Quick Maps: Star Tracking "Battle for the Pacific"

 

Star Tracks 2025: (fifth page) The U5S Pacific

 

The Mercury Class star-vessel is the most common for DERP echelon missions

U5S NKC25 the Pacific is one of six "Patrol Speed" vessels in the Charlie Quadrant (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta... and so on) of the United Star Systems Alliance. The area happens to be one that Earth Central is charge though Terrans only make up about 30% of the starfaring populations in it. Its how the USSA does things. Having the less than dominant species in a sector take responsibility for defense and order while their homeworlds are looked after by their peers brings understanding and trust to a whole new level. 

The Pacific
Designed to be deadly and never be too close to port. Capable of FLAT drive as well as Interstellar Travel speeds 1 through 5, maybe 6 (Warp).

Ship Stats:
Mass: 160
Speed: 75
Maneuver: 100
Offense: 90
Defense: 120
Armor: 80

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 Travel Speed- 1 through various higher numbers depending on technology aboard the starfaring ship. Often called "Warp," the number following the mode is how many light-years are traversed in ten hours. "Travel 1" equals one light-year in ten hours, and so on. 
An Astronomical Unit, or just "Subspace"- Around 93 million miles traveled in the course of ten hours.
Half Subspace- A unit of Subspace traveled in twenty hours. This is known as "Patrol Speed," when vessels are scanning the areas around them.
Orbit- The spacecraft slows down enough to maintain what is colloquially called a "stationary orbit" around a larger object.
Fall- Speeds where the spaceship is effected by the gravitational forces of the masses around them. Also called "Pond Speed." 



Navigation

Hawaii Zero
   Earth's interstellar maps are considered some of the better maps that aren't kept secret by their makers of known space. Earth Central is the starting point of the official United Star Systems Alliance maps. Coordinates are in order of the X,Y, and Z axes. and those integers are where locations are in comparison to "Hawaii." The Sol Star System the center, if not actually at its center, of the USSA and home of the U5S military and governmental ministries. 

Space Routes
   Most of the time straight lines just aren't helpful. There's a lot of stuff that just is in the way. On top of that the stars and whatnot that are visible to planet's night sky just aren't where they appear to be anymore. Now that Faster-than-Light travel is actually a thing, finding out where the objects are in real time (so to speak) takes a lot of exploration. So because of this, starship exploration of the galaxy tends to resemble the Age of Sail, where gravitational masses moving along varied vectors replace currents and environmental conditions. 

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"Golden" 
    Space Fleet crew wearing gold uniforms are at the top of their class so to speak. Commanding star-faring vessel is in their plans. (Player-Character must have an ACC above 16)

"True Blue" 
    Space Fleet crew wearing blue uniforms are very accomplished scientists. They might even have a whole lot more training than the other crew around them.  (Player-Character must have an INT above 16)

"Green Beans"
    Space Fleet crew wearing green uniforms quite proficient in their fields of practice. They do, though, tend to be extra hands outside of situations concerning their specialties.

"Redheads" 
    Space Fleet crew wearing red uniforms are drilled in tactical proficiency and trained in Engineering. Most are bucking for promotion into the Golden and aren't afraid of some conflict to get there. A smart few really dig engineering. 

"Tangerine" 
    Space Fleet crew wearing orange uniforms are very accomplished warriors. They might even have a whole lot more training than the other crew around them.  (Player-Character must have an STR above 15)








Star Service
   It's not all Space Fleet in the USSA parts of the galaxy. 

Space Fleet "FLEET" Ranks

Admiral- 10
Commodore- 9
Captain- 8
Executive- 7
Lieutenant- 6
Chief- 5
Senior- 4
Junior- 3
Crew- 2
Recruit- 1

Tactical Force "TACFOR" Ranks

Marshal- 10
General- 9
Colonel- 8
Major- 7
Captain- 6
Commander-5
Sergeant- 4
Corporal- 3
Troop- 2
Boot-1

Colonial Integrated Institutional "CIVI" Ranks

Governor- 10
Representative- 7
Mayor- 5
Agent- 3
Local- 2

The Alliance Way
After the Tantrum Wars of the 21st-22nd centuries and the overreactions of the 23rd Century's Earth Central "revolutions," the Terran system needed to evolve. Luckily humanity had met enough alien species to realize perhaps their human problems were a bit exaggerated in the scheme of things.  
   The United Star Systems Alliance (the USSA) is done with arguing about structures of power in its interstellar territories among its leaders. Assigned ranks accompany any branch of the USSA Star Service. When orders from Central Command are absent, up to ten leaders of disparate groups will come together to discuss how they want to handle whatever is going on. This is within a predetermined time frame set by the two highest ranking individuals attending. No branch will be excluded from the decision making and all the highest ranking representatives must be present. The ranks of those leaders will determine how many votes each of those participating has in comparison to the other participants.