NationStates Jolt Archive

A solar system, a system of 11 planets, what used to be 15 planets. In the center of this solar system is a dark red star. Huge, it lurks. Next to it remains a speck, a speck frailing in comparison in size of the red super giant. But this speck seems to suck in the massive red star, the black hole engulfing what ever solar flare explodes from the star.

The 11 planets seem almost motionless, barely moving in the proportions of the universe. The planets kept in orbit by the massive red giant, and the red giant kept in check by the tiny black hole.

The closest plant to the sun, a large planet, roughly the size of Sol system's Saturn, floats serenely. The atmosphere high above the planet blanketed with some kind of red gas, toxic to those who breath oxygen and nitrogen, but life giving to the inhabitants below. The red mist seems to some how deflect the super intense UV rays and burning fires of the red giant, keeping the planet at a cozy 140 degrees F.

Some how, the planet survives. The proximity of the planet to the combined gravitational pull of the Star and black whole should have ripped the planet to shreds, to it's base atoms, and then some. But this planet has been lucky. In between this planet, and the 2nd planet to the sun, lays a depression in space and time, creating it's own gravitational pull. Some would think that this other-worldly depression, combined with the pull from the other side, will rip a planet apart completely, but the two gravity wells help keep balance, peace, and calm, so the planet remains serene. Another large benefit of this situation, is the intense gravity near the planet, a couple million miles from the planet, is so great, that it would be extremely difficult to use subspace or hyperspace traveling methods, as the ship would be torn apart. The intense gravity and red mist around the planet also keeps targeting computers on the fritz. Disrupting any radio, x-ray, gamma rays and UV rays that may try to target something, and also dissipating laser weapons.

Below the planet's red mist, is not so serene. Beasts of alien origins seem to roam the planet, dominating the landscape, with their spires of organic flesh, and exoskeletons. Deep within the planet, 45 miles below the surface, catacombs lace the planet. Even deeper, near the crust-mantel rift, lays a chamber. A massive chamber enough to fit an ISD's tower into, gapes. In the middle, sits a huge beast, screaming, writhing, communicating...



OOC: Excuse the uncreativeness... still need to get into gear, feel free to read and tag.

Tag

Tag. cool opening

An Imperial exploratory vessel had crossed into this unstable system, its instruments confused by the intense gravity of the system. They had fallen from the warp, enroute to another Imperial world, and had been forced out by gravitational distrubance, forcing them to navigate now.

Things were not looking good; especially as they were hit, again and again by the strange fluctuations of this alien galaxy. They made a last desperate effort; to land safely, on the closest planet to the sun. Whipped by solar radiation, they plunged; screaming through the atmosphere; engines rupturing, driving the immense ship into the ground; tearing a great and yawning crater into the world...

Something else had arrived now.

With a scream, the queen felt the disturbance. Her emence psi powers feeling the very whole ripped into the planet by the large ship. She screamed again, and the planet looked alive for the first time in years.

The surface of the planet swarmed with beasts of every size and shape, teeth and claws gnashing and writhing. Hundreds, then thousands, then millions of beasts flooded the surface, and ran towards this new visitor to their planet.

Slowly one large beast approached the ship in the crater, the intence heat from the landing not affecting it. It put it's huge claw on the hull, and scraped once, then twice, then started ripping into the hull, tearing chunk after chunk of steel from the ship. It didn't take long for the rest of the swarm to join in.

Marines and Guardsmen, the standard defense group for this vessel, rushed down the corridor; watching the hull begin to give way as something pounded, relentless, on the exterior.

Weapons were cocked and loaded; readied; as the things outside continued their assault. They opened fire; bolter shells and plasma gouts; even a rash young Guardsman with a Flamer; sent waves of death surging down the corridor towards the encroaching Horde.

Emperor save them; what was going on?

Gaping holes were ripped into the starship. Beasts, barely red and black blurs they were, as they rushed in.

Many of the smaller aliens got cut down immediatly, their acid blood spraying forth. Many others of the smaller kind were burnt to crisps and their skin boiled and burst, their acid blood evaporating in the furious flames.

