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The ship strutted through the Solar System like it owned it. Not one ship noticed. The new cloaking system was appearing to work, and quite brilliantly at that.
Gilbert Bates sat firmly in his Command Chair. He decided it was time to act, “Park our ships a little bit out of the ways of the leaving ships and bring up the full sensor ability. Monitor all jumps and destinations!”
“Aye, Aye Admiral!” Came a reply from the Ship Controls below the Admirals Chair.

Hundreds upon Hundreds of Ships left the system every day, destined to go all over the universe delivering their life-sustaining cargo. In addition to a few that carried some life-ending cargo, those ships where Gilberts targets.

3 Days Later

“Sir!” Went the call from somewhere in the ship controls, “three ships have taken that hyperspace route to Couruscant and they were all cargo ships.” “Grrrreat!” Came the reply from Admiral Bates, “Follow that route, but stop somewhere in the middle and activate the gravity wells when we get there. Then send a Comlink to our Freespace Pirate Allies alerting us to our position, because this could get hot.”
“Aye, Aye Admiral!” Came the reply as the ship shot through hyperspace to there destination, upon reaching the coordinates the orders where carried out, the gravity wells were turned on and a comlink sent out:

Fellow Freespace Pirates! We have discovered a hyperspace route that is used by quite a many ships with loads of booty! We request the assistance of a few of our Pirate brothers, just in case the area get hot. The booty will be shared! Come to the Co-ords X-J712. T’anks!

Ready the Comblocker, and lets pre-record a comlink for the lucky ship that’s about to be robbed.

Hello! You may be askin’ why have we stopped? Well, you’ve been stopped because your about to be pirated! Lower your shields now or we will lower them for you. Oh, and don’t bother sending a message to your Sith Protectors, for we’ve activated a long range comblocker. You will receive further instructions shortly.

A few hours later…

A Ship stopped dead in its tracks before the 3 Pirate ships of Klington, a comblocker was activated and a pre-recorded Comlink sent out (see above).

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OOC: I need 1 More Freespace Alliance Pirate member, Possibly 1 Neutral, and 2 Sith (one for cargo ship, one for the ships that try to save the cargo ship.)

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OOC: The topic name should be something like Heroes and Villains: Pirates! Pirates!
How are the Sith going to get involved? If you're jamming transmissions they'll have no clue. Or will they intercept that message calling freespace pirates?

ooc: What would the neutral role entail?

Listening to the picked up message; over and over again; memorising each word; each coordinate, the Pleasure Lord of the Imperium sighed softly.

Pirates; filthy despicable snakes in the grass of the void. Freespace Pirates no less

Remiel reclined into his immense throne, strumming his hand against the black stone that formed the armrests as he sighed delicately. "Very well; we shall take this battlegroup to said coordinates. The flagship; gleaming with runes and adorned with finery in the name of Slaanesh; the Transcendant Humanity Slid into the warp; accompanied by a dozen Infidel class raiders and 3 Hellfire Daemonships

This would indeed be fun; and while it would take some time for the group to arrive, they knew that the bounty gleaned from a successful attack on filthy pirate scum; would earn them fear and respect amongst

OOC: If this isn't right, then I can change it :)

A Ship stopped dead in its tracks before the 3 Pirate ships of Klington, a comblocker was activated and a pre-recorded Comlink sent out (see above).

OOC: The emperor is sending a fleet to take care of some pirates. Can you say OVERKILL?

Question: How exactly do you send a comlink to someone if you have a comblocker active. I'll be the shuttle but I really don't get how you do that.

OOC: The emperor is sending a fleet to take care of some pirates. Can you say OVERKILL?

Question: How exactly do you send a comlink to someone if you have a comblocker active. I'll be the shuttle but I really don't get how you do that.

OOC: Since it was prerecorded,it only take a second to send and recieve. After we sent it we turned the comblocker on, sorry if thats a little vague.
And one fleet is two much, you gotta keep it small these days.

ooc: What would the neutral role entail?

OOC: Possibly stumbling upon the incident, and then being dragged in since you noticed the fiasco.

Listening to the picked up message; over and over again; memorising each word; each coordinate, the Pleasure Lord of the Imperium sighed softly.

