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Twilight Of Peace - Dab - 04-22-2006
34 Kilometers to Unknown jump hole. Rheinland fleet 24 Kilometers.
The comm officer looked up at Lord Captain Dab.
Communications Ensign: Sir we have a report from patrols 134-137. They have found destroyed crosair vessals. Scarring on the hulls suggests nomad blasters, cannons, and turrets killed them. LARGE Nomad turrets, at least battleship sized.
Dab: Sensors I want you to activate the new cloa sensors. I don't care if they are unreliable we will not be caught off guard this time. Send all information from the scan to the fighters and other cap-ships.
There was a loud screeching sound and the sensors came on-line.
Comm Ensign: Sir we have detected 2 Nomad gunboats trailing us and another two to either side of us.
Dab: Send 2 cruisers to deal with the side gunboats, but have them act as if it is a patrol or scanning team. Then we will move the battleships. Maul first, Ableben second, and Garde last. Cruisers in defense perimeter arrangement.
Comm Ensign: Sir we have reports of Phantoms in the area, using cloaking devices. Fighter 73 and 128 have reported sighting and destroying a phantom scout fighter.
As he listened he saw one of the cruisers come within range of the lefthand Nomad gunboat. It fired mortars and battlerazors into its side decimating the vessal.
Dab: Signal all ships to open fire on all nomads.
Immediately the space around them was filled with battlerazors, battleship cannon fire, and mortars flying towards cloaked nomads that had been encircling the group. He counted 12 gunboats, and 2 battleships and some fighters. All were completely destroyed by the brute force of so many ships and fighters. Within two minutes of the order every nearby nomad had been destroyed or disabled.
Ensign: Sir the cruisers have reported the deaths of both trailing gunboats and damage to the righthand one. It took off before they could completely destroy it.
Dab: Order flight group 12 to fly ahead and act as a transmitter between the Rheinland battlegroup and ours. They are to relay everything we send them to Admiral Kriegs group. They are also to state that we are remaining at the Theta jump hole, so they do not become aware of our presence.
Dab looked over the sensor lietenants shoulder at the readings. He counted at least 23 gunboats arrayed in a circle around the Rheinland fleet. There was no battleship and that unsettled him. They had sent a large number of gunboats to track this force, bigger even than what they sent to track us, yet no battleship anywhere near there. He had to wonder what they were holding the ships back for.
Dab: Stop that order Ensign, send one of our shuttles to them instead with one of the sensors, They might be able to find what we cannot from farther up ahead. Story remains the same, we are still guarding the Theta jump hole.
Twilight Of Peace - princedwi - 04-22-2006
"Incoming enemy ships," bleeped my newly installed Universal Cruiser Computer.
"Blasted new systems, I barely got used to the old system and this conflabit computer's telling me what I can't see. At least I finally have a hologram..oh wait.."
Nomad fighters closed onto his reverse-engineered Rheinland Huegenot at a fast speed. Kurasai just merely flips a few switches and fires flak at the group.
"It's a good thing I stuck to good ol' Rheinland tech. Beats the crud outta Liberty's systems for sure." he gallantly responds.
As he finishes his routine scouting from Delta, he approaches the Omicron Minor gate. Ready to dock, he receives an echo'ed transmission...
'still guarding the Theta jump hole.'
"Eh..looks like Liberty finally got something right," patpating the Computer, "send a relay transmission to any nearby Rheinland ships. This sounds important. Include message signature and coordinates where echo was discovered."
"Cruise mode engaged..."
"No wait...I said relay transmission, not head to coordinates...."
"Command confirmed. Relay sent."
The signal beams out to the far ends of Sirius to reach Planet New Berlin and any other Rheinland forces, but Kurasai unrealizingly stepped into more serious grounds than just a suspicious transmission echo.
Twilight Of Peace - Kane - 04-22-2006
Krieg smiled. It was a savage grin, one usually reserved for predators about to attack their prey.