Finally, a massive beast crashed through the rest of the hole, making a gaping 2 story high maw in the side of the ship. Bullets and plasma weapons did almost nothing to the beast, the flames only seemd to infuriate it more. It barreled towards the men, two massive pincers clipping and snapping, long teeth dripping with frenzy and lust for blood.

OOC: http://store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=List_Models&code=302083&orignav=300836 -The big beast.

Gaping holes were ripped into the starship. Beasts, barely red and black blurs they were, as they rushed in.

Many of the smaller aliens got cut down immediatly, their acid blood spraying forth. Many others of the smaller kind were burnt to crisps and their skin boiled and burst, their acid blood evaporating in the furious flames.

Finally, a massive beast crashed through the rest of the hole, making a gaping 2 story high maw in the side of the ship. Bullets and plasma weapons did almost nothing to the beast, the flames only seemd to infuriate it more. It barreled towards the men, two massive pincers clipping and snapping, long teeth dripping with frenzy and lust for blood.

OOC: http://store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=List_Models&code=302083&orignav=300836 -The big beast.


OOC: Very well written, impressive opening, and nice to see another 40ker around the boards, I'll send somebody to say hi sometime in the future.

OOC: Actually, I am using elements from 3 alien raves, Xenomorphs, from the movie Alien and Aliens, Tyranids, and zerg. In the future though, if it proves too complicated to maintain, I will move completely to Tyranid.

OOC: Actually, I am using elements from 3 alien raves, Xenomorphs, from the movie Alien and Aliens, Tyranids, and zerg. In the future though, if it proves too complicated to maintain, I will move completely to Tyranid.

OOC: this could be interesting, I'm the Terran Dominion, with Kerrigan on my side, maybe we should become allies, our swarms definitely have something in common.

Maybe, if you wish, got an MSN name?

Maybe, if you wish, got an MSN name?

What's yours, I'm Pmmiehm.

Gaping holes were ripped into the starship. Beasts, barely red and black blurs they were, as they rushed in.

Many of the smaller aliens got cut down immediatly, their acid blood spraying forth. Many others of the smaller kind were burnt to crisps and their skin boiled and burst, their acid blood evaporating in the furious flames.

Finally, a massive beast crashed through the rest of the hole, making a gaping 2 story high maw in the side of the ship. Bullets and plasma weapons did almost nothing to the beast, the flames only seemd to infuriate it more. It barreled towards the men, two massive pincers clipping and snapping, long teeth dripping with frenzy and lust for blood.

OOC: http://store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us?do=List_Models&code=302083&orignav=300836 -The big beast.

Countless men dived down side corridors; but three in the centre continued to fire.
"FOR THE EMPEROR!" Their cries echoed; followed by their screams; impaled, crushed...Dead.

The Marines and Guard focussed their fire on the immense beast; a Berzerker lunged forward; slamming his axe towards its hide; even as a man to his left was disembowelled.

"FIGHT ON MEN! THE BEASTS WILL NOT HAVE US THIS DAY!"

The queen dispatched a brood to sek out the source of the mental scream she had felt so many lightyears away, and when they found the source only two options existed: incorporation or destruction, Kerrigan was charged with this mission, her brood-mutants and the combined swarm should be enough to deal with whatever cam their way.

Countless smallers beasts flooded in after the giant insect. With screams and lashes, they clawed at what ever moved, even hanging debris. They screamed and spat acid and chewed and clawed.

The giant beast already in the corridor slashed and sliced, pincering anything that got into it's grip. As lead and plasma and fire continued to pound on the beast, it screaemd and writhed. The berzerker was making progress on the beast, hacking bast hard shell and striking soft under tissue. Then, the beast took notice.

It swung it's arm around to try and meet the berzerker's head. Multiple smaller black spindly aliens sprung from behind the beast, their banana like heads and black hard skin sheened with moisture, as their gaping mouths lunged towards men, yearning for blood.

