>Rundown of the Gemini Fleet
The Gemini fleet consisted of:
12
Pisces Destroyers
30
Odysseus corvettes
40
Aeolus II cruisers
Approximately 1000 fighters and bombers
This represented about a third of the GTVA's available fighting force at the time, and the population of a large city. The fact that the fleet was assembled from fighting front-line forces in less than two weeks, then immediately dispatched, was no less than a strategic and logistical miracle.
>Casualties suffered by the Gemini Fleet
Casualties were very high. By the time a command center was found, Half of the fleet was gone. Another third was lost in the battle to take the command center.
>Method of locating the Command Center
The command center was located using a combination of monitoring Shivan communications and recon using stealth fighters.
>Probability that Shivans aren't just playing possum while their brethren gather a few galaxies worth of more Shivans to come down on your insolent arse like a ton of red and black bricks?
Not impossible, but considered extremely unlikely. This question was raised during the initial debate about the taming, and it was pointed out that any deception by the Shivans made no logical sense. Their capacity was, and still is, more than sufficient to entirely eradicate humanity.
The question of whether other Shivans exist, untamed and unaffected by the virus, has not been resolved. The possibility is certainly there, but no sign of them has been found to date. If any were encountered, Terran strategy would most likely involve using the tamed Shivans against the hostile ones.
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> Has there been contact with any living extra-terrestrials besides the Vasudans and Shivans? If so, when and where?
There are no records of any new species contacts since the end of the Third Shivan War. It is presumed that if any advanced civilizations were present, they must have been destroyed by the Shivans.
Despite this, in recent years there have been a number of unsubstantiated rumors from the newest colony worlds. The stories usually take a form involving the discovery of primitive or semi-primitive artifacts. None of these stories have ever been substantiated, to the great frustration of xenoarcheologists. Trying to trace the rumors has always resulted in a dead end. The most likely case is that there are civilizations out there that have not yet discovered subspace and attracted the attention of the Shivans.
> Request: Do Shivan historical records exist?
No Shivan historical records have ever been found. It is not believed that there are any records to find: their creators never gave the Shivans any urge to record history. All we know about Shivan history is what has been extracted from the minds of individuals, and amounts to little more than a creation mythos. They know that they were made by the Creators, and tasked to purge the galaxy of those who would threaten them.
> Query: Recent threats to current Terran government.
Addendum: Please include threats both internal and external.
There have been a few minor border disputes among the new colonies, several of which threaten violence. Tamed Shivans have been dispatched to keep the peace, in many cases over the objections of the colonists. Many of the colonies, especially the older ones founded before the taming of the Shivans, still want nothing to do with the Shivans and resent their presence in any degree.
Official statement from the office of the President:
"At this time, the New Terran Republic does not recognize any credible threat to the future of humanity, except that which comes about through our own internal divisions and strifes. We are using all available assets to ensure the continued safety and prosperity of every Terran citizen and colony."
Query- Pisces class destroyer
The Pisces-class destroyer was designed to be the backbone of the Terran fleet following the Second Shivan Incursion. Specifically, it was designed as an effective counter to ships like the Sathanas juggernaut and Ravana destroyer. The long-range railgun and beam weaponry was a crucial part of the design, but still more critical was a new generation of jump engine allowing greater precision in jump coordinates and shorter spool-up times. The Pisces was designed to engage ships with more powerful weaponry through tactical subspace jumps into a weakly defended area (such as behind a Sathanas), do credible amounts of damage, then jump out again before the target could effectively respond. The Pisces destroyer, and the lightning-attack tactics it facilitated, were crucial to both holding the line during the Third Shivan War and the final Gemini Offensive.
Query- What is the reigning the Terran power called?
After the GTVA was disbanded, Terran governance was reorganized as the New Terran Republic.
