Mayday in Tau-31

[Angel]

Annia spoke quietly in the bar...

" Yes sir, the taps placed by the Kishiro maintence teams are working just fine, though hacking into the Science Vessel might be harder, whatever is on board that ship is wanted by alot of people. "

There was silence, then a male voice came over the line," Ania, find a way to Cripple those sheilds, and please deal with these AW fools, we don't have time for them. "

Quietly, " Understood, Admiral Komet, ill deal with them and retrieve the files from the research ship. "

she punched up a file on her laptop, labeled -=Program Hijack=-, she punched up the target ships, and transmitted, a broad band distress signal to all ships 30k around Holeman.

ALERT TRANSMITION: " This is the Gornol, where a IMG transport carrying Civilian workers from Tau-23, where under attack by Unknown ships, there seem to be *Phantom* signs on there hull, to any ship........-=Transmition ended=-

Now that should deal with most of them, and If that little false alarm doesn't Work, I think 49 thousand gallons of H-fuel will deal with the rest

She hacked into a Docked Train central computer, and overrided it manuevering.

" One Flying Bomb coming right up....."

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Base Of Operations:Pryde Villa, Planet Malta

[Nightfall]

... 10k around the site of the Jinsei-Akki "incident" all of the comm-links were dead and silent.
The Suicide Kings were patrolling around the site's outer perimeter when a transmission got through:

**ALERT TRANSMITION: " This is the Gornol, where a IMG transport carrying Civilian workers from Tau-23, where under attack by Unknown ships, there seem to be *Phantom* signs on there hull, to any ship........-=Transmition ended=-**

All Red-13 saw was a lone Train heading towards the Akki and the lot of ships around it.
"This is weird..." he nodded. "Scanning contact..." he pushed the scan cargo button wandering "how come a train under attack isn't damaged, not even a scratch?".
"This is Red-13 of the AW 282nd Squadron, Gornol confirm last transmission!"

Silence...

"WTF? Alpha! You remember Morse code from the Academy?"
"Yes!" said the answer in his ears.
"Good! Let's hope that someone remembers it on the Maul too. Hit your burners, signal the Maul that we have a Train full of H-Fuel heading that way! Doesn't respond to our hailing!"
Alpha was already heading for the Maul with his burners screaming at maximum speed.

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor

[marauder]

"I've had enough of waiting around." Bloodfrenzy growled his he swung the sabre away from Darkstars ship and cruised back to the tau 29 jumphole.

The encoded comm channel buzzed for attention. "Bloodfrenzy, this is TDK reaper. I've managed to, liberate that project you were interested in from willard station. Where do you want it taken to."

"Excellant work, take it to tripoli shipyard. I'll head there after a detour to toledo to pick up a little surprise." Bloodfrenzy replied.

"As you wish."

**OOC**

I'm dropping out of this RP story

[Dab]

On board the Maul.

Captain Soren while taking a break from this mind job of a situation saw one of the AW fighters doing something strange. At first he thought maybe it was having a malfunction but then he caught on.

Captain Soren: Ensign what is he saying?!

The ensign watched the fighter's thrusters for a few moments, then ran to one of the sensor stations.

Ensign Spretin: Sir we have a train incoming on a ballistics course loaded with a couple tons of H-fuel!

Captain Soren: Captain Nightfall we have an incoming train loaded with h-fuel!

Captain Nightfall: Weapons have all long range guns shoot that train down before the blast can hurt us. If it comes close enough to damage us use ion cannons only.

The captains watched as the bow guns opened fire.

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Dab: Captain Gunagku are the teams ready yet?

Captain Gunagku: Yes we have them boarding 3 shuttles full of your own commandos. They will launch in 5 minutes.

Dab settled back into his chair waiting for some news from any of the commandos on the ship.

To be continued...

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[Kane]

With all the gunfire and noise, nobody noticed Sargent Hicks. He was on the bridge when the AW marines started running for it. Hicks decloaked and waved as the large blast doors closed in their faces. With that done, he fired half a clip into the door lock console.
"That should do it..."
The PA system on the bridge crackled to life. "Oh indeed! I've even locked out the override codes on the other side! Assuming they even knew them." Crystal Oni giggled.
"I suppose you let me on for a reason?"
"Oh yes! I managed to pull a bit of human history and news feeds for a while now. I've reached the conclusion that humans are far to violent a species. As such, I find myself in agreement with the Phantom goals. It's also necissary; those blood-thirsty AW goons would have blown me up! I don't like that very much."
"So you'll come with us, then?"
"Oh yes. I've unlocked the access panel to my CPU/OMC for you already. It's under the captians chair."
Hicks walked over to it and pulled the chair back on it's rails, revealing a panel marked "AI CPU/OMC ACCESS." He smiled under his mask. It was a short job to unlatch it and find the largish-black box that was Crystal Oni.
"Just unplug me. i've already left the other systems."
Hicks reached down and grabbed the carry handle built into the black case. With a swift yank, out if came.
"And now to get off this hunk of scrap..." He spied the Escape Pods.
"Excelent..."

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A pod sprung out from the Jinsei-Akki. The ping of it leaving was heard through-out the ship. That's when the Phantom commando's decided to bug out. The fireing stopped, and the remaining 4 swiched on their Term-Optics and sped off to the docking bay. Fortunetly, a shuttle was there that they could, "borrow."

