Week 8 Insurrection Mission - The Evacuation of Hener 12

The planet of Hener 12 is one of the jewels in the crown of Beacon City's offworld colonies. Run by Flag Staff Inc. It directly contributes to the network of Judges that keep an eye on events in the Polar Expanse.  Using Hener 12 as a hub, Flag Staff has also made significant inroads towards tunneling a respectable amount of profit to the coffers of Beacon City.

It was a normal day on Hener 12 when Henry Dillinger reported in to work. He sat at his desk and turned around to watch the cityscape around him.

It was so beautiful.

Then the rumbling started. A full shaking earthquake hit the city.
As the earthquakes got worse the intercom on Henry Dillinger's
desk ringed.

"Sir, it's a full scale planetquake, something has funneled through the crust of the planet. We need to initiate a full scale evacuation!!"

Dillinger calmed down the voice on the other end of the comm.
"It's allright, send the message to Judge Grandis, we may be under attack."

-This mission is open to Aryay HiveQueen and General Garmin Fe and Su Maehl (and anyone they invite to help)

Post your plan to this mission on either the defenders or attacker's side here on this thread only. First person to post gets a single extra repost later to launch secret attacks, ambushes etc. All other players get one post only. This thread will be locked at 11 pm E.S.T. on Friday July 15th.

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He orders were finally given, the soldiers began to burrow down into the core of Henar 12, soon they would activate all dormant volcanoes sending earthquakes and lava throughout the planet.
However it was only after their work had started and the planet had begun the process that would end it when a new message came in.

The orders were to cease the seismic activity and return home. The Warriors were confused they didn't know why, they had waited so long for this chance, but they weren't about to disobey their queen.

"Don't worry" the Queens voice said to them, "the time is almost ready, a new dawn is coming, one where everything will change. They will understand then."

So the warriors ceased the attack, energy bridges were opened and the Obsidian piercer with all its 100 crew members withdrew. The planet while damaged would survive.

The populations of the planet made their way to underground bunkers. They were assured when they were built that they would help them in emergencies. There they could find stocks of food, water, blankets, and medical supplies. Communication networks in each bunker would keep each one of them in touch with the latest events. They were originally designed for an invasion, but this was different. No body expected the planet to implode on itself.

In a small town far north of the city of Hesdren, a place called Dalvin's Ford, a young boy named Biff was dashing with his parents for the nearby bunker. Their appointed bunker was miles away from where they lived. His mother and father desperately wondered if they would make it in time to catch the escorts. With the bunker in sight they could see off-world officials and local police scurrying around the parameter. Perhaps they had made it, perhaps they wouldn't be left behind?

Biff stopped as the ground quaked again and he wondered at a newly forming fissure in the ground. He felt the rise of heat that radiated from it and was agape with awe. At that instant a brave police office leaped onto Biff who was about to fall into the fissure. The brave man hurried the boy to his hysterical mother's arms and the family dashed into the shelter. The door closed behind them with the rumble of smoke and then all was quite once again. Inside many worried faces of huddled families awaited inside. Biff's father turned around and checked the door, it was locked. Locked? Panic overtook him and felt as if he had been deceived. Biff, began to get scared as his father smashed his fists against the iron.

From out of the corner an off-worlder with a very short stocky build and stout look told Biff's father to calm down. He gave a glance over to the young boy and Biff could see a smile come across the man's face. "Don't you worry," said the man, "well get you out of here safe and sound." His voice was old and soothing. At that instant a crack of metal sounded and the sensation of being lifted overtook the whole bunker.

[9 ANTARES-Class Banking Guild freighters and 1 Model-T space station will arrive to assist in the evacuation of the planet's population. An additional Model-T space station already orbits the planet as part of its defense. The population will be told to go to the bunkers. There, Beacon City adepts will use earth and air leyas to dig out the bunkers and secure them for travel. In most cases levistone will be created to lift the bunkers into the air where freighters can easily tow them to safety or envelope them into their cargo bays. The people will be filtered into the space stations. Based on the integrity of the planet, the space stations and freighters will be encouraged to depart into the plane of awareness. The hornet shuttles of the freighters will do fly by runs of the civilized areas in order to extract those who don't make it to the bunkers.]

