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The IUCGS Star Destroyer Iron Curtain with its two Victory Star Destroy escorts finally reached the planet temporarily known as UCGP-2. A serene world with a heavily forested landscape. Two oceans divide 5 continents and a archipelago, engulfed by water, to the southern quadrant of the planet.

The young Captain Sokylov, 28 years old and in the top 10 percent of his class at the Imperial Union Naval Academy, came here with the first expedition fleet. Although his education in tactical, strategic, and logistics is superb, his experience in the field was rather inadequate. This would be his first experience as a Captain in the field but not his very first experience in the field where he served as a Lieutenant under Captain Terenov during an attack on pirates terrorizing the space lines between the IUCG colonies of Niznhiy and Kalashnakovia.

A Lieutenant in the pit looked up and told the Captain that they are in position of IP-2.

Sokylov nodded as he adjusted his tunic. He walked slowly to the viewport watching the planet coming into view after they dropped out of hyperspace.

Captain Sokylov,"Release the Carrack cruiser berthed in our docking bay."

"Yes sir. Docking ring is releasing the cruiser. Its descending out of the bay and.......its clear."

Captain Sokylov,"Good. Open a comm link to Major Torov."

A crewman in the left hand pit flipped a switch on his console."Comm link open sir."

Captain Sokylov began issuing his command,"Major, scout out the planet and report back to me once you have completed your scans of the terrain or if you find anything of importance."

Major Torov,"Yes. We are underway with the operation."

Captain Sokylov,"Major do not make me remind you next time that you are addressing a Captain of the Imperial Navy. Address me as sir."

"Yes sir'" Torov replied in a sarcastic manner. Torov had no respect for the young Captain as he was 18 years older than him. A man of more experience than his superior, but is stuck at his current rank because of his "conduct" with other superior officers. It was a miracle that he became a major. Despite this drawback he had earned the respect of his men and their trust.

The Carrack Cruiser entered the atmosphere and started on its mission to scan the planet.

Several hours later on UCGP-2 the reconaissance mission is already underway...

TIE Recon pilot, "Finished with the scans Major returning for reattachment."

"Sir thats 3 TIEs that have been accounted for but we still have not received a transmission from our last TIE." the Lieutenant reported.

Hmmm something must have gone wrong thought Torov."Scan the area for the pilot, see if his TIE had a malfunction and crashed. Play the last transmission."

The Lieutenant flipped a switch and pushed a button on his console."Playback of recording has now started sir."

Recording of the pilot:

"Nothing out of the ordinary so far...Helloo what do we have here? Looks like I found something..." Then the sound of a couple of blast bursts came immediately

Transmission ended

Major Torov,"It seems we are not alone on this rock..." Torov the looked to the Lieutenant,"Is the pilot alive? I will not leave a man behind."

The Lieutenant replied,"Our scanners are not picking up the TIE Sir, it has gone out of range of our scanners."

Major Torov, "Dammit. Alright lets start searching. Which direction did he go?"

Lieutenant,"The TIE had gone North Northwest. His transponder signal went out around here." The Lieutenant points to a map of intial scans in space.

1 Hour later....

Major Torov,"Any sign of the pilot."

Lieutenant,"No sir....wait 2 objects coming in at bearing 5.68!"

Major Torov,"Get the sensor up I want a designation of that fighter."

After a few seconds the Lieutenant finally responds."One of them is the TIE we are looking for but I have no clue what the hell the other one is. It seems the bursts in the recording came from that fighter and damaged the pilot's transponder and transmitter."

The ship looked like a flying wing of sorts with two laser cannons merged into the edges of the wings. It was boomrang in shape and sleek and smooth like marble. Evilly black though and made a threatening *thwap* sound each time it fired.

Major Torov, "Its a damn good thing those recon fighters are shielded. How far away from them are we."

Lieutenant,"We are within firing range sir."

Major Torov,"Release the attack fighter and target that thing. I don't want that thing to reveal our position."

