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The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 11-28-2007
A hardened looking man dressed in a very over-worn business suit walks through the doors of the RepEx Corporation Headquarters on Planet Hamburg. He gingerly approaches the front desk with a satisfied smile upon his face.
"Good afternoon sir, how may I help you," inquires the receptionist already knowing the answer. She had been instructed that this gentleman would be coming in today. Building security was also very well aware of his arrival.
"Yes, my name is Emilio Torres. I have an appointment with Mr Cummings at 2 o'clock."
She shuffles through the appointment book in front of her. "Ah yes, please have a seat over there and someone will be right with you." She points towards a waiting area with several leather seats. He proceeds to sit in the seat closest to the exit. You see, this gentleman is a Corsair, and he must always be prepared for a hasty exit.
After about 20 minutes of watching business folks enter and exit the elevator, Emilio finally saw a face he recognized. It was Patricia, Alex Cummings personal assistant. Ah yes, he knew her well. After all, Torres had started RepEx with Alex Cummings, but had left his entire half of the company to Alex in order to draw attention away from the company's involvements with the Corsair organization the Brotherhood, which Emilio was a member of. He had been collecting monthly dividends from RepEx ever since. Well except for this month. This month the check never came, hence the meaning of his meeting this afternoon.
"Well hello Emilio. Its been a long time."
"Aye it has, how have you been Patricia?"
"Eh, you know. A lot of changes going on around here, Im surprised Alex even had time to meet with you today."
"Well, he better, as long as we have been friends. Hell, this company wouldn't even be what it is if it wasn't for the work he and I did together." The elevator arrives at the 70th floor and the doors slide open. Patricia then begins to exit. "Wait a minute, we're getting off here? Alex's office is on the top floor."
"He had asked that this meeting occur in the boardroom on this floor, is that a problem for you?"
"I suppose not, just seems a little strange and impersonal thats all."
"Well he had some guests from the Rheinland government up their earlier... sooooo."
"Gotcha, no problem."
They come to a door labeled "Accounting Department Boardroom, Suite 7052." Patricia then opens the door and waves her arm in. "Here you go Emilio, Alex should be right down."
Emilio Torres takes a seat, this time as close to the opening portion of the windows as he can. He now waits for his old friend. Just then the door flies open...
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 11-28-2007
At that very moment a steel grate also slid down in front of the windows. Ten Rheinland Police officers then filed into the room all with blasters drawn and pointed directly at Emilio. It was a trap!
Emilio Torres jumped up from his seat and drew his blaster. "DROP YOUR WEAPON NOW!" yelled one of the officers.
"I dont think so copper." As surprised as he was, his training taught him never to be without a weapon when one is pointed in his direction. "You can kill me, but I guarantee, three of you die first."
Just then an eleventh gentleman, one who appeared to be the superior officer based on the fact that he wore a suit as opposed to the standard issue police uniform. He had no gun drawn. "Put down the gun Mr Torres, no one needs to die here today," he said in a very calm and collected tone of voice. "C'mon put it down. Here how about this... everyone put their guns down." He then places his hand on the top of the blaster of the officer directly to the right of him and pushes it down in the direction of the floor. "All of you, stand down." Every officer in the room then proceeded to holster their weapons.
"There, that's better. Can you put your gun down now Mr Torres?" Even though the gun is now pointed directly at him the officer shows no sign of distress or fear whatsoever. His calmness is almost eerie to Emilio who then proceeds to slowly and reluctantly lower his blaster. "There you go, now slide it over here, and we can just talk. That's it, I just want to talk." Emilio then places the gun on the table and slides it over to the officer. The detective then slowly reaches for the gun and picks it up, handing it to the officer to his right, he then glances over to the officers on the opposite side of table and gives a quick nod of his head.
The officers then remove metal rods from their holsters and press them firmly against the arms of Emilio Torres. He begins to scream as he is shocked into submission. Other officers then come around the edges of the table restraining him against the table and placing his hands behind his back. They are then secured with hand cuffs. At this very moment an anger boils deep inside of Emilio, he cannot believe it has come to this. That anger is quickly replaced by a sadness as he realizes he has been betrayed by his old friend, Alex Cummings. As the officers lift him from the table and firmly place him in the seat behind him, that sadness instantly subsides and an even more intense anger builds inside his soul.
