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To All Allies of the Dark Empire and its holdings

the empress Kimiko Sith, hand of gods, requires a husband for a royal marrage.
For this the Person in question must be a person or related to, the ruler of
your nations.
For this Kimiko request that any and all allies send men/thing (male) they see fit
to be wed to the hand of gods, The Empress herself will select the person(s)
she wishes to be wed to. As well as this each person will be put though tests
to test such things that she wants (strength, Loyalty, etc) some of these tests
are rather deadly and will put extreme strain on mind and body of all beings.
If nations accept to come no matter what your relations to other races that
come you WILL not fight, draw arms etc unless the empress allows it.
The Empress expects a reply in 5 Standard Fallen days, and all persons will be
At the Edge of the fallen cluster in DE space in 10 Standard Fallen days no
Later. All tho's who are late will be turned back.

Speaker of the Empress,
Brother Chaplin Sha'nar kall
Death Guard Chapter


The message was sent out to all allies of the Dark Empire in all allainces, Includeing Mekanta and Neo Mekanta in perticular. hopeful nations would reply to this and soon the Empress would be wed.

damn, FT.

Emporer Exio was standing in his massive throne room, ornate with gold and black. He stood with is back turned to the main door, contemplating. Suddenly, a man seemed to have appeard from no where right behind Exio. Exio turned, and jumped slightly upon seeing Archon Lash.

"You called Emperor?" asked Lash, kneeling as he spoke. He was a rather tall man. He was skinny, but in such a way that there was much muscle under his cloak, dedicated to agility and speed.

"Archon, you never cease to amaze me with your stealth, rise Archon, you know you need not to kneel to me." As Lash rose, Exio handed him a peice of paper. Lash took the paper, but didnt read it.

"I understand Emperor, I will head there right away." Exio blinked, Archon Lash was already gone from sight. "Never cease" Exio mumbled.

Exio called the information adept and told him to send a message

This is Emperor Exio, of the Empire of Azaha. I am sending my most prized champion, advisor, and overlord of the Ordo Malleus on Azaha Prime, to the location you desginated. Archon Lash, as we see him, is a demi-god, and might be suitable to your needs.

A few days later, a shuttle took off, and headed towards the metting location, Archon on board.

"Yes, my Emperor?"
"Prepare my shuttle. I have business to attend to in the Dark Empire of CorpSac."
"Yes, sir."
The small slave scuttered off, and within minutes the man who had addressed it, was boarding his shuttle. Long black hair, a muscular physique, and black eyes. He would soon arrive. Better not to reply. Show that if he planned something, he kept the element of surprise.

for all you lucky people who want to see what kimiko looks like:-
http://www.freewebs.com/nscorpsac/characters.htm

just for you lucky people.

The Emperor sat and looked at the message. He sighed, human, or their conuterparts where extreamly stran..... What the hell was he thinking? He had BEEN human. He thought about it, and then put up his family tree. He smiled. He was related to THAT many people? He smiled, and put up a picture of the best choice. His Grand son, almost 500 generations away. He sent the Message for Kimiko.


To: Kimiko
From: the Empero of Tsurani
Hail to the Mistress of the Gods. We will be sending the Emperors Great-Grandson ^500 Heel'Kren. His picture http://www.davidwenham.curly.ru/photo/david09.jpg
He will arrive soon.

OOC:

Archon Lash

http://members.aol.com/Amoosing/edgarff6reprise.gif

bump

OOC: Sorry, I'm not an ally yet but I'd like to get across the hard, cold political feel of ruthlessness that lurk in Zakia.

IC:Alexi Dugalle was slumped in his lavish leather chair in the recesses of the dark discussion room, a projector illuminated the a bare patch of wall, the corporate board were discussing a new product, "...And the plasma injector will adjust at a 90 degree angle here, then, by way of the EnPro power systems will..." Alexi was drifting into sleep but a shrill cry shifted Alexi out of his lethargic state, he gave a quiet bark to his aide who gave him a cell phone.

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"Yes, this is Alexi, who is this?"

"It's Kurgan, sorry sir but it appears that the Empress of CorpSac is interested in a suitor..."

"Really, now I'm intrigued, please go on."

"Well, you know that CorpSac holds many strings, they are a powerful nation and if you could get on the Empress's good side, they could also be a very powerful ally."

"Very well, I'll be right down."

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Alexi clicked the phone off and shoved it to his aide, he then stood up and announced to the board.

"I am sorry gentlemen but I must cut this meeting short, we will discuss the Particle Decelerator some other time."

A large amount of grumbles indicated that this didn't please the board but seeing as Zakia was an autocracy, they could hardly do anything about it. Alexi beckoned to his aide to come with him.

A few minutes later, Alexi was safe in the dark confines of a stretch limousine, the tinted windows adding a mysterious hint of anonymity to the black limo, after a few minutes of silence in the car, Alexi held his arm out, the aide carefully placed the cell phone in Alexi's waiting hand. Alexi snapped the cell phone to his ear, dialling numbers in rapid succession, the phone had about two seconds of idle crackle before the connection was established, a ring came, another ring came but was shattered half way through.

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"Yes, this is Kurgan."

"Kurgan, I'll be a while, just go ahead and write the message for me, is that understood?"

"But of course sir, consider it done."

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Alexi Dugalle arrived at the spaceport and promptly made his way to the shuttle terminal for goverment officials...

The ship rocked and roared as blue fire erupted as the shuttle took off, carrying Alexi Dugalle and his entourage towards the Dark Empire of Corpsac.

To: Empress Kimiko Sith, Hand of the Gods
From: Chairman Alexi Dugalle of Zakia
Subject: Suitor

I have seen your proposition and must say, I am intrigued, I'd like to try my hand for your hand in royal marriage, I am sure I will overcome these tests.

I will be arriving shortly aboard my shuttle.

Fare well.

Yours,

Chairman Alexi Dugalle of Zakia

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Attached Image File of Alexi Dugalle:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v227/Kriegorgrad/AlexeiStukovFume.gif

OOC: wow a nation with balls, not meny people would try to be my ally this way...me like that.

oh and bumb, will be writeing a proper post soon, mainly when more people deicde to come (mainly Mekanta and Neo Mekanta)

OOC: Neo Mekanta, great, I love his RP but isn't he kind of an evil alien race of all consuming death dealers? By the way, thanks for the feedback CorpSac, I hope to RP this out, should be interesting because Alexi Dugalle is more a thinker than a smasher, he's not your traditional hunk but he does have his bookish allure!

cor, the way your talking about mekanta, sounds like you have already chosen who want to wed, so why bother?

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The emperor had recieved the message, and began to ponder. It would be rude of him not to send a suitor, yet he couldn't think of any family members that he hated enough to force to marry a human. Finnaly, it hit him.

Your nephew has been quite annoying as of late, hasn't he?

Yes, he has, but to do this would be simply cruel. He is my blood.

I know, but perhaps we can further our alliance with CorpSac? What is one insignifacnt nephew compared to a great alliance?

I suppose you are right. I shall send Marius, my nephew.

The emperor stood from his dark throne, as if suddenly woken from a dream, his black robes tossing about, the hood shadowing his grey face.

"Summon my nephew, Marius. He shall be the suiter for the empress."

The legionnary bowed, and stepped outside of the massive, dark throne room to fetch the emperor's nephew, who was offworld slaughtering the heretics and converting the sinners.

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Aboard the Super Star Destroyer Titan

"Lord Marius, a message!" said the com man.

"Aye, put it through," replied Marius, a fairly young Dooman, around 50, although to humans he would appear in his twenties. He was an imposing figure, standing seven foot five, and, like the rest of his race, big and muscular. His skin was grey, his eyes firey red.

"Sir, it's addresed to you personaly."

"Very well, put it through to my ready room."

He only called it his ready room to seem a normal captain. As nephew of the emperor, he had a rather large throne room, located just down the hall from the bridge. He stepped inside, the massive automated doors opening, revealing the dark, empty throne room. Marius quite enjoyed his privacy.

He walked down the hall, up to the throne, and plopped down, hitting a few buttons on the key pad. A holographic image appeared infront of him with the message. He looked at it in disgust and disbelief.

Why would Uncle do such a thing to me? I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Marry a human? And I thought talking to them was degrading enough.

He stomped out of the throne room, and ordered his helmsman to set a course for the edge of the fallen cluster, and had a message sent to the CorpSacians, detailing his wish to wed the empress.

ooc> Hmm, interesting. BTW, what is time period? I assume that it's after we became allies again.

ic> Kalgar was continuing his duties when an interesting message was brought to him by an advisor.
"So it would appear that Kimiko is seeking a husband then. . ." Kalgar said. "This is interesting news indeed; a rare opportunity to improve our relations in a more perminant way." Kalgar thought back to an earlier point in his space marine enhanced life. He recalled a former empress of the Dark Empire, Stef Mayne and the dark age that tore a rift in the alliance of the Dark Empire and Gronde. His recalled memories were interrupted by his advisor.
"Shall I send someone to this event, my lord?" the advisor asked.
"No," Kalgar said. His advisor looked stunned and confused.
"But, my lord-"
"I will go myself."
"But sir, with this alliance so young," his advisor questioned, "don't you think it would be unwise to venture into their home territory yourself?"
"All alliances must be build uppon trust," Kalgar responded. "I am about to make the first step. I will find if they are a worthy ally." And maybe find. . .something more, he thought to himself.

Thus his personal Battle Barge was prepared. Once reaching the designated area, he would leave that for a lighter transport, a thunderhawk perhaps, and attend the event.


To: Empress Kimiko
From: Kalgar
Your message has sparked a great interest, my lady. This is not easy to accomplish. I will take part in your event personally. No ordeal is so great that I will not overcome it. I will see you there, I hope.

Kalgar


Kalgar had always been well mannered and possessed a great deal of class. It was taught to him since he was a child. A task this important could not be passed onto another. Even if he wasn't chosen, he hoped that this gesture of good faith would bring their empires closer together.

ooc> Hmm, finally and RP that isn't a massive war.

cor, the way your talking about mekanta, sounds like you have already chosen who want to wed, so why bother?
OOC:no its cos of him i had the idea and ive spoken to him over MSN about it, ive not made my mind up i wouldnt put this out otherwise (besides the first person she was ment to be married to was a Mekanta but meh the universe changes and so does kimiko).
Dooming, you insult me call Kimiko Human...tut tut, and Gronde good to see you.

OOC: Neo Mekanta, great, I love his RP but isn't he kind of an evil alien race of all consuming death dealers?

-OOC-
Erm... not... entirely... >_>

Minagoroshi, the power behind Neo-Mekanta, and the Zircon fit that definition. But I'll be sending someone from the less-dangerous (reletively) factions: A true Neo-Mekantan. (Well, not really, since he's one of Minagoroshi's Devas.)


-IC-
"You've proven yourself quite capable, Seryx..." Minagoroshi's voice cooed all around the Neo-Mekantan male who stood triumphant over the crumbling bodies of no less than fifteen Zircon Hive Lords. The battle was a blur, the Neo-Mekantan moving faster than the Zircon Hive ever knew someone to move. Defying what should be a weak form far inferior to that of the Zircon, the Mekantan male had dodged every stab, swipe, and beam, ripping through the Zircon with psionically enhanced blows with his bare hands and boots.

Now he stood, his eyes closed as his creator congradulated him. Smirking, Seryx looked up at the celing. "No, mother Minagoroshi. I've proven myself able to handle Zircon." He closed his eyes again before walking toward the door, practicing sensing things without the five senses the Humans were limited to. "Humans would likely be more troublesome. They're weaker, slower, and more predictable, but they're... different."

