No, they're all running in parallel, I sort of switch between them. I really need to get back to work on Twist of Fate, Chapter 1 is halfway complete and it's by far the closest to a release.
And here's something different, story fluff! From my species.tbl:
Name: GTD
Shima (GTD 114)
Namesake: Admiral Hikari Shima (2290-2371)
Laid down: 31 January 2384
Launched: 7 July 2385
Commissioned: 8 July 2385
Homeport: 5th Fleet Headquarters, Beta Aquilae
Commanding officer: Admiral Samantha Bragg
Status: Active
Class:
Titan-class destroyer
Displacement: 11.2 million tonnes
Length: 3032 meters
Beam: 933 meters
Height: 697 meters
Propulsion:
5 x Rocketdyne QW1001 ion engines
32,144 x Han-Ronald AC32 RCS thrusters
Acceleration: 8.7 G
Power:
3 x antimatter annihilators
5 x fusion reactors
Range: 120 months travel at peacetime energy usage
Crew: 12,481
Sensors: Classified
Electronic warfare systems: Classified
Armament:
5 x Mk 17 heavy beam cannons
5 x Mk 23 medium slashing beam cannons
7 x Mk 4 anti-fighter beam cannons
6 x GTM-93 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)
7 x twin-linked GTW-67 heavy plasma turrets
4 x GTW-40 standard flak cannons
7 x GTW-66 light plasma turrets
Armor: 320,000 SDU
Complement:
36 x GTF Perseus
24 x GTF Eos
12 x GTF Ares
24 x GTF Leto
12 x GTF Alves
12 x GTB Artemis
12 x GTB Danaus
12 x GTB Boanerges
12 x GTB Gagana
5 x GTS Hygeia
5 x GTT Elysium
20 x GTEP Hermes
156 combat spacecraft, 30 non-combat spacecraft, 186 total
Motto:
"Nemo me impune lacessit" ("No one provokes me with impunity")
The GTD
Shima is the flagship of the 5th Fleet headquartered in Beta Aquilae, and one of the most prestigious ships in the entire Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance. The
Shima is named after the GTVA's greatest hero, Admiral Hikari Shima, who as commanding officer of the GTD
Bastion, led the taskforce that destroyed the SD
Lucifer during the First Great War, and after her retirement in 2258, served on the GTVA General Assembly until her death in 2271. As the heirs to the legacy of Admiral Shima and the GTD
Bastion, the crew of the GTD
Shima are some of the finest and most dedicated personnel in the Alliance.
The
Shima was one of the first of the new
Titan-class destroyers, the most heavily-armed destroyers currently serving the GTVA. With a total of 17 beam cannons, the
Shima's firepower rivals that of a
Ravana-class destroyer. She holds 13 full squadrons of fighters with a total of 156 fighters and bombers, an increase of 12 over the smaller
Hecate-calss destroyers. Before the Reunification War, the
Shima served with distinction in several peacetime anti-piracy operations, and is now spearheading the war to retake Sol.
(yeah, that's right, you blew up the Lucifer and Admiral Shima on the
Bastion got all the credit. What are you going to do about it?
)