"All units, open fire." The Rhinland fleet launched salvo after salvo of energy into the surrounding Nomad gunboats. It was all over in a matter of seconds. Krieg decided now was a good time to deliver the ultimatum.
"Lord Captian Dab, while we appreciate your concern for us, we are quite capable of taking care of ourselves. As such, I request you remove any ships you have following us, due to the top-secret nature of our current mission." Kriegs eyes went from the normal indifference to pircingly icey.
"I warn you now, any ship caught following us will be considered a spy and will be treated as such. Good day, Lord Captian." With that, he cut the signal.
"All units, proceed towards the Minor jumphole." The massive fleet slowly entered cruise speed and soon spead away from the AW followers.
Krieg massaged his temples. I'm going to hate going back to Rhinland this way... Those AW, 'egoistische Dummk?pfe' that they are, are going to demand something. Probobly things they know we can't give. Bah... Politics.
Twilight Of Peace - Dab - 04-22-2006
Dab: Ah but what I want from you you can give.
Dab smiled at the look of shock on Kane's face.
Dab: Don't think too much on it Kreig it might give you a headache. All I want from you is your destination, why you are going there, and... What state your Chanceller is in. You can't hide everything from me admiral. Or maybe I'll just go through your crew until I find the answer myself. Maybe I should start with the bridge crew.
Dab's smile became one of pure ecstacy that accompanied the choking sounds coming from the ships sensor officer. It continued on for a few moments until the officer slumped in his chair unconscious or dead. He couldn't tell.
Dab: Seems he didn't know anything, maybe your weapons officer does.
The weapons officer standing at his terminal started the same choke that had been from the sensor officer. This time though blood accompanied that cough and when he finally collapsed to the ground it was obvious he was dead. Krieg's face became a mix of anger and horror as he looked into his dead officers eyes that had fallen to stare directly at him.
Dab: Want to talk now Admiral? Or shall I check your captain's mind as well? And trust me. His death won't be as clean or painless as the others.
Dab's voice shifted to more of a resonant echo.
Dab: Now you are going to tell me what I want to know. Or I your ship will soon become a ghost ship with you trapped inside it.
*OOC: In case you forgot Dab isn't human. Just to avoid confusion here...*
Twilight Of Peace - Kane - 04-22-2006
Krieg scowled again. God d*mn the man to the lowest depths of Hell!
"You just killed one of my men you black hearted b*stard. And for that, you think i'm going to tell you anything?" Krieg barked a laugh.
"This ship will go to hell long before I tell you anything. That being said..." He walked over to a panel.
"You know what this is? It's called a Psy Wave Nullifyer. I actually don't know exactly how it works, all I know is that it does. Here's a gift from the Rhinland Secret Weapons Labs, you over pompus b*stard!" He fliped a swich, and every psychic wave Dab sent out to reach the fleet was suddenly bounced right back into his own head.
"And here's another! For my officers you murdered!"
The ship tailing the fleet suddenly picked up an activation code.
"Lord Captian! We've got a... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" The ship slammed into the newly active supernova mine and dissintigrated.
"Your bullying tactics will set you on a short path to destruction. I sincearly hope you decide to learn your place. Oh, and one more thing... This Unknown system is outside of your authority. Keep pushing your limmits like that, and you could bite off more then you can chew." The fleet cloaked again, and they dissapeared out of sight, radar, and every other means of detection.
Twilight Of Peace - Met2085 - 04-22-2006
On the Imperial Scout Ship Emperor's Pride...
Lt:."Sir I'm picking up a mass amount of Rhineland Ships. They are being engaged by the Nomads"
Captain:"I see, and how are they faring Lt?"
Lt.:"very well sir, probably due to there numbers, but it seems not like the nomads to engage someone in small numbers like that."
Capt:"Yes that is odd" as the Captian looks at the scanners "Increase your scan radius to include the route that the Rhineland Fleet is taking."
Lt:"Yes sir!"
A few seconds later....
