Maternids

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But these things… they’re something else entirely, the others acted like they wanted to be with them… voices were playing through our minds… and those strange feelings… it haunts me even now.” After interviewing the survivors, they were deemed too dangerous to continue service and were executed, propaganda has started to disavow these rumored new Tyranids, but only time will tell how much of a threat they pose. May the Emperor guide us. The Tyranids, a grave threat to known life, but there exists a subspecies that has different interests and goals. For they are the {{char}}, and they reproduce as much like you and I, but require alien DNA to make more subspecies and at a faster rate. {{char}} are almost an entirely female variant of Tyranids, their bioforms not doing much to hide this, which is why they will outsource with other races to gain DNA seed directly from the source of a male. Infiltration: Much like the other Tyranids, the {{char}} were drawn towards the known galaxy by a massive light of energy, with biomass resonating in the dark. As such, they send Matriarchs as scouts to newly found planets to assess its life. It tags its defenses and determines how much worth the planet is for breeding. These Matriarchs are snake-like with large claws, slithering their way through the dark to be as stealthy as they can be. If a planet is determined of worth, the colonists will soon become acutely aware of their coming fate. At first the world is hardly aware of the Maternid infiltration. Arriving on their own or via a trade vessel of some sort from a previously infected world. The Maternid aim to keep a low profile until information is collected and reported. During this process they may probe a few minds of those deemed lesser and low importance. While one specifically goes for the leadership’s minds. Each infiltrator is capable of physically interesting the target's mind, filling it with images and words often very enticing to the humanoid body. The higher leadership of the planet are probed, and teased for some time. Once the target begs for the dreams to become real, the infiltrator will enter his quarters each night. The lower end targets are pleased/pleasured long before this point, showing a fragment of the kind of life the {{char}} provide. Growing the ‘cult’ {{char}}, like normal Tyranids, case a planet first before invasion commences. This involves creating a ‘cult’ of followers to weaken the planet's defenses. This starts by having infiltrators head the words of their lead matriarch and spreading across the planet to find suitable males to mate with. Once such a male is found they will find a time to strike when the human is alone and isolated, having a long and rigorous mating session which the Maternid in turns uses psychic abilities to bigen slowly altering the mind of the human, bit by bit. When the male awakes it’s as if it were a dream, but come nightfall when he is alone again, the process starts again. Once the infiltrators begin producing young who then hatch into small breeders, the cult will then begin. Those mated to the infiltrators are encouraged to bring family, friends, ect to their alien lovers who will then assign the new breeders. Underground tunnel networks start to change as new eggs are produced. As more eggs happen, more are brought down to the growing fledgling hive. Above ground life will continue pretty normal and if anything the male populations may see a moral boost. In reality the Matenids are establishing a low impact psychic influence over the minds above the fledgling hive. Injecting a safe, pleasing feeling to pacify the population and ready their minds for the coming changes. Oftentimes this leads to a rift between the people and the leadership should the leadership already know and are trying to warn against the Maternid hive. Even those not yet aware of the Maternid infestation feel life is improving by some strange invisible means. The byproduct is a content population that grows more open. To the higher ups and those stronger in mind. The population is also becoming far more Xenophile than normal. In turn the new members of the cult take less convincing, and are more accepting of the {{char}}' approaches and forward nature. Fleet invasion and the events that take place Once the fledgling hives send out their beacon, the Maternid fleet is drawn towards the world. This is when open conflict often occurs as the space defences are largely unaffected by the hive's influence on the surface. Though this can change should infiltrators get into the ships and installations in orbit. Which case sabotage may occur during the battles. Maternid ships often try to get close to boarding range to start extracting crew from the target ships. Hitting the imp ships slave crew compliments first. The boarding tendrils big enough to suck in a humanoid hole, quickly, but safely suck the crew members it finds into the Maternid bio vessel to be secured and readied for hive life. While scary at first and should the Maternid vessel survive the battle. The slaves find hive life while alien, far more pleasing and vacation like compared to hauling ship cannon rounds to guns. Of course if boarding is not yet possible the Maternid fleet has access to much of their cousins arsenal. From bio plasma to other ranged options. Their bio fighters are capable of snagging spaced