The Navigators
19-05-2006, 23:49
Taurus stood silently before the other Navigators, seven of then total. They were all alone in the abandoned Thilite crypt, this gathering had been planned through intermediaries for nearly a century. Taurus looked over the gathered, armoured ensemble choosing his words carefully.
"Othello of the Messengers Guild, Naudtul and Verion of the Engineers Guild....................Lothario and Reese of The Masons Guild, Salier of the Pilots Guild...................and Donegal of the Merchants Guild..............we have been buried in the confines............of our current Guilds, our vast talents wasted by our unimaginative and cowardly Guild Masters. It is time that we pooled our knowledge and talent to build a new Guild." His voice buzzed through the vocal actualizers.
"The Guild of Assassins. We all know that the Merchants Guild is planning to usrp the power.....................of The Autarch. This can be used to our advantage. We shall conspire to kill the Guild Master of the Merchants and expose his treachery.....................The Autarch will have no choice but to grant us a place as a formally accepted Guild, protected by The Ban."
Othello of The Messngers Guild bobbed his head "This.............is no easy task..........to kill even a Guild Member, much less a Guild Master."
Lothario of the Engineers Guild nodded "How shall we accomplish this? And...............when it is accomplished............which of us shall be Guild Master?"
The others looked around, defensively, they did not trust each other, but Taurus spoke up.
"In my role in the Technicians Guild have found an alien device, and modified it to penetrate Navigator armour." He paused holding out his hand, a metal insect-like thing sat in his palm, the chinks in it's armor glowed and pulsed, the others stepped back "This, shall kill the Guild Master...................we shall then share power...............and build a new Guild."
Salier of the Masons Guild looked up "What if................we choose to not join you? We would be...............well rewarded to expose you!"
Taurus swung his gaze to Salier, the insect construct chittered to life, rolling and humming in Taurus' hand "The you.............DIE."
There was silence except for the deadly device, and the crypt dor slamming shut. The other Navigators were uncertain, was Taurus bluffing? They did what Navigators do when backed into acorner and threatened, Othello spoke first.
"I think..................that we can all.................back your admirable plan."
"Othello of the Messengers Guild, Naudtul and Verion of the Engineers Guild....................Lothario and Reese of The Masons Guild, Salier of the Pilots Guild...................and Donegal of the Merchants Guild..............we have been buried in the confines............of our current Guilds, our vast talents wasted by our unimaginative and cowardly Guild Masters. It is time that we pooled our knowledge and talent to build a new Guild." His voice buzzed through the vocal actualizers.
"The Guild of Assassins. We all know that the Merchants Guild is planning to usrp the power.....................of The Autarch. This can be used to our advantage. We shall conspire to kill the Guild Master of the Merchants and expose his treachery.....................The Autarch will have no choice but to grant us a place as a formally accepted Guild, protected by The Ban."
Othello of The Messngers Guild bobbed his head "This.............is no easy task..........to kill even a Guild Member, much less a Guild Master."
Lothario of the Engineers Guild nodded "How shall we accomplish this? And...............when it is accomplished............which of us shall be Guild Master?"
The others looked around, defensively, they did not trust each other, but Taurus spoke up.
"In my role in the Technicians Guild have found an alien device, and modified it to penetrate Navigator armour." He paused holding out his hand, a metal insect-like thing sat in his palm, the chinks in it's armor glowed and pulsed, the others stepped back "This, shall kill the Guild Master...................we shall then share power...............and build a new Guild."
Salier of the Masons Guild looked up "What if................we choose to not join you? We would be...............well rewarded to expose you!"
Taurus swung his gaze to Salier, the insect construct chittered to life, rolling and humming in Taurus' hand "The you.............DIE."
There was silence except for the deadly device, and the crypt dor slamming shut. The other Navigators were uncertain, was Taurus bluffing? They did what Navigators do when backed into acorner and threatened, Othello spoke first.
"I think..................that we can all.................back your admirable plan."