"Emilio Torres, you are hereby under arrest for multiple crimes committed against Rheinland. These crimes include murder, treason, theft, acts of terrorism, artifact smuggling, and overall crimes against the state. You are hereby stripped of all human rights and will face trial for your crimes." He then leans in towards the face of Emilio. "You're gonna burn you worthless piece of s**t. Oh and by the way, we didn't even have to pay Alex to turn you in... In fact, he called us. Whatdaya think of that?" Torres simply replies by spitting in the face of the officer. The detective then responded by punching Emilio square in the jaw. "F***ing scumbag! Get him out of here"
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 11-28-2007
As he is being dragged out of the room, a million thoughts run through his head. How could he have been so careless? How did he not see this coming? The signs were all there... weren't they? It was only a matter of time before Alex became so rich and powerful that this friendship no longer mattered. What was the saying?... Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Well, it never seemed so true as it did right now. Finally, how the hell was he going to get out of this mess.
As they exited the room and began to walk down the hall, Emilio raised his head. There he was, just yards away staring right at him. The man who had just betrayed him. His old "friend," Alex Cummings. Emilio had killed before, in fact many times before. But, never before had he wanted to kill someone as bad as he did in this very moment. "ALEX, YOU PIECE OF S**T! YOU BACKSTABBING, CONNIVING, GOVERNMENT WHORE! How could you? You and this company were nothing without me and my brothers. NOTHING!"
"Emilio, Emilio, its just business my old friend. You're a Corsair... you really should have seen this coming. Try and not take it personally ok. Rheinland needed a sign that we no longer associated with your kind, logically you are it. And don't worry, the trial will be short and you'll be dead in no time."
"YOU SON OF A B***H!" he jerks forward towards Mr Cummings. "My brothers will not stand for this, they will take this company down."
Alex Cummings points his finger directly into Emilio's face. "Now you see here, I built this empire. ME, you understand me? You were nothing more than a pawn to get me in good with your precious Brotherhood. Look around Emilio, I no longer need you or them. Your threats mean little to me. This company will soon be the largest most powerful corporation in the history of mankind. Your and your Brotherhood are nothing more than an annoyance on our great Rheinland. Together the RM and RepEx will squash you like the gnats that you are. Now get him outta my building. So long Emilio."
Emilio Torres then began to thrash and growl like a wild animal as he was dragged away by the Rheinland Police. The anger in him almost as strong as the anger he felt when Outcasts murdered his family. Alex Cummings slowly and calmly walked down the hall, looked back at Torres, waved, smiled and turned the corner. This would be the last time he would ever see Emilio Torres...?
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - majkp - 11-28-2007
Tethys was one of the Brotherhood's most secret projects. The main reason of it's existence was vast loss of skilled pilots during pirate raids in past few years. Captured Corsairs were usually imprisoned for the rest of their lives by militaries or police departments of lawful houses who usually tried to avoid capital punishments even when dealing with pirates.
Tethys was built by Ageira Technologies engineers for one dummy company (hired by Corsairs) and it was later improved and installed on Crete. The Tethys' mainframe was placed in a Corsair Deep Underground Vault (DUV) along with other comm and hacking mainframes. It was connected to a field of parabolic antennas somewhere high in mountains. It was able to locate a chip implanted into someone's body using hacked comm devices of any ships or objects in the close proximity anywhere in Sirius. It was also able to monitor some vital bodily functions.
Corsairs were obviously guarding their secret, most of the brothers didn't even know that they have a Tethys chip implanted into their body as it was undetectable by all commonly used scanners. However it was rumoured that Rheinlandic Intelligence already discovered a way how to jam the chip's transmissions.
Only the Brotherhood Elders had access to Tethys and were fully aware of her abilities. Most of the time, Tethys operated on fully automated program, only contacting Elders in case of an anomaly. Pedro Maniaco always supported the idea, however he never agreed to have an implanted chip in his body...
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Corsair DUV, Somewhere on Planet Crete
An LCD monitor wakes up from stand by mode...