Pirates; filthy despicable snakes in the grass of the void. Freespace Pirates no less

Remiel reclined into his immense throne, strumming his hand against the black stone that formed the armrests as he sighed delicately. "Very well; we shall take this battlegroup to said coordinates. The flagship; gleaming with runes and adorned with finery in the name of Slaanesh; the Transcendant Humanity Slid into the warp; accompanied by a half dozen Desolator class Battleships, a dozen Infidel class raiders and 3 Hellfire Daemonships

This would indeed be fun; and while it would take some time for the group to arrive, they knew that the bounty gleaned from a successful attack on filthy pirate scum; would earn them fear and respect amongst

OOC: If this isn't right, then I can change it :)

OOC: No thats fine, I just ask to wait a little while before your ships arrive.

OOC: Not a problem :)

ooc: Will take neutral role then.
Also what about your Young/Royal thread?

ooc: Will take neutral role then.
Also what about your Young/Royal thread?

OOC: Im waiting for a few more offers, CW is being lazy as well.... :)

OOC:
Ill just sort of conform and write up a TAG.

Looks like a good excuse to deploy some skyships, either as pirates or fighting them, it will be intersting ^_^

Guys make sure you apart of the Heros & Villians thread if you want to join.
HEROS & VILLAINS!!!! (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=435179)

All was calm upon the bridge of a cargo shuttle. They were taking a hyperspace route to drop off some weapons at Coruscant. All of a sudden the ship started shaking. "What is that shaking noise?" asked the captain.

"It appears that we've fallen into a gravity well. It seems to be artificial." replied an officer.

Hello! You may be askin’ why have we stopped? Well, you’ve been stopped because your about to be pirated! Lower your shields now or we will lower them for you. Oh, and don’t bother sending a message to your Sith Protectors, for we’ve activated a long range comblocker. You will receive further instructions shortly.

"Oh great. Well, we're not going to give up our cargo without a fight. Do we have some turbolasers in the cargo hold?" asked the Captain.

"Yes sir, and some torpedos too." replied an officer.

"Well load them up. We'll fight them with all we got."

OOC:That's why you're supposed to put Heros and Villains in the thread name.

All was calm upon the bridge of a cargo shuttle. They were taking a hyperspace route to drop off some weapons at Coruscant. All of a sudden the ship started shaking. "What is that shaking noise?" asked the captain.

"It appears that we've fallen into a gravity well. It seems to be artificial." replied an officer.



"Oh great. Well, we're not going to give up our cargo without a fight. Do we have some turbolasers in the cargo hold?" asked the Captain.

"Yes sir, and some torpedos too." replied an officer.

"Well load them up. We'll fight them with all we got."

OOC:That's why you're supposed to put Heros and Villains in the thread name.

OOC: I know! I forgot! P.S. Though, my ships are currently cloaked, so goodluck aiming. :)

OOC:How was I supposed to know that?

IC: "Umm sir? The ships appear to be cloaked." said an officer.

"Oh that's not good. Well we'll wait for them to make the first move. Since they're pirates, they might not have the very best cloaking technology so we might be able to see some kind of disturbance and track them through that."

The crew of the cargo shuttle waited with eyes peeled for the pirates to strike.

OOC: I might be up for the second Freespace spot... nuthin' like a little byplay between Remiel and Maximillian...

OOC: Hope there is another spot for Freespace :)


Jedi Knight Kowani,MSgt Johnson and his SF Team waited inside the GMSS Patriot, transport ship for the order to go in and aid the pirates of Klington, but no such request came. The GMSS Glory, flagship of the G.M. Fleet waited just inside rasio contact to hear the news. Other ships were waiting just outside radio contact to aid Klington incase of the worse possible scenario. Of the 10 ship fleet of Greater Mactopia 5 were on standby. There was the GMSS Glory, GMSS Patriot, GMSS Meteora housing a detachment of X-Wings from Rouge Squadron lead by Lt. Edge Neumerar as well as a couple of A-Wings. The GMSS Diabolo, A Destroyer also was on standby. Admiral Wiloughby waited patiently in the Command center. Then suddenly it happened. The Flagship had spotted Imperial reinforcements headed right for Klington. The had to act fast. The X-Wings were scrambled, Radio messages were sent as fast as possible to Klington, but there was no response. The Admiral had ordered his ships into an offensive position. The 25" Laser cannons lit the dark, cold space with bright red laser beams. Then the Admiral launched the SF team on the GMSS Patriot to go scope out what had happened to Klington. Admiral Willoughby hoped that this distraction would alott enough time to get Klington's men out safely.