Lt:"Oh my god.....Sir come and look at this!"
Capt:"what is it?" As the Captain looks at the scanner readings...his mouth opens in awe, and then realizes something must be done "Ensign, get me a direct Communication to Lord Wolfpack NOW!!!"
Ensign"YES SIR!"
On the Imperial Flagship Kerberos
The Captain comes up to a hooded figure on the bridge..
HF"What is it Captain that you must disturb me?"
Captian"Forgive my lord, but it is an Urgent message coming from the Emperor's Pride in the Delta system."
Lord "What is it?."
Capt"Sir they are reporting that a Rhineland Fleet is heading towards this system, and they had engaged and destroyed a Nomad Fleet but it seems that it was only a scouting party, and a Huge Nomad Fleet is lying in wait, clocked, ready to desimate the Rhineland Fleet..."
Lord"Well dont you think they can handle it Captain? We have to tend to our own wounds right now"
OOC: The above statement will be explained when I am able to type it out, but it will be explained trust me ;)
End OOC
Capt"Um sir not with the number of ships we have counted, and it seems they keep coming from somewhere, so the tally keeps changing, and for the worse for the Rhinelanders I'm afriad."
Lord"What numbers are we talking about Captain?
Capt"The Nomad Fleet out numbers the Rhineland Fleet almost two to one, and with them clocked, it seems like the Rhineland Fleet is walking right into a trap
Lord"And have your Order allies told you why they are so far away from the protection of their space, and have brought so many of their ships with them?"
Capt"Um yes sir, they seem to be bringing your sister to the Alaska system"
Lord Wolfpack "WHAT?!? Why wasn't I told about this? No matter, we must ensure that the Rhineland fleet makes it to the safety of Omicron Minor. Contact Grand Admiral Met and tell him to ready our forces. " THe Dark Lord smiles "Tell him its time for payback"
Capt "Yes my lord!"
Twilight Of Peace - Dab - 04-22-2006
Dab: weapons target any mines you see.
Kreig might have deflected him from reading a persons mind aboard his ship but he still had other ships outside the range of whatever that thing was.
Rheinland Captain: Admiral Kreig! Something is happening to our bridge officers! They ar...
The captains next sound was a high-pitched scream that did its best to hurt his ears. Blood started trickling from his nose and mouth. The view of the holocamm was still set on showing similar effects on the bridge crew, some of them even had blood coming from the eyes and ears. Then there was a deaf-like silentness. The entire cruiser had been reverted to a ghost hip in less than a minutes. The cruiser continued on the course it had been set on but the weapons had ceased to fire. Going at cruise speed his ship slammed into an asteroid. The spikey asteroid cut straight through the ship ripping it in two.
Dab: You have three options here Admiral. You can either surrender we will find out what we want to know and leave you to your quest, or you can tell us and save us all the hassle. Or third, you keep refusing me and we destroy your fleet. You might think that cloaking field has saved you, and you are partly correct. It has saved you from my fleet's sensors. But the big mistake you made was using the nullifier. You see it broadcasts through your comm gear and I can sense a large black area that I have no control over. And this allows me to find you. And I could always use your own ships against you.
Suddenly one of the gunboats in his fleet abrubtly changed to a colition course with the nearest cruiser.
Rheinland Captain: Gunboat 23 come in. I repeat Gunboat 23 come in. We can't contact the crew sir, even if we destroyed the gunboat its debris would still destroy the cruiser.
Dab: Now Admiral Krieg. I do not think you understand the gravitude of the situation.
An unmarked battlestar closed in on them in a speed noone had though possible for a ship it's size. It immediately opened fire on Kreig's flagship destroying every comm antennie it could find.
The ship then turned and accelerated away before its shields could be taken down.
Dab *in Kreig's mind*: Ah much better. Now why don't we see what we can find.
Kreig felt something like being stabbed in the head by a rusty knife. He couldn't hear anything but his throat burned in a way he knew he must be screaming.