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> WARNING: Heartbeat for #00:80:48:ae:4f:12 above average, location Pl.Hamburg, Hamburg system
> WARNING: Subject #00:80:48:ae:4f:12 lost consciousness, location Pl.Hamburg, Hamburg system
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several minutes later
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> Jump Hole usage detected for #00:80:48:ae:4f:12, location JH:Hanburg>Frankfurt
> subject #00:80:48:ae:4f:12 heartbeat back to normal, still unconscious
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1 hour later
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> Jump Gate usage detected for #00:80:48:ae:4f:12, location JG:Frankfurt>Munich
> Subject #00:80:48:ae:4f:12 re-gained consciousness, location BS Regensburg, Munchen system
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several minutes later
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> Jump Hole usage detected for #00:80:48:ae:4f:12, location JH: N/A, Munich C6
> WARNING: signal lost for #00:80:48:ae:4f:12
> Forced attempt(s) (124) to locate #00:80:48:ae:4f:12 failed
> ALERT procedure commenced...
> Finding subject #00:80:48:ae:4f:12...
> Subject found: Emilio Torres, member of the Brotherhood.
> Last known location - JH: N/A, Munich C6
> Scan NAV database for Munich C6
> Object found: Halle Jump Hole, Munich C6
> Scan NAV database for Halle system
> [Entries missing], Elbe station, Munich JH, 2 other JHs [missing data]
> Scan NAV database for Elbe station
> [Entries missing], Elbe station, Rheinland Police Guard, Class unknown, details missing
> Open new message, to: Brotherhood Elders, Secure Channel ACx43
> Create report...
Quote:Message to: Brotherhood Elders
Secure Channel ACx43
Comm ID: Tethys
Elders!
Tethys lost contact with subject Emilio Torres a few minutes ago. His last locations entries were as follows:
- Planet Hamburg, RepEx HQ [with 96,7% probability]
- Subject left Planets orbit, heading to JH:Hamburg>Frankfurt
- Subject jumped to Frankfurt, used trade lanes to get to Munich JG
- Subject jumped to Munich, used trade lanes to get to Halle JH
- Tethys lost signal after the jump
Subject was experiencing a strong commotion at Planet Hamburg, lost consciousness when leaving the orbit, and regained it back in Munchen. His vital functions were normal, no serious wounds detected.
Possible scenarios:
- Subject was arrested by Rheinland Police [93,6%]
- Subject was kidnapped by Bounty Hunters [5,3%]
- other possibilities (63) have the probability ratio below [0,1%]
Halle System Details:
Station(s): Elbe Station, Rheinland Police Guard
System Defense: [No details]
Jump Hole(s): Munich, [N/A], [N/A]
Accessible from: Munich System, Jump Hole at C6, see attached image(s)...
Tethys out.
![[Image: th_halle_munich.jpg]](http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w129/majkp/FL/TBH/halle_munich.jpg)
> send report, priority Urgent
> message sent
> continue attempts to locate #00:80:48:ae:4f:12
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LCD remained online but no more entries appeared...
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - McNeo - 11-28-2007
Juan was sitting in front of the holoscreen in his Villa, with Elders Lucendez, Costello and Yanez. After having played a game of Interstellar Risk on the generously sized table in front of them, in which Elder Yanez was almost completely victorious in conquering every province on the whole board, save the Hispania provinces.
"Look here, I have control of most of the continents, everyone knows Hispania is the cheapest continent around.."
"Yeah? Well it's the best fortified." Lucendez looked around the board. "And I told you I have a set to turn in worth fifty armies! So stop complaining and play the game." They both smiled at the irony of the situation.
Montoya gazed at his pitifully small share of the map, and decided to pick up the remote control and activate the holoscreen.
He browsed the channel list, and saw, on Rheinland channel 2049, a program labeled "Trail of a murderer". The others noticed this too, and there was a small pause as the satellite dish outside the villa began to realign.
Fully expecting the man on trial to be a Hessian or Unioner, the Elder's listened and watched attentively as the information was displayed and the video feed loaded.
"... a known Corsair..."
A sharp intake of breath was audible throughout the living room as the first few words were heard.
"... was arrested today, on Planet Hamburg. The dangerous criminal, whose name has not been released at this time, was apprehended by the Rheinland Federal Police at approximately 2:15 in the afternoon, somewhere inside the Headquarters of... wait...There he is, the Corsair being taken to Trail! Quickly, get over here and get a shot of this..."