The crew of the cargo ship had managed to successfully arm two turbolasers and some torpedos. There wasn't room for anymore weapons. They spotted the GMSS Patriot. They instantly shot them with the turbolasers and banked hard right while shooting off a quantum torpedo.

The Klingtonian message eventually found its way into a datapad held by Maximillian Foster as he tore another chunk from a leg of cow with his sharklike teeth.

"Mmm... so they wish additional support, do they? I'll give them that, and so much more..."

If Maximillian had been one of those classic villains, he would have began a great cackling laugh that echoed throughout the halls and sent stray cats fleeing in terror. But alas, he was not what many would call 'old school', and as such he merely chuckled menacingly to himself.

Those imperial dogs would learn to curse their allegiance, if for no other cause than being the side targeted by him.

"Eh, I need a break from babysitting those blasted Jedi anyway."

He got up from his small table, smashed the Datapad on principle, and brought the beef haunch with him as he walked out of the room, his two M'Lekk'Torr Special Forces Guards in tow.

As he approached one of his assigned adjutants, he snapped his free fingers to get his attention.

"Ready my Makos, and get me a few Slaughterkings ready. I'm gonna go pirating for a while."

"Um... of course sir. I can get you twelve on short notice, and the two Makos are on standby, as usual."

"Perfect. We leave... now."

GMSS Patriot had sustained a substansial amount of damage from the blast, yet they continued on. The enemy ship was taking damage from The X-Wings who had just spotted the ship and was concentrating all their fire on that ship.

Meanwhile the rest of the fleet was engaging the Imperial fleet of 3 Star Destroyers. There was tough resistance. The GMSS Diabolo had sustained massive damage and the Glory had a couple of battle scars as well. The Meteora had scrambled all of their fighters and were now trying to attack with their AA Batteries and 5" laser turrets.

OOC: Hope there is another spot for Freespace :)


Jedi Knight Kowani,MSgt Johnson and his SF Team waited inside the GMSS Patriot, transport ship for the order to go in and aid the pirates of Klington, but no such request came. The GMSS Glory, flagship of the G.M. Fleet waited just inside rasio contact to hear the news. Other ships were waiting just outside radio contact to aid Klington incase of the worse possible scenario. Of the 10 ship fleet of Greater Mactopia 5 were on standby. There was the GMSS Glory, GMSS Patriot, GMSS Meteora housing a detachment of X-Wings from Rouge Squadron lead by Lt. Edge Neumerar as well as a couple of A-Wings. The GMSS Diabolo, A Destroyer also was on standby. Admiral Wiloughby waited patiently in the Command center. Then suddenly it happened. The Flagship had spotted Imperial reinforcements headed right for Klington. The had to act fast. The X-Wings were scrambled, Radio messages were sent as fast as possible to Klington, but there was no response. The Admiral had ordered his ships into an offensive position. The 25" Laser cannons lit the dark, cold space with bright red laser beams. Then the Admiral launched the SF team on the GMSS Patriot to go scope out what had happened to Klington. Admiral Willoughby hoped that this distraction would alott enough time to get Klington's men out safely.

Sorry, spots already been taken by Godular. But good post!

OOC: Wait so I've been fighting an imaginary fleet? I guess I'll have to delete my other post.

The Diabolo had turned its fire towards the Cargo ship. They were firing their 25" laser cannons at the outgunned Cargo Ship. Lucky the diabolo ahd pulled out just intime before it was wasted. The X-Wing squad had worn down the shielding on the cargo ship and were now firing thir torpedos. The G.M. Fleet had sucessfully destroyed 2 of the 3 star destroyers and the third was badly damaged and was pulling out. The Diabolo decided to do the same.

OOC: mkay, well I will just pull out. I got damaged. GL to ya.

Admiral Willoughby had just given the orders, "Fall back" "We will make for the nearest Freespace Docking Bay and repair there.

OOC: Wait so I've been fighting an imaginary fleet? I guess I'll have to delete my other post.

Yes, it was all a Jedi Mindtrick. Lol. No you were fighting me but I retreated:)

The G.M. Fleet had sucessfully destroyed 2 of the 3 star destroyers and the third was badly damaged and was pulling out. The Diabolo decided to do the same.
OOC: So basically your fleet was also fighting an imaginary enemy as there were no star destroyers accompanying me. There's only little old cargo ship. If Chronosia doesn't arrive soon I'm screwed.