As the TIE fighter was released, the laser cannons boomed from the Carrack. The TIE recon pilot couldn't shake him and was barely hit by a couple of shots. The recon pilot tried to lead its pursuer towards the carrier and with his luck the fighter did not go for that trick but instead ran for the hills. The TIE fighter ultimately caught up with the unknwon fighter and shot it down. The Carrack flew over the crash site.

Major Torov, "Is anyone alive?"

The Lieutenant checked the scanners."The pilot is almost dead."

Major Torov, "Land the ship and retreive the body and whatever remains of that fighter. Place it in storage and then we continue with the mission."

The Carrack landed by the crash site and crews started to get the fighter remains on board. A medical team picked up the barely killed pilot and secured him in a cryotube. Then the Carrack then lifted off and continued with its mission.

It has been a day since the attack on one of the TIE Recons by a unknown fighter. Major Torov and his crew continue with their mission, now with a new objective, to find the source of this unknown fighter. The crew had been searching for hours for a hidden base or downed capital ship. Then all of a sudden an alert came up on the energy scanner of a crewman.

Crewman,"Sir I think I found something."

Major Torov, "What is it?"

"Our energy scanners have picked up a huge energy source about 100 kilometers West from our current position. The power levels are off the scale!", the Crewman replied

"Land the ship 90 kilometers from the energy anomaly. Then deploy the scouts.", Major Torov ordered.

After deploying the TIE fighters on its racks the Carrack and fighters landed in a small clearing, the tall trees gave the ship and fighters their cover. Scout troopers were deployed with their standard 74-Z Speeder Bikes. A total of 10 troopers were sent out to scout out the area. Their commander was Squad Leader Aran Colural, who was Major Torov's most dedicated scout.

Colural reached the site of the energy source. He saw nothing and checked his position on the datapad. He noticed that his squad was in position around the site and concluded they say nothing. Then something happened. There was a distortion in the middle of the field and then a structure appeared. Some kind of cloaking device? thought Colural.

After looking through his microbinoculars Colural saw a structure that was basically a ring with strange symbols that are arranged in a circular pattern. A sort of dial appeared before the structure which had a red node and symbols similar to the ring structure.

Colural picked up his comm link. "Colural to base come in."

Major Torov,"This is base, whats your status?"

Colural, "Sir I found something." Then he relayed the pictures from his microbinoculars to the cruiser.

Major Torov, "What in the hell is that?!?"

Colural,"Its covered by some sort of cloaking device sir. At first we were going to dismiss it as a glitch on our scanners but it just appeared right where the energy source is located."

Major Torov,"Very good return to..."

Colural interupted,"Sir something is happening."

Major Torov,"What now?"

Colural, "The ring just lighted up and the symbol ring is spinning."

Major Torov, "Keep your men in position and get as much information as you can. Any sign of danger and you get the hell out of there."

Colural, "Yes sir."

The ring finally stopped its spinning then a gush of water like substance bursted out about 10 to 15 feet out. Then was sucked back in and then a serene puddle like field filled in the inner portion of the ring.

Colural, "Scout 5 whats the status of the rear of the structure."

Scout 5,"The rear looks the same as the front."

Scout 4,"Sir I scanned the Ring. Its made of naquadah."

Naquadah? Hmmm... Colural,"Ok Scouts 4 through 6 return to base."

All three in unison,"Yes sir."

A few seconds after the scouts hummed away on their speeders back to base. A humanoid emerged from the portal like device. The humanoid was dressed in a strange armor and had some sort of chainmail as a cape. The humanoid had a staff looking device clasped to his hand and a snake like object on his side, a possible sidearm. The humanoid appeared to be caucasion and had a strange golden mark on his head.

Colural reached for his comm link.

Colural,"Colural to base. I think we may have some company here."

Major Torov,"How many are there?"

Colural,"So far one...no wait more are coming through."

Two columns of humanoid troops came through the portal.

Colural,"I count 30 troops plus the one. I think that one is their commander sir. They appear to be hostile."

Major Torov,"Colural thats all you need to know to get your ass out of there."

