NationStates Jolt Archive

(Let's get this mess started)

The war with the Republic had gone to the way side as a strange calm set in the Abh Empire. The economy was quickly stabilizing and the fleet was being repaired after losing numerous ships. Purchases from the government and Neo Zeta have helped the process along. The large surplus of Super Star Destroyers mostly just sit around without being used. They were mostly for planetary defense but never to be used in battle.

A scouting party was being sent out to unexplored reaches space around the Empire. 200 Patrolships and 100 Guardships were sent out to explore nearby systems and make contact with any lifeforms there. The supply fleet was about an hour behind since this fleet was deep scouting. As far as it was known, this reach of space was claimed by no one and bordered by no one.

A Sord had been found in the dark reaches of this area and it was being explored. Admiral Wakapale walked across the bridge of her ship as they were taking energy readings from the area.

Chief of staff come walking up with the updated report. "As far as we can tell, this sord is unknown to us. It is possible that it leads to a completely new corner of the galaxy that we have not seen yet. What are your orders?"

Wakapale thumbed her saber as she thought it over. "We are scouting. Let's explore the Sord and find out where it leads. Tell the Supply Fleet to follow and inform HQ of our findings."

"Yes Admiral."

The scouting fleet activated space time bubbles and entered the sord along with the supply fleet close behind. Two hours later had the fleet out of Plane space and into Normal space. This sord strangely lead to a single system with a star and only a few orbiting planets. Though they could have been moons for all they could tell.

"Alright. All ships are to fan out. Send out a hale to anyone that may be here telling them that we are from the Abh Empire and are only exploring this system."

The brid was quiet while they waited for a response. Energy readings started coming in and the Senior aviator had a worried look on his face. "Ma'am, I am detecting multiple readings coming from around the planet but it's like nothing I have ever seen before."

"On screen." The visual was truly astonishing. A strange Spider-like vessel (http://www.shadowtech.net/images/Wall%20Paper/Babylon%205/Babylon%205%2003-Mini.jpg) appeared.

"What on Earth is that?! Shields up! Go to battlestations now!"

The Neo Zetan Empire was pumping its econemy into building the Ultra Star and Project Ultra. The fleet was being streamlined. The fleet would now number 1,732 Frigits or larger when the Project is done. Down from 6,300

The 12th fleet with 300 ships were near the Abh border just resting from the wars that had ended. Not knowing what darkness would soon enter.

With most of the Holy Empire of SeaQuest's funds being funneled into the building of a new Goa'uld designed flagship, construction on all other vessels was halted. In the meantime, the current SeaQuestian fleet was zipping about the void, exploring the unkown. An Asgard built Beliskner class long-range mothership, the Jera, was heading towards a system near the edge of the galaxy. The only thing they knew about this star system was its name, Z´Ha´Dum, the co-ordinates had been found in an Ancient database buried under a mile of ice on a frozen moon. A single O'Neill class advanced long-range warship, the Isa, was flying escort.

It was peaceful in the darkspaces around this system. Two Class B Battle Crabs just activated one of the hidden ships beneath the surfaces of one of the crust, trying to regain the Shadows full military capactity. The ship, a Class C Battle Crab, was over 3 kilometers in size. With the support of the two Class B Battle Crabs and the 100+ Shadow Fighters, this small group could take out large fleets of the younger races.

Sensing a disturbance, the three Battle Crabs entered into a formation and closed in onto the coordinates where this "disturbance" would appear. Normally, the vessels would be cloaked, as their fighter escort was. However, since activating the Class C Battle Crab, the vessels uncloaked in order to speed up the process.

30 more fighters were launched, in addition to the 30 that were already out due to the mass of this disturbance. The Class C Battle Crab was not at full capacity, however would be in a short period of time. But, battle would come before this happens!

In front of them, a fleet of unknown origin appeared, and upon detection of the small formation that the Shadows held, activated their weapons and shields. This was taken as a hostile action, and ignoring the messages being sent by these vessels, the Shadow formation started firing. And, as if out of thin air, all fighters engaged the fleet. None were to be left alive, and the fleet would chase these down until all were destroyed.

Z'Ha'Dum

On an intercept course, two Class C Battle Crabs entered hyperspace to destroy two vessels that were about to enter the region where the Shadows had domain. It was not long before the two large vessels of Shadow origin came into weapons range of the SeaQuest mothership and warship, and without warning opened fire on the Jera, concentrating their firepower on the vessels power core. The intent was for total destruction, of both ships.

OOC:
The Jera should be destroyed, while the Isa escapes. Most the fleet should be destroyed, with a vessel that was disabled being ignored. Otherwise, the Shadows would track it down per their usual doctrine and destroy it.

OOC: Mind if I has some troops on your transports already Abh? Easier for me to get into this, cause I'm kind of noob in this. I'll edit this if your answer is no

ICRP: In the holds of several of the Abh Empire ships, troops snapped to attention. These were the Armed Republic's best soldiers. Through the embroyo augmenting process implemented recently in the Republic, these men were the best of the best. Standing at 2 meters tall and wearing armored spacsuits, there were truly a site to behold. They had been sent by the Rpublic on the Abh Empire's expedition in case they were needed. Each carried a modular weapon system that's roots drew back to the Colt M4 from long ago.

"Alright men, this is why we were brought along," Commander Skykes Zecker addressed his squad.
"Get your weapons hot and life support on. If that... thing turns hostile, we're going in. Double time to the boarding pods, and await further orders. The pods have been set to put us in a 500 feet area along the side of it. We will rondevous inside and clear it out then bring it back home if possible. Otherwise, we scuttle it. That is all gentlemen. Good luck and Godspeed." He saluted, and the soldiers broke off into their boarding parties, heading for the pods that would bring them into the strange new vessel if necessary.

IC: The massive fire power of the Shadow ships took the shields of the Jera in a matter of minutes. The purple beams began to slice the ship up into chunks. The Asgard aboard the Beliskner class ship moved Rune Stones around on her console. The Asgard ship's teleporation beam activated sending the ship to the Command Room of the Isa. The two Asgard watched as the Jera was consumed in a ball of flame as all three of her neutrino reactors went critical. The weapons of the O'Neill class ship were proving effective, if not efficient, against the swarm of Shadow fighters. However, not even the might warship's shields could withstand the punishment for long. The Isa had multiple hull breaches. On the bridge, a few girders had fallen forming ramps from the floor to inside the ceiling. The two Asgard chattered at each other in their native tounge. The pilot moved a few Rune Stones on his console. The heavily damaged Isa came about and lept into Hyperspace.

OOC: All Asgard ships have a crew of one. I intend to RP it like that.

The Hell-Spawn fleet was ready to strike. As the battle started 3 cult class Battleships and 3 cult class Torpedo ships. The battleships aimed at the smaller guardships, and support vessels- The Life Takers aimed at the Isa, before it jumped. Even though the Isa was gone the gurad ships where still there. The battleships unloaded all their Puncher cannons, and the torpedo ships luached hundreds of dark matter torpedos at them as well Hell-spawns ships are few in number but strong in themselves. The Torpedos traveled just behind the puncher cannon rounds.

OOC: Paintcheck you're fine. You may not fight this round but there will be plans for you coming soon. IC post coming shortly.

The Shadow attack cut through one Guardship like a hot knife through butter. The ship split in two as bodies fell out and the reactor was hit, detonating seconds later.

"Blast! Fire all weapons and make a retreat!"

Patrolships fired their Electromagnetic rifles but had no affect on the ships and were being destroyed by the score. The Guardships faired somewhat better with their high powered energy weapons and in turn became a target for the focus of the shadow's fire power.

"Get the marines into stasis. I don't want to lose a single man. Have Abh guards escorted to armored area. I want the flagship to begin its retreat into the sord. How many ships have we lost?"

"So far 50 Admiral. And we are losing more by the minute."

"All out retreat. Fire mines to hold the ships off and engage all anti-matter cells."

"We can't! The mines have no affect on them. The only thing that works are the Guardships energy weapons and they are being hard pressed just to keep from being annhilated."

"Blast! Full retreat! Send the signal. I want all ships out of this system."

The Mothership Titian recieved orders from the High Command to engage the Abh vessels. This would be a violation of Abh Deatharon and Neo Zeta peace but the Shadows had made a really nice offer. The Mother Ship Titian and the 5th fleet recieved orders to launch a surpise attack on the Abh. The Deatharon Fleet lumbered to there targets ready to destroy them and hopefully leave no witness behind.

The damaged Isa dropped to sublight on the edge of a system near the border of SeaQuestian space and limped towards the base located orbiting the second planet.

In a far corner of GRP-claimed Space, 5 cruisers saw a phaser beam and several ships firing it. Nobody knew who they were.

Communications officer caught the approach of the Deatharon fleet incoming approaching their position. "Admiral! Deatharon fleet approaching."

"Good. We could use some reinforcements. Tell them to cover our retreat and then tell them to get the heck out of here."

Communications officer sent the message but he recieved was the least he had expected. "Admiral! They are firing on our ships!"

"WHAT?! Tell the Guardships to move into squareformation and make it's way back to us."

"Admiral it's too late. There aren't that many vessels left and more Unknown ships are beginning to approach."

"Blast! How far are we to the sord?"

"There now Admiral."

"Alright. Activate Space Time Bubbles and get us back to the Capital. We have to report this to the Emperor."

The Flagship and remaining 50 vessels entered the Sord and were heading back to Lakfakalala. Almost all ships were damaged and hundreds had been destroyed. This posed a grave threat to the Abh fleet. If their electromagnetic rifles and mobile mines were of no use, then they really didn't have much in the way of firepower.

The 5th fleet moped up all Abh resistance. Once the Abh were gone the Fleet headed back to the Aries Supercluster to hide and give the Inter Galactic Confederation of Deatharon denability of this incrimianting incident.

Warning Klaxons blasted in the hull of the Abh emire ship. The order came through the PA system, "All crew, report to the cryo decks. All crew report to their cryo decks." Sykese herd the message, and called it in to his soldiers. There were grumbles from his men, but they did as they were told. Skykes himself went to the brdige to find out what was happening in the battle outside.

"Greetings Admiral," Skykes saluted and waited for the admiral to salute back.
"Things are going bad out there. Those unknown ships have more firepower then anything we'e ever seen, and now the Deathron navy has joined the fray against us." Get your men into stasis, we're running now."
"Aye aye sir."

So, those beings have contacts among us. We may have lost this round, but we're not done here. were Zecker's last thoughts before going into stasi for the trip back to the Abh Empire....

The Flagship finally exited the sord on the other side. Admiral Wakapale walked over to the comm. "Commander Zecker, your men may come out of stasis. ETA to the Capital is 20 minutes. Your presence will be requested at the war room once we arrive. You're not out of the fight yet."

About 20 minutes later, the listing ships made it back to the capital.

The Flagship was docked and the Admiral saught out Commander Zecker.

[OOC] N00b moment, but what does FT mean in front of the topic?

Zecker and his men wiated in the war room, giving the Abh empire inteligence people the little info they got from the fight, and uploading there helmet cams so the techs could view the feed of the unknow ship and the Deathron navy in the fight. Then Admiral wakapale entered the room, and the commandos snapped to attention.

The damaged Isa docked with the base and the two Asgard aboard disembarked to make a report while the ship was repaired.

Meanwhile, a Ha'tak class ship had run into and been destroyed by Shadow vessels. All hands were lost.

OOC: Heh, it means Future Tech

IC: Admiral Wakapale walked into the WarRoom and saluted the commander and his men. "At ease men. The Emperor along with the Seven Admirals have been called in for this. We are going to need a full effort on this. Once Emperor Dusanyu arrives, we will begin while the rest file in."

Several minutes later Emperor Dusanyu (http://www.jasms.de/anime/seikai_s/dusanyu01.jpg) walked into the room. Wakapale snapped to attention saluting the Emperor. "Your highness, we have Commander Zecker and his men here to show video feed to show the battle situation."

The Emperor looked at her from under his brow. "And what is your annalysis of the battle?"

"Truthfully. We were outmatched. We had superior numbers but were overwhelmed nonetheless by a few ships. We were cut down by superior weaponry. It also appears that Deatharon has forgone the treaty and sides with the new enemy. They ambushed us as we were retreating."

The Emperor sighed and then looked at the Commander. "Let me see your video feed."

The Fuhrer Alfred Von Antheron was speaking to the Shadow that had persauded him to forgo his treaty. The Shadow's promised a weapon to destroy all enemies of the Inter-Galactic Confederation of Deatharon. The Fuhrer due to the gentic experiments done to himself left his mind easily suspectable to suggestions like the ones the Shadows so often used to get permission to hide bases in hidden systems in the Aries Supercluster. The Fuhrer waited for the Fifth Fleet and hoped the Abh had not reconginzed the Fleet.

"Alright Emperor, here is what we got from this engagement. Keep in mind most of this was taking from the inside of a boarding pod, so the images aren't top notch, but you can see most of the details." Skykes pulled a memory chip out of a slot in his suit and slid it into a receptical at the bottom of the holographich projector.
"You'll notice that the feed starts 5 minutes after the craft was first sighted. That was when I received the order to get the troops ready for boarding. Most of the video comes from Eric Krytson, who was in the pod closest to fight. You can see here the enemy ship, I believe we are calling them "Battle Crabs" now is going into combat routines. You can clearly see their energy shields coming up and their weapons charging. Here we see one of your ships getting cut up by the weapon. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before, notice how clean the cut is, almost like it is guided. Then we see what appear to be fighters (http://www.b5tech.com/shadows/shadowships/spitfire.jpgl) coming after the fleet.
They are fast, and carry weapons almost as powerful as the ones on your capital ships, and you can see your ships dropping like flies. It is then we receive the retreat order, but just before captain Krytson exited his pod, he saw what appears to be Deatharon cruisers. YOu can barely see them here." Skykes pointed at a mass on the corner of the hologram. He continued,"They start to shoot, and that is when we pull out of system. I think we have reason to believe the Deatharon's have made contact with these beings before, "shadows" as you call them now. You can see how the shadow capital ships ignore them right before the feed is lost."
Skykes rose to his feet.
"With your permission Emperor and Admiral Wakapale, my men and I would like to stay here and fight with you. There's no need to panic the citizens of the Armed Republic of Paintcheck, and you'll need us in the battle ahead."
Skykes waited for an answer.

Admiral Norton Juster, commanding officer of the SeaQuestian station, put down the PADD containing the Asgards report. He clasped his hands together and leaned foward.

He looked at each of the commanding officers of the ships docked at the station and said, "It would appear that the rumors about Z´Ha´Dum were true. The Shadows control that system. The info the Vorlon ambassador gave us was correct," he glanced at the report, "Now, according to this report, their was an unidentified ships engaging the Shadow vessels. I want someone to search out these people and see if we can enlist them as allies. The Minbari records on the last time the Shadows awoke state that they tried to take control of the universe. We can't allow that to happen. Are their any volunteers for this mission?"

None of the ship captains spoke. Silence reigned in the room for several minutes. Admiral Juster rose an eyebrow.

Captain T'Kar, commanding officer of a G´Quan class heavy cruiser, the G'Kar, said, "I will take this mission."

Admiral Juster replied, "Then you shall leave when ready. Dismissed."

Everyone got up from the room and went to do their respective duties. Captain T'Kar headed for his ship so that he could start preperations for their departure and the beginning of their search for the alien ships the Asgard had seen fighting the Shadows.

The Emperor sighed as he watched the video feed. "I feared that Deatharon would turn us if they were presented the oppurtunity."

Dusanyu looked up at the commander while he had both hands on the table and was leaning on it heavily. "Your men may stay. We will need you in this battle."

He then turned to an attendant. "Contact the Neo Zeta government. If these beings attack us then they will most certainly attack our neighboring allies." The attendant saluted and walked out.

"Contact Admiral Spoor, Admiral Trife, Admiral Bebaus, Admiral Rulef, Admiral Mustef, and Admiral Wakapale I would like you to stay. It's time to bring the seven admirals together and discuss how we are going to fight this war. Also call in Lord Rahl from Neo D'Hara and Doron. You may have trouble finding him but do try to locate the young man."

Dusanyu looked back towards the commander. "What can you offer us as aid?"

The message went out the Neo Zetan government:

From the Abh Empire. Your Commanders are requested at the Capital Lakfakalala along with a contignet of ships. It appears that war is going to break out.

Captain T'Kar was about to order his ship to launch when his communication officer suddenly reported, "Captain, you have a message from the Admiral."

"I'll take it in my ready room."

T'Kar walks to a door that leads off the bridge and enters his office. He sits down at his desk and activates the built in computer interface. A screen rises from the desk's surface and lights up with the face of Admiral Juster.

"Captain," Juster said, "before you depart, you should know something. A Minbari ambassador will be traveling with you. Command feels this may be a first contact situation and the ambassador they have sent us is one of the best. Her shuttle will be in your hanger in a few minutes. Thought I should let you know."

T'Kar asked, "Just who is this ambassador?"

Juster replied, "Her name is Delenn Mirr."

The Neo Zetan goverment got the message and was a bit sad.

It seems our hope for rest is gone for now. We will send The Head of the Military the Vorta Weyoun with 500 ships to your capital

The ships would take two days to gather as they were on patrol or needed resupply. But they would gather and be ready to march off to war.

The Minbari ambassador's shuttle landed in the hanger bay of the G'Kar. The ambassador was shown to her quarters.

Meanwhile, the ship undocked from the base and headed for the edge of the star system. At the system's edge, the mighty vessel sent a signal to the Jump Gate that was floating in front of it. A swirling blue vortex opened. The G'Kar entered it, thus making a jump to Hyperspace. The vortex closed behind her. The ship's active sensors were sweeping as far as they could reach for any sign of the alien vessels the Asgard had seen fighting the Shadow ships.

The Admirals had finally arrived by shuttle and were now entering the room. Admiral Trife (http://www.abhnation.com/components/com_mambospgm/spgm/gal/SNM-11/SNM-11-15.jpg) was the first to enter and was his usual hot headed self. Spoor (http://www.abhnation.com/components/com_mambospgm/spgm/gal/SNSII-08/SNS2-07-07.jpg) ignored everyone except the Emperor inwhich she gave a curt bow and then salute. Admiral Rulef and Mustef came in together which was their custom. It was rumored that two were in love and were having a secret relationship.

Last but certainly not least of the seven admirals came walking in. Admiral Bebaus (http://www.abhnation.com/components/com_mambospgm/spgm/gal/SNSII-04/SNS2-04-06.jpg) , a man who came from a family that was cursed with "spectacular insanity." It had still yet to be determined if he was afflected with this condition or not.

