Sinzarmes
From Book 7 - (Subsector-wide Company): Within the Regina subsector,
Sinzarmes provides transport from the subsector's many worlds to the
major trade route worlds. Sinzarmes is also a majot mail carrier,
delivering xboat messages to worlds off the main routes.
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Regency Quarantine Service
In the years following the withdrawal of the Corridor Fleet the Domain
of Deneb Navy & Scout assets conducted a fighting retreat before the
onslaught of the Vargr invasions. In 1125 the frontier of the Domain
had been pushed back to the spinward half of Deneb Sector while the
other half had been reduced to Wilds.
When Norris established the Quarantine (312-1130) the Patrol was
combined with part of the Regency Interstellar Scout Service
(Exploration and External Mapping branches) to form the Regency
Quarantine Service (RQS). Communications (xboat & courier service) and
Internal Mapping functions remained unchanged (within the borders of the
Regency). The RQS soon became a separate service.
The Quarantine border was extended to more defensible positions and is
several parsecs deep to prevent high jump performance ships from leaping
over the blockade. By 1201 this border ran through the following
subsectors:
Deneb: B - G - K - O
Reft: C - B - F - E - I
Trojan Reach: L - P - O
Riftspan Reaches: C - G - F - E
The Scout/Courier ships now available to the RQS were modified to create
Quarantine Cutters quickly followed by the addition of 70-ton Inspection
Launches. The RQS still wasn't able to maintain a virus-proof seal
along the entire border which resulted in the creation of the RQS
Auxiliary comprised of private citizens assisting the patrol of the
border. Later 150-ton Quarantine Cutters (stretched versions of the
Scout) entered into use by the RQS.
The above data on the RQS is pieced together from Survival Margin and
T:TNE manual. The following is my conjectures on tactics of the RQS as
well as some additional necessary assets. For each system that contains
gas giant(s) and/or a world with water present the RQS will need to base
assets able to defend those sites and send messages to other systems in
the Zone. This would include manned bases in position around such
planets and small fighter craft in addition to the ships normally in use
by the RQS.
When a ship arrives at a system within the Zone and is detected by RQS
sensors they will be hailed. If they respond they will be instructed to
rendezvous with either a Quarantine Cutter or an Inspection Launch
depending on the size of the ship. If any problems arise when
communication is attempted the RQS will dispatch armed craft (either
Cutters or fighters who tend to shoot first and ask questions later.
Fighters would be designed with high manuever capabilities and would be
based at all refueling sources.
They would not be launched until a suspect ship is fairly close. This
provides multiple benefits: the fighters have ample fuel, the incoming
ships are low on fuel, the bases are close-by so are able to provide
heavy fire support (Particle Accelerators and Meson Guns). Another
option would be to replace some or all of the fighters with remotely
piloted vehicles operated from the base.
Finally should incoming hostile forces overcome an RQS base there must
be some means for notifying other nearby systems. This is accomplished
by maintaining a small unmanned station outside of the 100 diameter zone
which contains jump torpedoes. When RQS forces are nearly overwhelmed a
signal is sent to the station which then launches all of its torpedoes.
Each torpedo is preset to enter jumpspace at the proper time. One
torpedo is sent to each nearby system. As part of the notification
signal additional data can be transmitted and sent with the torpedo such
as compostion of enemy forces. When the torpedo arrives at its
destination it begins broadcasting its message to RQS bases. This
system is a response to the Rape of Trin and currently only 1 in 3
systems are equiped with these stations.
Next: The RQS in 1200 and beyond.
PBJuzyk
Reading, PA
Terra/Solomani Rim (1827 G867975-8)