[Seismic scans of the planet will be enhanced in order to locate the source of the quakes. Should it be located, an allied force of adepts may be deployed to salvage the integrity of the planet. Beacon City chooses 50 earth adepts (judges mostly) to partake in the dangerous mission. They must volunteer, no one is forced to go.]

[Note, no Beacon City official on this planet wears a uniform. Our presence will not be obvious. We'll see how long this lasts.]

The groundbreaking ceremony had just concluded when Oleifera became aware that a distress signal was being sent from a colony in the Free Systems. Apparently a particularly violent planetwide earthquake was underway, and evacuations were ongoing.

The Oleifera immediately dispatched a freighter to the Continent of Dead Quall. The 50 Aegelis warriors stationed near the training grounds were alerted and quickly boarded the transport. The ship sped to Hener 12, and landed near the most seismically active area.

The 50 Aegelis will attempt to control the magma underneath the planet's crust to staunch the earthquakes.

At a request from PEETR-TP 100,000 Brethren will arrive on Hener 12 to keep the peace and help with evacuation and be on their best behavior.

Standard Quarantine proceedures including taking a quick biosample and testing it for know diseases and pathogens while helping them leave the planet. Two IR Motherships with IR Raptors carrying evacuation pods will ferry the citizens offworld to whatever site the Hener 12 government wants them sent.

Deer's ships will announce "We are here to help. No violence will occur under our watchful eye. The Iron Republic supports small mom and pop colonies like Hener 12. Your safety is our only concern."

00c - Secretly take a memory scan of all citizens during biosample taking. Deliver citizens safely.
But then Deer might have clonable copies materials of the citizens of Hener 12. Now Deer just have to find a planet called Reneh 21 to recreate Deer's own copy version of the colony.

Biosample taking must be quick simple procedure using autoinjectors with built in computers. It will be done in a way which doesn't slow down evacuation, Deers intent is that all citizens survive if possible.

Blackheart would send 6 Antares frieghters, 3 with doctors, medical and emergency supplies, 3 with Lionguard teams and nighthawks. The Doctors and medical supplies would link up with the field hospital in the Class T stations. The lionguard teams would scramble in all six antares to the planets surface. Due to the threat of catastrophic quakes the antares would never land.

Instead they would pick up a low altitude circling pattern around the hardest hit/most populated areas. The night hawks would deploy from the ships and return to them to drop off survivors. They would work with the local emergency services, and Deer's brethren and deploy to gather critically wounded and those stranded in extreme danger zones and get them to the space port. Once loaded to capacity the Antares would leave the nighhawks and ferry the wounded to the Model T net along with IR forces before returning to take on more survivors.

The Night hawks could also be used to get emergency supplies to the bunkers once the seismic activity abates.

"Get moving!" She yelled at the flight crew. "We need these ships gassed up and ready to go, should the order come in that we're heading to Hener 12!"

A string of "Yes Ma'am!" followed, and she sighed. Hearing footsteps behind her, she turned and was about to start barking orders again, but stopped when she seen who it was. Quickly she snapped to salute. "Good afternoon, sir!"

"Good to see you're so... enthusiastic. Exactly what's needed to make sure things get done in a timely manner." Damien stretched his wings out behind him as he approached her. "I knew you were a good choice to lead the fleet, Lanaedra."

"Sir, i have a request."

"Hmm. What's that?"

Lanaedra looked to her boots for a second, and then turned her face to look at Damien. "When i'm working, refer to me as 'Admiral Lanaedra', please. It's only right that you have to address my by rank in front of the others."

"I really didn't think it'd bother you that much, but i suppose i could do that, Admiral," he replied as he turned out to look at the ships. She smiled, only briefly, before moving to stand next to him. "How are the preparations coming along?" he asked.