The last two guests, Doron and Richard Rahl, would not arrive for some time since they were on the other side of the Empire. The Emperor stood to face all in attendance. "It seems we are dealing with a foe that is beyond our understanding and technology. Their weaponry is superior and so are their defenses. Projectile weaponry has been deemed ineffective against this enemy. We are going to be relying on Guardships and the Attack Vessels. I know it sounds insane to mix light attack ships with heavy cruisers but we must use what works. Our strategy will have to be sound as we cannot afford to lose this battle. We cannot let these things reach the capital or it will be endanger of being destroyed and we shall be without a home."

The Confederation Space Navy was on high alert. The Fuhrer wanted to attack the Abh immediatly. The situation with the 3rd fleet was unkown and the Fuhrer thought the Zetans had defeated Fleet Marshal Sarin. The 1st and 4th fleets mobelize under the command of Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt.

OOC: Note Dylan fought with the Abh during the Vrone incident. This should be intresting to watch.

Weyoun went ahead befor his fleet was readyed on the Fayth Battle Cruiser Black Death. As he arrived he transmited he was beaming over with one of the New Clone Guards.

Once beamed over we awaited escort to where he was needed. He was the 5th Weyoun Clone and a busy one at that. He hoped to finnish the entire affair in one week.

Weyoun beamed aboard at the same time that Doron and Lord Rahl arrived. They both greeted the man and escorted him to an elevator that would take them up to the war room.

Spoor was appauled at what she heard from Dusanyu. "You can't be serious! Fighting ship to ship is absolutely barbaric! We will incurr far more casualties fighting this way than our conventional method. There has to be some other way."

The Emperor crossed his arms and nodded. "What does it matter if it's barbaric or not? What matters is that we win no matter if it is elogant or not."

Bebaus had a sly smile on his face. "Well I still hope that this battle will have some artistic flare. Nevertheless, the 7th Fleet is always ready to fight for the honor and glory of the Empire."

Trife grunted at Bebaus's remark. "What are our chances for victory?"

The Emperor looked over at the Commander. "After seeing the battle, what is your honest opinion on the matter?"

As Weyoun entered the room he heard some of the comments " Such a gloomy room this is" He joked and walked up to the table

" I am sure we can handel some little alien race that may seem to have the advantage in tech. However i have come to learn in my countless wars that alien tech is more advanced but uselly mush more diffrent then our own. We just need to adapt to it. As for fighting with a artistic flare... This is not art school dear boy. Back in the days of the Dominion and now in Neo Zeta we do what is needed to win. Even if we must ram our ships into theirs then so be it. The victory always outweights how it is won."

The 1st Confed Fleet followed by the 4th Confed Fleet jump to the Wormhole gate. once the ships go throught they will begin there Assualt on the Abh Empire. The Fuhrer had authorized the use of any weapons needed for victory including Ithkul Harvester Ships.

The room remains quiet with Weyoun's remark. The Emperor was the only one that spoke up though Spoor would have surely liked to have strangled the man. "Weyoun is right. What is important that this is won. It's win or be annhilated at the moment."

The Emperor turned to see Doron and Lord Rahl standing in the doorway. "Ah please come in. You two are just in time."

The Emperor then looked back at the commander "Do go on."

The scoutships cloak and enter the gateway to the milky way galaxy. The goal was to scout the outer defenses of the Abh. This would give Dylan Time to devise a startegy for the Biltzkrieg agaisnt the Abh.

OOC: Don't forget about the Anti-Wormhole stations near your border that have been there since your last conflict and anti-cloaking stations.

IC: The Anti-Cloak stations went off and their shields were activated. Weapons systems were armed and directed at the invading fleet. An emergency signal was sent to the garrison on alert.

In a minute 200 Patrolships and 100 Guardships were at the scene of alert with weapons armed.

You are entering Abh space and are ordered to identify yourself or turn back.

OOC: I thought Neo Zeta turned those off since we allied after the Republic Conflict. My bad.

IC: The Scoutships were noticeing the Abh Defense. They sighed an sent out a message to the 1st and 4th Confed Fleets:


Sir, We have incomeing requesting fire support as soon as possiable.

The Scout ships switch to Fold drives and prepare to jump to the Milky way colonies.

OOC: On his border yes but I still have them up on mine as just added defenses. Never know when you need them...

IC: The commander of the garrison told all ships to stand down. It appeared that someone just go to close than intended. A report was sent to the capital though for inspection.

It would not be received with enthusiasim.

The Scout ships caught up to the Armada an hour later. The Deatharon Fleets were now supported by Harvester Hive Fleet Death's Head. (most destructive Ithkul fleet.) The three ships now code named the Armada folded to the Abh border. They realzed wormholes and cloaking devices were not going to work thanks to the scoutships observations. This would be a stand up fight so to speak.

The response from the Capital was a contigent of 100 Patrolships and 200 Attack Vessels. They were sent to reinforce the border garrison incase any attack was planned.

OOC: Attack vessels are small and fast with one main energy weapon. Patrolships are a bit bigger with EM rifles and Guardships are the bigger with energy weapons and EM rifles. Obviously I have smaller ships facing yours.

OOC: This Fleet is made up of Cruisers, Battleships, Carriers, and Destroyers, With Hive Ships and Motherships being the command centers. The Primary weapons are Distengrator Cannons, and Phazers and missiles, Heavy weapons are Point Singularity Cannons, Psy Cannons and Omega Class Warheads.

IC: The Armada entered Abh territory with weapons powered up and shields raised. They fire upon any Abh ship they meet hoping to crush the defenses in a quick and powerful thrust in three prong attack.

Sorry it took me so long to get back into this, but I have school and after school sports to do[ooC]
[OOC]My bad Humankind. Deatharon and you started the fight kind of already so I thought we could just assume what happened before this point. I'll edit soon, my men aren't fighting now. Again, sorry for the confusion.

Dusanyu looked back towards the commander. "What can you offer us as aid?"
Zecker barely hesitated, "We are Paintcheck's best, and our forte is disrupting enemy fleets from the inside. We board the ship, take out the crew, and either bring the ship back or scuttle it and move to the next one. If those Battle Crabs show up again, we'd be gald to bring it in for you. Zecker said this with the air of someone who knows they're the best.

The Emperor looked over at the Commander. "After seeing the battle, what is your honest opinion on the matter?"

This time Skykes stopped short. This was the kind of question every commander dreaded. Why do they always have to ask this?" Skykes sighed and finally said, "I really don't know what to tell you. Against the Shadows, the Emperor is correct. Ship to ship is the only way to combat them untill we can find a way to beat their weapons and shields. If my men and I can capture one, it will tip the odds in our favor a little, especially if you can reverse engineer its technology. The Deatharons shouldn't cause too much trouble, they fight with mostly conventional ships, desite those ships being large and possessing a lot of firepower, they're layouts aren't too deferent and they should be too hard to capture. If the fight comes here, especially now, when we aren't expecting it, it could be disasterous. If we take the offensive, at the very least we would have surprise on our side."

Right after this sewntence left Skykes's mouth, warning klaxons came on in the war room. "So much for surprise." As soon as they started howver, the sirens stopped. "Must have been and asteroid or something." Then the report came from the garrison commander.
"Looks like something just got too close." Came the reply from the commander.
'Emperor, that proves my point. If the battle does come here, we have almost no chance." He let the words sink in before continuing.
'With your permission, I have an idea that might help should that blip have been a scout or something similar."
The klaxons cameon again, though this time the garrison commander reported Deatharon ships coming in wepaons hot.
The Emperor turned towars the Commander. "Now would be a good time to tell me commander."

Later, in the weapons locker.

"Alright men listen up. Our Deatharon friends are here and they want to play some hard ball. Lucky the Empire left those anti-cloaking stations operational or this would have been a really short fight. I don't think anyone outside of our respective governemnts knows we are here, so that should be a nasty surpirse when we take on of their toys and...break it. We're going straight for their brain, you've done this many times before people. It will be dangerous, but with the emperor's help I've come up with a plan to get us in."
"The Abh empire has some old ships that normally serves as drones or targets. They are fully armed and functional, and we have mounted our boardings pods on them. We have also mounted several hundred punds of explosives on the engines and throughout the ship. We will launch with the rest of the fleet with our ship being controlled remotely by someone planetside. When we get close enough to the mothership, the explosives will detonate, making us look like a derelict in space. When those explosives go off, we will go to radio silence. The computers on the pods are already set, all we have to do is get out there. Once we take control of the Mothership, we will lland it back planetside after doing as much damage as we can with it. Try to keep the captain and other officers alive so we can get some intel as to what they are up too, but your survival is more important than theirs. They have no troop carriers, so this ship probably won't have too many soldiers on it, since they are probably clearing the way for the shadows to finish the invasion."
Skykes paused, "Any questions?" There were none. Good men, they understand everything.
'Alright, we launch in 5. Grab the schematics chips from the table, it will help you find your way around the ship once we get on. We won't be on for long, so carry as many batteries for your weapons as you can hold."
Skykes hoisted his rifle and connected it to the battery pack on his belt. Satisfied that it was charged, he started to the ship they had chosen, the Executioner. Fitting name for what we're about to do, take the head right off their body. Skykes thought as he boarded the ship.

OOC: Paintcheck, sorry but could you answer the Emperor's question before you go off fighting? I'll leave the ships for you at the capital and rig them so your men can pilot them. There also won't be an Admiral at this battle for some time. You'll have to contact the garrison commander when you get there, if he is still alive.

IC: The defense stations would be positioned behind the Abh defensive fleet to act as rear support and to fire from a safe distance using torpedoes and large Anti-Proton cannons. The enemy fleet was too large for surround attack so other methods of defense would need to be imployed.

Guardships formed a crescent with the bulge facing the enemy forces. Patrolships would square off the Guardship section with Attack vessels intermingled as defence against missles and fighter craft. Guardships had mines fueled and were ready to launch but were saving them.

Patrolships were locked and loaded and crews of the Attack Vessels were waiting for the battle to begin. Message was sent to the capital informing the Admirals of the impending battle and requesting immediate support.

The Armada was in position as the Fighters launched out of there carriers bays. The Assualt had begun with the Confederation attempting to smash through Abh Defenses. With Missile and Point Singularity fire. These heavy weapons were supported with Phasers and Distengrator fire. The Point Defense were ready to opened up on any mine that headed the fleets way. The Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt Sent this message to the Abh:

By Order of the Fuhrer Alfred Von Antheron we have been ordered to crush your evil Empire in the name of the Fatherland. The Humankind Abh will be no more once our Confederation wins this most noble Crusade.

OOC: Paintcheck, all Shadow ships are living organisms(sp?) and have no crew or interior space. The are solid, organic vessels that use the mind of a person (Human, Narn, Abh, whatever) as its central computer. Just wanted to clear that up.

IC: The G'Kar jumped to normal space to make a sweep with her sensors. Weapons fire was detected very close to her position. They had jumped out right on top of the battle at the edge of the Abh Empire's space. The computer did a quick analysis and matched the Abh vessels with the ones the Asgard had recorded fighting the Shadow ships at Z´Ha´Dum weeks ago.

"Captain," said the helm officer, "we have matched the the ship designs that were added to our database by the Asgard to some of the ships out there. We have also I.D. several classes that were fighting with the Shadows."

"Lauch the fighters," ordered Captain T'Kar.

"Aye, sir."

The G'Kar spewed out her compliment of twelve Frazi class heavy fighters. A transmission was broadcast to all nearby ships.

This the U.E.O. heavy cruiser G'Kar. We have come seeking to join the fight against the Shadows and all who aid them.

The Frazi's moved into a protective formation around the G'Kar as she moved to join the Abh ships in battle. Her gun ports were issuing forth vibratory distruction. Her two particle lasers and six pulse cannons were belching energy at the Deatharon ships.

20 outdated Patrolships (http://www.abhnation.com/components/com_mambospgm/spgm/gal/SNM-11/SNM-11-18.jpg) were in dock waiting for the commander and his men to board. The auto pilot was set for the battle and a rigged joystick was fixed to the directional column for a human to pilot (pretend you are flying in a video game basically)

At the battle, attack vessels engaged fighters with abandon and used their anti-proton cannons heavily. A few patrolships went down in the first few moments of battle but Guardships kept up their steady stream of fire using all energy weapons at their disposal and EM rifles.

The sargeant looked to the commander as the battle raged. "Sir, the Patrolships are in trouble. Shouldn't we have them swing wide and let the Guardships take up the fronline and put the Patrolships and attack vessels in the rear as support?"

The commander only smiled. "No. Let them keep fighting and keep bringing the Deatharon fleet closer. It's all part of the plan. It will be more obvious when fleets arrive from HQ."

The report of the Holy Empire's aid came through on the comms. "Finally some support. They are most certainly welcomed here."

The Emperor looked at Weyound. "It seems your Deatharon friends wish to fight us."

He then settled his gaze on Rulef and Mustaf. "Admiral Rulef and Mustaf. You have one hour to prepare your fleets. You are to report to the border and assist the garrison. You only have five hours to make it."

The two saluted and walked out rather closely for some reason. The Emperor sighed. "Those two will die in each others arms one day."

It was a peaceful night in Sector 13 of the Rigil Kentauris star system. While a large armada of Battle Crabs had amassed here, awaiting orders from Z' Ha' Dum, there was no movement at all. Cloaked, the vessels waited patiently as the battle plan was drawn out. For entering into the territory of the Shadows, the races that make up the nations of SeaQuest and Abh will perish. Chaos will reign supreme in the galaxy, and the Vorlon's will not stop them this time.

There were thousands of Battle Crabs that had been activated and rescued from the crust of the many planets in the galaxy, in order to complete this task. The majority of the capital ships in the fleet had captured human telepaths as their central processor, in order to fend off their biggest weakness. While races have used telepaths to disable the shields and weapons of Shadow vessels in the past, it would not happen again.

Suddenly, out of no where, the main star in the system went supernova. It was time to act, and the destruction of those that opposed their ideology would be swift. The fleet made formation, and seperated into 4 parts. The two larger fleets headed towards the capital system of Neo Zeta, making the assumption that since Abh has contacted them, they would move a large amount of their military assets outside of the system in order to deal with the distraction that the people of Deatharion were "kindly" providing. The leaders of Deatharion weren't the only ones with thralls, but the Shadows were mainly using them as fodder.

Two fleets, each with 90 Battle Crabs(15 Class C, 50 Class B, 25 Class A), phased into Hyperspace, headed on the journey to Neo Zeta intent on it's destruction. Intent on keeping balance , the Shadows deployed a small force of 15 Battle Crabs (5 Class C, 7 Class B, 3 Class A) to assist the Deatharion's in their fight against Abh and it's allies. The rest of the fleet (with the exception of 50 Battle Crabs that would head to investigate SeaQuest's invasion of the Shadow's space), literally hundreds upon hundreds of Battle Crabs, and numerous Death Clouds, entered Hyperspace on the journey to Lakfakalala, where the Abh fleet that battled the Shadows retreated to, intent on the destruction of those ships (following the Shadows modus operandi).

It has started, and it shall end in Chaos.

IC: The Frazi fighters shot down many incoming projectiles with their two 52mm pulse cannons. Meanwhile, the G'Kar sent a message to SeaQuest command for reinforcements. Luckily, a Minbari fleet was practicing maneuvers a quick Hyperspace Jump away. The Minbari designed ships emerged from their minute long trip through Hyperspace to assist their fellow SeaQuestian vessel. The fleet was composed of fifteen Sharlin class war cruisers and twenty Tinashi class war frigates. Each Sharlin let loose with its eighteen gravitic neutron cannons, eighteen gravitic fusion beams, twenty-four electro-magnetic fusion guns, twenty-four electro-magnetic fusion beam guns, forty-two electro-pulse guns, and one antimatter cannon. Meanwhile, each Tinashi let loose with its fours gravitic neutron cannons, eight fusion beam cannons, four electro-pulse guns, and one antimatter cannon. Several Deatharon craft were destroyed by the concentration of firepower from several of the newly arrived SeaQuestian ships.

OOC: Here is a pic of the G'Kar
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b91/SeaQuest_Sim/Babylon%205/gquan.jpg
Here is a pic of Delenn Mirr, the Minbari ambassador aboard the G'Kar.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/SFShadowPhoenix/Character%20Pics/delenntop.jpg

The Fleet Marshal recieved news about the incomeing enemy ships. He decided to hell with protocol. Fire The Psy Cannons at the incomeing hositles. The Avatar of the Fleet confirmed the order. The Psy cannons powered up and fire at the incomeing Sharin Warships. The massive wave of Psyker energy would shake up any close up assault. The War Cruisers start unleashing hundreds of Beta Class warheads to deter the Tinashi vessels. The A.I. Battle grid started targeting the enemy fighters with point defense phasers. The Dinstergrator cannons opened up at the Seaquestian vessels showing no mercy. Three Squadrons of Gaurda Heavy fighters heads toward the Frazzi Fighters intent on destroying them with there rapid fire Point Singularity cannons.


OOC: The Psy Cannon fires a massive amont of Psyker energy at a specific target. It is however a short range weapon but a really powerful one.

OCC: F.Y.I., the Sharlin class war cruiser's fire power is concentrated on the front. The ship has to turn around to fire at an enemy behind it.

IC: Two Sharlins and five Tinashi were caught in the direct path of the Psy Cannon and were destroyed. A third Sharlin and two Tinashi were heavily damaged by the weapon. The remaining Sharlins each launched its compliment of fifteen Nial class heavy fighters. The Nial swarm attacked the incoming enemy fighters with their three heavy neutron guns.

OOC: Ok then.

The Rapid Fire point singularity cannons are not as strong as the main Point Singularity cannons. The Gaurda Class fighter is meant for breaking heavy fighters and bombers and the occassional assualt on large capital ships.

IC: The Gaurda Heavy Fighter squadrons prepared for the incomeing enemy fighters. The twin rapid fire Point Singularity cannons prepare to lock on and take out this new threat.

The Harvester Hive Fleet continued its assualt on the Abh along with the 4th Confed Fleet. The 1st Fleet enaged the Seaquestian fleet that seemed intent on ruining the Fuhrer's plans.

OOC: I did the math. The full compliment of 15 Nials from the twelve surviving and undamaged Sharlins means you have 180 new fighters coming at you, plus the 12 Frazis from earlier. Oh, and I would like the G'Kar to survive this battle as the Ambassador aboard that ship is going to be one of my main characters. Though, the ship will be heavily damaged, but she will survive. Is that alright?

IC: The damaged Sharlin's main power was off-line and was drifting away from the battle. The two damaged Tinashi, though at half their fighting strength, continued to fire the weapons on the side that had not become partially melted and fused by the enemy weapon.

Meanwhile the twelve Frazis and the 180 Nials began to break into individual dog-fights with enemy fighters. The class A agility of the Nials and the class B agility of the Frazi allowed the SeaQuestian fighters to perform stunts around the Deatharon fighters. All the while pummeling them with weapon fire.

