TheTraveler007 Registered User
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(10/31/02 12:17 pm)
The war
After taking out the colony on the out skirts of the system, the demon clan begain to mobilize for the possible event of a counter attack on the home system. The top ten generals of the clan started to plan for the invasion of the New Eden system and the reclaiming of territory lost in the first war with them. Each was given a task wich was to be done by the time the leader got here.
"Lord Dralnu is comming to this planet. Why would he leave the safty of the home world to come to this place?" spoke one of the gen. General Sprok was the youngest to achive this high a rank in so fast a time. Killing the person who had it befor him might have helped alittle too.
"Yes he will be here in three days and tell us the main plan for taking out the Earth systems defensive grid, and if the Mimian force is something to worry about or not." This was the man that was second in command next to the leader himself. The gen. was called Crovex. The name in the native tounge ment pain.
The other generals were called Garth- third in line and the best at explosions, Benjal, master at the sultal art of pain, Joval, the beast keeper. He could hunt a man down on a planet in three days with one of his best trackers. Next is Cristal, the first femal gen and the leader in assassinations. Her sister is the Red rouge on board the S.S.Nightmare. Silor is the other female gen, she took the job after killing the leader of a resistanc movement on New Eden during the time they held it. Botic is the only alien gen on the councile. He got the job in exchange for some high teck stuff he made. He has a lab in side one of the planets. The last gen is the only other a.i.robot to leave a system and live more then a year out side the military control line. After killing the crew on board the ship he was on he took the name of Death.
Mobilizing the fleet into five units and ten sub units, each general took command of the unit he was given and started the war for the old systems.
General Steven Landon, placed in overall command of the Earth Forces, stalked through the long corridors of the command ship, his junior officer one pace behind.
"As soon as you get to Limbo, liaise with the Commander of the SilverHawks forces and Admiral Situ, if she's arrived. You're going ot be leading whatever team we can get into the field from Limbo, so be sure you know who you're working with, and for heaven's sake, stay on their good side. There's no room in this disaster for anyone's ego to get hurt. Do you understand, Commander?"
"Yes, sir," Commander Buchanan replied immediately, repressing a sigh. "I just don't want to let you down. Field work has never been my strong point." She cast a quick glance around the corridor, ensuring they were alone. "I don't want to lose you," she said softly.
Steven stopped and turned to face her. "Aurora, you know i'll be fine. And with the attack on the fleet at Pluto and the Mars attack, I need someone I know I can trust covering my flank. There's no one I'd rather have there than you. There are already questions about whether or not we need to pull back some of our resources to cover the inner system. For the moment, there's still enough support behind the idea of taking the war to the Demon Clan that I can get the ships out. If things were to change, we could find ourselves with a war on two fronts, and as it is, we're going to be cutting it very close. We can't afford to lose, Aurora. This Demon Clan is ruthless. The Duchess's stories had half the Planetry Senate scrambling for the toilets. We've got no choice. We have to win."
Edited by: Moonhawke at: 11/2/02 3:02:14 pm
TheTraveler007 Registered User
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(11/2/02 2:41 pm)
Re: The war
With the war in full opperation and heading to the Limbo galaxy, one of the generals is heading for the New Eden system. With him goes about four carriers and five battel ships, six cruisers, and three cloaked space subs. The latest in the fleet and only slightly touchy. Each of the carriers carry about four hundred space fighters and the carrier also has a full marine troop drop system that will decend to the planet to wage a ground war if called for.
"Capton. Why have me not shot into hypper space yet?"
"General Benjal sir. We have some unfor seen problems. The main reactor is acting up and......" Befor he could say another word he was fried to a crisp.
"I have little need for any of this and even less for excuses. You there what is your command and rank?" he asked a female passing by.
"Sir my rank is what ever you wish it to be after seeing that little demenstation."
"Very good. Take over the repairs of this ship and get me when we reach the target system. Is that understood!"
"Yes sir!!" and whith that she sprinted for the main engine room to kill the enginer.
Re: The war
It seemed everyone was being pulled into this war with the Demon Clan. Even the peaceful Planet of the Mimes, known as Tampala by it's natives. It had been millenia since the Mimians had been involved in an intergalactic war, and yet it seemed thier involvement was inevitable. The Demon was attacking those they had trade agreements with and they knew if something wasn't done, thier ecomony would surely be affected. The Chitau from each of the four continents came together and decided to send troops led by Admiral Bani Situ of Mua country to help their freinds and business partners.
The Mimian fighters may be small, but they have surprisingly powerful weaponry and also had the advantages of speed and great manuverability. The Admiral quickly headed to Limbo Galaxy to meet with General Landon. She also planned on asking Commander Quicksilver if he minded lending one Hawk in particular to the cause. When dealing with an evil such as the Demon Clan Pirates, they figured they could use all the help they, hopefully from the Child of Light. She is the Hawk called Sundance.
