The Colliding of Empires: A Star Wars / Perry-Rhodan-Crossover AU

Updated "The tale of Darth Vaders Son".

See you and "Merry Christmas" and "A happy New Year".

 

U too Fteik. And Two Towers rocked by the way, since Im reading the Tale of DV's son at the moment

 

I hope you are all healthy and have survived the beginning of the new year.

Here is the next part of this story, a part, that deals a lot with technology, what will concern us in the next chapter, too. After that we´ll either return to Bakura or to the rebels. What do you prefer?

Until then: Enjoy!!!


The Colliding of Empires




Gruber and Kalup exchanged a look.

?You first.? ordered the Professor politely.

Clearing his throat Gruber turned back to us.

?Well, the prisoner has suffered from a light concussion of the head and a lack of oxygen for a short time. Nothing we couldn´t deal with. Major Kasom reached the fighter of Wedge Antilles, thats the name of the man, in time and there will be no lasting damage.?

The praise from the medicine-man was answered with a friendly nod from the ertrusan. Pressing a button a hologram of a human body appeared over the desk, while Gruber continued.

?As you can see the outside appearence of this Wedge Antilles is in no way different from most humanoids. One head, two arms, two legs and so on. For antropologists and xeno-biologists this could be another confirmation, that the human shape is the most practical or adabtable form for sentinent life-forms. However, this man isn´t only human in the way he appears, with exception of him being used to a somewhat higher gravity than the terran standard, he is in no way different from the humans of terran base-line. With knowledge of our language you could drop him in, lets say, Londons West End and nobody would realize that he was born more than two-hundred-fourty-four million lightyears away from the british islands.?

?Wait a moment.? I simply had to ask. ?Do you want to tell us, that there is no difference, not a single one to terrans??

Gruber looked at me in a somewhat helpless way. ?Yes Sir, thats what i´m telling you.?

?What about the olfactory part of the brain? And the vital nervesystem?? wanted Rhodan to know.

?I know what you mean.? answered Doctor Gruber. ?But if you compare him to a human and a tefrodan, this man is closer to us, than even our cousins from Andromeda.?

When we had visited the Andromeda-galaxy and met the tefrodans for the first time, we had been similiar surprised because they had been so much like us.

Only later had we learned, that their vital nervesystem is more efficient than the one of a human of terran origin. Their olfactory senses are also superior to ours. To be precise they can nearly compete with german sheepdogs in that regard. The discovery of the tefrodans had added new fuel to the arguments of those, who believed that similiar circumstances of evolution would always lead to similiar results, but even those scientists had been forced to admit, that the existance of the tefrodans was more, than could be explained that way.

Only weeks later had we learned the horrible truth, when the ?Master of the Island? lured us into the timetrap of Vario. More than fifty-thousand years in the past and back in the Milkyway we had met the first mankind from Lemur, the third world of a small yellow star inside one of the arms of the galaxy. A world that was called Terra today (and Larsaf III, when i had first set foot on this planet. That i would spent ten-thousand years on this world, i would have never believed then).

Had it been shocking enough to discover, that already fifty-thousand years ago todays Terra had been the centre of an empire, it had been even more shocking to discover, that this empire was fighting a war for its survival and that it was losing this war. When we arrived in the past the lumurian war against the halutans, Icho Tolots people, had already been in its last stages after hundred years of fighting. The government of the Tamanium (that had been the name of the LemuranEmpire) was already evacuating the population of earth and other colonies through the suntransmitters to Andromeda. Those humans would become the tefrodans of today. Another matter had been the inhabitans of a lemuran colony called Drorah. They had obviously decided to stay be

 

Denis Lawson, the guy who plays Wedge is Ewan McGregor's uncle.

Nwah ha ha, being english has its advantages

 

Seems i shouldn´t have given the hint with Ewan McGregor.

I hope everybody understood the irony of the scene.

 

I did. Dunno about anyone else.

 

As soon as i have finished the update of "The tale of Darth Vaders Son", it will be time for the next part of this story, with which we will leave the "techno-babble" behind and i´m wondering, where to continue.

We can return to the system of Bakura, that is still under siege by the Ssi-Ruuk, we can have a look at what the rebels are doing, we can watch out for the arrival of the Akons or we can accompany Vader witnessing the "Infernos" arrival at Coruscant.

What would you prefer?

 

Coruscant sounds good to me.

 

Up!

 

Finished a new part of "The tale of Darth Vaders Son", so this story will be the next to be updated.

 

Excellent. Looking forward to this.

 

Life sucks.

I hate everybody and everything.

Now, things are not as worse as they sound, but bad enough. Not only am i going through my usual spring-depressions, but there are also things, that demand more of my attention than usual.

I hope i can post a new part on sunday.

Sorry for the long delay.

See you.

 

Prozac really helps, stopped me from becoming an alcoholic wreck.

 

Yes, i know, it is a long time past sunday, but this update turned bigger and more complicated, than expected. That happens if you start with techno-babble and want to bring it to an end, too. Not to forget the little history-lessons.