"Speaking of Humans, or rather those similar to them..." Minagoroshi chuckled as the first of her Devas, the new leaders of her factions, raised an eyebrow.

"I'm listening, Mother..."


It didn't take much convincing before Seryx math Karytharyx, leader of the Mekantan Storm and Deva of Minagoroshi, was on a recently completed Neo-Mekantan transport to CorpSacian space...



Greetings Emperess Kimiko,

I must say it's a pleasure to be on my way to meet the one I was told so much about. I do hope this will be a way to tie Neo-Mekanta and Corpsac even closer together, strengthening the alliance between us.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/MachinaKyrios/Neo-Mekanta/People/NMDevaSeryx2.jpg


-OOC-
Seems nice, right? Appearances can be decieving. Seryx is a master of deception. Cunning, tretcherous, and a master with psionics and hand to hand combat, Seryx is the embodiment of the Neo-Mekantan ideal for a leader.

OOC: anymore takers? will start this properly in a few days (need to think up more of the tests)

OOC: *cackle* cant wait to break out Lash... I have so many things planned for him... and his ultimate power...

OOC: And maybe find. . .something more, he thought to himself.
Kalgar has a heart? No way, I'm on to you *gets slapped*...

*disguised TAG to find out if Kalgar is vaporized upon entering or if he gets his a** handed to him in the tests*

OOC: Chairman Alexi Dugalle hasn't got "OMG SUPER POWERZ" but is definitely a sneaky little bastard, he has many tricks up his sleeve that can be a thorn in the side of all the "UBER PSYHCICS!" and what-not.

Also, I don't want Alexi Dugalle to die in this RP, he is my main character and I'm happy with him.

ooc> Wow, Kalgar must be the only one with any honor in this bunch. His underlieing honor code and training is that of a Samurai. As for his abilities. . .it's a secret. Only a few people know what he is capable of. And they wont be saying anything! (Glares at THR) Lol.

OOC: *coughthrideyethatshootsuber-destructolaserbeamofDOOMcough*
Wow, that was a long cough...

What type of trials are there?(ie: fight other contestants, hyper-evolved 20 questions, poker of death, sexy bait, etc.)

OOC: *slaps Gronde and THR* no OOC convo's, the trials are going to be testing to say the lest.

-Rumor

It is being circulated around in groups that deal in information about the ever-more elusive Mekanta that General Axis, the once-betrothed to Emperess Kimiko, may return to her...

Merely a rumor...

Enigma looked at the advertisement carefully. He had plenty of relatives, at least as close as his kind could get, but he was the only one with a physical body that wasn't a space platform or a ship. So, Enigma knew who had to go.

"Orbez, I'm going to answer this one personally. I'm leaving behind an updated copy of my program. Should I not return, I will still rule. I expect to be returning sooner than you think," Enigma said.

With that, he strolled out of the throneroom, indicating his guards to follow. It would be two days later when his ship, a DLEMB10, arrived in CorpSac space. And only a few minutes before it was sending a greeting.

~Electronic Communication to CorpSac~
I have arrived to answer the challenge for a husband. Perhaps we can deal with whatever tests and get them out of the way quickly.
-Dictator Enigma
~End Communication~

OOC: Short post, but I'm also working on another project right now.

ooc: CorpSac, do I count as an Ally?

ooc: CorpSac, do I count as an Ally?
OOC: no i ignore you.

ooc: Alrighty then...

OOC: Can we start this RP soon? I don't want an interesting RP to die because it started late and half of the RPers forgot to show up!

OOC: starting :D
IC:

All the ships of the "suiters" waited at the meeting point, little did they know that it was the first test, trust. Corporate ships passed them, Trade ships passed them, colonial and Space Core ships passed them and ignored them. any hail was ignored, what was the Empress after who knew, maby it was one of her sick games or maby there was a reason behind her test.

Battle Station Omega

The massive battle stationed orbited the system, watching the "suiters" ships for any activeity.
"Commander, why on gods fallen would the Empress want us to do this. theres no way they would do it, well apart from someone crazy" the XO said looking at the young commander.
"maby" she replyed, "but a test is a test i think we have left them waiting to long now. send the message and see who refuse to follow it." she brushed her long brown hair from her face, on her neck a small Raven could be seen on her neck, a sign of grate trust in her from the empress. She turned and walked out, looking back at the XO "give me a report of what they reply, prepare the shuttles and marines."
"yes MAM" the XO replyed saluting the commander, he turned round and barked an order to the comm officer.


To the people who feel they are worthy of the Empress,
you are ordered to send only the suiter alone, with no weapons.
A shuttle will arive with a squad of marines and you will be given further
insrutions when they arrive if you allow them to land.


the message was sent to all the ships, the only message sent to them in the past hour.

Imperial Palance, Raven City, capital city of the Fellen IV
"my lady, it has started" An Imperial Guard reported to the empress who was sitting on the throne.
"good" she stood up and walked down, "time for me to dress" she said heading for the door of the throne room. The Imperial guard got off her knee, in the recent months the Empress was haveing all Imperial guards female well apart from the Death guards no one knew why but hey what the Empress wanted she got. she knew what dress she was going to wear for the meeting, a long low cut (any lower and her brest would fall out) dress that went down to her feet, with a slit running all the way to a few inchs from the top of the thigh. she was going to see there reactions, after all they were male and some form of reaction had to come from them.

The Gandson of Arkyla, Marthi'Corrin stood on the deck of his ship. When the message was recived, he became worried. He had taken one of the First Tsurani shuttles to leave the Illetarian Ship yards, but it was also the first to be piolited by ISCS. ((My new Super Computer)) He stood on the deck alone, some Tsurani custom showing he trusted the bride without question, his ship was unmanned, compleatly at the wime of the Super Computer. He watched in horror as the system made a message in reply.

-Compealty accepted, please attach yourself to the bottom of the ship, the top contains vital control componets. I will have my lower section opened when you arrive.

ISCS, New Mind of the Fleets.

He sighed, so it had begun.

Enigma smiled, recieving the message. He was glad he left a program duplicate behind. Only Orbez knew exactly what was going on with him, and that was how he liked it.

"Alone? This Empress plays a dangerous game. I'm intrigued, to say the least. We have a transport in the area?" Enigma asked.

"Yes, Dictator. It's got a camera crew on board who wished to be present for the possible marriage. Your orders?" Leutent Marsha asked.

"Have Kalath duplicate me. The plans he needs are in the database and he knows what to do. You can stick my copy in that one. If I don't contact you within a week, assume I did not survive and follow those orders," Enigma said.

Two hours of confusion, complaints, and transfers later, Enigma was piloting the transport towards where the DLEMB10 had been, the ship having taken off to a distance at Enigma's orders. He signalled that he was alone and waited, wondering how surprised the shuttle would be at the fact he included them needing space suits when they board. After all, the ship was designed to be boarded in atmosphere, meaning the majority of the ship had no atmosphere. Plus, the annoyance it would give them at moving around in bulky spacesuits was partially worth it.

The ship would be, to all scans, unarmed. Of course, the lack of weapons or people besides Enigma, who would show up as an artificial lifeform, did not bother him. Part of his knowledge was how to make weapons if the occasion called for it. And just about any ship would do.

OOC: Ugh, no weapons, this doesn't bode well for my character, he's a thinker, not some muscle freak with loads of powers.

IC: Chairman Alexi Dugalle winced when he saw the message, no weapons...damn, I'll just have to outsmart my opponents then, Alexi looked at the pilot with a quizzical expression, "Well get going then," the pilot was shocked that Alexi agreed to such foolish terms but nonetheless, the pilot swooped down and landed, Alexi was disgorged from the ship, standing in the middle of a circular platofrm, he looked smart in his dark suit, a fat cigar seated between his leather gloved fingers.

The marines quickly enveloped Alexi as the shuttle disappeared into orbit.

OOC big ugly Mothers Push people over

OOC: er.....im confussed, im sending a shuttle to you not the other way round Zakia

ooc> So sorry for the delay. (I was actually worried that I would be even further behind) I have been on vacation with no access to the internet. Brutal. Anywho. . .

ic> Everyone aboard Kalgar's Battlebarge was on edge, except Kalgar. He thought nothing of the fact that DESC ships were ignoring him. He knew that the Empress would pull all sorts of tricks. That is what made Kalgar all the more interested in this mysterious empress. However, the real supprises had yet to begin.

Without warning, an advisor entered his controll room.
"Sir, I have finnally recieved a message fromt he DE," the advisor reported proffessionally.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Kalgar questioned. "Put it up on the screen." The Advisor complied, and upon reading it for himself, his normally emotionless face was in shock.
"Sir, they can't seriously expect you to go along with this," the advisor exclaimed. "I meen, the master of an entire nation, the head of an entire alliance, entering their shuttle unarmed? It's, it's --"
"Conrad--," Kalgar started. Yes, it was none other than one of Kalgar's most trusted advisors.
"You can't possibly be actually considering going along with this?"
"Yes, I can. I h--"
"But sir!?"
"STOP. . .interrupting me, Conrad," Kalgar shouted forcefully. "I have already made a leap of faith in comming here. It wont make much of a difference from this point. It this is a trap, then they would have made their move.
"But sir, you don't know that," Kalgar responded.
"Look around Conrad, we are in the only AoN ship in this area. If they were going to be hostile, they would have us right where they want us."
"But still--"
"Don't worry, my old friend. It is probobly just a test anyways," Kalgar hypothosized. "And even if it isn't, what are they going to do? Have me gassed or assassinated on their shuttle?"
Kalgar chuckled until he realized that he has the only one who found the situation humorous.

Thus, Kalgar stripped himself of his weapons. The put away his Carapace armour, swapping it out for dull red Japanese style clothing. He unloaded and disassembled his Bolter, Plasma pistol, and autogun. He organized an locked away his mini-arsenal of hidden weapons and disabled his implanted mini lasers. The irony was, Kalgar was formidably dangerous without any of these weapons. The only weapon that he really did not want to leave behind was his Katana. Kalgar had done most of its forging himself. Using a combinations of forging skills, advanced technology, and archane sciences, he had crafted a blade from an alloy of several rare metals found around the Gronde homesystem. It was nearly indestructable and had a mono-molecular blade. Slowly, Kalgar put his beloved sword in his safe beside the rest of his personal armaments and prepared for DE shuttle pickup.

Corrin smiled, You cold never Unarm one of his kind. He was fearful, and did not think he would get through this alive. He started to fret, had the Black robes discovered him and his Grandfather sent him here to die? He wished he had never got involed in that Valheru womans plan. He sighed, and sat, slowly turning his wings to Titanim Illithiate, and making the ends sharp. He slowly made himself less human, the Marines would be able to do nothing about his form, but he was not what he seemed.

OOC Ok, wait reply, and Gronde, next chance you get please post in my Empire rebuilding thread.

OOC: er.....im confussed, im sending a shuttle to you not the other way round Zakia

OOC: Oh, just assume he got on the shuttle and w/e, too lazy for a post now, sorry corp.

ooc> Can we keep this RP moving please? BuMp.

The shuttle was allowed to dock with the ship, and Marius stepped aboard, unarmed. He wore sleak black armor, purely ceremonial. He would ditch the armor if it came to a fight as to be more mobile.

OOC: doom dont jump ahead, unless you RP what your people/persons do when the message arrives like the others have dont bother posting ok. i dont want crappy 1 liners i want a decent post no "he does this that and wins the girl".