Before Colural could confirm that he saw a huge massive ship fly over head. It looked like a flying pyramid. The troops at the portal scattered and three rings appeared out of nowhere and appeared to lift right back up. Boxes appeared before the humanoids where the rings touched the ground. It seemed like supplies for building a base. Colural saw the flying pyramid go back into orbit. Then he saw some troops heading towards his and the rest of his squads position.

Five humanoids came through the forestation, one of them passing a tree with Colural hiding behind it on his back side. He looks to the other way once the humanoid passes and then nods towards Scout 3 who was hiding in the bushes. Scouts 2 and 4 were in the trees with their sniper rifles. Scouts 8-10 were also hiding behind trees like their commander. As the rear humanoid looked down at an intrusion Scout 8 came up from behind, muffled the mouth of his victim, and slit his throat with his vibroblade. The other 4 did not even notice. The four humanoids then came across the covered speeder bikes and were startled that such technology existed on such a backwater world. Then Colural signal and the ambush was set. Scouts 9 and 10 underestimated the strength of the humanoids and were beaten away as Corlural came up from behind and stabbed one of the humanoids in the back with his vibroblade. Scouts 2 and 4 picked off two of the humanoids. The fourth humanoid evaded the sniper attacks and shot at Scout 4 with his staff. A big thwap hit Scout 4 instantly killing him. Colural then came up from behind and hit him in the back with a hammer like blow with both of his hands. As the humanoid stumbled down to the ground Colural continuosly beated him with a series of kicks and punches and banging the humanoid's skull against a rock, killing him. Colural ordered his troops to get on their speeders as they were about to return to base. As Scout 8 was approching the already mounted Scouts and was shot in the back by one of the staff weapons the humanoids had. Colural and his remaining squad members took off instantly after Scout 8's demise. The humanoid that shot Scout 8 alerted the other troops.

Colural and his remaining two scouts were racing to get to home base. Racing against time as the imminent alert of their presence on the planet was growing close. Ten minutes later there fears had surfaced as two fighters appeared behind them, these were the same as the mysterious fighter that was shot down half a day ago, chasing them firing there plasma cannon. Then Scout 3's bike was hit in the rear engulfing him in a ball of flames.

Colural,"We need to get out of the clearing head into the forest."

Scout 2,"But sir..."

Colural,"Do it or your dead trooper!"

They went into the forest dodging tree trunks, branches, and limbs. The fighters were shooting blindly into the forest some of the shots were way off as some were near fatal misses. After a few more shots and a near miss Scout 2 looked behind to look at the shot that almost killed him

Scout 2,"I got lucky on that one didn't I sir......"

Then Scout 2 looked back to the front.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH........."

An explosion was made in the back as Scout 2 was killed when he crashed into a tree stump. Colural was alone now going through the forest then he noticed something that troubled him. The last 10 kilometers was all clearing and this was extremely dangerous as the pilots on the fighters would have a more accurate shot. Then Colural decided to punch it and went to maximum speed zigzagging across the clearing to avoid the shots. He was nearly grazed by one of the plasma hits. He was about two kilometers away from the cruiser and the 1 kilometer from the treeline. He again twisted the bike back and forth avoiding near misses then abruptly he was knocked off his speeder by a nearby blast. His speeder bike crashed into a tree and he was lying in a bush unconcious.

Major Torov sat back in his chair as the news of Colural's transponder signal was lost. He can't believe it, his best scout gone. Scouts 5, 6, and 7 made it back with the information and holos.

Major Torov,"Get us out of here before more of those things arrive."

Lieutenant,"What about Colural sir?"

Major Torov,"He would wanted us to go and finish the mission. He knew the risks and would want nothing more than to complete this mission. Now get us the hell out of here."

Colural woke up from consciousness and saw the Carrack leave the planet's surface.

They must have thought I was dead when the transponder in my comm link was damaged. Well I hope my scouts got the information back. Now I need to hide from those humanoids. Colural thought.

The two fighters started to pursue the Carrack into space, firing at it continously.

Major Torov,"Fire all batteries at those fighters."

Lieutenant,"Sir we caught one of them by surprise it has been destroyed."

