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Closed thread to streamline the war in Psyker Bearzerkers. Includes the DOA and Marriage threads:

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Kraven Corp.
Kahanistan
Theao (Should have told me i was spelling it wrong)
Green Sun
Me (Psyker Bearzerkers)

Following the lead of Tacker's guidance, Yassir, orleo, and teh others were able to make it to their desination in one piece, taking down a number of Kraven soldiers. Earnest was the only one who actually got shot, which has never had any effect on him anyways.

The Forge Force had the entire airport cut off, barricaded, and well-defended, arming whoever knew how to shoot a gun to defend the building. Yassir was nearly turned into swiss cheese if one of his teammates hadn't identified him. The barricaded door was impossible to get through, so they entered through a secondary entrance. Once inside, Yassir ordered the green Sun military to deploy two battalions of armor, as opposed to the original one. Green Sun was about to become completely involved in a conflict they had tried to avoid.

OOC: Thanks, Kraven. My bad ><

Following the lead of Tacker's guidance, Yassir, orleo, and teh others were able to make it to their desination in one piece, taking down no less than fifteen Kraven soldiers. Earnest was the only one who actually got shot, which has never had any effect on him anyways.

The Forge Force had the entire airport cut off, barricaded, and well-defended, arming whoever knew how to shoot a gun to defend the building. Yassir was nearly turned into swiss cheese if one of his teammates hadn't identified him. The barricaded door was impossible to get through, so they entered through a secondary entrance. Once inside, Yassir ordered the green Sun military to deploy two battalions of armor, as opposed to the original one. Green Sun was about to become completely involved in a conflict they had tried to avoid.

Controlling my losses are we now?

OOC: There's my sign.

just a plain ol' bump....

The Kahanistan fleets finally landed on the coast of Psyker Bearzerkers, a force of 100,000 Imperial Marines and an uncertain number, but thousands, of Bearzerker troops from Kahanistan. The warships that had escorted the fleet remained to provide cover fire.

The large force of troops constructed a beach-head to cement their position. Intelligence had pinpointed the locations of Kraven forces, and artillery was being brought up to fire on them, to force the Capitol Police to come to them. If they decided to stay inland, they would be bombed with MiG's and B-52's from the carriers...

"What is the plan now?" Orleo asked as he switched out the spent cartridge of DT ammo for a fresh one. He didn't paticularly like the situation as he prefered his combat to be up-close and personal.

ooc: many people have mis-spelled my name, so no big

Along with Kahanistan's Battle Fleet came the last 50,000 Psyker Bearzerkers from Thorn Depot. The Kahanistan Bearzerkers had come home, along with them came the apt Garik Maw and his nephew Sorn Maw.

Garik and Sorn would give vital information on the tactic to be used in their homeland. Sorn watched over the landing of the Kahanistani and Bearzerker troops while Garik saugh Captain Federova to be of more help.

Captain Federova had just left her ship to assist in the preparations of fortifications. When she saw Garik, she remembered him as the man she had met after being told he had been released.

"Marshal, we are preparing defenses here, we hope to make the Kraven troops attack us instead of your people." She was holding an M-16, unusual for a naval officer. "We've got artillery and bombers, they can either come to us or just let us bomb the hell out of them with impunity."

"Do you happen to have any nuclear weapons?"

"What is the plan now?" Orleo asked as he switched out the spent cartridge of DT ammo for a fresh one. He didn't paticularly like the situation as he prefered his combat to be up-close and personal.

ooc: many people have mis-spelled my name, so no big


Tacker held a hand to his ear, trying to ignore the calamity that was surrounding him. "Looks like Green Sun has control of this Airport and as an ally Caulna would like to charge them with taking control of all the airports in Black Hive." Tacker lifted Sheila and fired suppression fire for his sniper to exact his deadly shots.

The Communication/Med Tech. tapped the top of his helmet and Tacker nodded, placing his hand to his ear again. "Caulna is ready to talk to you, Orleo and if your grandfather can control the situation here, she would like to speak with you as well, Yassir." Tacker remained focused in his blood list as in a few seconds he reloaded Sheila and continued to find targets.

"Got it." Orleo replied as he added a bit of cover fire as well with the DT 'micro-grenades' bullets. "Whenever you're ready."

Saluting, Maw already sporting his goulish goggles and gas mask and he talked in military bruntness. "Psyker Bearzerkers does have nukes but none of them are near Black Hive. I suggest your soldiers put on gas masks now if they don't have them on already, becuase if even the faintest breeze comes by all the ash will choke everyone.

"Black Hive is very compact any artillery thrown in there will destroy the cities inferstructure as well as having a high probability of taking civilian lives. I have intel that the native PB forces have been making movements to surround them, then heard them into Center Core." Pulling out a scimatic, Maw traced his finger around Center Core, his eyes opening with the thought of an idea.

"My Forces are mostly armor and dragoon, we need to destroy the Capitol Police more directly or else they'll keep destroying entire blocks with their damn C12. I can get techs to radio orders so that they heard you here. I can spearhead this whole thing if you like. My troops are armor and dragoons, if you would like your soldiers can stay behind my troops for cover. But you are my supirior officer and final say is yours." Maw was at attention and waiting for his orders.

Tacker was thrown to the floor by an explosion and only got up after the blinding ringing in his head subsided. "Green Sun you comming?!" Sheila preformed without fail as he lead the way to an APC.

On his way to the APC, Tacker was hit in the knee. His cartalidge was shreded to bits and his bones pulverised. Groaning in pain as his leg failed him and fell to the ground, he threw Sheila to the team sniper, the medic draging him halfway to the APC, before the medic was shot dead. Tacker was ten feet from the APC and covered by heavy Kraven fire, though at that angle he was protected by a large block of ferrocrete from a destroyed building.

"We always wear NBC when we're dealing with Kraven. We've started putting chlorine on our NBC as a countermeasure to the bioweapon, we don't know how effective it is, though..." said Captain Federova.

"I'm just a ship captain, not the invasion commander. If you want orders, you'll have to talk to Admiral Dolgova. She should be aboard our command vessel, RKS Gigantus." She pointed to an H-44 class warship about a kilometer off the shore. "Biggest thing out there."

"Besides, we have our own armor. We've brought in 600 Merkava IV tanks, 1,000 155mm Paladin guns, 80 MiG-35's and 40 B-52's."

Admiral Dolgova's voice came over Federova's radio, gravelly, like that of an older woman. She had a habit of leaving it on. "Marshal Maw? Admiral Katrina Dolgova, Kahanistan Republic Navy. The plan discussed at Kahanistan HQ was for us to mix our armor with that of the Berserkers, then put our infantry in Humvees and whatever the PB's have and come in behind the armor, and leave about 30,000 Kahanistan troops behind firing the artillery."

The radio was just sitting there, Garik could hear it easily.

Garik, personaly didn't appreciate the amount of officers needed to run a war, his throat gergled.

"Sorn, assemble all of our forces for a mechanised assult, APCs, Armor and dragoons. Have any open spaces saved for Kahanistan troops. Switch to Kahanistan radio wave. Prepare to do as Invasion Marshal Golgova orders!"

Garik was listless and yearned for battle, like an addict he needed it. he smelled his burning city and it braught a slight smile to his face, knwoing his anger would pay in kind the devistation Kraven brought to his birthplace.

70,000 Kahanistan Imperial Marines, 50,000 of them the warriors of the feared XIII Corps, along with contingents of Berserker infantry and armor, moved in toward Black Hive. In a break from her custom, Admiral Dolgova would personally command the invasion forces.

After a few minutes, the Admiral arrived from her ship, leaving its captain in command. She had graying dark hair and appeared to be in her mid-50's, and slightly heavier than average. She had a horrible habit of every other word out of her mouth being a swear unless she checked it.

"We line up the armored forces, then move in for Black Hive. We'll fight in the front together, it should help build relations between our peoples," said Dolgova. "Remember, here the loudest artillery is from our guns, firing on Kraven positions." She cast a glance at the heavy Kahanistan siege guns, firing on the Kraven and sending them to Hell, not that she believed in such a place. The Kahanistan air contingent flew overhead, to bomb Kraven troops still approaching Black Hive.

Over the PB comm. channel and the armored PB lines, the men and women of the "Kahanistan Bearzerkers" roared in the banned national language, trance-speach.

"Defiance and death!" "No surrender accepted! No quarter expected!" "Xenos die in our Misstresses land!" "Fire smelts Iron into the Skull of the Night." The roaring became more rythmic and more dogmatic according to the PB santioned church. Finnaly the line fell silent with the last trance-speach word that lasted an extended ethreal moment, like the voice of a dragon. "March"

The Kraven Forces were being Outflanked by the Pschyer Teams, Small Groups of Capitol Police were cut down in surprise by this sudden apperance of force, However it only took a few moments for The Remaining Capitol Police To prepare, and any further units attacking from behind were Greeted with a Prepared Ambush.

Capitol Police hiding inside buildings, Behind over turned cars, burnt out wrecks, anything to obscure their forms from the PB units.

Sure enough the Flanking units approached, The Capitol Police teams were waiting, using their Thermal Optics to enhance their sight, the teams waited until the PB teams were in range to cut them down mercilessly.

Suddenly each Capitol Police Trooper opened fire, their large caliber GPMG's tearing up the air in a hail storm of bullets, muzzle flare ignited the cool calm of the night as the approaching units were showered in lead...

This happend all over PB...

Green suns advance had taken down, Several Troopers, caught unawares in the opening moves of this grand chess game, But like PB the Capitol Police soon consolidated their position, and returned fire hard, with GPMG and Flame throwers, Standard Extermination squads were also operating within this Local.

Kahanistans Artillery began raining down too, Taking out multiple squads and Hitting Kraven Armour hard, Several Leman Russ's had been torn apart, and one Emperor Class lay in a smoking heap of twisted Scrap metal, all across the City scape Explosions errupted.

Kraven Basilisk Long range Artillery, began returning Fire, instead of using their Earth Shaker Shells at point blank range to obliterate buildings, their changed their targets to the Kahanistan weapons, using accurate Fire Data telemetary from the Kraven Fire base that acted as their Garrison.

The Fire Base was a hardened bunker complex, similar to what was in Kahanistan earlier, but was a lot more Sophisticated, it had been here a lot longer and so was a lot more well protected, the Bunkers were hardened against Artillery...

Kraven Forces however instead of straight up Exterminating the populace, instead began rounding them up, into large groups in the streets, Kahanistans Artillery would begin hitting these Civilian Groups as well, Perhaps Kahanistan didn't care, but regardless Innocent blood would be on their hands, when their reason for being here was to save them.