Edited by: Detia1 at: 11/4/02 2:48:04 pm
Re: The war
An aide rushed up to General Landon just before he entered the Conference room with Commander Buchanan. "News from the front, sir," he panted, handing over a sheath of papers.
Steven flipped through them quickly, then swore. "Damn," he spat, handing the stack to Aurora. "We're going to have to restructure the fleet before it splits," he told her. THe door to the conference room slid open and he stormed in, Aurora a step behind him.
He reached the front of the room and waved the other unit leaders back into their seats.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation with the Demon Clan has undergone some serious changes in the last few hours. Intelligence sat photos suggest that the Demon Clan fleet has split, and while we don't have any kind of confirmation, all indication point to the second force heading straight for Haven Galaxy and New Eden. What this means it that the New Eden forces will not be joining us on the way to Leggos and Tartus 3. Instead, there wil be a quick reorganization of forces, and then I will take the Sahara to New Eden to support their forces there, while Commander Buchanan will continue with her original mission aboard the Kalahari to Limbo to rendezvous with the Mimian and SilverHawks forces. Ideally, the Sahara and the Royal New Eden forces will be able to push the DC's back toward Leggos and we can catch them in a pincher maneuver. However, there are some other considerations to keep in mind." He turned and gestured to Aurora, then sat in his chair at the head of the table.
Aurora stood from her chair on his right. "There are a number of variables still present in this action, things at this point we simply cannot quantify. One is the pirate Raven Blackwing. We have confirmation now that he was responsible for the Pluto and Mars attacks. However, we still do not know if he was acting alone, or on some kind of mission for the DC's. At this point, we are unwilling to take chances, though. If you witness a hostile act on the part of the pirate Blackwing, you are authorized to fire.
"The other consideration is the group of long-standing criminals in Limbo Galaxy, known as the Mob. Normally, standing orders to apprehend and imprison if possible would apply. In this case, though, we will not be wasting that kind of time. Again, orders are shoot to kill if you witness a hostile act. Don't wast your time trying to catch them. It's not your job, and it hasn't worked in the past anyway."
"What will Commander Stargazer have to say about that?" one of the commanders asked.
"Our latest reports say that Commanser Stargazer died during service. We don't know exactly who's running the show up there, but it's more than likely one of his first set of officers." Steven waved for Aurora to sit, then stood and continued. "The lists coming up on your screens now are the reassignments for certain units. If your crew isn't on the right ship, get them there, now. We leave in an hour." He looked around at the stunned faces. "That's it folks. Get to work." He waited until the room had cleared, then squeezed Aurora's shoulder gently. I'm sorry I had to put it so bluntly."
"It's not your fault. He never knew," she said quietly. "Mother never wanted to tell him."
"Are you sure you can do this?"
She nodded. "I'll be fine. Covering your flank, remember?" She looked up at him, and he thought he recognized the look in her eyes. "So we have an hour?"
He nodded.
"Got any plans?"
He nodded again, moving his hand to lift her from the chair.
"I was hoping so," she whispered huskily.
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 52
(11/4/02 12:15 pm)
Re: The war
The D.C.P. fleet neared the red planet of Hades in the system of New Eden. The planet offered very little in the way of defensive fire from the surface. With the help of jamming vessels sent ahead of time to dissrupt the signal for aid from New Eden, and it forces. The pirate fleet had little to worrie about.
"Send in the shock troops and start the rearmament of the planet for possably attack from th enemy. Next get me the leader, I wish to tell him we have taken the first planet in the system." ordeared the gen. to the rest of the command staff.
"Yes sir" came the reply from them all. The shock troop ships started their decent to the planet and the lead scout fleet whent to intercept the resupply vessel that was still enrout to the planet. The last thing to go up was a new piece of military hardwere.
"Deploy the mirror screen and send the fleet behind it." said genBenjal to the rest of the staff that remained to take futher ordears.
"What is the mirror screen sir? I was not told about this when you gave me this post sir." Spoke the new young captain of the ship.
"The mirror screen is the latest device we have in our arsonal. A thin sheet of mylar that send all signals back at the source or away from the source of the signal. The other application is that if you look from far away, all you can see is wide open space. The perfect sheild for anything that comes at you and you wish to hide."
With the fleet behind the screen and the shocktroops taking over the colony, this was going to be a short war.
Re: The war
When news of the imminent rocket launch went out, there was a scramble inside Hawk Haven to stop them.
"There are 6 of these things about to take off," Commander Quicksilver stated, pacing in front of a schematic for the rocket. "We have to destroy at least 3 of them, those bound for Bedlama, the station and Fense, before they can impact. Then and only then can we turn our attention to the outbound rockets. The Steel Twins have been exhaustively researching these things since we last encountered one, and they've made some headway. SteelWill, come up here and explain it." He stepped back, and SteelWill took his place.
