of from the first group. Still, 75% of them died and the remaining had crippling effects for the rest of their lives. It wasn't until the third group that the Spartan program produced combat ready super soldiers. They had a 60% fatality rate but all the ones that survived were successes. With Vibranium grafted into their bones, several implants, and highly advanced genetic engineering, the Spartans are a whole new breed of super soldiers that surpassed everything the HSA had hoped for.
The average Spartan is 7 feet tall(with armor 8 feet) with higher than Krogan level of strength and durability, capable of running 42.8 mph(average civilian 27.8mph; Cap soldier 35.3mph; Hulk soldier 30mph, Panther soldier 38.5mph), and a regeneration rate twice that of any soldier in the HSA(equal to Krogan).
Tony Stark was brought in to design the new super soldiers combat suit after the success he had in the creation of the Hulkbuster armor to combat Hydra's Titans and Abominations and the enhanced Iron suits for N7 special forces.
Being outfitted with the most advanced and expensive(about 2 billion per suit) Stark Industries combat suit, the Iron Mjolnir by Tony Stark, 126 Spartans were deployed in 2537 A.D. Throughout the rest of the Hydra War the Spartans fought on just about every front, turning the tides in the Human Systems Alliances favor, with only 20 casualties(mostly at the hands of Abominations or orbital strikes) by the wars end, they had proved the success of the Spartan program.
Iron Mjolnir Assault Armor far surpasses all Mjolnir armor, Wakandan nano-suits, and Iron suits in human history. It was the last suit Tony Stark made before his assassination in 2546. This 300 pound armor is powered by two of the newest and most powerful Arc reactors used in suits(starship reactors are the size of a drive core and thus much stronger), nearly twice the size of current issue chest piece Arc reactors used in Iron suits, increasing strength, flight speed, repulsor blasts, unibeam projector, and the amount of repair nanites it can house.
One is placed in the center of the chest and the other one is on the back between the shoulder blades with four smaller Arch reactors surrounding it. It's outer shell is composed of a multilayer vibranium alloy augmented with a refractive coating capable of dispersing a limited amount of energy weapon strikes. The suite contains a gel-filled layer underneath a thick black armored bodysuit that regulates temperature and can reactively change it's density. The inner skinsuit is made of a moisture absorbing synthetic material linked to an environment control computer and the occupant's HSA neural interface.
Between the external suit and the internal padding is a layer of reactive vibranium liquid crystal woven by molecular tools into a superdense optical computer memory. This revolutionary crystalline layer forms a network capable of supporting AAVI's, increasing their processing power and speed. At the same time it is amorphous, yet amplifies force, doubling lifting capability and improving reaction time by a factor of five. Unfortunately the system is so reactive that only Spartans with the vibranium bone grafts can safely wear the suit without injuring themselves.
The armor can be modified with various modular weapons and has an improved tactical computer system with automatic targeting, a nano-weapons generator. The stealth tech and optical camouflage of the N7 Iron armor. Along with the kinetic energy release system all classes have when the vibranium has reached its threshold for storing said energy. The Iron Mjolnir, due to the additional Arc reactors built into the armor, has the strongest personal shield system in the galaxy.
Codex: HSA Iron Suits
The Iron Man/Iron Maiden: Exclusive to N7s
-The armor suit a mixture of standard vibranium exo-skeletal suit with vibranium nano-tech suit. This combination allows for the nano-tech to be prioritized to the nano-weapons generator without skipping out on protection. The vibranium nanites wraps around and through the exo-skeleton moving between repairing damage to the suit and generating weapons at the behest of the occupant.
-Beside the standard repulsor systems and unibeam projector, it's weapon generator can produce anything ranging from energy cannons, guided missiles, repulsor power battering rams, blades, and shields. The nano-weapons generator is the most varied and versatile weapons system available, allowing a solider to fight from just about any range effectively.
-The only weakness of the nano-weapons generator is that the more nanites lost to repairing suit damage or fired ordinance will eventually limit what weapons can be generated.
-The Iron Man/Iron Maiden class armors are considered the jack-of-all trades suits and tends to be the most numbered suits in service.
The War Machine class:
-It's an entire vibranium hard suit with just a limited nano-repair protocol. The loss of versatility and higher level repair function is compensated by thicker armor plating and number of modulated weapons with auto targeting systems.
-Such as pulse bolt generators, retractable shoulder minigun, variable-configured double-barrel cannons on each gauntlet, gauntlet mounted flamethrower, retractable plasma blade in the gauntlet, missile box launcher, micro-rocket launcher, particle beam discharger, and the unibeam projector that can shut down any electronic device in a 100-mile radius(all Iron suits of the HSA are shielded from it).
-The War Machine fits it's name to a T, being a one man army with an arsenal to match.