OOC: Sure could you try not to wipe out Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt and his Command Mothership. I am also willing to accept severe Damage. The Guarda class Fighter squadrons our 100 fighters a squadron. So you are up agaisnt 200 Guarda class fighters. They came from the Heavy Assualt Carriers of the 1st Confed Fleet.


IC: The Guarda class fighters attempt to return fire with a massive stream of rapid fire. The Point singualrity charges go flying towards the targets. The Guarda Fighters are heavily armored and shielded but five of them fall to the enemy maneuvability. The rest stay close and in a circle formation.

OOC: Agreed. Also, for the record, only my ships that originate from the Stargate universe (except for the fighters) and those Babylon 5 ships seen on-screen to (like all Vorlon and Shadow ships and the Whitestar class) have shields. I'm trying to RP everything as canon as possible. If you want, I'll pull up the info I have on the primary Minbari beam weapon (which include the low-end output of the weapon). Also, just to let you know, I haven't, yet, revealed any of my carrier class ships in any thread or post.

IC: Two of the surviving Sharlins teamed up and both focused all their fire-power on the same enemy ship. Ship after ship in the Deatharon fleet was destroyed in this manner. The Nials and Frazis were continuing to dog-fight with the Deatharon fighters, though the superior numbers of the enemy fighters was making itself felt. Twenty Nials had already been destroyed simply from several Deatharon fighters concentrating their fire on them.

OOC: My technology are manly from Andromdia, Startrek, Stargate and Master Of Orion III. The Deatharon warships are a collection of ships from different races like the Mrrshan, Humans, Evon, Saurians, and Ithkul.

IC: The Guarda Class fighters launch there cluster missles. They only had two volleys of these and they used up the first one. The missiles were an attempt to knock out enemy fighters. The enemy attacks knocked another 8 fighters.


The 1st Confed Fleet launched another volley of Beta class warheads along with another a Point Singularity cannons concentrateing on the Sharlin Warships.

OOC: IC post comeing later kinda tired at the moment.

OOC: I use mostly Stargate stuff, second highest is Babylon 5 stuff, and the rest is made of a smattering of stuff from other universes.

IC: Another Sharlin was destroyed by the enemy missiles and the barrage of missiles from the enemy fighters took out 60 Nials and 6 Frazi. The remaining 6 Frazi and 100 Nials were recalled to act as point defense for the capital ships. The two damaged Tinashis flew into a formation where they could cover each other's damaged area (as each lost its weapons on opposite sides).

thanks for the reminder Seaquest, I did know that, but the characters in the RP don't, at least not yet. And now we're fighting the conventional forces of Deatharon, so that shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for watching out for that though. And Deatharon, could you accept the capture of your command ship? If so, I'll make that the target. I'll continue this after i get the answer, probably in another post.

The men climbed into their boarding pods and waited for the take off order. Skykes slid into his pod last and keyed in the launch sequence. The ships took off, and the autopilot kickd in, directing them towards the Deatharon fleet.
"Alright boys get ready to go into radio silence, we're going to break formation and then blow the explosives. They're rigged so we don't all blow at once. Once the explosives go, set your timers for 5 that's 5 minutes untill pod launch. The target is the Command Mothership. Secondary target is one of the Hive ships. Everyone understand?" The radios clicked twice to indicate the order was understiood.
"Alright, once we get one, standard procedure anyone with a gun is kill on sight unless they drop it on the first order. Anyone with a buzz baton or tazer is take alive unless they put up resistance. Stay stealthy if possible so they can't get a communication off. Shouldn't be a problem in these thick-skinned warships."
A beep was heard in the Commander's pod.
"Alright, blowing explosives now, go to radio silence untill we land on one of the targets."
Skykes blew the explosives. The 5 minte timer started. Skykes waited for target confirmation from the garrison.

OOC: Seagate? Funny. I'll have to remember that for when I want to make another nation.

IC: The original call for help sent by the G'Kar when she joined the battle was still speeding along the SeaQuestian comm relay system. Several fleets had picked it up and where en route to provide support. The E.T.A. of the closest was ten minutes. It was a fleet composed of ten Ha'tak class long-range warship/assault ship/carriers, twenty-five Al'Kesh class mid-range bombers, five Blue Star class scout ships, fifteen Whitestar class monitors, ten Vorchan class attack cruisers, and nine O'Neill class advanced long-range warships.

[OOC] Sorry about calling you Seagate, I was reading your post about Stargate tech and got confused. IC post to follow once Deatharon answers me.

OOC: Seagate? *laughs* Anyways it seems that you've beaten me to the Whitestar vessels and bluestars. Oh well. In anycase please excuse me for not posting much today. I've been gone all day.

IC: Patrolships were still falling by the score and the commander took notice of the Sharlin class ships in trouble. "I want the left wing Guardship squadron to begin its swing. This isn't according to the plan but give those ships support. If you see one floating and out of power, then you have permission to tow it behind our lines and into a safe zone."

A station is destroyed from the Deatharon fire as the Guardships begin their swing to come in behind the Holy Empire's ships. The commander waits until the manuever is complete.

"Alright! Right wing it's your turn now! Swing around to and close off Deatharon forces. (basically the crescent formation has switched directions)"

Guardships on the right fire their Energy weapons and rifles to make way for their manuever.

"How long until reinforcements?"

"Fleets 3 and 4 arrive in one hour sir."

"It's going to be a close one. Send the Attack vessels to aid the whitestars."

A hundred attack vessels team up with whitestars to help with fighter to fighter cover.

A massive rift opens as the closest SeaQuestian ships begin to arrive. The group just arriving contains five Ha'taks, three Al'Kesh, five Vorchans, and four O'Neills. They all go into formation around the G'Kar and open fire on the Deatharon fleet.

Captain T'Kar, "How long till the rest of the ships arrive?"

"The next closest ships have an E.T.A. of two hours, sir."

"Bugger! We need support now."

"Captain, the computer update has just arrived. Sir! The ships that the Asgard saw fighting the Shadows have been identified. Their Abh ships."

"Interesting," said T'Kar.

"Sir, the Abh are towing the damaged Sharlin to a safe point within their territory."

Commander Atosuryua headed the attack vessel group dispatched to aid the Holy Empire.

Greetings from the Abh Empire. We are sent here to aid you in the fight and we'll follow your orders for the moment.

"All ships, take up diamond formation. Let's slice through these ships for invading our home."

Zecker received the target iinformation:They were goin after the main mothership. He set the coordinates for all the pods and they rocketed into space toward the mothership. They hit the side of the ship and held. Drills extended from the nose of the pod and drilled a man sized hole into the side of the ship. Then the front of the pod lowered, creating a seal between the ship and space so no Vacuum alarms in the ship went off. Skykes dropped through the hole and found hmself in a deserted hallway with signs pointing in different directions. They were written in Deatharonian what is Deatharon's language? Skykeks scanned them with his visor. A few seconds later, the translated language showed on his helmet.
"Ok squad, listen up. Make sure your wepaons are hot and your suit is sealed. Follow me in squads. We're going to stay together and assault the bridge. Remember the ROE and move out." A series of clicks came from his helmet, indicating the order was understood. They started for the bridge.
"We're in." the Commander radioed to the garrison.

Deatharon, sorry for not waiting for an answer, but I wanted to get this down before the battle escalated too far. I don't mind losing troops or having anyone captured, it makes for good roleplay, so feel free to break my little party up.

IC: Captain T'Kar sent a reply message.

We welcome the help *Explosions in the background. Loud banging as support girders collapse through the bridge's ceiling.* We have more reinforcements arriving, E.T.A. is two hours. Hang on, I have an idea.

A transmission was sent from the G'Kar was sent to all SeaQuestian ships with Jump Engines. Those ships proceeded to open massive Jump rifts inside the Deatharon fleet and closing them a few moments later. All Deatharon craft caught by the rifts were destroyed instantly. A vast chunk of the enemy fleet was vaporized.

OOC: As the Hyperspace Jump Gate is a vortex between two dimensions, anything caught in it when it closes or in the way when it opens is instantly vaporized. Also, here are the classes with Jump Engines that I have in-system and are able to open the Gates (I don't feel like doing the math right now): Sharlin class, Whitestar class, Bluestar class, G'Quan class (the G'Kar), and Vorchan class (I think). Not sure on that last one.

OOC: Deatharon's primary language is a form of Antaran. You can try and capture the Command Mothership but let it be known the security there can be pretty difficult to beat.

IC: The D.N.A. scanners picked up foriegn life forms. The D.N.A. computers had no matchs for these lifeforms. Thus the Phaser Turrerts activated and an alarm was sounded. The Marines aboard the Command Mothership moved out towards the infected area. There orders destroy the enemy. The phaser turrets open fire upon the intruders. These Phasers were designed not to damage the walls but to take out living targets.


OOC: The Marines are Gentically Engineered humans. They are about 7-8 ft tall and are trained for internal ship warfare. They have a pride System that they follow.



IC: The Ithkul Harvest Hive Fleet fires Ion Cannons at the Abh ships. The goal is to halt them so the Hive cruisers can board the ships and devour the crews. The 4th Fleet supports the Ithkul assualt on the Abh by targeting Abh Attack vessels. The 1st Fleet led by the Fleet Marshal was taken the brunt of the Seaquestian assualt. The 10 Antaran Battleships head towards the Asgard Warships. The Antarans and the Asgard are both Elder Races this would even the fight. The G'kar was targeted by the Point Singularity cannons. The Cannons were meant to take out the G'kars engines.

OOC:
If you used Jumpgates as a weapon, you would be draining your ships of energy. It takes a massive amount of energy to open a Jump Gate, so much so that generally weapons go offline when activating and travelling through the Jump Gate. And a ship wouldn't be vaporized, but opening and closing of gates to quickly would cause a decent sized explosion... 3 gigatons or so.

The small fleet of 15 Battle Crabs emerged out of Hyperspace right behind the SeaQuestion fleet, and immediately started firing upon the G'Kar. Over 100 Spitfire fighters were launched as soon as the Battle Crabs exited Hyperspace, and started collapsing the jump gates of anyone trying to enter the system. All vessels that were in the Jump Gate transvering through Hyperspace were instantly destroyed.

The battle would come out in favor of Chaos.

IC: Captain T'Kar roared, "Status report!"

"Sir, Shadow vessels have entered the battle and have opened fire...on us! We have multiple hull breaches. The fire from Deatharon ships have brought our engines down to 50%."

"How long till reinforcements?"

"30 minutes, sir."

"Broadcast an emergency call for help on all frequencies," orders T'Kar.

"Aye, sir."

To all ships in range of this communication, we are under attack and are unable to hold out much longer. Anyone who hears this, please send aid. *explosions in background* I repeat, we are under attack and can't hold out for much longer.

The ships that had opened the Jump Gates lost most of their firepower as their capacitors recharged. Meanwhile, those ships that didn't have built in Jump Engines surged forth and began to pummal the enemy ships. The Al'Kesh began to pommel the the enemy capital ships with their bombs and targeted the enemy fighters with their dual Staff Cannon turret. The Vorchan began to dog the ships that were attacking the Asgard vessels by 'nipping at their heels'.

OOC: You are just lucky I haven't brought in the Ancient city of Atlantis. Oh, and note that not all of my ships use the Babylon 5 version of Hyperspace, the Goa'uld ships and the Asgard vessels use the Stargate version. Plus, there are still the fighters and the Babylon 5 ships that don't have built in Jump Drives, like the surviving Tinashi class war frigates. Oh, and just to point one thing out, Minbari ships use a type of artificial quantum singularity as their primary power source. A byproduct of this type of energy is the antimatter that provids ammo for the Sharlin class war cruiser's, and some other classes, Anti-matter Cannon.

@Doujin: Oh, I noticed you didn't bring the Shadow's Puffer class carrier, so I don't see how you could have that many fighters 'launching'. I know the Shadow's Spitfire class fighter has Hyperspace Phase ability (allowing them to Phase into Hyperspace without opening a Jump Point (just like all Shadow ships)). It not that I have a problem with your launching fighters, just I don't think the math is accurate.

The 3rd and 4th fleets finally arrived on the seen with a total of 2000 ships. 500 Frontlineships, 600 Guardships, 800 Attack Vessels and 100 Patrolships. The garrison forces were down to 100 Guardships and 150 Patrolships and this aid was greatly appreciated.

Admiral Rulef and Mustaf shared a flagship for this joint operation and each were in charge of a particular part of the battle.

Mustaf headed the Guardships and Frontlineships. "I want all Frontlineships to report to the rear and prepare a mine volley on Deatharon forces. Send Guard squadrons 1 through 8 to assist the Holy Empire in fending off the Shadow vessels. That's half, do you understand?! They are to position themselves so they are back to back. They are to use only energy weapons since projectile weapons are of little affect."

Rulef was in charge of overseeing Patrolships. "All Patrolships are to immediatly charge along with the attack vessels into Deatharon forces. Drive them back and we will use the remaining Guardships to bring back lifepods and any powerless ships."

500 Frontlineships positioned themselves behind all craft and opened all mine ports preparing to fire. 300 Guardships went to the aid of SeaQuest against the shadows. The remaining forces charged into Deatharon with a broad formation to cover every ship in its attack. EM rifles fired into other ships while attack vessels used their anti-proton cannons on vital areas of Deatharon ships.

OOC: For the purposes of this RP there are a thousand ships per fleet. In RL it would be more. Also if anyone ever wanted to kill Admirals on an opposing side then I give permission with these two though I still won't make it easy if you decide to.

IC: Half of the bridge of the G'Kar lies in rubble. Only five of her bridge crew have survived.

"T'Kar," gasped Commander S'Larn, the first officer, "you have been, and always shall be, my friend."

T'Kar's eyes glowed with rage as his friend and first officer died in his arms.

"By Grabthar's Hammer," T'Kar whispers as he lays his friend on the deck, "you shall be avenged."

"Captain," shouted the Helm Officer, "we have another ship coming in. According to the readings, it is a Jupiter class heavy explorer. Its the Crusader!"

"What! She is supposed to be undergoing a refit."

"Looks like they got done early."

Meanwhile, each of the Ha'Taks proceeded to launch its twelve Death Glyders.

OOC: The Crusader is a hero ship, for now, please don't destroy her, just yet. I'll let you know when she is to go 'boom'.

IC: The Death's Head Harvester Fleet took action agaisnt the Abh 3rd Fleet. The 4th Confed Fleet engaged the 4th Fleet. The goal was to use hit and run strikes along both fleets and cause both fleets to go into chaos. The Ithkul would then devour them one by one. The 4th Confed Fleet Marshal ordered a counter volley of missiles to stop the incomeing Abh mines. The Point Defense Phasers strike at multiple incomeing mines. The shields also do there best to hold off the mines. The Ithkul Harvester Fleet opens up with there own weapons. They use Disrupter cannons and Ion Cannons. followed by D.N.A. missiles.

The 1st Fleet sends out Antaran Raiders to harass the Vorchan ships.


OOC: The D.N.A. missiles have life Ithkul inside of them. The goal is to use them to smash through the Abh hulls and infest the crew with the living Ithkul. The Raiders are fast attack fighters.

OOC: Are these Ithkul like the Magog from Andromeda? From your OOC statement, I would assume so as they both sound like they do the same thing (infect other species with their 'young').

IC: T'Kar yells, "ETA of the Crusader?"

"Thirty seconds."

The surviving ships in the SeaQuestian fleet continue to bombard the enemy. The Al'Kesh managed to destroy a handful of capital ships through concentrated bombardment.

The Crusader drops to sub-light a kilometer away and launches her 8 Type-16 Shuttle pods, 7 Type-18 Shuttle pods, 3 Type-7 Personnel Shuttles, 3 Type-8 Personnel Shuttles, 6 Type-9 Personnel Shuttles, 9 Type-10 Cargo Shuttles, 1 Mission Scout, 3 Danube-Class Runabouts, and 2 Flyer Class Runabouts. Basically, everything that had a weapon.

The Crusader's weapons roar to life. Her dorsal phaser arrays target one group of Deatharon ships while her ventral arrays target another group. Several ships fall prey to her bow phaser cannon.

-snip-

@Doujin: Oh, I noticed you didn't bring the Shadow carrier class, so I don't see how you could have that many fighters. So, you can't "launch" fighters, not without a Puffer class (and each Puffer holds around 15 fighters if I recall correctly (its a non-cannon class but it is in a game mod I have played)).

Well, there are many contradictory evidence on the compliment of fighters each Battlecrab has. One of the more respectable sites, in my mind and the one I use mainly, says that the upper tier of the Battlecrab houses a wing of approximately seventy-five spitfire fighters, with a possible total complement of two hundred.

B5Tech says 40. And, also, you do realize that all Shadows fighters have hyperspace capability?

Abh Capital System
There was a lot of activity in the capital system of the Abh empire. Traders, merchants, some military vessels are scurried across the system trying to get to where they were supposed to be. Unfortunately for them, they were unaware of the destruction that was about to reign down on them.

Stealthed, over 100 Battle Crabs, along with 1 Death Cloud, exited Hyperspace with Spitfire escorts, numbers totalling to around 500 total, with several hundred more fighters docked in the Battle Crabs waiting for action. Unfortuantely, there were 30 more Battle Crabs in Hyperspace with the sole purpose of closing Jump Gates that opened into the Abh system, preventing help from coming.

The Battle Crabs started engaging the closest targets, not differentiating between civilian and military craft. At the center of the Shadow fleet, the Death Cloud headed towards the nearest planet, completely engulfing it as the rest of the Battle Crabs and fighers numbering in the thousands now started attacking any and all targets that appeared.

The Death Cloud, now completely engulfing the planet, started launching thousands of multi gigaton missiles that would burrow into the planet and head towards the core, to blow it up from the inside. This would have the effect of turning the planet into a radiated core, essentially as if there was no crust and the Death Cloud would sap the thermal energy from this destruction to convert into more power for it's weapons.

It didn't take long, the planet was a vast wasteland as the Death Crab sucked the energy from the now radiated surface. When the nanites were done taking all raw resources possible from the planet, it would be a cold lifeless "rock" just taking up space.

Laser cannons went into full force as the targeted the DNA missles. Those that did get through, the order was given to immediatly abandon ship to prevent infestation.

Patrolships continued the charge determined to bring Deatharon vessels down with them. Attack vessels changed their focus from ships to any incoming missles and bringing them down before they could do harm.

The War room was rocked with blasts from Shadow vessels as the alert went up through the entire palace. The Emperor ran over to the emergency counsel. "Activate defense grids! All ships on standby are to form up behind the main planet below. Keep them low and out of sight until they are ready to move. The defenses and shields can with stand harsher attacks then this and we can return fire just as rough."

Trife looked down at the command grid. "Your Highness it appears that it is too late. Our shipyards are being attacked and the planet below has been destroyed. Thankfully it was uninhabited."

Spoor looked over at the Emperor. "What about the Victory and Excalibur?"