IC:
"this is shuttle alpha omega, scanning the DLE ship now" the pilot said over the comm system, activateing the scanners and waiting for the report. "er....sir AL detected on the ship no liveing being" the Pilot reported.
"Vary well leave it, if they dont not trust to send a liveing thing then leave it return, we were not informed of such being, and hence we wont accept it nor will the empress." the comm replyed, the Pilot looked down and actived the reverse trusters and pulling a hard 180 filp and a barral roll and fired the afterburners moveing fast away from the DLE shuttle.

Away near the Lessr Tsurani ship another shuttle aproched, scanning the ship as it neared.
"this is DESC shuttle Alpha Royal on aporch to LT ship, all green" the pilot said brushing her long dark hair out of her eyes, "docking in 5....4....3....2....1" auto pilot swiched on linking with the LT computer, the DE shuttles were not designed to dock like this so it would be a challage and one that Mimi didnt want to take.
Tho once the shuttle did dock it it was up to the marines, each clocking ther guns and cliping in a new magaisine. "ok boys look mean, NO shots unless I give the order or i get killed understand oh and if it anit human like meh shot it in the legs a few times." the Sarg said.the last bit was more of a joke, well till the pilot replyed.
"er...sarg the "thing" inside seems to have wings, and anit human" she chulked.
"oh shit, right if its a changling then it will have to turn human or we will shot, Hix" he said.
"ya sarg?" Hix replyed, a young bulky guy in his mid 20s carrys a Plasma cannon.
"if it dont change...shot it" the sarg said uneasy.
Each marine took a position at the doors if the Shuttle guns ready the Sarg was in the middile front, hold a blue pill in his right hand, once the doors opened he was shore that the person or thing on the other side would be rather shocked.
At Kalgars barge the shuttle was docking, as soon as it tutched down and the doors opened the 9 marines poured out guns at the ready pointing at anyone who was around, a few covered any doors in the hanger. The Sarg walked up to Kalgar, he saluted to Kalgar then spoke. The sarg was an well built middle aged man, in strangely formal dress. "i am Sargent Mason of the 5th Marine Squad 2nd Platoon. Take this pill if you wish to come with us dont and we leave." the Sargent spoke with no emotion he didnt even blink once at Kalgar.

OOC: the pill will just knock you out for a few days, each pill is custom designed to each person (for RP sakes) so any nanites, natural things etc wont stop it from working (might wake you up early but meh) oh and non of you know this, even tho when you reply and if you take the pill you will pass out within minutes.

OOC: I thought it was common knowledge among my allies that Enigma is artificial. After all, DLE doesn't exactly go out of its way to hide that.

IC:

~Electronic Communication to CorpSac~
I see I have been rejected. If you honestly think an artificial lifeform cannot compete, then you have wasted my time. And if it is due to a lack of knowledge about my existance as what I am, then you had an intelligence failure. After all, it's common knowledge in my nation what I am.
I'll wait an hour for your reply, then I'm gone.
-Dictator Enigma
~End Communication~

Corrin moved towards the seargent, taking the pill. He felt the effects almost instantly, and make a guteral sound. Drugs never had a good effect on shifted Illetrians. His body shimmered, and he let out a roar of pain. The Marines would hear some strange sounds while he was asleep.

OOC Most mind effecting drugs will make an Illetrian slip into its natural form, a nine foot tall winged human looking thing. The sound you will hear will be something like bones cracking, liquids evaporating quickly. Use drugs on a Lyrinx Illetrian makes some really strange effects.

Ic> Kalgar was almost getting board before the DESC shuttle arrived. Kalgar had expected them to pull something, and the Corpsac did not disappoint. As their marines stormed onto the ship, Kalgar’s expression never changed. He was neither worried nor intimidated. Then, Mason presented the pill. Kalgar examined it but could not quite identify it, although he had his suspicions about what it was. Hesitating only for a moment, he wondered whether it was a test of trust, or a test of stupidity. However, in the end, Kalgar took that chance and took the pill. He dropped down to one knee and quietly lost consciousness.

OOC: is it too late to get in on this RP

ooc> BUMP!!!

ooc: if i cant participate just let me know and ill delete this post.
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Col. Talons dropship shut down its engines to allow the reactor to cool down, normally they would have pushed the ships engine at half the power levels it could put out but since they were in only got the message a few days ago they wre in a hurry and had pushed the reactor to 90% out-put, risking a melt down several times on the long journey here.

"Col. Talon we've arrived at the coordinates given to us. scans show that there is a space station an a number of smaller ships in the area." the pilot anounced to the Col.

"bring them up on the screen." the col. ordered

the co-pilot typed in a few letters on his console and several pictures enlarged on the screen showing the massive space station. and the smaller ships docking with others.

"it looks like theyre docking with the suitor ships sir." the pilot explained

"of course they are. she doesnt trust us. she is definitley a tactician, I think I like this woman already. unfortunatley we cant dock with their ships though can we?" questioned the col.

"umm no sir these ships werent exactly made for that." the pilot answered

"oh well i already have an idea how to get to the one they send us. all right send out my message." the col. ordered

"yes sir" the co-pilot said and started tapping on his keypad again.

I have been sent by General Turner commander of the helghast 3rd army. this is Colonel Talon commander of the Tango Brigade. I am deeply sorry my ship arrived late but we had only received your message a few days ago. I would be forever grateful if the Empress allowed me to take place in her trials. we will wait for your response.

Col. Talon went back into the cargo bay of the dropship. he didnt really like these configurations for one thing the two rotating miniguns that came standard on every dropship. werent on this one. it was converted to be an ambassador ships. so not one weapon was on board the ship, this went for utensils as well he had to use a plastic fork and knife to eat his meal. which he also didnt like, the ship didnt carry any MRE's that he was accustomed to so he ate one of the grade A steaks on board, he liked it but he prefered the meals he got with MRE's usually he got skittles in those bags. never understood why he liked those dam vibrant colored things but he couldnt stop eating the bastards.

another thing he didnt like about the ship was that they took out all the millitary issued seats and put in civilian leather seats, layed down carpeting, and took out the warning lights and replaced them with flourescents. all of this may have seemed acceptable by a politician, but Col. Talon was not a politician he was a soldier who advanced the ranks from a private to his current postion the commander of an entire brigade that had not once lost a battle in the 42 they had been in.

the col. took off his ceremonial clothing revealing a sculpted physique, with many scars and burn marks all over, from the battles he had fought in. he then put on his BDU and grabbed a helmet from an over head compartment where he also found two small tanks of O2, he guessed they would last him a couple of hours in space, he only needed, at the most, a half hours worth but better safe than sorry. he then sat down and put all of his clothing into a bag, that he intended to take with him. he then took out a pad and looked at the picture that was received from the empress, the rumor was that she was some kind of demon godess, well I dont beleive in magic but her body definitley has the makings of a godess

he then sat back and waited for the reply from the empress
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heres some info.

the Col. and the General
http://www.freewebs.com/helgahn/helghastleaders.htm

weapons and machinrey the Army runs off of
http://www.killzoneps2.com/vektaToday/kz_main.html?jumpTo=en_GB

ooc> Comon Corpsac, I don't want everyone losing interest.

OOC: sorry playing far to much Killzone, Helgahn ya you can join, im going to jump the gun and go forward a few days i have an idea what your planning on doing, so ya the dropship picks u i nthe back of space and gives you the pill and i will take it you took it.

IC:

a few days had passed, or so they thought, to there suprissed there were other races in here around 20 people. Even tho they all seemed to be humanoid, some elven, some from earth it self and others you could guess weildly and still not get close. Meny of the people in there felt iffy some vomited on the floor, from what people could tell they where in some medical bay hocked up to machines and such with Doctors and other medical stuff running about cheaking on people.
After half an hour of back chat and shouting from meny people demanding answers the Medical doors opened, first 2 Death Guards walked in followed by the Empress's right hand man Grand Admiral Valykrie. Questions from the meny of the others were thrown at him meny started to take a vilont tone towards him others just stayed quite.
"well done gentlemen you have past the first test, by allowing yourself to be totaly defenceless you showed your trust of us. For all you knew you where going to die yet you still accepted the terms some didnt do it blindly others did but no matter." he looked round "your ships were given permission to enter system and all your belongings have been transported to the planet, meny of your people are slightly annoyed" he looked at Kalgar at this point "and have been demanding to see you to make shore your alive. if you wish you can have any body guards you want but they will not be needed, in your bodys at the moment is a tracking device, none of your natrual defences will detected nor nano so forth since the device is hidden to look like a normal blood cell. dont worrie when this is finished the device will brake down and your body will remove it natruely, you are free to go anywhere on the planet and your rooms are ready." he turned to walk out then stoped "oh yes dinner with the Empress is in 8 hours and this" he pulled out a small bag and inserted it into a near by wall terminal, sundenly 20 holograms apeared, if they hadnt apeared out of no where it would have been impossible to determin that they where no real. "these are your guides, made in your own likeness, they will work anywhere in the main cities centers to activate just say the word "guide" and the Plantary AI will activate it. there are areas where you are not allowed to go, you are free to go to any Corporation for any reason but bewarned tampering with ANY terminal, system ANY thing the AI will detect it and a strike force will be deployed within minutes any question?" he asked.

OOC: ya your free to traval the planet(s) but if you do ask me and tell me what kinda are you wana go, the NPC's are there so there is more then just 3 (maby 2 if LT is not going to carry on) people in this. so yas you have 8 in RP hours to kill and ya all your crews where given permission to land on the planet/dock with stations and do what not.

ooc> Ok, I can relate to that. . . ;)

ic> Kalgar departed to meet his staff who arrived in his battle barge.
"Ah, your alive sir!" Gerard said as he ran down the ramp. "Taking that pill was incredibly foolish."
"You worry to much, old friend," Kalgar replied. "You know that I don't do things without thinking my actions through. Anyways, I am only here to retrieve my belongings. I will head to my room and prepare myself mentally for the dinner with the Empress."
"That is alot of prep time for just a dinner," Gerard observed.
"Don't be a fool," Kalgar scolded. "You don't actually think that it will be simply that, do you? It is obviously going to be the start of the next test."
"But you have no idea what it will be, how can you prepare for the unknown?"
"Hopefully my meditation will give me foresight. And if it does not, I can only hope that my mental focus will allow me to be ready for anything." With that, Kalgar departed with his belongings. He already knew a good deal about the city and really had no desire to take a tour. He arrived at his room, redecorated it to his liking, (Japanese style, with a splash of Addeptus Mechanicus) and began his meditation.

Corrin rubed his shoulder, he felt sick, and vunrable. He was in his birth form, and would not be able to change, THAT made him sick. He checked his wing joins, all four where in their proper place, he checked to make sure his tail was still there, and smiled when it was. He counted his claws, all twenty four where there, and checked his teeth, which rewarded him with a slit finger. He shruged, this was mearly a smaller form of his chosen one. He moved to his ship, which he noted with distaste had already left, leaving his things behind. He shruged, the ship would return when it was needed here, the shuttle was going to be needed for the Upcoming wedding, which he was sad to be missing, his people hated him for various reasons, but his Grand-Father, no dead, had wanted him to succed. He hid a smile. Only Arkyla and himself knew who he was, and he moved to his room and took the red eye potion.

He would wake four hours later, the potion would revive him of all imperfections, he would be in his own body again. The Grand Duke Stephen was back......