"The ships will be ready to go in minutes, sir," she replied. "Once we have the order, we will be on our way to Hener 12."

He paused, and watched men and women rushing back and forth in an effort to get the 10 Starfrieghters ready to go. "Did you ever think that we'd ever be in the position that we are now?" he asked.

"What? You mean when we were on Refuge?" When he nodded, Lanaedra looked out at the ships again. "No. I really didn't."

"Well, here we are," he said. "About to go on a rescue mission for the first time."

"Sir?" she asked curiously.

Damien turned to face the woman, suddenly all business. "Admiral Lanaedra, as soon as the ships are ready to go, you are to take them to Hener 12 and assist in the evacuation of it's people. As unfortunate as it is, i will not be able to accompany you on this mission. So, while you are there, you are to follow the instructions of one General Garmin Fe. If he issues you an order, you are to follow it as though it was given by me."

Lanaedra snapped to attention. "Yes sir!" she shouted as he turned to leave.

As she turned, he started to speak again. "And, Lanae." she turned back to face him. "Before you come back, make sure you thank him for me, for accepting our assistance," he stated, before walking out of the hangar.

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2 Antares Starfreighters and 8 Vespidae Starfreighter are being sent to be of assistance in the evacuation of Hener 12. All ten ships are being accompanied by their respective Hornet compliments, so General Fe can use these ships as he wishes to get the people of the planet to saftey. Once the mission is completed, my ships are to return to Terrovaea.

The 10 Freighters that made up a portion of Sacrenine's Fleet appeared in orbit around Hener 12, prepared to receive orders from General Garmin Fe's men. They were purely civilians with a few Blackheart Security guards on the ships, not all that helpful if a fight broke out, but reliable enough to help get the populace off the surface of the planet.

Head Capt. Burmaeda Jones looked out at the planet from his station and saw that there were already multiple ships there from other factions, descending to the surface or suspended in orbit for some purpose he did not know. He walked to the comm-station and broadcasted a signal on the channels designated for the Evacuation Fleets, "This is Head Capt. Burmaeda Jones of the A Midsummer Nights Dream, from Director Sacrenine's company, if the men of General Garmin Fe are out there, respond."

He was met with a few seconds of static before hearing a response, "Sacrenine is anything but punctual. Regardless, get your men planet side on the double. We have evacuation centers set up, you'll be receiving the coordinates now. Get your asses down there and start saving lives, and when you're done, tell your Director that it would be better to send help before people started dying." With that the communication cut and all that could be heard was static.

Capt. Jones wasn't sure whether to laugh his ass off or call the man back up and ask for his personal information, but now was not the time. If he ever found out who that man was, he would be sure to buy them a round of the best stuff he could afford, even if all he could afford was dirt cheap beer. Pressing a button on the panel that opened communications between the 10 Freighters, "Alright, you heard the man. We've been assigned to these 10 stations, get your asses down there and move it!"

With that the 10 Freighters dipped the noses of their ships towards the planets surface and descended into the turmoil of Hener 12.

(OoC: 10 Freighters sent to aid the evacuation of Hener 12. Placed under the command of General Garmin Fe's men and headed towards the planets surface to evacuate the populace. Blackheart Security Guards are on board to handle conflicts that arise.)

The flotilla of EEF freighters shuddered as their shadow drives cut off and they dropped into their home dimension over Hener 12. Local space was a crowded jumble of large freighters and warship that lumbered in and out of the atmosphere and smaller shuttles and fighters flitted back and forth. Captain Amanda Thatcher mused that the planet looked rather peaceful despite all the activity in orbit. You'd never know it was dying from all the way up here.

"Coms," Said Captain Thatcher "Start a general hail I want everyone to know we're here and why. There are probably plenty of itchy trigger fingers out there. Then make contact with whoever is in charge of this mess and find out where they want us."
'Aye, Sir. All ships have checked in." Came the reply. Thatcher nodded. "Good, Helm bring us into a holding pattern for now and someone make sure that the landing parties are ready to go."

