NationStates Jolt Archive

The problem with grappling is that one cannot dodge attacks very easily. Particularly lightning attacks such as Fiona had turned against him. But then, Kelvin had learned several interesting attacks from Daniel as well, and an interesting trick on his own.

Kelvin took the lightning surging into him, and channeled it through himself and back into Fiona, augmenting it with his own power. He actually growled slightly at the pain of Fiona's lightning coursing through him, and his grin took on a strained edge with the concentration of pumping her own power back into her with a little boost of his own.

The problem with grappling is that one cannot dodge attacks very easily. Particularly lightning attacks such as Fiona had turned against him. But then, Kelvin had learned several interesting attacks from Daniel as well, and an interesting trick on his own.

Kelvin took the lightning surging into him, and channeled it through himself and back into Fiona, augmenting it with his own power. He actually growled slightly at the pain of Fiona's lightning coursing through him, and his grin took on a strained edge with the concentration of pumping her own power back into her with a little boost of his own.
She cursed this highly resourceful boy as lightning arced back into her. She was about to teleport, but at the moment of teleportation, the lightning surged into her, forcing her to lose concentration and make a blind jump...

into space, a million klicks away from Yavin and the battle!

Kelvin and Fiona spun lazily over the great red gas giant, and Kelvin was for a moment fascinated by the view in his presently stunned state.

He had a panoramic view of the Chronosian fleet laying siege to the fourth moon, and of an interesting fleet of decidedly >NOT< Chronosian vessels settling onto an intercept course with the Chaos fleet. He saw this, but he failed to register the importance of this intriguing development, not even the fact that he could see Daniel's signature on the lead ship.

His first thought when sense returned to him was that he needed to get the hell out of the vast nothingness of space, and so he himself pulled a blind teleport to the closest place with a breathable atmosphere, dragging his opponent with him.

He materialized on what appeared to be the bridge of a ship... with a very large number of Chaos marines giving him surprised looks.

Fiona fell to the floor at his feet seemingly still stunned after having taken the equivalent of one of her own bursts of electricity and then some.

Kelvin gave a quick once over at the various troops giving him looks of death and curses, as the sound of guns priming, clips locking into place, and flamers being brought to bear reverberated throughout the suddenly silent chamber.

"What... do you mean this is not 221 Baker Street? Curses! I shall look elsewhere then."

Kelvin fired off another teleport towards the lead ship in the approaching fleet, remembering vaguely that there was company coming and if it was imperial star destroyers, chances would be good that it was one of the Good Guys...

Fiona found herself breathing vacuum, and began to disengage herself from Kelvin, but suddenly, a slient *CRACK* occured...

And she found herself on a Chronosian ship, amidst a Daemon captain and his minions!

"Kill...the...boy!" She hissed, recovering. "Kill him!"

But before they could fire bolters and flamers...

Kelvin >cut out godmodding part< followed up with another teleport towards the lead ship in the approaching fleet, remembering vaguely that there was company coming and if it was imperial star destroyers, chances would be good that it was one of the Good Guys...

Fiona teleported as well, following his bright signature...

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Aboard the flagship, Dragon Battlecruiser Dragonfire...

I was in the hangar bay, whistling "Duel of the Fates" as the battle went on. I prepared the Dragonriders for deployment, and especially my silver dragon Ryujin, checking the straps that hung around his neck, when...

"Whoaa!" *WHAM!*

A nine-year-old boy in a red T-shirt, a black vest and cargo pants and a bolo hat dropped in...right on top of me!

Both of us had swirly eyes when everyone came running over to check on us.

"Kelvin!" I cried, and noticed that he was recently in a battle, from all the cuts and scrapes on him. "What just happened?"

I got my answer, when a hurricane ripped through the hangar bay. Crew and the Dragonriders ducked to avoid flying debris, while the dragons put up draconmagic shields. I concentrated chakra on my feet, standing my ground as I stood face-to-face with my sister. At last, we meet again.

"Brother." Fiona sneered as she stopped the storm. "I never expected to see you this early."

"Sister." I replied coldly. "Neither have I, Fiona..."

She growled, eyes flashing yellow like a wildcat. "That name...has no more meaning to me. You, fool, will refer to me as Lady Nightshade!"

More like Lady Vain One! I thought darkly. So...it's true. "Then my sister is truly dead."

"Miss Fiona killed Mister Caller, Mister Masaki," Kelvin said, stumbling about as he fought to catch his breath after both breathing vacuum and pulling two massively long distance teleports in quick succession. "She killed him without a second thought, she did."

"I tried to stop her, Mister Masaki, but I am afraid that she is too far gone. My father... was right... forgive me father... I failed... herrrrrrrrrrrr..."

And with that, the strain of the fight, vacuum exposure, and all the other things that had happened in the ensuing madness, Kelvin toppled over onto the flight deck like a collapsing colossus. A loud thud emanated from the place where he fell, and several of the pilots rushed to him to make certain that the strain had not killed him.

"Miss Fiona killed Mister Caller, Mister Masaki," Kelvin said, stumbling about as he fought to catch his breath after both breathing vacuum and firing of a screambomb in quick succession. "She killed him without a second thought, she did."

"I tried to stop her, Mister Masaki, but I am afraid that she is too far gone. My father... was right... forgive me father... I failed... herrrrrrrrrrrr..."

And with that, the strain of the fight, vacuum exposure, and all the other things that had happened in the ensuing madness, Kelvin toppled over onto the flight deck like a collapsing colossus. A loud thud emanated from the place where he fell, and several of the pilots rushed to him to make certain that the strain had not killed him.
"So you have fallen to the Dark Side, joined with the Sith. Not unexpected, Sister." I said, disappointement etching in my voice. "Mother had never wanted this. I do not. Whatever you're planning, I'll stop you."

She laughed. "Daniel, Daniel. It's not about family. Not anymore. It's about power, and those who have it. Try me."

Our lightsabers sprang to life, and we clashed. Each blow was met with counterblow, thrust met with parry. She and I are evenly matched.

As the duel unfolded, medics rushed to put Kelvin on a stretcher and put him in the medical bay.

"Kohaku, deploy the Dragonriders!" I ordered, as I locked blades with my sister. "Ryujin, go with them!"

"Right, Daniel." "Good luck." They nodded, and the dragons began muttering 2 spells: Space Flight (Combat version) and Space Breathe (oval-bubble of air 3 feet larger in diameter than dragon lasts for as long as needed; for Ryujin, that's a 73-foot bubble. Will encompass rider unless dragon is defeated.). Their riders (with flight goggles and military gear + emergency air tank just in case) mounted them and Ryujin flew out first, his wings 'catching' the fabric of space-time and moving as if they're in the air, only he'll be able to match an X-wing in speed and maneuverability. In space, the dragons will use Plasma Breath in place of normal dragonflame to fight off enemy fighters, which are orange-yellow comets of plasma similar to the larger Plasma Cannons. When they hit atmosphere, they will slow down and slowly release the bubble. In the lowest levels of atmosphere, they'll be no faster than Earth helicopters (300 knots).

The Dragonriders flew out, and forming up on assault shuttles from Konoha ships and two regular Star Destroyers, they began to fight their way towards the moon.

Fiona and I ignored the activity and continued to debate philosophy as we dueled.

"I have tasted great and terrible power, brother. I know you have tasted it before, yet reject it. Fool, you should have embraced it." She said, idly twirling her crimson lightsaber, circling like a predator.

"I reject it because I care more for all the innocents in the Galaxy than for something that's nothing but a false ideal." I replied calmly, my blue blade humming in agreement. I stepped with her, watching her every move. "You turn your back on your family, your country, and yourself, Fiona. You are nothing but a fool to seek power for power's sake. In the end, the Dark Side will consume you and destroy you, as it has destroyed the likes of Palpatine."

A swift clashing of lightsabers, and we broke off again.

She scoffed at my words. "Empty words, Daniel. It won't happen to me. You just watch, brother. When I'm done with my tasks, I will become more powerful than any Jedi!"

She sent crates at me, which I deflected with the Force. Threw lightning, and I absorbed it, then redirected a second blast into her, which she deflected into a wall, and it exploded. She attacked with a snarl, beating at me with her blade, and I deflected each blow aside, showing her who's the greater in the skill of the lightsaber, though she herself was almost as good. We flew into each attack and defense smoothly, much like our grandfather does, neither one able to defeat the other.

Nightshade grew frustrated in her inability to defeat her brother easily. She tried one series of attacks, then another, but she was unable to penetrate my defenses, though she did graze my arm once in a lapse of concentration. In return, I was in a similar position, and worked to try and break her own strong saber defenses. Both of us were trained equally well, but I had the edge due to the Light.

"Dark Lady Nightshade, you disappoint me." I taunted, as I locked blades with her. "Chronos holds you in such high esteem!"

It worked, but she sent a Dance of the Wind Blades at me instead of using her saber. The blades were deflected aside with saber or Force, and I retaliated with Thunderbolt. She blocked it with her saber, and fired off a Rasengan. That one managed to connect, slamming me into a wall. "Ugh!"

"And now, brother, let me show you my true power. " She hissed. Drawing fully on the Dark Side as I draw the Light, she formed a crackling ball of darkness and held it high above her head and a terrible wind began to rush into it, a wind as strong as if someone just decided to punch a hole in the hull of a ship...oh no...

It was the one thing I fear above all other things, for it sends an aura of fear straight through my defenses as if I were nothing but an ordinary boy. The one thing that could kill me if I teleport to escape it. The one thing that my sister can create that could trap me in a terrible, crushing darkness from which there was absolutely no escape. It was the Sphere of Destruction, a terrible black hole forged by the power of the Dark Side. Only once before, I knew a Sith who could summon it, and though I managed to vanquish him, I was very nearly consumed by his dark void, holding on to a tree branch for dear life and wishing it would disappear until splinters dug into my hands, bleeding them. I still have the scars from that.

Now there was no such handhold near me as I called on both my chakra and the Lightside (which drains me like nothing else can) to stop myself from being sucked into the howling ball of darkness. The Sphere of Destruction is unique from an ordinary black hole in that not only it could scare me like nothing else can, but it's summoner is immune to it's power.

As the winds tore at me, trying to force me into the Sphere as it grows, I struggled against it, my shirttail ruffling fiercely as I tried to figure out how to deal with this deadly development. I forced my fear down, fighting against the mental darkness as well as the physical darkness. I saw crewmembers get sucked in the Sphere, helpless to help them, and cursed.

Fiona cackled madly as she fueled her most powerful weapon. "The Sphere awaits you, brother! Resistance is futile, for as it grows, even you won't be able to stand against it! Now DIE!"

I had one chance to stop her. Once chance, as the winds grew strong enough to overcome my powers and drag me into towards the yawning darkness. One chance, and if I miss, I don't know how I'm getting out of this one.

I focused my powers, not on the Sphere, for I would exhaust myself in forcing it to close telekinetically, but on my sister. I sent my most powerful attack, Nova Blast, straight at her, and she had to move the Sphere in front of her to block it. It worked, as some of the lightning curved around the Sphere and hit her, and she screamed in pain, and let go of the Sphere. The key here is to not directly attack the Sphere, but attack the summoner so she would lose control of it and it would disappear. It's not easy to do that if the summoner's will is strong, and I was lucky it wasn't any bigger, or else the lightning won't curve but go in.

I still had a problem, though. It wasn't disappearing fast enough, and I was being sucked towards it! I summoned a rope to my hands, tied it to an emergency anchoring hook for vacuum exposure and stuck chakra on my hands so I won't slip off. I smiled as my sister lost control of the Sphere and it started moving on its own, then I breathed a sigh of relief as the wind lessened enough for me to touch the ground with my feet again, and finally, I was able to dispel the black hole with a wave of my hand, now that no energy was being poured into it. I was breathing hard from the deadly battle against the Sphere but I was still ready to fight and defeat my sister.

"Damn you, Daniel!" She cursed me as I made a crooked grin and advanced on her, lightsaber raised in a judan guard (baseball bat position). "Next time, you won't be so lucky!"

She teleported back on to the planet, right next to Chronos. "Damn that brother of mine! He defeated my Sphere of Destruction, the attack that I hoped to kill him with! Did you find anything on the Valley of the Jedi?"

I sighed, closing down my lightsaber. I sat down, resting up for a minute, and a crewman gave me some MREs and juice to replenish my energy. "Thanks."

Now, the only thing that remains is to find and fight Chronos...

Kelvin and Fiona spun lazily over the great red gas giant, and Kelvin was for a moment fascinated by the view in his presently stunned state.

He had a panoramic view of the Chronosian fleet laying siege to the fourth moon, and of an interesting fleet of decidedly >NOT< Chronosian vessels settling onto an intercept course with the Chaos fleet. He saw this, but he failed to register the importance of this intriguing development, not even the fact that he could see Daniel's signature on the lead ship.

His first thought when sense returned to him was that he needed to get the hell out of the vast nothingness of space, and so he himself pulled a blind teleport to the closest place with a breathable atmosphere, dragging his opponent with him.

He materialized on what appeared to be the bridge of a ship... with a very large number of Chaos marines giving him surprised looks.

Fiona fell to the floor at his feet seemingly still stunned after having taken the equivalent of one of her own bursts of electricity and then some.

Kelvin gave a quick once over at the various troops giving him looks of death and curses, as the sound of guns priming, clips locking into place, and flamers being brought to bear reverberated throughout the suddenly silent chamber.

"What... do you mean this is not 221 Baker Street? Curses! I shall look elsewhere then. Here, take a flier!"

OOC: Sorry Chronosia, has ta be done...

Kelvin cut loose with an omni-directional screambomb, shattering the bridge of the Chronosian vessel with the resounding >BONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGG< and effectively crushing everybody in it save the two people at its center, then followed up with another teleport towards the lead ship in the approaching fleet, remembering vaguely that there was company coming and if it was imperial star destroyers, chances would be good that it was one of the Good Guys...

OOC: Actually, it didn't and if you don't stop with your OMFG Uber 9 year old, SON OF A GOD, I am gone from this RP. I am not having your teleporty little bastard fry my ship with one hit and CONSTANTLY RP MY LOSSES.

Chronos seemed almost to ignore her, running his hands over ancient symbols and runes, feeling the power flow and touch him; beholding secrets beyond what should have been his ken. "I think I have..."
He whispered, still not looking at her; still focussed on this wall, these runes, the symbols and signs that they formed. "It is a legendarty world, known as Ruusan, where the final battles of the Hyperspace Wars were fought. Countless Sith and Jedi fell in battle; and the place became a great nexus of energy, the very rock infused by the power of the Force; spurred by their deaths. There was but one, who long ago would have guarded it; the Knight, Kyle Katarn..."

Chronos seemed almost to ignore her, running his hands over ancient symbols and runes, feeling the power flow and touch him; beholding secrets beyond what should have been his ken. "I think I have..."
He whispered, still not looking at her; still focussed on this wall, these runes, the symbols and signs that they formed. "It is a legendarty world, known as Ruusan, where the final battles of the Hyperspace Wars were fought. Countless Sith and Jedi fell in battle; and the place became a great nexus of energy, the very rock infused by the power of the Force; spurred by their deaths. There was but one, who long ago would have guarded it; the Knight, Kyle Katarn..."
"Yes...Yes...it was an obscure reference to Katarn's life that I saw once as a child. Admired the Jedi in a girlish crush, I hate to admit now. We should find this world. Does it say anything about coordinates?" She asked.

"By a strange coincidence; the only archive detailed and accurate enough for me to use to correlate these coordinates lies on this very world....Do you remember, my apprentice; what lies here? On this world where even the very earth itself is cursed?"

"By a strange coincidence; the only archive detailed and accurate enough for me to use to correlate these coordinates lies on this very world....Do you remember, my apprentice; what lies here? On this world where even the very earth itself is cursed?"
"The...the tomb of Exar Kun. The story is told by all Jedi children as Skywalker had requested long ago of how he and the first of the new Jedi vanquished him." She spoke in a whisper.

He chuckled "Child, you amaze me...I had not even considered Kun's tomb. My thoughts turned more towards the Jedi Academy. I order you; take the Army; destroy them all; even the younglings who cannot wield a blade...And bring me the Holocron archives." He turned from her. "I shall search the tomb"

The remaining ships continued their assault; turning their weapons towards the dragonriders as they approached. The fight continued, onward flew weapons, even as hulls collapsed and sundered, as they plunged in zealous suicidal fury towards their enemies; screaming the prayers of the Dark Gods.

And even as they fought; the dragons slipped past; but they knew; the Chronosians knew....That not all could survive the reign of Chaos.

The Emperor smirked wryly. "It matters not." He rose from his vast throne, glimmering with bone and Basalt and Warp Stone.
"Already, friend, my armies move...Legions assemble in my name; vast war fleets without end, for they have fought wars that would make you weep to see them. They are the armies of the Imperium, the hordes of the Warp, and they shall know no fear...Already, humble delegate of Outer Heaven, exalted brother of Doom...My armies move to strike. Not only to Dusty, but to create."

Slavik moved to speak, but found he couldn't. He felt the Dark Side curl around him, trapping him there. He understood. Slowly, he stepped back, and his aide stepped forward.

"I doubt that Emperor. I have observed these Serpantians for six months now. They aren't much different from you, and what you'd show them is probably that they see on a daily basis. As for that insult, you have no idea who I am do you?"

The voice was familiar, only it sounded processed, like (Think Palpatine when he says: "Lord Vader...rise.", and you have the sound, but the voice doesn't sound like Palpatine).

"I've seen many times, and have died once. I have been reborn, only stronger than I was once before. *I*, am Dark Lord of the Sith! I,"

The aide pulled the hood over his face, revealing a torn face no-one ever expected to see. 1/5th of the face remained. His right eye was real, if slightly damaged, and it looked around, glowing violently red, as was part of his cranium, and some hair protruded from his head. The rest of his face was covered in a metal mesh/mask, almost resembling General Grievous.

His left eye was fake, but it shone bright red also. Under the mesh/mask, parts of burnt skin and muscle could be made out, all blackened, and tightened where muscles had clenched. Where his mouth was, was a small grate, which seemed to be where he was speaking from. But even with all this, the Emperor could recognize him.

"Am Kartion Elesto!" He shouted. The Dark Side swirled violently now, the whole chamber dripping of it. Inside Kartion, souls of drained individuals cried out in pain as they were d, their energies sucked out of them. Kartion couldn't grin, but he seemed to try.

"The Serpantians are a powerful race, and with my help, we cannot fail. Together," Kartion clenched his right fist, which was mostly cybernetic. His sleeve fell, revealing more cybernetics where his arm should be, "We will defeat the GE, and quell the Darkness rising on Coruscant!"

"Kartion Elesto; very nice....However, your presence is of no true concern to me; unless you can prove your worth to me. I want you to hunt down and destroy the leaders of the Coreworldian war effort; Daniel Masaki, and Kelvin Majestus. Should you succeed; I guarantee you a place at my table, from now, till the end of time. Fail; and your fate shall serve as example to Loyalist and Separatist alike. Am I understood; Elesto?"

Kartion laughed.

"That is no problem. I shall hope to meet Masaki again, I have unfinished business with him. However, whiel I'm off doing this, I suggest you pay good attention to Anton Slavik. He is a master co-ordinator and tactician, you shall find his assistance most helpful. Outer Heaven will make good allies, I give you my word."

With that, Kartion turned, and faded out of existance.

He chuckled "Child, you amaze me...I had not even considered Kun's tomb. My thoughts turned more towards the Jedi Academy. I order you; take the Army; destroy them all; even the younglings who cannot wield a blade...And bring me the Holocron archives." He turned from her. "I shall search the tomb"
"Unfortunately, the Jedi have fled when you attacked the first time, but their artifacts still remain, I shall see to them." She said, and disappeared to the academy. It took a little while, but she managed to find the Holocron archives behind the Council chambers, and filled her arms with a few important-looking ones. She then returned to her Master with them. "As I said, empty, but here's a few that should be of use."

The remaining ships continued their assault; turning their weapons towards the dragonriders as they approached. The fight continued, onward flew weapons, even as hulls collapsed and sundered, as they plunged in zealous suicidal fury towards their enemies; screaming the prayers of the Dark Gods.

And even as they fought; the dragons slipped past; but they knew; the Chronosians knew....That not all could survive the reign of Chaos.
The dragons slipped downwards towards the moon, having dodged the many weapons thrown at them and fought and won against the few fighters that slipped past the fighter screen, even as the Fleet covered them with massive fire from the cruisers and battleships. Three assault ships were lost, two ninja, one full of Core Marines. Ten remained, three Ninja, three Marine (one with some Jedi), four Dragon (dragon troops, armies of the King; they'd rather not expend magic to fly through space as the larger Dragonrider dragons do, conserving it for the battle).

With Daniel out of the fight for a few minutes, command fell to Naruto, master ninja extraordinaire (or so he loves to boast)! The Hokage-to-be grinned a foxlike grin, as his command shuttle descended into the atmosphere.

"Alright, we made it through. Now here comes the hard part." The orange-clad shinobi Chuunin chuckled.

It has been a while since I fought the demon hordes, last seen since the Demon War. His sealed fox Kyuubi replied, anticipating the battle. The foul forces of Chronos shall once again know the power of the Kyuubi!

For once, baka fox, I agree with you! Naruto replied to the eternally sealed fox demon within him. They're going to wish they've never messed with us!

The ships reached a clearing and wasted no time disgorging their passengers. "Go! Go! Go!"

The shinobi split into their usual teams of three and four and headed into the trees to seek out the Sith minions. We follow the Golden Trio, Team #7; Naruto-san (trained by Jiraiya ero-sennin), Sasuke-sensei (Jounin, trained by Orochimaru-sennin before turning on the evil snake; the sennin survived the duel, barely), Sakura-chan (medic-nin and trained under Tsunade-sama), the Dragonriders Kohaku, Henry and my *blush* girlfriend Katrina, and Ryujin for this battle. We also follow the popular Commander McNeil, a thirtysomething year old Marine with many a battle under his belt.

As the Shinobi flitted through the trees like oversized squirrels and the dragons wheeled in the sky, they sought out the Sith minions, and when they fought them, chakra powers flared, and flames burned the enemy wherever they met. The battle to retake Yavin IV has begun!

Kartion laughed.

"That is no problem. I shall hope to meet Masaki again, I have unfinished business with him. However, whiel I'm off doing this, I suggest you pay good attention to Anton Slavik. He is a master co-ordinator and tactician, you shall find his assistance most helpful. Outer Heaven will make good allies, I give you my word."