"From what we can tell, this is the same kind of weapon Mon*Star's used before, trying to destroy the Earth. We know from what happened then that the missile won't work as planned, we think. However, even a partial explosion could be devastating. Fortunately, the weapon has a weakness, thought it's going to take some precision flying and shooting to take advantage of it. We'll need at least two teams, one stationed just inside the Lightyear limit, ready to hit the Fense-bound missile as soon as it appears. The other tem will be responsible for taking out the two missiles heading this way. After that, we track down and try to hit the others before they get too far away." Will sat down, and Jon stood up again.
"That's about it. You all have your assignments. Now get to work, and good luck."
The 'Hawks raced for the hangar, splitting into teams as they went, the Copper Kidd and Hotwing pairing up on the Space Racer, and the Twins and Bluegrass heading for the Mirage. The two ships raced neck and neck down the launch tunnel, splitting up when they hit free space.
"Good luck, guys," Hotwing called.
"Same to you, Houdini," Bluegrass called back.
In the end, they were only partially successful. The 'Kidd and Hotwing had caught up with their target, and thanks to a little magic, were able to stop it dead in space and easily destroy it. The Mirage team tackled their first missile with ease, but the second was almost to Hawk Haven when it exploded, and it peppered the station with clattering debris for hours. And between the two teams, two of the outbound missiles were destroyed as well, but there was still a third planet in danger out there. And damned if they knew which one it was.
Re: The war
(Note: I'm assumming that the news reports came in before the mirror thingy was set up.)
Things were tense after news of the Demon Clan Pirates hit Ducal Palace. It seemed to escalate day by day. As the news of the increase in army recruits (amongst other things) came in Steele, feeling he owed Zan, wanted to do something. He remembered his friend, Marsh, was part of the Plun-Darrian millitary. If he was still alive he most likely retired and owned a plot of land on a claimed planet. Still, he had to try and contact him, Steele knew of no one else that had even the remote posiblity of helping. The snake man just hoped he was doing the right thing.
In between evacuation drills and his duties the snake man found time to talk to Ambrosia, the fledgling genious.
"Did you say your friend's name was 'Marsh'?"
Steele nodded.
"I read about a Plun-Darrian general called Marsh and his fleet who broke away from there goverment in 2667."
"Was this marsh a boa constrictor?"
"I can't remember if they said."
"If it was him he would have been in his two hundreds then. We were hatched around the same time."
"I could send a looping message on an open channel, but the pirates might get it."
"We developed our own language as kids. I think I can remember enough for a quick message."
Two days latter a reply was waiting. Steele could hardly beleive his eyes. There was an audio reply in the secret language. He could only translate a few lines about how Marsh still had his battle carrier with most of it's pods in tact and that he wanted a reply.
Steele sent one and he and Ambrosia waited by the data pad this time. When a message came back they were greeted this time with audio and visual.
It was indeed the helm of a Plun-Darrian battle carrier. Marsh sat at the controls along with a vulture woman and rat man.
"I've spoken with my crew and we've decided to go and at the most die as mutants should- in battle." Marsh said wearily.
Steele could see he looked older than he should with his share of scars. He nodded in reply figuring that was what he couldn't translate.
"We are all long tired of drifting in space. It with be good to see a war again." Marsh continued with a light coming to his eyes.
"General Marsh, you need cordinance to New Eden." Ambrosia cut in.
"Gods, Steele, do you have children?!" Marshe laughed.
"No, sir, I'm a fledgling of the Ducchess of Huntington."
Marsh still had a grin as he shook his head.
"You and I are giong to have to catch up later on. And, yes, send the cordinace, fledgling."
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 56
(11/5/02 11:53 am)
Re: The war
On the hellish planet called Hades. The pirate clan has taken hold or the prison at a higher then expected cost.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY FOUGHT BACK! WHY? Did you tell them they were free to join the clan in exchange for their freedom? WELL, speak up for crying out loud." Bellowed general Benjal.
"Well sir they belive that exchanging one prison for a hellhole is not that good a deal. And since most of them remembered what we did to them the last time we had this system....... they decided to fight back." she said and quickly turned and ducked in respons to the gun blast that should have come. There was no blast. No strick to her at all and no word of hate at the failed attempt to get the job done right.
"Well if they fight us, and we fight them, we loose on three sides. First time,second resources,and third," and at this he turned and gave a wicked sort of grin to the girl,"Cannon fodder for the mining colony. Oh well. Gas the whole alot of them with sylex 5 gas. That should send just the right response to the rest of the known races that we mean buisness."
The look on the young womans face was so enimic from the sudden loss of blood you would have thought she allready had one foot in the grave. With the clan every one has one foot in the grave and the other in some dead foe.
The clan then spread to the minning colony on the far side of the planet. With heavy hoover tanks and specal jamming rigs they took the colony in four to five hours and at a small lose to the clan. Some of the minners did escape to the far reaches of the planet and started to get better organized. The leader of this new resistance movement was called Balvazar. He was the toughest one of the bunch and was probably sent to the wrong station on this planet.
"Well we have the planet secured, oh great leader sir. The lost to the clan was so small not even to note on my report. The loss of the prison though took me at a shock and I have delt with it as well. Are the other generals doing has well sir?"