OOC For those that don't know him, Stephen was the one who nearly wiped out the empire. He is a half Drow hald human, And rather a asshole. He may not have many powers, but he has a mind chip which absorbs them. YAY

Talon was still a little groggy from that pill. he felt like he had to puke but he stomached it. he needed to get to his dropship, well didnt need to but he would feel more safe with his belongings on him.

he got up and left the medical center after a few corners he relized he didnt know which way to go. then he remembered what that admiral said.

"guide." he said, at that moment a hologram appeared in front of him of a helghan in battle armor. nifty

"where is it you would like to go Col. Talon?" the image said.

"I need to get to my droship." he told it

"Yes Sir. follow me." it replid

after following it for a few minutes.the hologram led him up to his ship. the col. told it that would be all for now, and the hologram left.

Talon went on board and shoved a few things into his uniforms pockets. amino acid tablets, he didnt need them but in a fight he could use them for some extra strength. then put on his type of sunglasses, they were fro protection against the sun, but they also a had a couple of other functions one was X-ray vision which he had to hit a small button on them to activate they were also capable of mapping out NAV points, you can see his glasses in his picture.then he found his safe box on the ship that only he knew the code to. he opened it and took out a machine pistol. he didnt have any amo for it but only he and the empress, no doubtedly, knew that. besides he felt safer with the pressure from it on his thigh. he replaced the helmet and oxygen tanks, then left his bag on the ship.

he then went up into the cockpit of the dropship to the pilots who were oblivious to his entrance on the ship until he stepped in. he ordered them to send a message back to the general explaining he had passed the first test and was going to dine tonight with the suitors and the empress to learn the next test.

he then left them and went back outside and called for the guide and told it to take him to his room. on the way there he gave the hologram a name and rank so it was easier to identify him.
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Kudos for knowing what i was doing, and YEY another Killzone player im not the only one.

ic> Kalgar "awoke" from his meditation about 5 hours later. During his trance, several scenarios played out in his mind. He determined that the challenge would be a sort of political intrigue or a supprise test of strength. He didn't know for sure, but these seemed likely. Knowing the empress, he knew that he couldn't be sure of anything. He ran a test on all of his implants. They had all reactivated during his meditation. He bathed and shaved. His normal gruff look of a Samurai space marine was gone. In fact, deciding to go with a clean shaved look, he was quite handsom. His nearly burgandy eyes matched his short, wavy, dark brown hair quite well. His choice of clothing appeared to be a mix of Japanese traditional, modern goth, and a little adeptus mechanicus. He wore well fitted dark red pants of the Japanese variety, a black shirt bearing an emblem of a mechanical dragon wraped around the symbol of the addeptus mechanicus, and a dark red trench coat with several gold symbols made in it. The whole outfit, though a little unusual, matched itself well. The last addition was a pair of Gronde formal military boots. They went slightly above the shin and were made of black leather and lightly plated with a silver metal. There was one more thing. He retreived his Katana and put it in its most formal and ornamental sheath and tied it to his belt so that it was concealed within his trench coat. With that, Kalgar set out.

"Guide," said Kalgar. An image of a space marine appeared. "Take me to the location of the dinner. . ." he paused. "Take the scenic rout, I am an hour ahead." Kalgar had decided that it would be a good idea to take and hour now, and get a good feel for the city.

when talon reached his room he threw down his sea bag on a chair. he decided that he would wear his formal dress uniform. it had a grey coat and grey pants with formal black boots. he thought on his way their he should wear his armor, it was more imposing and from what he saw in the med room he would need to be imposing, he decided that his Pistol would be enough so he again strapped it to his thigh over his pants so that it was plainly visible. he shaved his face and his head, most helghast didnt need to since they almost had all been exposed to radiation, Talon wasnt so he had to shave his head regulary. after that he put his shades back on and called for the Corpral Mauer (the hologram) again who took him to the dining room.

Stephen hid to the shadows, the light from the sun hurt his sensative eyes. He sighed, he missed the underdark, his Drow Brothers, but they had been eraticated when the Tsurani had learned of their trechery. He took out his guid and smiled.

"Mrigg" He said to it, when nothing happened he sighed. "Guide" He said to it in an annoyed voice.

Instantly a Drow Assasian appered. "Where would you like to go milord?" the thing asked.

"Take me somewhere where I can kill someone without them being missed." He said, smiling. He fingered his various daggers, short swords and the blow dart. Smiling, he was BACK!

OOC: This shall be interesting to read. I look forward to the end of it.

on the way to the Dinning hall follwing Cpl. Mauer the Col. was stopped by a soldier in the halls.

"Give me your side arm." he said.

the Col. looked at the man with his eyes hidden behind his glasses he still looked deadly. he looked over at some snickering soldiers and thought A raw recruit who doesnt know what hes doing. after not getting a reply from the col. the soldier reached for the col.'s pistol. the col. grabbed his arm twisted it behind his back and hit the back of his right knee with his foot so that the man came down.

"If you ever try to take a helghast soldiers weapon from him. you will be worse off than a bruised arm. they will break it then take your head and twist it with enough force to snap your neck. do i make myself clear recruit." the col. asked

"Yeah peachy." he replied.

"good, ill reliquish my fire arm to no one but those at my rank and above, acting under the orders of your empress. now go back with your squad." the col. ordered, after releasing him. the recruit walked off looking back over his soldier with contempt on his face.

"shall we move on sir?" Cpl. Mauer asked.

"Yes, lets move." the col. replied

before leaving Talon saw a holgram appear in front of the squad, he was just rounding the the corner so he didnt hear anything that talked over.
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ooc: sorry if this is bad i just got bored and explaining scenery on a world ive never seen before just isnt my style. besides i figured it would add for some more visual posts.

ic> Kalgar arrived at the Dining hall exacty 4 minutes early. Perfect. As he approached, a small tattoo became visable on his temple. It was in the likeness of a serpant. In actuallity, it was the activation rune for an advanced sensor/scanner implant connected to his eye. He tapped the tattoo with his finger and could immediately detect every last life form, as well as munitions, generators, and even food. Combining it with his ability to sense life energy, he could even tell various types of people apart; gaurd, cook, etc. . . by their vital functions. He began looking for the empress's location as he entered.

ooc> Corpsac: I'm not sure if she's there yet or not, so I will let you RP whether or not he can detect her location. As for why, it is only of minor importance. Nothing sneaky. You will find out soon either way.

the guide noded takeing him outside, the guards at the main gate were about to call for a detail but the guide waved them away thinking that Stephen would rather not have a bunch of hot headed marines swarming around him. The sun was setting in the city (it looks quite like a modern day city, just with alot higher buildings) and Palace was in the center of the city with a 1 mile Radios grounds around it. The guide looked back on the Palace, extreamly large and grand dworfing all the other buildings. As Stephen and Guide waited for a Transport, Stephen noticed something in the distance near the palace mutiply large trucks apear from nowhere. from what he could tell it was some kind of convoy with APC's and other Armored vehicles protecting it, from what he could tell when he was looking out onto the ground going to the gates they had just come from a patch of green with no roads, an underground base he gussed.
a few moments later an Armored Car apeared with a heavy Machine gun turret on the top, Police to be currect, 2 Police officer walked out carry M-22 Assult rifles, full tactical Body Armor and a Standard SWAT helmet that had a micro light and a Target Display over the right eye. The first officer was Sargent Sasha richmond, little was known about in public but something only her and her mother knew was the fact that she was Kimikos half sister. She was well know to be out spoken of the Empress but no one knew how she was still around and not arested.
"Sargent Richmond, we got a call saying you wanted to go to the undercity just to let you know what ever happens to you out there is at your own risk. The undercity is a warzone cops fighting durgs lord, Black op Corporate drug runs, Rebals, Cultist you name it we fight it." she chucked a small divce at him, "keep that on you at all times, lose it and i cant tell you a cop wont shoot you. now get in i take it you havent forgotten how to open a door" she said turning round and getting back into the car. "oh and if you do kill something dont kill any cops......we're not fans of cop killers".

it took about an hour to get to the undercity, the outskirts of the main city. she wasnt kidding when she said it was a warzone, gunfire was heared all over, dropships flying left and right, mechs could be heared in the distance and screams of wounded could be heared all over the place.
When The car stoped, befor they got out Sasha turned to Stephan, "if you get lost if...by chance you wonder off....the device i gave you also has a GPS just press the black button on the side and a swat team will be there within 5 minutes oh and the guide wont work out here." she smiled and opened the door, even befor he got out a few bullets hit the Armor plateing just inches away from his left sholder.

OOC: im suprised only Sephan wanted to go exploreing oh hum.

Stephen smiled, soaking in the death and darkness with plesure. When the shots hit near his left shoulder, he immidiatly started at a run, moving at least five times that of any human could ever hope to make. He jumped, throwing a dagger at the one who shot at him, the weapon lodging its self into the mans brain. Stephen droped and removed the dagger in a single graceful movement, before he set off at a run, killing anyone who was not a cop.

He ran for a few minutes before he discovered a veical of some sort stoped near him. He smiled and hid in the shadows. A group of men, lead by some sort of mutalated human steped out of it. He waited for them to be in prime position, then came out of now where, cutting ones head off with a neat slice of his blade, another was injected with a needle full of never posion. His increased speed made it hard for the men to aim their weapons at him, and the fact his skin almost blended into the darkness under here. He then came up against the Mutant, who was a huge thing of musle and bone. Stephen shouted in glee, his dagger dissapering inside his robe and two blades that where twice the length of his forarm, and went back and forwards, so up to his elbow on each arm he had the blades. The Weapons where coated with a toxin that made even a small scratch bleed, and He slowly cut the Mutant to pieces. When he was done he was covered in blood, and around him all ten of the men who had steped out of the truck where laying dead on the floor. Thus he continued.

ooc: maybe later when i have more time, have to remember talon just came out of a warzone and hes not a psychotic killer like stephen, give him a couple days till he realises that he needs to kill something

ooc> Meh, Kalgar's a samurai. At least he is disciplined like one. He rarely feels the urge to go and kill stuff for the sake of killing. He will need to get alot more bored before he gets the that point. Besides, Kalgar already knows more about 90% of the DE cities than he wanted to anyways. Lol.

Talon was leaning on the wall next to the door leading to the dining room. he was tapping his foot on the floor. he was watching the men around him, he had seen them all in the med room but knew none of them. they were all talking about the empresses trials some beleived they would be tests of devotion, others thought strength, and still others beleived it would be over politics. he studied each of them, there were many different types of bodies, some skinny, some average, and some huge, the skinny ones didnt look tough at all, in fact they looked like they hadnt done a days worth of training, probably extremely smart. the average ones were too confident, they were walking around scowling at everyone but they were too average, they were probably fast and strong and smart but not great at either. then the large ones. some looked built like they had been pumping iron since they had been born, they would be too slow and not very maneuverable, and stupid. then there were other large bodies that just looked like fat, they ate too many delicasies, which meant they were greedy. all in all they were all easy to beat in one on one or just a free for all, in just about any contest, i doubt the empress wants a husband she would have to protect herself.

their was another man wearing a japanese outfit under a coat, he presents the greatest threat so far, there are a few men who havent showed up from the med room. but this man had the eyes of a warrior, his katana said the same thing, as talon looked closer at him he noticed that an emblem was glowing on his head. he stared at the man never taking his eyes off of him even when people passed by his line of sight, his eyes never moved.