With that, Kartion turned, and faded out of existance.
I recovered my energy, and readied to teleport back down, when I sensed another familiar energy surge. Kartion...so you've come back. I'll deal with you later.

CRACK! CRACK! I returned to the planet and this time I went to search for Chronos, tree-hopping as I fight the minions at the same time.

Once again, the fires of Doom Prime were fueled for conquest. Two fleets had been assembled for a two-pronged offensive designed to punch deep into Republican Space. The first target would be, once again, Kaminos. Although the last battle had failed to conquer the world, it had, in fact, succeeded in setting back clone production on that particular facility by a month. This one was aimed at taking the planet out all together.

The commander of this operation would be an old Sith Knight by the name of Darth Prius. He was among the lesser Sith in the hierarchy that existed in Doomingsland, but was a better commander than most of his counterparts. He had in his fleet roughly 300 vessels built around his flagship, the Imperium, a heavy dreadnaught sporting four quad heavy ion cannon turrets, one hundred torpedo tubes, and a single light World Cleansing beam, not quite as powerful as the one found on Defiler, but enough to get the job done.

In addition to this, twenty invasion ships, each containing room for no less than 800,000 fully armed Marines, Converts, and Legionaries and enough drop pods for all of them, came with the fleet. They were intent on victory this time.

The second stage of the offensive would be aimed deep into Republic territory, where they least expected. At the -sry, Sith, forgot the name again- shipyards. This attack would be lead by none other than Darth Grevious, better known as Predalien. He had assumed command of the newly repaired Defiler. This attack would be a bit more subtle, relying on the ability of a group of Legionaries to hijack the docked vessels and set their self destruct before the attack itself came.

This fleet would only consist of thirty ships -including the Defiler- to succeed. However, the planet would also be a testing ground for the Doomans' most frightening new weapon...

The Bloodguard roared forward; raising his mighty chainaxes as he hurled himself towards his prey; his mind drifting to prayers of Khorne and cries of Devotion to the Blood God. He growled; steeling himself against his foes words and actions, as he swore that he would shed blood; no matter who it belonged too....
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On Yavin, Chronos moved with Nightshade through the halls of Kun's tomb, examing anything that could possibly be of interest; when suddenly he paused; turning slightly. "Take the Holocrons and make haste to the ship. I will meet you there when the time is right; but head not to the battlegroup..." He smirked, wryly. "He is here, and I shall face him...."

Through the halls he traversed; through the open air, through burnign jungle and broken temple; his footfalls took him; even as his Sith engaged the new terror from the skies; he moved; killing any who opposed him...
"Masaki..." He whispered

The Bloodguard roared forward; raising his mighty chainaxes as he hurled himself towards his prey; his mind drifting to prayers of Khorne and cries of Devotion to the Blood God. He growled; steeling himself against his foes words and actions, as he swore that he would shed blood; no matter who it belonged too....
Swiftly, the two shinobi threw fire-cloaked shuriken, to weaken this monster and make him bleed, whatever blood he spills before moving in for the kill.

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On Yavin, Chronos moved with Nightshade through the halls of Kun's tomb, examing anything that could possibly be of interest; when suddenly he paused; turning slightly. "Take the Holocrons and make haste to the ship. I will meet you there when the time is right; but head not to the battlegroup..." He smirked, wryly. "He is here, and I shall face him...."
"Very well." She said, and headed to his ship. There, she would defend it with her life.

Meanwhile, the dragons and shinobi were making short work of the enemy, as they fought and defeated each Sith minion. Some survived, some died, but all fight for all that is good and true.

Through the halls he traversed; through the open air, through burnign jungle and broken temple; his footfalls took him; even as his Sith engaged the new terror from the skies; he moved; killing any who opposed him...
"Masaki..." He whispered
A couple of Marines never knew who killed them as a red blade sliced through them. But his real opponent soon showed up.

I dramatically appeared in a tree with a puff of smoke. The funny thing is, I was standing upside down on a thick tree branch, holding myself up with chakra. I smirked and folded my arms. "You called, Darth Chronos? I'll send you the phone bill."

Chronos chuckled wryly. "Ah, Daniel; ever the joker...You and the God-Child share that irritating trait of foolish humor; in the face of death. Tell me, how does it feel to know that your sister has been corrupted and violated, and all that you have worked for; reformation in the Empire, everything, will be smote to ruin by my Master" He stepped forward. "Do you not feel, with all your heart, that we will become legends; battling to save an order, or destroy it, one which no longer benefits us...."

Chronos chuckled wryly. "Ah, Daniel; ever the joker...You and the God-Child share that irritating trait of foolish humor; in the face of death. Tell me, how does it feel to know that your sister has been corrupted and violated, and all that you have worked for; reformation in the Empire, everything, will be smote to ruin by my Master" He stepped forward. "Do you not feel, with all your heart, that we will become legends; battling to save an order, or destroy it, one which no longer benefits us...."
"Oh, don't worry, I feel like frying a few baddies, starting with you." I grinned evilly as I hopped to the ground. "I'm battling to protect the Light, the Good and the Innocent, and I won't let you consume the Galaxy with your Chronosian Chaos minions! Even if I must fight alone."

"My dear noy; whoever said I was working for either Chronosia or Chaos?" He chuckled, stepping forward. "My Master taught me to put myself beyond gods...I forsook Tzeentch; when I embraced the Dark Side, totally...Like when I killed Soloran, or turned your sister. Tell me, does it feel righteous keeping her under lock and key like an animal? And wouldn't you like to know who murdered your Mother?" He lunged forward; producing a second sabre from his belt; igniting it as he lashed out against Daniel
"My Master elevated me, to a point where I could kill one of your Jedi Masters...And soon, I will claim more."

"My dear noy; whoever said I was working for either Chronosia or Chaos?" He chuckled, stepping forward. "My Master taught me to put myself beyond gods...I forsook Tzeentch; when I embraced the Dark Side, totally...Like when I killed Soloran, or turned your sister. Tell me, does it feel righteous keeping her under lock and key like an animal? And wouldn't you like to know who murdered your Mother?" He lunged forward; producing a second sabre from his belt; igniting it as he lashed out against Daniel
"My Master elevated me, to a point where I could kill one of your Jedi Masters...And soon, I will claim more."
"Not if I could help it!" I smirked, as I blocked the first blow. "You know, isn't this the point where the evil villain reveals his plan for the Hero to try and stop?"

Vedil stood on his platform smiling as the Jedi made his retort, his eyes were wide and the grin slanting, folding his arms as though he were an angry parent about to rebuke a child, the chancellor chuckled to himself.

“I see Master Jedi, tell me? Why must you come into this chamber and fill it with lies, why do you insult me, the senate, and the foundations of this Republic itself. First of all, I will apologise on your behalf, to the Gungan ambassador, who was just appealing for refugee aide, until you so rudely interrupted.” Vedil turned to the Gungan now livid with fury at the Jedi. “The Republic will grant you whatever your people require ambassador, please see me after the session and we can discuss it then.”

Vedil turned his head back to Alexander Masaki with unnatural speed. “So you claim that Daniel Masaki is merely a commander, you claim that Daniel Masaki is not in command of your military operation, you claim wrong Master Jedi! Do not attempt to belittle me with lies and slander. Daniel Masaki is in fact the commander of your military forces, I have received information showing why the Chronosians have had suchfortune in the war, it appears that a vital fleet, defending the front lines no less, has left under the orders of Daniel Masaki, do you deny it? Do you call me a liar? No I think not. With that fleet in position Naboo, and the other worlds now covered in flames could have been saved, Millions of lives spared, but on the whim of a child they left, and people died. Does that weigh heavily on your conscience master Jedi, that those you and your grandson swore to protect, are suffering from the result of tactical ineptitude.

And let me also point out that Daniel Masaki has been in command of every major fleet battle for the past five years, he is hardly just a military commander Master Jedi.

Then we have Kelvin, the Godulan spy…. Indeed he is only nine years old, but Daniel Masaki was only fourteen when he began to take on tie fighters and work for the Coredian government against Emperor Palpatine. In fact…. I have proof that Kelvin Majestus is not just any other nine year old child.”

The holo-screens rolled and it showed a demand open to the entire Galaxy.

TO ALL EVIL-DOERS AND NE'ER-DO-WELLS OF THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL

My name is Kelvin Majestatus. You may have heard of me, or you may not. All that you need to know is this:

I
Am
Better
Than
You!
Find me. Fight me. Prove me wrong. Outsmart me in a game of checkers, if it suits your fancy! I do not care!

Vedil laughed. “ I even have proof that this child, has beaten many opponents, he hides it not. I must respect the Godulans for sending such an agent, after all, who would suspect a nine year old boy as a spy?”

The screens changed again to outside the Senate Dome showing Kelvin teleport away in the blink of an eye.

“Normal child indeed. What about the law Daniel Masakis father lay down? Does it not dictate that Daniel must not command more than ten ships at any time, but, he is commanding fleets all the time. This I must say is a prime example of the continued hypocrisy of the aristocracy, that their laws must be followed by hard working citizens, but then, when it comes to the aristocracy themselves the laws do not apply!

A laugh erupted throughout the chamber, indeed it was true, and those on Tenetia waiting an impending attacks would begin to feel very insecure at their leaders ability.

Then we have the death of Jennifer Masaki, would Knight Hawkins kill such a woman? After all, he was willing to give his life for her, shown in the attack upon this very building, I could play the footage of it, but no master Jedi, I doubt that Knight Hawkins would commit such an act, of which he is clearly incapable of.

Force adepts should not be involved in politics Master Jedi, that is how the Empire formed, and if we are not careful, we will have another Empire again.

The senate seemed to approve of the Chancellors speech, the threat of another emperor kept them well on his side. Many would want answers as to why a major fleet left the front lines, many were wanting blood.

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The new powers Hawkins had gained caught Sirus completely off guard while the Jedi flew through the air and landed softly behind him. In a stroke of his lightsaber Hawkins slashed and made contact with Sirus’s red robes. A great seer and stench of melted alloys erupted into the room as the sabre attempted to penetrate the Dark Lords clothing. Realising his error Sirus quickly pressed a small button on his pike hilt, which saw the blade retreat and extend directly towards the Jedi at inhumane speeds. The pike hilt unleashed a spike of electrical energy, while Sirus turned and released his own deadly wave of lightning.

Hawkins saw the pike reverse with some sense of surprise, though that did not prevent slow down his reaction time, he altered the angle of his strike so that it in turn parry Sirus new blade, though just barley he felt his thigh go numb for a second.

As he took a step back he too had a surprise for the Sith, as the lighting advanced toward him Hawkins activated the second blade of his saber, absorbing the Sith's attack. As the attack dissipated Hawkins flourished his green blades, and smiled at his opponent.

Vedil stood on his platform smiling as the Jedi made his retort, his eyes were wide and the grin slanting, folding his arms as though he were an angry parent about to rebuke a child, the chancellor chuckled to himself.

“I see Master Jedi, tell me? Why must you come into this chamber and fill it with lies, why do you insult me, the senate, and the foundations of this Republic itself. First of all, I will apologise on your behalf, to the Gungan ambassador, who was just appealing for refugee aide, until you so rudely interrupted.” Vedil turned to the Gungan now livid with fury at the Jedi. “The Republic will grant you whatever your people require ambassador, please see me after the session and we can discuss it then.”

Vedil turned his head back to Alexander Masaki with unnatural speed. “So you claim that Daniel Masaki is merely a commander, you claim that Daniel Masaki is not in command of your military operation, you claim wrong Master Jedi! Do not attempt to belittle me with lies and slander. Daniel Masaki is in fact the commander of your military forces, I have received information showing why the Chronosians have had suchfortune in the war, it appears that a vital fleet, defending the front lines no less, has left under the orders of Daniel Masaki, do you deny it? Do you call me a liar? No I think not. With that fleet in position Naboo, and the other worlds now covered in flames could have been saved, Millions of lives spared, but on the whim of a child they left, and people died. Does that weigh heavily on your conscience master Jedi, that those you and your grandson swore to protect, are suffering from the result of tactical ineptitude.

And let me also point out that Daniel Masaki has been in command of every major fleet battle for the past five years, he is hardly just a military commander Master Jedi.

Then we have Kelvin, the Godulan spy…. Indeed he is only nine years old, but Daniel Masaki was only fourteen when he began to take on tie fighters and work for the Coredian government against Emperor Palpatine. In fact…. I have proof that Kelvin Majestus is not just any other nine year old child.”

The holo-screens rolled and it showed a transmission open to the entire Galaxy.

TO ALL EVIL-DOERS AND NE'ER-DO-WELLS OF THE UNIVERSE IN GENERAL

My name is Kelvin Majestatus. You may have heard of me, or you may not. All that you need to know is this:

I
Am
Better
Than
You!
Find me. Fight me. Prove me wrong. Outsmart me in a game of checkers, if it suits your fancy! I do not care!

Vedil laughed. “ I even have proof that this child, has beaten many opponents, he hides it not. I must respect the Godulans for sending such an agent, after all, who would suspect a nine year old boy as a spy?”

The screens changed again to outside the Senate Dome showing Kelvin teleport away in the blink of an eye.

“Normal child indeed. What about the law Daniel Masakis father lay down? Does it not dictate that Daniel must not command more than ten ships at any time, but, he is commanding fleets all the time. This I must say is a prime example of the continued hypocrisy of the aristocracy, that their laws must be followed by hard working citizens, but then, when it comes to the aristocracy themselves the laws do not apply!

A laugh erupted throughout the chamber, indeed it was true, and those on Tenetia waiting an impending attacks would begin to feel very insecure at their leaders ability.

Then we have the death of Jennifer Masaki, would Knight Hawkins kill such a woman? After all, he was willing to give his life for her, shown in the attack upon this very building, I could play the footage of it, but no master Jedi, I doubt that Knight Hawkins would commit such an act, of which he is clearly incapable of.

Force adepts should not be involved in politics Master Jedi, that is how the Empire formed, and if we are not careful, we will have another Empire again.

The senate seemed to approve of the Chancellors speech, the threat of another emperor kept them well on his side. Many would want answers as to why a major fleet left the front lines, many were wanting blood.
Alex raised an eyebrow, never losing a beat. So, he has spies within the Temple. This is interesting. "Indeed, Daniel shows initiative when it comes to combat, I commend you for pointing out what appears to be flaws which are really his virtues. The so-called vital fleet are nothing more than a few capital ships owned by personal allies like Hokage Tsunade and King Sarinoth, who are not strictly under the aegis of the Navy, and they number no more than ten. They wouldn't give him a shuttle if they didn't trust him, and of course they do. He does so to deal with Miss Masaki, for she has been taken hostage by the Sith Lord Chronos and forced to schism against the Family. It's not that he doesn't care about the people, he cares enough to stop his sister from harming them, for she would if left unchecked. It's simply that he's caught in circumstances even Jedi cannot always control. He couldn't have known about the invasion, so you cannot and should not blame him for what cannot always be foreseen, even by the best of Jedi!" He waggled his finger at the Chancellor. "The future is always in motion never fixed, do you realize that Chancellor? Obviously, we must face the consequences of our actions, but Daniel knows that as well as any military commander does! I will not have the Chancellor spew slander without putting things into context!"

Senators who agreed with the Jedi Master stood up to clap, and shouted down the naysayers. It appears that there is a divison within the Senate as many agreed with the Chancellor and many sided with the Jedi Master, and a number abstained.

"Order, order!" Mas Amedda the II shouted, and the Senate calmed again.

"As for young Kelvin, if you fear him so much, we shall of course detain the child ourselves, and have already made orders to that effect." Truth, as he's under close watch by the Jedi but for a different reason: medical. "As it is a Jedi matter since he IS a Jedi after all, we will deal with him as we see fit, which will of course entail imprisonment or other punishments if we see he is clearly the threat you so claim. As it is, we maintain that it was exiled Hawkins that killed my daughter-in-law, and no one else, and will maintain it as it is the truth, and the Jedi have seen him slay her with their own eyes. The matter is closed, Chancellor, and for further discussion, I suggest you speak with the Council. Is there anything further?"

"Not if I could help it!" I smirked, as I blocked the first blow. "You know, isn't this the point where the evil villain reveals his plan for the Hero to try and stop?"

"Of course not; Masaki; I am far too advanced to ruin my Master's plans. You need only know that you further them with every breath...Traitor" He chuckled slightly, as he mvoed back, the boy had blocked him, but he could not resist forever. He hurled himself forth again, lashing out with two sabers against Daniel's one.
"I fear that the Jedi order's history on Yavin is at an end; after all, we were here first." His hand sliped to his robes and placed the Death Mask upon his coutnenance once more, before activating a small beacon upon his wrist.
The Ships above acknowledged; and while others held the line of defence; others launched orbital bombardments and deep pentrating warheads against the Jedi academy; and the tectonic plates of the moon, itself.

"Of course not; Masaki; I am far too advanced to ruin my Master's plans. You need only know that you further them with every breath...Traitor" He chuckled slightly, as he mvoed back, the boy had blocked him, but he could not resist forever. He hurled himself forth again, lashing out with two sabers against Daniel's one.
"I fear that the Jedi order's history on Yavin is at an end; after all, we were here first." His hand sliped to his robes and placed the Death Mask upon his coutnenance once more, before activating a small beacon upon his wrist.
The Ships above acknowledged; and while others held the line of defence; others launched orbital bombardments and deep pentrating warheads against the Jedi academy; and the tectonic plates of the moon, itself.
Traitor? What's he talking--whoa, nearly clipped my hair, not like I needed a hair cut! I ducked a blow and continued to fight red against blue using pure Form II skills.

The Moon shuddered as if it recieved a fatal blow, and it did. Soon, it would blow apart and the Dragons sensed that. Finishing up on their last battles against the Sith, Naruto ordered the armies to retreat to the ships and the Ships of Konoha and Issus sent finishing blows into the last enemy ships that did so.

I could sense that Yavin was dying, and as I grieved for her, I continued to rain blows upon Chronos. Lava started spilling out of the cracks, and wild weather began to blow, with tornadoes, hailstorms and firestorms everywhere. I used the weather to lash out at Chronos with a Thunderbolt...

"By the way, Chancellor, would you care to show us the person who made the so-called transmission? As I recall, Kelvin used sticky-note fliers with smiley faces on them." Alex smiled, producing the sticky notes and cameras zoomed in on them. Hardly someone who is evil, even if he is a strong nine-year-old.

Lightning crackled from his fingers; deflecting the attack, as he plunged through it; debris scratching at his covered face, his enrobed body; rain lashing around him, the winds howling and a growing heat rising about the planet as it cracked and shuddered with its orgiastic throes of death. Chronos spun and slashed again and again at Daniel, parrying his blows, even as some cut into his armor and his enshrined flesh. He would give the boy something to remember, something to be marked by.
"Even as you fight, you lose, boy...The Academy is dead; soon its secrets, one and all will burn. You will never find the Valley; you will never know the truth. You are waging a war of futility; turning your eye from the main event and dabbling about the sidelines. Why? For what? Sister, perhaps? I wonder if you have seen the future; with your prescient mind, you should acknowledge how the schizm will never heal" He attacked again. "You and your get shall suffer and die; Traitor...."

The Farstar’s Cluster’s representative stood up her voice sang out across the chamber,

“I think we have all had enough slander here from both Masaki and Vedil. Realize that no one here doubts the bravery of the Cordian Jedi or their warriors. We do find it appalling that with our forces stretched so thin that an entire fleet would desert the line, at worst that is treason, at best it is gross negligence of duty. This is also an official protest to the Cordian Jedi Council, we find your treatment of Master Hawkins to be completely disgraceful. He is a man who saved both Daniel and Jennifer Masaki’s life. I need not tell anyone here what the Sith took from him either, the man is a hero and his Exile is a disgrace.”

“The Jedi Council and its slander shall no longer be tolerated, they are banned from the cluster until they apologize for their slander of Master Hawkins. We remember the past, we remember being abandoned by the Cordians to the Empire and their occupation, their since or aristocracy and superiority will not be tolerated by us anymore. Their exists more people then the Masaki family and there are more interests then those of the Coreworlds in this universe!” Her speech was greeted by the applause of not only the Farstars but many of the systems bordering their cluster and many of the plants of the galactic rim. “We stand with Senator Vedil as the Chancellor of the Republic, NO EMPEROR will ever be tolerated again, even if he is benevolent, never again! Do you hear me? All of you in this august body the Republic will overcome this conflict, Do you hear me Chancellor you are our leader, our republican champion, but your emergency powers exist only for this state of emergency…Every here mark my words, the separatists opposed the Republic they are our enemies, anyone here who opposes the republic whom attempts to establish another empire shall be opposed! Long Live The Republic!” Now just about everyone who represented anything but a Coreworlds announced their support of the Republic and Vedil. There existed a rift between the systems of the Republic now an ideological one.

Lightning crackled from his fingers; deflecting the attack, as he plunged through it; debris scratching at his covered face, his enrobed body; rain lashing around him, the winds howling and a growing heat rising about the planet as it cracked and shuddered with its orgiastic throes of death. Chronos spun and slashed again and again at Daniel, parrying his blows, even as some cut into his armor and his enshrined flesh. He would give the boy something to remember, something to be marked by.
"Even as you fight, you lose, boy...The Academy is dead; soon its secrets, one and all will burn. You will never find the Valley; you will never know the truth. You are waging a war of futility; turning your eye from the main event and dabbling about the sidelines. Why? For what? Sister, perhaps? I wonder if you have seen the future; with your prescient mind, you should acknowledge how the schizm will never heal" He attacked again. "You and your get shall suffer and die; Traitor...."
"Who are you calling traitor?!" I yelled. But of course, I felt the truth in his statement. My sister is lost. It is time to return to the real war, even as a thin red line of blood appeared across my chest, digging through even the mithril shirt. He managed to strike me, but fortunately, it would be healed quickly. I glad the elven magic in the shirt absorbed most of the blow.

Yavin is lost, I knew that much. Many secrets of the Jedi will be lost to history, but we always have copies of many secrets in archives all over the galaxy. The Sith could never destroy them all, and secrets can be relearned when the Force wishes them to be relearned.

Lava poured around us, as the final troops lifted off from the moon. My sister held the ship safe with the Dark Side, but it won't be long before it's hangar bay collapses. We both knew we had to escape, and I decided to break off.