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10 Star freighters will assist in the evacuation of the planet. They are carrying 100 troops armed with riot gear for crowd control is needed also on board are 15 terramancers who will attempt to stabilize the planet if at all possible to buy time for the evac the whole landing party hasalso left fingers back on Refuge. The ships will bring everyone they pick up where they are directed and when they are done return to Refuge.

The Unity moved as one. Allies needed assistance, and there was a puzzle to uncover. How could an entire planet be disrupted? They would find out quickly.

Unity coders landed at command centers across the planet in their silver drop pods. They quickly interfaced with local command and control systems, gliding from terminal to terminal with disturbing calm. It was as if, to them, there was no earthquake. There was only the puzzle.

The coders would interface with emergency broadcast systems on the ground. The locations of huge evacuation portals would be broadcast to the populace. 3 Dreadnaughts were in orbit of the planet, and were acting as foci for Unity Extension 3. At designated times and places, huge portals would open on the planet's surface. These portals would lead to huge receiving areas on the Unity extensions. These armored bulkheads could potentially hold millions. Long trays filled with delicious biscuits, hot coco, and coffee were available to refugees. Large video terminals would show some of the Unity's most popular newscasters giving them live updates on the state of their homes.

Importantly, the bulkheads are heavily armored and isolated from the rest of the station. Attempts to sneak into the station will be discouraged by electric shocks. Continued attempts to breach security will be met with force.

On the planet's surface, 1000 Harvesters will burrow into the soil and use their sophisticated surface arrays in order to determine the source of the trouble. Once they discover the cause, they will either destroy it, or advise the Unity as to the concern if it is something they cannot handle.

Kendara Kai, President of Henner 12 Operations (PH12O), was in the middle of a busy day at Maehl Holdings' operations. The University was in full swing and the art gallery was debuting a new exhibit on a study of Tzira in a few days. Emissaries from all over the Free Systems would be visiting Henner 12 to view the exhibit. Su Maehl indicated that he was proud of Kendara's work on the exhibit, and was pleased with the exponential growth of the planet. She and Dillinger were making a fine duo indeed. Granted, most people only saw Flag Staff's leadership as the source of the planet's development, but it didn't mean Kendara wasn't active either.

And then the ground started shaking. This is weird, the middle-aged woman thought to herself, Henner 12 isn't a planet known for having volcanic activity. Kendara's first action was to activate art safety protocols to ensure that in the event of disaster, all the precious pieces of art were saved. Upon initiating the protocols, she held on to her desk and chair as the ground started shaking more violently. Her breathing increased rapidly as the tremors did not stop. Her bookshelves quaked, her desk rumbled, and her chest heaved uncomfortably. While trying to stabalize herself, she broke a heel. "Fuck! Damn business wear!" Kendara took the impractical but sexy shoe off and threw it across the room as the room continued to tremble. After several moments, the President had a full on panic attack. She quickly sent a message to Su, just in case, advising him of the situation and the seemingly unnatural length of the quake. And then she waited another 5 minutes for the quakes to abate, which they did not. She then heard the klaxons alarm go off, which was the universal signal agreed upon between Henry and her to indicate that an evacuation was required, for whatever reason. Panic really set in, especially since Dillinger hadn't spoken to her about any of this. She sent a follow-up message, requesting the assistance of the 13th Armada, per Maehl Holdings' protocol, for any evacuation and/or incursion of Henner 12.

She then sent a message to Dillinger:
"Henry,
Pardon the lack of propriety here, but I'm freaking the fuck out. What the hell is going on here? The groud is fucking shaking and it won't stop. I've forwarded the full report to Su Maehl, but in the mean time I need info to help.

How many more freighters do we need to evacuate? What's your plan? I have a Model T in orbit, and the Free systems 13th Armada is en route. There are a few hundred Aegis on planet, as well as striders. I'll let you coordinate the defene as you see fit, in the event this is an invasion or something.