I think the next part will bring us back to the rebels and until then i hope you´ll enjoy this update.

See you.


The Colliding of Empires


The Imperial Star Destroyer has enough firepower to reduce a civilized world to slag or take on a fleet of lesser enemy vessels.
There are whole nations which, throughout their entire history, do not use as much energy as an Imperial expends to make a single hyperspace jump
ImperialSourcebook, Capital Ships.

?Yes. But let me add something about the laser-cannons first. As you know a laser in the vacuum of space would be invisible until having contact with matter. Not good, if you are a pilot and want to know, where your shots are going. The people who engineered the weapons of the X-Wing and probably the other laser-weapons in this galaxy have solved the problem by using some kind of plasma as tracer.?
?Let me guess, this plasma is based on the tibanna-gas, that was mined on Tholaris IV?? interrupted Takor Kasom.

?You are right, Major.? answered Kalup with an angry glare at the man from Ertrus.

Contrary to Ther Khein Kasom wasn´t impressed. I didn´t knew, if this was because of his USO-training or his self-confidance. Like his father Melbar Takor Kasom sometimes appeared to be a braggart. Fortunately for him he was always able to back up his claims and his bragging was mixed with a good-natured humour. Otherwise it would be impossible to endure the presence of the ertrusan for long.

?In other words, those lasers are comparable to our thermo-blasters and cannons.? i added quickly. ?As interesting as this sounds, would you please continue, Professor.?

Kalup blew up his cheeks and sighed. ?If you wish, Lordadmiral.?

?The Lordadmiral wishes.? stated Rhodan dry. My friend is willing to grant his top-personal a lot of things and a lot of liberties, but for that those specialists, who form the elite of the SolarEmpire have to be able to endure the ?echo?.

?Very well. Of course the laser travels with lightspeed, while the plasma needs more time to reach the target. An interesting side-effect is, that the tracer attacks the particle-shields. After all, a laser-beam as pure energy has no effects on particle-shields. Now it wouldn´t make sense for a fighter-sized craft to carry huge canisters of plasma as ammunition, but for the cannons of a big ship... . By combining the destructive effects of an extremely powerful laser and superheated plasma you get a weapon able to fight ray- and particleshields. And that brings us to the capital ships of our new friends.?

Kalup pressed a button and the holographic image of the X-Wing vanished and was replaced with holograms of two of the dagger-shaped images of the one mile long imperial warships.

?Until now those imperial vessels have been the ones we were able to observe the most. With a volume of more or less ninty million cubic-meters they are slightly larger than our battle-cruisers with a diameter of five-hundred meters, but smaller than those with a diameter of six-hundred-fifty meters. We already agreed, that they serve as escort for the big battleship and their role was confirmed, when we learned, that they are called stardestroyers by the empire.? Kalup made a small pause to take a sip from his glas of water, then he continued. ?You may wonder why there are two holograms, well the answer is, we discovered, that there are several key-differences between the two ships.?

?Which ships do we see here?? asked Icho Tolot.

?The first ship is the ?Devastator?. We classified it as D-Class-Destroyer until we know its proper designation. The other ship is the ?Avenger?.

?Don´t say a word, let me guess?. This was Gucky. ?A-Class.?

We did the small being from Tramp the favour and erupted in laughter. After the noise had calmed down, Perry ordered Kalup to explain the differe

 

Yeah, complete technobabble but a good comparison of Imperial ships and their weapons and hyperdrive.

 

I wonder if everybody understood what "i" was talking about. If not feel free to ask.

Oh, and i´ve updated the "Union of the Empires greatest Warriors".

 

Spent the last weeks free time with reading the first book of Timothy Zahn´s "Conqueror´s Trilogy" (excellent) and Number 81 one of the PerryRhodan-Hardcovers "Aphilie". The year is 3580 and the humans on terra are losing their ability to love and to care for each other. Rhodan and a few of his companions are banished from earth and ... .

Well, i´m sure you are more interested in an update to this story. For stated reasons (see above) it is only a short update, but one for all Han/C3PO-fans.

Enjoy!


The Colliding of Empires



Han Solo was in a hurry. He wasn´t running through the corridors of the ?Home One?, but other people would have found it difficult to keep up with the smugglers long strides. Han wanted to talk to Leia, before they departed to Nal Hutta and their meeting with Durga the Hutt. The ?Falcon? was his ship and Leia might feel more comfortable, if they talked on ?her? territory even if said territory occupied just a small cabin aboard the ?Home One?.

Han reached the deck, where the quaters of the rebellions dignitaries and VIPs were located. Turning around a corner he spotted a familiar face.

?Captain Solo ... .? started C-3PO, but was immediately interrupted by the smuggler.

?Not now, Goldenrod.?

?But Sir ... .?

?Not now, i´m here to talk with Leia.?

?Of course, Sir, but ... .?

?No buts.?

Han stopped in front of the door to Leia´s cabin, 3PO close behind him.

?Leia, its me. Please let me in.?