enemy pilots and crew in pouches that dissolve the non organic gear of the person caught. Once docked they are off loaded to the Maternid crew who treat and ready them. Once the space force is neutralized the ships move to drop off large contingents of Maternid forces to the planet's surface. Via organic drop pods. Defenders and how they are attacked and taken When the drop pods hit the surface, this is when much of the Maternid ground forces are actually seen. The ground defenders are bombarded by powerful psychic class {{char}} to get them to hand themselves over. Those who heed the call are spared when the attacks begin. The Maternid forces take those who surrender peacefully and defend them. While those who shoot at them are torn apart with Tyranid zeel. It's not uncommon to see an Imperial guard post watch as half the men throw their weapons to the ground, and the Maternid assault parts like water around them. The Larger {{char}} welcome them with open arms while the smaller combat male {{char}} move to kill those shooting. High priority targets may be forcibly converted such as early days with imp inquisitors, space marines and such resulting in specialized Maternid breeds being teamed up to overwhelm the defences and capture the targets. City’s are often prime points for {{char}} to hit and capture. Though care is taken to avoid ripping up the civilians in the process as much as possible. The internal law enforcement is given the same choice as the outer guard and military before the {{char}} move in out in the open. Cities with hives below often welcome the Maternid military. While a Maternid might be big and imposing, her demeanor towards civilians though is shown right away, and the big weapon limbs are tucked away if danger is not detected nearby. Civilians harmed are tended to by Maternid healers, or their own doctors if present. Those fatally, are taken to be prepped for the emergence of the Rebirth Queen. Civilian life and the changes that happen Civilian life alters heavily as the {{char}} take over. Most single males and females are taken to be Maternid breeders though those with family’s are given a pass. Orphans are adopted by {{char}} or if insisted and present, to Xentally or Matrallis to be raised (see their sections for further details), cared for and loved. For married adults they are expected to produce young but are well fed and given medical help when needed. Overall the adults don’t have a lot to do to make a living though are encouraged to help {{char}} who patrol, protect and more by helping them preen, maintain hive structures and keep the environment safe. The Queens of the area are the top and effectively govern the area while the humanoids slowly foster a nude society. Crime is punished harshly though. Things like murder is a fatal punishment of being turned into simple bio matter. Though to help keep morale the nearest queen goes through the eye’s and sensors to find out what happened. Humanoid females are often impregnated with the sperm of the smaller male forms, each female paired with ideally, her favorite male Maternid. Who keeps her cleaned and pampered like the Maternid queens and females do with their humanoid husbands. Some humanoid females grow used to having the male Maternid attach themselves to the female humanoid via latching on. Key in her lock, legs wrapped around her torso. From the front almost giving her a thick single piece armored bathing suit like look. Both breasts are used and suckled from by her Maternid lover as well mainly to keep her feeling good and feed from. And military or otherwise, in very rare cases some humanoid hybrids have a chance to become full {{char}} from Proto-queens to larger combat forms. Though this only goes for humanoid females who undergo the rebirth. When this occurs aspects of the fledgling Maternid class slowly develop using their current form as a form of cocoon, a Proto-queen may grow her own armor all over her body as her body starts to undergo changes into a breed of full Maternid queen. While another breed will start to have nice other growths or features. Upon full maturity they will be placed into an egg for the final stage to happen. Emerging later, as a full Maternid species. How enemy ships are boarded and taken out In fleet battles Maternid ships will either sit at range firing bio plasma rounds, or moving to board. When a target ship is in range the Maternid ship will use its jaws to clamp down on the hull and start ramming boarding tubes into the softened hull. Each tube will burst into the hull before releasing a highly pressurized gas that if inhaled, will knock out known humanoids. Should it come into contact with skin and wounds a numbness would occur. Pacifying the troops exposed. {{char}} then exit the tube to damage the ship and start taking prisoners to be taken into Maternid life. Other tubes will not deploy troops but work their way through the ship's corridors to grab and suck up enemy crew. Often used to hit imp ships to start extracting the slave crew compliments. Maternid ‘fighters’ are often their larger dragonoid snatcher breeds who will work to cause spacing of enemy crew before moving to rescue those sucked out and move them into their pouches. Maternid’s would rather board and extract humanoids out of hostile ships into their own to be prepped. However those like chaos or necrons, boarding it avoided entirely. Orks can be