Major Torov,"How is our shields holding up?"

"Minimal damage to shields and hull. No life threatening damage." one of the Crewman answered.

All of a sudden 5 TIE Fighters appeared and fired at the fighter. The lead fighter destroyed the fighter and commed the Carrack.

Lead TIE Pilot,"This is Delta Leader, come in Major Torov."

"Copy Delta Leader this is Torov. You guys came in the nick of time."

Delta Leader,"Good to hear from you sir. We will escort you to the Iron Curtain. Captain Sokylov is awaiting your return."

As the Carrack continued its course towards the Star Destroyer, he can't help to wonder what were those humanoids, what was that ring, and most of all about the condition of his dear friend Colural. He thought that Colural was still alive and that he is still down there.

An Hour Later...

Captain Sokylov was pacing the bridge as he awaited the arrival of Major Torov with information of the planet. A few minutes later Torov entered the bridge with a furious look on his face.

"Where is the information, Major?" Sokylov said in a strict tone.

Torov replied,"Fighters of unknown class and origin attacked our cruiser and scouting team. I am reporting six casualties and one MIA."

Sokylov,"One MIA? It is assumed Colural is dead, Major. We must return to New Siberia and report this to Admiral Kra'Dem."

"But..."

"But what, Major" Sokylov interupted.

"I never leave a man behind. I must go back," Torov answered.

Sokylov,"This is unacceptable, Major. Colural was expendable to our mission. Now get back to your post!"

Major Torov would have turned around as he was heading back to his post. Instead he gave the Captain a sucker punch to the jaw.

Torov,"Colural is still alive Captain and I intend to go back with or without your permission."

The guards were about to apprehend the Major but Sokylov rose up.

Sokylov,"NO! Let the fool go he will surely die in vain on that planet and that is punishment enough."

Major Torov took the Turbolift down to the docking bay and returned to his cruiser. His men volunteered to go despite the odds. They loaded onto the ship and prepared to take off but the docking ring would not let them go.

"Command release the docking ring." Major Torov ordered.

Sokylov,"I intended to let you go Major, but not in an Imperial vessel."

"Fine so be it!" Torov yelled.

The comm link cut off.

"Target the docking ring, then switch all power to shields and engines." Torov ordered.

"Yes sir." replied a crewman.

The cruisers turbolasers destroyed the docking ring and blasted out of the docking bay.

"Status report." yelled the infuriated Captain.

A crewman in the pit replied,"Our docking ring has been disabled, sir. They targeted it with their turbolasers."

The Captain pounded his fist on the viewport."What are you waiting for lock on the tractor beams."

"We can not get a lock-on they are out of range."

"THEN FIRE EVERYTHING WE GOT AT THEM!" replied the infuriated Captain.

As the cruiser was about homefree a storm of turbolaser and laser fire was released on the fleeing cruiser.

"What is the status on the shields." Torov asked.

"Sir we are taking some severe hits on the back quadrant." The Lieutenant replied.

A few minutes later...

"Sir they stopped firing." the Lieutenant replied.

Torov replied,"They probably sent in fighters."

And sure enough his hunch was correct a group of 5 TIE Fighters and 2 Bombers were attacking the ship.

"Sir we can not take more of this. One more hit by the bomber and we are done for."

Torov,"Looks like this is it."

Then, to Torov's surprise 5 TIE Fighters appeared out of nowhere killing the TIEs.

Delta Leader,"We are coming with you Major."

Torov,"You will be counted for treason but I guess that is to late now. Hook up on the racks."

The TIEs did and the cruiser made its decent to the planet on its illegal mission of rescuing Colural.

Little did they know that a cloaked Sea Questian ship was following them and their intentions are unknown.

OOC:

Ok this is a spin-off from the Cluster thread, but it is open to anyone. Since I have not had time to further develope this story in the original thread I am making it its own RP.

Please choose a character.

Torov Colural and Carrack crew: Communistic Govts

Torov's Scouts:
Leader:
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Goa'uld:
Commander
Grunts 1+