"Well, too bad I can't kill you now. Things are getting hot around here, and I must be off to save my capital planet!" I smirked one last time, as I flipped backwards from the Sith Lord. I waved bye-bye and teleported to the bridge of the Dragonfire. Till next time, Chronos! Give my love to my sister, and don't invite me to the wedding!

"Let's get the hell out of here!" I ordered, and the fleet, now down to seven ships and fifteen escorts, kissed the enemy with Hadoken parting shots and jumped into hyperspace. Destination: Tenetia!

Chronos chuckled; running his fingers over his wound as he focussed; teleporting himself to the ship, smiling lightly at Fiona. "We are done here...Let us make haste; both the boy and my erstwhile father are acting better than I could have hoped. The planet is nearly doomed, and I fear those partign blows from the enemy shall merely speed it forth. An interesting piece of footage for our ships to transmit." He raised a communicator to his mouth as he kicked the ship into active mode.
"Transmit the datastreams of the Coreworlders firing their leaving shots; everything up to the detonation, and then self destruct. You know to who it must be sent"
"As you wish, Lord Chronos"
"And so it is done" he smirked wryly'; a serpent watching from his hole. "Your brother sends his love; though I imagine not even that wil save him...."

The Farstar’s Cluster’s representative stood up her voice sang out across the chamber,

“I think we have all had enough slander here from both Masaki and Vedil. Realize that no one here doubts the bravery of the Cordian Jedi or their warriors. We do find it appalling that with our forces stretched so thin that an entire fleet would desert the line, at worst that is treason, at best it is gross negligence of duty. This is also an official protest to the Cordian Jedi Council, we find your treatment of Master Hawkins to be completely disgraceful. He is a man who saved both Daniel and Jennifer Masaki’s life. I need not tell anyone here what the Sith took from him either, the man is a hero and his Exile is a disgrace.”

“The Jedi Council and its slander shall no longer be tolerated, they are banned from the cluster until they apologize for their slander of Master Hawkins. We remember the past, we remember being abandoned by the Cordians to the Empire and their occupation, their since or aristocracy and superiority will not be tolerated by us anymore. Their exists more people then the Masaki family and there are more interests then those of the Coreworlds in this universe!” Her speech was greeted by the applause of not only the Farstars but many of the systems bordering their cluster and many of the plants of the galactic rim. “We stand with Senator Vedil as the Chancellor of the Republic, NO EMPEROR will ever be tolerated again, even if he is benevolent, never again! Do you hear me? All of you in this august body the Republic will overcome this conflict, Do you hear me Chancellor you are our leader, our republican champion, but your emergency powers exist only for this state of emergency…Every here mark my words, the separatists opposed the Republic they are our enemies, anyone here who opposes the republic whom attempts to establish another empire shall be opposed! Long Live The Republic!” Now just about everyone who represented anything but a Coreworlds announced their support of the Republic and Vedil. There existed a rift between the systems of the Republic now an ideological one.
"Madam, Hawkins is only exiled until he is shown to be a true Jedi once more, that was the order of the Council. Whether you agree or not, it stands." Alex said calmly. He smiled widely, as he can reveal the good news. "Oh yes, and I sense that my grandson is returning to the front lines from Yavin. It appears he's concluded his battle with the Sith Lord and will now deal with the rest of Chronosia. If the young Commander truly deserted, he would never have dared come back, even I would have disgraced him, how much I would hate to do so. Ladies and gentlebeings, once again I announce that the Force has revealed that the Commander is returning to deal with the forces of Chaos. Now we shall see who is the lair, the slanderer."

Alex realized that by defending Daniel so much, he's losing the battle for some of the public's approval of the young Emperor-to-be. Well, family supports family, and he is getting old, nearing 80, and not as swift in politics as in his younger days. Well, I am getting long in the tooth. Perhaps I should retire from politics after this war.

"Whether or not you believe it, Daniel is no traitor to the Republic, despite the harsh words of the Senate." Alex concluded. "Whether you believe it or not, he always has the public at heart, and simply wishes for the people to trust him. When the Sith reveal their real designs, he will be there to stop them because he has loved this Galaxy, even if it would hate him. He is willing to pay the ultimate price to protect those he loves: family, friends, country, galaxy, alone if he must. That is his Jedi way. Think on that carefully, my friends, and May the Force be with You."

Alex walked away with a flourish, and a great round of applause occured, started by Senator Kieran, and going from the Wookiee Senator, the Corellian Senator, the New Alderaanian Senator, down to the Senators from Tatooine, Bespin, Chandrila, Fondor, and many more.

Chronos chuckled; running his fingers over his wound as he focussed; teleporting himself to the ship, smiling lightly at Fiona. "We are done here...Let us make haste; both the boy and my erstwhile father are acting better than I could have hoped. The planet is nearly doomed, and I fear those partign blows from the enemy shall merely speed it forth. An interesting piece of footage for our ships to transmit." He raised a communicator to his mouth as he kicked the ship into active mode.
"Transmit the datastreams of the Coreworlders firing their leaving shots; everything up to the detonation, and then self destruct. You know to who it must be sent"
"As you wish, Lord Chronos"
"And so it is done" he smirked wryly'; a serpent watching from his hole. "Your brother sends his love; though I imagine not even that wil save him...."
"Brave, but foolish. In time, he will be broken. I have a philosophy. I break my victim's spirit first. We will do that by turning the galaxy away from the Jedi, and my brother. Then I break his mind. That shall be done when we...expediate their demise. Finally, I break his body. That I will do with the power of the Valley."

Aboard a Tzeentchian flagship, the Sorcerers stood in awe at what they had created; from alchemy, summoning and divination, they had finally formed a weapon that could, in theory, challenge the Coreworldian Dragonriders. Any problem, had a solution, and here in the ships central spire; a new solution was being bred. The creature shook itself, sniffing hoarsely as it stepped forth, sinewy wings stretching behind it as it roared in firey discharge.
"The Black Dragonflight..." The lead sorcerer whispered. "A perfect being of Chaos."
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The Chronosian fleet did not come easily, for the fleets had merged and dodged about in the Warp. Even those from Devon and Teyr were tapering off to the main invasion force. Three main strike groups had formed; far from the planet, yet somehow all closer to the moons, at the edge facing away from the planet.
"You know what must be done..." Came the booming order; and all acknowledged; for even as the hammering blow of enemy fire began; then Chronosian weapons charged; missle ships sallied forth from hangers; as orbital hell was disgorged, simultaneously, from each and every ship; with energy weapons, warp cannons and various missle weapons; many like those that had decimated Yavin; sailing through the audient void. As somewhere; far across the endless sea of abyss; the Emperor paused; looked skyward; and bellowed in a dark and terrible laughter, even before the guests he still had.
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"Indeed; that power shall be ours. Now, we must use these Holocrons along with our own ships maps; and then; pinpoint the Valley's location. Once we have it at last, we shall begin the endgame of this endeavour, the curtain fall of this grand guignol..."

Aboard a Tzeentchian flagship, the Sorcerers stood in awe at what they had created; from alchemy, summoning and divination, they had finally formed a weapon that could, in theory, challenge the Coreworldian Dragonriders. Any problem, had a solution, and here in the ships central spire; a new solution was being bred. The creature shook itself, sniffing hoarsely as it stepped forth, sinewy wings stretching behind it as it roared in firey discharge.
"The Black Dragonflight..." The lead sorcerer whispered. "A perfect being of Chaos."
The King of Dragons suddenly awoke. He looked up at the night sky of Issus, and growled. "An abomination has been born. It is indeed time."

With a loud roar, he woke up his Dragon Army, and sent notice to the Spirit Detectives to prepare for combat...at Tenetia. The King will fly to battle himself. The plan is about to begin.

Meanwhile, Hokage Tsunade of Konoha also felt a terrible darkness approach. Being a medic-nin, she knew it as a black sickness, one which must be healed and quickly. She summoned the full Jounin Council, consisting of all the Jounin in the nation, and a few using holograms, and ordered that as many shinobi as possible are to be placed at Tenetia, Jounin, Chuunin, even Genins. While she herself would head the home defense teams, she placed Jiraiya-sennin in charge of the shinobi army, and Kakashi-sensei as his second-in-command (when ero-sennin being pervertious, he'll take over).

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The Chronosian fleet did not come easily, for the fleets had merged and dodged about in the Warp. Even those from Devon and Teyr were tapering off to the main invasion force. Three main strike groups had formed; far from the planet, yet somehow all closer to the moons, at the edge facing away from the planet.
"You know what must be done..." Came the booming order; and all acknowledged; for even as the hammering blow of enemy fire began; then Chronosian weapons charged; missle ships sallied forth from hangers; as orbital hell was disgorged, simultaneously, from each and every ship; with energy weapons, warp cannons and various missle weapons; many like those that had decimated Yavin; sailing through the audient void. As somewhere; far across the endless sea of abyss; the Emperor paused; looked skyward; and bellowed in a dark and terrible laughter, even before the guests he still had.
"The Gate has broken..." The commander in charge of Teyr's defense cried out as Teyr's defenses were overwhelmed. "Retreat! Begin Operation Shadow Fire!"

Operation Shadow Fire...with Masaki's fleet and the Sovereign II approaching, the timing is right.

Tenetia the capital has been preparing the secret operation since the war began. Rommel and Pellaeon hammered out the plans, calling for a great trap to be laid, a trap that would use the Chronosians' own eagerness to destroy against them.

If the enemy fleet entered the system, it would be set back by a huge FTLi screen combining inhibitors, moons, planets and the sun that will force the Chronosians to slow down and bunch up their fleet into one great stab at the planet. Only the fleet commanders know the secret passageways that will allow the Grand Fleet of the Imperial Republic to completely surround the enemy as it enters a seemingly empty system. All will appear silent as sensors will show nothing but orbitial defenses and the Home Defense Fleet at the capital planet and its three moons. It would appear as if the capital was simply abandoned, left to die. The people who never managed to escape would feel the final horror of a people abandoned as the Chronosian fleet bears down upon it. It would be genuine, and everyone including the Galactic Senate would be fooled. Oh sure, the political flak would be horrible, but President Bryan Sandler didn't care anymore, not with the lives of millions at stake. Clad in a military uniform, he awaited the forces of Chaos calmly and with dignity borne of his office. He held a blaster rifle on his shoulders and his elven forged longsword was strapped to his side. He somehow knew that his time would come, and ordered the Vice President to flee with the fleet to set up a government in exile.

The people were ordered to take what weapons they have and go to designated defense positions, while the army of the Shinobi and Dragons arrived to prepare for the seemingly final defense of a falling nation. The Masaki Twins were among the defenders (OOC: they will survive) and prepared their alchemy/light and fire/ice attacks to defend in case daemons appear.

All in all, the planet was in a somber mood, watching, waiting for the final defense as the news reported it. The Golan systems were prepped and armed to destroy SSD-sized ships, but there were only three and they would be defeated. The planetary shields would not be activated until the last minute to conserve all power.

The Battle of Tenetia is about to begin. The Forces of Chaos will have a feast.

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"Indeed; that power shall be ours. Now, we must use these Holocrons along with our own ships maps; and then; pinpoint the Valley's location. Once we have it at last, we shall begin the endgame of this endeavour, the curtain fall of this grand guignol..."
"Good. Now, we shall have our revenge." Nightshade hissed. "Now we shall soon destroy to recreate a true Empire..."

[Music Begins, 'Duel of the fates']

The Battle of Tenetia has begun...with the shattering of the Moons. When the first elements of Chaos forces appeared, the planetary shields went up, and the Home Fleet of 20 Star Destroyers and all the orbitial defenses prepared for their last battle.

Great ground turbolasers and ion cannons lanced out at the enemy fleet, even as Chaos pounded the moons into rubble. They cracked and lava spilled across the surface of the moons. The great energies of the enemy were relentless, shattering the moons as if the Death Star did it itself, only it lasted more slowly. Asteroids smashed into the planetary shields, but these were Coruscant-grade shields, able to stand up to bombardments for months at a time. Phase One has begun, as Tenetia went into Turtle Defense Mode.

The Plan took that destruction into account, and the newly made asteroid field would pose a hazard to friend and foe alike. But as the Enemy Fleet perhaps believed the capital planet to be an easy target today and the Chaos called our fleet cowards and yellowstreaks, traitors and turncoats, the President made a speech, broadcast on all possible channels, military and civilian.

http://www.whysanity.net/monos/pullman.JPG

"People of the Galaxy! People of Coreworlds! Today we have a great enemy before us, wishing for our deaths, wishing for the destruction of all. As of now, they are shattering our moons into pieces, in the hopes that their incredible destruction will make us beg for mercy from the forces of chaos. Chaos. Know this. I am President Bryan James Sandler, and I say to you:
Know that you are a fool to seek the destruction of Coreworlds. In moments, fleets from all over the galaxy will converge upon you. You think you have won, but you have not. You have merely fallen into a trap!"

FTLi inhibitors come online, preventing escape into the warp. Ships of the Grand Navy of the Imperial Republic began jumping into the system, blockading all avenues of escape. The flagships of the Navy appeared with their respective fleets, decloaking from afar and descended upon the Chaos forces: the Imperium, the Chimaera, the Duel of the Fates, the King of the Dragons, the Hokage Sandaime and more. The Sovereign II, Hokage and Dragonfire fleets are still enroute. Hundreds of ships entered the system, thousands of fighters and Dragons flew out to engage the enemy. The Chaos have been decieved! The Battle of Tenetia has commenced!

"Chaos! Sith! Today, we will no longer run away! We will no longer accept surrender! We will no longer accept defeat! Today, the Imperial Republic of Coreworlds shall from now on declare with one voice, wE WILL FOREVER KEEP SHINING THE LIGHT! WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT! WE WILL NOT VANISH WITHOUT A FIGHT! We're going to defeat you! We're going to survive this! Today, Chaos is finished!"

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The final three fleets reverted to realspace, right on cue as the President finished his broadcast across the galaxy.

Morale across the fleet hit the roof as the President rallied his people like never before. A deep chill ran down my back as I listened to his speech, and I felt the Light Side of the Force surge with power, as Jedi Knights from around the galaxy entered the system on ships and fighters. Never before has there been a greater gathering of so many lightsiders, as each Jedi, shinobi or other power-filled hero(ine) pooled their powers into a great battle meld, a shining of the Light. The Light shone so brightly that it became Holy, able to harm the forces of Chaos with a touch, blind them and weaken them, bolstering our forces like never before. Even our weapons grew more powerful, blasting at the enemy with 1.5X the normal maximum firepower.

I took my X-wing and flew into the battle, fighting with my Dragon against the now weakened hordes of Chaos. This day, though millions will die, the Force is with us, and will carry us on to victory...

"A trap....A TRAP!" The Commander bellowed in laughter. "Oh, there are no traps in the eyes of Chaos, no coincidences; it is you who are fooled, Mr President. Even as you fight you are doomed to die at the hands of Chaos....We shall be victorious!" He turned, barking orders. "Unleash hell! Sunder them completely! Make them wish they had never crawled from the whores wombs that bore them, Kill-" He paused as the awesome power of the enemy fleets slammed into their battlegroups, sending shudders through the superstructure; as nearby ships exploded in a kaleidoscope of shimmering color and radient death.
"So, that is how you wish to play it...." He hissed even as the light rocked the void. "We will fight to the death; engage them all, weaken the shields, Unleash our fighter legions..And the Dragonians, let us show them might....The details of the Black Dragonflight have been sent back to Chronosia, here is their testing grounds....Activate the final plan....'The Sundering Blow'"

The fighters disgorged from the hangers, countless in their number, relentless in their determination; sending careless blasts of missle and laser through the gauntlet of shattering moon. With them, came something dark and terrible; for upon the backs of great Black Dragons, there came the Black Draconians, the dragonmen sneering through the void, roaring in fury as they called their steeds to battle; and let loose with flames borne of the hell of Chaos and the Warp. Far from the battle; a lone ship drifted, slowly towards the sun, disguised, seeming as just another derelict.

"Activate the Sundering Blow; we must begin the operation."
"All fusion warheads and element drives are redied my lord; the operation should proceed as planned."
"Excellent. Engage, let us show them Hell itself."
The craft moved, even as the weapons within it activated; flickering with a bright fury as it jetted forth, plunging into the surface of the sun even as the weapons fully detonated. For a moment it seemed as though the light blinded everything, shattering the blackness of space; and it seemed as though upon the surface of the sun there blazed a symbol of the Ruinous powers; the surface roared in protest; sending forth mighty flares and roaring tsunamis of pure energy; flame and light coalescing into a dance of terrible proportions; as the sun grew angry; terrible; and became a blazing death god in the skies of Tenetia...

"A trap....A TRAP!" The Commander bellowed in laughter. "Oh, there are no traps in the eyes of Chaos, no coincidences; it is you who are fooled, Mr President. Even as you fight you are doomed to die at the hands of Chaos....We shall be victorious!" He turned, barking orders. "Unleash hell! Sunder them completely! Make them wish they had never crawled from the whores wombs that bore them, Kill-" He paused as the awesome power of the enemy fleets slammed into their battlegroups, sending shudders through the superstructure; as nearby ships exploded in a kaleidoscope of shimmering color and radient death.
"So, that is how you wish to play it...." He hissed even as the light rocked the void. "We will fight to the death; engage them all, weaken the shields, Unleash our fighter legions..And the Dragonians, let us show them might....The details of the Black Dragonflight have been sent back to Chronosia, here is their testing grounds....Activate the final plan....'The Sundering Blow'"

The fighters disgorged from the hangers, countless in their number, relentless in their determination; sending careless blasts of missle and laser through the gauntlet of shattering moon. With them, came something dark and terrible; for upon the backs of great Black Dragons, there came the Black Draconians, the dragonmen sneering through the void, roaring in fury as they called their steeds to battle; and let loose with flames borne of the hell of Chaos and the Warp. Far from the battle; a lone ship drifted, slowly towards the sun, disguised, seeming as just another derelict.[/quote]
So, it has begun... The King thought, as he plasma-flamed a black dragon tried to defeat him. The Black Ones have arrived.

Through telepathy, he sent orders to all his Dragon Armies, including the elite Dragonriders. <Concentrate on the Black Dragons! Keep them away from the planet!>

The Dragons broke off from fighting normal fighters, and smashed into their enemy counterparts. Teeth and claws lashed out. Plasma blasts flared, and the Dragonriders aided with blaster bolts. It was a terrible battle, great and terrible.

As for the rest of the fleet, The two Sovereign-class Battleships fired powerful shots of their superlasers at enemy capital ships, especially the Nurgle ones, as the Imperium commanded by Admiral Rommel, overall commander of the Fleet took on the Khornite fleet, and Admiral Pellaeon aboard the Chimera would fight the last fleet, Slaneesh or Tzeech, whichever is commanding that one.

I was in the thick of the battle, found and formed up with the Core Rogue Squadron, then took a wild ride of loops and rolls, laser and death. I lost count of how many foes I defeated after ten or so, letting Rocky do that, and concentrated on keeping the enemy fighters off the capships and the planetary defenses. Of course, that wasn't easy when Tenetia's moons are now just giant evil asteroid fields, hazardous even to my fighter health. The capships and orbitial defenses blasted the asteroids into smaller more manageable pieces, but there are still so many to deal with.

This was not the first time I've seen Golan V systems activate, since I've seen them before at Kamino. But when the Golan systems activated, they spat turbolaserd and missiles with a volume as great as the Imperium at the enemy forces. Meaning that SSD-level firepower is being blasted from planetside at the enemy forces, even as we the Grand Navy trap them from outside. They're trapped between the planet and our fleet, and their only choice is death.

"Activate the Sundering Blow; we must begin the operation."
"All fusion warheads and element drives are redied my lord; the operation should proceed as planned."
"Excellent. Engage, let us show them Hell itself."
The craft moved, even as the weapons within it activated; flickering with a bright fury as it jetted forth, plunging into the surface of the sun even as the weapons fully detonated. For a moment it seemed as though the light blinded everything, shattering the blackness of space; and it seemed as though upon the surface of the sun there blazed a symbol of the Ruinous powers; the surface roared in protest; sending forth mighty flares and roaring tsunamis of pure energy; flame and light coalescing into a dance of terrible proportions; as the sun grew angry; terrible; and became a blazing death god in the skies of Tenetia...
"Radiation levels of Tena have increased!" An aide suddenly yelped. The once yellow sun now turned an ugly red, a red color of destruction.

"Can't worry about that now!" Admiral Rommel replied, hoping the entire Jedi Order could fix that later on. "Keep battling the Khorne flagship!"

The Super Star Destroyer turned it's main heavy turbolaser and ion cannons and heavy missile pods upon the Khorne ship and let loose with the same amount of moon-shattering firepower the enemy fleets has unleashed upon the now new and dangerous asteroid field.

The Confed Navy entered the fray along with the Republican Naval Fleet that was sent to save Tenetia.

Recently Promoted Vice Admiral Bentti was in command of over thirty Super-Dreadnaughts each 4 km in length bristly with two full gun decks of heavy grasers interspersed between three decks of counter missiles and PD laser clusters. Thousands of missile pods emerged from their aft, each able to launch ten Shipwreck anti ship missiles. They would detonate at over 1000 km from a target pelting it with Turbo laser blasts and Ion beam, 2 out of every ten missiles contained a gigaton range fusion war head. A world of hurt was sent into the massive Chaos fleet.

(An SD deploying its missile pods) http://photobucket.com/albums/v503/thewick/?action=view&current=sd-missiles01.jpg

Ten thousand Fighters and the larger 100 meter long LAC swept into the Chaos fleet and their fighters, led by their leader Antilles. Missiles and lasers swept at their targets, X-wings and E-Wings tangled with enemy fighters, B-wings and LACs struck at the enemy CAP ships. The LAC would also be a threat to any fighter who attack them, they bristles with PD Laser cluster able to shoot in a protective bubble all about the ship. Their stilettos of death swept the environment around. Combined with the Chaos and Jedi and Tenetia fighters it was one of the largest fur-balls ever in history.
"Admiral, we have incoming!"

"What? More enemies?"

"No...Wickian!"

"Very good! Have them attack Nurgle's forces, and get me the Admiral of that fleet!"

"Yes, sir."

"Admiral, glad you could join the party!" Rommel said to Bentti.

Slavik found himself and his Guard suddenly on the Colossus. Kartion stood there, arms folded.

"Tenetia is under attack by Chronosia, but they were foolish. I sense they need help. Also, I have reason to believe that Kelvin is there. I just researched him, I only found some info from the Jedi Archives themselves. I think I know how to track him. I'll get to my fighter, you get us there."