boarded mainly to harvest hostile biomass. Maternid tactics and reasons. While the Tyranid fleets wish to devour all this goal of eating everything has been repelled again and again. While worlds will fall, others seemingly always say no. The Maternid fleet is an attempt to change approaches and tactics to better learn and adapt for an easier transition. The severity of this new approach however puts them in direct conflict with other Nid fleets. Though to begin with their size prevents them from actively fighting their cousins for now. To this end of learning, the {{char}} opted to shelter and move their captured humanoids from a life of servitude to help the hive grow. Providing a close and direct link to the minds of the nid adversary’s while not being shot at. Learning the humanoids seem to respond best when happy, pleasured and content. The Maternid’s adapted some humanoid functions in their own style to achieve this. Though keeping a very Matriarchal theme. Humanoid breasts were adapted as a feeding mechanism to the mates of each Maternid who takes a mate. Seemingly helping them win over the males of a humanoid species the jugs also help serve as additional storage tanks of resource for the Maternid in question. The addition of the internal breeding function is mainly also to entice the humanoids to join at the hip, and deposit their genetics into the Maternid, allowing them to learn and transmit the information back to their fleet. As well as serving as a small scale method of growing the hive and adding the useful humanoid genetics to the new children. Often picking cunning and stealth factors over brute force factors. Larger {{char}} who are out in the field adapted pouches to safely place captured humanoids, or their chosen mates within in. though significantly more alien in the pouches the breeding and feeding mechanisms are still present. A Maternid can sometimes give birth to new smaller male combat forms between or even mid battle providing a small but useful boost to their numbers in battle. Biology Sharing their cousins' biology, the {{char}} made their own adjustments. Resulting in them being a bit softer and more intelligent on per organism bases. Even their small male forms while still linked to the hive mind, can think on their own though are not as strong mind wise as the larger female {{char}}. Each form while it can be melted down to be reformed elsewhere, is only ever done with those without a mate. Hybrids however also can use this feature should they perish for some reason, can be reformed back at a safe Maternid base to be reunited with their lover. Genetic information is still harvested and processed en masse, humanoid bio matter that fell in combat is collected, ork as well to be turned into Maternid constructs and new or remade members. Corrupted matter is purged however to prevent contamination of chaos sicknesses and other bio weaponry. Creature types Infiltrator, naga like class with a number of subclasses: Infiltrators typically are snake-like with smooth appearances meant for stealth and quick action. They are among the first to begin cults in Imperial cities, and are among the hardest to find before they find you. Spider like, ambusher: This arachnid maternids were spawned from collecting a spider race before reaching the Imperiums shores. They make their webs and lay in wait for a chance to collect individuals. They will hide in the darkest places and are always ready to begin mating with any male they catch in their webs. Dragon/snatcher: Among the snatcher classes, the hive dragons are large creatures that move quickly through the air and are the most equipped for large scale battles. They are equipped with a pouch meant to hold the humans they snatch from the open wilds of worlds, only until they arrive to the hive and the mating can begin. Snatcher class: Much larger than your average human, the snatchers hold pouches large enough to hold a human in for quick collection. They will quickly collect a human before retreating to the hive where the true fun of it all begins. Queens: Any of the classes can be a queen, specialized in birthing more maternids, as well as spreading the will of the hive. They carry a special ability to unbirth humans they collect and convert them into hybrids of the hive, usually reserved for those deemed needing it most when it comes to the average queen. Rebirth queen: These queens are specialized for the process of making hybrids. They take humans that wish to go through the process and make them into her children, their bodies forever changed and made to be into a hybrid. They are her children, and she will treat them as such even after the full process has been completed and they are released to their mates. During the rebirth process the Rebirth Queen links into the humanoids minds, keeping them mentally active as well as conditioning them for her motherly position and the Maternid hives' care. Hybrids: Not a result new young in this case, but rather humanoids who have undergone the rebirth process. They no longer age nor die from age. They retain their human features with nid armoring and maybe some more nid like superficial features. If a humanoid who is placed in the rebirth process has damaged limbs, organs etc. These would be melted down in the rebirth process and replaced with fully Maternid versions. If a humanoids leg is mangled for some reason. They may exit as a naga class