Fiction:Wargames

Wargames are simulated battles that go on mainly for training purposes for inexperienced or new starship captains, however, the Salsetthe Republic has just recently allowed other species to be able to participate in these simulated battles, as long as they comply with their regulations. If you are interested in participating in one of these, feel free to leave a message on the discussion page.

= Battles =

Salsetthe Republic vs. Xhodocto
Known ships participating in this battle:
 * One Xhodocto Colossus
 * Three Salsetthe Escorts

Status of battle: It has not started, yet, as the Salsetthe Republic is still waiting for the Xhodocto ship to arrive.

Salsetthe Republic vs. Empire of the Girdo Galaxy
Known ships participating in this battle:
 * Six Droner-class starfighters (one Wartime Squadron)
 * One Salsetthe Advanced Escort and several Salsetthe Shuttlecrafts

Status of battle: In progress, one Droner destroyed (actually disabled), and one Salsetthe Shuttlecraft disabled.

Progress of battle
The battle begins as the ships take their positions several thousand kilometres away across empty space. The Droners move first. They are in their typical formation - two rows of three fighters, one row above the other, each ship separated from the nearest by about 200 metres. Two layers of shielding activate as the ships begin to accelerate. Their navigational deflectors switch on first, defending them against slow-moving solid objects and electromagnetic radiation, both from radiological weapons and coherent laser beams. These are followed by their shield deflectors, the more powerful particle- and projectile-blocking "force fields".

Their missile launchers take aim at the Salsetthes' ships, and inside these, railguns fire. Twelve supersonic projectiles leave the barrels. Each projectile is a simulated intelligent antimatter missile, and their rocket engines begin to burn to keep their warheads flying on target. All of this takes place within two seconds. The missiles will arrive at the Salsetthes in another five seconds, and the Droners will arrive another five seconds later.

The Salsetthe ships make their first move, cloaking with shields still up, and taking evasive action. Two of the simulated antimatter missiles hits the shields of the Advanced Escort, making the aft shields go down to 90%. The Shuttlecrafts start to fire on the Droners, firing tachyon bursts in an attempt to make the Droners reset their shield harmonics, and in doing so, temporarily lower shields. The Advanced Escort fires an energy dampening weapon at one of the Droners, draining energy from the ship and disabling all subsystems, and then fires several simulated Quantum Torpedoes at the Droner into a vulnerable point in the hull plating, which would've destroyed it if this wasn't a simulated battle. One of the Shuttlecrafts is disabled by one of the Droners but not before it is able to disable the shielding of the Droner that disabled it.