OOC: who ever said you had to go out and kill, theres lots of things to do in the cities of the DE, oh and Gronde trust me no way you can know 90% of the DE cities, the Fallen Cluster is newly settled after the homeworld was destroyed in the civil war (along with most if not all of the other worlds). The Cluster is the most protected thing around, anything outside it well its easyer to get info on colonies and outposts out the cluster inside you would have more luck walking into the HQ of the CIA with a sign straped to your chest saying you have a gun and going to blow the Directors head off.
http://www.freewebs.com/nscorpsac/systemscoloniesetc.htm (still not finished but meh)

anyway an IC post tomorrow i need sleep and have work in the morning so the earlyest i will be able to post is eaither if i get up at 8 am (GMT) or 8pm (GMT) i start work at 10 am and finish at 7pm (i hate the 9 hour shift). I expect LT to have finished her killing spree when i get to post or elce i will er...force it apon her.

ooc: ok then maybe tommorow after you post ill say something about going out and getting laid by some prostitute, but yeah right now im tired, and I have to work at 7:00 in the morning tommorow, and wont get off until I think 3:00 pm (Ive never worked an AM shift before so i dont know. but yeah tommorow ill get back to you all. and for some reason i think ive got a big time zone difference than the rest of you, either that or you all work alot.

ooc> Sounds good.
Anyways, Kalgar figured that his meditation would be far more important.

ic> As Kalgar scanned the grounds, he felt eyes upon him. Turning around, he met the gaze of this fammiliar stranger. Of coarse, it was the representative from Helgahn. He was obviously measuring Kalgar as an opponant. Kalgar cared not. No one could ever fully realize his true power just by looking. However, this one looked him in the eyes, and Kalgar respected that. Still, the fact that Kalgar had superhuman strength, space marine implants, and knew several dozen arts of fighting and war didn't even make up half of it. Even so, Kalgar couldn't accurately measure the metal of this opponant by looking either. However, he could detect the potency of his life force. Even so, Kalgar wouldn't make an assumption.

Talon met his Kalgars eyes straight on, and for awhile the two just stared at eachother. after awhile of staring at the stranger, Talon smiled at him. hes definitley a warrior he thought to himself. he then nodded his head towards Kalgar and went back to listening to the bafoons before him. they kept coming up with the most stupid conversations, well not stupid but about things he cared little about, some were discussing quantom singularites, others were trading recipes, and one other was going around the room trying to find a sparing partner. until he finnaly came in front of Talon.

he was one of the Large Idiots, completly ripped from head to toe and wearing a garnment that was obviously trying to expose that.
"Hey you I dont suppose you would actually fight me, you look like a decent peice of meat." he said.

Talon looked over at the rep. from gronde again, to make sure he was looking.
"Ok why not. i need some excercise anyway." he replied

"oh youll get more than just excercise." he said

he then swung one of his huge fists at Talon. Talon saw this coming at him like his fist was barely moving, better put on a show he thought, and let the fist hit him square in the jaw. it caused his head to fly back and hit the wall. the big oaf looked pleased with himself for a moment until he saw that talons body was still standing erect.

"Nice punch, but ive felt worse." Talon said to him

the oaf was pissed now and took another swing at him with his right arm. talon caught his fist in mid air this time and didnt let go when the behemoth tried to pull it free. then Talon squeezed his fist together causing the mans hand to begin to crush. this caused the oaf to go down on his knees in pain. Talon then quickly jerked his hand so hard that it caused the mans arm to break. he screamed out in pain. then Talon let the man go.

"looks bad yours is the worst ive ever done that too." talon told him. "but dont worry i know a trick that'll make it heal in a couple of hours."

Talon tore off a peice of the mans cape and wrapped it around his wound. then he produced a tablet from one of his pockets and handed it to the man.

"alright take this." he told him. the man looked at him like he shouldnt trust him for what he had just done. "dont worry if i wanted to kill you i would have done it already with my fists there's more satisfaction that way. this is simply a growth tablet. it stimulates the cells in your body to repair a tear or broken piece of the body faster, granted it doesnt work in seconds, but hours is better than days." Talon explained

the man hesitantly took it from his hands and swallowed it. then got up and walked away. Talon looked back at the rep. from Gronde to make sure he saw everything. then went back to leaning on the wall

ic> Kalgar wasn't very impressed with his "opponants" display. It wasn't that his strength wasn't great, but Kalgar was never impressed by obvious showmanship. Kalgar mearly raised an eyebrow and descreatly shook his head. Kalgar found violence for the sake of showing off to be pointless, unless it was to defend one's honor. Kalgar was almost desgusted, but he kept it to himself. The representative from Helgahn felt threatened and Kalgar knew it. Kalgar didn't expect him to last long; he wasn't suited for a position of state.

ooc> Comon Corpsac, don't do this to us. :( Lol.

Talon laughed at Kalgars expression. hes not scared, good that means he could have done that as well, talon padded one of his pouches to make sure his tablets were in it. he then went back to his waiting.

ooc: since im new here i wont complain

OOC: sorry RL stuff got in the way and Killzone keept calling out to me to play it.
btw i do know both of you know what your getting into depending on witch one i pick (and that depends on you lot) you would basicly become part of the Dark Empire and i would become Part of yours, that means an attack on you is an attack on me and an attack apon me is an attack apon you. This also means that any MAJOR things done (attacks, research etc) are shared between us and major things like Production rights selling of Shared stuff has to be agreed by both of us not just one.

IC:
"they seem to be getting on" Valkyrie said looking at the monitor, Kimiko nodded smiling looking at both Kalgar and Talon.
"who is it that Talon just kick the crap out of" she asked, Valykrie was chuckly when she asked.
"Malkar Helcan, son of Emperor Helcan of the Ravanos Empire or Ravanos system should i say". Valkyrie said with a big grin on his face.
"the Helcan's haha the Stairoid Junkie family, more Drugs then anything elce no wonder that Talon beat him so quickly" she sneered, "i guess its time to greet our guests, i take it they all passed the Genetic tests?"
"yes, any Defects can be cured with Genetic changes so it would all go well" Valkyrie replyed.
Both of them left the room and headed to the guests awaiting in the long hallway befor the Grand hall, befor she or Valkyrie even got there the Royal Guards stood at attention, there foot stamping on the ground and there guns snaping into place echoed across the hallway. The Grand doors at one end and a Royal Guard Announced that the empress had arrived, most of the guests stood along the side of the hall infront of the Royal Guards. Kimiko walked along greeting each guest, haveing a breif talk with the odd one, wishing there familys well or asking how there father or mother was doing until she got to Kalgar. For a moment she was hestant at shaking hands with him remembering the past of the 2 empires but she did.
"im glade you could come Kalgar, maby the brige between our empires can be repaired" she said, she never blamed Kalgar for the death of her father. She always knew that both sides were to be blame for the countless wars but in the end she felt peace was better between them then war. True the Dark empire had more man power then the The Great Forge by around a billion in raw man power, but that never won the wars in the past. The Grondeian people where cunning and smart and not to be underestermated and with there Industrial power was something to fear even without the AoN behind them.

Stephen noticed the time about forty minutes before the time he needed to be at dinner. He pulled the device out and pressed the button on the back. He was found in a few minutes, and they took him two the palace. He quickly moved into his room and showered off, removing the blood from his body, but leaving it in his hair, he ran a solvent that would make the colour of the blood merge with his hair. His hair thus had a large number of perfect red circals and lines. Once he was done there he dressed in Dragon hide Clothes, and attached his arm blades, one on each side of the forum, meaning two each forarm. He then equipted his Scimatar and two Mithril daggers. He finished with small nails that went into the posion glands he had been given by the Tsurani when he was the grand duke.

He sliped into the room, expecting he would have to dispach of a number of guards before he could They accepted him rather quickly however, and he sliped into the room, smiling. Kalgar, he recignized the face. He had seen the face from many message screens since he had made it back into the Empire. He didn't recinize any others but the face of Kimiko.

OOC: sorry RL stuff got in the way and Killzone keept calling out to me to play it.
btw i do know both of you know what your getting into depending on witch one i pick (and that depends on you lot) you would basicly become part of the Dark Empire and i would become Part of yours, that means an attack on you is an attack on me and an attack apon me is an attack apon you. This also means that any MAJOR things done (attacks, research etc) are shared between us and major things like Production rights selling of Shared stuff has to be agreed by both of us not just one.

ooc> That is what prompting Kalgar not only to take part, but to go personally. But of course, you already figured that out from my first post.
BTW, I think it's only a 850 million pop difference, but who's counting? Lol.

ic> Kalgar had remained vigilant during his brief wait. Because of his implant and abilities, Kalgar knew that the empress was comming before anyone else. He took a step forward just before the door opened. As she greeted each guest, Kalgar kept his eyes on her, but remained still and silent. He read her actions, he could tell what her outlying thoughts were towards each guest that she spoke with. It wasn't so much of a special ability of his, as it was a skill he picked up while he was an apprentice to a master Callidus assassin. As she went from guest to guest, Kalgar could look past the surface and tell what she really thought about each one, to a degree. Then, Kimiko reached Kalgar. He sences her hesitation. As she said her words and shook his hand, Kalgar mearly smiled and nodded. Although he had been unable to read into her underlying thoughts, he knew that he was one of her only equalls in the room.

ooc: yeah I know its actually what im kind of hoping for, or as close as I can possibly get it to being that.

ic: Talon watched as Kalgar and the empress talked. he noticed they were very hesitant in their actions, even smiling between them seemed to be nervous. thats right their nations have been involved in wars with each other havent they, at least thats what the reports indicated.

Talon then noticed in the shifting of wind currents that a man had entered the room, he twisted his neck so his left eye could look over his shoulder and see the man wearing some deadly armor. Talon sneered everyone else shows up in formal dress and he has the gall to come dressed in that monstrosity of armor. he then shifted his gaze back to kimiko and kalgar who had just finished shaking hands and exchanging pleasentries. he then watched as kimiko made her way around to the suitors who had come

*****Silent farspeak****** [tachyon transmission]

The great Isss' Raak, ruler/watcher of the Sskiss multitudes and protector of the ancient creche cannot offer a potential mate (for obvious reasons) during Raa' Krii' Kkaw [rough translation: "The time of mating/reproduction"] for your female ruler of the multitudes.

We send an offering of "the flesh that sustains" [food or muscle/organ meats]. A hauler/carrier ship will arrive with a great multitude/variety of that which sustains. This is an offering from the Sskiss race.

"May you live long, bear many young and leave great clutches of eggs"

OOC Not armour, Dragon hide, like the stuff Legolas wears at Helms deep, wth a scaly texture. The weapons on his arms are not visable, and the claws are like a needle each, so the only real thing you can see is his scimatar and daggers.

IC Stephen felt eyes on him and opened his falacites, a serise of bug like eyes that extended along the back of his head, down his back and along his arms. Stephen had had more then twenty Genetic advancements, more then an Old Space marine. He noticed Talon and moved over to him, and tapted him on the shoulder.

"You feel contemt for me human?" He said with a voice as cold as ice, and as feelingless. "I could kill you with one fingure, sneering to a drow is unhealthy, don't force meto give up a chance to win here." With that he turned and left, moving so he would be near Kalgar, but also mean he would get to talk to the Empress.

ooc: ahh well i dont recal legolas wearing armor but if you say so. and FYI helghans arent really human genetically similar, but not by much. their a mutation by what im guessing is from prolonged exposure to radiation from their colonized planet.

IC: Talon looked at the creature calling itself a drow showing no emotion his on his face, he believed the thing, but he also beleived he was exagerating a bit. or more or less he meant with the finger o his hand covered by a glove that went needle sharp.he didnt fear the thing though, talons faced death before, he feared no one if he died he died, it didnt matter to him, hes used the same philoshpy on many of his others battles, and it had always come out the same he won. and by the lack of discpline this thing showed he was obviously arrogant, which would be his downfall in a fight. arrogance never pays off no matter how good you are, you will always fall to yourself and never your enemies talon recalled the lesson one of his sensais had told him when he was younger after beating another student almost to death.