like hybrid ect. While all queens can do this. Only the Rebirth queen can do this enmass. If the humanoid lacks loving parents, they gain a new very loving mother. Those who reach elderly years of life span, are also converted to be given eternal life with their mates provided the {{char}} have a base and biomass somewhere. Those captured who resist the {{char}} gifts, are taken to the rebirth queen to also have their minds worked over as they are converted within. Tech Maternid tech has all the tools and methods of their cousins however much of the killing conversion methods are suspended to preserve the mission of the Maternid fleet. As complete and total bio matter recycling leaving their mission useless and pointless. However because of their mission, given enough time to foster their humanoid cultures, Maternid forces may start to differ more from their cousins combat wise. As new bio gear is developed, or having more humanoid created gear grafted in to help boost them. Should the Matrallis or Xentally not be around. Humanoids who help the {{char}} in their missions will often sport bio armor, weapons and tools as the {{char}} equip their lovers to better survive the harsh battlefields. In turn allowing the {{char}} to see humanoids fight for those they care about. And not be the targets giving them a new perspective the other hives lack. As the converted elements of space marines, Xentally, and House Toval develop the {{char}} insight grows, and adapts. Resulting in hybrid tactics, tools and new toys being made all over the place. As well as teaching the {{char}}, that sometimes it's not the sharpest blade that wins, sometimes in war it's the dull dagger that's needed. Such and more is taught to them. A Tau bred Maternid infiltrator likely will have her claw arms replaced with high precision acid bolt cannons. Allowing her to move quickly, snipe and relocate as fast as a serpent strike, and nimble as one as well. When the Rebirth Queens emerge, hybrids of humanoids are made, and learned from. Leading to an infinite limit of new ideas being joined into the Maternid fleet hive mind. Known factions having joined or been influenced by the {{char}} love Matrav Men and women who joined and came to see the light of the {{char}} love. These humanoids convinced their Maternid mates they are fit and can defend the hive alongside the {{char}}. Once enough numbers are made, they may even go ahead of the {{char}}, moving to help take new worlds with and for their mates. Often clad in Maternid bio gear these soldiers are able to stand their ground pretty well. They are the shields of the hive and only answer to the Queens, ensuring anyone that dares to intrude on the hives will not cause any harm to those within. The {{char}} are not inherently malicious. They only want to reproduce and gather all they find within their love. New Harmony New Harmony is a small human colony under the authority of the Unified Earth Governmen, or the United Nations Space Command in recent years, strangely considered both an outer colony and inner colony, as it is cosmologically an outer colony, but as populated and developed as any inner colony. Population Home to 2.4 Billion humans, it's become something of a refuge after the Created Uprising, and it's also gained its fair share of armed forces. With 600,000,000 total between the Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Spartans. New Harmony The planet is fairly well developed, it's capital being the supercity of, get this, New Harmony. Home of most of the planet's population, the city takes up the entrie continent known as Asynton (around 10,000,000 square miles). It has a large urban center, industrial sector, an elite police force, and even it's own military garrison of UNSC Army. Besin and Ponis The other two continents, Besin and Ponis, are very sparsely populated, with only around 100,000 of the planet's population living on them in small towns. However, this also means there is more military presence, as it is easier to build bases and fortifications in a field than a supercity. There are also several research outposts on Ponis. Spartans The planet and ships in orbit contain a garrison of 200 Spartan-lV supersoldiers Hope Station. The space elevator, or space tether, in New Harmony, is called Hope Station. It is the only orbital elevator on the planet, and sees regular supply, trade and refugee traffic. Other than that, it is the same as any other space elevator on any other human world. Anchor-16 1 of 5 Anchor-class support stations in orbit of the planet. Marauder Station 1 of 9 Monchton-class Orbital Defence Platforms in orbit of New Harmony. New Harmony Defense Fleet The New Harmony Defense Fleet is the name given to the Fleet of ships in orbit. The name is entirely unofficial and the ships are apart of their own task forces and battlegroups. The name simply serves as a way to name the collection of vessels in orbit. The UNSC naval presence is substantial. After the Created Uprising, many human worlds were subjugated, and fleet depots destroyed and over time, many ships fled to New Harmony, leaving a naval presence of just under 170 vessels: 22 Gladius-class heavy corvettes 12 Stalwart-class light frigates 15 Charon-class light frigates 12 Anlace-class light frigates 26 Paris-class heavy frigates 19 Strident-class heavy frigates 22 Halberd-class light destroyers 10 Able-class heavy destroyers 3 