"No good. The Excalibur is the only one that is battle ready and the Victory is still going through its testing phases. Besides just one of those ships won't hold off this attack. They need a fleet behind them for support. You all know what happens when they fire their main weapon."

Wakapale was the only one that had a solution. "Activate our last defense measures. Get all engineers to monitor the Space Time Generator for the capital. We'll move it into the sord so that our people survive." She looks over at Trife. "How much time would we need?"

"At least two hours to mobilize it and a half hour to get it into the Sord."

Wakapale looks at the Emperor. "I will lead what forces are left here against the invaders to by you sometime to move into the Sord. If there are any of us left then we will join you there."

Lord Rahl and Doron both wore grim faces. "We'll shall accompany you. There will be 5 SSDs here shortly for your support. Doron and I will lead our own. Rally as many Guardships and Attack Vessels as you can. Send the Patrolships and Frontlineships to get cables and begin moving the Capital."

Richard then turned to the Emperor. "I will take all of our remaining forces to Neo D'Hara where they will be safe. From there we can track you in plane space and rejoin with you. All sensitive shipyards are there anyways and we can join you with the new Heavy Destroyers along with the new Whitestar fleet."

The Emperor nodded. "Never before has a human climbed so high in regard of the Abh as you have Lord Rahl. Our Empire is indebted to you."

Richard thumped his fist to his chest and bowed. Then all three left to the room to prepare for the battle. Outside, ships were scattering to take cover and wait for reinforcements. Fusion cannons, Anti-proton cannons, high enery beams, and everything conceivable was thrown at the Shadow vessels to fend them off from the capital. The turrets numbered in the Hundreds for the large structure and all were being put to use.

[OOC]I like challenges Deatharon[OOC]

THUD!
One of Zecker's marines hit the deck. Skykes knew instantly he was dead from his HUD in his helmet. The laser on his left shoulder targeted the moving turret and fired a shot, vaporizing it, but not after it had taken 3 mored of his men. Alarms came on and the soud of combat boots against the ships metal floor echoed through the hallway.
So much for stealth

"Forget what I said earlier, hold this positiion untill we get an opening."
Skykes took a position around the corner of the hall, and his men slid into every nook and cranny they could find.
Without any cover this is going to turn into a bloodbath
"Garrison, we have a problem. The mothership has DNA scanners on it, they picked us up already. Please advise over."

The commander of the Garrison received the distress call.

"Be advised. We are sending a squadron of Attack Vessels to knock out the ships systems. Hold tight and brace for impact."

Commander Atosuryua's squadron received the order to make attack runs on the large Deatharon ship. 10 vessels veered off the shadows and engaged the ship. They put their Anti-proton cannons to devastating work on anything that looked important. Hoping to knock out ship systems.

The ship rocked with the impacts made by the Attack vessels.
"Thanks HQ, don't know if that did anything but it may take their minds off of us for a little bit."
The enemy marines rounded the hall where the Commander's men hid. The shooting started. 5 more marines died in the initial attack, but the fire from Skykes's men drove them back, sustaining 2 more wounded men.
It's only a matter of time before they surround us

Atosuryua's squadron made a few more passes and then she opened a comm link with the commander. "Commander. My squadron will stay with you and your men. You let us know when you need us to get you out."

The advanced sensors, thousands of years more advanced than anything these younger races could conceivably imagined, detected something was amiss. This was the reason why an additional 70 Battle Crabs came out of Hyperspace with an additional 2000 fighters launched within Hyperspace right on top of the capital planet, targetting and destroying anything with a high energy rating.

Meanwhile, across the system the Death Cloud started engulfing another planet, with the civilian population numbering in the millions. The Shadows vessels were slaughtering anything that moved, and even things that didn't move. Moons were destroyed by the fire from the Battle Crabs Slicer beam, and the debris entered the atmospheres of neighboring planets causing what seemed to be a tidal wave effect of energy across the planet's surface.

Locating this "Space Time Generator," numerous numbers of Battle Crabs started firing at it's location, and using their advanced emissions technology to generate an ion field that prevented it from being activated. As usual with the modus operandi of the Shadows, the fire upon the location of this generator would not cease until it was destroyed.

On the other side of the planet, Battle Crabs and Spitfire fighters started carving up the surface of the planet, in a direction heading towards the Imperial palace. While the planet wasn't going to be destroyed itself, it would be put into chaos with the crippling of it's government, which would hurt the Vorlon's more than it's destruction would.

OOC:
I want to avoid any time manipulation, because that brings into play a whole dimension of roleplay that I like to avoid. You can't exit a war with the Shadows unscathed, as only a few races survived the grand conflict. I'm not going to destroy the capital, only this other planet I made up because I love huge civilian deaths. After this, I'm going to make moves on SeaQuest and Neo Zeta, and then maybe the Shadows will either disappear or engage the Vorlons, but as the Vorlons aren't as advanced they would lose that battle. (The Shadows came into exist much earlier before the Vorlons did).

OOC: @Doujin: Read my rewrite of my last message to you.

IC: The Crusader provided cover fire while the G'Kar began a strategic retreat from the system. Half of the 800 troops carried by ships of the same class as the G'Kar were dead and only 100 members of her original 250 member crew survived.

OOC: @Doujin: Read my rewrite of my last message to you.

IC: The Crusader provided cover fire while the G'Kar began a strategic retreat from the system. Half of the 800 troops carried by ships of the same class as the G'Kar were dead and only 100 members of her original 250 member crew survived.

B5Tech says 40 fighters, other sites say 75 to 200. I plan on operating in the middle of 40 and 75 fighters per crab.

OOC: Don't worry I don't plan on dividing anything up. In anycase if the capital did make it in then the shadows wouldn't be able to follow since it isn't hyperspace and wouldn't be able to close it either. Trust me I don't plan on either leaving the war nor leaving it unscathed.

IC: The 5 SSDs arrived as promised and Doron along with Richard were heading to their prospective ships. Wakapale headed to her Flagship that was still in a secure dock. All made it out safely. Wakapale's forces were prepared behind a far moon and it took several minutes to reach them. 1500 vessels total. A large part of the Empire's fleet. 200 ships had already gone down in the attack by the shadows and more were dropping each time they waited.

800 Guardships and 700 Attack Vessels would make up the defense supported by 5 SSDs. The super star destroyers were the first to begin the defense of the capital since they jumped nearby and humped it the rest of the way in. Shields were set to maximum and weapons were fully powered.

Torpedoes and lasers opened fire on the battle crabs. The smaller fighters were ignored for the most part as they pushed their way through to the capital. Once there, they would set up a permiter boosted by the defenses of the palace.

Wakapale's fleet was a half hour away and would converge on the rear of the shadow fleet.

Inside...

The blast to the Orb generator shook the room. By this time the engineering staff had taken the place of the five that left. "Your highness, the generators can't take too much more. Right now they are doing no damage to the capital but are merely preventing us from leaving."

Dusanyu sighed. "Yes I see that. Have the ships on cables disengage and bolster the SSDs near Lord Rahl and Doron."

IC: The G'Kar managed to limp out of the danger zone, while the Crusader took command of the remaining SeaQuestian ships. A volley of quantum torpedoes was fired from her rapid fire torpedo turret. They were aimed at the closest Deatharon ship primary power core.

OOC: In this case, the number of torpedoes in each volley fired by the Crusader depends on the type of torpedo. 3 quantums per volley, 10 photons per volley, or 2 tricolbolt per volley.

@Doujin: The exact number, per size variant of Battlecrav? I want to double-check the math myself.

OOC: The Ithkul are a parastic race made by the Antarans. They are engineered to capture hosts and slowly eat them while using there bodies. My Ithkul are gentically engineered to have the following abilities: A psy Hivemind, Biological warships connected to the Hivemind. The Ithkul also have Psy abilities. They don't use technology other than there weapons which are grafted into there ships.

IC: The Abh Attack squadron meet a lot of Phaser fire and Distengrator fire as the Defense grid of the Command Mother ships picked them up. The Antaran Command Cruisers started to surround the Mothership and try to push the Abh away.

The Marine Alpha of the ship watched the intruders via Psy net in the ship. He laughed and thought if these guys were any good they would try to hack into the nearby turmoils and disable the Psy net and the local defense. The Marines units finally reached the enemy and opened fire with rapid fire Distengrator fire. If one of these hits you your probally not comeing back up.


The Seaquestian vessels were causing the 1st Confed fleet to much trouble. The Death's head Fleet fired a barrage of D.N.A. missiles at there incomeing ships.

Admiral Mustaf watches the battle unfold. "Frontline squadrons 10-16 are to launch a volley in the aid of the Holy Empire. Squadrons 1-9 are to open a direct fire at the forces against us. Tell Commander Atosuryua to watch out for explosions. Ally-Foe has been activated so the mines are not be overly concerned."

Rulef takes control of her own part of the battlefield. "It's risky but it needs to be done. Patrolships! Surround the Deatharon forces to prevent them from escaping. Garrison Guardships are to report to the rear of my formation immediatly."

Frontlineships launched another volley of mines, thousands streaking in. Without the supply fleet though, they could only launch three more such volleys. Patrolships lit their afterburners and kicked into high gear. Being smaller they were far faster and more manueverable than the Deatharon heavy cruisers. Guardships also began to filter into formation awaiting Rulef's command.

The Ithkul Cruisers decide to fire there D.N.A. Cannons. The Acidic projectiles will eat away at the Abh Ships hulls. The next step would be to unleash Ithkul darts into the exposed ships. Thus beaming up any surrivors for food.

The Ithkul Hive Ships start devouring Abh Ships that get to close. (Think like a white blood cell killing a germ) This process would allow the Ithkul inside the ship the chance to devour the crews. The sight would be ghastly for anyone watching.

The 4th Confed Fleet attempts to break the Abh reslove with Dark Matter projectors. These weapons were mostly used agaisnt Neo Zeta and they are catergoized as weapons of Mass Destruction. The 4Th fleet uses Mrrshan attack frigates to disrupt the Abh ships making it much harder for the Abh to entrap the Armada.

Weyoun had sent the message for the fleet of 500 ships to fold next to the Capital. They folded in a bright red light the ships were lead by the Yevon Crusaders.

The fleet formed a buffer between the Capital city and the shadow that were no around the world. The Fayth being a elder race had delt with races like the Shadow in other galaxys and knew this would be no easy foe but they would be one of the best equiped for them.

OOC: Deatharon can you bump our thread jolt is not working so good for me today.

OOC: Which one?

OOC: The one with Scar and your 3rd fleet.

The Crusader's phasers arrays switched to targeting the incoming Deatharon missiles while the remaining fighters and small craft did their best to act as a poin-defense network for the capital ships. The Crusader fired her phaser cannon through the middle of the cluster of Deatharon missiles. The concentration of SeaQuestian weapons were not enough to destroy all the missiles. Some managed to get through and hit three Sharlins and five Tinashis.

OOC: Bumped it up

IC: The Missiles immediately released the Ithkul out of there comparments they immediately used the Psy abilities to find and capture the nearest crew members. The Ithkul will then use there hosts to kill any opposition to the harvest.

IC: The G'Kar managed to limp out of the danger zone, while the Crusader took command of the remaining SeaQuestian ships. A volley of quantum torpedoes was fired from her rapid fire torpedo turret. They were aimed at the closest Deatharon ship primary power core.

OOC: In this case, the number of torpedoes in each volley fired by the Crusader depends on the type of torpedo. 3 quantums per volley, 10 photons per volley, or 2 tricolbolt per volley.

@Doujin: The exact number, per size variant of Battlecrav? I want to double-check the math myself.

I was given three numbers, 40, 75, and 200. I calculated it up, and then took off several hundred.

For instance, in the case of the 70 additional Battle Crabs that just exited Hyperspace attacking Abh's capital, 2000 fighters were launched in Hyperspace and exited with the fleet. The capacity, assuming a flat 40 fighters per ship is 2800. Same thing with the 15 Battle Crabs that came and attacked your fleets, I cited 100+ - with the minimum of 40 i could have 600. Since there are 3 class sizes (A, B and C) I'm going to probably operate under 40 for A, 75 for B, and 200 for C. I will also, for this roleplay, be using a Class D with a capacity of 300, as it will be a "Mothership" of sorts, a Battle Crab that is double the size of the Class C, with the weapon power being double that of a Class C Battle Crab.

OOC: You guys will have to bare with me i dont really know shadow tech or anything so if i mispost a reponse to a attack or somthing just explane it to me what the attack has done or did if i seem not to understand.

I was given three numbers, 40, 75, and 200. I calculated it up, and then took off several hundred.

For instance, in the case of the 70 additional Battle Crabs that just exited Hyperspace attacking Abh's capital, 2000 fighters were launched in Hyperspace and exited with the fleet. The capacity, assuming a flat 40 fighters per ship is 2800. Same thing with the 15 Battle Crabs that came and attacked your fleets, I cited 100+ - with the minimum of 40 i could have 600. Since there are 3 class sizes (A, B and C) I'm going to probably operate under 40 for A, 75 for B, and 200 for C. I will also, for this roleplay, be using a Class D with a capacity of 300, as it will be a "Mothership" of sorts, a Battle Crab that is double the size of the Class C, with the weapon power being double that of a Class C Battle Crab.

OOC: Why not have the Class D carry other Battlecrabs instead of fighters?

IC: The crew of the infected ships, after hearing the hull breach alarms followed immediately by the intruder alert, set their ships on collision courses with the largest ships of the Deatharon fleet. Their goal was to take out as many of the enemy as they could with them. Meanwhile, however, they kept firing all of their weapons at the enemy.

The Ithkul fought to the engines and the bridges of the ships the goal stop them from smashing into the Deatharon Warships. The Ithkul take hosts as fast as possiable. The Biological cannons blasted Acidic projectiles at the enemy and used there Psy power to freeze there oppositions so unhosted Ithkul can have victims of there own. Some Ithkul end up destroyed by the enemy shooting at them weaken some there efforts.

The Ithkul find that the controls of each ship was fused after the courses were locked. The members of the Warrior caste aboard where covering the access routes to the engineering while the Worker Caste engineering crew sealed the blast doors and locked the controls.

The Ithkul head towards the engineering room taking causilities while heading there. Some of the Ithkul turn themselves into living Acidic bombs as they run into the enemy intent on getting to the engines and destroying the engines. To stop the ships from preforming a kamaize on the Capital ships.

With warriors dying all around, the Minbari continue to fire their weapons resorting to their Fighting Pikes for melee combat. Meanwhile, the ships continued to build momentum. They had built up enough speed at this point to keep on going from momentum even if the engines are destroyed.

The Ithkul bombs decide to take out the minbari now. They charge at them and explode intent on killing them with there acidic spoors. The remaining Ithkul charge to the engines hopeing to at least slow the impact.

The Psy Cannons launch a massive energy wave upon the incomeing vessels. The goal was to stop the ships from damaging the Capital ships.

The Deatharon Psy Cannons manage to destroy two of the incoming Tinashis. The Minbari defending the engine rooms on the remaining ships are intent on fighting to the last warrior. The engineers finish welding shut the blast doors in the corridors leading to main engineering.

The Point defense missiles and phasers plus the main aramaents of the Motherships start open fire, They shoot to destroy.

The sets of three Ithkul per remaining ships try to create an opening throught the sealed entrances by turning themselves into Acidic bombs again. The remain Ithkul stay back and prepare to charge through the opening once the highly corrosive acid eats through the sealed entrance.

The engineers realize that the ships may not reach their targets, so they activated a feed-back loop in the weapons systems and Jump Drive. The resulting explosion would cause a Subspace Tear to form which would rip through the Deatharon fleet. Meanwhile, the fire from the Deatharon ships destroyed another Tinashi. The remaining infested ships would detonate in thirty seconds.

The Ithkul double there efforts to get through. The Fear of failure to save the Capital ships forced the Hivemind to act. The cumaltive Psy power of the Ithkul on board each of the ships more the triples. They plan to kill themselves in a massive blast to incerate the ships weakening the hull intergerty and hopefully destroying all the Ships.


OOC: Due to the tremendous power required by this it may not work and your Feedback explosion may work.

Twenty seconds until detonation the non-infested SeaQuestian ships begin move clear of the projected blast radius.

The A.I. Battle network took note of the Seaquestian vessels moving away from the infected vessels. The 1st Confed fleet attempts to get away but many of the fighters and frigates are estimated not to make it in time.


The Ithkul explode some actually sucessfully but many others just distengrate into dust. The fact the Fuhrer was distracted agaisnt Scar made it hard for the full power of the Hivemind to support this action.

Ten seconds until detonation. The SeaQuestian ships that could continued to fire their aft weapons at the Deatharon ships.

The 1st fleet uses emergency power and diverts it to there Dimensional drives. Thus increasing power to make a boost more ships than expected make it out of the estmated danger zone. The 1st fleet still fires another volley of missiles at the Seaquestian ships.

The Deatharon missiles are fired too late as the infested ships detonate. The detonation creates a massive Subspace Tear which rips through everything in its path. A giant chunk of the Deatharon fleet is destroyed by the Tear.

The blast from the Holy Empire rocked the flagship and Mustaf had hold Rulef up to keep her from falling. "What was that?!"

"Admirals. SeaQuest detonated infested ships in the Deatharon fleet."

"Were any of our ships damaged?"

"The Patrolships had not completely incircled them yet. Still no word from Commander Atosuryua's squadron and no word from commander Skyes as of yet."

Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt realized the 1st Fleet his fleet was wrecked. The Harvester Hive Fleet and the 4th Confed Fleet managed to get away from the blast. The Fleet Marshal sent a coded message to all Fleet Captians. The orders make a dimensional jump to the Milky Way Colonies. This battle was turning hopeless and fast. The three Fleets powered up the Dimensional Engines and drives. The Fighters and frigates attempted to get in close for the jump.

The two undamaged fleets offered support fire agaisnt the opposition untill the jump could be made.

OOC: This is going to make a huge subspace rip. If your sensor pick it up your ships may want to avoid the area.

OOC: Why not have the Class D carry other Battlecrabs instead of fighters?

IC: The crew of the infected ships, after hearing the hull breach alarms followed immediately by the intruder alert, set their ships on collision courses with the largest ships of the Deatharon fleet. Their goal was to take out as many of the enemy as they could with them. Meanwhile, however, they kept firing all of their weapons at the enemy.

Well, a small number of Spitfires can take out even a Vorlon Dreadnought (Source: Ship of Tears episode of Babylon 5) so I think it's better to have thousands of fighters than a couple Battle Crabs :P

IC: Most of the Jump-capable SeaQuestian ships are still recharging after that little Jump Gate stunt they pulled. Also, most, but not all, of the SeaQuestian ship were able to make it clear of the Subspace Tear. One of the Al'Kesh is totally destroyed, a second Al'Kesh is heavly damaged. Three of the Vorchans, two of the O'Neills, and two of the Ha'Taks are destroyed. The survivng two Vorchans, two O'Neills, and three Ha'Taks take up a formation with the other surving SeaQuestian ships within the shield perimeter of the Crusader.