Kartion began walking, but Slavik stood in his way.

"What is it Slavik?" Kartion asked. Slavik sighed.

"The Colossus has just been in an engagement, and while we haven't received any hull dama-"

"Then what's the problem?"

" The crew. Th-"

"I'll use Battle Meditation."

"Don't we need a-"

"At Tenetia, there'll be enough enemies. Now make haste Slavik."

With that, Kartion walked off, Slavik sighed. He then realized he was on the bridge. Taking his seat, he sighed.

"I swear, if we make this, I'll shoot myself..."

Shaking his head, he noticed his Helm Officer staring at him.

"Well!?! What are you waiting for?"

The Helm Officer turned to his station, and moments later, a Subspace Portal opened, and the Colossus shot toward Tenetia.

Meanwhile, Kartion jumped into his fighter, and grinned.

"Time to kill a Jedi."

Flexing his arms, he waited for the moment that the hangar doors would open. And then he'd have some fun, and perhaps destroy a few ships in the process...

Slavik found himself and his Guard suddenly on the Colossus. Kartion stood there, arms folded.

"Tenetia is under attack by Chronosia, but they were foolish. I sense they need help. Also, I have reason to believe that Kelvin is there. I just researched him, I only found some info from the Jedi Archives themselves. I think I know how to track him. I'll get to my fighter, you get us there."

Kartion began walking, but Slavik stood in his way.

"What is it Slavik?" Kartion asked. Slavik sighed.

"The Colossus has just been in an engagement, and while we haven't received any hull dama-"

"Then what's the problem?"

" The crew. Th-"

"I'll use Battle Meditation."

"Don't we need a-"

"At Tenetia, there'll be enough enemies. Now make haste Slavik."

With that, Kartion walked off, Slavik sighed. He then realized he was on the bridge. Taking his seat, he sighed.

"I swear, if we make this, I'll shoot myself..."

Shaking his head, he noticed his Helm Officer staring at him.

"Well!?! What are you waiting for?"

The Helm Officer turned to his station, and moments later, a Subspace Portal opened, and the Colossus shot toward Tenetia.

Meanwhile, Kartion jumped into his fighter, and grinned.

"Time to kill a Jedi."

Flexing his arms, he waited for the moment that the hangar doors would open. And then he'd have some fun, and perhaps destroy a few ships in the process...
I sensed a small familar disturbance approaching, but as I was being tailed, I was too busy to see what it was. Ryujin plasmaed the fighter and I thanked him in the Force, before heading to another cluster of fighters.

The ambush, of course, led to a change in Gorteth's plans. He sent Stardust smashing into the fray like a crazed octopus, obliterating every Chaos fighter that came within his sight.

The light seared at them; burning men into their cockpits, shattering their bodies with purity; racking those within ships with scorching pain that brought them to their knees; but still they fought on, their determination never failing; instead strengthened by the knowledge that their enemies would suffer. Weapons fire tore apart countless Chronosian ships and left them scattered, destroyed; yet still, they fought, they would fight till all of them were dead; and then their allies; for the Emperor sought still for new members to join the Confederacy., would take up the fight in their stead.
"Release the Seismic charges, release everything, anything..." Came the hissed command, as weapons fired; everything that could be mustered; till space was filled with the massive explosions of seismic weapons, and other dark technologies.....

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Chronos examined the maps. "So, Ruusan lies here..." He pointed to an area of map; sillhouetted and co-mingled with the Holocron images. "We shall go there; and harness its power; bend it to our will; and then, the Empire of the Sith shall be reborn. The secrets of its power, will spur us on to greater deeds; the secrets of Malak and Revan, of Kun, Sadow and others...We will be unstoppable."

The light seared at them; burning men into their cockpits, shattering their bodies with purity; racking those within ships with scorching pain that brought them to their knees; but still they fought on, their determination never failing; instead strengthened by the knowledge that their enemies would suffer. Weapons fire tore apart countless Chronosian ships and left them scattered, destroyed; yet still, they fought, they would fight till all of them were dead; and then their allies; for the Emperor sought still for new members to join the Confederacy., would take up the fight in their stead.
"Release the Seismic charges, release everything, anything..." Came the hissed command, as weapons fired; everything that could be mustered; till space was filled with the massive explosions of seismic weapons, and other dark technologies.....

"Seismic charges!" I yelled, as the warning >twaaaang< of the charges echoed, then they blew apart. I dodged an explosion of slicing blue light, and the subsequent shattering of asteroids made me work to dodge the deadly rocks, zipping around and through them, blasting apart the smallest ones with my lasers, and wincing as an asteriod banged into my shields, dropping it down to 75% in an instant.

"Rocky, take care of my shields! Rogues and the First, form up on me!" I ordered, as I flew over a large asteroids, taking note of the enemies around me, then began to make an attack run on an enemy battleship with the Rogues and the 1st Dragonriders...

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Chronos examined the maps. "So, Ruusan lies here..." He pointed to an area of map; sillhouetted and co-mingled with the Holocron images. "We shall go there; and harness its power; bend it to our will; and then, the Empire of the Sith shall be reborn. The secrets of its power, will spur us on to greater deeds; the secrets of Malak and Revan, of Kun, Sadow and others...We will be unstoppable."
"Unstoppable..." The word was like a chant in her mind. She would have power to rival even her brother. She must have it, drink it like a vampire drinks blood. She would have it, would defeat her brother, and...perhaps claim the title of Empress. Yes...Empress Masaki.

The situation was getting more dangerous. Kinetic charges and Tor Ganot explosive bolts could keep mines and space debris at bay without difficulty, but this left fewer turrets for destroying enemy fighters.

Seeing a group of fighters and - dragons (?!?) - making an atack run on a Chaos battleship, Gorteth decided to join them. Stardust's weaponry carved a path through enemies and asteroids, and the little ship moved in behind the group led by Daniel.

Homing missles and rocket fire sent shudders through the asteroids and towards more enemy vessels; yet more seismic charges were set loose; as all variety of weapons discharged hell even as their brothers fell in battle; ships shattered, crews wiped out; the Three flagships pincered outwards, advancing with full weapons fire; rockets and mines; charges and warp cannon fire raked through the enemy lines. Bomb launchers took aim at Daniel's advancing groups, as viral weaponry and EMP charges were hurled forth....

The throne room of the death Star was no longer in its original condition. The tall gangways had been removed, and the deep pits covered with metal gangplanks to stop any further deaths. The original throne and window remained, but with one exception, instead of the large array of controls upon the arms of the chair, there now lay a single, black button, now lovingly caressed by the commander of the battle station.

Vice Admiral Petrach was seated, listening to the many reports booming through the stations speakers.

“Enemy fleet now above Tenetia, Golan V platforms opening fire. Allied vessel destroyed, forces reduced to eighty percent. Fighter screen failing in sector four. Chronosian battleship making headway to systems star. Recommend immediate interception…”

So, if they can’t breech the planets shield they will make a move towards the sun.

Petrach considered his options, only one was apparent. “Helm take us out of the stars shadow and intercept the closest battle division, charge the super laser to fifty percent and have all crews report to their gunnery positions.”

Stroking the button Petrach felt the power flow through him, like an invisible force, different from the religion of the Jedi, more of a sensual power of superiority.

“Commander! We are detecting a huge increase in the stars fusion output. Radiation levels are rising.”

Petrach frowned at the Chronosian lust for destruction; pulling up the sensor reading via relay from the Coredian satellite system the Admiral quickly scanned the data. “Tactical!” He boomed.

“YES SIR.”

“I need two hundred kilograms of Neutronium, and I need it loaded into as many torpedo casings as possible, it must be done within the next six minutes, is it possible?”

“Six minutes is realistic Admiral, we will get to work immediantly.”

“Your limit is ten, any longer and the people of Tenetia will melt, am I understood?”

“Perfectly Admiral.”

From the control centre another communication interrupted the Admirals train of thought. “We are rounding the horizon Admiral, we are now detectable to enemy sensors.”

“Excellent, order all pilots to their fighters, once the suns radiation output has been normalised we will have all fighters launch.”
In space a large black disc would appear over the suns uncompromising glare, a small moon, quickly accelerating towards the battlefield would immediately make its presence known. As it moved with unrelenting ferocity towards firing range, several torpedoes launched from the rear turrets. Comprising of a super heavy element, the stars excess fusion would be halted before it truly began.

From the Golan V platforms fighter reinforcements would begun to thunder into orbit, hundreds of droid fighters would begin attacking their rivals with speed, and neutrality, allowing the human counterparts to concentrate on the larger vessels.


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Hawkins moved to stab Sirus once more expecting an immediate parley, but none came. Instead the Sith allowed the blades to move inwards through the suits deactivated polyp cells, and into his hard muscled flesh. Rupturing Kidneys, and vital organs.

Even in death Sirus would cheat Hawkins out of happiness, this murder would seem far less satisfying, less vengeful.

Coughing a fountain of blood poured from the Sith’s mouth, not all of the wounds had been cauterised.

“Yo…… YOU….. think you have won….. HAHAHA” Sirus coughed again sending blood over Hawkis. “Nooo… you have not won… J….ehdi… It has just begun….. My robes are fitting do you not thin….. aft…er all…. I must guard the empe……ror… Yes Hawkins…. He lives.”

Laughing as the last of his life drained away, Sirus’s body folded away into nothing as he became one with the force, his energy flowed out of the room causing a great wind upon Wayland.

"My Lord, sensors detect the Death Star approaching!"
"So they play their hand already, interesting; we must fight onwards; the Emperor has designated this to be our finest hour; he has said we shall win or die, and I would rather die for him, than live for myself."
"Indeed, Commander. What do you suggest?"
"A final assault, gather all remaining troops; have our fights engage the enemy; and directly engage the planet and its platforms; I want all bombardment weapons active, and all drop pods launched. Invoke the 4 Greater Daemons if we must; but we shall make planetfall, now....Victory or Death"

Ths ships turned; moving as a single focussed dagger towards the world; plunging; weapons roaring, into the belly of the beast; and the heart of the tumult. There, they knew; they would know the God's favor

Homing missles and rocket fire sent shudders through the asteroids and towards more enemy vessels; yet more seismic charges were set loose; as all variety of weapons discharged hell even as their brothers fell in battle; ships shattered, crews wiped out; the Three flagships pincered outwards, advancing with full weapons fire; rockets and mines; charges and warp cannon fire raked through the enemy lines. Bomb launchers took aim at Daniel's advancing groups, as viral weaponry and EMP charges were hurled forth....
A telepathic howl of death, and I knew one of my friends' dragons was taken out by a viral bomb, and then the young rider himself was sliced apart by warp cannons. Damn, that was Cody and Tigris...

I will mourn them later. Now it's time for this Nurgle battleship to die. Dodging the weapon fire and deflecting the EMP charges with my lightning powers, I sped forward, readying a volley of proton torpedoes, dual-linking them for extra firepower. The cannons tried to track us, but I was too fast, too agile for them. A Rogue was taken out in a scream, but I was focused on the task.

"NOW!" I yelled, when Rocky toned madly of a lock as we got close enough to fire our weapons. The Rogues, starting with me, sent forth two proton torpedoes each, each warhead at maximum yield for greatest damage, and the dragons themselves threw charged-up plasma balls, streaking forward as orange comets. Then we broke off the assault as a Strike Cruiser followed up on the attack, slashing the larger battleship with turbolasers and missiles. I crossed my fingers, hoping for a kill...

"My Lord, sensors detect the Death Star approaching!"
"So they play their hand already, interesting; we must fight onwards; the Emperor has designated this to be our finest hour; he has said we shall win or die, and I would rather die for him, than live for myself."
"Indeed, Commander. What do you suggest?"
"A final assault, gather all remaining troops; have our fights engage the enemy; and directly engage the planet and its platforms; I want all bombardment weapons active, and all drop pods launched. Invoke the 4 Greater Daemons if we must; but we shall make planetfall, now....Victory or Death"

Ths ships turned; moving as a single focussed dagger towards the world; plunging; weapons roaring, into the belly of the beast; and the heart of the tumult. There, they knew; they would know the God's favor
<The Ground Invasion begins!> The King notified us as he blew apart another enemy frigate with his Supernova attack, a HUGE ball of plasma he tosses with his powers. He and the Dragon Army began to fall back to the planet itself to prepare the defenses, and the people on the ground tightened hold on their weapons as the word goes out to prepare for invasion...

As the battle raged on in the distance 400 flashes could be seen. " Wow, Coaxile Warp Dirve is pretty damm quick! Have the A2 hang back for a little bit and open a channel to Chronosian forces " As the admiral walked across the deck of his ship. " Admiral Harrison to Chronosian forces, you appear to be having problems dealing with these scum bags who wish free elections, and things such as the right of free speech. We will aid you in smashing these hippies, Zeigh Heil! "

The admiral sat down and gave the orders " All ships, Flank out and bring sheilds and weapons to full. Fire at will. "

As the battle raged on in the distance 400 flashes could be seen. " Wow, Coaxile Warp Dirve is pretty damm quick! Have the A2 hang back for a little bit and open a channel to Chronosian forces " As the admiral walked across the deck of his ship. " Admiral Harrison to Chronosian forces, you appear to be having problems dealing with these scum bags who wish free elections, and things such as the right of free speech. We will aid you in smashing these hippies, Zeigh Heil! "

The admiral sat down and gave the orders " All ships, Flank out and bring sheilds and weapons to full. Fire at will. "
"Admiral, we have incoming!"

"Friendly?" Rommel asked.

Energy blasts showed otherwise.

"Damn. How many?"

"400, sir!"

Rommel definitely wasn't happy. With this amount of reinforcements, the fleet will be hard-pressed to end this battle quickly. "Get me the Duel of the Fates! Order Solomon to get rid of that enemy, quickly!"

The Star Battleship answered the summons, and it turned with it's fleet to face the newcomer. Great energies surged deep below its bowels, as it prepared to fire flak bursts of superlaser energy, a rapid-fire setting for the powerful weapon, except that each bolt would be rather low-powered, "only" enough to vaporize the American State of Texas, rather than the entire country as in a 50% burst. It should be enough to quickly wipe out the larger vessels of this new fleet.

"Fire!" General Solomon, newly promoted commander of the 20km vessel ordered. A relatively thin beam of green superlaser energy lanced out for the enemy fleet, firing again and again every ten seconds. Thou shalt not mess with Coreworlds!

OOC: ECF - that was rather sudden....

IC:
Stardust glided down the length of the battleship, hammering at it with twin forward-mounted Type III Tor Ganot cannons, then broke away to take a position slightly "above" the group of fighters Gorteth had followed.

((The cannons are set on full power and focus; a Type III can blast a large hole through several meters of battle steel.))

The Admiral stared at the large battle station. It was not carrying an imperial transponder. " Those Sons of a bitchs! They lied. All ships, Move to the Coreworlds side and engage Chorsnia forces, I want them all dead. "

Message to CW Fleet: It would appear those Chorsnia sons of bitches have lied, I shall assist you in exterminating these pests.

The Admiral stared at the large battle station. It was not carrying an imperial transponder. " Those Sons of a bitchs! They lied. All ships, Move to the Coreworlds side and engage Chorsnia forces, I want them all dead. "

Message to CW Fleet: It would appear those Chorsnia sons of bitches have lied, I shall assist you in exterminating these pests.
"It appears that we have made a mistake in shooting you and formally apologise." General Solomon replied wryly. "Come, form up on this Battleship and let's crush this foolish Chaos. Helm, come about 140 degrees by 97 degrees! Tactical, increase superlaser power to 20% and get a firing solution!"

"Aye, aye, sir!"

The dark General with a pair of glasses sat in his command chair, content to watch the new developments unfold with a smile.

The Corneliuan Fleet appears near the edge of the territory in dispute. Admiral Server looks over his ships as they prepare for combat.

"Send a messege to our GE Brothers and sisters. Tell them that we are here to vanquish the enemy."

The Corneliuan Fleet appears near the edge of the territory in dispute. Admiral Server looks over his ships as they prepare for combat.

"Send a messege to our GE Brothers and sisters. Tell them that we are here to vanquish the enemy."
"Excellent! We can kick their asses more easily with your help, Admiral." I replied to my [much] older cousin with a grin. I started to think back to the similarities between this war and the first Clone Wars. While this one was much shorter, lasting a few weeks so far, it was just as intense. I was starting to think that with the scope of this battle -with more and more Republic reinforcements entering the scene- that the Battle of Tenetia was our "Battle of Coruscant". At least I didn't have to rescue a kidnapped Chancellor who would goad me into going dark...

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When the enemy ground troops started to descend, the Golan V satellites also had another trick up their sleeves: drop pod carrying a strong droid army to help bolster our defenses. Alex Masaki -who flew in quickly with the thousands of other Jedi to help with the defense- had to admit that despite the Golans' threatening position over Tenetia, they're good at defending our planets. Perhaps there was some way of taking control of them all, some way that was in the Imperial Palace that Palpatine once resided in. Well, that was for later. It was time to fight now.

The Jedi Master was in command of the forces defending Edinburgh, the forested capital in the center of the main continent of Tenetia, but the President had overall command of the planet if needed. He delegated defense in the following way:

Commander Michael McNeil, defends the naval command coastal city New Detroit several hundred km to the south, protected by a secondary theatre shield for incoming tsunamis.

The Golden Army, consisting of me, Naruto, Yusuke and our respective teams will take command of the defense of Atlanta in the great plains to the west. I would descend to the city when the time comes and meet up with my brothers and the others already preparing defenses there.

The Dragons have taken to defending the smaller continents and cities, along with assorted shinobi, Jedi, and so on. Every person knows his duty, every man, woman and child is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to fight against Chao, and thus they wield whatever weapons they could grab. Hunting rifles, pistols, swords, baseball bats and cricket bats were among weapons wielded by the people, even some more unusual ones like frying pans and garden equipment. We're all ready to defend our capital planet, to the end if needed.

"Excellent! We can kick their asses more easily with your help, Admiral." I replied to my [much] older cousin with a grin. I started to think back to the similarities between this war and the first Clone Wars. While this one was much shorter, lasting a few weeks so far, it was just as intense. I was starting to think that with the scope of this battle -with more and more Republic reinforcements entering the scene- that the Battle of Tenetia was our "Battle of Coruscant". At least I didn't have to rescue a kidnapped Chancellor who would goad me into going dark...

"So we can! Now where do you want us to attack!" Admiral Server replied.

Suddenly the task force sent to the Coreworlds jumped out of hyperspace to assist in this battle. The force consisted of 3 Phoenix-class Dreadnoughts, 2 Midway-class carriers, 3 Draconic-class carriers, 10 Ancient-class Shieldships, 10 Intrepid-class starships, 10 Macross-class Assault Carriers, 6 Macross Cannons, 20 Outlaw Star Refits, 3 Warbird-class Stealth Warships, and 1 Orion-class Battlestation. Each was outfitted with Ancient Adaptive shielding and due to the past encounters with Star Wars technoogy the enemy weapons had little to no effect on the Dratherian vessels. Suddenly the task force went to full battle formation with the Ancient-class Shieldships protecting the 3 Dreadnoughts deployed in front. Suddenly the 3 planetbusters let loose their main weapons on the enemy vessels. Then the Macross vessels started firing their Reflex Cannons on the enemy. With each Macross able to destroy 4 Ships this was a deadly assault for this force was created for one reason to destroy fleets. The Orion-class Battlestation in the meantime provided cover and shelter for the damaged friendly vessels. Then 1000 True Jedi descended on Tenetia to fight the enemy. These were the new genetically modified Dratherians known as Harconans their hides as strong as Duratrinium (100 times stronger than titanium) and forearm blades just as strong however they instead preferred to use their lightsabers to attack the enemy as the enemy weapons bounced off their bodies.

"So we can! Now where do you want us to attack!" Admiral Server replied.
"Hold off any enemy reinforcements that may come in. Barring that, attack the Khorne fleet at *insert coordinates here*!" I suggested.

Suddenly the task force sent to the Coreworlds jumped out of hyperspace to assist in this battle. The force consisted of 3 Phoenix-class Dreadnoughts, 2 Midway-class carriers, 3 Draconic-class carriers, 10 Ancient-class Shieldships, 10 Intrepid-class starships, 10 Macross-class Assault Carriers, 6 Macross Cannons, 20 Outlaw Star Refits, 3 Warbird-class Stealth Warships, and 1 Orion-class Battlestation. Each was outfitted with Ancient Adaptive shielding and due to the past encounters with Star Wars technoogy the enemy weapons had little to no effect on the Dratherian vessels. Suddenly the task force went to full battle formation with the Ancient-class Shieldships protecting the 3 Dreadnoughts deployed in front. Suddenly the 3 planetbusters let loose their main weapons on the enemy vessels. Then the Macross vessels started firing their Reflex Cannons on the enemy. With each Macross able to destroy 4 Ships this was a deadly assault for this force was created for one reason to destroy fleets. The Orion-class Battlestation in the meantime provided cover and shelter for the damaged friendly vessels. Then 1000 True Jedi descended on Tenetia to fight the enemy. These were the new genetically modified Dratherians known as Harconans their hides as strong as Duratrinium (100 times stronger than titanium) and forearm blades just as strong however they instead preferred to use their lightsabers to attack the enemy as the enemy weapons bounced off their bodies.
OOC: I need you on MSN, immediately.

As the forces continued to defend from the enemy onslaught Master Xeth Cortas, leader of the True Jedi, got a transmission from Captain Klein.

Transmission

Klein: "Xeth you are ordered to immediatley report to Master Alex Masaki in the city of Edinburgh for further orders. In the meantime our fleet will take on any enemy reinforcements with extreme prejudice."

Xeth: "Understood. Over and out."

End Transmission

With that the Jedi returned to their landing vessels and flew to the city of Edinburgh where they would meet this new Jedi Master and assist in defeating the Sith.

As the forces continued to defend from the enemy onslaught Master Xeth Cortas, leader of the True Jedi, got a transmission from Captain Klein.

Transmission

Klein: "Xeth you are ordered to immediatley report to Master Alex Masaki in the city of Edinburgh for further orders. In the meantime our fleet will take on any enemy reinforcements with extreme prejudice."

Xeth: "Understood. Over and out."

End Transmission

With that the Jedi returned to their landing vessels and flew to the city of Edinburgh where they would meet this new Jedi Master and assist in defeating the Sith.
The shields momentarily dropped for the vessals, though weapon fire came through, burning a few neighborhoods before the shields went back up.