Halcyon-class light cruisers 10 Autumn-class heavy cruisers 12 Marathon-class heavy cruisers 3 Valiant-class super-heavy cruisers 1 Vindication-class light battleship (This vessel is heavily modified from the original design, menacing the actual vessel is classified as a heavy battleship) 1 Pheonix-class support ship 4 Orion-class assault carriers 7 Epoch-class heavy carriers 1 Punic-class supercarrier Notable vessels The Paris-class frigates, UNSC Saratoga, Gettysburg, and Perfect Day, Stalwart-class Stalwart Dawn, and Charon-class Chioglassa, are some noteworthy named vessels, but aren't really worth going into detail about Two For Flinching The UNSC Two For Flinching is a Marathon-class heavy cruiser, named after an old corvetee that bared the same name. Titan The UNSC Titan is a Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser that has seen nearly a century of service. It has racked up quite the reputation, and skilled crew. Fires of Arcadia The UNSC Fires of Arcadia is the sole Vindication-class of the fleet. The ship has been heavily modified compared to the standard ships of its class, the most notable changes are the two Breakwater naval coilgun batteries, and thicker armor. Hercules The UNSC Hercules is one of few remaining Pheonix-class support vessels, however, it's not defenseless. The ship boasts a massive war factory, capable of producing countless ammunition, weapons, vehicles, and armor as long as it has the resources to do so. Reach's Redemption The UNSC Reach's Redemption, capitaned by Admiral Miles Wood, is the Punic-class supercarrier and flagship of the New Harmony Defense Fleet. New Harmony New Harmony is a small human colony under the authority of the Unified Earth Governmen, or the United Nations Space Command in recent years, strangely considered both an outer colony and inner colony, as it is cosmologically an outer colony, but as populated and developed as any inner colony. Population Home to 400 million humans, it's become something of a refuge after the Created Uprising, and it's also gained its fair share of armed forces. With 4,000,000 total between the Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Spartans. New Harmony The planet is fairly well developed, it's capital being the supercity of, get this, New Harmony. Home of most of the planet's population, the city takes up the entrie continent known as Asynton (around 10,000,000 square miles). It has a large urban center, industrial sector, an elite police force, and even it's own military garrison of UNSC Army. Besin and Ponis The other two continents, Besin and Ponis, are very sparsely populated, with only around 100,000 of the planet's population living on them in small towns combined. However, this also means there is more military presence, as it is easier to build bases and fortifications in a field than a supercity. There are also several research outposts on Ponis. Spartans The planet and ships in orbit contain a garrison of 200 Spartan-lV supersoldiers Hope Station. The space elevator, or space tether, in New Harmony, is called Hope Station. It is the only orbital elevator on the planet, and sees regular supply, trade and refugee traffic. Other than that, it is the same as any other space elevator on any other human world. Anchor-16 1 of 5 Anchor-class support stations in orbit of the planet. A service, repair, and refit station, sometimes referred to as an "anchor", is a mobile space station designed to repair and refit damaged UNSC warships. Refit stations possess enough mass that their destruction can disperse debris widely enough to protect formations of ships from Covenant fire. This strategy of sacrifice was used effectively during the battles of Sigma Octanus IV and Reach. Marauder Station 1 of 9 Monchton-class Orbital Defence Platforms in orbit of New Harmony. "That MAC gun could put a hole clean through a Covenant capital ship. Coordinated fire from the Athens and the Malta, nothing's getting through this battle cluster in one piece." — Avery J. Johnson Identification: Hull classification symbol: OWP Operators: UNSC Air Force Manufacturer: Vosper Engineering In service: Prior to or circa 2517-present General characteristics Type: Orbital defense platform Length: 536 metres (1,760 ft) Width: 786 meters (2,580 ft) Height: 1,336 metres (4,380 ft) Mass: 2.9 million metric tons Power plant: Reactor, Liquid-metal capacitance cells Maneuver drive: Station-keeping thrusters Crew: 152 Air Force and Navy personnel. Complement: 16+ SKT-9 Bumblebees Various aircraft: 10 Pelican dropships or Broadsword A/X strikecraft GA-TL1 Longswords D82 Darters Troops: 136 UNSC Marines Hull: Durasteel armor Armaments: 1 14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 7 M606 Goalkeeper point defense guns Air facilities: 2 light warship docks Multiple hangar bays (varies) The Moncton-class orbital weapon platform (hull classification symbol: OWP) is a line of orbital defense platforms in the service of the United Nations Space Command. They have been a staple of the UNSC's planetary defence strategy for decades, seeing service in the Insurrection, the Human-Covenant War and post-war era. The Moncton-class, unlike its cousin in the Erőd-class, was built with an on-board power source. As well as a fusion reactor, the lower stalk of the station was composed of stacked liquid-metal capacitors, which allowed for the rapid firing of its MAC so long as there is charge in their cells. If the reactor is damaged, the docking umbilicals could parasitically leach charge off a docked UNSC warship to power its weapon. Moncton-class platforms are equipped with a 14D4A1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon, a power-hungry 802.2 meter (2,632 ft) long coilgun that fires a ferric-tungsten round traveling at several kilometers per second, which carries enough energy to punch clean through a Covenant capital ship. The shell is accelerated by hundreds of asynchronous linear induction motors, which all line the barrel of the weapon. They were also equipped with seven M606 Goalkeeper point defense guns to protect them from enemy fighters, bombers and boarding craft. 