Still, In areas that were out of Kahanistan Artillery Range, The Extermination had stepped up a pace, New Extermination squads had been brought up to speed up the process, Many squads now Flushed people out with Flame Throwers and Phosphorus Grenades, while Stood Waiting outside were APC's their large caliber weapons cutting down civilians as they tried to escape the flames.

Armour Continued to randomly shell buildings, while Several Emperor Class's simply drove through them, collapsing them with their large Armoured frames, Capitol Police teams were still using C12 to Destroy large portions of City blocks, Increasing the amount used so to speed up the Effort...

Tacker was thrown to the floor by an explosion and only got up after the blinding ringing in his head subsided. "Green Sun you comming?!" Sheila preformed without fail as he lead the way to an APC.

On his way to the APC, Tacker was hit in the knee. His cartalidge was shreded to bits and his bones pulverised. Groaning in pain as his leg failed him and fell to the ground, he threw Sheila to the team sniper, the medic draging him halfway to the APC, before the medic was shot dead. Tacker was ten feet from the APC and covered by heavy Kraven fire, though at that angle he was protected by a large block of ferrocrete from a destroyed building.
Orleo began laying down a heavy load of DT fire, the mini-grenade bullets detonating in quick concert as he ran over to the chunk of ferrocrete that Tacker was hiding behind.

Pulling out a tensor bandage, which was better than nothing, as the two remained sheltered by the building material, he began wrapping it around Tacker's knee.

Two of our aircraft carriers are within range of striking the enemy now. They are beginning to target and fire apon enemy held positions, including anti-aircraft and tank positions. The rest of our fleet will be able to deploy our armor and infantry battalions within a day, two at most. An amphibious assault will begin before Chinooks deploy troops in he Hive and begin to capture airports for allied use.

The Forge Force and Earnest are still holed up in the airport, fighting off incoming soldiers. They will be air-lifted away as soon as it is possible to do so.

SIC: To PBM and allied forces.
With the consolodation of Kraven's own postion, AA squads, armored and dragoon elelments of the Native PB military, take time to acess the situationat hand. Dragoons are to ride into the holed Kraven squads, with armor support in the form of APCs and tanks. Any Armored resistance encountered by PB is to be delt with by PEST tank busters or the AA squads.

To effectivly put this plan in motion, all availible forces able to mobalise and in the vicinity should act as a tacticle reverve force to the forces already involved.

Caulna looked at the digital map, color coded to show the destruction of her city and the postion of various units. Turning around she saw Marik and Kida, She asked Marik to take over with transmitting orders for the time being?

In their own personal sign language, Caulna started asing Kida questions like an interrgator. Were are Orleo and Yassir? Did PEST-53 find them? Why haven't they reported back?

Were are the Kahanistans now? They have a beach head don't they? Quickly she slid in a comment to lighten the situation. Your boyfriend Sorn is with them isn't he? Been a long time since he has seen a real Psyker woman?

Kida didn't flinch at the remark, but continued to pay attention. But were are the Kahanistans? Why haven't they contacted us yet? A PEST team says they want to bomb the city with 'big birds' and artillery? They want to treat us like their AMF allies? Get me the Invasion Marshal! Kida saluted quickly left into another dark chamber and met Triben Snow, one of the most deadly soldiers ever to be bred by PB.

"Sir!"

"At ease Kida. Tell me."

"We need a contact with Kahanistan, three Recon PESTs to monitor their beachhead progress and a connection to PEST-53."

"Tell Caulna that PEST-53 is between C.C. and an unknown airport at this point. GS Forge Forces are holding the airport but could use some help soon. So right now PEST-53 is a Psyker Elite Strike Team suiters an APC and Kraven soldiers shooting fire and brimstone at them." Snow, took a breath after his nearly non-stop speach. "But other than that we are as pure as blood can be, yan?" He smiled.

Kida turned to go towards Caulna, not as optimistic as Triben. "Non."

"This is Corpreal Yassir Equanant. We have reached the airport and the otehrs are safe. We can hold this position only if it isn't assaulted with a large force. We are short of men and we need reinforcements until the Green Sun forces get here. If anyone needs an evac from the Hive, Green Bird Two is taking off as soon as it's safe and it will bring all that it can carry to Green Sun."

Admiral Dolgova radioed the artillery units and bombers. "All artillery and bomber units, make sure to bomb the Kraven forces OUTSIDE the cities, our armor and infantry will deal with the ones inside. And make sure they're Kraven units, don't drop anything on MY head before we even get to the cities. Dolgova out."

The bombers changed direction, attacking advancing Kraven troops and giving radio coordinates to the Kahanistan artillery units to shell where there weren't enough bombers. Meanwhile, the Kahanistan ground troops were nearly at Black Hive...

Marik Severcide watched as binary was translated into the scrolling information of unit movement, kills and losses. In an earpiece he heard a report on the airway situation.

"I need Dog Company from the 6th division, down there now. If they find any stragglers, tell them to join them. Any one who can shoot and is in the vicinity to hold it. I need that airport held till GS gets here.

"I want a communication line with Kahanistan… Now! Why don't I know were they are?"

In a less then clever way to calm the War Marshal, a Bearzerker answered his rhetorical question. "Sir, they are ready to enter the city!" With 210 pounds of muscle supporting the inertia he put in his gauntleted back hand that broke the soldiers goggles and cut his face open. Medics attempted to stop the bleeding around his eye, broken jaw and the rip in his cheek; they decided to take him into surgery.

Marik said nothing and the nearby soldiers were frozen. "Kahanistan! Give me a damn network with them now!" Clearing his throat he spoke to himself this time. "Where’s Garik Maw..."

Guns raised they signaled their approach to Green Sun. "Equanant! We’re Dog Company from the sixth to help you out!" With some of the soldiers they had picked up, the officer ordered 'the spares' to help out a PEST that had been heavily covered by Kraven fire.

*****

And from the extreme flank came three whole squads, 15 heavy guns pounded that one Kraven position. Grenades, machine guns and rockets hit the bodies and rubble hard enough to send bone fragments and rebar through the hardest body armor.

Behind them, sharp shooter and trained snipers watched their backs and scouted for squads that would come in support. "PEST-53! Get down!" Whistling rockets howled and exploded with shaped high explosive charges. "Looks like you need grunts to help you this time." The PEST from the APC fired along with the small relief force and aided in dragging the PEST Leader to the APC in with no further harm.

As soon as all passengers’ were in the APC it would retreat to its original destination. 'The Spares' fired to keep Kraven's head down, instead of attacking the position, they went to consolidate the airport, rather then press any attack.

And from the extreme flank came three whole squads, 15 heavy guns pounded that one Kraven position. Grenades, machine guns and rocket hit the bodies and rubble hard enough to send bone fragments and rebar through the hardest body armor.

Behind them, sharp shooter and trained snipers watched their backs and scouted for squads that would come in support. "PEST-53! Get down!" Whistling rockets howled and exploded with shaped high explosive charges. "Looks like you need grunts to help you this time." The PEST from the APC fired along with the small relief force and aided in dragging the PEST Leader to the APC in with no further harm.

As soon as all passengers’ were in the APC it would retreat to its original destination. 'The Spares' fired to keep Kraven's head down, instead of attacking the position, they went to consolidate the airport, rather then press any attack.

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Orleo helped Tacker to the APC with the re-inforcements and boarded one as well.

For all the driver knew this was everyone and he needed to leave before this target became too ripe. Another APC was in the area and he could radio the location to him anyways.

From the front seat the driver spoke. "Yassir and Orleo here?" He didn't wait for a response. "I'm to take you to Caulna, but first I have to drop you off at a pre arranged spot and you'll be escorted there by multiple PESTs to the final place." The driver hit the pedal hard and they accelerated drastically, he weaved around rubble and bodies.

On a television, not in Psyker Bearzerkers, a news reporter and camera man taped the carnage. Like sick games played in other part this was being taped with the dead as trophies to be viewed.

"This is no game folks! We have sources have the casualty count is at the very least 127,000! I repeat at least 127,000 civilian citizens of Psyker Bearzerkers have died in the opening moments of this war. For several days the wonton destruction of civilian residence was perpetrated by Kraven Capitol Police, even if their attention is now on the war with Psyker Bearzerkers and her new allies, they still find a away to destroy Corporate Owned Housing. Black Page Publishers was hit hardest when two of their apartment complexes were destroyed.

"We have word... That, yes! That the last few units from Silica are in Black Hive! We haven't been given any information on military numbers but that would bring our estimated strength around 900,000, when not counting casualties. This reporter has seen it all! I showed you the original 'Kraven Emulation' and now we see the beast being destroyed. But the truth us that while we have almost 1 million troops in Black Hive most of them are being used to make sure the citizens are not being killed. After they are but into safety camps the units roll with their deadly speed to destroy this enemy!"

*****

The Mechanized ‘Kahanistan-Bearzerker’ force was making its way to BH with all haste. Ash clouds in their wake, they saw the tall spires of the city claw the sky as well as the 'smoke worm' parasites that fed on it and was destroying it.

Admiral Dolgova's 70,000 troops finally arrived in Black Hive, which by now was a war zone.

She wanted to coordinate with the PB commanders. "All right, is there a PB general commanding the defenses that I can contact, so we all know where my troops can best go?" she asked on the radio.

The PB picket around Black Hive was mostly communications, away from the war and Kraven attacks.

An officer waved at the Kahanistan line that had stopped short of entering Black Hive. "You Kahanistan?" He yelled as he walked to the Dolgova. "The biggest Kraven consentration is the here." Pointing to the green residentual area, "And between Center Core. All roads lead to Center Core, mate! You want Calna Pox herself you come with me to the adio, okay Deary?" No doubt he was crass and had a blatent disregard to her rank and role in the defence of Black Hive...

Dolgova nodded crossly to a Kahanistan Lieutenant General. "XIII Corps, you secure Center Corps, other troops secure the residential area, and contact the bombers, tell them to bomb anything Kraven that's not actually IN the city."

The three-star general saluted her and radioed the air forces, to seal the Kraven troops in the city, where they could be slaughtered by the armor and infantry of the Allied forces, and keep the reinforcements out, where they could be bombed and shelled with impunity.

Dolgova then turned to the PB officer. "Learn how to talk to an Admiral properly. It should be in your field manual, how to talk to the commander of the forces risking their goddamn lives to save your hides. Hopefully this Caulna Pox knows how to speak to me properly." She could be something of a b*tch, but if she was treated respectfully she would generally treat others respectfully.

