Directorate Officer
Location: Krakana-class Tactical Command Ship Obi-Wan Kenobi, entering the Barataria System
Objective: Lock and Load
Allies: [member="Elijah King"] | [member="Sala'dine"]
Enemies: [member="Kaine Australis"]
Gir lightly rubbed his right clavicle, massaging around where the harness strap onboard the Backwash had kept him safely buckled in as the corvette had streaked across hyperspace. The command chair of the Kenobi was a far more comfortable affair, having more in common with a reclining chair than the minimal design found on the Backwash. He spun about on his chair to face Ariela, his alleged secretary, but the HRD was far more engrossed in rapidly typing in commands into the consoles to notice his attention.
"Any suggestion that the Mandos have accepted Admiral King's offer?"
"Not yet."
She didn't even bother to look up at me...nor pause. Gir made a mental note that he would the programmers alter her mannerism patterns the next time they were in Hast. He turned his eyes around the bridge, checking to see if any of the bridge crew had caught that awkward exchange. But nearly all of them seemed engrossed in preparing their departments and double-checking their systems for the imminent battle. Perhaps I'm being too paranoid. He turned his attention to Admiral King's last received instructions, thinking of multiple possibilities for orders which would doubtlessly be best informed by the immediate circumstances of their reversion to hyperspace. He felt a slight shift in the ship's artificial gravity, which signified that the warship was reverting into realspace. The crew began to mumble and chatter as their screens lit-up with information from their new environment. Gir began to join them as he flipped through various systems screens and reports.
"Heavy sensor and communication's jamming," noted the HRD.
That much was to be expected. Mandalorian Hypernautics had been at the cutting edge of ECM warfare development, which seemed to have passed on to the latest generation of Mandalorian fighters. Yet Lucerne Labs hadn't been far behind, and his company's influence showed in the warship's electronic warfare module that hung from the bottom of the vessel. Now a battle of skill and power. His technicians and operators would begin to leverage the ship's sensor jammers to deny the Mandalorians solid sensor readings on the Kenobi. The ship's Oracle communication's package would have to rely on comm-lasers to transfer information to their escorts. That wouldn't be a problem for the capital ships accompanying the battle cruiser, though their fighters would be hampered until the Hiridiu-boosted comm's suite would be able to fully burn through the enemy jamming. he flipped through another screen, noting that the rapid response elements of 4th fleet had arrived roughly perpendicular to the Mandalorian forces under General Kaine, but oriented above the Mandalorian's forces, as if they were diving downwards towards the top of his fleet. He singled out a single large vessel that appeared to be flanked by a pair of other Silver Jedi Warships.
"Power up the Onagers," decided Gir, "and target the Dutchmen's Bane. We'll hold our fire until they make the first move..."
Even as the massive railguns began to build up their plasma charge, countless other weapons across 4th Fleet began to reorient and turn to face the other threats of the assembled Mandalorian Armada. Their targeting data wasn't consistent given the sensor operators will still trying to comprehend the methodology of the Mandalorian sensor jamming, forcing many of the gunners to rely on manual aiming through the use of EPRs, but as time passed, each side's ECM specialist would be able to better break through or thwart the other's efforts to target other.
Tactical Summary
Silver Jedi 4th Fleet
Objective: Lock and Load
Allies: [member="Elijah King"] | [member="Sala'dine"]
Enemies: [member="Kaine Australis"]
Gir lightly rubbed his right clavicle, massaging around where the harness strap onboard the Backwash had kept him safely buckled in as the corvette had streaked across hyperspace. The command chair of the Kenobi was a far more comfortable affair, having more in common with a reclining chair than the minimal design found on the Backwash. He spun about on his chair to face Ariela, his alleged secretary, but the HRD was far more engrossed in rapidly typing in commands into the consoles to notice his attention.
"Any suggestion that the Mandos have accepted Admiral King's offer?"
"Not yet."
