Here comes the Helmetus (Etti IV)

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Dartka was bored, very bored, and he had heard that the Levantine Sanctum patrolled space was filled with space hippies that could be easily squashed under his mighty size seven wide black boot of doom. He was enroute to Etti IV and prepared to land his force and bust through their defenses like JDF through the fourth wall.

"Colonel Sandurz!?" Darthka said in his deep awesome voice that was actually nasal and weak to ears not his, "ETA to Etti IV and my epic victory?"

"Ten minutes sir."

"I'll be in my quarters."

"Should I have a do not disturb sign up while you play with you dolls sir?"

"Feth you Sandurz!" Darthka yelled pulling his lightsaber, "They are tactical ACTION FIGURES! GOT IT?!"

"Yes sir!" SuSandurz said cowering

"EVERYONE ELSE GOT THAT!?"

"Hail Helmetus!" the crew said as one.

"Fething right hail me." He said as he went to play with his dolls.

Fleet Structure:
2 Imperial Star Destroyers: 72 starfighters each (144 total)
2 Corona-class frigates
4 Vigil-Class corvettes
4 Assault transports

1st Helmetus Legion structure
Legion general breakdown:

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Legion—9,813 units: 4 regiments each (9,812 units: 8,192 troopers and 1,620 officers) led by a high Imperial Legate (Self)

4 Regiments: 2,453 units: 4 battalions each (2,452 units: 2,048 troopers and 404 officers) led by a lieutenant colonel.

16 Battalions—613 units: 4 companies each (612 units: 512 troopers and 100 officers) led by a major.

64 Companies—153 units: 4 platoons (152 units: 128 troopers and 24 officers) led by a captain.

256 Platoons—38 units: 4 squads (36 units: 32 troopers and 4 officers) led by a lieutenant and a sergeant major.

1,024 Squads—9 units: 8 troopers, including a corporal, led by a sergeant.

Regiments:

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1st Assault Regiment:

2 Mechanized Battalions (512 troops, 121 assault craft, 40 speeder bikes each)

1 Armor Battalion (500, 30 tanks, 20 heavy walkers, 55 light walkers/tanks/assault speeders)

1 Infantry(Line) Battalion (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

2nd Regiment:

2 Infantry (Line) Battalions: (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

1 Special Missions Battalion: (512 troops, 100 combat officers, Equipment varies as needed)

1 Mechanized Battalion: (512 troops, 121 assault craft, 40 speeder bikes each)

3rd Regiment:

1 Armor Battalion: (500, 30 tanks, 20 heavy walkers, 55 light walkers/tanks/assault speeders)

1 Artillery Battalion: (96 light artillery pieces, 48 heavy artillery pieces, transport craft, 1 Heavy weapons company (128 troopers, 24 officers))

2 Infantry (Line) Battalions: (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

4th Regiment :

1 Artillery Battalion: (96 light artillery pieces, 48 heavy artillery pieces, transport craft, 1 Heavy weapons company (128 troopers, 24 officers))

1 Mechanized Battalion: (512 troops, 80 assault craft, 41 light walkers, 40 speeder bikes each)

2 Fighter wings: 10 flights of 4 fighters each (3 flights of bombers(12), 6 flights of fighters (24), 1 flight of recon/spotter craft (4), personnel 40 pilots, 25 sensor techs, 25 controllers, and 60 ground crew, 150 total), 2 Infantry (line) companies each.

 

[Livia Maddox]

Much to [member="Darthka Helmetus"] 's inevitable surprise, there was in fact, at least one non-hippy in the Levantine Sanctum. The stern and cross (and madly talented with eyeliner, mascara and lip liner) naval Captain sat in her command chair aboard the Levantine Sanctum Assault Ship Sikke Vahan and assorted smaller escort fleet. An Ensign brought her a delicate teacup and saucer which held the liquid gold she loved almost as much as her bosom pal [member="Ilias Nytrau"]: a gorgeous Goddess of Compassion tea.

"Red alert! Chief Officers to battle stations. Lock down non-essentials and raise deflector shields."

It was the only compassion she owned, and the only compassion she would show to Darthka Helmetus and his entourage.

"Comm, send a message to [member="Chloe Blake"], [member="Jorus Merrill"] and associates and give them the coordinates of the invasionary fleet. Tactical, weapons systems online. Scramble gunships and fighter crews."

"Channel open, Captain."

"Captain Maddox to Captain Merrill, Commander Blake and Levantine Sanctum persons on Etti IV, there is an invasionary force coming across. We're transmitting their coordinates and projections now. The Sikke Vahan is engaging on their position, but there's more of them than there are of us. We require assistance. I'll hold them off. Captain Maddox out."

"Channel disengaged, Captain."

"Helm, put us on a trajectory perpendicularly diagonal to the planet and the enemy fleet. Comm, open a channel, full holo."

"Channel open, Ma'am." The fleet of Darthka Helmetus would receive a visual and audio live feed to the elegant, well trimmed Livia Maddox, her blonde tresses bound at the back of her scalp in an intricate braid. Her full lips were touched by a velvety pink-red tint, her eyes swathed with a brush of elegant smoke. If she smiled, she would be a beautiful sight.