"I'm here." Orleo replied incidentally as he was pressed back into his seat by the accepteration. Tapping the safety on, he hoped that everything was going to turn out alright, with the invading asses getting shredded.

Caulna looked at the digital map, several renderings of Black Hive and a few in 3D. Kida was next her, giving orders vocally and analyzing Kraven and Allied movements.

For the moment, her officers were able to handle the stratigic situation on their own, Marik was far more expierinced then herself and was left in charge for the moment.

Orleo and Yassir?

"I have confirmation that Orleo is on the first APC, but Yassir is staying in the airport with the other GS forces until their units arrive. He'll be safe I'm sure.

Kahanistan?

"They have arrived, were offended by a high ranking officer, I'll give you one guess who, and we need to intagrate our command structure to coordinate out movements with them more easily.

Were Is Green Sun now?

"Here any minute as soon as Green Sun cheaks in with us."

Pleasent. The operation needed to be stepped up, Kraven's end here was inevitable.

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Some things just would not add up, Marik would slavingly pour over the data and stacks of paper, while the civilian death count in Black Hive hovered over 307,000 the population of Psyker Bearzerkers was rising. Obviously it was in a region other then Ash Wastes, but from were, and who?

One thing for sure was that it was Psyker Bearzerkers, the government had DNA and every type of data file available to track and monitor the progress and movement of her PB's Children...

Even before he went into a state of meditation, it hit him! House Spitz! The most brutal and notorious of any of the Houses of Psyker Bearzerkers, even before Marik was born, House Spitz was exiled. Sent on a penitence crusade for atrocities in and during wartime, all house members and anyone with blood-ties to the house, including civilians, were forced to beg forgiveness during a 350 year crusade from Anah-Mizm. Their brutal efficiency would be greatly appreciated now.

*****

With the XIII on their tails, the Mech Kahanistan Bearzerkers hit Kraven forces with lighting speed. Dragoon bikes riding into, over and through them, with twin linked mounted machine guns blazing. Behind them APC used their own guns to support the squads they unloaded. Tanks and AA squads pounded the Capitol Polices' positions without mercy of second thought, just like a Kraven...


OOC: Kraven i know you're busy but could you at least post your losses? Reply on ooc thread.

The Kraven Forces were being hit in Random locations, Mainly on the outskirts of the City where Resistance had first been light, Several Squads had been taken out, Caught unawares by the Sudden and brutal attack fitting for an Enemy such as Kraven...

Squads began communicating across the Command Relay, Calling up heavy Armour, Within a few minutes The Heavy Emperors and the smaller Leman Russ's were being moved up to support the Units being caught in the Outskirts of the city...

Even Kahanistans Random air strikes were causing damage, hitting Capitol Police Units as they Fell back into Defensive Positions... Capitol police Corpses littered the streets, But still the Capitol Police fought on with Inhuman fury, their Optical Mags enhancing the battle ground, allowing them to lay down Accurate surpressive Fire as they dropped back...

However the Effectivness of the Command Relay was about to show its ability, as Units that were not being engaged were ordered to Reinforce the Pinned down squads in the Outer regions, Using the Tightly Packed streets for cover and moving from building to Building, Several Extermination squads, Supported by Sturmpanzer units and Anti Tank squads began to outflank the Enemy formations that were now pressing against the Pinned down units...

As soon as they arrived they swept into the units hard, Mounting their Bayonets upon GPMG's while the Extermination squads lay down a deadly barrage of fire against enemy formations... while the AT Units hammered enemy Armour and APC's with deadly Missile fire...

Further Inside the City where the Capitol Police had been rounding up Civilians to avoid Kahanistan Artillery and Air Strikes, the Extermination began anew, APC's were spraying the Civilians with .50 Cal machine gun fire, while Extermination squads Set fire to anything that moved, creating an immense conflagration... a Fitting Funeral pyre....

This was happening all over the city, giant black plumes of smoke billowed out into the sky blotting out the sun, and the stench of Burning flesh filled the lungs of all those near by, and the sounds of gun fire, explosions and screams all mixed together to create one unholy morass of Sound....

The Capitol Police continued thier job without pausing for one moment, not phased at all... Buildings were demolished and Armour roamed the Streets gunning down civilians as they fled with Assault Cannon fire, while the Large caliber 185mm ETC cannon sent shells soaring into Buildings...

The Destruction Continued... as all across the city the Black Jackboots of the Capitol Police marched... and Death Followed in their Wake...

Admiral Dolgova noticed in horror that Kraven forces were rounding up civilians. She had expected this and that was why the bombers and artillery were ordered to only attack positions and movements outside the cities, but she had never actually seen Kraven atrocities first-hand, just in briefing videos.

After she finished being sick behind a bombed-out house, she ordered the tanks to form a wall and move in on the Kraven lines where civilians were being slaughtered. The armored forces clashed with the CP troopers head-on while the infantry prepared for an attack with anti-armor rounds on the enemy...

The reinforcing Kraven units flanking attacks felled many bearzerkers. Knowing the city, their home, they retraeted with the support of their own covering fire to a point were they regrouped with reserved support squads. Then they would then hammer the Kraven CP with RPG's and .50 caliber machine gun fire.

The 100,000 Kahnistan Bearzerkers were reunited and pressed their attack without mercy. After being deployed, the soldiers and their APC's unleshed fire and lead. They would exterminate one squad and like a swarm of locusts move to the next. There knowledge of the city incresed their degree of mobility. They would never stop moving, they would never stop hunting, war was not a static art and they pressed thier muzzles to Kraven's head now.

Hawk's Dragoons, a mercenary battalion that has joined Psyker Bearzerkers thanks to the MMB(migrant mercenary bill), approached the coast line of the nation and once they were the within fifteen miles, transmitted the codes given to them to gain entrance to the conflict raging in the city of Black Hive.

Triben Snow, leader of the Psyker Elite Strike Team Program was incharge of all movements, from any nation, in and out of Psyker Bearzerkers.

The codes from Hawk's Dragoons was passed easily and he ordered escorts to bring them in, and while en route to Black Hive, breif them on the situation.


*****

The APC arrived at it's intended destination. The Driver ordered everyone out, medics stood waiting to take care of Tacker and his destroyed knee.

Before he was taken away, he grabbed Orleo's shirt. "Hey. Your not bad for a Xeno." A complement, Tacker was now out of action.

Even as the Units of Bearzerker fell back, The Trooper pressed their attack, wading through Covering fire, While Several Troopers fell, their Protect Gear gave them ample protection and the Majoritory of the Squads continued their attack.., Eac Squad hounded the retreating units with GPMG fire and Phosphorus Grenades, While the Units fell back and Regrouped, the Attack didn't stop, Bearzerkers may have the Natural Know how of the City to make them mobile, but the Corporation had Electronic Maps and The Command Relay, Each trooper knew exactly where they were Going, and Continued the attack...

As the Bearzerker Units Regrouped, Phosphorous Grenades were launched into their position, sending great plumes of Burning hot white smoke into the atmosphere, while the caustic effects of these weapons tore into exposed flesh...

As soon as these weapons had Gone of the Capitol Police pressed the attack, sending in a wave of gun fire while through one Building tore the behemoth that was the Emperor Class... to its Flanks rolled Leman Russ's battle tanks of the Corporation, Instantly their barrels were raised and Shells were sent Screaming into the Units...

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(The Leman Russ)



The Sponson Mounted Assault cannons on the Emperor lay down a heavy Supressive Fire, as The Turret mounted and Forward mounted assault cannons opened fire, joining the Sponsons in a Symphony of Lead...

The Leman Russ's fired their 170mm Smooth Bore Battle Cannon sending a massive HE Shell screaming into Enemy positions...

While at the same time, Heavy Bolter sponsons of the Leman russ lay down an Inevitable Hail of lead...


Further in side the City Kahanistan Armour Smashed into the Capitol Police units, Cutting them Down... Several units were oblitereated in the mailstrom of Fire, until the Remaining units in the area consolidated their position and Regrouped...

Basilisk Earthshaker Mobile Artillery Redirected their Shells at the armour that had now appeared, firing literaly point blank into the armour that ws present...

Still In other areas of the City The Populace was continuing to be exterminated, Capitol police forcing people out into the streets, Cutting them down like they were paper...

Women and Children were forced to their knees, all lined up, while a Capitol Police Trooper simply took his Bayonet and slit their throats...

While Funeral pyers were being created all over, more and more black plumes reached out into the sky like oily Black Fingers...

The HDs accepted the escort and headed into the city as they received the briefing on the situation in the embattled city.

************

"And you're not bad for a nationalist." Orleo replied, "Get well soon." He added as he let the medics take over.

If the burning piles of human flesh had not been their own people, Psyker Bearzerkers everywere would have been feasting on the burnt flesh, the smell was sweet and undeniable. But these were their naighbors, their friends and famalies. It filled them with suck a rage that their body tempature rose several degrees.

With a blood curling scream all over Black Hive, Bearzerkers abandoned thier retrat and regroup tactic. Instead with the support of Armor and Dragoon Teams, they smashed through everything that opposed them. Taking Kraven Troops Head on. Kraven knew its own armor's weaknesses. Aiming accuratly for the neck and joints, Bearzerkers fell after multiple shots impacted. But they pressed on Kraven with out mercy, they would never loose their homes to these inhumans, these filthy, XENOS!

The PESTs in the cities were all being refitted, either as Tank Buster or Sniper Squads, their job was to casue the most damage to Kraven's armor and command structure. They were being cycled, while a squad was refitted another would go out in the city, easily finding the Kravens who had no concept of sutblty. Rockets of HE with armor piercing heads attacked the back of tanks while Bearzerker Squads occupied the Kraven tanks.

Even with Kraven's Heat Seeking vision, their natural inclination to do things systematicly and efficiantly, would be a hinderence. The smaller PEST squads were 'less' of a threat, with no more then five a squad, the Grunt Bearzerkers seemed a more ideal target...

Snipers descreatly shot round after round of .50 caliber armor piercing rounds into the heads of Kraven Capitol Police. Serching for Marshals and secret police first, no Kraven was ever ignored his chance to say 'hello' to a head shot.

A gruff reconizabl voice called Orleo over. "Orleo, come here, boy.' Marik Severcide old and impatient with the situation called him over.

"We have word that a battallion of troops from Theao have arrived and are on their way to Black Hive. Hawk's Dragoons, they are called. We want you to help set up a command with them so that we can smoothly communicate with them, we hope you'll accept?"

