I formally request that Fred's post stating the follow:
"Meanwhile, in the vicinity of Kathra station where the twelve transports were arrayed and making ready for departure... the Karasu - the Black Spiral Black Nozom scout - shed it's stealth once it had positioned itself to get an optimum firing solution on the stations and most of the twelve
transports before it unleashed it's Type 27 Superheavy weapon. Space continuum in the area collapsed, with the many ships caught in the beams path suddenly catastrophically shredded apart, leaving only minimal debris in testament of the damage caused to the Lorath refugee fleet."
be either a) stricken from the official post in its entirety or b) altered such that it conforms with the succeeding posts by Tomoe. This post is in direct and blatant violation of official site policy that player characters not be killed without permission (particularly when they are doing nothing blatantly provocative), since 4 player characters where on board the station at the time (Rain, Skka'ri, Velor, and Notan).
Beyond this simple fact there are several extenuating circumstances that make this attack if not impossible, extremely importable;
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1]: The Lorath detection grid, primarily in effect around Lor (since that is where the action was taking place and it had the highest density of assets to generate the net), was also in effect around (and extending quite far from) the station. This grid has already been canonically proven to be capable of detecting cloaked ships (by several posts). Therefor the station would be quite aware of the approaching vessel (from a very good distance as well).
Given the commanders standing orders and its ready status to flee, as soon as any unknown was detected moving to the station unannounced would have caused the station to flee.
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2]: Since the 'Type-27 Superheavy Weapon' "[causes] causing the space-time continuum of an area to collapse on itself. " its effect, by the limitations of gravimetric propagation (i.e. how fast they travel) limits such travel to c. From the maximum firing distance (~0.048 AU) it would take the beam exactly 24 seconds to reach its target. Even without the aid of ultrafast AIs this is more than enough time for a organic to act in. And more than enough for the station to get the hell out of there.
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3]: A expansion on the above calc. The 'interdiction fields' are stated point blank by Fred himself to be preventing FTL travel, meaning that the T-26 had to rely on its much slower STL drive systems. Since the ship is restricted to STL travel, the station would have ample warning (it must close ~1.95 AU before being able to fire; assuming it is starting at flank auxiliary speed this will take over 22 minutes (22 minutes and 9.76 seconds to be precise). I am fairly certain the battle has not even been going for this long. Especially considering that the ship was seen attacking the Sakura midway through (and thus positively located in low Lor orbit). This right here makes the attack post null and void.
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4]: But to continue (am I know to stop when I get going on these things? seriously). We know that the interdiction fields cause enough disruption to the CFS system that it cannot maintain FTL speeds. Since the same system (same effects as well I might add) allow for both FTL speeds
and cloaking, we can conclude that both systems are affected. Thus, even if the field can be maintained at some lower point, its stealth capabilities will be necessarily damaged, making the detection distance for those on the station even further.
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5: Finally, and on a more personal note, there is the issue of a perceived bias towards the fall of Lor in Fred's posts. Not only does he act belligerently towards them ICly his own written OOC word has him stating that he wished their destruction. I believe it was this that led him to metagame and attack the station. ICly was it a threat, compared to the swarming SA ships and the fire falling on its allies? No. Does it even have weapons that the Mishhu (and thus those on the ship) believe to be capable of harming them? No. Are there other major Lor installations or assets closer to the war zone? Yes! There is a major embarkation center in Lor orbit, a space elevator, and a whole fleet of vessels (which would be easy pickings if they wanted to cut off the Lorathians ability to escape; remember that as far as they know the Station is totally immobile). Such 'OOC events affecting IC actions" is strictly forbidden by the rules of this site (paragraphs 8 and 11 on page 2 of the "Player Guide and Rulebook";
http://www.stararmy.com/ccg/pgr_page2.html).
On a separate note, I feel that the banning of Scribbles was uncalled for. While you may have personally been annoyed at his vocalizations during the JP, they where strongly related to the events occurring in that chat and where quite relevant. It may have an impact on the RPing occurring in that chat, that is reason to drop someone from the chat. It is not a valid reason to ban someone when what they are saying is relevant to the events going on.
Now I realize that this may not be the "ideal" location for this request, but I can think of no better OOC location for it, seeing as this the discussion thread for the plot.
That is all.