"Unknown Fleet, this is Captain Livia Maddox of the Levantine Sanctum Assault Ship Sikke Vahan. You have illegally entered our space and are threatening our planetary holdings. Disengage from your current trajectory. Simply put gentlemen, we shall stop you. We are not defenseless and we are not afraid. This is your warning. Disengage from your course of action. Go home, before I send you there in pieces."

Livia held her teacup up to her lips and sipped the hot beverage, slipping the cup down to the saucer with an elegant slink of her wrist. Her cold blue eyes stared straight at the holoprojector. "You have five minutes to comply."

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Darthka Helmetus"]

Darth Kahel'metus -- a name with deep heritage, cognate-linked to obscure corners of the ancient Kissai tests. A name of fear. There could be only one response.

The Terminus-class starfighter was a lovely ship in its way, a two-seater retro Silk design with enough composite-beam ball mountings to concentrate one to three beams on virtually any incoming vector. The pilot was another Levantine patroller, a woman well-suited to the ship and probably better trained. Shule had the guns.

The Terminus exited hyperspace from a Laekian vector -- he'd been on Kyrikal when Maddox's priority comm came in. The Terminus was his assignment for the moment, courtesy of the Levantine patrol authorities to which both he and Maddox answered.

He waited until the airwaves cleared. It took a while.

"Captain Maddox, this is Master Shule Windspeaker in Terminus designated Blast Corona. We are moving to engagement distance."

 

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[member="Livia Maddox"] [member="Shule Windspeaker"]

"All hands to your stations. All hands to your stations." The cyclic alarm blared in the hanger and pilot quarters where DS-12-6 had been resting. The artificial ultraviolet lighting reflected off the view ports of the helmet as DS leapt from the rack and began jogging to the hanger bay to take out the supremely designed TIE interceptor.

In a controlled scramble the many pilots and crews rushed to their stations and prepared to deploy on Lord Helmetus' command.

 

[Not Ordo]

Duke Decimus Meridius was not present in person but in each of the four regiments in Helmetus' ground forces was a scaled down version of his prototype assault tank. The heavy vehicle with it's 220 mm of frontal armor and 180 mm of side and rear armor would be a formidable piece of field armor but he needed it field tested. The vehicles may never reach ground but with out a doubt the readings that were transmitted to Decimus would be invaluable just the same. If fielded they would be tested in full before he would activate the self-destruct and leave nought behind. If the transports were destroyed he could record damage sustainability and move on.

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Image Source: Here

Intent: To create a limited production Heavy Assault Tank.

Development Thread: In progress - (Help Welcomed >.>)

Manufacturer: CRI

Model: Tracted Heavy Assault Tank

Affiliation: Empire

Modularity: No

Production: Limited

Material: Durasteel, Plasteel, Neuranium coating, Alusteel, Duraplast

Role: Heavy Assault Tank

Height: 6.3 m

Length: 13.5m

Width: 8.4m

Weight: 319 tonnes

Minimum Crew: 4

Optimal Crew: 10

Propulsion: Tracked

Top Speed: 30KM/H

Armaments:
1 Main Cannon (TBD)
1 Short Range Cannon (TBD)
2 Automatic grenade launchers (forward)
1 50 cal top turret
6 repeating blaster emplacements


Squadron Count: 2

Passenger Capacity: 0

Cargo Capacity: Ammo only

Misc. Equipment:

Description:

Primary Source:

 

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[member="Livia Maddox"] [member="Shule Windspeaker"]

The warning klaxon blared a blare of blaring as they prepped to exit hyperspace. Darthka stood and put away his Ayden Cater and Aaralyn Rekali action figures, he'd look for their cloths later (those two got wild). He slammed his face shield down and walked out just as the were exiting hyperspace, the swirling bluish mass gave way to annoying bright light. In a snap the light ran from the dark infinite black like a little punk and they were faced with an incoming fleet.

"Da Frack?!" Helmetus said loudly, "how did they know I was coming? "

"Hyperspace relays perhaps sir."

"I bet you 20 bucks it's a chick."

"Sir they use credits now."

"Imperial bucks are worth more than credits in my galaxy Sandurz."

"Aye, sir."

"Better be "aye, sir" Sandurz." he said looking at the man from behind his mask, "is it a bet or not 20 stupid credits."

"Deal, Lord Helmetus."

"Sucker."

Soon the two frigates and four corvettes moved into point positions with the 4 Assault ships between the two star destroyers.

"Deploy all fighters and have the assault ships halt engines. Get the tractor beam crews of both destroyers lock on to as many fighters and drop ships as possible and wait for intructions."

"Sir there is a fighter inbound from another vector."

"Have our corvettes watch but don't engage until ordered."

"Incoming transmission Lord Helmetus."

"Put it through."