"Yes and no." and with that he ended the ftransmission.
Re: The war
In a reinforced bunker deep under a mountain in the Bedlama countryside, Aurora sat at the head of a conference tabe, flanked on either side by fighters seething for battle. They were all looking a bit battered, the helter-skelter dash from the station as the missile-toting asteroids moved in having taken its toll. The deep core of the asteroid into which Hawk Haven had fitted had protected them from the first salvo, but the missiles had slowly chipped away at the rock, and they had evacuated once it was clear that the missiles would finish the place. Commander Quick had almost been caught inside, choosing to activate the autodestruct rather than allowing the Clan's rockets to blast it to a frozen husk then raid it for any useful data. Governor Xander, grievously wounded before the evacuation, had to be left behind, serving as a martyr and rallying point for his people.
Slowly, Aurora stood, ready to make an announcement. "We have suffered terrible losses already in this war. An entire flight wing of fighter craft, a colony station full of people, and a quarter of the population of Mars, a good man who led his people by following what he believed. And we will lose more before this is over. But it must end, and it must end on our terms. We now know that the Mob is working with the DCP, and recent reports show that the Penal Planet has erupted in violence, prisoner fighting prisoner. At this point, we have two options that I can see. We can try to put out the brush fires the Caln is starting, or we can focus on our main goal, to push back and eliminate the Demon Clan Pirates. As we speak, a battle group is preparing to meet up with the forces from New Eden to assist them in pushing the Clan out of Haven. It would be nice if we were ready to apply pressure on the other side when the time comes. My understanding is that we have a large contingent of Bedlamian troops ready to assist in any way possible. Now, all I need to know is, are we going to do this?"
Re: The war
Upon the first word of the re-appearance of the Demon Clan, plans that had been created for this eventuality were set in motion. The youngest Crown Prince and Princess were set to Antaria with their bodyguards to be hidden away and protected, along with the children of the heirs, or the heirs themselves of the varous fifedoms. Also amongst those that were evacuated was any child under the age of 10. The High speed Rail system was shut down and the trains were parked in the center of the tunnels. And any sensitive documents were packed away and sent off to an unspecified location.
Those that were fully trained in the Military were already aboard their assigned ships. Those that were still in training were also shipped off to their assigned ships to complete their training. The local militias were armed and read should the Demon Clan make it down to the planet. Many of the Civilians had already formed up into groups and left for pre-arranged locations outside of the cities.
Prince Marcus took his place on board the King Nicolas II, Queen Makala stayed on New Eden. Lord Stefen took his position on board the Queen Katrina where he could be easily reached by those that needed him. Duchess Zan was offered a place on one of the other two ships, but she turned it down in favor of her own ship, the Huntington.
"Lord Stefan, I thank you for the Offer but I am staying aboard the Huntington. You know what my plan is," she said.
"Yes, I do and I wish you would re-consider. We are going to need everone in order to defeat the Demon Clan once more." Lord Stefan replied.
"Aahhh but this way, you and everyone else should have fewer DCs to worry about."
"And if you fail?" he asked.
"Then I will see you in hell!" She shot back with a laugh. "Good Hunting my lord."
"Good Hunting Your Grace. Don't forget to bring me back some trophies," Lord Stefan said with a gleam in his eye.
Duchess Zan gave a salute then signaled for the transmision to be cut. "Please give me a connection to all ships in my fleet. Thank you." A moment later, in every ship under her command the general signal came over the speakers. The Comm officer nodded that they were connected. "Ladies and gentlemen. I will not gloss over what we are about to undertake, nor will I claim to be anything other then what it is. We are going to go after those So called Demon Clan pirates and hit them where it hurts the most. Their own home system. I intend to take this war to them. To hell with waiting around fretting and worrying about when and where they are going to attack. I already know that every single one of you asked to be posted aboard the ships under my command. I also know that every one of you have some type of personal grudge against the Demon Clan and I understand that. I even applaud you. Ladies and Gentlemen. For those of us about to die, We Salute you! Death to the Demon Clan!"
On every ship wild cheers went up at those words. "DEATH TO THE DEMON CLAN!!!"
That was the signal for the Hunter-Seeker Fleet to leave.
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Standing on the Command Deck, Lord Stefan watchted the images of Duchess Zan's fleet leave the Haven system. "Good luck Zan."
A junior officer approached Lord Stefan. "Pardon me My Lord, but we have recieved a signal. Genral Landon is approaching the Haven System and wishes to meet up with us as soon as possible."
"Thank you. Signal back the co-ordiantes for the mee-" He was cut off by the sudden alarms. A few moments later they were silenced. "What was that?"
One of the Higher ranking officers came rushing up. "Sir! Data has just come in. It was relayed through the Trans-Space Data Pods." The officer gestured to one of the screens. The events they watched unfold were hours old by the time it reached them. On the screne was a distance view of the Mining and Penal colony called Hades. The saw the ships that could not be mistaken for anything other then a Demon Clan ship.
