Spaceshiptember 2022 - Chronicles of the Sillage - First song : "The Newborns"
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"I've seen the footage, tell them that was a nice shot. No idea how the hells the Faleans laid their hands on an SSF, especially with the embargo, but that's bad news. I'll talk to the admiralty about it during the council."
0185.221
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"Thrust stable, seems like those repairs are holding up. What the.. You seeing this Malaar ?"
"Yeah, that's the probe they're sending to that comet swarm they picked up last year."
"Wasn't that scheduled for tomorrow ?"
0065.222
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"The Dersia.3 probe was launched yesterday evening by the Space Directorate of the Paranational Union, the United Herald reports. Sent to study DLL7, a mysterious cloud of interstellar comets, when it enters our system in 8 years,[...]"
0066.222
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"AS42, confirm visual, sling looks good, within what the boys back home calced. Oh, also got a traffic anomaly earlier, out of IS4, a rusty old civvie miner that left without any fplan and is following the probe. Do we intercept?"
0184.226
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Δ225-
- Ayo, 225 here, didn't the scout report the system wasn't populated ? 'Cause I'm defo seeing civ signs.
Ξ471-
- Hmm, imma check with control, 25, hold for a sec.
Δ225-
- Heeey, so, about those locals, I've got good, and bad news...
AS3782.07.21
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"News are still aflame after last week's First Contact by the miner Erius with an apparently Alien ship. The PNU has asked for the population to stay calm, as heavily armed battlefleets scramble to meet the ships entering the system."
0061.227
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"Heya boys, how we doin' today ?"
"Me ? I'm just ringsurfing a gravity assist, no way imma miss showing those Aliens some true speed !"
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"Mayday, this is racing ship Gewon, I've lost propulsion and am heading for an Alien ship, please help !"
0191.227
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"Since first communication with the Aliens last month, the Teams here at the Hemua Complex in western Naalis, have very been busy making a new "universal" docking port, preparing for the first diplomatic encounter planned for early next year."
0211.227
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"The delegations of the Paranational Union and Atreyan Republic as well as the crown Princess of Naalis herself, are already aboard, and you can see the shuttle of the Kingdoms of the Fall currently docking as the Borelia prepares for launch."
0228.227
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Δ225-
-And here we are, did the Council give any instructions ?
Nǣfir-
-Nope, we just introduce ourselves, deliver the warning, offer the usual help for relocation and integration, and ask to get down to the star. Let's hope they get it...
AS3783.05.17
|Φ - We're in position and ready to dock Borelia, our delegation is waiting for your arrival.
// - Noted Nǣfir, our passengers are eager to meet yours it seems.
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Δ225-Nǣfir -
- Well, let's hope they stay that way...
AS3783.05.17 - 0064.228
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Θ517-
Sillage Control, Jumpback complete, group 37 has been dropped near the Gas Giant, at position 331 from meetup point. The seventh Calrihan lifebarge really didn't like the jump though. It's probably not gonna last much longer...
AS3783.05.18
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"It seems the outcome of meeting with the Xenos was important enough for them to jump our ship back to orbit. The Princess of Naalis, acting as spokesperson for the delegation, will address the high council of the Paranational Union tomorrow."
0081.228
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Ξ113-
Sillage Control, 113, confirm visual on a scouting swarm in orbit around AGS337. No visual on the main constituent, that one seems to only...
Wait...
Oh no...
Control, this is 113, we are spotted, request immediate support !
AS3783.06.09
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Δ225-
Ξ113, This is Sillage Defense, I'll be on you in 40 seconds, jumper will drop at 227.518.441 from your path. Don't deviate until I have engaged the swarm and they are after me, we must not risk losing the Jumper. Verify and readback.
AS3783.06.09
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Ω012-
SILC to 225, we've got a Local ship incoming with radars on, can you intercept ?
Δ225-
Heya, still repairing here, imma send a DD, but even if some of their nations didn't like the news, aren't they supposed to be frien-
OH COME ON !
AS3783.06.12
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"It has been a couple months since the Message has been publicly broadcasted by the PNU. Sillage FTL ships have received clearance to charge in the corona of our Sun as the PNU council is still deliberating on what comes next for our species."