"Hawk's Dragoons?" Orleo commented, shocked, "You must really have inpressed Hawk or have a large treasury. I'll liason for you." He added, while wondering how they'd gotten him to work for them.

Marik could not remember anything of particular note, in the international community that might have drawn Hawk's Dragoons attention.

But now he needed to concentrate. "Loren, eta?"

"Hours, Sir. Three at most."

"Thank you, keep close to them and keep your eyes peeled."

"Copy that, Sir."

"What can you tell me about Hawk and his unit, Orleo?"

"Let's see, Hawk is my cousin once removed on my mother's side though I havn't seen him in ages. His merc company is very nasty in both jungle and urban terrain, both in attacking and defending, thought if you can, I'd ask him to leave the HE at home." Orleo replied, "He has a nasty habit of dropping buildings on the heads of people."

Marik laughed. "I believe he would make friends with Snow." Marik Puled up a digital map of Black Hive. CP were scattered throughout the city, they were dicipating from the Center Core area, presumibly because They had not found Caulna.

"Between the Recycler and the residential quarter is were they have put themselves. Where do you think Hawk would be most effective?"

Caulna was tracking the movements of the PESTs. They were in constant motion. She was the Grand Bearzerker now, she wasn't really allowed to lead a charge anymore. Her best friend and one of the most loyal assassin, was translating their privite sign language into orders that were controling every PEST.

*****

The Mechanised Kahanistan Bearzerkers were in a rage. With Lighning speed, they would crash into Kraven Squads with 1 ton Armored Dragoon Bikes. From their earliest ages these men and women were bred to ride these vehicles in the warzone. Firing twin linked machine guns, their fire carved into the slower Kraven CP.

Kraven was not incompatant however, and soldiers, dragoons, PESTs and APCs fell to their assult rifles. Dragoons, burning from phosphorus grenades made last ditch efforts to explode as close as possible to the attacking Kraven Police.

The City was burning in fire and smoke was collecting inside the spires. Emergency vents were opened for the first time in centuries. Only large enough to fit a small child through, thousands opened, Black Hive was an evil mass, spewing smoke in every direction. The recycler was working overtime, never before had it worked so hard, there was a constant wind going though it, approching hurricane force at certain points.

OOC: Anyone can make a post, but wait for responses (mine) as i'll be out of town on bussiness and wont be able to post anything of my own, dont let the thread die, Please-Eh!

Marik laughed. "I believe he would make friends with Snow." Marik Puled up a digital map of Black Hive. CP were scattered throughout the city, they were dicipating from the Center Core area, presumibly because They had not found Caulna.

"Between the Recycler and the residential quarter is were they have put themselves. Where do you think Hawk would be most effective?"

"I'd think the residentials, but you should get word from Hawk's XO for more accuracy." Orleo replied

The Kahanistan troops did not fall back. Their armored commanders ordered the Merkava IV MBT's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkava IV) to attack the Kraven Leman Russ tanks. They were to hold their ground at all costs.

Imperial Marine infantry behind the armor fired shoulder-launched anti-armor weapons onto the Emperors and snipers targeted the Capitol Police executioners' heads with their Dragunov sniper rifles. These snipers often fired their weapons from the tops of houses, outside sewers, and even from underneath damaged Kahanistan and Kraven tanks. Admiral Dolgova had ordered that protecting the civilians took priority, that was why she was unwilling to allow bombing or shelling of the city itself, or deployment of Kahanistan's new nuclear stockpile.

Meanwhile, satellite intelligence was feeding information of Kraven positions outside the city to the Kahanistan destroyers and cruisers that had escorted the ground forces to Psyker Bearzerkers, and were now firing huge naval guns and cruise missiles at the Kraven forces that were not inside cities.

Guns raised they signaled their approach to Green Sun. "Equanant! We’re Dog Company from the sixth to help you out!" With some of the soldiers they had picked up, the officer ordered 'the spares' to help out a PEST that had been heavily covered by Kraven fire.
"Negative," Yassir replied, "I have orders from the General to hold this position until reinforcements come and them I am to report to Caulna. My Grandfather may, if he wishes, however."
"Yeah, I'll go, I'm a better shot than Yassir anyway."
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The loud crackling of jets roared overhead as the initial recons scouted the area. Within twenty minutes, huge planes were flying overhead, dropping many items from the rear of the planes. They sped towards the ground and then parachutes deployed as Green Sun Aerial Marines were deployed in the city. They were dropped in the Airport district (SIC) to control the airports.

Green Sun armor battalions, a mix with Goliath Massive tanks and Heavy and Medium Neutron tanks, are rolling in fast from the coast ((Unless Kraven controls all of it, then I'll RP the battle.)). Infantry divisions are mixed with them for protetion. Airial calvary divisions are being placed by Green Sun helicopters outside of the city.

"Negative," Yassir replied, "I have orders from the General to hold this position until reinforcements come and them I am to report to Caulna. My Grandfather may, if he wishes, however."
"Yeah, I'll go, I'm a better shot than Yassir anyway."

Dog Company's officer nodded. "We have an APC a block down waiting for you when ever your ready, boy-o." Smiling and looking at his men, the PsyCaptain was more then confident in his men and women's abilities. "We are the reinforcements..."

Squad 'Spare' Returned with a loss and two minor injuries. Reporting to the older Equanant, thier heavy guns would help reinforce the arport till the GS battallions reported in.

"The first wave has already arrived," Earnest told him, noting the HALO pods. They could hear more gunfire and explosions as Air Marines began to take the airports one by one.
"Yassir, I want you to identify any Anti-Aircraft that Kraven operates here and when you find it, I want it destroyed. I'm headed to help out Dog company."
"Yessir!"

Dog Company led the way to three APCs...

Hawk's Dragoons showed up, as they headed for the command post to get instructions on where they could best be deployed.

Hawk, as well as his XO, an man by the name of Vlad, headed to the command tent to report in.

The Caches were being expended at a prodigous rate, the fight against kraven was costly.

If Marik had the time, he would have loved to have a conversation with Hawk, but there were more pressing matters at hand.

Garik Maw was raving, recently in an ingagement with Kraven CP and wondered were he could meet Dolgova and become more of a team rather then each other fighting seperatly.

While the Kahanistan snipers were dealing with the Capitol Police who were committing the atrocities, the armor was being hit hard. The Kraven tanks were larger than the Kahanistan main battle tanks and could damage the Merkavas' armor easily.

Admiral Dolgova's radio was shot in the battle. She sent a battalion to find Garik Maw and inform him that the Kahanistan forces needed more anti-tank support. They would be able to hold off the CP for only about two days at the most.

Meanwhile, most of the Kahanistan warplanes had retreated to their carriers to refuel and restock their weapons. The heavy bombers had to land at the beachhead, as they would just fall into the water off a carrier. The fighters could refuel much more easily.

Sorn Maw was comming from a mine. He had recruited a large number of the miners who lived in the tunnel cities of Black Hive. They had harvested a large number of the nutrient rich mushroom known as mine fungus and a small smelting plant was producing plates of armor or being machined into parts for tanks, apcs, and planes.

The Kraven Military knew well of the Merkava's strengths and weaknesses, the Engine block was situated at the Front of the vehicle, and a skirt of chains attached to the base of the Turret protects against shells that could potentialy cripple the tank, So Kraven armour was well prepared, The Driver of the Vehicle sits to the side behind the engine, and The Emperor Heavy Tanks targeted the vulnerable areas of the Merkava's.

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(Emperor Class Leman Russ)

The Merkava's still fought on bravely, against the overwhelming might of Kraven Armour, their cannons were useless against the Behemoths that were Emperor's but against the Leman Russ's they scored better, Taking down several of the Larger Tanks, The Basilisk Mobile Artillery Laid waste to buildings and fired shells point Blank into Kahanistan positions...

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The attention of the Capitol Police were now turned to the Kahanistan soldiers that were advancing on them, Together with an Armoured Blitzkreig spear head, The Combined forces pushed into the Kahanistan lines, Smashing through buildings, and crushing the pavement below the heavy armour of the Kraven War Machine...

Even though the Capitol Police armour was sufficient to stop the majority of rounds, Kahanistan soldiers had faced the Capitol Police before, and even in the distance, they were prepared, their expert marksmen ship brought down Capitol Police left and right, targeting the weak points in the armour...

But still the Capitol Advanced, a lighting force on the Offensive.... the Environment that The Capitol Police thrived in... a Blitzkreig War, While at the same time, Capitol Police attempted to outflank, quickly moving through the tight streets to encircle the Kahanistan forces and Cut them down in a vicious fire fight, The Kraven armour would occupy their Forces, allowing The Flanking units to move around behind Kahanistan troops without being noticed...

This was Happening all over Black Hive, The Capitol Police had stopped their Extermination and were now concentrating all efforts against the Military forces that had now amassed against them, Capitol Police forces from other sides of the City advanced on Kahanistan Positions, and the Forces engaged with Psykers Forces, were now receiving reinforcements from across city...

More Heavy Armour began to roll in Reinforcing the Embattled Capitol Police who furiously exchanged fire with Bearzerker Troops....

The War was now reaching a Fever pitch as Kraven forces Stepped up their Offensive...

Admiral Dolgova smiled. The Kraven troops had stopped their massacres of civilians, but now they were targeting the Kahanistan troops.

The Kahanistan Marines fell back, bringing up their remaining armor to form an armed barricade and target their fire on the Leman Russ tanks, Imperial Marines armed with LOSAT anti-tank guns, shoulder-fired rocket launchers, shaped demolition charges, and high-explosive grenades would try to ambush the Emperors. Snipers hidden in the rubble continued firing on stragglers and anyone who looked like an officer or squad leader. The snipers' first priority was, however, still to prevent later targeting of civilians.

Kahanistan was now flying in supplies, as its fleet had no chance of getting back to Kahanistan through the Doomingsland blockade it had provoked. C-5 Galaxies under fighter escort flew sorties into Psyker Bearzerkers to resupply the allied forces.

While all PEST forces were refitted into tank buster squads, in the face of Kraven's emperor tanks, dragoon squads were ordered to protect the flanks. The armored bikes matching Kraven's lighting style of warfare, all the while backed by the fanatical Bearzerker Troops.

Bearzerkers, while prone to battlefield fits of bloodlust, were also adept soldiers, ordered to target Kraven Capitol Police weak points, specifically the neck and head.