"I hope most of those that had family there had them evacuated prior to this." Lord Stefan commented softly.
"Yes sir, Reports shows that 75% of the Mining colony personel left a week prior. All that was left was in effect a skelaton crew. Volunteers only that had no family to worry about. I have the names of those staying in one of the data terminals."
"Good. Be sure that that information is added to the list for potential ship named in the future."
"As you wish Sir." Said the officer. "Though I do hope that we are able to remove those names when this is over."
"Somehow I doubt that we will beable to," Lord Stefan said softly. "Hades is Destroyed." Pointing to the screen.
Everyone that was watching gasped as the moon started to spin, slowly at first but gaining speed. It started to wobble visibly on it's access before suddenly glowing brightly and exploding outwards. Huge chunks of rock hurtled outwards at speeds greater then any ship could reach from a stand still.
Lord Stefan bowed his head, whispering a silent prayer to aid the souls of the lost ones on their journey to the other side.
"What was that? How could a moon just explode??" asked a young, inexperienced junior aide that happened to be on the command deck.
"The core of Hades was discovered to be a highly explosive ore. A hand ful is enough to destoy most small metors. A pound can blast apart even the toughest astroids. Let us hope ladies and gentlemen that the sacrafice those men and women that stayed behind made, has given the Demon Clan a bloody nose. Let us hope and pray that we can continue that job and destroy the Demon clan."
There was silence though out the command deck. Then from somewhere, someone said the words that was the rallying cry of Haven. "Death to the Demon Clan!"
"DEATH TO THE DEMON CLAN!" Everyone Replied in a cheer.
Lord Stefan just smiled ever so slightly. He did not have false hopes that it would be an easy war.
When the Demon Clan was sighted at Hades Ducal Palace was finally really evacuated (other plans all over New Eden were also put into effect.)
After getting to the girl's dorm Ambrosia attempted to send an update to Marsh. Her signals keep bouncing back.
"Great, they've already set up a jamming system."
Steele was keeping any eye on Kali as she help some of the fledgling settle. Ananda was with her and visably upset that half of their charges were evacuated off world.
"They know where to come thanks to you. and Zan's already out there ready to fight. Maybe we'll get some luck."
Ambrosia's look of frustration softened a bit.
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Meanwhile just beyond the boarder on known space Marsh's carrier, the Terron, was on it's way off Dalo, an outpost planet.
"Sir, according to the star chart updates I've just uploaded we're about a day and a half from a wormhole that will put us near the Haven system." the vulture woman, Marval explained.
"Though time is of the essecnce, I'm not sure it would be wise to take Terron through a wormhole." the rat man, Tuyen, countered.
"I remember the last time and only minor repars had to be made. We should arrive in Haven ready for battle." Marsh assured.
"Sir," Tuyen continued insistantly. "That was fifty years ago the carrier's seen a bit more since then."
"I understand your concern, but we have little choice. And I have faith in the Terron. We are taking the wormhile."
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 58
(11/6/02 12:06 pm)
Re: The war
On the home world of the demon clan, a lonely man is waking around in circles. The same thought keeps running through his mind and wonders how did they know we were comming and do I have a mole. Well he thought, two can play this age old game.
Leaving the throne room behind the leader of the clan went to the main intel office and asked for an update.
"What news of the war effort?" he ask so calmly.
"Not good my lord. The make shift base on the moon Hades has just been taken out and the attack on the Hawkhaven base did not go according to plan."
"What happened?" he said with aggrevation in his tone.
"The moon seems to have self desturcted and the base was blown to ity bity bits....sir. The fleet was stationed just out side the main planets orbit and only lost a third of the ships. The Hawkhaven base was destroid just like you wanted, just with out the commander and the Aurora woman. We lost them some where on the surface of the planet, but don't worry they still have not found the mole we have there. He will tell us where they went and when to attack. The only loss that is a little too much is that General Benjal is dead."
"Well tell the cloneing vat to make another one and send him to me for his new instructions. Then send the go for the gate keeper project to start and send the word to hit Earth and New Eden now. What of the mob. Did they send the missiles out to the targets like we knew they would?"
"Yes sir they did. the hawks how ever destroid all but one and that one is in rout to the mimian home world. Why are we attacking them any way sir?"
"I truly hate the way they sing. too high pitched for me and simply just a waste of space."
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The fleet on the far side of the planet that Hades orbited saw the shock wave come from all around the planet. The mirror sheild bounced off alot of the rays, before sucoming to it's wounds. The lead ship, a carrier class, was destoried taking every last one down with her. Including gen Benjal. The remaining fleet now fully visable on the scanners of the enemy fleet, decided to attack them first and hope they would take out the the lead ship befor the rest of their fleet was obliterated.
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Mean while in the Earth solar system a strange new typ of ship was starting to transform. This ship was sleek and had a large bulb on the back of two large arms. The arms started to slide out and then down to the icy reaches of space. When the transformation was done the ship looked like one big picture frame in space, with out a bottom. The main drives on board started to come on line and sent a spacile wave distortion around the arms of the ship. In the Tartus3 system a disstortion feild was forming in front of one third the main fleet. This fleets soul purpose was to try and take the Earth solor system and hold it till new supplies came, or the war ended.