Jedi Master Alex Masaki, member of the Council, and Regent Patriarch of Coreworlds, calmly awaited the Jedi Master that commands the reinforcing Jedi troops at a landing field. His cape ruffled in the breeze, and his long face showed decades of wear from age and battle. He is nearing 80 and hopes to live long enough to see his grandson Daniel on the throne. Despite that, no one should underestimate the master fencer who taught his grandchildren everything he knows.

Xeth slowly walked down the ramp as the Jedi Harconan forces followed suit. Xeth however was the only Dratherian among them.

Xeth: "We await your orders master Masaki it is thanks to you that we rediscovered our Jedi heritage."

Xeth stood at attention awaiting orders with the legions of Harconan Jedi behind him.

Xeth slowly walked down the ramp as the Jedi Harconan forces followed suit. Xeth however was the only Dratherian among them.

Xeth: "We await your orders master Masaki it is thanks to you that we rediscovered our Jedi heritage."

Xeth stood at attention awaiting orders with the legions of Harconan Jedi behind him.
"You are quite welcome." Alex smiled. "I suggest you split your Jedi into three groups. Each group will then defend the main cities on this continent: Edinburgh, New Detroit, Atlanta. You will work with the commanders of each city to help defeat the ground forces of Chaos."

With that two of the transports deployed to New Detroit and Atlanta where they would fight the Sith with everything they had. This would be the day the True Jedi would help to eliminate the Sith. The remaining Jedi went forth to fight at Edinburgh.

Near the Dratherian forces a new fleet of ships fold into space. The force includes 20 Macross-class Assault Carriers and 20 Macross Cannons pulled along side the Dratherian forces and began patrolling.

Transmission to all allies

I am Captain Honorus of the Alpha Tauri military. We are the forces of Alpha Tauri a nation that recently diverged from Dratheria and their allies we are here to assist them in this fight. And we are here to assist their allies as well. Tell us where you need us and we shall fight there.

End Transmission

OOC I am Kyle's father so I started my nation as a branch off of his.

Near the Dratherian forces a new fleet of ships fold into space. The force includes 20 Macross-class Assault Carriers and 20 Macross Cannons pulled along side the Dratherian forces and began patrolling.

Transmission to all allies

I am Captain Honorus of the Alpha Tauri military. We are the forces of Alpha Tauri a nation that recently diverged from Dratheria and their allies we are here to assist them in this fight. And we are here to assist their allies as well. Tell us where you need us and we shall fight there.

End Transmission

OOC I am Kyle's father so I started my nation as a branch off of his.
OOC: To be honest, this is quite a lot of forces to handle. I haven't expected so many allies to come to my aid! :D

IC:
We thank you and suggest you go about patrolling for enemy reinforcements. You may, of course, destroy any Chaos ships you wish.

OOC:
Meaning that we (me and a small core group) deal with the main forces from Chronosia and Outer Heaven. You're just basically interference for any reinforcements that happen to come by. Besides, I'd rather keep it down to just the few people that are already RPing in here (me, Unified Sith, Chronosia, Godular, Wick, ECF, Doomingsland and Corneliu). But I am still indebted to you guys anyway. :cool:

"Entering Realspace sir, charging shields."

A Subspace Portal opened up just 2KM away from the main Chronosian Battle Cruiser. Shields charged and weapons primed, the Colossus maneuvered to face the enemy forces. Slavik nodded, before feeling the Dark Side close over him.

Dammit...he's controlling me again...

Slavik watched his arm move over to the comm.

"Kartion, you can launch. Good luck." He said, unable to say anything else.

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The Launch Bay doors opened, and Kartion shot out of the Bay, and activated his cloak. Maneuvering toward the Fleet, he grinned. He had a plan.

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Slavik gulped.

"Ta-, Tactical, bring the TJS online. Have it plot in a continuou and run attack path, and keep the Subspace drive and afterburners primed. Be sure to keep the anti-gravity drives on standby, and alert me to when you've got it plotted. Do it quick, I'm now playing a bluff..."

The Tactical Officer nodded. Slavik stood up, gulped, and nodded at the Comm. Officer.

"Open a ch-, channel to the enemy Fleet."

A few seconds later, a beep could be heard, and the Comm. Officer nodded.

Slavik sighed.

[Enemy fleet, this is Grand Admiral Anton Slavik of the GTVA Colossus. We demand that you stand down IMMEDIATELY. You do not want us to use our Hellfire Cannon!? I repeat, stand down. You don't want to start losing your forces.]

Slavik bit his lip, and hoped Kartion knew what he was doing.

Meanwhile, Kartion sighted a ship in The Colossus' firing corridor (well, in the middle, The Colossus has a 360 degree firing corridor), and smiled. Slowly, he focused on it, and decided to focus on two things. The name of the ship, and it's Main Reactor...

[Enemy fleet, this is Grand Admiral Anton Slavik of the GTVA Colossus. We demand that you stand down IMMEDIATELY. You do not want us to use our Hellfire Cannon!? I repeat, stand down. You don't want to start losing your forces.]

There were two replies:

"Nuts." Courtesy of me, resulting in a round of laughter from some members of the fleet.

And the second response is an overwhelmingly large number of heavy turbolasers and missiles pouring fire in the direction of the Colossus as fifty, count fifty ships maneuvered to bring their weapons to bear on the large enemy flagship. Also courtesy of General James Solomon. "Slavik, why does that name seem familiar?"

Once again, the fires of Doom Prime were fueled for conquest. Two fleets had been assembled for a two-pronged offensive designed to punch deep into Republican Space. The first target would be, once again, Kaminos. Although the last battle had failed to conquer the world, it had, in fact, succeeded in setting back clone production on that particular facility by a month. This one was aimed at taking the planet out all together.

The commander of this operation would be an old Sith Knight by the name of Darth Prius. He was among the lesser Sith in the hierarchy that existed in Doomingsland, but was a better commander than most of his counterparts. He had in his fleet roughly 300 vessels built around his flagship, the Imperium, a heavy dreadnaught sporting four quad heavy ion cannon turrets, one hundred torpedo tubes, and a single light World Cleansing beam, not quite as powerful as the one found on Defiler, but enough to get the job done.

In addition to this, twenty invasion ships, each containing room for no less than 800,000 fully armed Marines, Converts, and Legionaries and enough drop pods for all of them, came with the fleet. They were intent on victory this time.

The second stage of the offensive would be aimed deep into Republic territory, where they least expected. At the Yahg'dul shipyards. This attack would be lead by none other than Darth Grevious, better known as Predalien. He had assumed command of the newly repaired Defiler. This attack would be a bit more subtle, relying on the ability of a group of Legionaries to hijack the docked vessels and set their self destruct before the attack itself came.

This fleet would only consist of thirty ships -including the Defiler. However, the planet would also be a testing ground for the Doomans' most frightening new weapon...
OOC:Continued from this.

IC:

The first part of the attack was about to kick off...

"Ensign, how long until we arrive at Kamino?" boomed the dark, warped voice of Darth Prius from his command chair.

"Ten minutes, m'lord."

"Good. There will be no stopping us this time."

The fleet suddenly exited warp in the system. The twenty invasion ships dropped out of warp very close to the planet, allowing for them to immediatly shoot off several thousand drop pods down on the still surfacing platforms. The pods would attempt to latch themselves onto the buildings and cut holes through, allowing for men to be poured through, or attempt to hit a landing pad and conventionaly unload their troops.

As that happened, the rest of the fleet exited warp in a grand formation, immediatly taking up positions to lay siege. They commenced fire on the Republic fleet orbiting the planet with The second battle of Kaminos had begun.

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Shipyards of Yagh'dul, Republic Space

Two small shuttles entered the system and immediatly engaged the cloak. They weren't particularly threatening-looking, as they were actualy stolen civilian shuttles that had been modified and militarized. Aboard both pods were two teams of four Doom Legionary Hunter-Killers, the Dooman equivlent of the ARC troopers. Their objective was simple: get aboard an enemy ship, and drive her into the shipyards at maximum impulse. They, of course, would die, but they didn't much care.

The commander of Alpha Team was a Paladin called Magnus. He was the leader of this little operation. His second-in-command, Arbiter Maximus, was in command of Bravo team. Magnus had just three other men in his shuttle, including the pilot, who was a member of his team. The small shuttle barely had room to fit three others in the back, so Magnus stood, gripping the sides of the shuttle.

The other shuttle had a bit more room, and the three other men sat against the walls of the shuttle facing one another. These men didn't care much for speeches as their newly converted counterparts, so they spent the shuttle ride in silence.

The men wore light power armor, enough to shield them somewhat from blaster fire, but far more mobile than the ancient, bulkier armor that men of the other units wore. Each of them had a multi-purpose plasma rifle, armed with an underbarreled grenade launcher so they could deal with those pesky destroyer droids. They could be quickly and easily reconfigured into several varients, such as the sniper rifle, the anti-armor weapon, and the regular plasma rifle. It was, in fact, a mirror image to the rifles wielded by the ARC troopers.

Kartion cursed as he saw the turbolasers fire. Quickly, he pulled up the name of the ISD, and grinned.

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Slavik also cursed.

"God dammit! Tactical, will out shields hold!?!"

"Yes sir, we estimate we'll only lose 10% shield strength maximum."

Slavik nodded. He then turned to the Comm. Officer, and nodded.

[Fine then you futile bas*ards! Tactical, target the ISD Golden Saber, and fire an average firepower shot!]

With that, Slavik prayed that Kartion knew what he was doing. His Tactical officer nodded at him, telling him the TJS had plotted the plan and was waiting for initiation...

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Kartion grinned. Focusing on the Main Reactor of the Golden Sabre, Kartion closed his eyes, and used the Force. Quickly, Kartion began to build up energy in the Main Reactor. He continued for a few seconds, before he was confident that the Reactor was about to overload. Smiling, he focused onto one atom of energy...

...And split it. Feeling the explosion, Kartion laughed, and then felt Slavik turn off the comm. He'd just told them that'd he'd fired, and in a few seconds, the Golden Sabre could be split into two...

Kartion cursed as he saw the turbolasers fire. Quickly, he pulled up the name of the ISD, and grinned.

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Slavik also cursed.

"God dammit! Tactical, will out shields hold!?!"

"Yes sir, we estimate we'll only lose 10% shield strength maximum."

Slavik nodded. He then turned to the Comm. Officer, and nodded.

[Fine then you futile bas*ards! Tactical, target the ISD Golden Saber, and fire an average firepower shot!]

With that, Slavik prayed that Kartion knew what he was doing. His Tactical officer nodded at him, telling him the TJS had plotted the plan and was waiting for initiation...

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Kartion grinned. Focusing on the Main Reactor of the Golden Sabre, Kartion closed his eyes, and used the Force. Quickly, Kartion began to build up energy in the Main Reactor. He continued for a few seconds, before he was confident that the Reactor was about to overload. Smiling, he focused onto one atom of energy...

...And split it. Feeling the explosion, Kartion laughed, and then felt Slavik turn off the comm. He'd just told them that'd he'd fired, and in a few seconds, the Golden Sabre could be split into two...
All hints of laughter stopped immediately when the closest Star Destroyer, the Golden Saber, blew apart in a brilliant flash.

That's when it definitely caught my attention, because I just felt a flaring in the Force just before...Dammit! Kartion, you bastard, you should have stayed dead! So you and Slavik think that you'd scare us with this 'hellfire'? Bah! "All ships, listen up! This is just the Dark Side of the Force at work, your Jedi could sense it! Intensify firepower, now!"

If the enemy believed they scared us, they were wrong, dead wrong. The captains were slightly more cautious, but on my orders, they actually intensified firepower upon the Colossus, and the Super Star Destroyer Light Side joined the fray, lending it's impressive firepower to aid its smaller and more numerous brothers. I then reached out into the Force, searching for Kartion's signature...there! I spun my X-wing around and floored the throttle, and reached out, smacking his fighter with the Force, showing my growth since the last time he and I dueled. I showed him that I could find him even while he's cloaked. "You want a fight, my old master, you got one!"

I fired a burst of laser energy toward his next location...

Besides, I'd rather keep it down to just the few people that are already RPing in here (me, Unified Sith, Chronosia, Godular, Wick, ECF, Doomingsland and Corneliu).
OOC: Hey! My one ship that's present is hardly significant, I'll admit, but it is there... ;)

OOC: Hey! My one ship that's present is hardly significant, I'll admit, but it is there... ;)
OOC: Who are you? Where did you come from--oh, right behind Daniel. :p

IC:
"Admiral Server, I recommend you help out in attacking the Colossus! Kick it out of here!" I ordered the Admiral of Corneliu as I dogfought with Kartion.

OOC: Who are you? Where did you come from--oh, right behind Daniel. :p

IC:
"Admiral Server, I recommend you help out in attacking the Colossus! Kick it out of here!" I ordered the Admiral of Corneliu as I dogfought with Kartion.

"Right away." He turned to his navigation officer. "Set course as fast as possible." He then turned to his weapons officer. "When we get inrange, fire everything we've got."

"Yes sir."

The fleet of 25 vessels move forward towards its destination. When it went got into firing range, a the main guns of the ship fired as well as proton torpedoes.

"Damn you...good job I've grown as well. Time to try out the Force Link..."

Kartion stuck his hands onto the Flight Computer in front of him, and sighed. Moments later, he began jinxing almost faster than thought possible.

"Force speed...check. Force Lightning..."

Kartion focused, and aimed at him. All his laser cannons sparked, before firing a dozen bolts together, and unleashing it at Daniel...

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"Initiate the TJS! I want all weapons firing! Get the pilots to their ships, and god dammit, make sure the Chronosians take some of the fire!"

Engines firing, the 48KM behemoth began to move. Around the ship, the hundreds upon hundreds of Beam Cannons and Laser Cannons opened up, firing towards all enemy ships nearby.

"Make sure to target the Shield Generators on top of the ISD's! If you blow them, go for the Bridge!"

The Colossus began going behind the Chronosian ships, firing in and around them. Two Beam Cannons opened up on the Duel of the Fates, cutting lacerations into it's hull.

Another unlucky ISD felt the wrath of the Colossus. One Beam Cannon blew away it's Bridge Deflector shields, while a Shivan Bean Cannon fired it's red beam straight into the ISD's Bridge, making it blow...

"Damn you...good job I've grown as well. Time to try out the Force Link..."

Kartion stuck his hands onto the Flight Computer in front of him, and sighed. Moments later, he began jinxing almost faster than thought possible.

"Force speed...check. Force Lightning..."

Kartion focused, and aimed at him. All his laser cannons sparked, before firing a dozen bolts together, and unleashing it at Daniel...
What the...he's using the Force to increase his fighter's powers?! It was all I could do to dodge and barrel-roll against the laser blasts, as my shields took the brunt of the attack. Then I sensed something electrical in the space around me. There is normally few ions to power electricity due to the emptiness of the vacuum. But with all the ships breaking up around the space, there was just enough atoms...I smiled as I focused, stripping electrons from protons and neutrons and bunching them up around my fighter. I could see sparks arcing around my shields, as I prepared my specialty attack...I smirked, as I realized that I can use electricity in space, I just need to gather ions around me like a thunderstorm, and shoot it with the Force, like a shadow bomb.

"Thunderbolt!" I yelled, activating the attack with the Force. A sudden searing bolt of electrical energy lacerated out towards Kartion...

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Meanwhile, the Dragon Battlecruiser Dragonfire is still duking it out with enemy forces. The ship that Kelvin resides in is taking some damage, but nothing to worry about so far. It drifted close to the planet, ever ready to kill enemies that tried to get near.
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"Initiate the TJS! I want all weapons firing! Get the pilots to their ships, and god dammit, make sure the Chronosians take some of the fire!"

Engines firing, the 48KM behemoth began to move. Around the ship, the hundreds upon hundreds of Beam Cannons and Laser Cannons opened up, firing towards all enemy ships nearby.

"Make sure to target the Shield Generators on top of the ISD's! If you blow them, go for the Bridge!"

The Colossus began going behind the Chronosian ships, firing in and around them. Two Beam Cannons opened up on the Duel of the Fates, cutting lacerations into it's hull.

Another unlucky ISD felt the wrath of the Colossus. One Beam Cannon blew away it's Bridge Deflector shields, while a Shivan Bean Cannon fired it's red beam straight into the ISD's Bridge, making it blow...
The globes on the Star Destroyers were not nor were they ever shield generators. They were merely sensor globes. While the sensors were definitely cut in half, the Star Destroyer that had a Shivan Beam Cannon hit in the face was in fact the Megalodon, the famous and powerful Elite Star Destroyer. The bridge shields held at 75%, but Captain Davis felt the blow like it was a punch in the gut. He ordered the ship to fall back and her mk I escorts imposed themselves in front of him and the Colossus, taking the blows for their wounded leader.

Even so, other Star Destroyers weren't so lucky. The Cat's Eye was torn apart by a series of beam cannons and began breaking up, killing thousands of crew. The Yakumo was blown apart when a beam cannon sliced into the reactor.

Then...the Sovereign II shot off a 50% superlaser blast towards the Colossus's bridge from a million klicks away, like a sniper shoots a terrorist in the head from a klick away...

Kelvin watched the battle from the Bridge of the Dragon Fire, paying particular attention to a Dark Side presence on the massive Outer Heaven vessel, now besieged by a good portion of the Coredian fleet.

He paid particular attention when Somebody executed an interesting little feat that effectively one-shotted a nearby Star Destroyer. It was like it amplified the power output of the ISD's main reactor, then sent it into catastrophic overload.

Nifty, very nifty.

"I believe I understand," Kelvin said, replaying the ripples he had seen when... whoever it was... used that strange and frankly innovative power.

He didn't dare test it on anything though, he did not want to accidentally destroy another ship for the sake of curiosity.

He DID however focus more intently on the same individual when he or she started executing some other interesting power to boost the effect of his vessel...

Is that what I think it is? Data-Mind Link? Interesting! I shall learn much from this person!

OOC: Lol, it's just a special hook-up in Kartion's ship, not advisable for normal craft. You'd blow the circuits if you used the Lightning feat :P.

IC: "SIR! WE'VE DETECTED AN IMMENSE ENERGY BUILD-UP ON A SHIP! IT'S SEEM TO BE SOME KIND OF SUPER BEAM!" The Tactical Officer cried.

"Crap! Err..."

"SIR! THEY'VE FIRED!!!"

Slavik bit his lip.

"FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE! FIRE ONE OF OUR SHIVAN BEAM CANNON'S AT THAT LASER!!!"

The Tactical Officer input the order just in time. The Shivan Beam web fired, sending a red Beam directly into the Superlaser. In the nick of time as well, they were interlocked 2KM away from the Colossus, but it was still moving toward the Colossus.

Slavik bit his lip.

"Shut down all Shivan Beam Cannons, and redirect their energy into the web. See if you can...'deflect' the Superlaser back at it's target."

The Tactical Officer nodded.

Around the Colossus, it's Shivan Beam Cannons closed down. Instead, orbs of energy built up around the firing beam. Eventually, the shot leveled out.

"Sir. We can angle it to hit just under where the Superlaser was fired from."

"Do it..."

Another set of orbs built up around the beam. Pulsing with energy, the orb grew...

"NOW!"

The orb shot up the beam, and hit the Superlaser. A blinding flash emitted for a few seconds. Slavik half-expected to see an explosion. He grinned at the sight.

The Superlaser shot on it's new course...The Sovereign II.

A young crewmember working weapons noticed something strange occur. "Sir, superlaser's just been redirected!"

"Where?!" The admiral aboard the Sovereign II asked.

The boy looked again at the tactical screen, and his eyes grew wide..."B-back at us!"

"What?! How the hell did they--?" was the last words of the admiral before the Sovereign was hit with it's own blast. A hundred thousand crewmembers died instantly, and the shockwave took out a dozen ships around it, friendly and enemy.

Everyone was stunned at the loss of great firepower, and the terrible blow to our fleet. We could still win this battle, but it'll be harder now. The other Star Destroyers of the Light Side battlefleet continued to blast away, intent on avenging their comrades.

General Solomon was about to order his superlaser to fire as well, but with the devastation wrought on it, he decided against it. Maybe the Death Star could overpower that energy grid-thing the Colossus used, but not a Battleship. He growled. "Get me Masaki."

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"Yeah, you might be able to use gravity warheads, but I don't know. With this much of a mingling it'll be a pretty bad friendly fire incident if we had them detonated too early from those beam cannons. Unless...no, I'm too busy with Kartion." I shook my head. "I need to concentrate."

I was thinking of pulling a Corran Tactic. Try to get close to the Colossus with gravity warheads tied to my transponder. Risky as hell, but it could be done. Not now, though. I have to take care of Kartion -yow, that was close!- and fast.

But then I noticed there's a fleet of "Star Trek" ships around. Maybe they could do something about the big bad Colossus. I heard they could 'warp-strafe', attack at low FTL speeds to spear energy into them. What nation were they? Oh yeah... "General, contact the East Coast Federation ships! I have an idea..."

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"Hmm. Sounds interesting..." General Solomon said, and contacted the ECF fleet. "Calling East Coast Federation please..."

"Direct hit!" The Tactical Officer shouted. A hoot of cheers went up across the Bridge, before a jolt brought them up to speed.

"Sir! Shields are now at 50%!"

Slavik nodded.

"Was that maneuver recorded by the TJS?"

"Yes sir. The TJS will now automatically kick in if such an energy signature is detected again."

Slavik smiled.

"Good. Focus most of our Beams on the Corneliu ships, and initiate the first attack."

"Yes sir."

Dozens of Red and Green Beams were unleashed at the Corneliu ships. About a minute later, the Tactical Officer nodded.

"We're ready."

Slavik bit his lip.

"Do it."

In front of the Colossus, a large Portal opened. The Colossus shot into the Portal, and it closed, sending a small thunderclap throughout space.

However, no-one now knew where the Colossus was heading, nor, what it was going to try and do...

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Kartion watched as the two bolts collided and neutralized.

"Good...very good."

Sighing, Kartion sent the ship into Force Speed, making it appear in one place, and then the next, almost as if he were teleporting. Doing a 180, Kartion bore down on Daniel, firing with his lasers...

Kartion watched as the two bolts collided and neutralized.

"Good...very good."

Sighing, Kartion sent the ship into Force Speed, making it appear in one place, and then the next, almost as if he were teleporting. Doing a 180, Kartion bore down on Daniel, firing with his lasers...
I'd have to recharge for another shot, not like in atmosphere and---CRAP!