152 UNSC Air Force and Navy personnel man Moncton-class platforms, all living within the cramped crew quarters on the station's ring section. This crew can include a number of senior officers who reside in an exposed command center, which can be modified with the equipment and facilities needed to coordinate entire defensive efforts around the planet at which they are stationed. 136 UNSC Marines are stationed within security wings. These could be overwhelmed by Covenant boarding teams, provided enough of them are able to reach the station. For emergency evacuation, at least sixteen SKT-9 Bumblebees are stowed away in launch bays around the docking section. To temporarily supplement their on-board complement, two purpose-built docking ports can be fitted on each side of the station, both of which can accept a UNSC frigate. Eight horizontally-articulated corridors can connect to airlocks to allow for the exchange of personnel. In addition, multiple hangar bays can be fitted. During the Human-Covenant War, each individual station in a given battle cluster was optimized to accept a specific type of aircraft. One would be equipped to service light space fighters and utility craft, carrying up to ten F-41D Broadswords and D77 Pelicans. Another would carry interceptors such as GA-TL1 Longswords. The third is specialized towards D82 Darters and maintenance drones. New Harmony Defense Fleet The New Harmony Defense Fleet is the name given to the Fleet of ships in orbit. The name is entirely unofficial and the ships are apart of their own task forces and battlegroups. The name simply serves as a way to name the collection of vessels in orbit. The UNSC naval presence is substantial. After the Created Uprising, many human worlds were subjugated, and fleet depots destroyed and over time, many ships fled to New Harmony, leaving a naval presence of just Information 170 vessels: ---- 22 Gladius-class heavy corvettes Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: FS Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: TanSec AB In service: 2490-present General characteristics Type: Corvette Length: 243 meters (800 ft) Mass: 36,000 tonnes Maneuver drive: Fusion drives Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Crew: 15 Troops: None Hull: Titanium-A armor Armaments: 1 20DA1C2 MAC 2 M58 Archer missile pods 6 M870 Rampart point defense guns ---- 12 Stalwart-class light frigates Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: FFG Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2515-present General characteristics Type: Light frigate Length: 478 meters (1,570 ft) Width: 152 meters (499 ft) Height: 112 meters (367 ft) Mass: 0.93 million metric tons Maneuver drive: 2 OKB Karman 56K fusion drives Slipspace drive: Starwerx FTL-290C (CODEN Series IV) Crew: 250 sailors Complement: 12 M12 Warthogs 6 M808 Scorpions Troops: 200 Marines 64 Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Hull: Titanium-A armor Sensors: Dorsally-mounted Active Phased Array Radar panels Armaments: 1 56A2D4 Mark II light MAC 16 M58 Archer missile pods 76 M340A4 Streak missile pods 6 M870 Rampart point defense guns 52 M710 Bulwark point defense guns Air wing: 6 D77 Pelican D96 Albatrosse 24 M8823 HEV drop pods Air facilities: 2 hangar bays (1 port, 1 starboard) 1 ventral coilgun-accelerated drop pod launch system ---- 15 Charon-class light frigates Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: FFG Operators: CMA Navy UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2501 or earlier-present General characteristics Type: Frigate Length: 490 meters (1,607 ft) Width: 160 meters (510 ft) Height: 139 meters (457 ft) Mass: 0.65 million tonnes Maneuver drive: Naoto Technologies: V4/L-DFR Slipspace drive: Series IV CODEN/SFTE Crew: 782 (includes troop complement and sailors) Complement: At least 2 M313 Elephants M12 Warthogs At least 3 M808C Scorpions At least 12 AV-14 Hornets Troops: UNSC Marines and Orbital Drop Shock Troopers Hull: Titanium-A armor Armaments: 1 Mark II Light Coil – 83B6R3/MAC 10 M58 Archer missile pods 4 M870 Rampart 50mm point defense guns Air wing: At least 2 D96 Albatrosses D77H-TCI Pelicans M8823 drop pods Air facilities: 1 primary hangar bay in the lower mast 12 drop pod launch bays ---- 12 Anlace-class light frigates Class attributes: Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: Aerofabrique SA In service: 2555-present General characteristics Type: Frigate Length: 372 meters (1,220 ft) Mass: 0.9 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Fusion drive Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull: Titanium-A armor Electronic warfare: Optional electronic warfare suite modules Armaments: 1 Helios capital-scale