House Maw had begun the process of bridging the gap between Psyker Bearzerkers and Kahanistan, back when they occupied Thorn Depot, which now belonged to Kahanistan. Garik ordered his Mechanized force to support the XIII Corps and any other Kahanistan Force, side by side, they would devote every; shell, Dragoon, grenade and every scrap of HE to making sure that Kahanistan, while clearly not incompetent or weak, would hold against the evident Kraven onslaught. Even down to the personal level, Psyker soldiers and officers were helping Kahanistan soldiers navigate and exploit the Black Hive's design.

Caulna had begun to lose color in her face, bags were darkening around her eyes, through the entire conflict, and she had slept mere hours, few and far between, if one could call lying in a cot tossing for a few minutes sleep. Looking at information scroll on a screen, Caulna's vision began to waiver, blinking and trying to put the strain on her physical self aside. But soon her head was moving from side to side, unable keep herself steady any long she moved towards a desk but collapsed half way.

Kida was immediately at her side, ordering med techs to treat their exhausted Mistress. Had Marik been in the vicinity he would have aided her himself, but he was overseeing troop movements and busy with Theao and Green Sun contacts. Caulna was dehydrated, exhausted and over stressed, she had over extended herself and now paid the price by sacrificing her body.

Marik had ordered the Queen Wasp Force activated. With two pilots, the small maneuverable helicopter was suited perfectly for tight confines of Black Hive's design. Created in a modular fashion they were suited for both anti armor or anti personnel roles. Two hundred and fifty Queen Wasp helicopters and their pilots had been called in from Iron Den, a place notorious for breeding Psyker Bearzerker's best pilots. Like a swarm of their namesake they would descend on Kraven's tanks and police with armor-piercing rockets and specially designed armor piercing-explosive tipped .50 caliber cannon fire.

Accompanying Roman Gorkahs was Shride, head of house Elemental; her house had been a eugenics project that had been called from Red Grass. Clad in heavy close combat armor, they were intended to be a shock unit that would break the spirits of many other armies. Against Kraven Capitol Police however, their psychological effect would be nearly void. Averaging 2 meters, they would break Kraven squads; supporting lighter elements of the Black Hive allied forces and destroying even the emperor class tanks with relative ease. 10,000 of these warriors were spread throughout Black Hive, High Heat Cutters, used in mining or used to cut and shape APC armor, would cut into the tanks and slice Kraven troops in half.

APC's were in a prodigous abundance, cheaper then tanks they out numbered enemy armor, were faster and more maneuverable, they did how ever have thin armor even against lighter Russ MBT. Every 5 man squad in Black Hive had their own APC and there were still thousands able to replace damaged or destroyed APC's.

OOC: i know the redfaction battlesuit is suppossed to be like ten feet tall, but i like how it looks so much that i use it anyways, but it's sized down in ic posts.

'Officer'http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e45/Emo_Hed_Hunter/Armor1.jpg
'Grunt'http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e45/Emo_Hed_Hunter/elemetals.jpg
"Heavies"http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e45/Emo_Hed_Hunter/RFBs.jpg

Dulkan Spitz was in ceremonial dress for the time being. In Devilacyne furs, he made a deep bow to the woman, sitting up in her cot and draped in an emergency blanket.

"My Mistress, I am Dulkan Spitz, my grandparents were Elia and Rowne Spitz. Dak Flayer sent us on a penitence crusade. Now I am here to serve you." Caulna was falling in and out of consciousness; she was fighting the sleep inducing medication that the MedTechs were prescribing her. Kida a master assassin and always at her dearest and oldest friend’s side, touched Dulkan’s shoulder. Stepping outside Kida had been ordered to be the liaison to the formerly banished House Spitz.

“Everyone knows about House Spitz’ past, but the only reason you’re here is because you chose a penitence crusade over true exile. I don’t blame you, Psyker Bearzerkers is our home. But we are at war; can we trust you to act in a civilized manner?”

Dulkan let out a cool laugh. “We have the purest of rage flowing in our blood.” Dulkan stepped forward and kissed Kida lightly on the lips. “Of course we are not civilized, but that won’t be an issue will it?”

“No.” Kida smiled back.

The hours following brought the whole of the Blood House Spitz was mobilized, just to desecrate every Kraven Body possible. Even if it would not break the spirit of the Kraven Forces or effect them mentally, it would be a marking that Psyker Bearzerkes would now bow down, and to lift the spirits of the Bearzerkers still in Black Hive. Kraven soldiers had metal rods with the ends ending in points. While one end would anchor the rod into the ground, the other would impale the corpse of the Kraven Capitol Police. On the wreckage of the Russ tanks and Emperor Classes, were crucified Kraven CP; their armor was spit open, as were their rib cages. Intestines and entrails littered the areas were Kraven were spiked, standing like a small crop of corn.

No doubt this could incur the wrath of the Riech Marshals and Kraven Kill Squads, but any acts to punish Bearzerkers would be met by fierce resistance from by the fresh veteran forces of House Spitz.

Kraven had been defeated, Automagfreek had been victorious and now the General order for Surrender had been sent out by the Command Relay...

As One Each Capitol Police trooper put down their weapons, and placed their hands upon their heads, Where every trooper stood, they surrendered..

Each Trooper in every street did exactly the same, exactly at the same time, Tank Crews climbed out of their vehicles with their hands held high, Gunners on the Basiliks, Climbed down step ladders and placed their hands upon their helmets...

The Reichmarshals who were commanding the Extermination, placed their hands on the back of their heads and Exited the Command Bunkers...

The Kraven Guns were Silenced... and an Eery calm now decended onto the City...

Kraven Tyranny was Finaly over...

Those Kraven CP soldiers that surrendered to Hawk's Dragoon and Light Hounds where corralled, stripped of any and all weapons, and held at gun point.

Hawk and Snake both reported to the PB command center with reports of captured weapons, combat vehicles and soldiers as well as officers.

Unable to supply themselves with their homeland blockaded, the Kahanistanian troops captured whatever weapons from the Capitol Police they could. They loaded captured Emperor and Leman Russ battle tanks onto their ships, even leaving behind Merkavas when there wasn't enough space.

Kraven body armor and small arms were also taken, and the POW's placed on Kahanistanian ships. The journey home would be long and perilous, but the Kahanistanians were relieved. While they still hated AMF, the relations might heal better now that AMF had defeated one of Kahanistan's worst enemies.

Kahanistan had fought long and hard against Kraven. But now that they had won, they were going to treat their captives far more humanely than anyone who had been captured by the Kraven forces had been treated. The Kahanistanian fleet and the surviving 65,000 Imperial Marines would go to Xirnium, having been advised that their own nation was under siege.

Admiral Dolgova sent a message to their allies in Xirnium.

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Kahanistan Republic Navy

The Government of Kahanistan and its allies are elated to announce their victory over the Kraven filth in Psyker Bearzerkers, preventing it from becoming a slave state.

My fleet will arrive in Xirnium in an estimated ten days. It consists of one carrier with 40 fighters and 20 bombers, three destroyers, five cruisers and ten attack submarines, as well as the transports essential to moving a force of 100,000 soldiers.

65,000 surviving troops and 80,000 prisoners of war will be coming in. We have 35,000 dead and 18,000 wounded to offload as well. Furthermore, we have captured a large number of Kraven weapons, which we hope to reverse-engineer in a joint project between our two nations.

We hope that your nation is equipped to assist your allies in this regard.

Signed,
Admiral Katrina Dolgova,
Kahanistan Republic Navy

Highest Encryption - Level 10J

Official Ecclesiastical Edict
To: Admiral Katrina Dolgova of the Kahanistan Republic Navy
From: The Most Worthy High Ecclesiarchy of the Eternal Republic of Holy Xirnium

The august High Ecclesiarchy congratulates our noble allies in Soviet Kahanistan for their glorious victory over the Kraven filth in Psyker Bearzerkers. Yours is a great victory, not only for your government and its allies, but also for all of humanity.

Of course, given the current regrettable military situation in Kahanistan the High Ecclesiarchy agrees to offer your battlegroup full sanctuary within the borders of the Eternal Republic. A Xirniumite naval taskforce will immediately embark to escort your forces to the port of Iathern for your troops to be legally processed.

As a condition of entering the sovereign territory of Holy Xirnium, we must ask that all Kraven Capital Police and Sardaukar units that you may have in your possession be surrendered to the Extremely Hazardous Items section of the Xirniumite Quarantine and Inspection Service before entering the Eternal Republic’s Economic Exclusion Zone. These monstrous creatures are considered enormously dangerous in Holy Xirnium, and they will be transferred immediately to a secure holding facility where they will not pose any threat.

We further ask that you surrender the remainder of any Kraven prisoners of war to the Xirniumite Armed Forces, for their safe detention on Slyn Island.

[Signed]
High Lord Ameas Vernius
Grand Cardinal and Defence Minister of the High Ecclesiarchy

The voyage to Xirnium was uneventful, the major perils being bands of pirates that would attack the Kahanistan fleet in numerous small frigates and run away as soon as they met real resistance.

About two hundred kilometers from Iathern, Admiral Dolgova hailed the Xirniumite naval command at Iathern, and awaited the Extremely Hazardous Items crew.

The Kahanistanian fleet had no Sardaukar, only Capitol Police. They asked the Xirniumites to keep the surplus safe until it was safe to move ships into Kahanistan again. Dolgova asked the Xirniumites if they would allow her meager fleet to join the Xirniumite fleet that satellite intelligence said was moving toward Kahanistan to break the siege.

The recent events in Psyker Bearzerkers were sent by the gods themselves, though Necroviox and Pyrex still controlled the situation. Caulna Pox was puking, doubled over; the Kraven Surrender was so strange it had induced extreme nausea. She was very sick and Marik would need to run things, ever loyaly, while she recovered.

Black Hive was not simply in ruins, for ruins imply there are skeletons of structures. Black Hive had been shattered, the populace had either fled or hid in the mines.

Over 1.48 million deaths in Psyker Bearzerkers' civilian and military personnel, multiple billions of damage to Black Hives infrastructure, the rebuilding could take up to 15 years.

Before Caulna had been taken to the infirmary, she had ordered all exiled Bearzerkers to return home, in the past penitence and exile had been the order of the day, but this was a new day and unity was needed.

Citizens retuning to their former homes, were in tears, the scent of decay and smoke choked the air. The Bearzerker Caste had gathered outside of Basalt Fortress, one out of a few dozen buildings still standing. The c12 had done its job, and the populace wanted reparations, the civilian populace wanted compensation for the executions, destruction and very presence of Kraven CP.