The swarm was approaching the source of the psychic cry, they had used the warp to speed their progress and would arrive within the hour, and depending on what they found, they would act.

The Berzerkers head was sent flying; his own blood and skull as sacrifice to Khorne. Ironic. Deliciously so. Yet the others fought onwards...

The men fought, screaming as the blood hungering thing tore into them, fighting with all their strength only to be cut down. Weapons roared, blazing in the darkness of corridors under this insane assault. Soon this team would be dead and the rest of the ship awaited. High above, the Mechanicus and Scholars waited; anxious to know what was occuring...

As the smaller beasts feasted in the remains of the guards, seemingly more specialized ones entered. They walked slowly and softly, taking in what they saw to every detail.

They calmly approached doors, and opened them with small claws normally, but if doors were locked, they would also smash through the steel with the aid of brethren.

Their mission was now was to subdue any life forms with minimal casualties, and those who did not harm any of the swarm.

The brood was in the system, soon they would reach the planet, and then they would investigate, the ship that was being destroyed was of no interest to them, it belonged to their enemy, and its destruction did nothing but help them.

Countless were dragged away by the swarm, torn from the ship and brought screaming to this world. One resourceful Mechanicus, however, would not go without a fight. He had welded shut the door to the bridge, and now, armed with a plasma rifle, was arming the self destruct. Warp core and Plasma Generators were set to overload, even as he heard the things draw closer.

As the countdown neared zero, he raised the plasma rifle and pulled the trigger, incinerating his head and most of his upper torso, leaving nothing but ashes and bones...

The explosion could be seen from space.

A massive fireball and mushroom cloud engulfed a large area of the region. Thousands upon thousands of the swarm were incinerated with the blast. Caverns shook and crumbled as the force of it. The scorched land scape left nothing behind, the barren blasted land was black, from the normally reddish landscape.

Fortunatly, many humans were taken underground before the blast, and deep enough as to where the radiation or heat or shockwave was enough to affect the swarm below.

They were plastered to walls and left there to hang. The living wall engulfed the men. Several tenticals inside the walls poked and peirced the men, poking into their minds physivally, and mentally.

The brood began to land on the planet, they hadn't encountered any trouble so far, but they weren't taking any risks either, the overlords were already disgorging thousands of combat breeds, while the slivers and brood-mutants simply set up a defense around the landing zone.

For the first time, ever, the queen stopped writhing and screaming and commanding, and instead, sat as still as stone, and almost seemed to gape in awe with her sharp maw of a mouth. As the living breathing wall consumed the memories and knowledge of the humans, the queen struggled to grasp her highly advanced mind around the new facts.

So many things... space travel... faster than light engine drives... other species... war... the universe... machinery.. physics... empires...

The Queen screamed again, announcing her triumph in these new thoughts, when her own thoughts were interrupted. Around on the other side of the planet, her scouts and surveyors had spotted otther organic beasts, not native to her broods, landing on the surface.

She screamed again, physically and mentally, sending her swarms to investigate the new breeds. Again the surface swarmed with life, as the swarm circled around the new visitors, but did not attack, just waited.

For the first time, ever, the queen stopped writhing and screaming and commanding, and instead, sat as still as stone, and almost seemed to gape in awe with her sharp maw of a mouth. As the living breathing wall consumed the memories and knowledge of the humans, the queen struggled to grasp her highly advanced mind around the new facts.

So many things... space travel... faster than light engine drives... other species... war... the universe... machinery.. physics... empires...

The Queen screamed again, announcing her triumph in these new thoughts, when her own thoughts were interrupted. Around on the other side of the planet, her scouts and surveyors had spotted otther organic beasts, not native to her broods, landing on the surface.

She screamed again, physically and mentally, sending her swarms to investigate the new breeds. Again the surface swarmed with life, as the swarm circled around the new visitors, but did not attack, just waited.

Kerrigan waited, calm and patientr, they were here, the others were not attacking, and she would simply wait for them tro contact her.

OOC: come on Azaha, respond.

OOC: don't know how to respond yet, make first contact. Right now they're only other responce is to kill invaders.