""Unknown Fleet, this is Captain Livia Maddox of the Levantine Sanctum Assault Ship Sikke Vahan. You have illegally entered our space and are threatening our planetary holdings. Disengage from your current trajectory. Simply put gentlemen, we shall stop you. We are not defenseless and we are not afraid. This is your warning. Disengage from your course of action. Go home, before I send you there in pieces."

Darthka turn to Sandurz and held out his hand. Sandurz stared at the woman and handed 20 credits to the galactic emperor.

"How did you know sir."

"Women always sense me coming."

"Captain Maddox, I am Darthka Helmetus, Galactic Emperor, you are operating in sovereign Space without a license. That makes you a pirate or a rebel. You are also wearing enough paint to decorate my bridge that makes you either a clown or a toy. Power down your ship and surrender now or you will be broken agaisnt the might of my splendor. You have six seconds to comply." he waved a hand, "close the channel."

"Sir she's kind of hot."

"I will gut you Sandurz, so help me." Helmetus said, "get me some caff and all power to tractor beams. Angle 35 degrees....now full power reverse polarity. Throw the fighters and drop ships over their fleet and have fighters engage from their rear flank. Assault ships are to land and lay siege to their Capital."

"Aye, sir."

Fleet structure:
2 Imperial Star Destroyers: 72 starfighters each (144 total)
2 Corona-class frigates
4 Vigil-Class corvettes
4 Assault transports

1st Helmetus Legion structure
Legion general breakdown:

Spoiler

Legion—9,813 units: 4 regiments each (9,812 units: 8,192 troopers and 1,620 officers) led by a high Imperial Legate (Self)

4 Regiments: 2,453 units: 4 battalions each (2,452 units: 2,048 troopers and 404 officers) led by a lieutenant colonel.

16 Battalions—613 units: 4 companies each (612 units: 512 troopers and 100 officers) led by a major.

64 Companies—153 units: 4 platoons (152 units: 128 troopers and 24 officers) led by a captain.

256 Platoons—38 units: 4 squads (36 units: 32 troopers and 4 officers) led by a lieutenant and a sergeant major.

1,024 Squads—9 units: 8 troopers, including a corporal, led by a sergeant.

Regiments:

Spoiler

1st Assault Regiment:

2 Mechanized Battalions (512 troops, 121 assault craft, 40 speeder bikes each)

1 Armor Battalion (500, 30 tanks, 20 heavy walkers, 55 light walkers/tanks/assault speeders)

1 Infantry(Line) Battalion (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

2nd Regiment:

2 Infantry (Line) Battalions: (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

1 Special Missions Battalion: (512 troops, 100 combat officers, Equipment varies as needed)

1 Mechanized Battalion: (512 troops, 121 assault craft, 40 speeder bikes each)

3rd Regiment:

1 Armor Battalion: (500, 30 tanks, 20 heavy walkers, 55 light walkers/tanks/assault speeders)

1 Artillery Battalion: (96 light artillery pieces, 48 heavy artillery pieces, transport craft, 1 Heavy weapons company (128 troopers, 24 officers))

2 Infantry (Line) Battalions: (512 troops, 100 officers) 4 companies: Aurek(infantry), Besh(infantry), Cresh(heavy weapons), Dorn (Reconnaissance)

4th Regiment :

1 Artillery Battalion: (96 light artillery pieces, 48 heavy artillery pieces, transport craft, 1 Heavy weapons company (128 troopers, 24 officers))

1 Mechanized Battalion: (512 troops, 80 assault craft, 41 light walkers, 40 speeder bikes each)

2 Fighter wings: 10 flights of 4 fighters each (3 flights of bombers(12), 6 flights of fighters (24), 1 flight of recon/spotter craft (4), personnel 40 pilots, 25 sensor techs, 25 controllers, and 60 ground crew, 150 total), 2 Infantry (line) companies each.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

[member="Darthka Helmetus"]

Etti IV was probably the most heavily fortified planet in this quarter of the galaxy. White Current-cloaked hypevelocity guns (their operations helpfully duplicated by White Current copies located a couple of miles away from each installation, an infinitesimal distance by fleet standards) began to spit. And oh, did they spit. Flurries of slugs at fractions of c, aiming through small gaps in the shutter-shields -- aiming for the dropships that had both the HV guns and the planetary shields to contend with. Various hyperroute exit points had guns of their own (including, if anyone had thought of it, the exit point where Kahel'metus had appeared), and the planet boasted defense stations of various makes and models. Etti IV was totally the worst.

Into the sea of worstness sailed Kahel'metus' contingent.

"I sense an immense darkness," said Shule.

"Seriously, Windspeaker, talk like a grownup." That was his pilot; he had the guns.

"It's darkness and it's immense. Not sure how else to describe it."

"Does this immenseness have a location?"

"The Star Destroyer on the left."

"Our left, or their left?"

"Our left."

"Well, he's sandwiched his escorts between his ships of the line and committed all his fighters to a double envelopment of Captain Mascara-"

"That's how she likes it."

"-so we're clear to approach. You want front and center?"

"Right by the viewport. Close enough to wave."

"What'll you do then?"

"Wave."