>>6351179>>6351251>>6351317Political choices:
>Increased grey alliances.>Maximized available resources.>Maximized Admiralty threat rating.>Failed Admiralty check in a spectacular way.>1 vs 11: Omae wa mou shindeiru--
You had been heading down to give the order for termination of the biospikes, it was going too far. Your pilots lives could end in dignity rather than exist like...those things. You didn't want the admirals catching wind of the results, less they take the research off site and you loose the chance to end this. That was the plan anyway. You were with a cadre of maintainers, strike pilots, and the research team of the biolab as you briefed them of the project's termination. Not a soul there was entirely surprised, or entirely disappointed.
You were about to commend the staff on their work, the necessity of pushing boundaries to win this war, and the struggle to hold onto your soul. Instead you were shot twice, once through the left eye and out the bottom of your skull, and the other through your chest.
"Fuck! Do something!"
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Choices made on research
>2. Lock away the research, and burn the fucking lab>4. Big Ram "Kaszanka".>Full plasma shield coverage "Irrlicht". Protects the otherwise exposed areas from flanking strikecrafts and point defence.The ram was an ambitious project, but the station was flush with resources. A standard Pact patrol frigate had been stripped of its armament and then the plasma emitters were installed on the prow. The power draw of the unit was quickly a factor towards scaling down to a decentralized configuration that would fit on a standard Patrol frigate. Compounding the issue was a last minute inclusion of the "Irrlicht" system. A collection of individual plasma emitters which could be turned on and off at will, providing coverage only where needed. In theory excellent, in practice to run the system you needed a dedicated savant for any sort of reliable "just in time" coverage. To make up for the ship's slow speed compared to the actual hotdog assault ram, supplemental engines were added. Still slower than the smaller craft, but a bit faster than any large ship should be.
The original outsized plasma ram was not abandoned so easily as you were indisposed of, and the team created a competing ship. Instead your team took a patrol frigate hull and gutted it of anything that wasn't related to the weapon system. In order to achieve the same speed of the original craft, and power output needed to drive the "plasma shears" a new engine was devised. It was a massive single unit that was an expensive and temperamental. It could only operate at peak output for short periods of time. However during that time, it was unreasonably fast. Good to your word, these craft were crewed by "retired" strike craft pilots.
They were both flawed, but your contacts demanded output, and satisfaction, in quick order. As you convalesced" your team shipped out the units. Field testing began immediately.