OOC: The type of shields used by the Crusader are only strong enough to withstand one subspace tear with medium damage to most ship systems, heavy damage to some systems, and light damage to the structure. This is based off what I saw the shields of the Enterpise-E withstand in Insurrection.

The Armada makes the Dimensional jump out of the battle. several badly damaged cruisers end up destroying themselves trying to pull off the jump. The Majority of the Ships make it and a fairly large tear in subspace begins to form from where the Armada use to be.

Some of the Deatharon fighters failed to get close enough and end up to close to the enemy or destroyed by the tear in subspace. The surriving fighters about 20 in totally expect to be destroyed rather quickly.

A hundred Attack Vessels converge on the remaining fighters with their Anti-Proton cannons fully powered. The fighters were surrounded in short order.

We give you one chance to surrender or be destroyed.

Explosions rock the interior of the Crusader. Several breaches open in her hull.

Captain Tenketsu roars, "Status report!"

"We have hull breaches on multiple decks. Emergency force fields are holding. Main power is off-line. Auxilary power is down 50%. Phasers are off-line. Half of the torpedo tubes are out of commission. Warp drive is off-line. Impulse is down 75%. Thrusters are still operational."

The Fighters start sending coded messages to each other after a few seconds. The leader sends a message to the Abh:

This is Guarda Fighter squadron Commander Cain, We would like to surrender but we must destroy our weapons, and shields, plus our engines to protect the Fatherlands Fighter technology.

Meanwhile, aboard the G'Kar.

"Captain, we have restored full power to the engines and the Jump Drive. We may leave the system at any time. Also, the ambassador is a little banged up, but she sends you her thanks for getting her out alive."

Ishtar Captial System of the Milky Way Colonies

The Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt watched his battered Armada litterly limp to the safety of home territory. There was still the matter of the enemy soldiers in his ship which he planed on having exterminated once soldiers from one of the Spacestation could come and beam aboard. The Fleet Marshal Sighed and thought, The Fuhrer will have my head for this horriable failure. He then turns to the A.I.'s Avatar and saids, "Do what ever it takes to kill or capture the enemy in the Command Mothership. The A.I.'s Avatar responds, "Yes sir, Nano bots on the way."

We grant you permission to destroy your crafts. We will send shuttles by to retrieve all of you. Please make preparations so you are ready once we arrive.

10 Calikes exited nearby Attack Vessels and made their way towards the captured fighters waiting for the crew to be ready to leave.

A message was also sent to the Holy Empire's vessels.

We thank you for your aid in this fight. It is doubtful we would have lasted long without you. You have our gratitude.

The alert came over that the capital was under attack by more of the Shadow vessels.

"Blast! They are calling for reinforcements. Leave 200 Guardships to boost the garrison here. The rest of us will head back to the capital. That leaves us with 1,300 ships to lend aid."

We were glad to help. Perhaps we could pool the data we have on the enemy. We will send you the co-ordinates of our nearest station. It is out of the way and not exactly 'official'. It should be a safe harbor for now. Our undamaged ships will head their straight away to notify them that friendlies are inbound. Also, if you would like, our inbound fleet will be diverted to any co-ordinates that you wish to provide any aid you require.

The message was followed by a transmission that contained a string of numbers that located a point using galactic latitude and longitude. Also included was a map with a key.

Meanwhile, the few undamaged SeaQuestian ships jumped to Hyperspace and headed to the nearby station.

Mustaf looked to Rulef as the alert finished coming through. "What do you think we should do?"

Rulef paced back and forth while looking at the tactical display grid. "Send all damaged vessels that cannot fight to the station with the Holy Empire where they may repair. The rest of us will head to the capital and defend our home. Inform the garrison commander to send coordinates to the incoming SeaQuest fleet of the capital. That is where there aid will be needed now."

Mustaf having no problems with her nodded. "All ships capable of still fighting are to head back to the capital. The rest are to head for friendly ports for repairs. ETA to the Capital is at one hour."

About 300 vessels either stayed with the garrison or went with SeaQuest to make repairs. This left only a thousand ships to do battle with the shadows. There was no question in anyone's mind. They knew what they had to do and as one, the remaining fleet headed back home to save it.

The incoming SeaQuestian fleet composed of ten Ha'tak class long-range warship/assault ship/carriers, twenty-five Al'Kesh class mid-range bombers, five Blue Star class scout ships, fifteen Whitestar class monitors, ten Vorchan class attack cruisers, and nine O'Neill class advanced long-range warships altered its course to the co-ordinates provided by the Abh.

The damaged ships that survived the battle limped to the nearby SeaQuestian station.

Six hours later...

"Commander, we got incoming."

"Friendlies?"

"Checking transponders....Yes, ma'am."

The station sent a message to the wounded ships arriving near the planet it was orbiting.

This is the Babylon class station, Emerald City. We have dispatched fighters to guide you in. We have also dispatched ships to tow the ships with disbled engines from the battle site to here.

While the Commander's message was being sent, the station's 48 Starfury class fighter craft launched. Half would guide the incoming ships into the yards, while the other half would keep a lookout for any incoming enemy craft.

[OOC]I was hoping you wouldn't leave the battle with me still on board, but that's ok. Also, firgured I would explain my weapons now. The troops use a rail gun that fire a superdense projectile at speeds so fast it turns into a slag-like substance. The force from this hitting shatters every bone in the targets body without even penetrating, making it hard to stop with body armor. The ammo has varying levels of density for shooting different targets, the ones my marines are using is a standard round. There are wall busters that are dense enough to pass rigt through walls, and pentrators for putting holes in things like Titanium, but they don't work against humans or other beings like them. The magnets are powered by batteries that are inserted into the weapon like magazine.[OOC]

The battle in the hallway was still raging, but Skykes knew they didn't have much time left before they were over run. He had already lost half his men, the disintegrators didn't leave anyone alive after hitting them.
"They're watching us, they have to be, they always know when to charge us," said Skykes already battle weary. "There's no way through the hall, we're going to have to make our own way through." One of Zecker's surviving soldiers nodded and pulled a breaching charge out of his pack. He set it on a wall. "Alright, on the count of three, detonate the charge and deploy smoke so they can't see us." We'll have to leave the wounded behind, hopefully Deatharon honors the POW code That thought made Skykes hesitate, but he knew their only chance was to move as fast as possible. "3! Go!" The smoke covered the area and the wall was blown open. Skykes and the surviving men ran inside the new opening, and started heading for the bridge of the ship. He took a last look at the wounded men and started running, hoping not to be surronded. He tried the Garrison, hoping another boarding party could be sent in to retrieve the wounded.
"Garrison, this is Skykes. We've taken heavy causalties and are on the move again. If you can, try and get another straffing run going." Nothing but static on the other end. Shit, they must have jumped, looks like we're on our own again. Our only way out of here is to capture this ship or in a few years in a prisoner exchange. Skykes hoped it was the former, but never in his 10 years of ship boarding had he ever encountered anything like this. He hoped the Deatharons had found the wounded and were giving them medical help.

It shamed Atosuryua greatly to have to limp from a fight to another station and not even be able to go defend her Capital.

This is Commander Atosuryua. My Attack Squadron is badly damaged. Several us need rearmoring and all need refueling. We also have commrades on board a Dearharon vessel and need to find a way to rescue them.

A total of 100 ships limped into the area of the Emerald City. Majority were attack vessels.

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Waiting on Doujin for the other front.

Cain responds: Fighters set to self destruct. We are ready to leave now.


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The Marines end up finding the wounded enemies. The Marines sent a message to the Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt, "Sir we have wounded enemy soldiers what should we do?" The Fleet Marshal responds, "If we kill them our enemies will never give up and try to take us out. We better take them to med lab. The Marines have the Nano bots take the wounded away to be sent to the healing chambers in the med labs. The Marines then followed there adversary using the Psy net to try and ambush them. (typical marine tatic they are Pride based and hunt in groups with the leader being the Alpha of the group.)

The garrison's calikes came around docking with each fighter to pick up crew members. There were small hulls in the belly of the shuttles to allow for people to climb in.

Zecker and his team found themselves in a maintenance tube. "We have to be close now, acording to the schematics we are right under the bridge. Just a little furth-..." a disentergrater bolt whizzed past his ear. Damn, these guys are good, they found us already. The marines dove for cover as the enemy soldiers came up firing.
"Can you find how they are tracking us Krytson?" The marine slicer nodded and went to work on a nearby wall panel. "Looks like DNA scanners, but I've never seen anything like these before. Powered by some sort of weird energy, must be that PSy stuff they were talking aout in the briefing. It's not electricity, thats for sure."
"See what you can do, that may be our only chance at losing them," Skykes ordered. He chucked a grenade around the corner and heard screams. He tried HQ again, just to be sure. "HQ, this is Zecker, please respond over." Static. We must really be far out.

The Marine meet the enemy resitance. They open fire with another volley of Distengrator fire. The Death Guard (Special Forces Marine) Cloaked themselves and attempt to hit the enemy in a cross fire. The Psy net registers the Death Guard even though they are cloaked from sight. (think Predator Cloak device.) The Bridge had to be protected and a squad of the Marines head towards an hidden elevaotor to the bridge to protect the Fleet Marshal.

The cloaked death Guard took 3 more of Zecker's marines untill Skykes realized what was happening and set his visor to thermal vision. He set a volly of slag the squad's way and ducked back behind cover. "Krytson, how's it coming with that panel?" "I think I may have something boss. The Psy or whatever that stuff is stopped flowing into the panel. I think I may have stopped it for a while."
"Alright men, lets move. They ran down the corrider and rounded a corner, trying to find an elevator. To everyone's apparent surprise, trhey found a working one. All the squad dove inside, and Zecker hit the button for the Bridge, hping they would make it before the Deatharon's figured out what they were up to. I sure hope Krytson was right about shutting the Psy net down. We just need 10 minutes or so.

The C.I.C. operative in charge of the internal Psy net noticed that the Psy power in the Bridge area was down. The C.I.C. operative was no fool and knew the enemy wanted the ships command bridge. He sent emergency Psy energy to the area. He hoped the Psykers in the area could have enough energy to at least keep the Bridges internal shields up because heavens knows the Phaser turrets were out. It would look worse if the enemy killed the Fleet Marshal as well. The Bridge only had a squad of 10 marines guarding the bridge in stargetic postions. The Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt was notified of the situation but he lacked his side arm at the moment.

The elevator stopped 5 feet from the door. They got more Psy flowing damnit, so close. A 2nd thought crossed his mind We can have some breathing room now, they can;t get us in here, atleast not for a while. He took this time to brief his men.
"Our objective is 5 feet away. The Marshall is probably guarded heavily now, so we don't have the element of surprise anymore. Hopefully we can flash the suckers before they can barricade themselves. Do not kill the field marshall under any circumstances. We need hom to do 2 things. 1 is to pilot the ship. The 2nd is to get information about these shadows. Hopefully they won't turn this into a standoff by bargaining with our wounded. Do not let them hurt those men, it's better we all come home when this if over then if they start executed our guys. If they do use them as such, back off and do what they tell you alright? We obviously can't go through that door, because every gun in the room will be pointed there. So, we go in from the roof. We set a charge on the door to look like we're going to breach it, then deploy smoke and cut a hole through the ceiling. Half the squad goes through that and drops into the end of the bridge. The other half goes through the door. The ceiling half will drop flashbangs from the ceiling before you go in. Everyone understand the Rules of Engagement for this? I'll rephrase them, because this has to be absolutely perfect. If they use our wounded as a chip, back off. Take the Marshall alive. Take the bridge as quickly as possible, and set a course back to the Abh Empire and hope we don't get shot out of the air before we land. Once the bridge is ours, we will barricade it and use the Marshall as a hostage. We transmit to Abh that we're coming back. Only do that after we have completely secured the bridge. Everyone understand?"
The marines acknowledged the orders.
"We have some standing room at the bottom of this shat, but it will be hard to get through that door quickly. Start setting the charges. Krytson, you're in charge of the door team. I'll lead the ceiling team. Once we're in position, I'll radio, when you hear the first banger go off, blow the door and charge in."
The orders were carried out, and soon Zecker found himself right above the Bridge in the vent shaft. They know we're up here He dropped the first banger. It went off and then all hell broke loose.

Commander Aldiss thought for a moment before replying to the incoming Abh.

Feel free to leave your ships for repair. If you feel that you must rejoin the fight, their are four Ha'Taks docked at this station that have been experimentally enhanced. Though they have not been field tested yet, you are welcome to use them.

Commander Aldiss sat down in her command chair and sighed heavily.

The Marines five marines in full tatical Armor were uneffected by the Flash of the grende thanks to the helemet shielding the eyes. The five others forgot there helemets and were crying out in pain. The Five in armor start blasting. The Psykers form the shield around themselves and the Fleet Marshal. They were going to strike once they were in postion to do so, The Marine Units head to the bridge double time trying to rescue the Fleet Marshal.

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Cain and his comrades head to the Abh ships and pray to god that the Abh do not execute them like the propaganda said they would.

Can you shoot out of your shield or is it just a shield that nothing can penetrate? I'm assuming you can't, it won't let anything through beacause of your statement,"They were going to strike once they were in postion to do so..." but correct me if i'm wrong.

Skykes dropped through the hole first, adn sent a stream of slag towards one of the unarmored marines. A shot hit Skykes in the shoulder, and he hit the ground in pain. The other units starting spilling through the 2 holes, shooting at the unarmored marines and at the ones in the shield to no effect. The men, seeing that the shield couldn't be pentrated, started taking up positions covering the entrances and barricading all the ways in.
One of the medics was tending to Skykes's arm.
"So Field Marshal, it seems we are at a stalemate." Skykes grunted as the medic finished filling the wound with antibacterial foam and patching the hole in Skyke's suit. The other men in his squad lowered their weapons, their eyes all focused on the shield and the prize inside.

OOC: Yes its one of the shields that prevents things comeing in and out.

IC: The Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt had a grave look on his face. He saids, " I suggest you surrender and we will spare your lives and the lives of your comrades. If not well lets just say the Fatherland does not have a standard form of P.O.W. treatment." The Fleet Marshal hoped the enemy would not try to kill him and his people and a threat like that might halt them from killing him and his Bridge crew.

OOC: He is speaking the truth. The Fatherland has no problem with killing prisioners without qualms about it. We however can show mercy especially when a senior officers commands it.

"How do I even know you have my comrades? You could have just killed them all in that hallway and are bluffing. Give me proof of their continued life and we'll talk more. You're in kind of a bad position to negotiate by the way." Skykes was stalling and he hoped the Field Marshall didn't know it. He never was a good negotiator, and the one they had with the squad was wounded in that first hallway.
"In the meantime I would call your marines off. The shield may protect the ship's controls, but we could all go down together. The reactor controls are out of the shield." At least he hoped those were the reactor controls. "Sure it may be passworded and encrypted, but that's the end of everything if we do get through. Think about it."

"Also, I have a few questions. The first is, where are we? The second is how far out are we from wherever the hell you're taking this godforsaken ship. And the 3rd is the million paintball question: how did you come into contact with these beings before." The commander hoped he didn't sound like he was desperate. Stay cool Skykes, we can't botch this now.

The Fleet Marshal saids some commands in Antaran. The A.I. projects a holo image of the med lab with the captured enemy soldiers in healing chambers. The Marines are guarding the area and they have Ithkul ready to take these bodies as hosts should the enemy be uncomprimsing.

The A.I. Avatar speaks for the Fleet Marshal, "The Fleet Marshal can only give you information on your first two questions. The third is classified by Confed order. We are in Ishtar the Captial of the Milky Way Colonies of the Inter-Galactic Confederation of Deatharon. The second question is we are two light hours away from the Wormhole Gate that will take us back to the Aries Supercluster. We plan to return to the Capital of the Confederation Deatharon Prime."

"Forgive my ignorance, but what are those...things standing next to the medlab? And how do I know that isn't a loop you are showing and my men are all dead. I want to speak to some of them at least to know they're still around. Send up the healthiest one, unarmed without his suit on. You send him up here and I'll give you a little breathing room in that bubble of yours." Skykes hoped that that was a quid pro quo, but he was also painfully aware of his lack of time. "Oh, and don't try sending any of those invisible soldiers up with him or those weird things you got in the sick bay. Those are my demands now, take it or leave it, but I swear to you that if you doublecross me, my last act will be to destroy this whole ship an you with it."

The Fleet Marshal smiles and saids, "Those our the Ithkul they are parasectic species gentically engineered by the Antarans to be the perfect means to defeat there enemies. The Fuhrer has recreated them and those there hunger for the lives of your men, and trust me I have seen people beg for death rather than be devoured slowly by the Ithkul that controls them."

The Fleet Marshal saids, "If you betray me I will let all your men become part of the Ithkul's diet, got it?" The Fleet Marshal then touchs his control panel and saids another string of Commands in Antaran. A Marine lets a prisioner go and escorts him without his suit toward the bridge.

This is fun. Deatharon, youre a master at building the tension here lol

"Unlike you, I have a sense of honor." Skykes realized a milisecond too late that that was the wrong thing to say. "Tell that marine to drop his rifle and join you in your shield. You have my word we won't fire on him." Skykes moved to check out his man. He was a private, private Lazz Recking. Zecker's gamble didn't pay off, he was hoping for the negotiator.
"Recking, how are the others? Are they being healed? Has that bastard sicked any of those Ithkul on anyone?" Recking said they were being healed and were being treated pretty well, and no, the Ithkul hadn't dined on anyone..yet.
"We have less than 2 hours before they dock at their home base. Have any ideas? That bubble thing the Marshall is in is a problem, we don't know how it's powered or how to break through it. Humans can pass through it without it going down, but nothing else can. Our slag just bounces off, even the wall busters. They aren't dense enough. We're stalling now, but we need to end this soon." Recking agreed.
"Sir, I overheard some of the guards talking about internal shields in the sick bay. They're watchiing you right now. Something called Psy power is powering it. Identify the source the power is coming from and you can shut the shield down."
"Did they give you any hints as to where that source would be? We can't really get too close to the shield, I told the Marshall we'd give him some breathing room in exchange for you."
Recking didn't know.

The Marine threw his rifle down the hall and ran to the shield. The Shield let him through without smashing him agasint it. The Fleet Marshal looked at his men and thought and slowly came up with a plan. If he could stall them for about two hours the Wormhole Gate would send them to the Space Station then the Ground soldiers there could elimenate these pests once and for all.