OOC: Alright look, I didnt know the other dude was fighting for Freespace here. 1 cargo ship seemed a little outgunned for 3 Heavy Battleships/cruisers and an aircraft carrier. So I said that I had seen 3 Star Destroyers and engaged them instead of kicking your butt. I was really there, yet I retreated. As fo the Imperial forces. I DK, maybe they coulda been you other heroes I dunno. Just go with the flow mate.


And what does TAG mean?

Tag = Bump = Bring to the top of the forum in order to get more views

Now the key thing to remember here is that its bad form to roleplay enemy forces. In this case, saying you destroyed nearby ISDs would likely bring down the wrath of Unified Sith as he is the Infrastructural Roleplayer for the Imperial forces.

In order to prevent further faux pas such as this, I would like ya to give the following threads a nice long study, since I note from your post count that you are as yet quite new here:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=357975

This thread provides you with general information about the various aspects of NS and roleplaying in general. While yer in there, take a look at the other links too.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=367578

Godmoding bad, k? This also works as a good RP hints and tips thread as well, as it gives one a good idea of what NOT to do. And knowing what not to do is the best way to know what TO do.

I'm letting ya into the setting cuz I like your characters. Just read those links and keep an eye on yerself, and you should do fine. And don't be afraid to get into other non-setting threads. Get yourself into stuff outside the setting and see how others roleplay, it'll teach ya just as well as those links.

NOW... enough OOC talking 'n such. Further comments/questions should be posted on the H&V signup thread.

Let us get back to fightin'!

OOC:
1. A half dozen Desolator class Battleships, a dozen Infidel class raiders and 3 Hellfire Daemonships.
That is overkill right there... A Desolator could take on the Eclipse in both size and firepower.

2. About half way into the thread, ships started materializing out of nowhere... like three star destroyers and several other capital ships, with no reasoning behind their arrival. I think this should be corrected.

3. 0_o

OOC:Well the 3 random star destroyers were fixed at least.

The comblocker went off and an pre-recorded comlink was sent out, as soon as it finished the comblocker snapped back on.

Hello, we will be sending a ship down to your ship to receive some of your items, it will be cloaked, so be ready to receive a ship at docking A.

At that moment a small fighter left the Masaki’s docking bay and instantly cloaked itself. It flew out to Docking A on the enemy cargo ship. It hooked up and then the doors opened. Revealing a singularity bomb with a count-down clock on it.
5...4...3...2...1...

“BOOM!” A voice coming from the singularity bomb said. “Hahahaha. I’m just joking. I’m not going to kill you. But this is a real bomb, and I’m going to use it to make sure you don’t try anything funny. The real boarding party will arrive shortly.”

OOC: Yeah right, like any kind of pirate would suicide just to get some weapons for the rest of the group.

IC: "Fake bomb. Real funny that fighter." said the XO.

"Let's respond. Blast him out of there." replied the captain. The shuttle broke away and they blasted the fighter with the turbolaser. Then they sent a torpedo to take the force of the bomb.

"One down."

OOC:
1. A half dozen Desolator class Battleships, a dozen Infidel class raiders and 3 Hellfire Daemonships.
That is overkill right there... A Desolator could take on the Eclipse in both size and firepower.

2. About half way into the thread, ships started materializing out of nowhere... like three star destroyers and several other capital ships, with no reasoning behind their arrival. I think this should be corrected.

3. 0_o

OOC: Nothing like a little constructive overkill once in a while :)
We pack heavy; and go all out. Better safe than sorry....Now; just waiting for the right moment...

OOC: I said no to eclipse level vessels. The Largest type of vessel I would allow in this campaign setting is something along the lines of an ISD. Big Gunz Boatz are for the general threads and Infrastructural RPers.

My Kython Slaughterkings are only 230m in diameter, and I intend to have them spread out throughout the trade route, so there'll never be more than three or so at a time, not counting the Makos.

Considering that its pirates, just have two medium level capital ships and a small entourage of MAXIMUM six corvettes. When it comes to pirating, even THAT level of force would be overwhelming. If you wish, you can have two of these battlegroups, but they have to be separate, ya can't haul 'em both into one engagement.