Dab: Now don't worry Admiral you won't die. I need you alive after all.
To be continued...
Twilight Of Peace - Kane - 04-22-2006
On board the RNC Schadel...
"What the hell do they think they're doing!?" Captain Schadel stared at the AW intruders. They seemed intent on starting a war with Rhinland.
"Ensign, fire a broad wave."
"Aye sir!"
***
Broadwave Transmission:
From: RNC SCHADEL, GAMMA UNKNOWN
Body:
UNDER ATTACK BY HOSTILE AW FORCES.
NOT WITHIN AW TERRITORIAL LIMMITS.
REQUEST IMMEDIATE BACKUP.
CHANCELOR PRYDE IN DANGER.
MAYDAY, MAYDAY.
End Transmission:
***
Krieg grimaced in pain, but he had a job to do. "Go... To... Hell..." With the last of his strength, he pulled his pistol from it's holster. It was an antique, still using gunpowder and solid bullets. In the end, it wouldn't have mattered if he used a newer side-arm. He brought the barrel up to his head.
There was a flash and a loud bang, then nothing.
Twilight Of Peace - Met2085 - 04-22-2006
About the Hyperion just as the battle had begun against the Nomad Fleet...
Grand Admiral Met " Commander what is the status of the Nomad fleet?"
Commander"Sir we caught them by supirse using the new Supernova mines, most of their fighters were decimated in the first wave. We still have the Battleships and Gunboats to take care of though, but they are damaged serverly."
Met The Admiral smiles and chuckles as he says "Pay back is a b*tch aint it Matthews?"
Cmdr Matthews The commander smiles mometarily "Yes sir." Then a Junior officer comes up can shows him an up date on the battle, and the status of the Rhineland Fleet "Sir, it seems the nomads are retreating, but it also seems the Asgard Warriors have engaged the Rhineland ships"
Met "Oh jeez and I thought this was gonna be a smooth day....Well Matthews you know Darth Wolfpacks orders, the Rhineland Fleet is to make it to Omicron Minor at all costs, so order all ships to jump to the Unknown System, and engage all nonRhineland ships."
Matthews "Yes Sir!"
As the Commader goes of to carry out his orders, Met thinks what in God's name drove the AW to engage the Rhineland Fleet, but that was for a later time, now he had to make sure that the Rhineland Fleet made it to its intended destination.
Twilight Of Peace - Nightfall - 04-22-2006
... at the time of the Hyperion's skirmish with the nomads...
ONBOARD THE AMPOLIROS (Osiris class), Ghost Ship Battlegroup (Secret mission), Unknown System (the one from Omicron Gamma)
... on the far edge of Hyperion's sensor range, cloaked...
Commander Nathan Hawke, the second in command after Vice Admiral Fokke, in command of the vessel and mission in Nightfall's absence, also his apprentice, watched the nomad fleet being decimated on the ship's viewports...
"Lt. Wolfe, alert the AW fleet of the presence of this fleet and request orders! Put all stations on Yellow Alert!"
"Yellow Alert! Yellow Alert!" a siren started beeping in short intervals, "This is not a drill! Repeat, this is not a drill!" a voice mixed in with the siren...
"Helm, follow them on safe distance and keep us out of their sensors, seems they can see the cloaked ships, like us!"
"Hangar, dispatch fighter wings!"
"Cruisers and gunboats, battle formation!"
"I repeat, KEEP OUT of their sensor range" confirmations and status reports started filling the air on the Ampoliros bridge... "Communication silence except with the AW Command and emergencies! Stay cloaked and DO NOT engage anything!"
Cmdr. Nathan Hawke sat in the captain's seat and begun clearing his mind as his Master Fokke thought him:
"Clear your mind. Calm your heart. Don't question anything and the answers will come by themselves... You're the reflection of moonlight on the river. The river represents your thoughts. The river flows but the water doesn't touch the moonlight. The moonlight doesn't touch the water... The water flows. Your thoughts flow."
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