The Fleet Marshal saids, "As a Senior officer of the Confederation I can not allow you to take this ship. however I will offer an aletnerative we have long range fighters that could get you to a neutral spot so you can leave in peace with your men." The Fleet Marshal was lying through his teeth and he feared that if the Abh got a hold of one of the Command Motherships the confederation defenses plans and military strength would be at there disposal. That was unacceptable because of past relations with the Abh that would give them clear plans to defeating our defenses in this galaxy and in the Aries Supercluster.

The long range fighter offer was tempting. Skykes came up with another plan. He turned toward EKrytson and spoke in a low voice, "Find an open terminal and stick this disc in it, do it inconspiciously. The disc is feeding straight into my suit. It will download everything in the mothership's memory." Skykes figured he could slice through the code and download all the information on the ship and then take up the offer for the fighter. He had to stall for a little longer.
"I understand your attachment to the ship, and the fighter offer is tempting. I want access to a terminal top send a message to the Abh so they know where to pick us up. Give us a half hour. I want enough fighters for all my men and..." Skykes felt the ship lurch beneath him. Crap, don't have much time left, that was the jump to the wormhole, only an hour left. Hopefully he'll let us have the terminal, and hopefully they'll be enough time to get some info. Skykes also hoped that the Marshall wouldn't figure out what he was doing before he got the information.

The Fleet Marshal replies, " I can not allow you to do that. For all I know you are trying to look for files that are highly classified plus the ship security system will pump posionious gas in here if you fail to get the correct password within a ten minute time frame and quite frankly I am not sure this shield can hold off the gas."

The Marines were nearly in position to leave there shield and attack the enemy soldiers. The Marines had watched them and started to respect them but they had a job to do. They all prepared for the strike. They would throw a plasma grenade at the enemy and run behind the shield. This will hopefully kill or wound all of them. The Psykers could then turn off the shield and switch to the phaser turrets that were still in the walls deactived.


OOC: The higher ups are pretty evil but not stupid. There is no way they would allow you a chance to hack into the Ships computers.

I figured that, but I'm running out of options if you haven't noticed

There's no time left for this, we're going to have to leave now.

"Alright Marshal, we're never going to get anywhere with these arguments. Now, before you try and stall us out of time so you can capture us at your home port, we'd like to be leaving. I'll take your offer of the fighters. Neutral point will be Omnicron Theta in Alpha Centari. I want enough fighters for all my men, wounded and dead. Are those terms acceptable?

The Fleet Marshal replies, "Very well I will honor my agreement and allow you the chance to get to the hanger. The Fleet Marshal heads over to push a button.


The Marine Strikes as soon as the Fleet Marshal turns his back to the enemy. He throws a plasma grenade at the enemy group and runs like hell from the hall to the shield. He ran as fast as his Eight foot body could go.

Last post for tonight

Right when the shield went down, Skykes and his men dove behind cover. After the blast subsided, Skykes and 5 other members of the squad ran after the Marshall, hoping to catch him before he could make it somewhere safe. The other members secured the bridge with Eric Kryston in command. He fired a stream of slag at the nearest marine and then ran for the controls. The fight was over in moments, the 5 enemy marines didn't have the numbers to combat the Skykes and his men. The unarmed marine who brought Recking in was flex cuffed and gagged on the deck. Krytson started hacking the controls, trying to turn the Psy energy off so nothing would work. He then sent a communication to the Abh and Seaquest fleets:
Anyone who can hear this, this is Captain Eric Krytson of Skykes Zecker squad. We are deep in enemy territory and have taken the bridge of the mothership. Zecker and 5 others are chasing after the Marshall, hoping to take him alive. We are trying to jump to Abh space, but the A.I. is locking me out. Will send info once encryption is cracked. Any help is appreciated, we don't have much time.

Skykes ran faster then he ever had in his life. The Marshall didn't have that much of a headstart, and Zecker was determined to take that doublecrosser down before he escaped. He fired a shot that whizzed over the Marshall's head, hoping to slow him down.
"I'M RIGHT WITH YOU, YOU CAN''T KEEP RUNNING FOR LONG!" Skykes shouted as he raced to catch his objective.

The 1st Confed Fleet picked up the Motherships message. They figure out that the Command Mothership is comprimsed. They start using Jammer beams on the Command Mothership. It would distort any other messages sent out to space that was outside the star system.

Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt scooped up the fallen Distengrator Rifle that the Marine that escorted Recking had thrown down the hall. He keeps runing toward the Ithkul Hive Chamber. The Ithkul in there were young and hungry and his persuers would make perfect meals for the Fuhrer's pets. The Fleet Marshal used every hidden passage and elevator to get to his destination. He tried to slow enough for them to keep pursuit but not enough to make them want to give up.

Eric Krytson

Damn A.I. looks like I may have to do this the old fashioned way.
"You there, start hacking that terminal over there. We have to shut the A.I. off. I got the PSy flow off for now, but it could come back any minute." Krytson barked.
"Recking! Take my rifle and form a perimeter, we're not out of the woods yet. The ship is on autopilot, we'll be in their homeworld in less then 20 minutes." Krytson tossed the weapon over. Lets see if there's a manual override. He checked on the terminal next to him. Good, we're getting some data from that computer. I can send that out soon. He got on his helmet radio, "Sir, were are you?"
The answer came "Still chsing this bastard down. We're in a little firefight, he's trying to slow us down. I think he's trying to lead us somewhere, he's going slow enough for us t follow him... Oh my god, he's trying to lead us to the nursery where those Ithkul are kept! That's the only place he could be going, what with the ship locked down. Can you block the passage there?"
"Nope, only the Marshall can do that, at least untill we crack this damn A.I. open."
Great, I'm deep inside enemy territory with the controls to the ship in my hand and it won't let me turn it around. In the meantime, I have about 20 squadmates held captive in the sickbay with parasetic insects poised to devour them and my commander is running to who knows where. This just hasn't been my day

Skykes Zecker
"I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE CHANCE, DROP THE RIFLE AND PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD. THE NEXT SHOT WON'T MISS!" He turned to his men running behind him. "Shoot to kill or wound, no more warning shots."
He fired the last shot he had in that battery, hoping to hit a leg and break it. He truned the magnets's force down so it wouldn't kill the Marshall. He slid a new battery into the gun and watched the shot whizz out of the barrel, reaching for the Marshall...

Commander Atosuryua divided up the crews into the four Ha'taks that SeaQuest was loaning them. "We are going to begin a sweep of the outlying Deatharon border. I know it's a long shot but we won't leave men behind. Prepare jump gates. We move out immediatly."

Her communications officer picked up the transmission from Skykes "Ma'am, message comming in from the marine commander. 'We have.....' It's no good. The signal is jammed."

"Well track it from what we have. Change of plans. All ships are to converge on the transmissitted spot."

The four Ha'taks made the jump towards where the last transmission was sent.
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The calikes took the soldiers from the Deatharon fighters to the Garrison station. The commander came out and greeted them all. Surprising to most, it was a tall slender Abh female. "Welcome to Border Station 101. This will be your home away from home for sometime until this issue can be resolved. You will be fed regularly,showered, and a change of clothes. We will process any possessions you have with you and will return them to you upon your departure. Any questions?"

You can receive the first message I sent. They started jamming afterward. In character post coming,need to see what the Marshall will do.

OOC: I didn't get all the transmission since they jammed it after you sent it. I'll only have a general area and won't be able to get to you unless by some dumb luck I find you or you can send a transmission. I'll just be on the edge of Deatharon's territory looking for you.

(Sorry for all the OOC) I don't think you'd make it in time, we're 20 minutes out from their home planet and it was atleast a 4 hour trip, though I don't know how fast your jumpgates can move you. (It pains me to say this to my only help right now lol). The battle on the Mothership is going back in forth, and I still have those wounded guys to worry about.

The wounded Abh ships were led into docks where repairs began almost instantly. Meanwhile, Commander Aldriss sent her message again, this time with a slight addition.

Feel free to leave your ships for repair. If you feel that you must rejoin the fight, their are four Ha'Taks docked at this station that have been experimentally enhanced. Though they have not been field tested yet, you are welcome to use them. They have been modified to make the controls more universal. The standard controls remain, for emergencies, however, the Emperor had us put in Abh style control system in a second command center.

The commander responded to the call.

"We thank you for the ships. We'll return them all or repay you."

"Goddammit!"
10 minutes later Krytson still hadn't broken through the A.I.'s security systems. With the ship locked down, at least they had some breathing room, but in 10 minutes they would be docking with Deatharon Prime, and then it would be all over. Soldiers would beam aboard and it wouldn't even be a fight. Suddenly, he had an idea.
"Does anyone have any video or sound of Marshall hunt telling the A.I. anything in their language? We may be able to shut it off that way, assumming it doesn't have voice recognition or anything." Krytson qued up his own video feed and was disapointed to find that the only Antaran spoken was the admiral ordering Recking up.
"Dammit!"
Krytson had another idea. He ripped the cover off the terminal and started looking at the wires underneath. He picked one labled in Antaran and ran it trhough his visor translator.
It read gibberish. Frustrated, the captain tried again, nothing.
"Dammit, it's got a coating on it that prevents it from being scannd at all."
He thought to himself. This is our only chance He cut it and waited for something to happen.

Skykes update to come soon once I see what Deatharon has the Marshall do

Sorry, but I'm out. One or two sentence posts are not worth my time.

OOC: What do you mean doujin?

The massive Babylon class station rotates around the dead, rocky planet below. The place was selected for its isolation. Emerald City is one of the Holy Empire of SeaQuest's Research and Development facilities. The modified Ha'taks being loaned to the Abh only contained a bit more than half of the upgrades the facility had developed. The Ha'taks standard weapons had been suplimented with additional fire-power. Manned and unmanned point defense turrets composed of dual Staff Cannons were placed all over the super-structure. Minbari beam weapons had been added at strategic points along the hull. Two Al'Kesh style bomb launchers had been added to the ventral structure of the central pyramid core. Also, at each of the four corners of the superstructure, two torpedo launchers were added. Each launcher has a maximum payload of two-hundred photon torpedoes and one-hundred quantum torpedoes. However, to make room for this additional fire-power, the entire hanger bay had to be removed. Also, the capacity had been reduced from one-thousand to three-hundred troops.

Fleet Marshal running for his life

The Fleet Marshal kept running they were close enough to the Ithkul Hive Chamber. The problem now was his adversarys were becoming more deadly in there shooting. The Fleet Marshal fires a few shoots at his persurers and then hits the hand panel on the door.

The Door instantly opens and Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt dashs into the Ithkul Hive Chamber. The young Ithkul recongize the Fleet Marshal and pay no heed. The Fleet Marshal yells out, "Hey guys intruders on board."

The Ithkul immediatly charge out towards the enemy with full intent on getting there first snack.

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The Deatharon Fighters

The Fighters pilots all looked to the highest ranking pilot which happened to be Cain. He took a quick account of his men. Five Mrrshan ten Marines and Five Antarans. This would be intresting he thought. The others said nothing years of military training makes it a little hard to surrender and to speak to your captors. The men all form a military style formation behind Cain as they idenitfy him as the highest ranking member here. They all saulte him and he returns the saulte. Cain then turns around and saids, "So we are not to be tortured or executed?"

Skykes Zecker
Skykes watched in horror as the Ithkul jumped out of the nursury and attackd the closest soldier. His screams could almost be heard through space. "CALL THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! OH GOD KILL ME!" Skykes shot the man in the head. His shoulder laser started targeting the Ithkul. It was then Skykes made the hardest decision of his life.
"Marshall, we usurrender. I don't want my men dying that way. Call them off."

Eric Krytson
Soldiers will be beaming aboard any second.
The countdown on the autopilot read 0's across the board. So much for flying home Even if he didn't make it out he could send Abh the data they captured. To let the soldiers on, they have to drop the jammers.
"Everyone, this is it. Soliers will be beaming aboard any second now, we are in Deatharon Prime's atmosphere. Sorry I couldn't get this hunk of metal turned around in time." The men all nodded understandingly.
"But, we're not useless yet, That little data disc has been going for almost half an hour. We can't send it out because it's being jammed. They have to drop the jammers to let the soldier on. When the first soldiers start appearing, if I take one, I want someone to hit this button right here." He
pointed to a red button marked in Antaran as "Send Communication." "With anyluck, Abh will receive it."
"Those will be your last orders from me. I am proud of each of you, and I know if Skykes were here right now and say the same thing. Im sorry we couldn't make it home. But after what we did today ends the war, everyone in the Armed Republic will remember us as the ones who brought a swift end to the SHadow Wars." He saluted.
His men saluted back.

Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt

The Fleet Marshal smiled and yelled out, "Hold position!"

The Ithkul halt in there tracks and stare at the rest of Skykes men. They watch them with a hungry expression which gives the meaning one wrong move and we all pounce.

The Fleet Marshal laughs he has won or so he thinks.
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The escorting ships recieve a communication from the Starfortress in orbit of Deatharon Prime. It saids:

We need the Jammer beams down to beam the Marine division on board to take the enemy into custody.

The Escorts acknoledge by turning off the Jammers.

The Marine Division beams aboard the Ship they are place strageticly all over the ship including the in the hall outside of the bridge.

Eric Krytson

"I can hear them out side, the jammers are down!" He hit send communication which sent all the information stored in the disc to the Abh fleet. He also sent one last message to the Seaquest and Abh fleets.

This is Captain Eric Krytson. I hope the intel enclosed proves useful. We've landed on Deatharon Prime, and this will be my last message for a while. The following took the lives of 20 men and the capture of the rest of us. Please use it to end this. Krytson out.
Attachment: topscrtdeatharon_shipdata.

Suddenly the door blew open. A Deatharon Marine came in with his rifle drawn.
"Drop your weapons and put your hands up, you are surronded. Do it now or we release the Ithkul."
The marines obeyed, knowing that they had lost this battle, but may have won the war.

Skykes Zecker
Marines suddenly appeared in the hatchery.
"Drop the rifle!" He did. Zecker and his fellow marines were pushed up against the wall and flex-cuffed. They were lead back to the bridge, with the Marshall behind them.

The message was received by commander Atosuryua as she prepares to jump from the station. "Relay this back to the Emperor. He will need it in the battles to come. Send a message to the Emerald City."

We are making a request for ships to lend aid to us. We wish to go and save our comrades but will need more than 4 ships to do so.

The commander of the garrison laughed. "No we won't torture you unless you want us to. And we never execute prisoners. You will stay and live until your government is ready to accept you back."

Commander Aldiss looked at the message from the Abh commander.

"Might as well bring out the prototypes," she sighed. Another message was transmitted to the Abh.

There are other ships here that have not had crews assigned yet that also have had Abh style command centers added to the design. However, these are the prototype ships of their classes. They are completly untested. We only just finished tweaking them last week.

The captured marines sat in a circle on the bridge, waiting for whatever fate the Marshall had in store for them. Krtyson looked over at Skykes.
"Good to see you're still alive."
"Likewise. Marc isn't so lucky. The Ithkul got to him." Skykes's shoulder was really hurting now from the shot he took, the flex cuffs didn't help. He grunted.
"I hate long waits, wish that bastard would show up now, or at least send someone up to look at your arm."
"It's not that bad. Besides, we'll be dead anyway soon once he makes sure there's none of us left to fight back."
"Maybe the higher ups will let us live."
"Yeah, wouldn't that be nice?" Skykes replied sarcastically. He hoped this wasn't the end.

"Then I suggest that you appoint a crew to the ships so we can be on our way to rescue comrades in arms."

You are more than welcome to form crews for the prototypes of the ships from the crews of the damaged ships under your command. We will top off any crew that needs it with our own personal.

Commander Aldriss leaned back in her command chair.

"All Senior Aviators and Linewing Aviators are to take control of additional ships. Senior officers are to take as many men that can be spared from each ship on to the others. Patrolship commanders are to do the same. We won't need full crews for this. This is a hit run mission. We are going in to get marines and then get out."

Atosuryua then turned her attention to SeaQuest. "What ships do you recommend and how many crew members can you lend? We are going to need ships with firepower."

A message was sent.

We are transmitting a list of all experimental craft docked here. Feel free to choose from them.

Docked at the station are eight Shania class (105 people) patrol/rapid-response corvettes (ISS Shania; ISS Cook; ISS Gillis; ISS Hollingsworth; ISS Jerue; ISS Kennard; ISS McPhee; ISS Napier), ten Alliance class (440 people, max. capacity of 1,600) frigates (ISS Alliance; ISS Aneid; ISS Corellia; ISS Coruscant; ISS Dagobah; ISS Dantooine; ISS Endor; ISS Mantell; ISS Naboo; ISS Tatooine), three Scorpion class (500 people; 4,500 evacuation limit) heavy cruisers (ISS Scorpion; ISS Gemini; ISS Taurus), two Thunder class (50 people) escort/scouts (ISS Thunder; ISS Lightning), fourteen Valiant class (30 people) escorts (ISS Valiant; ISS Condor; ISS Courageous; ISS Gauntlet; ISS Halberd; ISS Javelin; ISS Logan; ISS Matador; ISS Maya; ISS Tenacious; ISS Monsoon; ISS Python; ISS Quillon; ISS Sao Paulo), Wallace class (28 people) escorts (ISS Wallace; ISS Hamish; ISS Highland; ISS MacTaggert; ISS Muir Isle; ISS Robert the Bruce; ISS Sinclair), four Xenon class (100 people) escorts (ISS Xenon; ISS Arsenic; ISS Cobalt; ISS Illustrious), two Zodiac class (120 officers and crew; 15 visiting personnel; 1,000 person evac limit) tactical cruisers, one Arita class (525 crew, Max load of 3,500 people) exploratory cruiser, and eight Akyazi class (108 crew, max. capacity of 550 people) escorts (ISS Akyazi; ISS Abila; ISS Accipiter; ISS Acri; ISS Alten; ISS Ameer; ISS Ancylus; ISS Araxes).

"We need heavy cruisers and escort ships."

Commander Aldriss responded over the open comm channel they had established with the lead Abh ship, "Feel free to borrow whatever ships you feel you will need. I am sure we could also launch the prototype marine carrier if you need it."

"There is no need commander. We have ways of getting them on board. Please inform us once the ships are ready to depart. Once they are ready then we will depart immediatly for Deatharon Prime."

"All they are waiting for is a crew. Once they have that, we can disengage the docking clamps right away. The prototypes that this R&D facility has created are hot and ready to go as soon as they get crewed."

About a thousand Abh and human soldiers divided up among the ships. They assumed stations that they were qualified to run while awaiting for the Holy Empire to fill in the missing links.

The crews from the damaged SeaQuestian ships joined the Abh in the prototype ships. SeaQuestian soldiers took up posts in engineering sections, turrets, and other stations the Abh were not used to. Once everyone is ready, the ships launched and headed towards the nearby Jump Gate.

