Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26084195-20161224100414

The cream of Alliance crop. The Alliance navy these days is a power to be reckoned with, and is the only military organization to have won a decisive victory against the Razorbird Empire (at least, that we know of). The Alliance these days only outfits their warships with powerful laser gun arrays. The Terran navy is the scourge of pirates and other criminals, and anyone who breaks the laws of the Council. It is this navy that sent the Razorbird fleet scurrying away at the Battle of Djangor.

The Alliance navy is highly ordered and very well disciplined. They are well known for never having surrendered. The Terran Navy's morale is consistently excellent, and while retreat is always an option, the only way an crew member of an Alliance vessel has been taken hostage was by being knocked out and dragged off in a boarding. And that's rare, because let me assure you, if they are boarded, they will fight tooth and nail down to the last man.

Though the primary thing one sees in a fight with the Alliance is red lines streaking across the void, the Alliance has not stopped using torpedoes. They have simply become more streamlined and powerful. The Alliance is also known for having excellent fields of fire. It is quite hard to attack an Alliance ship from a vulnerable angle, they have so few.

The Alliance Navy these days is all about durability. Their ships all have highly redoubtable systems, and core systems are given extra shielding, to protect against critical hits. Terran laser weapons generally have three types. There are the small but nonetheless powerful laser turrets called blasters, studded all about the hull, which have wonderful arcs and can fire at just about anything that isn't blocked by the ship itself. These are also used to shoot at torpedoes and fighters. Then, there are the big, scary, obvious turrets. These come in light, regular, and heavy variants, and are quite easy to see. Then there are the burn-through lasers. These are fixed in one direction and are very large and obvious. They fire a long, powerful laser burst designed to bore into the hull of an enemy ship, sometimes cutting smaller vessels in two. They of course vary in size and power.

The most commonly encountered Terran fleet is the patrol fleet, which consists generally of 4-5 combat-based frigates, 3 cruisers of different loadouts (never relationships), and a battlecruiser.

The Terran Navy by this time has gotten many more types of ships. They have everything they had before, only now there are many more loadouts for each classification. I'll give some of the juicier examples below.

Strike Carrier: A strike carrier is a frigate that has been outfitted with a single light laser turret, and possesses holds for many many dropships. This ship is designed to go into the upper atmosphere, where the dropships will launch out and deliver ground assets to their target. These are used to establish beachheads for the bulk landers.

Cruiser Carriers: These cruisers are equipped with two laser turrets and many laser blasters, but also possess a pair of fighter bays.

Troopships: Carriers that have been modified rather heavily. They are equipped with two laser turrets and many laser blasters, but also carry five bulk landers, each designed to travel from orbit to the surface and disgorge loads of troops and other ground assets.

Heavy Cruiser: Nowadays, this comes in two variants. The first, equipped with two standard cruiser laser turrets and four heavy laser turrets, as well as a great number of laser blasters. The second, equipped with two standard cruiser laser turrets, and a pair of cruiser-strength burn-through lasers.

Battlecruiser: Comes in two variants. The first, four heavy laser turrets, a number of laser blasters, and one battleship strength burn-through laser. The second, four heavy laser turrets and a pair of large fighter bays, as well as a number of blasters.

Battleship: A real Terran beast. This thing comes with scores of laser blasters, a total of eight heavy laser turrets, and a single battleship strength burn-through laser. This is usually the command ship for the medium sized Terran fleets.

Now, for everyone's favourite portion, the pics!

 