"I hate playing chicken." I groused as lasers nibbled at my forward shields and I shot back as well. Rocky made a warning tone, telling me that he can't keep up with the lasers! Damn. I punched, spinning rapidly to avoid the blasts and then blew past him, so close that I could see his face, and then slammed onto the rudder and pitched and yawed at the same time, swapping back to front. I sensed that I was able to fire off another Thunderbolt, and as I did so, I tossed a proton torpedo and a couple laser blasts for good measure. Should be enough to damage him.

Admiral Petrach watched the ensuing battle from just outside turbo laser range and winced when the Sovereign detonated. Gripping his hand with rage the Admiral decided it was time to destroy this vessel once and for all. “This is Admiral Petrach to all allied vessels, vacate the area around the colossus immediately, you have one minute to do so.”

The Death star moved in ominously from the systems sun, mindlessly ploughing its way through fighters and warships, which detonated harmlessly upon the stations shields. Throughout every deck lights began to flicker, and systems fall to emergency power, this was the sign of a major power drain.

At the mention of a Sith Lord Admiral Petrach had implemented the force inhibitors, now stationed throughout the station since the escape of Daniel Masaki some ten years ago. Caressing the black button on his armrest the Admiral heard the timer slowly reduce as they approached to minimum range.

Those vessels that did not vacate the area would find themselves destroyed by the superlasers discharge, the energy beam was so vast and wide that it would consume all in its path, the energy flail alone would extend for hundreds of kilometres, anything remaining in its path would be decimated instantly.

Petrach had witnessed their defence mechanism, ingenious, but the Death stars weapon was not matter unlike the Shivan armaments seen countless times before in the great war. No, the Superlaser was energy, unstoppable magnitudes focussed into a small area. The task had been judged with care, and it was deemed, that even if the colossus could find a way to deflect of halt the Death Stars main weapon, they would not have the power to do so.

Faster than light inhibitors have been raised by Coreworlds previously in the battle. Micro Jumps are not possible.

Unfortunately for the Colossus and all other ships doing microjumps, they had forgotten that there was a system-wide faster-than-light inhibitor set up to prevent such a tactic as the microjump.

"Move back!" All ships then began moving as far back from the Colossus's position as possible.

OOC: Let me direct you to a previous post:

Slavik gulped.

"Ta-, Tactical, bring the TJS online. Have it plot in a continuous and run attack path, and keep the Subspace drive and afterburners primed. Be sure to keep the anti-gravity drives on standby, and alert me to when you've got it plotted. Do it quick, I'm now playing a bluff..."

The Tactical Officer nodded. Slavik stood up, gulped, and nodded at the Comm. Officer.

"Open a ch-, channel to the enemy Fleet."

A few seconds later, a beep could be heard, and the Comm. Officer nodded.

Slavik sighed.

[Enemy fleet, this is Grand Admiral Anton Slavik of the GTVA Colossus. We demand that you stand down IMMEDIATELY. You do not want us to use our Hellfire Cannon!? I repeat, stand down. You don't want to start losing your forces.]

Slavik bit his lip, and hoped Kartion knew what he was doing.

Meanwhile, Kartion sighted a ship in The Colossus' firing corridor (well, in the middle, The Colossus has a 360 degree firing corridor), and smiled. Slowly, he focused on it, and decided to focus on two things. The name of the ship, and it's Main Reactor...

And so, even if there was an FTL-i operational, the TJS would have made the anti-gravity drives kick in, meaning that the FTL-i effects would be negated. And anyway, the Colossus hasn't done a micro-jump. Subspace is too fast for that sort of thing, the Colossus would, in fact, go past two systems and then loop around back into the engagement.

Anyway, onto the IC.

IC: Slavik laughed as Subspace subsided, and the Coreworldian fleet filled in around him. The PCRG was primed and ready, and the Coreworldian's could do nothing about it...

"Sir! We detect 200 Anti-matter pods...err...dropping below us."

"What's the problem then?"

The Tactical Officer shook his head.

"Err...nothing. Anyway, the Light Side is in sights, shall I fire?"

"Yes! Fire the PCRG!"

Time slowed to a mere crawl. The Colossus' PCRG lit up, followed up by a large thunderclap.

As the light subsided, The Colossus was thrown back it's length, and a long red bolt (A Plasma Bolt), slowly shot forth. Along with it, came a massive shockwave. As the bolt made it's way past the asteroids, they were buffeted and knocked about by the shockwave, throwing them into ships and other asteroids in the process. The ships were also hit by the shockwave.

By now, about four milliseconds had past. The bolt had now reached its target. Zig-zagging through space, the bolt struck it's unlucky target...the SSD Lightside...

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The Klatooine System

The 2nd Fleet dropped out of Subspace near to Klatooine. Admiral Zarthin sat on the Bridge of the OHSD Crimson, his fingers templed.

"Tactical, where's the Colossus?" Zarthin asked.

The Tactical Officer shook his head.

"We don't know sir. Certainly not here." He replied.

Zarthin nodded.

"Scan the Galaxy for them, and hurry. Slavik asked for our assistance, and we're going to get it to him one way or another."

The Tactical Officer nodded. There was a silence for about a minute, before...

"Sir! We've detected the Colossus in the Tenetia System!"

"Good! Set course immediately!"

The Tactical Officer nodded. Moments later, the Crimson and the 2nd Fleet went through a massive Subspace Portal. There they would head into the Tenetia System, nbehind where the Colossus was just

OOC: Stat's of the 2nd Fleet:

Fourty Outer Heaven Super Destroyers:

18KM in length, standard arnaments include one hundred and fifty turbolasers, twenty Shivan Beam Cannons, fifty Standard Beam Cannons (all these are in the Beam Webs on the ships, the number of cannons are given to show the max fire from either net) and eighty Flak Cannons.

Fourty Outer-Heaven Star Destroyers:

4KM in length, standard arnaments include fifty turbolasers, four Shivan Beam Cannons, ten Standard Beam Cannons (again, we use Beam Webs) and 16 Flak Cannons.

Twenty Outer Heaven Cruisers:

8KM in length, standard arnaments include eighty turbolasers, eight Shivan Beam Cannons, twenty Standard Beam Cannons (Beam Webs!!!) and thirty six Flak Cannons.

All ships now come with a TJS installed, along with a Fleet Shield.

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IC: "Dammit!"

Kartion turned 180 degrees, and lashed out with his Lightning just in time. As it neutralised, Kartion rolled and pitched, while dropping two Counter-measures. His ship rocked as the laser blasts caught him, dropping his shields to 70%.

"Nice try young Jedi, but I'm too busy for you now. Maybe next time..."

With that, Kartion closed his eyes, and with a *snap*, Kartion and his Fighter dissapeared...

The Corneliuan Fleet prepares to back off.

"Helm set up our hyperspace vector. Prepare to the jump engines to jump."

"Yes sir."

When the nod was given, Admiral Server hollared. "Jump to hyperspace."

A yellowish rift open in hyperspace and fleet jumped through it to the confines of safety. There, they met up with the rest of the 400 ship battle fleet that was dispatched to the region.

wouldnt it stand to reason that if you all have an anti-gravity well disruptor that CW would of course have installed the brand new mark II anti-anti-gravity disrupter of his ship thus negating your actions?

And so, even if there was an FTL-i operational, the TJS would have made the anti-gravity drives kick in, meaning that the FTL-i effects would be negated. And anyway, the Colossus hasn't done a micro-jump. Subspace is too fast for that sort of thing, the Colossus would, in fact, go past two systems and then loop around back into the engagement.
OOC: Fine. Someone poured juice (again) on an FTLi inhibitor, stopping it for that instant. I won't accept another FTL attempt unless you RP heading out of the system with sublights, period.

Anyway, onto the IC.

IC: Slavik laughed as Subspace subsided, and the Coreworldian fleet filled in around him. The PCRG was primed and ready, and the Coreworldian's could do nothing about it...

"Sir! We detect 200 Anti-matter pods...err...dropping below us."

"What's the problem then?"

The Tactical Officer shook his head.

"Err...nothing. Anyway, the Light Side is in sights, shall I fire?"

"Yes! Fire the PCRG!"

Time slowed to a mere crawl. The Colossus' PCRG lit up, followed up by a large thunderclap.

As the light subsided, The Colossus was thrown back it's length, and a long red bolt (A Plasma Bolt), slowly shot forth. Along with it, came a massive shockwave. As the bolt made it's way past the asteroids, they were buffeted and knocked about by the shockwave, throwing them into ships and other asteroids in the process. The ships were also hit by the shockwave.

By now, about four milliseconds had past. The bolt had now reached its target. Zig-zagging through space, the bolt struck it's unlucky target...the SSD Lightside...

The Light Side shuddered as the shields fought to dissipate the sudden energy blow to it's side. Energy crackled across the superstructure, lacerating the hull, slashing huge gashes of hull breachs, which subsequently blew out many a crew member to their doom. Heavily damaged, the Light Side would not survive another attack. The bridge was destroyed, forcing the secondary bridge embedded into the superstructure to activate and try to pull the ship out of the battle.

"Damn you!" Solomon cursed. "The Death Star should take care of you. If not, we'll surround your immediate space with gravity missiles. Completely. No way to escape a black hole trap. You are dead, Slavik. Dead!"

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The Klatooine System

The 2nd Fleet dropped out of Subspace near to Klatooine. Admiral Zarthin sat on the Bridge of the OHSD Crimson, his fingers templed.

"Tactical, where's the Colossus?" Zarthin asked.

The Tactical Officer shook his head.

"We don't know sir. Certainly not here." He replied.

Zarthin nodded.

"Scan the Galaxy for them, and hurry. Slavik asked for our assistance, and we're going to get it to him one way or another."

The Tactical Officer nodded. There was a silence for about a minute, before...

"Sir! We've detected the Colossus in the Tenetia System!"

"Good! Set course immediately!"

The Tactical Officer nodded. Moments later, the Crimson and the 2nd Fleet went through a massive Subspace Portal. There they would head into the Tenetia System, nbehind where the Colossus was just

OOC: Stat's of the 2nd Fleet:

Fourty Outer Heaven Super Destroyers:

18KM in length, standard arnaments include one hundred and fifty turbolasers, twenty Shivan Beam Cannons, fifty Standard Beam Cannons (all these are in the Beam Webs on the ships, the number of cannons are given to show the max fire from either net) and eighty Flak Cannons.


Fourty Outer-Heaven Star Destroyers:

4KM in length, standard arnaments include fifty turbolasers, four Shivan Beam Cannons, ten Standard Beam Cannons (again, we use Beam Webs) and 16 Flak Cannons.

Twenty Outer Heaven Cruisers:

8KM in length, standard arnaments include eighty turbolasers, eight Shivan Beam Cannons, twenty Standard Beam Cannons (Beam Webs!!!) and thirty six Flak Cannons.

All ships now come with a TJS installed, along with a Fleet Shield.

"Reinforcements." Rommel growled. "Server, East Coast, get them!"

OOC: Forty SSD-sized ships?! Immediately reduce those numbers to 4, or that fleet is ignored.
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IC: "Dammit!"

Kartion turned 180 degrees, and lashed out with his Lightning just in time. As it neutralised, Kartion rolled and pitched, while dropping two Counter-measures. His ship rocked as the laser blasts caught him, dropping his shields to 70%.

"Nice try young Jedi, but I'm too busy for you now. Maybe next time..."

With that, Kartion closed his eyes, and with a *snap*, Kartion and his Fighter dissapeared...
"Crap! He teleported!" I cursed. Where he went, I don't know.

Senate Hall

An Emergency session of the senate was called by the Farstars senator, the senators would have gather into the hall at this early hour of the morning wonder what could possess anyone to call such a meeting at such a time.

The Farstars senatorial pod singled for quiet as their senator Valerie Ross stood to speak, her soprano voice rang out, it would seem to take a position opposite of the one she assumed the other day.

“Ladies and Gentle beings, Only a few hours ago I was made aware of some startling information, We have all been played for fools! No not by the Separatists, they are a threat but we have a much more deadly and dangerous threat that for a year we have held close to our bosom. We believed in empty lies putting our faith into nothingness and almost fell into a trap that should have been self evident, if we only learned from the past.” She then paused and drew upon her inner strength to say these next few words and they came out hard.

“I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Vedil on the grounds of treason against the Republic, he has no intention of giving up the emergency powers we have given him, he would secure power in this republic for himself, he would make himself emperor upon the conclusion of this conflict! We have been so concerned with the enemy threatening our frontier that we failed to notice a Sith Lord in our very midst!” She timed her announcement so that upon its conclusion the Alliance fleet would enter the systems,

“We will not be subjugated by the Sith again, their tyranny will not be tolerated again!”
So, it begins... Senator Kieran thought, knowing he'd probably die for this. Young Masaki, I hope you succeed. "I second the motion! In the name of the Republic, I call for the Jedi Order to arrest the Chancellor, no, Mr. Vedil, for these henious charges!"

The ship tore through the cosmos; burning with the need to find the ancient Valley. Chronos knew that time was running short; his Master needed him; and as they plunged through the atmosphere of legend wreathed Ruusan, he knew that destiyn approached. He strode the ancien tgangways, and tunnels; till he came to it; the heart of the Valley ablaze with that power. He sat, meditating; letting the power fill him; lift him, fuel him; feeling it bend towards their ideals; felt the ancient Sith spirits stir; saw them coalesce and whisper their knowledge....
The holocrons tumbled forth and opened; revealing so much that it over powered him, his mind reeling; yet drinking deeply of this damnation...
All the secrets of the Sith would be theirs; and they would return, both redeemers and destroyers...

The ship tore through the cosmos; burning with the need to find the ancient Valley. Chronos knew that time was running short; his Master needed him; and as they plunged through the atmosphere of legend wreathed Ruusan, he knew that destiny approached. He strode the ancient gangways, and tunnels; till he came to it; the heart of the Valley ablaze with that power. He sat, meditating; letting the power fill him; lift him, fuel him; feeling it bend towards their ideals; felt the ancient Sith spirits stir; saw them coalesce and whisper their knowledge....
The holocrons tumbled forth and opened; revealing so much that it over powered him, his mind reeling; yet drinking deeply of this damnation...
All the secrets of the Sith would be theirs; and they would return, both redeemers and destroyers...
Nightshade was nearly overwhelmed by the Valley, but she too drank in the power. She too filled herself up, up to the strength of Darth Vader himself or perhaps greater, no one knew. She cackled like an evil witch. "Finally, we shall have our revenge. Finally, my brother shall die and the wretched Order with him! We will truely forge an Empire that will last a thousand generations!"

"And now; we must return. Coruscant awaits us; and there, we shall restore what was lost. We shall forge your Empire; and make ourselves as Gods. We shall use this power; and forge an Empire to rival the Ancient Sith...Perhaps even the Star Forge itself will be outdone"

"And now; we must return. Coruscant awaits us; and there, we shall restore what was lost. We shall forge your Empire; and make ourselves as Gods. We shall use this power; and forge an Empire to rival the Ancient Sith...Perhaps even the Star Forge itself will be outdone"
"I look forward to it...my love." Nightshade giggled.

Admiral Server jumps his fleet, now 400 vessels strong when he senses something unusaul.

"The darkside I sense." he stated to himself. He concentrated on the force to track it to its source.

I know you are around here somewhere. I am coming for you

OOC: CW approved entry

Far from the main part of the fighting, just outside FTLinhibitor range, there was nothing. The Tenetian primary seemed as naught but a brighter speck in the sky, but it was dark and bleak out in the void.

Then, without warning or fanfaire, a truly massive fleet materialized. All in all, approximately 70 DawnRunner fleets came into existence, accompanied by four Widowmakers, and the Archonal Command Ship Apocalyptus.

In terms of combined fleet sizes, some seven hundred fully battle-ready vessels arrived, itching to take the woes being inflicted upon their own homeworld out on SOMEBODY.

That somebody... the fools who even now laid siege to the Coredians, who showed the Godulans kindness in their time of need, without consideration to past animosity. Those who attacked Tenetia would find today a day hard to walk away from...

"Red Rain Torpedos ready to fire, General Arcturus!" A voice came to the commander of the Fleet. "We await your command."

"Hold, wait until the Death Star fires its main weapon," Arcturus replied, prepping to head for the Combat Command Chamber. He turned to the adjutants on the Archonal Command's bridge, and shook his head slightly. "Strange, is it not, that we find ourselves fighting on the same side as the very emblem of that which we so virulently opposed? War makes strange friends indeed..."

I looked around a sign of Kartion, but couldn't find him. Then I saw the orange warning light. "Damn! I'm low on fuel!"

"Imperium, I'm bingo fuel, coming in hot!" I yelled, aiming for the Super Star Destroyer even as I fought off enemy fighters. Using the last amount of fuel to dodge the enemy bolts, I flew towards the Super Star Destroyer, pleased that the point-defense is working as well as it should, blowing away my bogeys. I flew into a hangar bay and landed, allowing the crew to refuel and rearm my fighter.

The last ships had been destroyed; their hulking wrecks ploughing into the land below; even as the survivors and the drop pod soldiers gathered; readyinfor attacks. The Sorcers carved their fel runes upon the earth and brought forth hell; Nurglings swarmed in giggling glee; wreathed in disease and madness; Succubi stalked the land, displaying the hearts desire, before tearing their prey apart; and forth came Horrors wielding flames; and Bloodletters with axes raised high. But it would take time for the Greater Daemons to be summoned forth. For now; the bolstered army strode forth; Marine and guardsman, Berzerker and Bloodletter; all the darkness of Chaos, forced forward against their foe upon the earth of Tenetia; even as far from them; a lone craft hurtled back through the void towards Coruscant.

"Master; we have succeeded; we return now...We shall be avenged. Tell me, what is your will? How far does the operation progress?"

The last ships had been destroyed; their hulking wrecks ploughing into the land below; even as the survivors and the drop pod soldiers gathered; readyinfor attacks. The Sorcers carved their fel runes upon the earth and brought forth hell; Nurglings swarmed in giggling glee; wreathed in disease and madness; Succubi stalked the land, displaying the hearts desire, before tearing their prey apart; and forth came Horrors wielding flames; and Bloodletters with axes raised high. But it would take time for the Greater Daemons to be summoned forth. For now; the bolstered army strode forth; Marine and guardsman, Berzerker and Bloodletter; all the darkness of Chaos, forced forward against their foe upon the earth of Tenetia; even as far from them; a lone craft hurtled back through the void towards Coruscant.

"Master; we have succeeded; we return now...We shall be avenged. Tell me, what is your will? How far does the operation progress?"
Victorious over the Chronosians in space, the entire fleet now turns its guns upon the enemy reinforcements, such as they are; and occasionally bombards the enemy forces on the ground. They stay a respectable distance away from the Colossus, but even so, long-range turbolasers and missiles still smashed into the enemy.

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Demons have been summoned. Demons of hell, no different from the native demons of Coreworlds, only more bloodthirsty. Mighty blasts of turbolaser bolts from artillery and AT-ATs worked its away across the enemy forces while marine and droid infantry lased the ugly forces with blaster bolts and other weapons.

But it was the Dragons and the Golden Army who racked up the kills. Jedi Knights fought with lightsaber and powers. Shinobi speedblitzed with their weapons, and the dragons rained fire, lightning, and ice from above.

Alex Masaki and the Jedi Masters wielded their blades and the Force with fatal results for many a demon in the defense of Edinburgh. Alex himself called forth crackling lightning bolts from the sky like a god, wielding the powers he taught Daniel. Master Elendil exorcised the demons with his elven magic, sending them back where they came from with ease.

At Atlanta, it was the younger crowd who dealt with the demons, the guardsmen and the Marines. Taylor cast deadly fire and ice spells, freezing and burning the demons. He also called down an occasional meteor storm if the enemy is nicely bunched up. Jacob shot blasts of light energy from his fingers like they're bullets, same with Yusuke, and also Jacob used alchemy to sunter enemy demons with living statues and transmuted the ground into sticky mud to ensnare the enemy marines.

Naruto's specialties, Kage Bunshin and Rasengan, put heavy dents in the enemy forces, as clones and balls of wind and chakra are fatal to demons. Sasuke, like Taylor, wielded fire jutsus to bake the demons, especially Nurglings to death. Sakura's great strength meant that she stomps the ground, and more groundquakes would occur, sending enemy forces to their dooms, or she would smash the demons with powerful punches and kicks.

Hiei is a fire demon, and as such, speedblitzed the enemy as he chopped and slashed with his katana at the many who called him traitor or lashed out with fire as well. Kurama however, used the plants to his advantage, creating a thorn whip as strong as durasteel and as sharp as knives, cutting into the enemy with lethal results.

Down in the tsunamied-several-times New Detroit, Commander McNeil and the dragon Ryujin worked to defeat demons who laid siege to that city. My Silver Dragon and his underlings would strafe demons from the air and McNeil would have his Marine Corps outflank and outmaneuver, if not outgun the demon forces.

All in all, the ground forces seemed to be doing quite well against the minions of Chaos.

Artilery thundered; from Whirlwind tanks that moved on steady treads towards the front lines; or the mighty Basilisk weapons that blared with fury and thunder. Forward surged the guard; through craters and rubble; their weapons raised and firing. Land Speeders moved in strafing blows against the enemy; while Predator tanks pushed forward; blasting with lascannon and cannon....
Chaos would not surrender; not some second rate battle against the fools of Tenetia; but a war to shatter its people and bleed them dry...

Artilery thundered; from Whirlwind tanks that moved on steady treads towards the front lines; or the mighty Basilisk weapons that blared with fury and thunder. Forward surged the guard; through craters and rubble; their weapons raised and firing. Land Speeders moved in strafing blows against the enemy; while Predator tanks pushed forward; blasting with lascannon and cannon....
Chaos would not surrender; not some second rate battle against the fools of Tenetia; but a war to shatter its people and bleed them dry...
In return, mighty warmachines fired off hypersonic proton shells and turbolasers at the enemy. Repulsartanks and AT-ATs worked to defeat their foes, while infantry picked them off with LAWs filled with thermal detonator igniters. Dragons and LAAT gunships, as well as Super Apache gunships (hell, I love the things) strafted the enemy artillery and armor with fireball and mini-beamlaser, missiles and rockets. Fighters, too, joined in the ground defense, shooting off lasers, missiles or torpedoes to defeat their foes.

Thousands of people were killed in the Battle, but there were plenty more willing to fight the forces of Chaos and drive them from their homeland.