KM20 Registered User
Posts: 119
(11/7/02 12:52 am)
Re: The war
The Terron was through the wormhole with only a bit more damage than last time. This was greatly attributed to the mecnical duo of Gamal, a monkian, Kadar, a reptile, and their team who always kept the carrier and pods in good condition.
The days and hours went by and nearly finished repairs continued.
"If we didn't break away the whole lot of us would get medals for keeping this old carrier in opperation for so long." Gamel remarked as he search for a tool.
"The Terron would have been decomisioned by now." Kadar countered as he screwed something in place. He kept his tail outstreached waiting for the next tool.
"I still can't believe that we left the borders. If we get caught we'll either be executed of sold as slaves."
"Plun-Darr's proably forgotten about us."
Gamel made a face that said 'I doubt that' as he found the tool Kadar needed and handed it off to him.
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The mess hall was a buzz of activity towards the end of the day. The crew was dressed in their old military attire instead of the civilan clothes they picked up on outpost planets. Within the excited accounts of old war stories and the Demon Clan Pirates of the adults were the first battle jitters of the younger members of the crew.
Lupe, a canine, was barly a hundred was born on the ship and like her friends had never seen a war.
"Wonder if our parents were like this at our age."
"Even if they were they wouldn't show it... Not mutant-like." sniffed Chal, a vulture a few years older than Lupe.
"We've trained you and you've all learned well enough." a woman could be heard saying.
Lupe and Chal turned to see Darnell, an emerald boa and the best fighter pilot on the ship. She looked more imposing than ever in her slightly worn looking military garb. Both hoped they were ready enough because they'd be in Haven tommorow.
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About the middle of the next day the Terron finnaly reached the Haven system.
"Sir, I getting shock wave readings from area of the ninth planet." Marvel informed.
"A moon has exploded?!" Marsh said with surprise.
"Should we attempt to contact Steele?" Marvel inquired.
"Yes, open a channel. Perhaps he and the fledgling can update us."
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The safe place was full of cheers as the news came in. the first signs of victory. Ambrosia stayed by her bed upon hearing about the mirror system being destroyed. To her surprise a call was just coming in.
"Hello." Ambrosia said with a smle seeing Marsh.
"Fledgling, where is Steele?"
"He talking to the Duchess. And my name's Ambrosia."
"Can you tell me what's happening?"
"Yeah, Hades blew up taking a Demon Clan base and their jamming system with it."
"Can you open communication with your Duchess's fleet?"
"She's gone, but I can let you talk to Lord Stefan."
"Very well."
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"Who are you?!" a junior officer exclaimed when he heard a young girl's voice on the comm.
"I'm Ambrosia, a fledgling of Dutchess Zanastasia and I need to speak to Lord Stefan."
"What? Why?"
"With the assistance of the Duchess's Lord Senechal Steele I've contacted help."
Re: The war
After things had settled down somewhat on the Command deck Lord Stefan handed control back over to Captian Orion Storms and returned to his office to speak with his Antarian Bodyguard privately.
"What happened Kyeshar? The destruction of Hades wasn't suppose to happen. We were going to mount a rescue attempt and if that failed THEN blow the moon," Lord Stefan spoke as he paced.
Kyeshar was considered a typical Antarian by looks. Pale creamy skln and light purple hair with irridecent highlights, slinder and of an average 6' height. "We don't know." she stated.
Stefan gave her a sharp look. "I thought your people were able to forsee most events...."
"Some of us may beable to look into the future, but that does not mean that what we see will happen. It is in constant motion," she said.
Stefan shook his head and ran a hand though his fine white blonde hair, absently removing the hair-tie as he did. "I need to get a hair cut." he commented ablsently as he settled in his chair behind the large neo-mahogany desk.
"Don't. I like it that way," Kyeshar said as she gracefully moved up behind him, running her hands though his hair. Only a few knew that the pair were part time lovers. His children even approved after their mothers death. He needed to move on with his life and Kyeshar was, like all of the other Antarians, excellent at keeping secrets.
Stefan just snorted softly then sighed. "Any thoughts on what happened? And does anyone realize just what Hades distruction means? The reprecuions of a planetiod exploding will not be light."
"Most likely the ones that held the secrets were fearful of dieing without letting anyone know about it. And the ones they told decided to act before anything could be done. A Pre-imitive strike against the Demon Clan." She said standing back up and relaxing against the wall behind him. "Very Mytar like. Ultimatly foolish though."
"Tell me about it. I need to have someone do a forcast on just what the destruction of Hades will cause. Besides the danger to incoming ships that is." He would have went on, but a beep from his desk com interrupted him. "Yes?"