Let me know. How much time do we have?

As a final note, I know the Unity has interesting teleportation technology
Any chance we have enough time to use it?

-Kendara Kai, PDH1"

It was short and to the point. Panicked, but it was to be expected. And then she waited 10 minutes, with no response from Henry. Come on, Henry, you're all good and smiles when you're around me when we're doing "business", always answering my calls and taking me out to lunch, and now that there's an actual fucking emergency you give me the cold shoulder. She breathed hard, trying to control herself. She quickly enabled all the protocols for staff, advising them of possible incursion, but primarily to ensure they assisted in all evacuation orders for general population. She then sent a follow-up message to Dillinger, requesting an update. Another 10 minutes passed with no word from Dillinger. Great, so this asshole thinks I'm not worth a simple phone call in response. Even worse, his big-tits assistant ain't responding to me either. What the fuck?! Is he pissed at me that I haven't acted more positively, and less professionally, in response to his genial behaviors?? If I had gotten down on my knees and sucked his cock at his office yesterday after the debriefing on this week's events would he have given me the professional fucking courtesy of a call to tell me what's going on. I'm going to fucking kill him if we get out of this that fucking cocksucker! She was fuming when 20 seconds later she heard the distress call go across the Polar Expanse for assistance. She was flabberghasted.

"We are so fucking fucked." Gee, thanks Su, for the vote of fucking confidence. "Don't worry, Kenny, this gig will be easy. It's an art colony, nobody will want to attack it. It'll be the best gig of your life. No ducking and dodging mach cannons, no stress of helming a frigate, and the perfect way to segue into corporate life." Well fuck you very much, Su. Easy my ass! Kendara starting to bark orders out across all Maehl Holding's employees, advising them of the situation.

"To all staff, were are in the midst of a full scale evac of H12. Standard Protocols are effective immediately. This place is about to become a mad house and if we're going to survive this, we're going to have to work together. It is our responsibility to manage this right, and the faster we evac the planet, the faster you all to get off this rock. We're the last to go people. This is what we signed up for, and we will fulfill our promise. Let's make Su proud. More instructions forthcoming. Everyone knows their jobs, so let's get to it. Medical team, be on full alert, ground vehicle transport teams, mobilize, and everyone else, empty out our offices and coordinate with Flag Staff to make sure we do this right and orderly. I will update in 15 minutes or so. Be safe and stay out of harms' way. I have a really bad feeling about this, so be alert people." Kendara sighed, hearing Su's mocking laugh in the back of her head, for she just proved why he put her in this position to begin with.

"It's just like manning the helm of a capital ship. Everyone knows what their functions are under all circumstances. It's your job to make sure they are up to snuff, review the logs, and keep order. I'll take care of the politics, you take care of the people. You ooze charisma, and people will flock to you. It's why I'm promoting you. Besides, you look great in a business suit and heels." Kendara smirked, for she had hit punched him in the gut for having said that to her. And he was right, the smug jerk that he was. There's a reason she, and everyone else, followed him with passion and conviction.

Her comm went off. It was Su. She ran over to her comm and said, "Su, you fucking asshole of a boss, the ground is fucking shaking non-stop and the shit has hit the fan. Dillinger has ordered a full evacuation and we're shitting bricks. Give me good news." Su replied, "Breathe, Kenny, breathe. The 13th Armada is en route. Problem is, it seems like half the universe is too. I'm going to need you to coordinate everything because I'm not sure Dillinger can. It's your job to make sure Dillinger's plan is successful, our people are safe, and to coordinate on the ground in case, as Dillinger says, those quakes are being caused by sentient beings. Keep your wits up, Kenny. You'll be fine."