As for the Light Side, many an escape pod and shuttle and fighter fled the ship as it was close to break up. Friendly fighters were quick enough to pick up most of them before the superlaser would attack.

Victorious over the Chronosians in space, the entire fleet now turns its guns upon the enemy reinforcements, such as they are; and occasionally ards the enemy forces on the ground. They stay a respectable distance away from the Colossus, but even so, long-range turbolasers and missiles still smashed into the enemy.

Flak Cannons erupted all over the Colossus, ripping through the missiles well before they hit home. The Colossus returned fire, firing at the many weak points on the ISD's, particularly aiming for the Bridges and Sensor Globes.

A warning siren emitted from the TJS. The Tactical Officer bit his lip.

"Sir! The De*th Star is in minimum range! We detect a much larger energy increase!"

Slavik nodded.

"We won't be able to use our same manoeuvre again. What's our shield strength?"

"80% sir. The turbolasers aren't affecting the shields too much."

Slavik sighed.

"I guess this'll allow us to survive. How long until the 2nd Fleet arrive?"

"They've already come in, but due to the FTL-i, they're careening. ETA, one minute."

"Well, lets hope the Coreworldian's ignore them. What about Escape pods?"

The Tactical Officer nodded.

"We detect a few launching from the Light Side."

Slavik nodded.

"Reel 'em in."

"Aye sir."

Several invisible beams shot into space, grasping any unlucky Escape Pods to be detected. Small docking ports opened, welcoming the Escape Pods to their unremitting doom.

"We have them"

"Good, direct all power to the Main tractor beam, and on my mark, pull the Light Side in front of us, in the path of the Superlaser."

"Yes sir."

A few moments later the TJS wailed.

"Sir! They're firing!"

Eight laser beams focused in front of the De*th Star. After a moment, the primary laser shot into the meeting point of the eight lasers...

"NOW!"

...And fired. Creaking in protest, the Light Side was pulled through space. Mere seconds later it settled in front of the Colossus, 90KM away, now to die for the sake of the Colossus...at the hands of its allies...

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Kartion leapt out of his Fighter. Landing on the deck with a metallic *THONG*, Kartion stood. He was in a landing bay, on the Dragon Fire.

"This vessel was quite afraid of the battle...this must house that Jedi." Kartion hissed. Growling, he unsheathed his Lightsabre, and began to walk toward the exit...

Flak Cannons erupted all over the Colossus, ripping through the missiles well before they hit home. The Colossus returned fire, firing at the many weak points on the ISD's, particularly aiming for the Bridges and Sensor Globes.
Several more Star Destroyers were taken out by the cannons, but the rest of the fleet continued to sunter the Colossus with heavy turbolasers.

A warning siren emitted from the TJS. The Tactical Officer bit his lip.

"Sir! The De*th Star is in minimum range! We detect a much larger energy increase!"

Slavik nodded.

"We won't be able to use our same manoeuvre again. What's our shield strength?"

"80% sir. The turbolasers aren't affecting the shields too much."

Slavik sighed.

"I guess this'll allow us to survive. How long until the 2nd Fleet arrive?"

"They've already come in, but due to the FTL-i, they're careening. ETA, one minute."

"Well, lets hope the Coreworldian's ignore them. What about Escape pods?"

The Tactical Officer nodded.

"We detect a few launching from the Light Side."

Slavik nodded.

"Reel 'em in."

"Aye sir."

Several invisible beams shot into space, grasping any unlucky Escape Pods to be detected. Small docking ports opened, welcoming the Escape Pods to their unremitting doom.

"We have them"

"Good, direct all power to the Main tractor beam, and on my mark, pull the Light Side in front of us, in the path of the Superlaser."

"Yes sir."

A few moments later the TJS wailed.

"Sir! They're firing!"

Eight laser beams focused in front of the De*th Star. After a moment, the primary laser shot into the meeting point of the eight lasers...

"NOW!"

...And fired. Creaking in protest, the Light Side was pulled through space. Mere seconds later it settled in front of the Colossus, 90KM away, now to die for the sake of the Colossus...at the hands of its allies...
Interposing the Light Side in front of the Colossus was quite a good idea. However, the shockwave of the death blow still shattered space for hundreds of km around it, killing the escape pods that didn't make it and smashing into the Colossus...
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Kartion leapt out of his Fighter. Landing on the deck with a metallic *THONG*, Kartion stood. He was in a landing bay, on the Dragon Fire.

"This vessel was quite afraid of the battle...this must house that Jedi." Kartion hissed. Growling, he unsheathed his Lightsabre, and began to walk toward the exit...
"Hey! You're not supposed to be here!" A guard yelled, though his eyes went wide at the lightsaber. "Drop your weapon, now! We got a bogey here, possible Dark Jedi!"

Kartion laughed.

"Sure thing, Coreworldian." Kartion hissed. Slowly, he placed his Lightsabre down, and stood up.

Kartion laughed.

"Sure thing, Coreworldian." Kartion hissed. Slowly, he placed his Lightsabre down, and stood up.
Wary of Jedi tricks, the guard and a bunch of other troops surrounded the Dark Jedi, blasters raised. "Someone contact the Captain! Tell him we have a Dark Jedi on board!"

"Right!" Another trooper went to a phone in the bay, calling the dragon Captain Korvan.

Kartion laughed.

"No you don't boys..."

With that, Kartion jumped high into the air. Pointing at the trooper at the phone, a bolt of Lightning shot from his finger, getting the trooper square in the back.

Flipping, Kartion landed on the trooper behind him. Snapping his neck with his feet, he then leaped clear of the group. Sticking out his hand, a massive storm of Lightning shot forth into the troopers. Kartion laughed as he heard them cry out in pain for a few seconds, before he closed him hand, and landed. Kartion's right nostril flared as it smelt smoldering clothes and flesh. Shaking his head, Kartion stuck his finger out again, and blew the bay phone. He then picked up his Lightsabre, and began to walk toward the exit.

Kartion laughed.

"No you don't boys..."

With that, Kartion jumped high into the air. Pointing at the trooper at the phone, a bolt of Lightning shot from his finger, getting the trooper square in the back.

Flipping, Kartion landed on the trooper behind him. Snapping his neck with his feet, he then leaped clear of the group. Sticking out his hand, a massive storm of Lightning shot forth into the troopers. Kartion laughed as he heard them cry out in pain for a few seconds, before he closed him hand, and landed. Kartion's right nostril flared as it smelt smoldering clothes and flesh. Shaking his head, Kartion stuck his finger out again, and blew the bay phone. He then picked up his Lightsabre, and began to walk toward the exit.
The cries of pain and lightning didn't go unnoticed, and alarms began to blare as the intruder invaded the ship. Troops shot blasters at the Dark Jedi, only to get bolts bounced back at them.

Captain Korvan knew there was trouble, for cameras have shown the deaths that this one just caused. "Get me Masaki...a Dark Jedi is here!"

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I was about to take off, when the Admiral crackled through the comms. "Commander, it appears that we have a Dark Jedi on board the Dragonfire. Get over there, quickly!"

Kartion! I clenched my fist. So he's still around...No time to fly over there. I teleported instead, the fighter wheeling towards a reserved parking spot until I return.

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CRACK! I reappeared in the hangar bay of the draconian ship, looking at the devastation. Just like him...

My lightsaber ready, I followed the trail of death and destruction. I shook my head. "Kartion...my old Master. Such a bloodthirsty Sith, aren't you?"

Kartion laughed.

"Daniel...my old Apprentice. Such a stereotypical Jedi aren't you?"

Kartion turned to Daniel.

"I killed only because I have to. And," Kartion pointed at Daniel, "Our paths do not meet yet Daniel. You may or may not believe it now, but we are on the same team this time." Kartion said. Kartion shut his Lightsabre off, showing his sincerity.

Kartion laughed.

"Daniel...my old Apprentice. Such a stereotypical Jedi aren't you?"

Kartion turned to Daniel.

"I killed only because I have to. And," Kartion pointed at Daniel, "Our paths do not meet yet Daniel. You may or may not believe it now, but we are on the same team this time." Kartion said. Kartion shut his Lightsabre off, showing his sincerity.
"Sorry, Master." I smiled coldly. "I'm afraid you're under arrest."

Kartion shook his head.

"You're Force Strength has increased, but your ignorance is still as strong as it was when I left you. I'm sorry Daniel, I can't let you destroy the Galaxy, not now."

Kartion shook his head.

"You're Force Strength has increased, but your ignorance is still as strong as it was when I left you. I'm sorry Daniel, I can't let you destroy the Galaxy, not now."
What the hell is he talking about? I thought, slightly confused. "Well, I can't let you run around free, you know. Surrender now..." I ignited my lightsaber, my hand crackled with electricity. "or die. Your choice."

Kartion shook his head, and then screamed at him (well, roared, but it doesn't come out that way through a grille).

"DO YOU NOT SEE!?! I thought you were smarter than this Daniel, much smarter! There are two things you need to know RIGHT now! One, your real enemy isn't here, on this ship, on Tenetia, or even in this system. It's in the heart of the very thing you've been fighting for, and it is about to succeed. Two...if you let me go, the enemy will be stalled. C'mon Daniel, you must see what I'm on about. I have no current wish to harm you, but I will if I must."

With that, Kartion turned, and holstered his Lightsabre.

"And anyway, you Jedi wouldn't kill an unarmed man with his back to you, would you?"

Kartion began walking up the corridor, his feet clanging on the floor. The Force now seemed different around Kartion. It was still very dark, but a much more...pure dark. Kartion had achieved the true essence of the Dark Side, and yet...there was no foreseeable evil in Kartion now. Just the Dark Side, at it's peak.

What he said...the Force told me it was true. I've already suspected, but more and more, the pieces fall in place. I sighed, closing down my lightsaber. "Fine. What are you doing here, then?"

"All Ships, Commence Hard Transit! I want us firing on the enemy vessels as quickly as possible." Arcturus bellowed as the Death Star's firing signature finally reached them. Ships all around the massive Archonal Command started vanishing from existence all at once, and Arcturus continued: "Torpedo Control! Allocate FIVE Red Rain torpedoes and commence targeting solutions on that behemoth of a flagship the enemy is rallying around, I want that sucker dead before we even start FIRING at it."

And with that, the Godulan Battle Fleet swarmed into existence over Tenetia, opening full salvos on all Non-Coreworlds-allied ships in the vicinity, and focusing full firepower on the Outer Heaven Colossus.

At the same time, five Red Rain torpedoes came into existence only a short distance from the Colossus, at random positions around the horrendous bulk, and discharged their full payloads before breaking into ramming speed with the remaining bodies of the torpedoes.

Red Rain was truly ingenious in its concoction. 1km long torpedoes perfectly BRIMMING with well over three hundred individual bomblets of a Godulan Specialty material that made each bomblet the effective equivalent of a medium yield hydrogen bomb. The weapon was intended to wipe out space-based infrastructure and vessels, as its volatile nature meant atmospheric insertion was impossible.

However, the bomblets weren't the only things the enemy had to worry about. The Delivery mechanism, an arrow head of super strong alloy, and a compartment filled with nothing but a power plant, engine, and shielding system, was intended to creat a half-kilometer long bullet that would ram into targets of opportunity.

And five of them had just opened up their payloads on the Colossus, and were now bearing down on it at full ramming speed. If the bombs didn't get it, and if by some miracle, the wedges didn't either, the amount of firepower being leveled upon it by the full fury of the Godulan fleet suddenly combining with the Coredians and their allies.

The transmission went out:

Greetings Coreworlds! We said we do not forget kindness done to us, and we WILL live up to our word! Now lets clear this rat infestation out, shall we? Oh, and you may want to desist from firing off any superlasers or the like... you know how badly THAT will end.

Kartion turned, and nodded at Daniel.

"I'm here to find Kelvin Majestus. I was originally sent to kill him, but the Force has plans for him. I think, I will merely duel him. The Chronosians want his head, and yours. But my long-term goal, is to fight for my cause, which you've already sensed is pure enough." Kartion gestured to Daniel.

"Follow me. I think I should tell you a few things you may not have picked up." Kartion said.

Kelvin turned, ignoring the fact that the fleets of his own home nation had joined into the battle, much against their nature. A strange force aura had gotten his attention. Dark... yet not evil... strangely like Avatar Obsidian... yet not.

Kelvin left the Med Bay and trotted off, towards this strange aura.

Strange indeed...

Kartion turned, and nodded at Daniel.

"I'm here to find Kelvin Majestus. I was originally sent to kill him, but the Force has plans for him. I think, I will merely duel him. The Chronosians want his head, and yours. But my long-term goal, is to fight for my cause, which you've already sensed is pure enough." Kartion gestured to Daniel.

"Follow me. I think I should tell you a few things you may not have picked up." Kartion said.
"Very well, then." I waved away the troops coming in. "I sense your intentions are pure. What news do you have?"

Greetings Coreworlds! We said we do not forget kindness done to us, and we WILL live up to our word! Now lets clear this rat infestation out, shall we?

"Indeed!" Rommel replied, for he was the one responsible for the Godular Refugee program once he heard of the problem. "Get rid of the Colossus, and then help take care of the demons invading our planet and it would appear that we're even."

Kartion nodded.

"Obviously, you know who Luke Skywalker is. Some time ago, the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the Galaxy. There were a few years of strife and conflict, before the Republic eventually won. However, Luke discovered that the Force was that of a Unifying Force. There is no Light or Dark Side, just the Force. However, the Dark Side tends to be the rawer power of the Force. However, in light of this, Skywalker also discovered that the Sith weren't actually evil, just twisted by the Dark Side.

"When I swapped sides as you could say, I vowed to be the first of a New Sith Order. You see Daniel, unlike all the Sith before me, I am not twisted by the Dark Side. I harness it, rule it, use it as I will it to. This is why I am here today, and why you aren't at the hands of Tak'a-Tamen," Kartion winced, "You see, the Sith and the Dark Side are two very different things. The Sith aren't necessarily evil, they just wield a very tough, wild, dangerous power, and adhere to different beliefs to the Jedi.

"I am as good as I was when I started training you Daniel. That can never change. But the thing is, I have learnt that the Old Sith have returned. Your sister, Fiona, now Lady Nightshade, has been twisted by a Sith, although you shouldn't worry that much about him. The real threat, is the Sith inside your government, the evil that has corrupted your leadership and divided the GE. When you return to Coruscant, look at your leaders very closely, and you will find who I speak of. He is very dangerous, not even I dare to go near him, due to our powers. Only a balancing power, like you Daniel, can combat this threat. The Unifying Force must always be balanced."

Kartion then tilted his head.

"Kelvin is near, but do you understand Daniel? Do you see why I do what I do now? And can you at least appreciate the fact that my saving your life was not that out of jealousy, but out of the balance itself?" Kartion asked.

OOC: I'll be gone now until the morning. Don't move against the Colossus just yet, I still need to post the effects etc.

I looked back to the suspicions that I had with the Chancellor, the parallels of the old Clone Wars with this new one. Then, with this new information, I put this all together...why the hell didn't I see it before! I would have to go back to Coruscant, and fast! It was as if I've been zapped by my own lightning bolts. "I see it now, Kartion. I see it now! First, we have to do something to allow you to "kill" me and Kelvin convincingly, so to speak."

I began to smile as I formed a plan, the first real smile I've had in Kartion's presence in a long time. I pulled out a kunai, one of my secondary weapons. With it, I slashed off my rattail, leaving just my hair. It'll grow back soon. "Go to the cloners of Kamino, Kartion. Use the DNA in my hair to clone me, and then kill the clone. Chop his head off, and give it to the Chronosians. Same for Kelvin, if you can persuade him to give up a body part as well. As you do that, I'll head to Coruscant after we finish off Outer Heaven's fleet, and deal with the Sith there."

I grinned the Masaki grin. "Now, I'll have the troops leave you alone understood, Colonel?"

"Uh, yes sir!" The colonel in charge of the Marines snapped to attention at my sharp words.

"Now if you'll excuse me, Kartion, I have a demon extermination job to do. See you next time!" I chuckled, and teleported, leaving the tail for him.

I arrived at Atlanta, and took a look around. "Good, right on time."

I cast a Lightning Strike, announcing my intentions to fight the Demons, and attacked them.

Way ahead of you on that first count, and here's our solution to the second...

The DawnRunners closest to the Tenetian atmosphere, still pumping everything they had into the Colossus and anything that even resembled a hostile ship, did a quick scan of the Tenetian surface to discern what side was where, and dropped the Godulan Solution to the Ground Assault Problem

StarSpiders.

Further evidence of Godulan Engineering more for efficiency and intimidation tactics, the thirty-meter wide StarSpider Siege Borg entered the combat theatre from Orbit in a nice matte-black sphere, letting its heavy armor and shielding protect it from the ravages of atmospheric entry. Shortly before landing, the Starspiders fully deploy into their true forms and engage their gravitic drives to come to a nice happy landing.

The StarSpider, when deployed, seemed as a giant scorpion, with eight wickedly bladed legs around an armored central core, two giant shield arms holding four siege-grade flux cannons in a two-by-two formation, and a prehensile tail that incorporated a third shield and an assault blaster into its construction. The Armored Core itself maintained the gravitic engine, the power supply, and the brain of a crippled Godulan soldier with lots and lots and lots of pent up rage.

Even in the initial testing phases, the Godulans themselves were amazed at the ferocity shown by the Starspiders, who literally waded into combat with gusto, shrieking curses, death threats, demoralizing anthems, and spam ads at the enemy as they laid into them with the full fury of their blades and cannons.

And the Godulans had just sent them down with the following orders:

"Destroy the Chronosians, have fun!"

The Daemons paused; sensing something on the air; as the armies surged forward; relentless even as countless fell. The commanders roared in fury as bloodlust and madness took them; whirling engines of death, fuelled by dark power...The first felt himself rise; suspended by tendrils of energy, surging through him, before he exploded; and the ground itself burst free with rivers of blood; a Bloodthirster of Khorne stood forth, and roared; taking to colossal wings as it sailed forth to decimate the enemy. Elsewhere; a Great Unclean One had burst free from the flesh of its sacrifice; and know slid forward; surrounded by giggling nurglings. The Lord of Change took to the skies; the architect of mens fates; the lord of Magic....
And through the crowd came the Keeper of Secrets; spreading depravity and decadence wherever it went....

[Music Playing: Final Fantasy X Boss Battle]

"The Greater Daemons have arrived." The King of Dragons, eternal foe of the Daemons growled angrily to his Queen. He will deal with the Lord of Change himself at Edinburgh. She will take on the Keeper of Secrets at New Detroit. With a mighty sweep of his wings, he approached the Magic master and spewed a large fireball at him.

She, however, zoomed quickly to the coastal city, and let loose a powerful bolt of lightning at Slaneesh's champion.

In the meantime, the Bloodthirster and Unclean one attacked Atlanta, only to be stopped by a bunch of young brats. Young brats with special powers, that is.

"Hey, looks like it's time!" I called Naruto via comm as the two giant ugly daemons attacked. "You better use that skill."

"Right." The young man bit his thumb, and made a Kanji character on his other hand, made a series of hand-seals, and slammed his hand to the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Gamabunta!"

A huge toad was summoned, the Toad King. "Well well, if it isn't Bloodthirster and the Unclean One! This oughta be interesting."

Meanwhile, the Twins and the other two members of Team 7 conjured their own summons. Taylor summoned Byakko the King Tiger, while Jacob conjured up the Wolf Lord Shirokiba. Sasuke commanded Manda the King Snake and Sakura called up Katsuyu, the King Slug. As for me? Ryujin grew larger to match the multi-story high other animals.

"Well, if it isn't an summoning convention." Ryujin chuckled, looking over at the myraid of animal kings that have been summoned.

"Yes, it's just like old times." Byakko replied with a fanged grin at his rival, his orange striped fur rippling with muscle and energy. "So, we have the dark ones here to deal with?" He asked the tiny boy on his neck.

"Yup! We gotta big fight ahead of us!" Taylor said to his summon.

"Ok, my brothers and I will take on Khorne's champion. You guys go after Nurgle's avatar." I ordered. "You're more immune to poison than we are."

"Right!" Team 7 replied, and hopped or slithered towards the Unclean One.

As for me and my brothers, we surrounded the Bloodletter. I smirked and gave the bloodletter the bird. "Yo, Big and Ugly! Go back to where you came from or else!"

The roaring beast that was the Bloodthirster brought his axe to the ground, bringing forth the fires of the warp itself as Berzerkers and Bloodletters joined in, roaring in bloodlust fever as they hureled themselves at their foes. NO foolish summoning would stop them from drawing blood.

The Other daemons rallied against their foes, bringing their minions and their servants to bear on these opponents; roaring in exstacy and rage at the prospect of yet another battle. The Daemons were ready, and if they were banished, it would only multiply their rage....For they would one day return

Of the three-hundred StarSpiders dropped onto the planet to assist with the planetary defense forces, only about twenty five of them were in the vicinity of the Daemon Avatars approaching the Coredian lines.

As the Daemons approached however, strange runes began to dance across the armored surfaces of the waiting StarSpiders as they took up positions beside the suprisingly massive summoned critters.

A voice boomed from one of the StarSpiders as the enemy Daemons approached.

"Huh... Demon lords," It said, then, bringing its tail forward for a close look, it noted the glowing runes. "We didn't spend hundreds of years fighting off protospace terrors with stern looks and foul language... took us a while to find the big guns, it did! But we found them, oh we found them...

Making a gesture that almost looked like a great wave with one of its gun arms, the other StarSpiders Rah-Rah'd their acknowledgement of the situation.

"We ain't fighting murky mist critters today, but then, who says that's a bad thing?"

The roaring beast that was the Bloodthirster brought his axe to the ground, bringing forth the fires of the warp itself as Berzerkers and Bloodletters joined in, roaring in bloodlust fever as they hureled themselves at their foes. NO foolish summoning would stop them from drawing blood.

The Other daemons rallied against their foes, bringing their minions and their servants to bear on these opponents; roaring in exstacy and rage at the prospect of yet another battle. The Daemons were ready, and if they were banished, it would only multiply their rage....For they would one day return
Ryujin spewed a great mass of electricity from his mouth, incinerating many a daemon minion with Dragon Thunder, while Taylor's tiger burned many more with Burning Roar, and Jacob's wolf instantly froze and shattered even more with Ice Howl.