Many radical traditionalist groups wanted all foreigners out of their lands, the xenophobic tendencies that once isolated Psyker Bearzerkers completely, was once again looking better to every native.

The borders were closing and no one was being allowed in but the exiled and absalutly no one was being allowed out...

**National Statement Broadcast, Comming Soon**

(OCC: This is a reply from this thread: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=462029&page=5)

IC:

"Thank You, Madam. We will call for supplies later." Replied the Captain.

The trip seemed very nausious as they were driving through the road. The gunners still manning their Gattling guns as they were scanning the area. The drivers then hit the brakes when the APCs stopped at a swamp. The Captain who was in the lead vehicle, opened his door and walked behind the woman with his M-8 rifle with a grenade launcher attachment.

"Continue scanning the area." Ordered the Captain in Gurkhali to his men, "We don't know if the enemy might pop up and take a cheap shot."

After te order, all the Gorkhas rushed out of their vehicles with their guns up to their shoulders and created a perimeter around the LV-08s while the gunner is still scanning the area.

The borders were closing and no one was being allowed in but the exiled and absalutly no one was being allowed out...

Having heard that Caulna was found and presently in the infirmery, Orleo excused himself from his cousin's mercenary unit to attend her.

ooc: Does this effect the various mercenary units that are presently in PB in anyway save them not being to leave, thought in the case of Hawk's Dragoons and the Light Hounds, they intend to make PB their home as persuent to the Migrant Mercenary Bill.

Shride Elemental was in a raging fury, destroying equipment and punching random personel. Denied the right to battle, in her mind, several members of her own house had to subdue her, she would be forced to meditate becuase of athing.

Marik Severcide himself went to appologize to the Gorkahs. "Please forgive Shride, her kin have been bred for their fury, but they often are hard to control off the battlefield.

"As for the Kraven situation, the war is over. We would greatly appreciate your cooperation in helping the lower castes adjust to this post war situation. Consider this skeletal corspe of Black Hive your home. You are granted all Psyker Caste privilages. I'm sure your upset about not fighting is there anything i can clear up?"

*****

Caulna had been hooked up to various monitors and contraption that descibed her vitals. Her Medtechs were upset when she had taken out needles and taken off the electrode monitors.

I'm just tired... I don't need a medtech right now.


OOC: the other merc units are still under the command of their respective countries, they can stay if they want becuase the original intent of the migrant merc bill was to compensate for the slaughter in bh.

Having heard that Caulna was found and presently in the infirmery, Orleo excused himself from his cousin's mercenary unit to attend her.

ooc: Does this effect the various mercenary units that are presently in PB in anyway save them not being to leave, thought in the case of Hawk's Dragoons and the Light Hounds, they intend to make PB their home as persuent to the Migrant Mercenary Bill.

OOC: that is just a national feeling. If anyone wanted to leave then it would be a 'redtape were are watching you feasco'...

The Captian lifted his helmet visor over his helmet. He gave a small chuckle at the joke the man said.

"Thank you, sir." replied the Captain. "My name is Captain Krishnakumar Limbu. I represent the 8th Gorkha Rifles of Rome. We are more than happy to liberate your people and help protect them, no matter how big the cost. I have no questions that I can think of, except intelligence."

The Captain extended his right arm and opened his hand to give a hearty handshake as a sign of good faith, friendship and devoted loyalty.

The Captain extended his right arm and opened his hand to give a hearty handshake as a sign of good faith, friendship and devoted loyalty.

"Ask and you shall receive anything you wish." Marik hesitated for a moment, for non ever touched the Seers Of the Psyker Caste. He did however shake after slight hesitation. "Then friendship and alliance you shall receive."

Marik designated another to make the National Statement.

**World Televised Psyker Bearzerkers Statement.**

"Mercenaries of Psyker Bearzerkers and Xenos of the world, Kraven Corporation have been destroyed." A moment for the cheering subsided, and then Ka'ran Scythe continued his speech.

"My lands are free from the Oppressive Xeno Garrison that held our Capitol hostage. Kahanistan has seen fit to take our prisoners from our lands! And all living Capitol Police in Kahanistani captivity must be returned! As well as the armor and equipment that my nation has been robbed of, this is a peaceful and formal request, Kahanistan is an ally, and this issue will be resolved peacefully." He smiled, his dark skin deeply contrasting his pointed White Teeth, jeweled with Jade.

"My Capitol and Home have been shattered. From the now Free Lands Of Slovania, We Demand war reparations. We are willing to work in conjunction with the new Free Goverment, as we wish to resolve the situation, again, peacefully." The Dragoon's demonic smile flashed again. His Morin appearance was a normal demographic in Psyker Bearzerkers, but it may hinder cooperation from other foreign governments...

"Over 1.5 Million Psyker Bearzerkers are dead, and that does not account the deaths from the other nations that have selflessly helped us in our struggle against the Kraven Garrison."

"As is National Policy, we welcome all mercenary units and their dependents, to become Full Fledged citizens under our Migrant Mercenary Bill. I am Ka'ran Of BloodHouse Scythe, I thank you for your attention."


*****
Mercenary: citizen designation
Morin: Demographic of PB, Dark skinned and black hair, their eyes are predominantly black and white irises. They file their teeth to points and jewel them with precious gems and stones.

DEMOCRATIC SOVIET REPUBLIC OF KAHANISTAN
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Defense

There is plenty of armor and equipment that our forces did not take. We have only 80,000 POW's, 63,000 functioning suits of armor, 50 Emperor-class tanks and 600 Leman Russ tanks.

We estimate that there are more than nine hundred thousand Kraven troops not in our custody. You have more than enough Kraven arms for your scientists and engineers to develop your own weapons based on their designs.

We will allow your military access to Kahanistanian installations where such research is taking place, but logistically it will be difficult for your military to penetrate the blockade forces that obstruct access to our nation, as we are currently at war with other enemies.

Signed,
Margaret Delray,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Signed,
General Marcellus Q. Valens,
Minister of Defense

Both units, Hawk and his Dragoons as well as Snake and the Light Hounds began consolidating. Those that were not tasked to defence of prisoners or dealing with the injured, be they Kraven, fellow merc or native Bearzerker, gathered more prisoners from those surrendered, disarmed them, and herded them into the improv'd POW camps.

Hawk and Snake both headed to the command post to report in, as well as to get information on what the governing agencies wanted done with the various accoutraments of war and the prisoners.

Orleo had finally arrived at the medical tent in which the medics were treating Caulna, and requested permission to talk with her from the guard.

The response was cooperative, but the messege still stung many Psykers, Kahanistan had taken a portion of the spoils, as was rightly theres, but without permission. No doubt, Kahanistan had already suffered much like Psyker Bearzerkers when their lands were torn asunder by not only Kraven but also AMF.

The Kraven POW's were put to work, Psyker Military personel had given them a 'mission', something constructive; searching for victums and cleaning up the collatoral damage. Being occupied was something that the brainwashed Sons of Father would bennifit from. The workhorses of the Slave State would be intigrated, the were the to be Bondsmen; Captured soldiers who must earn citzenship. Tattooed with the Kraven Hammers to forever mark them as what they were, Psyker style patterns were inked into their skin. Stage One of Bondhood.

The guard obliged Orleo, however the ever present Kida was next to her best friend.

Kida looked drained, the Master Assassin having been constantly working; killing Riech Marshals and coordinating with the recently unexiled Spitz BloodHouse. "Hello Loverboy. Thanks for not running. I'll give you a minute... Or six." Kida strolled out, the conflict having sapped her so much that her humor had begun to suffer as well as her physical condition.

Hoping that Orleo remembered their time together before the war, she began signing. Are you okay? These Medtech always overreact. Touching the various tubes and neural electrodes attached to her.

"Thank you." Orleo said to Kida in passing. Taking a seat beside Caulna, his heart went out to her as he found it difficult to see her ill in anyway. Seeing her 'speak', he smiled slightly as he remembered learning her language prior to the outbreak of the fighting.
"Yes, I'm alright." He gestured to a bandage over his left arm, "This is just a minor surface wound. They may have overreacted, but like me, I'm sure they couldn't bare it if you got worse."


The Dragoons and Hounds's POWs were set to work, after being tattooed and marked down for the records.

BloodHouse Specter was charged with monitoring and directing Kraven POW's, Son of Psyker Bearzerker's Greatest Traitor, Macer Specter was the head of the descraced BloodHouse Specter.

Young, full of fire and shamed, Specter planned to meet with The Light Hounds and Hawk's Dragoons. Needing redemption, he needed to prove that the weakness of his father was not in himself.

When Kraven first came to PB, they had set up a databased, one that monitored every PB Slave/Citizen, by their BloodHouse Tattoos. Now he used it, not only for Kraven, But any person who would set foot in PB, putting him in a position of new importance.


*****
Greatest Traitor: Wayke Specter, the man who sold PB to Kraven.

Caulna had had a day or two to recover after she had collapsed, she had begun to show color in her face, and her eyes wern't as bloodshot as they had been one day prior.

She was the Grand Bearzerker and didn't appriciate being babied by the Medtechs. Tearing of electrode pads and easing out the hypodermic needles, she left her bed. Carefully so the Medtechs would not see her, like a animal with severed head, they would run around and nag, if she were seen.

Come with me Orleo... She doned a common Flak Coat, that like a trench cloak would hide her form. She smiled innocently and her fingers motioned him to follow her...

After the brief handshake. The Captain ordered his men to set up camp here, before the sun rises. They were to also to get some sleep, so they will feel more alert during combat. After the order, the men spent no time sitting there like idiots. The drivers drove the LV-08s and parked them nearby so nothing happens to them. The Gorkhas then grab their sleeping bags from the vehicles and began laying them down on dry ground. They take off their weapons, helmet, and shoes and crawl inside the sleeping bags and began to sleep. They trusted the Psyker soldiers in keeping guard of the camp as they slept

The Romans had nothing to fear, the populace was either celebrating their new freedom or rummaging for their friends and family in the rubble.

Even all the dregs and people of the Anti Caste had put thier nation before themselves, even if only for a moment, comming from their shadows to share what they could. Nationalism was alive and fiercer then ever in Psyker Bearzerkers.

Many military units that had been formed in the time of the conflict had been Blooded in the heat of battle. The new crop of blooded citizens would prove valuable durring the rebuilding of Black Hive, for the youngest of them would be the next leaders of the nation...