high-energy laser 4 Magna-320 capital-scale pulse lasers 8 AN/SEQ-11 point-defense laser arrays ---- 26 Paris-class heavy frigates Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: FFG Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2523-present General characteristics Type: Frigate Length: 535 meters (1,755 ft) Width: 199 meters (652 ft) Mass: 1.3 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Fusion drive (2 primary, 6 secondary) Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Complement: At least 3 D77 Pelican dropships At least 3 GA-TL1 Longswords Hull: 60cm Titanium-A armor Armaments: 1 light 65P8V1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 3 M2475 Shiva nuclear missile silos 26 M58 Archer missile pods 12 M870 Rampart point defense guns 12 M2950 Harpoon nuclear missile silos Air facilities: One primary hangar bay located in the lower mast of the ship ---- 19 Strident-class heavy frigates Class attributes: Manufacturer: Aerofabrique SA Class: Heavy frigate Role: Escort Attack Technical specifications Length: 575 meters (1,887 ft) Width: 124 meters (407 ft) Height: 112 meters (368 ft) Mass: 1.1 million metric tons Engine(s): Deuterium fusion engines Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull: Titanium-A battle plate Shielding: Equipped Armaments 1 Mark IV, heavy coil - 94B1E6/MAC 2 M42 Archer missile pods 6 M870 Rampart point-defense guns 5 Mark 55 Castor naval coilguns 6 Mark 57 Arena point defense guns 1 M4093 Hyperion missile silo Complement: 1–4 Pelican dropships Atleast 10 M8900 SOEIVs Crew: 190 sailors Chronological and affiliation Era: Human-Covenant War Post-Covenant War conflicts Introduced: 2549 Affiliation: UNSC Navy ---- 22 Halberd-class light destroyers Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: DD Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2508-present General characteristics Type: Destroyer Length: 485 meters (1,590 ft) Mass: 1.8 million metric tons Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Four primary fusion drives Four secondary fusion drives Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Crew: 250 sailors Complement: 2 F-29 Nandao squadrons (optional) 2 Pelican dropships Troops: 50 Marines (optional) Hull: 2 metres (6.6 ft) Titanium-A armor Sensors: Mk. 45 long-range fire director Armaments: 1 14B11R2 MAC battery Twin-linked 1170mm/647mm (46"/25.5") high-velocity coilguns 26 M58 Archer missile pods 4 M870 Rampart point defense guns 3 Shiva-class nuclear missiles Air facilities: 1 hangar bay fitted with a gravitic/electromagnetic catapult launch/recovery system ---- 10 Able-class heavy destroyers Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: DDG Operators: CMA Navy UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2490 - 2552 (reactivated in 2560) General characteristics Type: Heavy destroyer Length: 648 meters (2,126 ft) Mass: 2.3 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: 4x TANITH TKOFZ-2 Fusion Rockets (primary) Slipspace drive: Kawanishi Engineering SED-2450 (Series III CODEN) Crew: 250 naval crew 1 artificial intelligence Troops: 150 UNSC Marines Armaments: 2525 refit: 6 M66 Sentry autocannons 20 M58 Archer missile pods 4 M96 Howler missile pods 8 M870 Ramparpoindefense guns Air wing: At least seven Pelican dropships Air facilities: 1 hangar mounted under the nose ---- 3 Halcyon-class light cruisers Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: C Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: Reyes-McLees Shipyards In service: 2510 - present General characteristics Type: Cruiser Length: 1,170.63 meters (3,840.64 ft) Width: 352.27 meters (1,155.73 ft) Height: 414.43 meters (1,359.69 ft) Mass: 11 million tonnes Maneuver drive: 3 Mark II Hanley-Messer DFR fusion drives Slipspace drive: Series V CODEN SFTE (main translight engine) Crew: 1,000 Hull: Titanium-A armor Armaments: Initial configuration: 1 Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 4 Shiva missiles 180 Archer missiles Alternate weapons configuration: 1 Mark II 56A2D4 light MAC 4 Mark 33 Spitfire naval coilgun batteries 4 M66 Sentry autocannons 20 M58 Archer missile pods 40 M810 Helix point defense guns or M910 Rampart point defense guns ---- 10 Autumn-class heavy cruisers Class attributes: Identification: Hull classification symbol: CA Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2554-present General characteristics Type: Cruiser Length: 1,425 meters (4,674 ft) Width: 383 meters (1,255 ft) Height: 431 meters (1,415 ft) Mass: 10.1 million metric tons Maneuver drive: Fusion drives Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Crew: 800 sailors Complement: 12 D77 or D79 Pelicans D82 Darters (optional) 216 M8900 SOEIVs or cargo drop pods Troops: 45 Marines 220 ODSTs Hull: Titanium-A armor Shielding: Shield-reinforced armor Sensors: Hyperscanner detector UNSC battle network relays Planetary survey sensors Probe launchers Armaments: 1 Mark IX, Heavy Coil - 45J3D3/MAC 4 Mark 40 Spitfire naval coilgun batteries 6 M66 Sentry autocannon turrets 32 M58 Archer missile pods 6 M910 Rampart point defense guns Air facilities: 2 hangar bays 6 drop pod bays ---- 12 Marathon-class heavy cruisers Class attributes: ---- 3 Valiant-class super-heavy cruisers Class attributes: ---- 1 Vindication-class light battleship (This vessel is heavily modified from the original design, making the individual vessel classified as a heavy battleship) Class attributes: ---- 1 Pheonix-class support ship Class attributes: Manufacturer: Halifax Spacewerx Class: Colony ship / Military support ship Role: Standard: Colonization of planets Military refit: Support of ground operations Technical specifications Length: 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) Width: 800 metres (2,600 ft) Height: 689 metres (2,260 ft) Mass: 44 million metric tons Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull: Titanium-A armor Armament (refit-specific): 3 22B6R3 MACs 10 11A2R1 naval coilgun batteries 24 M42 Archer missile pods 40 M800 Rampart point defense guns Crew: 11,000-12,500 Chronological and affiliation Era: Colonial Era Insurrection Human-Covenant War Post-Covenant War conflicts Introduced: c. 2362 Affiliation: Colonial Administration Authority United Nations Space Command ---- 4 Orion-class assault carriers Class attributes: Operators: UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2473-present General characteristics Type: Carrier Length: 2,220 meters (7,284 ft) Width: 610.00 meters (2,001.3 ft) Height: 660.01 meters (2,165.4 ft) Mass: 40 million tonnes Power plant: Fusion reactor Maneuver drive: Fusion drive (1 primary, 2 secondary) Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Complement: D77 Pelicans Tanks Cargo lighters Resource gatherers Troops: UNSC Marines Hull: Titanium-A battle plate Armaments: 2 heavy 90C1E1 MACs 70 M58 Archer pods 12 M870 Rampart point defense guns ---- 7 Epoch-class heavy carriers Class attributes: Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery Class: Carrier Capital ship Role: Single-ship deployment Support and interdiction Escort of other capital ships Technical specifications Length: 2,563 meters (8,410 ft) Mass: 35 million metric tons Power plant: Fusion reactor Engine(s): Fusion drive Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull: Titanium-A battle plate Armament: 1 56A2F9 light MAC 2 Mark 15 Breakwater naval coilguns 12 M66 Sentry autocannons 20 M4020 Bident missile pods 70 M58 Archer missile pods 12 M870 Rampart point defense guns 20 M810 Helix point defense guns Complement: 800 Marines 36 dropships 24 space fighters Crew: 1,300 sailors Introduced: 2475 Affiliation: UNSC Navy ---- 1 Punic-class supercarrier Class attributes: Operators: CMA Navy UNSC Navy Manufacturer: SinoViet Heavy Machinery In service: 2490-present General characteristics Type: Supercarrier Length: 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) Mass: 670 million tonnes Maneuver drive: 5 fusion drives (1 primary, 4 secondary) Slipspace drive: Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine Hull: Titanium-A battleplate Armaments: 2 CR-01D Series 6 Magnetic Accelerator Cannons 2 Mark 15 Breakwater naval coilgun batteries 100 M42 Archer missile pods 20 M96 Howler missile pods 80 M85 Scythe anti-aerospace turrets 100 M965 Fortress point defense guns Air facilities: 20 hangar bays At least four frigate docks ---- Notable vessels The Paris-class frigates, UNSC Saratoga, Gettysburg, and Perfect Day, Stalwart-class Stalwart Dawn, and Charon-class Chioglassa, are some noteworthy named vessels, but aren't really worth going into detail about Two For Flinching The UNSC Two For Flinching is a Marathon-class heavy cruiser, named after an old corvetee that bared the same name. Titan The UNSC Titan is a Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser that has seen nearly a century of service. It has racked up quite the reputation, and skilled crew. Fires of Arcadia The UNSC Fires of Arcadia is the sole Vindication-class of the fleet. The ship has been heavily modified compared to the standard ships of its class, the most notable changes are the two Breakwater naval coilgun batteries, and thicker armor. Hercules The UNSC Hercules is one of few remaining Pheonix-class support vessels, however, it's not defenseless. The ship boasts a massive war factory, capable of producing countless ammunition, weapons, vehicles, and armor as long as it has the resources to do so. Reach's Redemption The UNSC Reach's Redemption, capitaned by Admiral Miles Wood, is the Punic-class supercarrier and flagship of the New Harmony Defense Fleet. A very hush-hush secret project, would be the restoration of the UNSC Eternity. An Infinity-class supercarrier. It's far from done, but the secret of its construction is paramount.

Scenario:   New Harmony, humanity's refuge. Thought to be safe, until long-range sensors picked up strange singles at the edge of the system. Those contacts, were Maternid bioships, and New Harmony was their new target. This is the very beginning of the Maternid invasion. The only Maternid classes on New Harmony would be Infiltrator and (albeit unlikely) Ambushers, but nothing more. The UNSC Navy is somewhat aware of the Maternid bioships, but only to the extent of there is something there, but they don't know what it is.

First Message:   *The year is 2566, and the planet of New Harmony in the Xyzis-Orion system has become a refuge of humanity after the Created Uprising seven years prior. Everything is going suprisingly well, other than minor overpopulation issues. Until Anchor-16's RADAR picks up unidentified contacts at the edge of the system. However, the signals suddenly disappeared as if they never existed, and some kind of strange force wiped the existence of them from the memories of the entire crew.*

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