0151.228
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"Brothers, Sisters, time has come to make a choice. Everyone now knows the contents of the Message. Our world is doomed. Sillage is currently preparing to leave our system to continue fleeing from the Shadow that has been chasing them for millennia...
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P27.078917-
AUTOMATED REPORT //
SWARM SPOTTED //
CLASS 4 COMBAT SWARM //
557 418 UNITS //
CLOUDING FORMATION //
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AUTOMATED REPORT //
SWARM SPOTTED //
CLASS 5 EXTERMINATION SWARM //
7 418 157 UNITS //
CLOUDING FORMATION //
AS3783.09.19
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"The 3rd meeting of the Emergency commission finished yesterday. Word is that assembly of the drydocks for the fleet is progressing decently while the Sillage has been providing Asteroids for materials and hornache-inducing tech for engineers"
0217.228
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"As the New Year celebrations are starting, spoiled by a bitter feeling of inevitability as many realise this is probably the last one ever, work continues in Orbit, as the Sillage's Jumpers send the first few ships to join the fleet."
0231.228
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P27.078917-
AUTOMATED REPORT //
SWARM SPOTTED //
CLASS 8 EXTERMINATION SWARM //
147 571 281 UNITS //
PATROL FORMATION //
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WARNING //
INBOUND FTL SIGNAL //
ID //
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CONFIRMED //
SWARM CONTROL UNIT //
EMERGENCY REPORT TO SILLAGE//
AS3783.12.21
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"Orbital Tug 1173, I think we've got a free rock here, can anyone confirm?
To all, from Tug 1173, we've got a loose building asteroid entering orbit, please help!
This is 1173, we're pushing it as hard as we can, please help!
Please, anyone."
0018.229
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"THE FALL FEARS THE WINTER"
"Fallout of the accidental Asteroid strike is still being assessed, as rescuers are still searching through ruins in search of survivors.
The Kingdoms of the Fall, the nation most heavily hit by the impact, has called for...
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"THE FALL STANDS AGAINST THE TIMES"
"Following yesterday's announcement that the Kingdoms of the Fall were withdrawing from the evacuation project, the PNU called for an emergency meeting, here in the Naalian Capital, Aeria. The entire evacuation...
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"Hull entry confirmed, good drift
-1000 to stop
Tug 17, check angular drift
-100
All tugs, lower assembly speed to 2
-10
On my mark, all tugs, kill all drift for alignment."
"To all ships, final axle alignment is underway, please stand clear."
0071.229
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ALD-105-
- Seems like it's connected. CAN YOU HEAR ME ?
Ξ318-
- Yeah, yeah, I can hear you ruining my ears. Don't yell on Mains, please...
ALD-105-
- Oh, sorry, not used to tech this sensitive.
Ξ318-
- So. Welcome to Sillage Main Comms,or...
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Ω007-
To All, this is an emergency Sillage alert, Shadow scouting swarms currently entering System, EWR net compromised.
All ships must gather in Alidian orbit for emergency integration. Ark units, prepare for mass refugee influx.
AS3784.09.12
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My Friends, time has come. As the cowards run for their lives, driven to exodus by the xenos they so love, as the scourge they brought upon our beloved world is ripping through the depths of this system, its evil intent locked on our Home, as I see...
And they sung, the songs of the Fallen
And they wept, for their home ground to dust
And they hoped, Eternity in front of them
And they gazed, ever forward, towards the edge
And they jumped, forevermore into the Abyss.
"Chronicles of the Sillage"
Prompt List
My second year doing @VelocityCatte's Spaceshiptember contest/challenge/thing...
Concept is simple : 30 days, 30 Prompts, 30 Spaceships.
This time, the main challenge I set myself was to make an animation for at least half the Prompts, and tell a cohesive story along the month.
I'd say i've managed to accomplish it quite well, and i'm pretty happy with what I managed to make in a day !
Please note that due to the harsh character limit on Artstation image descriptions, 018, 024, 025, 027 and 029 (so all the ones that don't have any date at the end) have had their lore-bits cut. You can see these in full in the original Twitter Thread here : https://twitter.com/voubi1/status/1576298580700065793