She didn't even bother to look up at me...nor pause. Gir made a mental note that he would the programmers alter her mannerism patterns the next time they were in Hast. He turned his eyes around the bridge, checking to see if any of the bridge crew had caught that awkward exchange. But nearly all of them seemed engrossed in preparing their departments and double-checking their systems for the imminent battle. Perhaps I'm being too paranoid. He turned his attention to Admiral King's last received instructions, thinking of multiple possibilities for orders which would doubtlessly be best informed by the immediate circumstances of their reversion to hyperspace. He felt a slight shift in the ship's artificial gravity, which signified that the warship was reverting into realspace. The crew began to mumble and chatter as their screens lit-up with information from their new environment. Gir began to join them as he flipped through various systems screens and reports.
"Heavy sensor and communication's jamming," noted the HRD.
That much was to be expected. Mandalorian Hypernautics had been at the cutting edge of ECM warfare development, which seemed to have passed on to the latest generation of Mandalorian fighters. Yet Lucerne Labs hadn't been far behind, and his company's influence showed in the warship's electronic warfare module that hung from the bottom of the vessel. Now a battle of skill and power. His technicians and operators would begin to leverage the ship's sensor jammers to deny the Mandalorians solid sensor readings on the Kenobi. The ship's Oracle communication's package would have to rely on comm-lasers to transfer information to their escorts. That wouldn't be a problem for the capital ships accompanying the battle cruiser, though their fighters would be hampered until the Hiridiu-boosted comm's suite would be able to fully burn through the enemy jamming. he flipped through another screen, noting that the rapid response elements of 4th fleet had arrived roughly perpendicular to the Mandalorian forces under General Kaine, but oriented above the Mandalorian's forces, as if they were diving downwards towards the top of his fleet. He singled out a single large vessel that appeared to be flanked by a pair of other Silver Jedi Warships.
"Power up the Onagers," decided Gir, "and target the Dutchmen's Bane. We'll hold our fire until they make the first move..."
Even as the massive railguns began to build up their plasma charge, countless other weapons across 4th Fleet began to reorient and turn to face the other threats of the assembled Mandalorian Armada. Their targeting data wasn't consistent given the sensor operators will still trying to comprehend the methodology of the Mandalorian sensor jamming, forcing many of the gunners to rely on manual aiming through the use of EPRs, but as time passed, each side's ECM specialist would be able to better break through or thwart the other's efforts to target other.
Tactical Summary
-Elements of 4th Fleet arrive perpendicular to and pointing down at General Kaine's forces
-4th Fleet begins countermeasure to Mandalorian Sensor and communication's jamming
-4th Fleet begins to jam flood immediate space round 4th fleet with sensor noise to better prevent accurate targeting/sensor data on their own ships
-Ships target (but do not fire upon) Dutchmen's Bane
-4th Fleet begins countermeasure to Mandalorian Sensor and communication's jamming
-4th Fleet begins to jam flood immediate space round 4th fleet with sensor noise to better prevent accurate targeting/sensor data on their own ships
-Ships target (but do not fire upon) Dutchmen's Bane
Silver Jedi 4th Fleet
Krakana-class Tactical Command Ship Obi-Wan Kenobi
-10 Squadrons of Vortex II Interceptors (embarked in hangars)
-7 Squadrons of Cyclone-class Bombers (embarked in hangars)
Verne-class Armored Cruiser Vulcain
-1 Squadron of Vortex II Interceptors (automated) (deployed in starfighter screen)
Trieste-class Escort Frigate Etoile
-3 Squadrons of Typhoon Starfighters (deployed in starfighter screen)
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender One
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender Two
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender Three
Undisclosed Reinforcements (will jump in to even OOC odds if needed)
-10 Squadrons of Vortex II Interceptors (embarked in hangars)
-7 Squadrons of Cyclone-class Bombers (embarked in hangars)
Verne-class Armored Cruiser Vulcain
-1 Squadron of Vortex II Interceptors (automated) (deployed in starfighter screen)
Trieste-class Escort Frigate Etoile
-3 Squadrons of Typhoon Starfighters (deployed in starfighter screen)
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender One
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender Two
Liberté-class Light Corvette Defender Three
Undisclosed Reinforcements (will jump in to even OOC odds if needed)