Incoming transmission...
ID: Aoi Oono.
Location: Corinth, Omega border worlds.
Encryption: "Fortress"
Topic: "Corinth" alteration.
Good morning, Mr. Vertiga,
You might remember me, and my vessel from the battle with the Cult of Technology above planet Atka in Hudson. Given i have access to all communication bursts coming out from Sparta-2 and my brother, i have recently noticed him inquiring with you about certain weapon blueprints of rare and experimental weaponry, used primarily on battleships.
This raises a question - would you happen to come across some blueprints or samples of similiar technological odds for cruiser class vessels? I would gladly take those off your hands. For a formidable sum of credits, of course.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
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Neural Net ID EZRAELVERTIGA
Good morning, Miss Oono.
I recall your ship being a Fearless-class Zoner Destroyer, is that correct? I do have four weapon blueprints available for ships of this size. You will find a catalogue attached to this transmission.
Each blueprint can be obtained for a sum of 100.000.000 Credits. In return you will receive the complete blueprints including resource requirements, construction manual and installation manual.
Incoming transmission...
ID: Aoi Oono.
Location: Corinth, Omega border worlds.
Encryption: "Fortress"
Topic: "Corinth" alteration.
Good morning, Mr. Vertiga,
It is quite pleasing to see such a quick answer. We've reviewed the attached catalogue, preliminary analysis shows Blaster turrets and Ion Blaster as too specific weapons of choice, as such, we will not be acquiring their blueprints as we have little to no interest in them. Repeater and Mauler, however, showing much higher potential for usage on "Corinth", thus, we will be taking those off your hands. Just tell me the account name to process the transaction.
On a side note: if you happen to have any of actual samples in possession - we'd gladly purchase them as well.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
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Miss Oono.
Please forward the 200.000.000 Credits to the following account: Seductive.Rover
You will receive the blueprints attached to the next transmission once the payment was registered.
Still, you haven't replied on my second question: do you happen to have any actual samples of those fascinating odds, so-called 'cruiser codename weapons'?
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
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Pardon, Miss Oono.
The production of those weapons is sadly extremely costly, and so far there was no reason for us to produce any of the non-battleship turrets. We once scavenged a cruiser Heavy Ion Turret and generally would sell it for 600.000.000 Credits. However, as you said yourself, this turret is rather specific in use.
The blueprints for the Mauler and the Repeater are attached to this transmission. Good luck with the construction, Miss Oono.
Very little information is available about this weapon, but it appears to be a cruiser equivalent of the Battleship GALE Cannon, which implies that it shares the backstory of that one. Which means not even those who found them know who made those. We however have the plans to build them ourselves now. Speed between Mortar and Heavy Mortar, range is more than two Ks and the damage is quite heavy. Pretty useful if we had a cruiser for those.
Cruiser Heavy Slot Turret
Type Neutral
45.000 Hull Damage
22.500 Shield Damage
62.500 Energy consumed per shot
0.50 Refire
750M/s Speed
2100M Range
I'm sure people would pay well for those turrets. They are a good alternative to Light Mortars.
Rapid-fire cruiser weapon of unknown origin. This "Repeater" turret is an allrounder weapon, suitable for use against a wide range of targets. It is technologically closely related to other cruiser weaponry of its type, but calibrated for a much higher fire rate. With other words, whoever did this, knows how to tune-up weapons.
Cruiser Heavy Slot Turret
Type Neutral
4.900 Hull Damage
2.450 Shield Damage
59.848 Energy consumed per shot
3.03 Refire
1.000M/s Speed
1.700M Range
Range is good enough to annoy battleships with it, while the speed is fast enough to hit gunboats if not even snubs. State of the art.
Incoming transmission...
ID: Aoi Oono.
Location: Corinth, Omega border worlds.
Encryption: "Fortress"
Topic: "Corinth" alteration.
Good morning, Mr. Vertiga,
Should you change your mind - i certainly will cover all the expenses, and might even provide you with some pieces of the data stored since the last appearance of Cultists and the intrusion of infected Liberty "Overlord"-class dreadnought in Hamburg.
Let me know if you change your opinion, Mr. Vertiga.
Perhaps, if you do not wish to produce the mentioned weapons with my investements yourself - you might direct me to some group capable of doing this and open for orders?
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
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We do have a workshop on the Apahanta for the production, maintenance, repair and modification of capital weaponry, however this is more of a question about the resources. If you are able to cover the material requirements (//the Sci-Data) entirely, we could produce the things on my ship. Alternatively, Mr. Steffens of the Sparta-2 must have found a way to construct the turrets based on the blueprints I sold him as well.
I also heard Battlegroup Harmony in Bering is producing a variety of weaponry and you probably should be able to make a deal with them. The people of Bering don't like to see foreign capital ships there, so you might need to contact them via neural net first. What you can't cover in terms of material could be shouldered by them for a monetary compensation.
Another option would be Livadia Shipyard or the Junkers in Puerto Rico. The former may or may not be overburdened with the repair of Nephilim-class vessels, the latter happen to be extremely busy. My last transmission to Arbiter Rick Tiltman took them half a year to reply to. Quite funny. Both Vieques and Livadia should at least have the space and the tools for the construction of capital ship turrets.
Incoming transmission...
ID: Aoi Oono.
Location: Corinth, Omega border worlds.
Encryption: "Fortress"
Topic: "Corinth" alteration.
Good morning, Mr. Vertiga,
I am grateful for the provided information. With the circumstances, the best bet would be Harmony, but we will keep you in mind - should we be able to acquire the necessary amount of materials.
Until next time, Mr. Vertiga. It was a pleasure to make your acquitance.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.