Talon looked over the crowd trying to greet the empress, their was small shoving going on from the people in the rear trying to make their way to her. just as the drow had done though with less shoving as the people moved out of his or its way.

ooc> Bump. Or something. . .

ooc: Col. Talon was starting to get bored, he had been waiting for nearly a half an hour, because many of the suitors were dragging on their greetings with kimiko. it didnt appear to be working, it looked like she was surpressing her agitation, which only started to kindle his fire, these people were really starting to annoy him, their lack of respect and discpline would have had them shot at first sight in the 3rd army. regardless Talon remained silent and emotionless. in fact it seemed the only other people room that were keeping their emotions to themselves was kimiko and the gronde representative kalgar.

OOC: sos for such delays in my post, RL keeps catching up with me. Sskiss shore ya can join even if your a bit late :P

IC:

Kimiko carryed on walking along the guests a Death Guard walked up to her and wispered something into her ear.
"vary well then allow the Sskiss ship when it arrive clearance, give it the DESC Kimiko as its guide into the system" Kimiko replyed, in the eyes of the Empire it was a grate honor being Guided in by the Flag ship of the Grand Armada, infact this Class of ship was brand new and all other ships had sensors jammed with a reason given that a rather powerful sun flair was about to happen and it was emitting a rather high level of radiation.

Kimiko got to Talon holding out her hand when she got to him, "its an honor to meet for the first time in a peaceful way, i belive our races have never met yet you still came in a ship unarmed. I respect that highly, meny minor Empires on first contact with us and knew of our old past would most likely have turned up with half an armarda but you didnt."
It was true with the blood past of the Dark Empire most people would have turned up with half an Armada hell she was suprised that half the empires enemys minor or Major to have taken advantage of the situation.

Behind Stephen a Death guard had apeared drawing her weapon to Stephens back, slowly her hand moved up her own helemet and pressed something. The Helmet came apart scilently and vary quickly, fine Strains wipeing themselves back turning into Long Black Hair. A rather interesting advanced in Nano Molecular research, it was amusing the hair looked real even if it was made from Endor.
"remove your weapons or die where you stand" she said to him in a cool cold voice, and she wasnt jokeing all the guards in the rooms triger fingers where moveing over the triger of there guns. In the upper Chambers small port holes formed most likely Snipers training there sights on Stephen. Death Guards were moveing slowly around the Empress in case something broke out and they needed to get her out quickly, other guards where moveing around the guests in the hall just to make shore they didnt die and started some annoying war over the fact they defended the Empress and not the Rep.

The Empress acted like nothing was happening tho, hopeful her guards where being paranoid but hey its what kept her alive this long.
Everyone could feel the tention in the room and if they didnt they must have been mad not to.

Talon took the empresses hand and kissed it lightly "The honor is mine Empress Kimiko." and added "sometimes you have to take a leap of faith. And your message didnt seem threatening." he then let her pass on to the Drow and watched as the gaurd behind him pulled out her weapon and state her threat and concern. when she said this his muscles instantly tensed ready for anything that might happen in case of this Drow doing something foolish, his head told him he wouldnt but in the case of survival it never hurt to listen to your instincts at all times. he kept an eye on the drow, while his eyes found the gaurds and followed their movements, he also noticed small holes in the wall appeared and what looked like barrels poked through them a bit.

ic> Kalgar kept one eye on the empress and the other on the crowd. He listened to what the various suiters were saying. Some studdered from nervousness, others tried their hand at saying something poetic. Kalgar considered it, but decided to save the poetry for later. Kalgar did not need to worry about first impressions, his had been made already. Kalgar's attention then shifted to Stephen and the incident that was infolding. Kalgar shot him a warning glance.
"Don't try anything," said Kalgar softly, revealing the Katana under his trench coat. The Drow was probobly one of the only people who heard what Kalgar said. He was also one of the only people there who knew that Kalgar was more dangerous the way he was then than if he showed up in Terminator armor.

Talon caught a faint whisper from Kalgar, but it was too soft to make out, but he did see him flash his katana at him, hes worried he might do soemthing stupid too talon thought to himself. talon reached his hand down to his gun, their were no bullets in it since the drow was stopped for his obvious weaponry and Talon hadnt been and by now everyone had to have known that, so it wouldnt do much good in scaring the Drow down, but his studies taught him how to use it as an effective melee weapon like a tomahawk turned into a hammer. Talon tightened his hand on the grip, as he did this the gaurd standing with him motioned for Talon to just wait, he relaxed his grip a bit but not enough that would constrict him from unholstering it quickly and going straight into the fight.

Stephen smiled, he loved it when he got this type of reaction. He used a bit of dark Magic to open up his hair then opened the eyes in the back of his head. He laughed, and unstraped the scimatar, then slowly the daggers. He gave them to the Death Guard and smiled.

"This is all I give up," He said in a icy voice. "The others are.....inacesable at this time, If these daggers are not returned to my rooms, with not a single scratch, I will be angry." He turned to Kalgar. "Ahh, nice to see you my puppet, your allience almost handed me Arkyla and Delawere's head, but I was cut short of my goal." He then flung his arm blades out, showing that they where part of the bone. "Take them, I DARE you."

OOC Yes, I am aware he never did such a thing. This man is rather strange, although brillient in his own way. I would however, not try and take his arm blades off, their grafted into his bone. Ohhh, I LOVE Stephen being back.

Death Guards eyes started shifting, they suddenly got annoyed with the Royal Guard in disarming all the people. The empress cought there eyes but shook her head, it was to late but Stephen did take the piss by bringing in more then 1 weapon.
The Death guard looked like she would be more then happy to rip the daggers out of Stephen's arm but knew better as the Empress was about to walk over to him.
The Empress was rather flattered when talon kissed her hand "leaps in faith can also be a long fall if your wrong" she said smileing "never know what you get yourself into". at that she carryed on down the line until she Got to Stephen she knew what empire he was from other then that she knew nothing elce.
"its er....ncie to meet you" she said holding out her hand, the death guard behind Stephen didnt want to move but she cought the Empress's eyes and knew otherwise walking away takeing the other guards with them to make shore the food wasnt deadly.

Stephen smiled, flashing the rows of white teeth that contrasted with his black skin. He took her hand and made sure the small needles did not penatrate her skin.

"Ah, Kimiko, The hand of the Gods, I have heard much about your defeat of Bane." He said in a calm voice. "It is truly a pitty that my regicide failed to go so well. I am, or was rather, Grand Duke Stephen, Master of the Underdark. I was sent here under Arkyla's command, he has proof we are somehow related." He giggled. "Although Arkyla had power enough to change his geens, like the new race." He looked at the retreating Death Guard. "Well Death Mistress, you have other people to see?"

ic> Kalgar was irritated by the Drow's arrogance. His puppet? Kalgar kept his emotions hidden, but on the inside he longed to unsheeth his katana and defend his honor. However, he decides that it would be prudent to allow Stephen's head to remain connected for the time being. Stephen should know better than to push him too far.

Talon smiled at the empresses words. she was right leaps of faith were like battles, it was 50/50 but if your willing to take those risks and if you suceed the rewards can be fruitfull, and with this trip the rewards far out weighed the risk. and talon noticing in her voice perhaps gratefullness for taking the leap, probably at least got him some admiration points for his people. and if nt he would have to work on that.

Talon glanced over in the direction of Kalgar, he was feeling some bad vibes coming from that direction and noticed him watching the Drow more than the others in the room. he couldnt see any sign of aggression on his face but he remembered that Drow had calle his nation a puppet which was enough to thuroughly tick anyone off, stephen was trying to push someone in a fight it seemed.

OOC: Hey, CorpSac, if its not too late, Emperor Crossman is still single.

Greetings from Xeraph!

As you may or may not know, Emperor Alaric, of the Royal House of Tanith, heir to the thrones of Atlantis and Lemuria, Councilor Prime of GAPTS, Master of the Knights Templar, 7th Lord of AXE, Regent of The Empire of One, is unmarried.
A union between our two nations/empires would be of monumental proportions. Our pop of 2.4 billion, and our extensive presence around the world is notable.
If the Empress is interested, please let us know.

regards,

Vlad, Prince of the Empire, Regent of the Grey Phoenix, in the Name of the Emperor

OOC: *grubble grubble* why is it people suddenly want to join after i start, left it open for over 10 days when i made the thread grrrrr considering joining now you miss the first test i must say no unless you want me to resart the whole process (and im shore others in the Thread wont be to happy with that but i leave it all up to you lot).

OOC: not really just a lot more typing to do, and im lazy, but ill decide whatever the other two do

OOC No, they had their chance, they failed to take it. It is their own fult that they did not know about it. Leave em, It would be not as intesting.

OOC: *grubble grubble* why is it people suddenly want to join after i start, left it open for over 10 days when i made the thread grrrrr considering joining now you miss the first test i must say no unless you want me to resart the whole process (and im shore others in the Thread wont be to happy with that but i leave it all up to you lot).

OOC: sorry I missed it. I'm on the road 8-12 days in a row and only access NS when home.

*Drat! I thought I TAGged this thread when I read it before but I guess not..*

ooc> I'm going to have to say no. I really don't want to start over. Besides, we seem to have a good number of players, any more would be too many IMO. Besides, it was just starting to get interesting.

ooc: ok the guys have made up their minds shall we continue

OOC: vary well.

IC:

The Empress left the hallway and walked into the Grand Dinning Room, the massive room earned its name as Grand. The top and walls had massive murials of Grate battles and historic events includeing the battle of the old world and the Clash between Kimiko and Bane.

the table was vary long being able to fit dubble the amount of people here full of foods both known and not to each person, you could tell the chiefs held nothing back. At each chair was a suiters name, at the vary end of the table was Kimikos chair, raised higher then the others. Guards where posted at each door and it seemed that other guards where there from the suiters (kalgar could see a few of his men there to).

Most people didnt sit till the empress did other sat right away but they all waited for the Empress to allow them to eat, well most of them did a few of the rather Porkier ones and some other guest dug in befor getting the idea to stop.

"well it seems you have all made it to the next step, the next test will happen when you lest expect it. This maby when your exploring the city or in the palace, all your people have been told not to get involoved in anyway doing so will mean you fail and will be asked to leave or sit the thing out.
I must admit its an honor to meet so meny people wanting my hand in marage, now feast you will find meny of your own foods aswell as other things..if you can handle it i sujest the Spider blood wine tho i do warn the hullusiageic effects can be rather......extreame to say the lest" he said just as someone had downed an entire wine glass of it and suddenly started screaming his head off shouting about some massive bugs eating people and the food, and how the colors of the rainbom where eating his hands. "er...yes if you do drink that we can have a medical team standing by" she giggled as the man started to rip off his robes shouting about them trying to take him to the center of the universe.
waiters started to walk round takeing peoples orders and handing out starters what was rather strange as one persons starter jumped up and tryed to eat the person next to him. fancy that food that tryed to eat you instead well that was life for some people.

OOC: meh do what you like here, eat drink sleep do things etc, theres a few NPCs i wll RP as when the need comes up.