*****
Anti Caste: Term describing; criminals and people not fitting example of honorable Psyker Bearzerker traits.
Blooded/Blooding: Recieving honorable mention. Acts of heroism and being accepted into any willing Blood House*.
*Bloodhouse: A political body, bloodnames are rarely genetic and must be earned. Being of a bloodhouse is often mistaken for a blooded member of society by peoples not educated on Psyker Society.

Macer Specter would find the two units working together at the various post combat tasks, as well as the organising and deploying of the marked and recorded Kraven POWs/Bondsmen.


Orleo, while not happy with the fact that Caulna was up and about while still not entirely well, knew that she was use to running her life, as well as the nation and thus wouldn't entirely enjoy being cared for as an invalid might be cared for.
He returned her smile, and followed her.

The forces from Potty 5 arrived too late to take place in combat but were here for the task of reconstruction. With an average of 40 flights a day bringing in supplies and men, albeit rather old but still capable supplies and men, this was the largest air lift operation in Potty 5's history.

Years ago the boy named Macer Specter was a happy bright young man, destined to surpass his father in greatness. Truly if he did anything honorable he would indeed surpass his sire.

Tall and lean, he had the build of a runner, something he excelled at in many PB athletic competitions. However his face no longer resembled the happy boy, his face was blank, like a stone statue (He could very well pass as such) as he could remain motionless for extended periods of time, almost dead. Perhaps his father's failure had spurred him on to achieve greatness, but had also killed compassion and most emotion within him.

With even less emotion then was visible on his face and in his eyes, he introduced himself to the Theao Mercenaries. "I’m Macer, Head of BloodHouse Specter." He emphasized his importance as head of a BloodHouse, though he unintentionally and sub-consciously faltered as he said spoke which one he belonged to. "I'm the Psyker Counterpart to the who ever is in charge of The Kraven Bondsmen. Who is in charge? Integration of communication will make things smoother and I intend for this to proceed without virus." His tone was aggressive, especially considering the way the rest of Psyker Bearzerkers had warmly greeted their new Merc Brethren.

*****

At Iron Den the pilots of Psyker Bearzerkers were amazed at the number of older military personnel. The aged were not a usual sight in the military, not that the old were non existent in PB, but the sheer volume that entered now on a daily basis had caught their attentions. Pilots, eager to prove their prowess, skill or superiority to the experienced Potty 5 military, began to mingle with the new Potty 5 immigrants.

*****
Without Virus: Slang; to proceed without major dysfunction and efficiency.

"Hello Mercer." Snake commented, "I'm Snake, and this is Hawk."
Hawk offered a half-hearted salute to Mercer. "Neither of us are overall in charge, that'd be the Psyker Bearzerkers Military Command, but we've both been dealing with the prisoners we've rounded up." Snake commented

Orleo, while not happy with the fact that Caulna was up and about while still not entirely well, knew that she was use to running her life, as well as the nation and thus wouldn't entirely enjoy being cared for as an invalid might be cared for.
He returned her smile, and followed her.


She walked in front of Orleo a few paces and it was while before they reached their destination; unmistakable the huge swamp within Megatropolis Hive, The Recycler.

Kida was in absence, Caulna made it a point to try and communicate slower with Orleo. I needed to get out of there; almost everyone in my family has died in a hospital... Thank you for staying, a lot wouldn’t have. My nation owes you a debt of gratitude.

Caulna looked at the now flattened swamp. Once teeming with tall trees, The Recycler was the lung of Black Hive, when the air of Ashplain was toxic and constantly rained ash from the near by volcanoes. Working harder then it had in a century, the gale force winds had taken the trees and destroyed the centuries old swamp. The smell or dead animals hung in the air; it would soon disappear when the scavengers got to work.

Caulna's eyes watered at the sight of destruction and she quickly tried to erase the signs of her current emotions

With Caulna 'speaking' slower, Orleo had almost very little problem with translating her sign langauge.
"And I have a debt of gratitude to Psyker Bearzerker for you. I would stay with you as long you would have me remain."
When he saw the devestation the had been done to the Recycler, his heart lurched, both at the pain he saw in Caulna's eyes and the damage to the beautiful forest.

"Hello Mercer." Snake commented, "I'm Snake, and this is Hawk."
Hawk offered a half-hearted salute to Mercer. "Neither of us are overall in charge, that'd be the Psyker Bearzerkers Military Command, but we've both been dealing with the prisoners we've rounded up." Snake commented

Macer took everything personaly these days. He sneared slightly, "You have been working with the bondsmen, non? Then you will be invaluable, please don't think you are in anyway secondary in any form." His voice over the years had become a permanent growl, deep and aggressive. "It will be a pleasure working with you." Turning, he evaluated and critisized. Foreign Mercs...

It's Macer

"Working with them directly, non." Hawk replied to the annoyance that was Mercer. Hawk was a rather more easily annoyed man than Snake was. With an indifferent shrug, a thought passed through his head, Irritant nationalist.

Caulna blushed at Orleo's comment. She had always sepperated herself from any person, her only family being her brother Jander, who died killing Wayk Specter. Even more astounding was that Orleo was himself taken with her, that very thaught boggled her mind.

Caulna had been mute since early childhood and therefore wore her thoughts and feeling in her body language and on her face, much more than any other person and whether she wanted to or not. A very rare PsyBear came from under collapsed trees, it was bleeding prefusly, it turned and roared in defiance, then several Devilacyne were giving chase behind it.

The wolf sized marsupial was the top scavanger and pound for pound the most deadly animal in PB. Two attacked the PsyBear's hind legs, bringing the massive animal to the mercy of the third. It would not be spared, before a futher thought could be made, the bears throat was ripped out, the jugular bled the bear to death in a matter of second. The devilacyne began fighting over the kill, their cooperation out the window.

How apt, PsyBear dead, like the old ways... Caulna like any proud Psyker analyzed this sceane, as an omen or alagory for the death of apart of their heritage. Don't get pecimistic, change isn't the end, that thinking is what almost killed us. Even though she shed the flak coat in the hot swamp, she felt cold and she shivered. It was the first time in a long time that she felt something missing, the first time she wanted something; affection. She looked towards Orleo now to fill that void.

Caulna's blushing triggered a muted blush in Orleo's features. Why exactly the fact that Caulna was blushing was causing him to blush was a mystery to Yixe.

Seeing a wounded PsykBear emerge from the trees, he wondered whether it had fallen to predators in the graceful yet savage circle of life, or been a grizzly spectator to the incidary conflict that had battered the forest.
Seeing the animals he thought of the fact that the powerful Bear had been taken down by smaller, yet more determained foe, something quite similar to the conflict here.

Seeing the woman he loved shiver, Orleo made to offer his coat, before realizing he hadn't worn one. With a small amount of trepidation as he didn't want to offend if he'd mis-read her body language, he layed an arm around her shoulders to confort her.

Many members of the Potty 5 military had mixed feeling at how the Psyker Bearzerkers Pilots acted towards them. While the Potty 5 troops were experienced, the experience that they have had were not anything like what the people of Psyker Bearzerkers had endured (though they did overthrow an island that had turned to genocide...). Air space of Potty 5 had never seen a hostile aircraft, Missions flown to reunite the Potty 5 Empire were just bombing runs that faced little to no enemy air defense, and the most common missions were uneventful maritime patrols. The fact that F4 Phantom was the only fighter available for most of their careers was also not something they were proud of. The ground troops were not as embarrassed as they often had been deployed in what were once very brutal wars on crime, and those who had worked against poachers often covered over 200 klicks by foot in a single patrol. Also the engineering corps had a lot of practice with demolitions and construction, as the military was always called first in those two fields. Those who were corpsmen, medics, doctors and those otherwise trained in medical fields were not the most veteran of combat troops but did see action in all of Potty 5's hospitals and ambulances. Some of the former members of the Navy and Marines (Brown Water Branch) did have stories of there experiences with pirates.

Caulna was 25, young, but emotionally it was an eternity as she had shut herself off to almost everyone in the world. Now a hair-trigger floodgate was released; she had lost too much too quickly; her brother Jander had died in a gruesome fashion; killed by a grenade. Her nations sovereignty lost to The Evil Kraven war machine and the near destruction of the capitol; Black Hive. Millions of lives lost, but she had gained something in the darkest period of her life.

Caulna held Orleo fiercely, silent tears wrecked her face. Even in this difficult emotional trying time, she felt a wholeness that she had lacked not just recently but her entire life. Holding Orleo felt right, his presence was comforting.

*****

While Caulna was finally finding a missing part of herself, Psyker Bearzerkers was going through drastic changes, the regular and routine that was now forced on the residents of Black Hive. But the war had also affected the rest of Psyker Bearzerkers. Many of the drafted from other Psyker Bearzerkers Provinces had died, children had been orphaned and parents were forced to 'bury' their own children. The worst was the smell of decay that hung in the air; entire residential areas had been destroyed by Kraven's deadly C12, animals survived by scavanging Bearzerker's corpses.

Tradition in Psyker Bearzerkers was that the dead have their heads severed; an offering to the King of the Dead; Necroviox. The bodies would be offered the god of fire; Pyrex and be cremated. The smoke would rise to meet The Lady Mother of Wisdom; Nocturna, the Moon Goddess. She would judge the purity of the souls in the smoke. Finally the ashes would be mixed into the ground, both to fertilize the next generation and stregthen the PsyOre of Ferria.

Tradition was still strong and in practice, it was very much alive. But the new xenos population, including their dead was another matter and an issue as many of the mercs had become Citizen Mercs. They were to be intigrated, but whould they accept such practices?

Orleo likewise held Caulna, thought in a comforting manner. He was enough of a student of psychology to know that when someone suffered trauma they needed to be able to release. Throught the linkage of the embrace, he attempted to channel the love and caring he felt for Caulna to confort her.

It seemed forever that the silent black tears ran down her face. Several times it felt like she couldn't bare to hold herself up anymore and that she just wanted to fall down and let the swamp swallow her. But Orleo made her stonger, He had been there. Always she remebered that his presence was comforting and she realized that even though she was the same person he had braought out a very dormant part of her, a part that almost changed her completlely.

Thank you for being the person you are. I guess you won the tournement. Though Caulna's eyes were red and even a slight bit dry, she felt something she hadn't beofore. Love? She thought. She counld't be sure, but there would be plenty of time to think such things over...

Orleo felt Caulna almost collapse on a few occasions and held and supported her during those times. Looking into her red eyes, he replied, "Thank you also for being who you are. I've only won the tournament, if you wish me to have won." He replied to the woman who'd captured his heart beyond any hope of escape.

ooc: Is the second part of post 101 intended for Hawk and Snake's reply?

