Part I: First contact, first combat, first Human death in space.
In 2064 a geological survey craft received a message of unknown origin in the system of
Gamma Pavonis while running a routine operation.
This is when the
Sol Empire first became aware that they were not alone. 64 years of reforming what remained of Earth after the disastrous Y2K One World Government takeover attempt of 1999. 60 years after first discovering the unique trans-Newtonian properties of rare elements found deep in the Earth.
5 years of research and development went into coming up with methods to communicate and see the aliens. In these 5 years advancements in sensor technology allowed quick small scout craft to discover 3 populations of aliens in the system, 1 large and 2 very small, along with over half a million tons of various ships.
Within these 5 years a new military corps formed: The Space Marines. These genetically enhanced soldiers would be trained in space combat and be set to patrol every planet within the Sol Empire's grasp. They would be the first stepping stone into expanding out of Sol.
In 2068 communications first started and by 2069 translation was mostly complete and the message we were constantly receiving from the aliens was finally understood:
"Leave us, go and never come back. We will not follow"
Our best diplomat was pleading to let our two peoples talk and share but they would have none of it. Eventually the message came:
"Leave or be destroyed"
When Captain
Asmodai Hephaestus heard the threat over the comms sent to the diplomatic ship, he knew he had to act fast. Immediately ordering his carrier stationed on the other side of a warp tunnel into the Pavonis system to assist the helpless diplomatic ship.
Maybe it was an empty threat, there was nothing on sensors. A day passed, then two, then 3, then they appeared.
Two frigates showed up on sensors coming straight towards the carrier group.
"Looks like they sent an escort to help us leave. Hail them and tell them that under Sol Empire decree #1078 Jump point's are free for all to use and decree #8 space is for all to use, and along with their previous threat and them rushing towards us we will take it as an attack and under Sol Decree #1 Any threats to Humans will be destroyed."
The reply was simple:
"Leave now through the jump point or be destroyed"
The Captain knew there was no backing down from this fight, the Sol Decrees would not allow him to. He ordered the crew to brace for combat and ordered the launch of 2 pairs of
Space Marine Assualt Shuttles each carrying a standard self sufficient
Space Marine Company within a boarding pod. The shuttle pairs each set to latch onto a frigate
"Ok Ok, we don't want to be destroyed, we were just waiting for our jump engines to cool off to bring this diplomatic ship back with us, we are going now"
The carrier group with the diplomatic ship warped out, however the battle had just began.
The heavy power armor of the Space Marines proved useful as the initial breaching combat led to no losses on the Human's side. The combat raged on with the superhuman Space Marines tanking through hits and killing countless aliens.
After 5 minutes of combat, the first ever Human death in space was recorded. On April 13, 2069 02:04 AM Corporal Dante Aulis fell in combat against the Xeno-scum. His name forever engraved in history as the first Space Marine to sacrifice himself for the
Greater Human Good.
Eventually the aliens surrendered and the ships fell into the hands of the marines.
SC Ave 001 (Anking class Scout) 6 194 tons 161 Crew 655.6 BP TCS 124 TH 336 EM 0
2712 km/s JR 4-100 Armour 1-30 Shields 0-0 HTK 32 Sensors 36/36/0/0 DCR 1 PPV 0
Maint Life 0.31 Years MSP 66 AFR 307% IFR 4.3% 1YR 216 5YR 3 244 Max Repair 108 MSP
Captain Control Rating 1 BRG
Intended Deployment Time: 24 months Morale Check Required
J6250(4-100) Military Jump Drive Max Ship Size 6250 tons Distance 100k km Squadron Size 4
Nuclear Pulse Engine EP168 (2) Power 336 Fuel Use 69.01% Signature 168 Explosion 10%
Fuel Capacity 350 000 Litres Range 14.7 billion km (62 days at full power)
CIWS-120 (1x6) Range 1000 km TS: 12 000 km/s ROF 5
Active Search Sensor AS66-R101 (1) GPS 10908 Range 66.9m km Resolution 101
Thermal Sensor TH6-36 (1) Sensitivity 36 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 47.4m km
EM Sensor EM6-36 (1) Sensitivity 36 Detect Sig Strength 1000: 47.4m km
This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes
Looks like the threat was empty... for now.
Both ships had enough fuel to make the trip to Earth so the marines piloted them back home while the carrier and diplomatic ship stayed on the other side of the Pavonis jumpPoint in order to prevent any more scouts gaining information towards Sol.
PART II to come...