The Iron Panther suit:
-It is a purely nano-tech suit housed in an heart shaped Arch reactor on the chest of the user. Unlike the other models that open up in the back and clamp shut once inside, this one can always be worn and triggered by thought through the neural implant all HSA personnel have, to weave across their body to form the distinctive suit.
-The black and blue panther looking suit maintains a similar appearance of the original made by Wakandan princess Shuri. The notable difference is obviously the arc reactor and repulsors that allow flight, blasters, and unibeam projector usage.
-The Iron Panther armor is also equipped with stealth tech and optical camouflage, making them the silent killers of the Spartans. Due to their more stealth like fighting abilities, Iron Panther users typically stick to sneaking up on the enemy and killing with their sharpened claws or nano-blades.
Biotic Panther suit:
-Is another purely vibranium nano-tech suit, but this one does not use a Arc reactor like the original Black Panther suit, housed in a Wakandan style necklace.
-This black and purple suit was created for the exclusive use of human biotics
-Due to the highly volatile nature of mixing Arc reactor energy with element zeros dark energy, biotics can't use arc reactor technology in their suits, so they've never been added.
-It's like the older version Black Panther suit but augmented to sink with biotic implants and boost their output while simultaneously reducing their cool-down period.
-The Biotic Panthers were once placed into their own company and keep separate from the regular companies, but after proving themselves in the early years of the Hydra War, they were integrated throughout the entire Marine Corps. Now there isn't a single unit that doesn't have at least one Biotic Panther in it.
-Biotics are the only marines that still use kinetic barrier(twice as powerful as council races due to vibranium)
-Also this is the only vibranium suit available to non-HSA marines.
Codex: Iron Titans(think larger Hulkbuster)
They are the rarest and most expensive suits that are a more advanced Titan in the HSA, even more expensive than the Iron Mjolnir suit due to it's orbital tracking platform Veronica and overall size. They ended up replacing the Hammond Industries Titans during the Hydra War, combating Hydra's own Titans. They require additional implants and special training to pilot just like Titans, thus the special forces unit simply called Pilots are they only ones capable of piloting them.
Veronica Platform:
-utilizes mankind's best stealth tech, shielding, vibranium armor plating, and defense systems to ensure that it doesn't get shot down.
-Cost as much as a heavy frigate
-Deployed around human colonies with an HSA presence and Earth
-Moves and stays in sink with Hulkbuster suit when it's deployed to the planets surface, ready to support it in a moments noticed
-Armed with a precision particle beam and 20,000 sonic missiles to lay down light orbital fire on ground troops at the users command
-Houses replacement parts and extra Arc reactors that can be launched and auto-guided to connect with the suit
-Restricted to Pilots but the Platform can be assigned to other officers if there are no Iron Titan left to utilize it.
Iron Titan Suit:
-18 feet tall
-20 Arc reactors and stronger repulsor-systems to sustain flight
-Energy-strength system to make it stronger than Hydra Abominations
-Vibranium armor plates that have been upgraded to withstand Abomination attacks
-Scaled down Yibambe V-Tech Vibranium Field Generators capable of taking 4 kilotons of TNT-equivalent kinetic damage
-repulsors
-unibeam
-Hydraulic Micro-Punching Repeater
-Sonic Missiles
-Plasma blades that retract into gauntlets
-Large DEC anti-aircraft gun mounted on right shoulder
Codex: The Hulk/Bruce Banner
Bruce Banner was the leading scientist of biochemistry, nuclear physics, and gamma radiation of his time before becoming the Hulk. He was commissioned by U.S. General Thaddeus Ross to recreate the Super Soldier Serum which created Captain America, although Ross elected not to inform Banner what he was creating.
However, when an exposure to high levels of gamma radiation instead of vita radiation went awry, the mild-mannered scientist had found that when angered, provoked or excited, he would transform into the huge(8 foot), rage-fueled, nearly mindless creature known as Hulk. Fearful of the damage that Hulk could inflict as well as fleeing from the United States government, Banner attempted to kill himself; when the attempt failed, he chose to live a discreet life in South America.
There had been several incidents with the Hulk rampaging when the General Ross or other parties tried to capture Banner for study. During the Super Soldier War SHIELD offered to protect him if he aided in helping to combat the Axis powers, he excepted on the condition that they not try to replicate what was done to him. He fought countless battles as the Hulk when absolutely need, but stuck to working on recreating the Super Soldier Serum made from Captain America and succeeding when given the formulation SHIELD agent secured with Captain America himself.
As apart of his last will his body was launched into the sun after he died in 2063 A.D., hoping to take the secret of the Hulk's creation with him. A hope that went unrealized when Hydra was able to create deformed versions of the Hulk during the Hydra War, the Abominations.