"Lord Stefan, There is a young girl by the name of Ambrosia on the line. She claims to be one of Duchess Zannatasia's fledglings. She claims to have contected help and wishes to speak with you. Do you want me to have her call back later?" The junior officer asked.
"Ambrosia you say?"
"Yes Sir."
"Put her on."
"Yes Sir." A moment later Ambrosia's voice could be heard over the line.
"Lord Stefan, I've got help on the way. A friend of Lord Steele's who happens to beable to help."
"Ambroisa, I do hope this isn't one of your little jokes. It's not the best of times my dear." Stefan commented.
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In The Mimian systen, Admiral Situ's forces hadn't even made it out of the system when she got news of the happenings in Limbo. SHe had also received intelligence that the Demon Clan was planning an attack on their system.
{I was really hoping to come to the aid of our friends in Limbo, but it looks like our plans have changed a bit. No matter. We'll be ready for them. They might think we're an easy target because of our sixe, but they don't realize we have a powerful weapon. Our minds.}
The lavendar skinned officer quietly made her way to the central part of the ship. It was business as usual. A very organized operation. The Mimian fleet seemed to function like a hive, the main ship sending out coded orders like a queen bee, only instead of using chemicals, she uses something else. It's an inside secret that the Mimians have kept even from their allies. Once Bani made it to the center of the ship, she knelt befor a figure sitting in an area called the sacred chambers.
{Your Holiness, what should we do aobut this threat?}
After a few moments the figure gave a quiet reply.
{Our brothers and sisters will be able to defend the home front. We need to remain on course to Limbo as planned. I will get you where you need to go until the time comes for the Child to take her rightful place.}
{We shall do as you command, Your Holiness.}
So it was settled. Admiral Situ's fleet headed for the wormhole.
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 59
(11/7/02 12:22 pm)
Re: The war
On board the S.S.Nightmare, Raven is sulking in the back of his private chambers. The same thought keeps runing through his mind and is deeply troubled by it.
"The command staff need to report to my chambers in two seconds, or get deep spaced by me in five." He said into the com panel. Shortly there after all the main officers were in front of him and wondering what his next plan was going to be.
"The D.C.P. have gone to the Earth system and even started to invade the Haven system. The mimians are moveing out and the hawkhave base is destroid. I do belive we will now start to get into this war and see if we can have some fun for are selves. What do you say?"
Talon was the first to stand and be heard," What do you think, If we did alittle kiddnaping and took some one of influinse, say like a president or a queen or even some hot shot gen. And why are we in this war again sir?"
"Well it's like this.....ever bet on a sure thing and lose. Well thats how we got into this. I bet that the leader could not do it and he did. So now we are in this war for atleast three more days and then we are free. What we have to do now is take out some supply lines and mabe a fuel depo and that should make him happy enough. Lets head to the Limbo system and see what we can blow up there." With out even going to a com panel he simply looked up and said, " Ship take us to the limbo system and step on it."
The space in front of the ship started to fold along some unknown edge and the Limbo system appered to be seen on the other. The ships trusters stared up and the ship was in the near orbit of Auotomata. With the help of Orions magic the ship was cloaked in a sea of night and the sounds of her engins were out. Then with a small team Talon and the group infultrated the planet and found Monotone. The twins, Highteck and Lowteck got right to work. They planted a bug into her system that sent her into a reboot phase. This gave them time to reprogramher and then she was theirs.
"My father gave me these plans for just this purpose. He called them the steel clan robots and what better way then to fight a clan then with a clan."
The great machines then started to mass produce hundreds of these things and then started to modifie them. The one thing he could not fosee was the gift of A.I.
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 61
(11/7/02 1:12 pm)
Re: The war
"Sir we have the latest reports comming in from the front. The gate to Earth is fully open and the preempted strike as started. The fleet in the Haven galaxy has take a heavy loss and is on the run after tring to take on the fleet their. The commander keeps saying that it's not her fault, but you still might whant to kill her anyway."
"Yes that seems like a very good Idea." And with that he walks over to a control panel and punches up some numbers. The commputer then asks ~" are their any others?"~ and with that he punches in a few more numbers, just for good luck. A signal is sent to all points of the know universe. At the same time caln members start to drop like flies on the deck of ships, under the covers of sleep, and in the fighters that are attacking the Earth bases. The last is the commander onboard the ship tring to run from the Haven fleet. This sent the whole ship into a panic and then the surrender signal was sent to the incomming fleet.
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Meanwhile on the planet called the Penial Planet....
"Sir they have taken the final four levels and now have us out maned five to one. This Darkbird is the one that seams to be leading them and how he got out is a complete mystery to us."
"I will tell you how he got out. I let him out." And with that warrden lockup turned and opened fired on the rest of the guards under his command, killing them all. When he was finished the door to his office opened up and the infamous Darkbird appered.
"So the clan does have things under control then. Sorry I doutied you for a moment sir."
"Yes the clan took him and cloned me to look like him when he went on vacation. I then came back and found you, planed on the breakout and finally the departure from this hellhole."