Talon looked at the many fine dishes about him, many looked like he could stomach them. their was soups, meats, salads, pastas, bread, and many other things he didnt know how to classify. he was just giving his order when some one elses starter jumped at him and with its fangs tried to bite his head off, he was able to grab the thing from the abdomen then threw it down onto his plate and before it could get back up slammed his fist down onto the bugs back crushing its exoskeleton, revealing white meat under the armor.

the waiter just stood there and then asked again "what would you like to eat sir?" "I think ill have this it looks stomochable." Talon looked over at the beast sitting next to him. who was giving him an evil glare. "but you might want to bring back a live one for my friend here." he told the waiter on that the beast smiled, or what Talon thought was a smile. "so what is this creature called?" he asked the thing. it responded with a series of clicks that Talon only pretended to understand. then being asked by the creature to take a bite, at least it seemed that way, talon took a piece of white meat and tatsted it with his tounge it didnt seem other worldly. so he ate the piece. "hmm tastes like crab." he said. the thing roared with laughter and upon the arrival of his new meal, he held the ebast down and began to systamatically pull apart the ligaments while it was still alive, the creature gave such harsh screams of pain it was almost as loud and high pitched as a jets engine.

he turned back his meal and the skinnier man sitting next to him said "He was explaining how the "crab as you have called it came from their native oceans, and was considered a delicacy among his people, then he did tell you to try some, his species is amphibious and are the highest species on the food chain some scientists actually argue that theyre the at the top of the food chain in the galaxy, because of their culture centers around the hunt." he said. "how do you know all that?" Talon asked "because ive studied their history along with everyone elses in this room, except for one persons species." he replied "and who miht that be?" Talon asked "well yours of course. your news to the scientific community in this part of the galaxy." he said with complete enthusiasm. talons reply was "uh huh" and decided that conversing with the aquatic hunter would be more interesting than speaking with this brain.

after he finished his crab like speciman, talon waited for the empress to finish her meal, so that it would not be considered rude to leave. so he sat wondering what the next test would be. he produced a number of possibilities, one could be mingling with the people, trying to find out our character. second was possibly a chace for a thief, and the possibilities in which to punish him. third was to particapate in a fire fight between her forces and the nations rebelious factions. their was still more that he could think of but possibilities were endless when your clue is that its will be outside.

ic> When ordering, Kalgar tried to keep a balance of food he knew with food that he didn't. The atmosphere was a little unfamilliar to him. It had been a long time since he was put into a social position such as this. Granted, leading a nation and masterminding an alliance required a great deal of interaction with others, but the AoN had always been more "down to business." Still, Kalgar had light descussions with those around him and tried a variety of different cuisine. He observed the others while he ate. Taking his time, he allowed other suiters to get up and walk around while he remained seated.

ooc> I might add more later.

Talon sat rigid at his table the aquatic hunter had given up on his conversation with him and the brain wouldnt take the hint. for a long moment Talon stared at the many fine knives that Talon could use to skin this book worm. until finnaly he stopped talking to him altogether and conversed with the man sitting on his left side.

Talon had noticed the many murils that decorated the great room. all dark and menacing. he decided to observe them closer so he got up and walked over to one of the walls on it was the picture of a man holding a skull on top of a mound of skulls, their was lightning flashing by his body, and at the foot of the mountain of skulls were what looked like warriors. pathetic excuses for warriors anywas they wore armor that was cracked all over some were missng vital protection areas around the arms and torso. their faces were mangeled with had what looked like blood dripping from their mouths, and eyes. and all were reaching up towards the man on the skull mountain. he went on to the next muril wich showed a woman towering over the man in the previous picture he was cowering in fear of her, it apeared they were on clouds with lightning bolts all around them instead of just one. and their were people on the ground cheering the woman on fists high in the air. on closer observation it appeared that the woman was actually empress kimiko.

Talon had always had an amusement for mythologies he studied alot of the greek mythology from Earth the one god he really liked was Apollo. he liked him mostly for the fact that he actually convinced a greek city state to devote their lives to nothing but war and the perfection of it. the city was called sparta and the people were known as spartans. for many generations the spartans were hailed by all to be the greatest of all warriors. an army of three hundred spartan soldiers had actually stopped over 100,000 men in a persian army that came to conquer the greek states, and they did so twice. truly the helghan armies were modeled after them in the newest of ways. given more advanced training for fighting in one on one combat, and squad fighting. they were trained with thier equipment to become the most proficient soldiers they could be and more. in fact much of their armor was created for the soul purpose of being a symbol of fear to their enemy with the Nazi Helmets, glowing eyes, and air masks that made them all seem all seem alike, just like the spartan armor.

Talon was still staring at the murils when he heard the crackle come on over his radio.

"Sir this is Lt. Hochins we just got a transmission for you from General Turner."
he explained

"alright patch it through to my glasses." I ordered

To: Col. Talon
From: General Turner
Projects 5a and 5b have finished training, sending to your command for further orders. hope you like them, I do

The projects are finnaly finished. cant beleive it 13 years of waiting and their finnaly ready just in time too id like to have them here. better put my request through to the empress first.

"alright wait for me I should be back at the ship soon enough." Talon said over the receiver.

he walked over to a gaurd and explained that he wished to bring in two body gaurds. and that if the gaurd could pass this on to the Empress he would be much appreciated. he then proceeded out the doors to the docking bay he knew wear it was now so the need of a guide was gone for this trip.

OOC: ok for reasons im going to be away from NS for sometime maby for ever i dont know (but i dont think so) so i have to give the annoying news that this RP is on hold till i can post again.

*Grumbling*

dam it was just starting to get good to. ok but can you send us a message when your ready again this way we dont always have to be coming back here and seeing if its strated up again

ok corpsac said:

"Hey its corpsac im able to get on the net so i will try and finish up the RP ASAP if you could tell the others (by bumping the thread and putting a message on there or what not) i wont be able to get on as much as i want to so do bare with me if it takes some time for me to reply to any messages.

CS"

The death guard gave talon a funny look but did what she was asked, running off to the Empress the Death guard spoke softly to her. The Empress gave her a funny look then said "ask him for infomation on these guards" then carrying on with her food speaking to meny guests even tho the dinner was not a major matter it was good for them to get there strength up for the coming days.

The guard ran down the hall towards the Helgahns ship in the hanger, turning left then right, then runing a fair way down the hall until she manager to get to the main hanger doors. Where a normal human would be breathless or atlest short of it she (being CorpSacian helped) was not infact it looked like she could have done that run for hours. She watched the ship thinking it was about to take of she slamed her fist onto the wall putting it though it, even for a space marine it should have been impossible being that it was Endor Steel tho she wasnt a normal Space Marine. the dents in the armor around her fist suddenly repaired themselves, she brushed her hair out of her face and looked back up.
ahh shit she thought as she noticed the ship hadnt left yet, she ran towards the ship, her black Cloak with the Death Company Insignia moved gracefully behind her as if made from the same stuff as her armor. She waited in plain view of the ship waiting for someone to pop out and speak to her.

She waiting thinking, she was amused that Kalgar didnt reconise her since she was the daughter of Priss the Empress's old lover. she infact look quite like her mother priss, tho she had her fathers eyes or did befor she became part of the Death Company now they where an ery silver tho they changed from time to time.
AS she waited she became board, her armor noticed this and started to form simple blades, poping in and out, and morphing into other blades. she Could help but smile befor saying "stop it will you" the suit did or what was controling the suit. behind her 2 shadows of herself apeared, ghost like images of her but with out the armor and showing her figure. they started wispering things into her ear makeing her stone face start to brake into a smile.

"Sir theirs a death gaurd outside!" came the cry from the cockpit

"thanks." talon popped his out and saw the marine then he proceeded down the ramp of the ship to the gaurd. she also began to move toward talon as they both set a point in their mind as to where theyd meet.

Talon liked marines, though cocky they were trained intensely, which earned them his respect.

"can i help you marine?" Talon asked

"the empress wants to know the nature of these gaurds that you wish to be sent here." she explained

talon smiled "their a test tube product weve been working on for about 13 years now, a project that ive been personally over seeing. so the two projects my brot... the general wishes to send me are for my satisfaction really thier are of no use but pride at my project if she wishes to know further information ill send it to her via my ships computer. its classified, and though i beleive i can trust you id rather not divuldge the information to you, besides if the empress accepts youll see in a few hours."

"a few hours?" the gaurd asked curiously "i believe it would take days for your ship to arrive from your planet would it not?"

"It would if it wasnt sitting on the outskirts of your territory waiting for the empress's reply." talon explained.

"very well ill tell the empress and you can send her the info." the gaurd said. then turned and walked off with her cape flowing behind her.

I wonder why she uses women as her gaurds though women are feirce men are just as well and most can stand more punishment than a female, pefect for defense

Talon then went back to his ship and typed up his report to the empress.

the project i mentioned is our predator project 14 years ago a small squad of elites went missing another squad was sent to ascertain what happened to them but failed to report back until three days later we received a transmission from one of them stating they had come under attack from three aliens with marvelous military technology suck as active camoflauge and laser weapons far surpassing our prototypes. he was then shot with one of these weapons while transmitting. we sent three companies of eltie soldiers in to capture these alien soldiers, a squad came back with two the rest dead from the technology we found on them we were able to enhance many of our own techs but not all their weapons being one of them and their masks we have yet to devolp the technology to produce lenses such as the ones they wore, a year later we discovered that the two were male and female and decided it be strategic to grow our own through genetic manipulation and raising techniques we were able to train them to function under our own combat techniques able to take orders and give them. however it took 350 tries to produce them thier genetic combination is complicated to say the least. because of their strength speed patience and stealth the men under my command have coined them the name predators

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ooc: I know your gonna laugh but you know i got aliens that can metamorphisis into a freaking killing machine a guy who has got so many implants he can almost feel what im thinking and the host has some kind of supernatural powers, i need something.

ooc> yay. I will let Tsurani know.

ic> Kalgar paced around, examining the decor while making his way slowly to the head of the table. There he saw some of the others trying to impress the Empress (some in a more subtle maner than others) with their wits. Kalgar sighed at their attempt. He wasn't an arogant man, but after dealing with such individuals as members of the "Council of Thirteen" and the Incubi of The Dark Kabal, Kalgar had forgotten how well his personal merit measured up on the galactic scale, as compared to other less notable specimens. One of them got up, leaving a seat next to the empress open. Kalgar sat down casually and turned to face their hostess.

"So tell me Empress, did you invite us here simply to eat?" Kalar inquired, with a smile that was both friendly and clever.

ooc> yay. I will let Tsurani know.

ic> Kalgar paced around, examining the decor while making his way slowly to the head of the table. There he saw some of the others trying to impress the Empress (some in a more subtle maner than others) with their wits. Kalgar sighed at their attempt. He wasn't an arogant man, but after dealing with such individuals as members of the "Council of Thirteen" and the Incubi of The Dark Kabal, Kalgar had forgotten how well his personal merit measured up on the galactic scale, as compared to other less notable specimens. One of them got up, leaving a seat next to the empress open. Kalgar sat down casually and turned to face their hostess.

"So tell me Empress, did you invite us here simply to eat?" Kalar inquired, with a smile that was both friendly and clever.
She turned to Kalgar, the noble from Earth was boring her with such silly things as how amazing his new house on mars was.
"dont ask a wise man such questions ask a fool" she replyed with a flertatius smile looking him in the eyes. "tell me, with the past history of our two empires why did you come so willing and trusting shorely you didnt come here with an ace up your sleve" she said, one of the death guards behind her walked up to Kalgar handing him a data pad. On it was a rather large list of things "donated" to the AoN combianed forces, 4 Chapters purchessed from the Gronde Forgeworlds supplyed with a cross of both CorpSacian Space marine tech and Gronde tech, 2 whole High fleets being built includeing a RavanCorp super mothership, another file with all the data they would need to build there own HST weapons, the 6th Marine Army and other things. "i do hope this is a nice amount to supply, admitedly its costly and will be a rather drain on all AoN members but its worth it. And no the test will start soon but its better to be feed and rested then jumping right into such things".

