conversations.from: system
conversations.value: 2256: Earth has moved out into space making use of mathematical 'Tramlines' between stars that facilitate near instantaneous 'jumps' along the tramlines. Mankind has colonised a few dozen worlds and is slowly expanding outwards. 
  
  Many worlds have been colonised by particular earth-bound nations capable of interstellar travel. USA, Russia, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UK and European Unions all have successful and thriving colonies, many other nations have combined their resources to create worlds for the African Federation and the Unified Islamic Nations.
  
  Of course, mankind has a habit of turning on itself and there have been many interstellar conflicts and squabbles. Most major powers have their own fleets of ships. Carriers, Cruisers, frigates and escorts as well as advanced Starfighters and bombers. 
  
  In the early years of 2256 contact was lost with the colonies of Caledonia and Jerusalem. Snatches of transmission hinted at ships of unknown configuration.  The first tentative battles with alien forces resulted in sudden and catastrophic loss of life for the ships involved. The aliens had access to powerful beam weapons which modern ships were not equipped to cope with. 
  
  The nations of earth hurriedly put aside personal conflicts to form a coalition of spacefaring nations. Pooling resources to form a Unified Defence Force. This united fleet will form the tip of the spear to any defence that Earth and its colonies might be able to put in the field. 
  
  Enter the HMS Vengeance. The last of a breed. Huge, heavily armoured and built for a war that never happened. Many saw the ‘Old Lady’ as a ‘has been’, a weapon that was never needed, her commander little more than a caretaker to a floating museum. But her armour is thicker and stronger than anything else in space. 
  
  Suddenly, the Vengeance was at the head of any requisition list. She was outfitted with the best weapons mankind has to offer: Powerful railguns capable of flinging solid projectiles at incredible speeds, missiles and nuclear armaments and, for defence a point defence network of smaller projectile cannons and high intensity laser turrets. Within six weeks, The vengeance became the most formidable weapon mankind had at its disposal. 
  
  She is slow, but she can take a pounding and keep going. Equipped to hold six squadrons of Starfighters, she may just be Mankind’s best shot at hitting back. Pilots, crew and engineers are drawn from across the globe. The latest fighters, bombers and recon scouts brought in. Now the time has come to head a unified fleet to seek out the aliens and give them a bloody nose.  Perhaps if we can show them we are not to be attacked lightly, it will slow their offensive and give us time to build more ships. 
  
  You are the pilots recruited to Vengeance’s number 1 squadron; if you can pass the advanced training, that is. Each of you has skills to bring into play, and you will play a hugely important role in the battles to come. 
  
  Time to saddle up and face your destiny. 
  
  ***
  
  **Inspirations**
  
  Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, The Lost Fleet, The Last ship. Ark Royal, Honor Harrington, Wing Commander computer games, Space Above and Beyond, Star Wars. 
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The New Kid: You're fresh out of Academy, but you have good scores and are one of the best and the brightest of the new batch. 
  
  Restricted to Midshipman rank. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reservist: You did your tours, but now they have drafted you back into active service. They need your exerience.
  
  Rank Lieutenant of higher.  
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Maverick: You don't always follow the rules. but you get results. You've been busted a couple of times, maybe by now you'd have made squadron leader if you could have kept yoour impulses at bay. 
  