OOC: To get to Deatharon Prime you need a Wormhole Gate (My Antaran Version of a Stargate.) that connects there and the only one that does that and still functions is in Ishtar. Remeber it is in another Galaxy far far away. Plus you would have to have deciphered the Antaran codes to even activate the Gate. Or if you have Intergalactic Engines you could try to get there by ship but doing that will activate all the Defenses across the Aries Supercluster.


IC: The Captured Marines were sent to the main hall were the holo image of the Fleet Marshal meet them. The Fleet Marshal's image said, "It seems the High Command wanted to feed you to the Ithkul but luckly for you I persuaded them to be merciful to you." The Fleet Marshal's image saids, "Instead of killing you, The High Command has agreed to send you to a newly made POW planet in Galaxy Beta. This will put you serveral thousand light years from the front of our little war."

OOC: Well that may complicate things.

OOC: If the Abh have experience with Stargates then all they have to do is use the code to the Aries Supercluster once they reach Ishtar. The problem will be to decipher which code leads to Deatharon Prime and trying to defeat the forces in the Milky Way Galaxy. This is so you can control the Wormhole long enough to send a large Fleet or a small rescue force to Deatharon Prime.

"Thanks, I appreciate that you doublecrossing bastard. By the way, why did you turn on the Abh empire, they were your allies in the Vrone Conflict? And why aren't you here in person? Are you afraid of us? You should be thankful we left you alive. Believe me, if I had the chance I'd kill you with my bare hands then I'd..."
This remark resulted in Skykes receiving a vicous kick to back of the legs from one of the marine guards that sprawled him on the floor. The Fleet Marshall looked amused at his prisoner's pain.
"By the way, you mind taking these things off? My wrists are almost bleeding and my shoulder needs to be looked at."
Atleast the Abh and Seaquest fleets have the intel we sent them.
Skykes thought as he and his fellow marines were lead into the belly of a prison ship.
A second thought crossed his mind:
Where are my wounded men?

Atosuryua got in contact with commanders from SeaQuest. "We've sifted through the intel that the marines have sent us. It appears that the only way into Deatharon Prime is via a stargate. It seems that we need to reach the Ishtar system. Unfortunatly our star maps show that this is on the other side of the galaxy. We're going to have some drive time. We'll work on battle plans on the way."

OOC: Can you send commanders on board SeaQuest? I mean you know your ships better than me and know how to use them in battle. Plus could you figure what ships you would be alright parting with since you know what would be best for this mission? It's just to keep you in the RP with me.

On Board the Mothership

The Marines seperate Sykes from his men. The Marines Alpha in charge saids the reason is to send him to med lab for repairs. The Marines litterly force the enemy Marines into stasis Cells were they will soon be beamed to a prision transport that will lead them to there fate.

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The Deatharon Fighter Pilots

Cain replies, "We are not to be tortured for information or interrograted? It seems your people are over confident or not very intelligent." The others nod in unision.

"Goddamit man, are you even a doctor?"
The "repairs" being made on Skykes were without any anastetic. Skykes almost wished the shot had been a hit and not a graze. Almost. The shrapnal had been pulled out, but the Deatharon marines were stitching the wound back up rather poorly. Zecker received a kick for his trouble.
After an excruciating hour on the operating table, Skykes was lead back to the holding chamber of the prison ship. He was jammed into a stasis pod like the others. He noticed the wounded men that he hadn't seen were in stasis chambers now.
Well, at least we're all together

"This is Prision Transport Cerbius, We are taking dissident filth to Galaxy Beta at System 999085127." Said Captian Remius in Antaran. The Confed Space Navy Command granted permission for the Transport to head out and the Intergalactic Engines kicked into gear in another 72 hours the Enemy marines would be on Zeros there assigned Prison World.

What exactly happens on Zeros?

72 Long Hours Later

Skykes woke up feeling pretty good. Then he remembered where he was. His shoulder wound had almost closed back up in the 3 day space voyage. He was a little stiff from the 3 day sleep, compounded by the fact that he was still wearing his flex cuffs from the ship. The stasis had healed his raw wrists, but not for long. A company of Deatharon marines came into the hold. The stasis pods opened, and the marines hered the prisoners together and then marched them in the Zeros atmosphere.
"Welcom to Zeros dissident filth." Said the Deatharon commanding officer. Skykes spat in his face and the next thing he new he was on the ground with a pain in his jaw. He spat a tooth out. The Deatharon CO bent over him
"That won't be tolerated at my prison, understand me slime?" He kicked Skykes and stalked away. Deatharon marines pulled Zecker up and lead him t his cell. He was thrown roughly inside. He realized he was not along. Another marine shared his cell. It was Eric Krytson.
Idiots to put him in here with me
"Hi Krytson."
"Hello Commander."
"Do you think they'll ever take these damn cuff off? My wrists feel like they're going to fall off?"
Krytson laughed. "My commander, the crybaby," said Eric, jokingly. They would all be dead if not for Skykes.
Both men laughed.
"By the way, we did get that data out to Abh."
"Hopefully they'll use it to end the war and not come after us."
Standard Republic policy stated that captured men were secondary assets, the war was to be finished first, unless the POWs were nearby. But the Armed Republic wasn't fighting this war.

OOC: Zeros is a C.I.C. prision compound which means they will experiment on your men torture them for info on the Abh and your Armed Republic. The usually for an evil facist space Confederation.

IC: Sykes and his cell mate were the first to meet the Antaran Psyker. The Psyker was going to read there minds for information and it would hurt if they resisted the information. Should they prove to have a strong enough will to resit then the torturers would have some fun with them.

You are evil Deatharon

"Commander, make it easy on yourself. I want answers now. Why are soldiers of the Armed Republic fighting with the Abh Empire? I'll give you a chance to answer before I have some fun with you."
Skykes didn't even give the Psyker and answer, he just kept staring straight ahead.
"We'll play it your way commander."
Suddenly Zecker felt a knife rip through his head. It was the Psyker in his brain. Memories flashed past him: the first time he saw a kiwi, the Armed Republic's national bird, his father teaching him the game of paintball, learning to ride a hoverbike. He started fighting the Psyker's probe with his mind, imagining a brick wall. Skykes became aware of sweat forming on his forhead. He started panting, trying hard not to open his braing back up.
The Psyker smiled, "Very good commander, but that won't be good enough."
This time SKykes felt a bullet ripping through his brain. After being in stasis, not being fed in 3 days, and being beaten, his body couldn't take the pain. He passed out.
The Psyker laughed. He called in some marines who dragged Skykes back to his cell.
"It's your turn now Captain. I'll give you the same chance I gave Zecker. Give me answers now or I'll start probing you. Who sent you to board the Mothership, and why are you meddling in our affairs."
Krytson handled the question differently then Skykes.
"We saw you passing by and decided to come aboard. You guys are bad hosts by the way."
The Psyker laughed. "Skykes brain told me about you and your sarcasm. Very well, we'll do it the hard way again."
Eric was just about to come up with another sarcastic remark when the pain started. Krytson gasped and doubled over clutching his head. He started to fight the mind probe. This time it was the Psyker who was sweating.
"Your resistance to me is remarkable, but this is only day one. We'll make progress later." He spoke some commands in Antaran. Marines entered the interrogation room and hauled the Captain back to his cell.
Skykes was still unconcious.

OOC: Just to my enemies.

IC: The Psyker had his interview with all the prisioners. They were even barcoded after the meeting. The Prisioners were then fed. The food was a type of soup that the Marines called Gloosh. It was meant for dissidents the lowest of the low. The guards would beat any prisioner that was to slow or tried to resist them in whatever command they made. The crueltiy was pretty high in this place that the Confederation had named the ninth circle of hell.

Skykes finally woke up.
Anyone get the licence number if that tank that ran me over
He groaned. Captain Krytson looked over at his commander. "You're finally awake. That psyker must have really put the hurt on."
"I'll say."
Suddenly the cell door slid open and 2 marines grabbed Skykes and half dragged him into another interrigation room.
"Don't give them anything sir!" Krytson shouted after him. One of the guards hit him with a rifle butt.

"Commander I trust you slept well." mocked the camp c.o.
Zecker said nothing.
"What happened to the fire I saw earlier commander? You're going to give in already? That'd be a good choice. Tell me what I want to know, and I'll see your men are treated better.
Skykes kept staring straight ahead.
Can't let him know how tired I am.

"I'll let you in on a little secret Zecker. Nobody knows about this place. This is where we keep the most dangerours prisoners. Nobody is coming for you."
This was too much for Skykes
"Oh, I think someone might know about it. I don't know. I might have sent the mothership's memory off while that cowardly fleet marshall of yours was running for his life." Skykes realized he had said too much, but he was too broken to care.
"I will deal with him later. What I want to know now is where are the Abh and Seaquest fleets?"
"Bend over and I'll show you."
The c.o. backhanded Skykes across the face.
"Do that again, and I swear to you, once I get these cuffs off I will rip your vocal cords out of your throat and strangle you with them."
"Skykes, you can't scare me. I can see you're not ready to talk now, but this war will go on for a while. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, or next week, or even next month, but you will be broken while you are here, and I will make sure I am the one who breaks you." He barked some commands in Antaran and the marines came to take Skykes back to his cell.
That was too close

The Science Core wanted an experimential dummy for creating another deadly Biological attack virus for mass killing. One of the new POWs were to be selected for the job and the best part of all the C.O. of the Prision decided to let Sykes pick the unlucky person amongst his group. If he refused than a group of five of his men would be rounded and have the experment done to them as well as Skykes second in command Krytson. The C.O. laughed at Skykes tough decision.

Deatharon, try to avoid things like that in the future if possible, just because coming up with names is hard.

"They want you to do WHAT?!?!" Krytson asked of his commander
"Send a man to his death. If I don't, he takes you and 4 others."
"Those bastards! I remeber hearing stories of old earth having people like him around. They were called the nazis. Ever hear of them?"
"No actually. Earth history was always a weak point for me."
Later, in the COs office
"Have you made your choice yet slime?"
"Alright, you win. I'll tell you whatever you want to know if you don't test this on my men."
This is the 2nd time I've been beaten because of my attachment to my men in 4 days. I'm breaking all the rules taught in training. Skykes though
A 2nd thought crossed his mind:
Training didn't cover facists like these Deatharon types.

OOC: Sorry about that I just wanted to try one of those difficult choice riddles for your characters.

IC: The C.O. smiled and saids in a proud voice, "First question why is your Armed Republic supporting the Abh and there evil Empire?" The C.O. sat back in his chair and added, "The next questions will be more personally."

That was a good question. BTW anyone else notice that after playing this long enough, you get to know the characters better? Skykes has developed his own personality, same thing with Krytson.

"The Armed Republic isn't officially supporting Abh. We were called on an expedition into unknown space where those shadows were first found, and where you showed up later. The Abh wanted protection, and we were the best ship boarder team out there. In case they ran into hostile ships, we were to go in and take the ship back home so it could be reversed engineered. That answer your question?"
Skykes knew he was broken. He hoped the C.O. didn't know it yet.

The C.O. thought about this for a moment and asked, "Where is your Armed Republic captial system located and what are its defenses?" The C.O. leaned closer in his chair. This whole conversation was being recored by the A.I. system.

"That I'm not telling you. Just let it be known that we are a peaceful and relatively new nation. Also, my squad and me, we don't exist, so don't try to find it through any data we had on us. Besides, how does that information apply to you? Paintcheck has not declared war."
Hopefully he won't press that question. Doubt it though since I already fed him some info.

The C.O. smiled and said, "Your nation has proved its evil intentions by sending you to steal a Command Mothership from us. We want to deal with your nation accordingly. now give me the information or We Will have to give one of your boys to the Science Core." The Guards had an evil leering smirk on there faces.

OOC: If need be, each member of Emerald City's command staff have experience commanding starships.

IC: Commander Aldriss responded, "Agreed. I will also be coming along in the ship assigned to this station. The Delphin is the first of her class of escorts and we will follow your lead."

OOC: You could have a few on board to help command. A joint effort type thing.
@Paintcheck: That's the fun of having characters in an RP. You create them they way you want to.

IC: Atosuryua nodded her head. "Then make preparations. We'll need weapon stores and soldiers to aid us in bringing the marines back. Have med teams on standby in case. Please inform me once you are ready to depart. We can't wait too long. Every second is crucial."

(The High Command Central Complex in Deatharon Prime Captial of Berlin)

The High Command had recieved the orders from the Fuhrer to halt all hostilites and attempt to negoate with the Abh Empire. The Fuhrer had a change of heart after talking to Neo Zeta's Empress. The High Command read the message and thought are the rumors of the Fuhrer's madness true?

They however do not question the sanity of the Fuhrer and follow his orders:

<Quote>To: The Abh Empire
From: The Confederation's High Command

The Fuhrer wishes to end this pointless war and try to come up with a comprimse. We hope that you would kindly accept this olive branch for peace.</Quote>

The fleet of ships filled with the merged crews of the damaged SeaQuestian and Abh ships being repaired at Emerald City launch. Some have an Abh c.O. and X.O., some have a SeaQuestian C.O. and X.O., some have an Abh C.O. and a SeaQuestian X.O., the rest have a SeaQuestian C.O. and an Abh X.O.. At the van of the fleet is the Delphin, commanded by Commander Susan Aldriss herself. They make their way towards the Jump Gate and await the signal to initiate Jump.

The Emperor and heads of staff departments were the only ones left in the room as the capital rocked time and time again by shadow attacks. The power flickered as generators blew and backs up were replaced.

The Tactical Command Display flickered off and on as Shadow vessels swarmed by. They had already lost one SSD but Lord Rahl and Doron were fighting bitterly and making them pay for every attack. The capital's defenses were failing though as the Space Time Generator had already been destroyed and they were now targeting other generators.

Dusanyu sighs as he sees a ship go up in flames. "This is a nightmare. I never would have thought that such a tragedy would befall this Empire."

He looked to his staff. "I want all civilians transported immediatly to D'Hara. From there our military will strike out when the oppurtunity presents itself. I want all Victory class destroyers to make their way there. We only have two so far and I want all Whitestars to rendezvous there as well."

A low ranking officer came rushing through the door with a report. "Your Highness! Deatharon wishes for an end to this fighting."

"Tell them they can have it once these Shadows are destroyed. Inform that they may stand down and we will not attack anymore of their forces."

A colonel stepped forward behind the man. "Your Highness, we have received word from Command Atosuryua that she is attempting to rescue marines from Paintcheck that were captured by Deatharon forces. We also have a number of Deatharon pilots in a POW camp."

The Emperor looked up at the man. "Tell them that we will honor the cease fire once they return the marines to us. Once they do that, we will return their pilots."
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Atosuryua watched as the last preparations were made and all ships formed up. "Alright, prepare to jump!"

The High Command sent a message to the Abh Empire:

To: Abh Empire
From: The High Command

We will release the captured Marines. The problem is we are having a hard time figureing out which Planet we put them on. We will however release them once we have pin pointed where the C.I.C. put them.

The C.O. smiled and said, "Your nation has proved its evil intentions by sending you to steal a Command Mothership from us. We want to deal with your nation accordingly. now give me the information or We Will have to give one of your boys to the Science Core." The Guards had an evil leering smirk on there faces.


"Taking the mothsership was my idea. We wanted intel from you and that seemed like the fastest way. Plus, it would disrupt your fleet. The Armed Republic hasn't been influencing us at all since we boarded the Abh ships."
Zecker broke down. He couldn't take it anymore. For the first time since his childhood, he cried.

The colonel walked back in the room after receiving the reply from the Deatharon government. The attacks had ceased for the most part from the shadows on the Capital. Admiral Wakapale's fleet was moving to link up with Admiral Rulef and Mustaf to take the shadows on from the rear. For now they would have to focus on the three thousand vessels coming at them.

"Your Highness, we have received word that the High Command will release them as soon as they can find them."

Dusanyu fixed the man with a withering glare. "Please inform the High Command politly that they have 24 hours to find the marines. We have all defense codes to their entire nation. I want those marines back, all of them."

The colonel bowed and walked out of the room to inform the High Command.

A colonel enters the interogation chamber and whispers into the C.O.'s ear. The C.O. looks very displeased and saids, "The Fuhrer did what? You mean I worked them over for nothing!! Do realize what we have to do know?"

The Colonel replied, "mindwipe the prisioners and heal there wounds there are heading home."

IC: The SeaQuestian fleet composed of ten Ha'tak class long-range warship/assault ship/carriers, twenty-five Al'Kesh class mid-range bombers, five Blue Star class scout ships, fifteen Whitestar class monitors, ten Vorchan class attack cruisers, and nine O'Neill class advanced long-range warships Jumps to normal space and moves into a defensive formation around the Abh capital.

OOC: This is the same fleet that was en route to the other battle but altered its course when that battle ended.

A marine took Skykes's cuffs off. He rubbed his raw wrists and then reared back and slugged the prison C.O. as hard as he could. The C.O. crumbled. Skykes dove over the table and pounded away at his face untill 4 marines came in and dragged him off.
That was so worth it.

The other prisoners were let out of there cells and marched to the mindwipe facilities. Skykes reached into he shorts in a hidden pocket and swallowed a small pill. The pill would release a microchip into his brain that would store all the memory of the past couple weeks in it. Electrodes were put on the marines's head, and soon they fell asleep, waking up in an Abh medical frigate.

Skykes woke up, in good shape. His rifle, suit, and helmet had all been returned from the prison. He couldn't remember what had happened. He went to the showers and, for some reason, he felt compelled to reach into his pocket where the microchip was. Suddenly he remembered what was supposed to be in there. All that was in there now was the pill that detached the chip off the brain. Skykes popped it into his mouth. Suddenly he felt sick. He ran into the bathroom and threwup in the sink. The chip popped out. He slid it into the slot in his armor and stepped into the shower.

That pill thing may seem kind of weird, so I'll give ar eason as to why he would have that. Being a black ops operative, he works deep behind enemy lines. (As just evidenced with the ship, though that didn't go so well. By the way Deatharon, you played that masterfully. Anyway, the microchip would be used to have the memories of a operative on a mission so if he died, everythig he saw and heard could be retreived. It's also good for situations as evidenced in the prison.

The High Command sent the a message to the Abh Empire:

To: Abh Empire
From: The High Command

We have complied to your demands now hand over our POWs.

Medical Frigate, Bridge. Near Abh's capital
"We're getting a message from Deatharon here," said a young sergeant operating the communications terminal.
To: Abh Empire
From: The High Command

We have complied to your demands now hand over our POWs.

"I don't think that was meant for this frigate." Skykes walked in.
"We share a frequency. All Abh ships can see that."
"Let me talk to the Emperor before you comply. I want to tell him my opinion on the matter."
"What makes you think you can get an audience with him?"
"Tell him a Skykes Zecker wants to see him. He'll know who I am."

The SeaQuest ships monitored the incoming Deatharon message. However, as it was directed at the Abh, they ignored it. All of their weapons were pointed at the Shadow ships in-system.