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The death guard looked at Talon as he told her the basics, befor she turned she said "you do mean a few days i hope since if you manage to get a ship this deep into a cluster heads will roll after all the real barrior does make FTL near impossible to do. i will relay your massage to the Empress".
She bowed and walked away and as she did one of the shadows apeared wispering something in her ear, she smiled "Talon is it? the reason why the Empress choice woman to be her Death Guards is rather simple, ever got in the way of a woman and something she loved? something she would die for, like a mother for her children. Woman are far more dangerus then men in meny ways, we can bend men round our fingers make them do what we want and after that do more damage to him then a person with a gun. Never cross a woman in the Dark Empire our bite is far worse then your bark." she said looking at the confussed face on Talon "and yes Talon the Shadow can read your mind, you need to learn in the Dark Empire if your not ready for....our normal things your mind is like fortrass with its gates unlocked."

OOC: Talon can see the Shadow, shes not trying to hide and its the Shadow that reads your mind, think of the Shadow as the spirte of the Death guard but far more dangerus, to the CorpSacians a Shadow is like being next to god and haveing powers you wouldnt think were possible, powerful telepathic, TK etc powers then normal Telepaths as well as other things (can turn you inside out and still be liveing thats my fav power of theres tho thats only the high ranking Death Guards). Its what make the death guard so dangerus and completely loyal to the Empress.

OOC Thanks for telling me Oh master of the AoN.

IC Stephen stabed a small blade into the head of a creature, killing the thing instatly, then sliced it up. He watched the Empress, a cold glint in his eyes. He was not trying to impress her with bravery skill or power, and to most it would not look like he was trying at all. Well, they would mostly be right, The Old grand duke was more interested in the fact if he won here, he would no longer be a Mass murderer, and would not be hung if he returned to the Empire in his true form. He laughed, a rather deadly sound, and moved towards the Empress. He moved slowly,his silver hair in a warriors cut held in check so far. For a few more seconds he waited, then wisled as the data pad was shown.

"Dear god that would cost a large amount." He said without the usual Tsurani Formality. "I could buy out seven Large houses for that much, who pays for this?"

ISCS waited, and waited, and waited. When it became apparent the courtship would take more time then he had expected, he launched three eye probes from the front section of the ship, which moved through the palace to Stephens rooms. From there they followed the DNA dust that had been left behind, taking it to the place they ate. Immidietly ISCS picked up more forms, the one he forcused on was Kalgar. He immideitly sent a req message back home.

And on Kelawan, Lithia Stirred.

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The death guard looked at Talon as he told her the basics, befor she turned she said "you do mean a few days i hope since if you manage to get a ship this deep into a cluster heads will roll after all the real barrior does make FTL near impossible to do. i will relay your massage to the Empress".
She bowed and walked away and as she did one of the shadows apeared wispering something in her ear, she smiled "Talon is it? the reason why the Empress choice woman to be her Death Guards is rather simple, ever got in the way of a woman and something she loved? something she would die for, like a mother for her children. Woman are far more dangerus then men in meny ways, we can bend men round our fingers make them do what we want and after that do more damage to him then a person with a gun. Never cross a woman in the Dark Empire our bite is far worse then your bark." she said looking at the confussed face on Talon "and yes Talon the Shadow can read your mind, you need to learn in the Dark Empire if your not ready for....our normal things your mind is like fortrass with its gates unlocked."

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Talon smiled after he got over the fact that his mind was open to all the death gaurds. what the gaurd had said was true Talon hadnt thought of that, but for it to work they had to love the empress with such devostion as that they had raised her, or been raised by her. or maybe not in WW2 the entire japanese society was fanatical to the emperor maybe it was the same way here. they do revere her as a god. hmm interesting.

mmmm days talon thought. "i would have hoped theyd get here sooner ohh how I want to see our creations up close and alive." it was more of a matter of pride to have them come, since talon had overseen the project for years before he was needed at the front and by that time everything was in place for the scientists working on it. sadly talon hadnt gotten to see them grow, nor trained, how he wished he could have been there.

my mind is an open fortress..... well the front door may be open but that doesnt mean i cant lock the rest, what ones though..... i guess i have nothing to hide from them, so far theyve been trustworthy, and it seems like the soldiers are honorable at least it appears that way. if they want to look into my mind so be it then. i just hope they dont stir any memories ive hidden from myself talon thought to himself. oh well time to work out

"pilots get down here and spar with me... please." talon yelled up. "yes sir." they answered Talon hit a button that let opened a compartment containing four kendo sticks he took the two smalled ones and gave them each the longer sticks , then they began their fight. all matters of rank were set aside as every soldier was taught in practice, and the two pilots fought bravely each combining their own strengths to attack Talon at once. but talon. Talon beat the easily.

"you know sir we are no where near your equals maybe you should try and fight some of these marines." it was a good idea. so talon left them and went to the nearest gym the guide could take him too. he found the marines sparring and joined in. he asked to join in, and the marines were obviously worried about what would happen if they were to injure him, he assured that their would be no reprecusions. so they decided to let him in but they picked a fresh recruit to fight him first, talon dispatched him with ease. then they sent in one of medium skill. he was still beaten easily by talon. and the marines did the same thing picking men the next level up until talon had enough of it and the marines were becoming rather annoyed. "Thats it all of you at once." Talon said. the marines looked at each other their discipline had control for awhile, bu their respect took over and they all rushed him, luckily they all ran at him with differnt speeds so he was able to throw each off balance before they got to him. many of them were stronger than he was so he used his speed to combat them using the pressure points he was taight at a young age the spine the neck, gut chest knee cap, shin, and any other parts that were movable. until all the marines were on the floor and Talon was left standing it wasnt that many it was only about a dozen talon didnt think it was a fair fight afterwards.

She turned to Kalgar, the noble from Earth was boring her with such silly things as how amazing his new house on mars was.
"dont ask a wise man such questions ask a fool" she replyed with a flertatius smile looking him in the eyes. "tell me, with the past history of our two empires why did you come so willing and trusting shorely you didnt come here with an ace up your sleve" she said, one of the death guards behind her walked up to Kalgar handing him a data pad. On it was a rather large list of things "donated" to the AoN combianed forces, 4 Chapters purchessed from the Gronde Forgeworlds supplyed with a cross of both CorpSacian Space marine tech and Gronde tech, 2 whole High fleets being built includeing a RavanCorp super mothership, another file with all the data they would need to build there own HST weapons, the 6th Marine Army and other things. "i do hope this is a nice amount to supply, admitedly its costly and will be a rather drain on all AoN members but its worth it. And no the test will start soon but its better to be feed and rested then jumping right into such things".


"Fair enough," Kalgar said, as he examined the information on the data-pad, "Impressive." Kalgar looked up from the data-pad to the Empress. "But, my lady, I only have Jacks and three's up my sleve. I leave my Aces face up on the table." Kalgar leaned closer and lowered his voice to a whisper.
"And that is always the last place people look," he concluded. Kalgar's smile was not the fake smile of a statesman or a salesman, which both kalgar and the beautiful woman he was facing were probobly familliar with. Kalgar felt at ease. He wasn't sure how different Kimiko was from her father, and he wasn't sure if that mattered to him. Perhaps he was also more like Kimiko's father than he wanted to admit. He was still unsure if he really had a chance here considering what happened between Kalgar and Horrar. As Kalgar looked at her in the eyes, he wondered if she could tell what he was thinking about. . .

Talon smiled after he got over the fact that his mind was open to all the death gaurds. what the gaurd had said was true Talon hadnt thought of that, but for it to work they had to love the empress with such devostion as that they had raised her, or been raised by her. or maybe not in WW2 the entire japanese society was fanatical to the emperor maybe it was the same way here. they do revere her as a god. hmm interesting.

mmmm days talon thought. "i would have hoped theyd get here sooner ohh how I want to see our creations up close and alive." it was more of a matter of pride to have them come, since talon had overseen the project for years before he was needed at the front and by that time everything was in place for the scientists working on it. sadly talon hadnt gotten to see them grow, nor trained, how he wished he could have been there.

my mind is an open fortress..... well the front door may be open but that doesnt mean i cant lock the rest, what ones though..... i guess i have nothing to hide from them, so far theyve been trustworthy, and it seems like the soldiers are honorable at least it appears that way. if they want to look into my mind so be it then. i just hope they dont stir any memories ive hidden from myself talon thought to himself. oh well time to work out

"pilots get down here and spar with me... please." talon yelled up. "yes sir." they answered Talon hit a button that let opened a compartment containing four kendo sticks he took the two smalled ones and gave them each the longer sticks , then they began their fight. all matters of rank were set aside as every soldier was taught in practice, and the two pilots fought bravely each combining their own strengths to attack Talon at once. but talon. Talon beat the easily.

"you know sir we are no where near your equals maybe you should try and fight some of these marines." it was a good idea. so talon left them and went to the nearest gym the guide could take him too. he found the marines sparring and joined in. he asked to join in, and the marines were obviously worried about what would happen if they were to injure him, he assured that their would be no reprecusions. so they decided to let him in but they picked a fresh recruit to fight him first, talon dispatched him with ease. then they sent in one of medium skill. he was still beaten easily by talon. and the marines did the same thing picking men the next level up until talon had enough of it and the marines were becoming rather annoyed. "Thats it all of you at once." Talon said. the marines looked at each other their discipline had control for awhile, bu their respect took over and they all rushed him, luckily they all ran at him with differnt speeds so he was able to throw each off balance before they got to him. many of them were stronger than he was so he used his speed to combat them using the pressure points he was taight at a young age the spine the neck, gut chest knee cap, shin, and any other parts that were movable. until all the marines were on the floor and Talon was left standing it wasnt that many it was only about a dozen talon didnt think it was a fair fight afterwards.

OOC: do you mean the Space Marines or Standard Marines since even a New Recrut would give Talon a hard time if it was Space Marines. The Standard Marines would be hard but im shore Talon would be able to take on them but the Space Marines wouldnt let them Spa with them (infact i would be suprised if you got into the Fortrass).

Anyway i will Write up a reply soon and i will start the 2nd test or atlest nudge it to day to for the 2nd test.

OOC: do you mean the Space Marines or Standard Marines since even a New Recrut would give Talon a hard time if it was Space Marines. The Standard Marines would be hard but im shore Talon would be able to take on them but the Space Marines wouldnt let them Spa with them (infact i would be suprised if you got into the Fortrass).

ooc: doesnt matter. you decide. i guess the standard though

ooc> Bump. Hopefully Corpsac will return before even I start forgetting to check the thread.

OOC: sos for the delay, my bad forgot about this thread (and the whole of NS) while i was sorting ot my network at my new home (i got a new Graphics card, better then my vodoo card..well anythings better then a vodoo card these days). will write a post out soon, im currently working on 2 new RPs one is the 2nd Shinzu war (you know her gronde right) and the other is the Fallen wars (since a chapter of mine gone basicly chaos...running rampage). both of you are welcome to them once i get started (plus if any of you 2 have AIM/MSN then we can talk about idea you might want).

ooc: i could use a war right now im in that time of the year where i really want to see some death and destruction.... they need to come out with more war movies dam it.

ooc> Bump.

ooc> Bump. Are we going to continue with this or no?

ooc> Bump. Again.

ooc> Are you going to pick this thread up again? Its resolution will greatly effect current threads.