The main baydoors opened up and about ten troop deplorment ships landed. The shock troops then started to set up a planet defensive feil around the planet and get ready for the first counter strike in it from the hawks or who ever. After the troops wre unloaded the crimanals were loaded and taken to the Bedlamma planet to try and track down the leader's wife Aurora. Haveing her under his thumb would insure the complete surreneder of the Earth force.
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Back at the new base in the Tatus3 system, the leader is going over some new reports comming in from the front of the Haven system. "What is this report about a new carrier enetering the New Eden fleet?"
"Well sir it's a Plun-darian ship called the Terron, sir. A modified ship with alot of years on her sir and a well veteran crew to match. We have given it a low threat code and demed it not news worthy, sir."
"I know of the Plun-darins and their ships and you have never seen one fight have you?"
"No sir we found that the system they come from, has no worthy targets for us and never whent their. The fact that it's also too far for are supplie lines is another matter, even with the gate system running on high. With out a steadie supply of the ore we need we could only runn it for a day till it ran itself dry. Thats why we need the Jupitor moon sir. The place is full of the cyctals and the Earthlings don't even know it.
General Landon drove his fist into the inch-thick titanium plating of the bulkhead. The news report had been swiftly followed by orders from Earth Command to turn his fleet around and return to Earth immediately. There had been no room for discussion or delay, but rather direct orders to make their apologies to the Government of New Eden and set course for Earth at full speed.
Even at top speed, the best this fleet can make it in is 24 hours. No personal communications during that time-frame, too. So help me if they've harmed one hair on her head, I'll rip every last one of them to shreds with my bare hands.
The communicator unit chimed, and he slapped the activator. "Landon."
"Steven?" Aurora's image popped up on the screen, lines of static crawling through it, but good enough to see that she was in her quarters about the Kalahari. "Steven, what's happened? The news reports out here are all garbled. What hit Earth?"
"The Clan, it looks like. They've got some kind of new technology. I'm less than an hour from heading back."
He saw Aurora nod. "Is she okay?" she asked. "Is she hurt, do you know?"
He shook his head. "No. They haven't released... No one knows who's hurt or not. I'll find out when I get back. Are you all right? They said you were on the station when the attack began."
"I'm fine. We've got some bumps and bruises, but the fleet was on the far side of the planet. Steven, if she's hurt, or..."
"Hell itself won't stop me. I love you. Be careful."
"You too. See you soon."
With that, the screen went dark, and Steven turned away, rubbing idly at his bruised fist.
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Ambrosia blushed upon hearing Stefan's coment.
"I'm not eight years old anymore, my lord. It hardly the time to tie up a line anyway. I can prove I'm not joking, the help I spoke of is on hold on my data pad."
"Who, may I ask, is this help?"
"Plun-Darrians who broke away from their goverment in 2667."
"I believe I might have heard of these people. Their ship is called the Terron, correct?"
"Yes. And the crew is lead by General Marsh."
"I would have done the samething if I had been given orders like they received. Emperor Iniko would fit right in with Demon Clan Pirates. By all means, by them on."
"Okay, just a second."
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Ambrosia was about to flip back over to Marsh when she saw Steele coming in.
"Great news, Marsh is here and I'm about to patch him in to Lord Stefan."
"He doesn't mind that their Plun-Darrians?"
"Not at all. He know about why the broke away. I think Lord Stefan respect Marsh and his crew."
Steele smiled as Ambrosia got the bridge of the Terron back on the screen.
"Ambrosia, have you reached Lord Stefan."
"Yes, I'm ready to patch you into his ship."
"Excellent."
TheTraveler007 Registered User
Posts: 62
(11/8/02 12:56 pm)
Re: The war
The gate system was up and in full run. The main power was being sent from the serface of the planet and the beam was going stronge. The mine feild had been laid for any attack from the Mars base. This gave only a breif shot once every thre days to get to the planet from the direction of Earth. Now the only other problem was that from the fleet coming back.
"Any news from our spy onboard the Earth fleet ships yet?"
"No leader. All calls are being sent to the Gen. incharge of the gate system, gen Crovex. He as asked that the red flight be sent to Earth to look for the president and then any high military people they can find. He also sent word to shoot down any vessel tring to leave the confinds of Earth's gravity. The losses are vast since the Earth force put in the killer satolite system. They had it turned around at the last minute and fired at the lead ships. Also the sudden death system killed alot of the ships and that sent panic all through out the fleet."
"Well then tell Gen. Cristal to start the raid on Bedlamma and find that Aurora woman, and skin her alive and on the web. That should send the morale of this Earth fleet to the bottom of the space sea."
"One more thing sir. We seam to have lost a fleet some where in the Haven system too. Their fleet split in to two groups and the one group does not have a spy on board. The pirate Raven has also gone rouge and we have lost all communications with them. The last thing we got was to expect help to arrive on the planet of Bedlamma to look for the woman we need. That was two days ago and now we have hundreds of prisoners arriving in our troop ships all over Bedlamma. What are your ordears sir?"
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