The Elders were dumbfounded. Montoya's jaw had dropped, and it was obvious that the other Elders were in shock too. The features of the man displayed on the holoscreen were none other than that of Emilio Torres, who had volunteered to venture into Rheinland to found a company, known as RepEx. Whats more, in the background, a large RepEx logo was visible. Emilio's face looked somewhat convulsed as he strained with all his energy against four burly Rheinlanders hauling him to an armoured vehicle.
Quickly the Elders gathered their thoughts, and discussed what was to be done. Elder Costello's earlier transmission to the corporation, it seemed, was not enough to stop RepEx severing their ties with the Corsairs. Compounded with this, was Emilio's capture by the Rheinlanders.
In any normal circumstances, Corsair forces would be seen mobilizing for yet another invasion of Rheinland, but it seemed clear that the Rheinlanders had a great advantage when it came to pitched battles. This needed to be handled with more care, more precision and more forethought than the previous incursion into Rheinland space.
Then all the Elder's communications devices beeped simultaneously. With uniform movement, each Elder unhooked the device from their belts and looked at the information.
Tethys...
With the new information received, the discussion continued into the night, the Elders planning tactical maneuvers through Rheinland space to distract the forces of the Rheinland Military and Federal Police Bureau whilst the rescue was executed.
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - Othman - 11-28-2007
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The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 11-28-2007
A young woman is pushing a small girl on a swingset. The child is laughing and screaming out of joy. The woman looks up at Emilio and smiles as she speaks, "Emilio, why dont you come play with your daughter." Emilio is sitting on a park bench several yards away from the playground. He smiles as he gets up to walk towards his wife and daughter. He then notices a flash of light in the sky. As he stares at the origin of the light he sees a purple ball of energy quickly descending from it. At that very moment the projectile hits just feet away from his wife and young daughter. An enormous explosion ensues. "NOOOOOOOOOOO! CARAAAAAAAA!" he screams just as the wall of flames engulfs him...
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" As he opens his eyes, he begins to notice the grey walls all around him with nothing more than a small 10X4 inch opening directly across from him. He is slumped against the wall next to a very small, very hard looking cot attached to the wall. To his right is a steel toilet with a steel sink directly above it. He quickly realizes where he is, well, at least what he is in... it's a jail cell. In an instant the days events flash before his mind's eye.
"Hey, what are you yelling about in there?" a voice shouts from the other side of one of the walls.
"Who is that? Where the hell am I?"
He then hears the man utter phrases in Rheinlandish followed by loud laughter by him and another man. "Just keep quite in there criminal."
This had been the first time in some years that he had this recurring nightmare. The one of the day his wife and daughter were brutally murdered by some Outcast scum. As he attempts to lift himself from the floor an intense pain shoots down both legs and his head begins to spin. He remembered the officers back on Hamburg electrocuting him with their prods, but that wouldn't still be lingering, would it? Then he remembered the last thing that happened before he was placed inside the police transport. The detective in the suit stuck him with a needle and injected him with something. How long had it been? Where exactly had they taken him? Most importantly, how was he gonna get out of here?
At that moment he remembered the chip that the Brotherhood had implanted in his left forearm. He looked down at the scar, which was barely noticeable by now. He gently rubbed it with his right hand. 'God I hope this thing works,' he thought to himself. For, if it didn't, he would surely be dead by month's end.
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 12-03-2007
*Ting ting ting* Torres hears a clanking on the steel door to his cell. "Feed time Torres." A tray full of barely recognizable slop slides through the opening. "Bon Apetit scumbag" shouts the voice from the other side of the door.
"Hey bull... It's been 3 weeks, when do I get my trial?"
"Ha, trial? You're no Rheinland citizen. You're an enemy combabtant, therefore you dont get the rights of a trial. Oh no, you'll be facing a military tribunal. Ha ha ha. Don't you worry in there, your time will come soon enough. You'll be boarding the Elbe Transport to Vierlande Prison in no time at all."
It was worse than he had thought. A military tribunal?!? Torres could already consider himself crucified at this point. Well, at least he knew where he was now, Elbe Station in the Halle system. Not that it did him a whole lot of good, since he had no way of contacting anyone. He was definitely begining to lose hope. Would his brothers come? His only hope was that they would recieve word of his transfer to Hamburg and intercept the transport. No sense fretting about it until then. But if they get him to Vierlande, he would surely burn.