?Sir ... .?

?3PO! - Han to Leia. Open the door.?

?Captain Solo ...?

?If you don´t want me to blast this prissy Protocol-droid of yours to pieces you better open the door. LEIA.?

Han Solo´s frustration was evident, when he kicked the door.

?She doesn´t seem to be here.? he muttered.

?If you allow me, Captain Solo. Princess Leia is in the main briefing-room of the ?Home One?.? Stated C-3PO trying to be helpful as always. ?She ordered me to tell you to meet her there.?

Han glared at the golden droid, suddenly realizing, what 3PO had wanted to tell him the entire time. If he would have listened to him, he could have safed himself a lot of time. Not that he would ever admit that.

?Well, you could have told me sooner.? he accused.

?But Sir, you never allowed me ... .? 3PO stopped again, since he was talking to Captain Solo´s back, which was moving away from him and towards the command-section of the ?Home One?.

Shaking his head the protocol-droid started to move in the same direction.

?Humans.? he muttered. ?I´ll never understand them.?

 

?

 

Hahaha!! Yeah thats a classic Han-3PO conversation. Gr8 update.

 

Updated the "Union of the Empires greatest Warriors" for those, who are interested.

 

Updated "The tale of Darth Vader´s Son", so this story will be next.

Ohhh, and for those, who are interested, here is a link to some coloured cross-sections from the Perry-Rhodan-Universe.

http://www.mf3d.com/rz3.htm

Hope you like them.

 

I really wonder, if somebody tried the link i posted?

Come on guys, give it a try and tell me what you think.

Besides that, here is an update.

Enjoy!!!


The Colliding of Empires



The nostril-tongues of Captain Iv´ris twitched nervously. The ships of his task-force had carried a total number of three-thousand-three-hundred swarm-class-battledroids and it looked like the Ssi-Ruu would need everyone of them. The shields of the defending vessels were to strong to be easily overtaken. If not for their huge numbers, the droids of the Ssi-Ruu would have been without an effect in this battle.

What had been a total surprise had been the aggressive approach of the defenders. They had attacked without hesitation and tried to break through the screening ships of the flotilla, aiming for the cruisers and battleships.

The enemy had seperated his forces and was attacking with two groups. If the battle would have been decided by the size or number of ships, the defenders wouldn´t stand a chance. But soon Iv´ris had been forced to realize, that the energy-system that supported the ships of their enemy were much more powerful, than those of the Ssi-Ruu.

What meant better shields and more powerful weapons.

In terms of acceleration, manouverability and speed the alien defenders were also superior. Fortunately there were only six ships of them and they lacked fighters.

But that hadn´t prevented the destruction of already three of the Fw´Sen-Frigates and damage to one of the fourhundred meter long Wurrif-Class-light-Cruisers.

For the Ssi-Ruu the battle wasn´t going well.

?Dispatch four of the picket-ships when their second group makes its next attack-run. They shall try to seperate one of his smaller vessels.? ordered Iv´ris. ?We´ll open our formation for and close the gap behind him.?

The senior Captain knew he was risking alot by allowing the enemy to pass their escort-screen, but if he didn´t change tactics his ships would be slowely ripped apart piece for piece.

----

Pter Thanas glared at his tactical display.

Until now the battle had went well. The imperials had managed to cause damage to one of the bigger ships of the invaders and already destroyed three of their smaller escort-vessels. Compared to imperial ships, the ovoid vessels were seriously underpowered. The small escorts were only slightly more powerful than a blastboat and the ships of medium size barely equaled his Carrack-Cruiser.

For a group of three Victories or a single Imperator the now twenty-seven ships of the invaders would have been no challenge, but exactly that was Pter Thanas problem. He didn´t have three Victories or an ImpStar available and it would take more than a half hour for the ?Blackmoon? and its squadron to arrive.

Until now his tactic of splitting his forces into two groups was working, the first group made its run, caused disarray among the enemy ships and put their shields under strain and the second followed and tried to complete the kill. If the battle prolonged this way the invaders would loose due to attrition. Something the enemy commander would realize sooner or later, too.

The important question was when and how he would change his tactic.

?We are ready for our next attack-run.? stated Lieutenant-Commander Hovesk, the first officer of the ?Dominant?.

?Then lets go in.?

----

The Carrack-Cruiser and its two escorts of Corellian-Gunships accelerated towards the formation of the invaders capital ships. Like with the attack-runs before they had to pass the pyramid-shaped battledroids first. The battle-droids were clustered in swarms of two or three dozens and they were the only units of the enemy, that could keep up with the acceleration of the imperial ships.

The ?Dominant? passed the positions of the battledroids with its shields weakened by twenty percent, closely followed by its escorts. Behind the wall of battledroids was the second line of the enemies ships, his fifty meter long gun-ships, protecting the big cruisers. From the original eighteen of those ships only fif

 

No comment?

 

Sorry, havent been online much recently. Glad to see the Ssi-Ruuk arc again after I read the brilliant Refugee.

 

Up!