"You're not going to have help today, demon!" I smirked, as Ryujin conjured up a dragonsword to fight the Bloodthirster's axe and charged with great speed to strike, while Byakko and Shirokiba took on the minions to hold them off while the Dragon and Demon fight.

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The Unclean One was cleansed by a huge Water Bullet from Gamabunta, while Manda tried binding it with a crushing Constriction. The slug stayed back and used Healing and Sticky Acid to help her allies.

Xeth suddenly felt a powerful presence through the force and near, very close to it was Daniel Masaki. This force was similar to himself and very powerful this was unusual as not many were as strong as he since he was 900 years old. Daniel and Alex of course were but never one that was like this it was a pure dark presence not many used the unifying force especially Sith. This was worth further investigation. Quickly Xeth ran to his Force Fighter (http://www.omcp.com/schism/phoenix-1-l.jpg) and got in the cockpit as the other Jedi left to the USS Midway. He quickly powered up the systems, engaged the cloak, and linked his mind and spirit to the force amplifiers built into the fighter. The fighter slowly lifted off and accelerated towards the Dragonfire. Xeth quickly flew into the ships landing bay having previously disengaged its cloak. Xeth quickly walked through the halls and found the Pure yet Dark presence. Lightsaber (http://www.nebulousdesigns.com/portfolio/3d/lightsaber_kamin_blue_claw_01.jpg) at the ready at his belt.

Xeth: "I am Master Xeth Cortas head of the Jedi Council of Dratheria . Who are you? You appear to be True Jedi. Neither Dark Jedi nor Light Jedi yet at the same time both. You seem pure but extremely powered in the 'Dark' Side. I am True Jedi but balanced how is it you can control the Dark Side so well. I can control it but only to a small extent not as large as you can and still remain pure."

OOC Sorry Prom was this weekend o and by the way I'm speaking to Kartion

Since the battle seemed to be nearly over in space, Gorteth brought Stardust down into the atmosphere of Tenetia. Descending towards the surface, he looked for a battle where his skills might make a difference...

The Daemons fought on, even as the great Unclean One struggled against his bondage; spraying those about him with toxins and virulent fluids; a burst of artilllery from the rear lines sought to scatter those who oppressed him. The hideous insect swarms of the Destroyer Hive filled the air; as Plague Marines loyal to Lucian surged forward, hissing in discontent and anger; fuelled by the bile that coagulated in their veins.

Oh yeah:

[Music Plays: Battle Music aka Daniel's Theme (http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sony/ps1/lion.mid)]

The Daemons fought on, even as the great Unclean One struggled against his bondage; spraying those about him with toxins and virulent fluids; a burst of artilllery from the rear lines sought to scatter those who oppressed him. The hideous insect swarms of the Destroyer Hive filled the air; as Plague Marines loyal to Lucian surged forward, hissing in discontent and anger; fuelled by the bile that coagulated in their veins.
The insect swarms, daemons and Marines were dealt with by the fires of battle, as smaller dragons flew to aid their lord Ryujin and his allies, burning everything they could as it's the best way to deal with such filth. The Marine Corps were lucky to have NBC as standard armor (C&C: Tiberian Sun style), as they didn't have the special powers of us Jedi and shinobi to battle the deadly diseases pouring out like foul rivers, and used high-powered blaster fire and thermal detonators to fight their stronger enemy counterparts.

Manda growled as the snake king squeezed tighter to suffocate his filthy enemy and Sasuke-sensei blasted him with Powerful Fireball to help out. Sakura and Katsuyu did what they could to keep their comrades from getting poisoned by the filth and disease of the Unclean One, occasionally casting Cleansing Soap Bubbles on him if that would work. Gamabunta slashed again and again with the big dagger of his, carefully missing his snake rival while he cuts open pus-filled wounds for Sasuke to pour fire jutsus in.

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Meanwhile, Ryujin and Bloodthirster fought sword against axe. A gash was already open on Ryujin's back when he missed a blow, but the Silver Dragon ignored the pain to fight the Enemy, even as I fought off the smaller foes with my brother and their big comrades. Ready when you are...I need to cast the big one with my brothers!

Right, let me get him off guard! With that, he spat fire straight into the bloodthirster's face...

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Meanwhile, the Lord of Change and the King of Dragons dueled it out in the air, casting powerful spells and dogfighting like the far smaller fighters around them. His Queen was busily beating the crap of out the Keeper of Secrets as well, sending powerful flames to burn the foolish one that makes men nosebleed to weaken them.

Oh yeah:

[Music Plays: Battle Music aka Daniel's Theme (http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/sony/ps1/lion.mid)]

OOC: Direct links don't work off of that site.

OOC: Direct links don't work off of that site.
OOC: Yeah, but there's still a link to the music. They're nice enough for that.

The StarSpiders whirled into the fight like veritable dervishes of eldritch energy, cannonfire, and blades. If it even remotely resembled a minion of the Chaos Hordes it fell pray to the full fury of the armored yet surprisingly nimble WarBorgs.

With each leap forward, each parry, deflection, or feint, they shreaked curses, death threats, and other forms of foul language...

"DIE YOU SUMB****!"

"GONNA KILL YER ASS!"

"ROCK 'EM SOCK 'EM MAKE 'EM BLEED, BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD IS WHAT WE NEED!"

"WIN A SETTLEMENT BUT SMALL ANNUITY PAYMENTS NOT ENOUGH? CONVERT YOUR SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS INTO A LARGE LUMP SUM WITH PEACH TREE..."

Eldritch energy blazed about the keeper of SDecrets as he plunged his mighty blade straight at the Queen; his voice a ringing bell of desire to set mens minds aflame; his every move graceful and delicate in the art of war.

The Bloodthirster roared in agony, flames burstying from its red hued skin as it took to its wings; and then brought itself crashing down against its Dragon foe.

In the air; the Lord of Change ducked and dived; seeding the air with its fel Magicks; seeing every possible outcome in the webs of fate; yet, locked in combat; it had no time to execute them; as it hurled yet another gout fo warp fire at its foe.


The Unclean one roared as it fought against those oppressing it; green blood bursting, toxic and corrosive from every wound; plague ichors and venoms staining the ground about it, as it brought its festering maw about its assailant...

Eldritch energy blazed about the keeper of SDecrets as he plunged his mighty blade straight at the Queen; his voice a ringing bell of desire to set mens minds aflame; his every move graceful and delicate in the art of war.
The Queen of Dragons fought the blade with her mighty staff of royalty, as graceful and deadly as her foe, as she fought to defeat the Keeper of Secrets and save men from the horrors of decadence. Her smaller companion, my friend Katrina and her dragon Haylee circled the battle, trying to see if they could get an opening...there! When the Queen jumped back, they dove, Haylee spurted a long stream of fire, then the Queen added a burst of her much more powerful fireballs. If one missed, the other is sure to hit.

The Bloodthirster roared in agony, flames bursting from its red hued skin as it took to its wings; and then brought itself crashing down against its Dragon foe.
Ryujin was bleeding from the blow but he managed to knock his foe away with a powerful kick, and sent an Ice Blast to freeze him solid. "Now, Daniel!"

"Right. Taylor, Jacob!" I yelled. The two of them teleported to my side, and we began drawing energy into our cupped hands. Me, lightning; Taylor, fire; Jacob, solar. Ryujin took to the air, continuing to freeze the Bloodthirster, even as we reached the apex of our energy absorption. Then, the three of us unleashed a powerful blast of energy related to our element. "HADOKEN!"

The energy blasts aimed towards the Bloodthirster...

In the air; the Lord of Change ducked and dived; seeding the air with its fel Magicks; seeing every possible outcome in the webs of fate; yet, locked in combat; it had no time to execute them; as it hurled yet another gout fo warp fire at its foe.
The King roared in pain as the warp fire hit and sent his own blast of dragon fire at his enemy, then began to prepare a Meteor Swarm spell, a spell that basically has many streaks of meteors slam into the enemy. He fired and streaks of light attacked the Lord of Change and finally, the King began to weave one of his most powerful spells: the Spell of Banishment.

The Unclean one roared as it fought against those oppressing it; green blood bursting, toxic and corrosive from every wound; plague ichors and venoms staining the ground about it, as it brought its festering maw about its assailant...
Manda was forced to slack off his constriction attack and heal the gangrenous bite wound, but the Toad Boss was ready for it.

Naruto, while he doesn't normally use it with the Toad Boss, does know the Toad Oil Fireball technique. Basically, he spews a mass of fire with a Katon, which ignites oil spewed from Gamabunta's mouth, igniting it into a huge fireball, the largest one so far. Thus, they do this together when Manda has slacked off from the constriction attack, and launch the massive fireball meant to defeat the Unclean one once and for all.

Each Daemon roared under the onslaught of the attacks, the Unclean One screaming as it tumbled; bursting into so much corrosive pus and ichors; to drench the fools of Coreworlds; planning to take in death, the great and bloated Toad.

The Bloodthirster, feeling the ice and fire consuming it, slashed out in berzerk rage, determined to drag countless to the grave with it; as The Lord of Change lunged at its enemy; planning to counter the spell and destroy it, before it could truly suffer...

The Keeper of Secrets roared under impacts, and drove hateful blows against all around it; as all began to fade for it....

Each Daemon roared under the onslaught of the attacks, the Unclean One screaming as it tumbled; bursting into so much corrosive pus and ichors; to drench the fools of Coreworlds; planning to take in death, the great and bloated Toad.
"Eeww, ugh!" Naruto and Gamabunta was sprayed with foul matter and diseases managed to get inside the young man. They would begin attacking within the hour. But now, the Toad watched his foe fall under the fiery onslaught of his fireball, cleansed by the flames of the light.

The Bloodthirster, feeling the ice and fire consuming it, slashed out in berzerk rage, determined to drag countless to the grave with it;
"Damn, that's close!" I could feel the wind of the axe's passing as my brothers and I dodged and ducked the Bloodthirster as he swung it wildly to destroy friend and foe alike. He was dying, but not dead yet. I began concentrating energy again. Not for Hadoken, but for my most powerful skill: Nova Bolt.
A basketball-sized ball of electricity formed in my hand and I ducked another swing, then when he was distracted by fireballs from Taylor and rei-bolts from Jacob, I threw the ball high in the air, so high it met the lowest clouds. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, and thunderbolts gathered around the ball, visibly charging it up like the Death Star.

Silence. There was a sudden silence as a soft blue light bathed the area and the air was so charged with static that rocks were moving as if telekinesis worked them. The brothers Masaki knew what was to come as the light began to concentrate on the Bloodthirster and teleported a couple blocks away to avoid the ensuing ground-zero explosion.

A HUGE bolt of lightning smashed down upon the bloodthirster, creating nothing less than a kiloton-level explosion. It wiped out the nearest smaller demons, and left a crater about a couple meters wide and deep. When the dust settled...

as The Lord of Change lunged at its enemy; planning to counter the spell and destroy it, before it could truly suffer...
The King was not to be daunted, even as he whacked his tail heavily at the Lord of Change's lunge to stop it cold. He then completed his spell of banishment, meant exactly for foes like the Lord of Change, and weaved visible glows of white energy on his claws. He pointed to the Lord of Change, and simply said. "Begone, champion of Tzeentch. Begone to the warp you came from!"

White chains bound the Lord of Change, bound him and dragged him back into the warp.

The Keeper of Secrets roared under impacts, and drove hateful blows against all around it; as all began to fade for it....
The Queen grabbed the Keeper of Secrets and tossed the daemon towards the chains that bound the Lord of Change, with a roar. It too was bound to the chains and dragged away, helpless to resist.

The soldiers who are not as gifted in powers as we were were not so lucky in facing against the demons from hell. Many thousands have died in battle against the foul forces of Chaos in many a horrible way, and many more would be scarred for life by the horrendous enemies. Physically as well as psychologically, the army and civilian militia would be forever changed by the ground battle against Chaos.

Diseases ran rampant from the forces of Nurgle, killing whole communities within hours despite the best efforts of the healers and medics. Perversion and murders occur as Slannesh and Tzeench sought to take the souls of people with them. and Khorne still continued to urge bloodlust and hatred to fill his rivers of blood.

But the wars still rage as there was still one last thing to do. I was breathing hard due to the powerful Nova Bolt I have unleashed, but I knew I had to get rid of the demons still around once and for all. "There has to be something, a portal, a gate that's letting in the demons."

Even as I paid attention to my energy levels as I fought the demons, using as minimum effort for maximum effect as I could, I tried to reach out in the Force and find out whether there was such a portal. I would then have my brothers destroy whatever item is powering it and close it. Hopefully, that would end the still-dangerous demon assault.

Each of the daemons eemed to stop; the warp energy crackling about them; roaring as if in some sardonic, mocking laughter, before they exploded in massive gouts of warfire, surely thermonuclear in their scale; bringing waves of twisting, daemon fire to bear on all about them; friend or foe, they cared not; for they would take countless with them in their apocalyptic death-throes; and marr the land with unholy taint for centuries to come...

Each of the daemons eemed to stop; the warp energy crackling about them; roaring as if in some sardonic, mocking laughter, before they exploded in massive gouts of warfire, surely thermonuclear in their scale; bringing waves of twisting, daemon fire to bear on all about them; friend or foe, they cared not; for they would take countless with them in their apocalyptic death-throes; and marr the land with unholy taint for centuries to come...
Tenetia was indeed tainted by the death-throes of the Greater Daemons, as they blew apart in fiery apocalypse. Force Shields were all that stood against the conflageration, but the fires still burned, still raged across the land. Even the summons were damaged by the death-blow of the daemons, and the young shinobi were hurt by the fires as well. None of us escaped the fires unscathed even though we used shield or Absorb or other techniques to reduce the damage.

I myself was slammed into a wall that fell on top of me, but telekinesis prevented full damage and I hobbled on a twisted (but not broken) ankle. My face hurt from burns, and I think i'm bleeding from a cut on my forehead but otherwise, I should be fine with some peace and healing. Of course, I still searched the area for a warp portal to close, if necessary.

My brothers were better off, most likely because Taylor cast Ice Wall around him and his twin, but they were still injured by the blast waves, debris cutting into them like knives. But they're still able to do what needs to be done to find the portal I'm searching for.

The shinobi were forced to dismiss their summons as did the twins, after the creatures protected them from the worst of the suicide attack, and Sakura began to heal Naruto as he was soon coughing and showing symptoms from the diseases picked up earlier, despite bleeding herself. Sasuke smiled as he found that he's currently no longer the object of Sakura's affections, and began slapping medical patches on his own cuts. Nurgle's death is troublesome due to the high possibility of disease around.

The King and Queen were least worst off as all they were damaged was from a first degree burn that would be cleared by shedding their scales within a few weeks.

The regular armies however, were worst off as the explosions have killed many a soldier to heat and blast wave. Fires would still be burning the next day...

Without their greater brothers, the daemons have suddenly decided to go elsewhere and the enemy Chaos hordes and Marines were cut off and defeated. The Holy Light that still remained began to cleanse the planet but it will still take at least a decade to recover from the mess the daemons made. The battle was over, and the Golden Army emerged victorious tempered by a few losses.

We arrived in Edinburgh where we found out that the President of Coreworlds didn't make it through the battle, dying to a Bloodletter as the daemons stormed the Executive Mansion. The funeral was solemn and the leader laid to rest as Vice President Annie Sternbienger took the oath of office and got to work setting up emergency rebuilding programs.

As for us?

Katrina flew into my arms as she and I embraced in celebration of surviving the battle and we kissed for a long while.

"Well, that was a long time in coming." Ryujin laughed.

"Oh, shut up brother." Haylee replied but smiled as well. Indeed the two of us are a young couple in all but formality. But, I was wondering something lately...

"Katrina..." I said to my girl resting her head on my shoulders

"Hmm?"

"How long have we known each other?"

Kat's heart started beating faster as she realized what I'm asking. "Six years and counting."

I smiled. "I've been thinking. I've loved you for a long time, and I thought maybe..." A lump suddenly caught in my throat and I had to swallow.

"Yes?" Katrina flirted her eyelashes.

Scratching my head nervously, I went on. "I was thinking that we should make it permanent."

"A-are you serious?" Kat asked.

I pulled out a box containing a ring that was alchemized from ordinary coal into diamond thanks to Jacob. I formally dropped to one knee before my girlfriend. "I've never been more serious in my life, my love." I opened the box to reveal the ring and she gasped more at what it meant more than it's glittering beauty. "Katrina Rastein, will you marry me?"

She didn't make the decision lightly, knowing that she would be Empress should I win the throne and thus in the public spotlight for quite a while. It would be a big change in her lifestyle, but I could see the determination to overcome it in her eyes. The girl who can wield a blaster pistol or a vibrosword with precision outmatched only by the Jedi, my fellow dragonrider who's copper dragon is Ryujin's hatch-sister, the young woman with whom I've been steady for a while now, her eyes shone with tears and she embraced me tightly again.

"I will. Yes, I will!" She accepted the ring.

Cherry blossom petals and magical snowflakes fell, undaunted by the battlefield as we laughed and ran to tell everyone else. We married quickly that night, Master Elendil officiating the wedding and we consumated it at midnight when we headed to a lone tent together. Little did I know as I go off to battle against Palpatine that the consumation would bear fruit in nine months...

Two days after the end of the battle...still on Tenetia.

The Death Star has gone off to some other battle and droid ships recovered wreckage from the ships overhead. Enemy craft were being sent to the Hell's Gate Research Center for analysis and the Golden Army sat around a holoscreen as Grandpa alerted us to breaking news on Coruscant.

“Ladies and Gentle beings, Only a few hours ago I was made aware of some startling information, We have all been played for fools! No not by the Separatists, they are a threat but we have a much more deadly and dangerous threat that for a year we have held close to our bosom. We believed in empty lies putting our faith into nothingness and almost fell into a trap that should have been self evident, if we only learned from the past.” She then paused and drew upon her inner strength to say these next few words and they came out hard.

“I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Vedil on the grounds of treason against the Republic, he has no intention of giving up the emergency powers we have given him, he would secure power in this republic for himself, he would make himself emperor upon the conclusion of this conflict! We have been so concerned with the enemy threatening our frontier that we failed to notice a Sith Lord in our very midst!” She timed her announcement so that upon its conclusion the Alliance fleet would enter the systems,

“We will not be subjugated by the Sith again, their tyranny will not be tolerated again!”

"Whoa, things are moving fast!" Taylor exclaimed. "Here's Senator Kieran!"

"I second the motion! In the name of the Republic, I call for the Jedi Order to arrest the Chancellor, no, Mr. Vedil, for these henious charges!"

"Yeah, sure, like he'd go quietly." I muttered. "He's going to resist arrest...violently."

"Indeed. Here's his response. You're not going to like this." Grandpa warned.

“Mindless allegations, without a hint of proof or justice meriting them, you say I am a Sith lord, I say you are attempting to overthrow the Republic!”

The Chancellors eyes glared, in the Jedi’s direction. “How opportunistic of you Jedi, to corrupt our senator Valerie Ross, who just the other day sided with the Republic, she declared her will to die for the Republic, no I say you lie, I say have bewitched her mind with foul tricks and evil magic, unavailable to those within the Senate. Whaaa……”

Vedil turned to an aide behind him, who interrupted the chancellor without thought. Quickly turning back, Vedils face was twisted with anger and hate. “I PUT IT TO THE REPUBLIC, THAT IT IS THE JEDI WHO BETRAY US! Right now in orbit their lies an alliance fleet, servants of the Jedi, now a mercenary force, roaming the Uncharted regions of the Galaxy at whim. They are here to attack Coruscant, to take over our republic!”

At once senators began to rise, screaming at the Jedi, who were once their protectors. “They have charged weapons and are demanding we surrender, the Jedi are taking over the Republic!” Vedil screamed at the top of his lungs…

Chanting, and objects were now being thrown at the Coredian representative.

“You have bewitched our senators! You are attacking our people, our ships who are right now, at this very minute waging a war, upon which the fate of the Galaxy hinges, as of this moment, every single Jedi is now an enemy of the Republic.” Vedil lowered his hand upon the data-pad. “We must do what must be done, we must not hesitate nor show any mercy. GUARDS ARREST THE JEDI!”

I glowered as a scuffle occurred between the Senator and stormtroopers and he was carted away. "So...the Emperor Palpatine has tipped his hand again."

"What?! Palpatine?" Naruto asked, shocked. "He still lives?"

I nodded. "I checked the Archives a while ago. It appears the Emperor has an ability to possess weak people like Senator Vedil. It's only compounded by recognizing his political attacks on the Jedi and all who support them. He's trying to do it all over again. Even his words are similar to the First Purges."

Grandpa nodded. "He must be stopped. The Temple still holds a few hundred Jedi."

I blanched. "They're trapped. We have to..."

Grandpa shook his head sadly. "Even with the Jedi Striker, it'll take a couple of hours to get there, too late. All we can do is deal with Lady Nightshade, her Sith Master, and the Dark Lord of the Sith himself."

Silence fell among us as we watched the proceedings.

"I will take Palpatine." I then said.

"What, brother!!" The twins yelled and tried to persuade me otherwise.

"Daniel..." Katrina saddened.

"I know, but it's something I must do." I sighed. Then I had an idea, an idea that could employ the twins' trickster skills. I'll wait till we're on our way to Coruscant, but suffice is to say that it will involve a reporter, a cameraman, and a counterjammer powerful enough to send news across the galaxy even under heavy jamming. It's going to require a communications ship as well.

"Then I will face the Lady Nightshade. Her Sphere of Destruction is mere child's play against me." Grandpa smiled thinly.

"I volunteer to defeat Sith Lord Chronos or aid you in the battle against Palpatine if I cannot find him on Coruscant." Master Elendil said to me. Before I could object, he held up a hand. "Strong as you may be, you need the power of the Headmaster of the Order on your side and I don't see Master Yoda around either."

I nodded reluctantly, deferring to his wisdom, smiling at the comment about Yoda. Yeah, it'd be nice to have him around, but I do have Elendil, who's almost as old as an elf.

"What about the rest of us?" Katrina asked.

"I suggest you head to Konoha. Lay low there for a while. I can't bear to see you in harm's way." I said. "Besides, the shinobi have developed countermeasures to the Golans, right?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah. Theatre shields within planetary shields. We placed one on the Temple when it reopened. It'll protect Konohagekure Village and the other cities for a while."

I nodded. Best way to defend ourselves against the Golans until I can find a way to get inside the Imperial Palace and take control of them. The Death Star is another problem, though. There's a time limit to this, and I intend to beat it.

"Well, let's go!" I decided it was time.