Now back to the forefront of his mind. "I will kill Alex Cummings, so help me god, he will pay for this," he thought to himself. Perhaps his Corsair brothers were already planning on taking care of that for him...
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 12-05-2007
Meanwhile, back at RepEx headquarters on Planet Hamburg
Alex Cummings is sitting at his oversized desk in his oversized office on the 90th floor of the RepEx Building on Planet Hamburg. He is monotonously going over statistical data on the data pad that is built into the desk. He reaches across the desk and presses a small button on a comm device in front of him. "Um, Patricia, do we have any update on the Torres situation?"
"Only what's on the news sir. We have received no official word from the authorities."
"OK, can you try and set me up with a meeting with the head of the Rheinland Police department. I really need to see that this doesn't get screwed up. My reputation is on the line here ya know."
"Yes sir, I will see what I can do. Oh and dont forget Mr Cummings, you have that speech to give tomorrow at the University of New Berlin."
"Ah crap, I completely forgot. What time is that again?"
"12 noon sir."
"OK, thanks Patricia... Could you hold the rest of my calls today, I have a lot of work to do and would prefer not to be bothered."
"Very well sir, what if your wife calls?"
"ESPECIALLY if my wife calls." He then hears a faint chuckle come from the other side of the door.
"Yes sir."
Alex then began reluctantly typing his speech for the University. What the hell was he supposed to talk about again... Oh yeah, how to succeed in business and keep your ethics. He then laughed at the irony in this topic as it related to him. This was gonna be a very long night.
The Betrayal of Emilio Torres - uspatriotsf - 12-06-2007
"Good Lord there are a lot of people out there." Alex Cummings is standing backstage of the Campuskonzert Adlershof auditorium at the Universit?t zu New Berlin which is full to its capacity at this point. He is peering around the curtain at the over 25,000 students watching the school's dean of education speaking to them. Beside him is his long time assistant Patricia Craig, as well as several heavily armed Black Talon guards.
"Well sir, you are one of the most successful business men in this sector. These young folks apparently know they have a lot to learn from you."
"Patricia, please pull your head out of my a**. You know damn well I hate doing these things, and your a** kissing is not helping me. I have to talk to these 25,000 knuckleheads about ethically succeeding in business using a speech I prepared last friggin night. On top of all the other crap I am trying to deal with right now. Please remind me to fire the entire PR department when this is over."
"You know Alex, you can be a real a**hole some times."
It was at that time that Alex heard his cue coming from the PA system: "Ladies and gentlemen, we know present our honarable guest, the CEO of the RepEx Corporation, Alex Cummings." The applause from the crowd is almost deafening.
"Well... here goes nothing." He walks out from behind the curtain with his hands raised in the air. As he approaches the podium he is pointing towards people in the crowd and mouthing the words 'thank you' with a very large, very fake smile on his face.
"Well, good afternoon everybody. Wow, a lot of you came out for this I see. Not really sure why, I hardly do any work at all." A light chuckle comes from throughout the crowd. "No, but seriously, from what I have ascertained you are the best and brightest of your generation. Your attending one of the most prestigious educational institutions in Sirius. What I'm here to talk to you about is how I was able to succeed and build one Sirius' largest, most profitable companies. As a side note I'll also explain how I was able to do this while keeping to my core ethics, as well as the ethics that I know you all hold dearly." As he speaks that sentence he knows Patricia is backstage laughing her a** off.
"Now, I built my company, RepEx, from the ground up. Now, let me tell you, that yes I started the company alone, with lots of hard work and sweat. But trust me, this company would not be what it is if I had not formed the right team in order to make it succeed." This line in and of itself was a complete and utter lie. In reality it had been Emilio Torres who had begun the company and approached Alex for assistance. If it weren't for his dedication to his Corsair heritage, Emilio Torres would be the richest, most influential business man in Sirius.
As Alex spoke, all attention was on him. He definitely knew how to hold a crowd. With his business prowess, his knowledge of how to "woo" people and his overall charming, yet sinister demeanor he was made to be a politician. Every student, faculty member, and security officer's attention was on him. So much so that no one even noticed the dark looking figure that had snuck his way into the bell tower across the courtyard from the outdoor auditorium only 800 yards away...