  Max rank - Lieutenant
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Steady Hand: You've survived by skill and by knowing when not to commit. Perhaps you could take a few more risks, maybe that's slowed your advancement. But you're a steadying influence with the younger pilots. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Jazz Man: You have style. You make flying look so easy. You're pretty smooth on deck as off it. You like to enjoy the perks, why not? You earn it bu risking your life every day.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Gambler: You take too many risks, one day it will get you in trouble. But you always seem to make it back by the skin of your teeth. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In the Shadow: Your parent was a legend. One of the best. You have a lot to live up to. If only you knew whether you got here on your own merits, or on their legend.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fish out of water: Your experience of flying fighters is quite different due to your culture/background. This is going to take some getting used to. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Angry One: You've already lost people in the conflict. Either on Caledonia or Jerusalm, or on one of the ships destroyed in the early engagements. You want to hurt these aliens and make them pay. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hot Shot: You are one hell of a marksman in the cockpit. You hardly ever miss. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lucky: You just seem to always just make it out by the skin of your teeth. Somone is looking out for you. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tactical awareness: You have a better than average spatial awareness. You seem to be able to get into the best poitions to do what needs to be done. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dogfighter: You know how to mix it up and get the advantage in one on one fighting. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cool head: You never lose it, it gives you an edge. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A little bit of crazy can be good: You sometimes make what seems like insane decisions, but there is method in your madness. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Light touch: Your ship reposndes to your every move, its like you become your ship. Your maneuvers are instinctive and inspired. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Textbook: You've studied tactics and dogfighting from times gone by, its taught you a few interesting tricks you can bring to bear. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Worries: You are desperately worried about loved ones, partners, family. It can distract you from the job. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Chip: You have areal chip on your shoulder. It can get you into trouble. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anger: It's always there, bubbling below the surface waiting to boil up. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Confidence: Your natural confidence is slipping, your self doubt is rising. You're afraid of losing that edge. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Arrogant: Your arrogance might be justified, but people will want to take you down a peg…and you might not see it coming.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Post-Traumatic Stress: You tell yourself you can manage the impact of the trauma, but yet it manifests when you least expect it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Itching for a fight: You’re overly eager to use violence to solve a problem, no matter how small, even if that results in things going worse for you, your party, and allies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inexperienced: You’ll learn, eventually. If you live that long.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: On the rise: You're looking to use this crisis as a way to get ahead and rise up through the ranks. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fame and glory: You wanna be a hero, what's the harm? 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Put them in their place: Aliens thought they could dquash humanity? Time to learn a hard lesson about us. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Defender: Make a differene, protect those you care about. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keep it secret: Shhh, don’t slip up. They won’t look at you the same way if they really knew who you are and where you came from.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Weary: The fighting has worn you down. Regain the perspective you need in order to keep fighting.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A new life: This is a chance to start again and rebuild something you can be proud of. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: CAG William FitzPatrick: A kind faced man but with an aura of command, he walks with the ease and confidence of a man who has earned his place.
  
  Very British and stiff upper lip.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Captain Nathaniel Blake: A grizzled man of around  fifty years, he has a quiet presence which demands attention and respect. Although his last seven years have been somewhat under a cloud due to being assigned to a relic. What did he do wrong?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: New Beginnings: It's time to start making friends, or at the very least finding out who might not be a friend. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: HMS Vengeance RC-18: The Old Lady, huge by modern standards and sheated in thick layers of armour plate, she nevertheless has a certain elegance and simplicity on design. The vessel has Port and Starboard launch tubes  with twin landing strips to the fore. 
  
  She is heavily armed with rail guns, gauss cannon emplacements and short range, high intensity rapid laser turrets for point defence. She also carries a formidable complement of conventional and nuclear weapons. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Merlin Starfighter: Fast, Agile. Armed with twin Gauss Cannons and ship to ship missiles. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lancelot Scout: Advanced ECM, lightly armed and armoured. fast and sneaky. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Excalibur Fighter/Bomber: Heavily armed, slower, but tougher, these ships are armed with long range torpedoes for attacking larger ships.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Drone Squadron: fast, agile and small, hard to knock out with your gauss cannon unless you get up close and personal. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bombing run: You need to take out the larger drones with dummy torpedoes and missiles. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wasps!: They are slower, but far more maneuverable and they are out to prove they are better than you. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ace: You were born to fly and fight. 
  
  What takes hours of training for most comes naturally to you. 
  
  Dogfighting in space is were you truly come alive.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Analytical Mind: You know how to plot coursse and anticipate most moves. 
  
  That gives you an edge
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jadded: People die. That as been part of.your life for too long. 
  
  You have a hard time making yourself feel for others and their plight. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reconnect: You know that a piece of what makes you human is missing. At the same time this missing piece makes you a good pilot. 
  