The scene in The Recycler was fitting, very fitting. In Blood Council a 'Nationlism Vote' had been held and the Devilacyne had been chosen as the new national animal. Small yes, but violent, strong, cunning, resourceful and a true survivor if there ever was one.

*****

Caulna had enough emotion in The Recycler. Now it symbolized strong emotions for her, it wasn't calming, but a catalyst for things she had bottled up, good feelings, but overwelming.

You've won the tournement, Marik will announce it...

OOC: it is general, but more for the characters away from orleo and coulna...

"Thank you." Orleo replied with heartfelt gratitude to Caulna.

Caulna took the initiative and sent herself to bed, before the MedTechs got to her. But she arranged to have Marik announce, over city loudspeakers, that the tournement that started so that Caulna would be wed was over, a joyous endcap something else to boost the national moral.

Working with Snake and Hawk was one of the least enjoyable parts of Macer's task. The Kraven Bondsmen cooperated well enough, but the Mercenary's attitudes were ones that did not work well with Specter's. He especialy wanted to wringe Snake's neck...

With Caulna resting, Orleo decided to see if he could get permission to remain with her, or at least nearby. He also wondered if Kida would come by to berate him, or congratulate him, or both.

Meanwhile, Snake and Hawk were working with Macer, but they also had they're problems with his outlook and behavior. Snake wanted to just shoot him, while Hawk had a much more painful idea in mind, thought both knew it'd be counter-productive to do it.

Kida had a knack for turning up at inopportune moments or just in time to at insult to injury; this was no exception and would prove to be the most dramatic Orleo was yet to encounter.

"Hello Orleo. I just heard the bad news and of all things over the City Speakers!" Kida would have been a thespian but she enjoyed her job as an assassin more than actress, though she could always incorporate the two. She now improvised her newest monologue. "I always knew she had the worst taste in men. Look at you, not only a foreigner but ugly too!" Falling to her knees she yelled to the sky and grabbed as much public attention as possible. "I thought she was the incarnation of Our Lady Mother of Wisdom!?" Fake and over dramatic crying followed; the whole experience was rather comical and less insulting by the moment then might have been originally perceived. "Why! Why do I give my best friend to a man who has no fashion sense and cannot style his own hair? Will I be forced to change his diapers?" Falling back she took the imaginary dagger from her heart...

In a whisper she continued, but just for Yixe this time. "Orleo, Orleo... Orleo Yixe of Theao... Promise me something." She imitated the gurgling death cough of someone with puckered lungs. "Promise that you will not let Caulna get fat, she likes to eat cookies, make sure that she doesn’t wear nickel because she gets a skin rash if she does and promise... Promise that you..." She didn't finish, she instead stood up and dusted herself off.

"At least you have good taste in women."

Orleo enjoyed good acting, even when it was a vastly saterical roast. When her voice dropped down to a whisper, and she asked for a promise, he replied in a voice that was little more than a whisper that while Kida could hear, was more to himself than to her, "I promise."

After she'd stoop up and brushed herself off, he replied to Kida's comments about his taste in woman with a "Thank you, and I hope I prove to be worthy of Caulna."

Kida gave a huge laugh, the only genuine one she had given since the end of the Kraven Occupation.

"That's really a good one. You’re a foreigner and that means you have a lot to prove. Seriously, I know in the deep deep subconscious of my mind that i know you will try hard to keep Caulna happy; I don't have too much doubt in that. But you are in a more public arena now, and you have to make the populace happy now. You are a figure head, a new representation that Psyker Bearzerkers now accepts and embraces the outside world.

"You aren't a bad foreigner and that's why I haven't killed you dear Orleo." Her usual mischievous smile began to grace her face once more. "And I know Psyker Bearzerker seems so archaic in its isolationism, but some people here would rather string you up by your thumbnails than say you are the King and you are King.

"Just remember Life here is a pecking order, based on dominance, soon people will respect you and you will be great. Uhhg, I talk too much.... Think I sound like Caulna?" Not too many people made fun of Caulna and Kida was definitely not too many people. "Orleo the Xenos King, I'll be watching your accent Knight."

*****

Macer, as abrasive against the two Theao Mercs as ever and more so with every passing second, had opted for lower assistants and go-fers to send 'vital' messages, many of which were used to pester them now that they were no longer in c ontact. Truly thinking on different planes if Macer continued looking directly at Snake and Hawk there would be fire and destruction in the city once more.

Most strangely Marik was beginning to feel his age for the first time in his long life. As much as the war tired Caulna it had sapped him of what was left of him. On top of that, Caulna's temporary condition had also worn him out. With His exclusive MedTech, they wondered if he would see her betrothal fulfilled.

Orleo smiled as he heard Kida's laughter. "I know I'll have to prove and will what is necessary to win the peoples and naysayers respect. Psyker Bearzerker is not as archaic as many. As for those that would wish to string me by my thumbnails, well I'll just have to prove to them that they are in error."
As he listened to Kida tease Caulna, he smiled again.

*****

As Macer attempted to pester Snake and Hawk with hoards of messengers, those self-same messengers were returned to Macer with just as trivial 'vital' messages.

Since the City had been flattened Psyker Bearzerkers saw fit to rebuild, completely and from the ground up. The PB Engineer Divisions would be using the strengthened Ferrocrete compound in their construction. Since seismic activity was minimal because of the constant volcanic activity, the worst scenarios seen was choking clouds of ash. The blocky angular construction started to make Black Hive more and more a fortress then the gothic hive, though spire construction was in no way waning.

While Caulna got out of her bed ridden state, it seemed she was replaced by Marik. An equally loved person by Caulna as well as a worship national figure, she deteriorating state fell heavy on Black Hive as well as Psyker Bearzerkers.

Formerly TAL 5603, Tal Hammer was one of the few Kraven Bondsmen that had shook Bonds-hood and had already become Citizen. Of Course the 'Hammer' Bloodhouse was pseudo for his Kraven designation, he excelled in as an economic advisor. (Hammer Bloodhouse has been whispered in Blood Council, but quietly and by few)

Macer quickly discontinued his game, reportedly in light of Marik's health, being the only reason.


ooC:rather pissed and sorry i'm barely responding...

The few residents of Strigi welcomed the Potty 5 immigrants, sanitation was lacking in the warm jungles, but sickness was not rife. Mostly an even mix of Morins an Warins the language did however diffrenciate from the dielct of Black Hive, more similar to that of Red Moore or Iron Den.

Orleo was torn between hovering over Caulna like a mother bird, and doing his best to help get Psyker Bearzerker back on it's feet. He tried to alternate his time between the two.

Snake and Hawk were both pleased that Macer had ceased his little campaign of harrassment and had let them get on with their job. They also jointly wondered whether each merc unit that had been involved would become a 'blood house' or if some would be merged and how that would work if it did happen.

Caulna was doing her best to work, after all she was rested, mostly a national figure head who set the nations policies, Blood Council tended to the running of political morass of the country. Caulna was then able to spend her time with Orleo, who seemed dutifully fixed on helping with the relief effort.

While Hammer Bloodhouse was either spoken as a joke or serious whisper, discussions for Bloodhouses for the resident merc units were in full swing and had been for days. No longer divided along former traditional lines; Morin versus Warin, Psyker versus Bearzerker, Economic versus Militant, Seers versus the new Pandjin, But it was now those who would embrace the mercs versus those who still staunchly hated the xenos. They were small in number but they had acquired many favors over the years. Some by force, the favors were being called in.

"We have never needed the outside before. The Black Hive Conflict disproved the idea that we continue to be so secluded."

"Warin!" An insult in Blood Council, racial designations were meant to stay outside on Council dialogue. "We have never needed the filth of outside!" Larimor Masakar and his few supporters yelled and stood to sound more numerous, a useless battle tactic.

"Stupid Old Men." It shut them up, age was not well taken by other then Seers, but it was not false to say old men were old. Orival Nova was young and an apt politician but also a respected military officer, even as a mere sergeant. "One and half million Mercs died. Children and civilians those we swore to protect with the best of our ability. I'm glad we achieved C8 at the price of our loved ones, but when Xenos decided to lay down their lives and protect our kin, I had to rearrange my thinking. This is my history, if you do not learn from it, it will kill you."

"A rousing speech pup..."

Nova wasn't done. "If I am a pup, then you must be a corpse, waiting to catch a bullet!" Now that all eyes and ears were on Orival, he continued unabated. "Would you ever catch a bullet meant for a xenos, I myself would have to consider it. But the mercs of Theao did not ask for rearguard duty! Should Bloodhouse Masaker relearn our ways? I would suggest it."


Warin: Pale, vastly varied eye pigmentation and hair color.
Relearn Ways: Insult; to suggest that they lack loyalty. From archaic times when Re-learning required physical punishment

In a short period, outside of normal rest hours, in which both Snake and Hawk were free, they began talking of what might be going on in Psyker Bearzerkers's courts and how it might relate to them. Both covered the worst case scenarios which ranged from simply being told to get lost to an attempt to sweep the debacle of needing foreign aid under the rug by the method of removing those involved, in a fatal manner, as well as what they'd do if either the neutral or better case scenarios occured.

Fire Tyrants were fanatics anyway cut. Bloodhouse Pox, was to say the least a fanatics fanatic, the most fanatical bloodhouse any bearzerker would dare to say and it would be a dare.

They bred themselves into such a house, the whole of them had the characteristic flaming hair, their blood leader; Caulna Pox. They had reeducated many bloodhouses over the centuries, many that some would say have not needed to relearn, but enemies must learn their place.

Nova was not a Fire Tyrant house but had supported Pox's beneficial reforms, something they had benefited from. Orival was now in a position to rise like a bright star as young as he was. "Everyone is trying to keep the tyrant houses and their views on the new mercs hidden. Don't be cowards and say what is on your minds or don't dare call yourselves Psykers.

"Houses Hawk and Hound have risked themselves, they have stayed helping the wounded and you dare to still question their honor? They have more then proved themselves and to put an end to this childlike insolence I move to acquire them in the Blood Pool."

Shouts shattered Blood Council on both sides, Pox and her new king would come the next day in the next politically viscous hours. Filibusters would be ignored and forgotten in favor of archaic challenges, both physical and verbal and for the first time ever; Blood Council would be televised to the Bearzerker masses.

OOC:
Pooty 5, Roman Republic and kahanistan if you like, please see/post in blood council thread

OCC: Where the hell is that thread??

Sorry, jolt was down for me...

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=470218

Enter when ready, youve been invited and the pro xenos merc side needs some good arguments...