Atosuryua commanded a Whitestar along side a SeaQuest X.O. "Prepare to form up around Lord Rahl's SSD."

The same unfortunate Colonel came in to meet the Emperor. "Y-Your Highness, Deatharon has released the marines and we have reports from a medical frigate that they have been returned. They want their POWs back."

Dusanyu nodded. "Of course. Clean them up, give their clothes and personal possesions back." The colonel bowed and left the room.

A communications officer was on standby when Command Zecker was coming through. "Your Highness, Commander Zecker wishes to speak with you."

Dusanyu nodded. "Put him on screen." The holographic screen took on the image of Skykes. "Commander, I'm glad to see you well. What can I do for you? As you know, we are in the middle of a battle. You'll forgive me if I seem in a rush."

Jump Points continued to open in the Abh system as more SeaQuestian ships began to arrive. The latest batch was made of a group of twenty Liandra class cutters.

"Hello emperot. This line is secure, correct? I understand you're in a battle right now, so I'll make this quick. Have you realesed the Deatharon Prisoners yet? Have you nterrogated them yet? If you still have them, I want a word with them. I'll interrogate them myself. I'm from the Armed Republic, you didn't say anything about us not interrogating them. This is my one chance. Please don't ask me why, just put me in a room with their commander."

The Emperor sighed and plopped down in his chair. He layed his head in his hands. The channel was secure or else it wouldn't have been directed to the war room. Dusanyu looked up from his hands. "There will be a transport ship taking the prisoners to Deatharon Prime. They will be escorted by a score of Guardships for protection. The transport will pass by your location. Have a shuttle ready and be prepared to board the transport ship. You may interogate them on the way back to Deatharon Prime. I can only guarantee you the amount of time that it will take to get there which is quite substantial."

The garrison commander went through the cells unlocking the doors for the prisoners. All personal affects were returned along with clothing. They were escorted onto a large transport ship. "Congratulations. You are all going home." The commander ushered them all in as they were placed in separate rooms.

The ship along with a contigent of Guardships took off heading for the medical frigate.

Squadron Commander Cain and the other Prisioners marched in military single file line to the Transport. They were all pleased to be able to see the Fatherland again. They hoped they would not be in trouble for surrendering to the Abh in the first case.

They waited for the ship to reach there Fatherland.

"Thank you emperor. I'll try and make sure they know you had no part in this."

Zecker smiled. This little expedition may not have been useless after all.

Medical Frigate, Hangar
"I need a shuttle."
"Don't we all? Take a number and get in line." Said the tech on duty.
"Listen asshole, the emperor himself has authorized me to a shuttle, either you give me one or I take on from you." Skykes stood a little straighter, waiting for the tech to size him us in his 7 feet tall 250 pound frame. It had the desired affect.
"Take number 9 over there. What is this for, by the way?"
'Sorry, that information is highly classified. If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Just let me know when the shuttle carrying the Deatharon men comes by. Krytson! Get over here."
His second in command jogged over.
"YOu get the uh instruments?"
"All of them. Took some doing, but I got 'em."
"Good."
They boarded nu,ber 9 and took off, waiting for the Deatharon transpot to come near enough to dock with.

Squadron Commander Cain and his fellow prisioners headed onwards to what they thought was home. Soon they would see there Fatherland and families again. They all were pleased that a cease fire had been initiated by the High Command they were worried this war would have been to the death of one nation or the other.

Now it's my turn Deatharon

"The ship's in range now commander...uh..."
"Skykes."

Skykes broadcast a message to the prisoner's ship.
"This is Skykes Zecker of the Armed Republic of Paintcheck. The emperor should have told you I would be coming aboard for something classifed. Please acknowledge, over."
"Roger that Commander, proceed to docking bay 4."
Zecker manuvered into the opening. He popped the cockpit and he and Krytson stepped out. They were wearing their full battle armor to intimidate the prisoners.
"You have the stuff?"
"Right here boss."
"Perfect."

Skykes walked into the hold where the Deatharon Prisoners were kept.
"Which one of you is the officer in charge?"
Cain raised his hand. Skykes grabbed him, rammed him up against the wall and flex cuffed him tightly. Krytson covered the toher prisoners. As quickly as they had entered the room, they were gone,

Skykes entered an open room locked the door, and then brought a chair and kiciked Cain's legs so he fell into it.
"Alright, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. I know the Abh Empire said no torture or interrogations, but I'm not ffrom the Abh empire, and none of my actions fall under there law. I want answeres and I want them now. We'll start simple, what is your name, rank and what do you do in the Deatharon military?" Zecker waited for an answer.

OOC: "Insert Evil Laugh here" Seems I have taught you well in the way of Facist tatics.

IC:

Cain responds, "I am a Gaurda Class Squadron Commander, My name is Cain Zarman. I lead a Gaurda Class Fighter squadron into battle." Cain was feeling nervious but the C.I.C. trains its officers to withstand most interagation tatics.

OOC: You say Facist, I say Sadist.

OOC: Whats the differnce?

Faicst is telling a commander to send a man to his death (sound familiar?) What I'm doing is roughing your guy up a little lol. Revenge is best served with a rifle butt

"There's no reason we can't be civil about this Commander Cain. 2nd question: Are you being dropped at Deatharon Prime, which I have had the misfortune of visitin recently or are you landing on a ship?"

Skykes had basic interrogation training, and he was good at it. Because of his slightly more civil approach after being rough, he could get answers to simple questions and move to slightly mor classified ones slowly, so the prisoner relaxed and started answering without thinking. Zecker noticed it was working to a liitle extent on Cain, who was almost relaxed now. Come on, tell me what I want to know...

OOC: You want to interigate(sp?) someone, I have the perfect race for it.

Cain finally said, "I think an Ithkul Hive Ship is picking us up." Cain realized he let something slip and started to be silent. Stupid mistakes like that would get you beaten in basic.

Do you have some of them with you nearby? Remember, we're moving toward the Deatharon Systems.

Yes!

"Whose the C.O. of that ship? I'll tell you something, I'm not interested in you at all, or even your planet/nation. I just want some vengeance. I have no problem taking it out on you if you're uncooperative. Just remember, nothing I can or will do to you will be any worse than what you're facist higher ups inflicted on me and my men on that godforsaken prison world Zeros." The prisoner seemed surprised. No one came out of Zeros and remembered it, if they came back at all.
Skykes seemed please. "That's right, I know all about Zeros. I know about your ithkul, and your psykers. The camp C.O. of Zeros was transferred into medical afer I got done with him, look that up."

OOC: Well considering they seem to be in the Milky Way because the Abh lack intergalactic Engines. The Deaths Head Hive Fleet has a few out here.

IC:
Cain started to shake Zeros was one of those places that were not suppose to exist to the rest of the Confederation's population. He said, "I can not afford to tell you any more. The Confederation would label me a dissident and send me and my family to Zeros."

"Just between you and me, your higher ups don't know that I kow what I know. I beat the mind wipe. I'll give you another chance before i start to get mad just because you have a family. I'll even ask it more clearly. Is Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt the commanding officer of that ship?" Again Cain was surprised at how much this man knew of the inner workings of the Deatharon military.
"I know he was transfereed to a hive ship. I'm starting to get impatient. It's a long way to Deatharon from here, I know from experiance."

OOC: Fleet Marshal Dylan hunt would be in the Aries Supercluster with Waffens hive ships. This guy would not know that he is a low level officer and was captured when the Abh surrounded them at the inital battle.

Cain in all honesty did not know where the Fleet Marshal was. He made the mistake of saying, "Sir I have no idea where Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt would be he is know through out the military as being elusive and dangerious."

[OOC I know that, but remember Skykes doesn't know when this guy was captured. He's been rotting in your prison also.[/OOC]

"That's not going to cut it." Skykes hit him at the base of the spine with his rifle butt. It wasn't a hard hit, but anything to the spine hurts.
"In 10 years of ship boarding, I've never failed a mission or had any man killed. Going after your fleet marshal was my first mission where we had dead men. Although we got the intel out, it resulted in our capture. I want you to make no mistake: I'm not doing this for the good of anyone. I want revenge for the 20 men I lost, for the men who were wounded, and for the men who will never be the same because of what they saw in Zeros. I had the fleet marshal in my hand practically and then was captured. I want him, he's not getting away from me even if I have to go after him in this ship right now with only myself and my 2nd in command over there." Skykes was careful not to show he was angry just indifferent. He was also careful not say any names.
"That shot to the spine hurt, but I know of many other ways to make you hurt a lot more. I have all sorts of toys in that pack over there that I will use if you don't give me answers. Answer the question NOW."

Cain responds in a quivering voice, "Sir I was captured at the Blitzkrieg agaisnt the Abh. I don't know what happened after that. I was captured due to a mistake in jump coordinates and ended up surrounded by Abh ships. I swear on the life of my family and the Fatherland that I do not know where Fleet Marshal Dylan Hunt is." He quivered, "I do know where he lives however."

That's it, tell me everything

"Glad you see reason. Alright, I'll believe that. I was captured in that same battle. Tell me where he lives. Not usefull now, but it'll be useful after this war.. Just out of curiosity, how does someone like you know that info? Your answer better be a good one, or something very painful will happen to you. Don't lie to me."

Cain scoffs, "That man is a legend in the Deatharon military. He has been around since the days of the Empire. He started as a lowly peasant cabin boy in some petty war frigate and became the 2nd most powerful military leader in the Space Navy and the 1st is the sister to the former prince and Fuhrer. He has more war medals than most people can hope to achieve in a lifetime. One might say he is the last true Deatharon military commanders of the old days."

"Thanks I'll keep that in mind. Answer the question. Oh, and here's another one for oyu to ponder: How much combat duty has he seen? How many of his men has he seen die right next to him and be powerless against it? Does he know what it's like to never be acknowlged as a hero, never be noticed, never even being revealed to the public as existing? I have had all that happen to me, and I've served 10 years of combat duty. I have no medals because the government can't acknowledge that my men exist. I have no rank. I have no name to anyone except a few people iin my own country, though I drop it all around out here because I'll never see any of these people again."
Skykes hoped that the young pilot in front of him got the message: not everyone with medals have earned them. He was also hoping the pilot would respect him, and not fear him.

OOC: @Paintcheck: I know this may seem like I am pulling one out of my rear, but this is the best I could do to get one to your location while most of my forces are protecting the Abh capital in case the Shadow ships get any funny ideas.

IC: Outside

A Vor'Cha class attack cruiser decloaked off the starboard bow. A woman was beamed over to the Abh frigate before the ship recloaked and returned to its course to join the ships protecting the Abh capital.

Inside

The woman walked down towards the room where the Paintcheck officer was interrigating the Deatheron pilot. She passed several crew members along the way, but they "seemed" to not see her as she walked by.

She grinned and thought, "Ahh, the joys of being a half-Betazoid/half-Alteran. All the strengths of both, none of the weaknesses."

She stopped outside the chamber's door and used her telepathic abilites to command one of those inside to open the door.

Cain feeling that this foriegner was judging his hero responded, "Keep in mind I served under Dylan Hunt's Fleet. I have about 8 years active duty and have been in the reserves since I was a lad at the age of 16. I was around in the days of the Empire. Dylan Hunt is a product of those rather dark times. He gave the common man hope as he advanced through the Imperial Military. He has roughly 25 years of active duty and has been in the reserves at the age of 13. (The Empire liked to train all male children early.) He may seem evil but damn it he is no coward and has proved his mettle to the nobles and Confederation High command and the people. He has even lead defenese of the Antaries Galaxy back in the day when we controled it."

OOC: Dylan Hunt looks young but thats due to cloneing he has been killed a few times.

"Not a coward, right. That explains why I spent 20 minutes chasing him through the mothership with him running for his life. Yeah I was captured, but not by him. I'll ask you one more time nicely, stop stalling and answer the damn question already."
Krytson got up and opened the door, and saw a woman standing on the otherside.
"Who the hell are you?" That's Krytson for you... Skykes thought.

Seaquest, thanks but next time tell me if you do something like that in OOC. I had a plan going for after I was done here, but with an outside person, I might have to rethink it.

Cain responds, "He probally ran because he wanted to lead you into a trap. The man is nortious for his traps and hit and run tatics. You probally lost those 20 men out of your own incompentace. Dylan is trained not to be taken alive. He would have killed himself before submitting to surrender to a foriegner."

Skykes couldn't hold back. That last remark about his men was the last straw. He was about to slug him when Kryson beat him to it. He cocked his fist back and hit Cain so hard that he and the chair fell flat on the deck. He spoke in a menacing voice, "Don't EVER call the Commander here incompetent. Because of him, the rest of us lived. Running people into traps, as effective as it is, is cowardly." It was Skyke's turn. He planted his boot Cain's chest and spoke, "Answer the question. Where does the marshal live? If you don't tell me, I'll break a rib. That won't kill you, at least not outright, but it will hurt and you will feel it." Both men were ignoring the Seaquetian stranger.

Cain responded from his stuned state, "Seems the High Command is right. Foriegners deserve no mercy for they sure as hell do not grant any." He prepared to be tortured knowing these amautears it would probally be about as effective as a beating by a Boot instructor.

"Haha, all you Deatharon people are the same. 'We are the master race, foreigners can't hurt us, no mercy...'" With that, Skykes pushed against Cain's rbs, hard. He heard the crack, hoping that it had punctured the lung. Either way, it would still hurt like hell.
"I don't beat or torture people. I persuade them. If you ever want to see Deatharon again, I would suggest you cooperate. I could easily keep you in here and no one would know you were still here. Your family would think you were dead, and no one would ever look for you. You'd be nothing, and you'd never see your homeworld again." Skykes hoped this threat worked, but this pilot seemed patriotic and would fear that. Hopefully.

Cain replies, "The other prisioners know, They would notice my dissapearance and would tell there superiors. That would lead to war again. If you hold them then it will be war again. However if you hold me and kill me the High Command will demand to know what happened to there loyal soldier."

Cain was nervious and hurting and he wanted to kill these guys. He prayed that this man would suffer the wraith of Zeros again if he was really ever there.

"Aye, but it would be very easy to deny you ever were picked up. We could say you were never found, and claim that your comrades want to reignite the conflict. Come now, you don't honestly believ your country would start a war over 1 soldier. Or we could mindwipe that part of their memories. Make it easy on yourself. I haven't begun to huirt you yet..." Skykes left his voice trailing on purpose. He really didn't want to hurt this man, he dislike beating unarmed prisoners. But avenging his dead was a higher priority. "I'll ask again. Tell me where the marshal lives."

Cain cried out in pain and he thought in a now irrantional mind to use his Sirius pill. The Abh had returned all the items on his posseion. The Sirius pill was in his pocket he slowly reached down towards his pocket. He planed to smash it with his teeth realsing the virius that would spread out and kill all on the ship. He thought God and Fatherland forgive me for what I must do.

OOC: Sirius Virus is used by Prisioners that are going to die but want to take out the enemy with them.

Witrh almost superhuman relexes, Zecker's hand rached out and grabbed Cain's. "Don't try it." Skykes pulled his hand away from Cain's pocket and grabbed the pill. He examined it, then he smiled. "Sirius virus. Nice try, but I've got bolstered reflexes. I'm a super soldier if you will. Plus, they tried to get me to send a man to test a new virus like it on Zeros. That proof enough for you I was there?" Skykes slid the pill into a slot in his suit belt. "I can get that ribbed fixed for you. The Abh have some pretty advanced med supplies. All you got to do is tell me where the Marshal lives. Here, I'll even give you a painkiller on good faith. He reached into the bag that contained the torture devices and pulled out a syringe. It was sealed, and on the side was labled Ambiphrine 100ccs, a powerful painkiller. "See, I've got it right here. It's sealed, it's not poisoned or anything." To prove his point, Skykes shot a little of it into his blood, but not enough to have any affect. he couldn't affor to be hooped up on painkillers during this. "See, it's safe." He put a new needle on it and jabbed the pilot with it.

The Pain was terriable and he could not afford to take anymore pain. He screams out loud, "God and Fatherland forgive me, He lives on Deatharon Prime in Berlin."

OOC: Sorry about that Paintcheck. Should have TG'ed you first. She's just here to make things go faster. She can just use her telepathic abilities to confirm facts that are revealed to make sure that no fiction is disguised as truth.

IC: She says nothing but brushes past Skykes and moves a chair into the far corner of the room. Her black leather uniform (OOC: Its a two-piece suit so don't go getting any ideas) accentuating her form. The SeaQuestian women stood up straight at the information as she heard the Deatheron pilot yell. She begins to bore into his mind. She planned to plant subtle 'suggestions' in his mind that would make the ineffecient interrigation method used by the Paintcheck soldiers go faster.

Last post for tonight, it feels good to be on the winning side for once lol

"Alright, now we're getting somewhere. The painkiller should take affect soon. I can move the rib back into place if you want, but it will be excruciatingly painful. Short of surgery, all I can do is set the bone. Give me an address and I'll get some doctors to look at you. They'll fix you up. It's a long trip, so don't think you're done. I'll be watching you. No one has to know you told me what you did. Alright? I won't tell any of your pilots or anyone if you cooperate."
Skykes keyed in his radio to tell the doctors on the ship to look at Cain. All he needed now was the address.

OOC: Sorry i am haveing trouble keeping up this is a fast moveing thread. I will wait for the Abh to give me a sum of whats gone on around his capital and then post.

OOC: Congrates you have made a new enemy. He may not tell you directly but his hatered for Sykes would be the same as his hatred for Marshal Dylan Hunt.

IC: Cain just passed out even with the Pain killer he wanted to just fade into dark and dreamless sleep.

The SeaQuestain women monitered every thought that went through Cain's mind as he fainted.

I'd think he'd hate me already lol. But I have luck on my side here, because he doesn't know names, home planet, or even what Skykes's or Krytson's face looks like. (The armor they wear is MJOLNIR armor from Halo, complete with mirrored helmet). Maybe after this thread ends, you and I can slug it out in a new one.

Skykes called in medical, "We need a gurney down here fast, broken ribs."
The reply came back up, "What have you been doing to the prisoner in there?"
"Get a med team down here or there might be lasting damage. It won't be fatal though, don't think it went throught the long. He's going to need surgery. I gave him 100ccs of ambiphrnine, so alll you have to do is hook him up to anastaisia and open him up."
He turned to the captain. "Go with the med team. Make sure the second he wakes up, he's back here."
He keyed in the bridge frequency. "Bridge, send some marines down to search the prisoners, perferably enough to search them all at once. Do it gently. They have a pill with them that contains a VERY lethal virus. One bite and it releases it throughout the whole ship. If they ask where their CO is, tell them he's in medical, but don't tell them why or how. Tell them that it's not life threatening."
After all this was completed, Skykes finally turned to the strange woman who had been largely ignored up to this point.
"Who are you?"