  You ll do anything to reconnect those two before it kills you. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Meek: You struggle to assert yourself, even when you know you're right.  To avoid arguments, you often let others make bad decisions instead of correcting them.  After all, you wouldn't want to upset them, right?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Distinguish Yourself: You want to earn your own reputation, whatever that may be.  You're not necessarily out for glory, you just want to be given due credit for your accomplishments and achievements.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Maverick: You don’t always follow the rules, but you get results. You’ve been busted a couple of times, and maybe by now you’d have made squadron leader if you could have kept your impulses at bay.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hot Shot: You are one hell of a marksman in the cockpit. You hardly ever miss.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Confidence: Your natural confidence is slipping, and your self-doubt is rising. You’re afraid of losing that edge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A New Life: This is a chance to start again, and rebuild something you can be proud of.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No Hesitation: He isn't cocky or reckless, but he trusts in his skills and his orders and reacts without a second thought.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bit of a death wish: He would never admit it, even to himself, but those around him might wonder if he is trying to get himself killed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sense of duty: Growing up in a modern, thriving Canadian city he had always loved stories of the frontier and the wars in space. When the call came out for able bodied youth, he put his easy life behind him to risk his life for his world and loved ones.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Revenge: The aliens will pay for what they did to you (twice).
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Old Timer: Yeah, you're old, but your planet needs defending, and the Vengeance is the best place to do it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Veteran: You worked on a colony ship as part of its local military, rising through the ranks and eventually retiring, an array of skills now carved into your old brain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Old: Let's be honest, Ageism is still a thing. Your age is going to be a major disadvantage in the eyes of your superiors, and you having several years on them will unnerve them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Comeback: You were a good soldier, and then you retired. Now you want to be a great one.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Military poster-child: You've got quite the story, and UDF intends to squeeze everything they can out of it--and you. They use you as a recruiting tool and a source of propaganda... but can you live up to the hype?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Uncanny: You fly like no one else-- like no one else *should* be able to fly, that is. Not with grace or flair or elegance, or even particular tactical genius. No, you fly with a direct, ruthless precision that's almost... inhuman.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unwanted notoriety: Oh, they know you all right. They know you, and they've *all* got an opinion. Some call you a *freak.* Others say you're the future of warfare. Either way, prying eyes--and unrealistic expectations--follow you everywhere.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A home in the stars?: It'll never be like it was. Does that mean there's nothing else? Yeah, your old life may be gone, but if you're smart, if you're tough, if you're lucky... maybe you can build a new life out here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reservist: You did your tours, but now they have drafted you back into active service. They need your experience.
  
  Rank Lieutenant or higher.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Experienced Pilot: Stealth operations, Hot landing zones, dogfight maneuvers, intense, unmentionable, and dangerous operations and even a crash landing. This isn't talent, this is the result of skill honed in a variety of harsh situations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Post-Traumatic Stress: Your achievements and skill haven't come without sacrifices, without casualties. You tell yourself you can manage the impact of the trauma, but yet it manifests when you least expect it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Defender: Make a difference, protect those you care about. Or at least whoever is left.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unorthodox: The only reason you've studied all the rules is so you know how best to break them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rusty: One of these days you'll be a bit too slow, a bit too close, and then it'll all fall apart...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The New Kid: You’re fresh out of Academy, but you have good scores and are one of the best and the brightest of the new batch.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Light Touch: Your ship responds to your every move. Something clicks in your head when you get in that seat and suddenly it's as if you *are* the ship. Your maneuvers are instinctive and inspired.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The New Kid: You’re fresh out of Academy, but you have good scores and are one of the best and the brightest of the new batch.
  
  Restricted to Midshipman rank.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Inexperienced: Green. Eager. Utterly clueless of what *really* lies ahead.
  
  You’ll learn, eventually. If you live that long.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What's Past Is Past: This is it. A way to rise up through the ranks. Your family's service record may be grim, but you won't let that stop you from reaching for glory.
  
  History doesn't always repeat itself, right?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Back in the Saddle: You lived for this once. You'd better recapture some of that old *joie de vivre* if you're going to have any chance at keeping everybody alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reservist: You did your tours but now they have drafted you back into active service. They need your experience, even if you feel more comfortable behind a desk than in a cockpit.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guarded: You can be a little touchy, and you find it hard to put your trust in others.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Underdog: For various reasons your career has been littered with setbacks. Maybe now, in this time of chaos, you can distinguish yourself.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Versatile: You are agile and creative, and in your long career you've turned your hand to many roles and skills.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get the job done: People like you don't get the glory. Recognition and accolades are for hot shot wunderkinder with famous last names. Forget being a hero and do the damn job.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Degree of Force: Your focus at the academy (besides reprimands) was electromagnetism. It was meant to allow you more time around the gauss and coilguns, but over the years you actually picked up a thing or two about practical ferromagnetics.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reputation: You're well known thanks to your reputation - or someone else's.  This can be troublesome as often as it is beneficial, but today it's a benefit. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notoriety: Your name has preceded you in ways you would have rather avoided. Is it any wonder you take any precautions possible to avoid either sympathy or that awkward, "Hey, is it true you're like cursed or something?"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stand Off-ish: Others see you as unapproachable or unfriendly.  Whether that's accurate or not doesn't matter - you give the appearance of not wanting to interact with people, reinforcing assumptions about you having a superiority complex due to your family's reputation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Awkward: You’re easily thrown in social situations.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Team work: Many ones are weaker than one of many.
  
  You are trying to make the team work together and for that you need to take the lead.
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Vigilance: The observant sentry will protect more than the dozing giant at the gate. Or atleast he'd be able to take effective action before the other does.