Kendara took a deep breath, "Su, we need enough ships to evac about 100,000 people. Is that what's on it's way?"
Su replied, "The armada going your way should have plenty. I've just sent enough ships to transport double that. But you'll need to coordinate what goes where on the ground, because there may not be enough ground vehicles and space on the planet to accommodate everyone."
Kendara responded, "Roger that, Captain. I'll do what I must."
Su replied, "Kenny, I'm your boss, not your captain. Take care of yourself. Be safe."
Amidst a groundswell of shaking, Kai responded, "I will." With those final words, she went along with the evacuation plans.

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As there are three major settlements, the largest being the host of the University, the primary space port, the E-Strain community center, Maehl Holdings' headquarters, and one of the primary offices of Flag Staff, Inc. The other two settlements were smaller and intermediary locations where agriculture and the new agro-tourist centers were located, as well as hubs for Flag Staff rails and infrastructure.

Major points:
MH staff will coordinate vehicle support and transport from all locations across the planet.
Aegis will scour the planet to ensure no people are left behind from remote locations.
The striders will do ground scouting, ensuring there is no impending attack. Both the Aegis and the striders' primary objective is to proverbially tag stragglers across the planet for pick-up.
Primary job - to keep the IR away from it's "enemies" Allow them too coordinate with the EEF, but mostly keep to itself as it assists in the evac of the planet. It's primary focus will be the central settlement, which has the greatest population that may have a hard time getting to the bunkers for evac. Be sure to allow Marx's ppl to leave with Deer.
Coordinate with blackheart and MH med teams to ensure any and all injured are attended to. The med kits/food kits that were given to MH on Druzi by the Unity will be used in the case of injury. I think there are hundreds of thousands of them lying around in storage.
Use smaller fleets to do quick pick-ups of bunkers and the smaller settlements, where they are least likely to cross with the IR.
Coordinate with Dillinger to ensure no person left behind.
Outside help gets to help first, then MH ships will be brought in to clean up once the rest of universe is proverbially out of the way. My ships will do search and rescues for "tagged" stragglers. Last ones out are my staff, and those coming in to reinforce the planet. Whatever anyone needs, we provide.

MH evac flotilla:
400 Antares Freighters
3 Stalking Horse freighters
10 Zeus Freighters
4 IR Starcruisers (modified)
100 Heavy Frigates
3 Model Ts

Essential staff will remain on the various space stations around the planet. General population will be shipped to Maxa Provo 9. Staying on planet are the stiders, which will serve as first line of defense in the case anyone gets opportunistic or there's something underneath the ground.

Lying in wait, in the background, that would have arrived with the MH evac flotilla are 300 stilletos, 100 having anti-cap ship disablers, 120 machetes (anti-ground load outs), 150 cudgels, 25 Antares with dual cebrerus cannons on them (transporting the machetes through shadow-jump), 20 cloaked tridents, 50 Light Frigates (colony class, synced with Stilettos), 50 Albatrosses with nanite artillery cannons, 30 mirror ships, and an additional 10 heavy Frigates to stand as defense. Although my ships could probably have evac'd the entire planet on their own, all fleets providing assistance will be allowed to do so accordingly, and whatever frigates aren't needed (they're the slowest), will lay in wait in the event anyone tries any funny business.

If anyone chooses to attack the planet, call in reinforcements of IR mothership with full compliment of 150 sparrows, 2 EEF gunships with darkside compliment (aegis instead of SAVs), and additional 50 Kingfishers and 50 albatross with their wonderful weapons. Furthermore, the planetary defenses remain intact. If the planet is "lost" to an invasion force, my fleet will pinpoint all the antaris platforms first to take them out before being able to attack the ships assisting in the evacuation.

Kendara Kai will offer to manage off-world affairs so that Dillinger can manage on-world affairs. In other words, she'll coordinate who is where, register all people, ensure they have places to be on Maxa Provo 9, liaise with Dillinger when it's safe to return them to Henner 12, set up the refugee camps on MP9, and coordinate back and forth so that Dillinger can focus on coordinating the safety of the planet once it's evacuated. She'll send thank you gifts too all commanding officers from foreign fleets, note who does what, and ensure that each territory assisting in the evacuation is formally acknowledged both during and after the event.