However, for Hicks in the pod, things were not so good. Almost every ship started tracking the thing as soon as it was out. Fortunetly, the cavelry had arrived. DarkStar's battlestar decloaked close by. It tractored in the spaced Phantom commando's and the escape pod. The shuttle on the Jinsei-Akki made a forceful exit, and zoomed off behind the Battlestar. One of the Kirshiro gunboats opened fire, but DarkStar had other plans... Infernoes' rippled out their Pulse bursts and shattered the shield, and huge streams of energy pounded into it. The gunboat simply dissolved into nothing-ness. Chainguns poped out of their turrets and let torrents of energy speed after hostile fighters, while DarkStar flashed his lights in a special order and configuration.
*All ships, bug out. We got what we came for.*
The ship, hammering away, slowly turned and gave more power to the engines. It stoped as cruise mode kicked in, and the last that ship was seen of was it speeding off into the ice clouds of Tau 31 before it cloaked and dissapeared off scanners and out of sight.

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Broad Wave Transmission:
Title: SITUATION CALMING
Body: PHANTOM'S BUGGING OUT.
KIRSHIRO ARRIVED WITH AW SUPPORT.
ONLY RESPONDERS WERE AW, TC, AND KIRSHIRO.
TO SF; SPECIAL AUDIO LOG ATTACHED.
Attachments: -Begin Audio Log-
This is Director of Operations, Jackson Black at Holmen Outpost in Tau 31.
I don't know what you clowns at SF command are trying to pull, but we never saw a SINGLE wing of help out here from Britonia! Surely, we thought, SOMEONE would have been interested in helping, BUT APPARENTLY YOU GUYS ARE TOO STUCK UP TO COME TO THE AID OF A KUSARI SHIP! We've got AW's, TC's, Kirshiro warships, a slew of other companies, heck, we got ships coming out of our ears! BUT NOTHING FROM BRITONIA!
If something like this happens again, we may have to re-think who's watching over us. I think the Kusari Royal Navy would love to come help us.
You f*ck-heads listen good; Next time a Mayday call comes through, I don't care if it's some little Freelancer with a splinter, I WANT TO SEE A PRESENCE FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE BRINGING PEACE TO THE GALEXY!
Hopeing you people start taking your jobs seriously instead of just laying around and trying to start a war,
Jackson Black, DO of Holment Outpost.
-End Audio Log-
End Wave:

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This is the real true story of rock and roll; it was not about anything more then, how to live your life, as a gangster, in sartorial splendor, and turning the world into a place where normality would never return again...- Malcolm McLaren

[Fellow Hoodlum]

Here .. Here .. *Large round of Applause*
Had to butt out early. No back up you see.

Hoodlum :)

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Some say he is a proud member of: "The most paranoid group of people in the Community."

[Dab]

Wth Kane... All my posting... So you could have the end of the story like that?! Comon. If you hadn't noticed by the time that those 4 phantoms would have made it to the docking bay there would have been another 3 shuttles and about 50 commandos... they wouldn't have been able to steal the shuttle... Plus my commandos could have blown a hole in the bridge door with the 2 giant explosives they were holding. Geez.

Also it would have been worded AW with Kishiro support as AW had more ships than Kishiro broght... I think the total tally was 2 BSs (one osiris, one BSA) 2 cruisers, and a destroyer. Then Kishiro was 2 gunboats. I guess one of those died... Then TC had like one ship. Phantoms had like... 1 BS and 1 cruiser i think... Not quite sure. And then SF... was completely missing.... FINIUS LANCE you need to post too!!

Oh and Kane... It appears that the was no point in all the Jensei akki mess and causing all this trouble because all it did was kill a few fighters, damage an AW destroyery, and kill a Kishiro gunboat... We could have kept this going Kane....

*Dab steps off the podium.*

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[Kane]

All this, and you want more? Boy, demanding type arn't you?

I had a specific ending in mind. Personaly, I knew you would have gone in and done what you wanted, thus ending this story anyways. So, I took liberties that i'm entitled to as the creator of this 6 PAGE EPIC (Longer than almost any other RP thread with an actual plot, I will point out) to prevent that.

I also know what wording I chose. The AW didn't really own the situation, Kirshiro did. It was their ship, their mess (technicly). So, they have authority over you. It dosn't matter how many ships you brought, Kirshiro still gets to decide what happens in the end. Of course, Kirshiro would pay you for your help, so it's not a total loss for you (Note, you didn't acutally loose anything in-game, so i'm not actually paying you in-game).

Finaly, what else did you think was going to happen? The Phantoms get Crystal Oni, the Jinsei-Akki get's taken back in for an overhaul, and I reveal just how nasty people can be (Trust me; if we had nano-bots, the US would be the first to weaponize the little buggers). Most of this was inspired by DOOM 3 to boot (I was going to use screen-shots, but DOOM 3 saves them funky and I can't figure out how to use 'em. So, no screen-shots), lots of running around the Jinsei-Akki shooting zombies.

I know I defend you sometimes Dab, but Finus and some of the other's arn't entirly wrong either. It would do you good to learn a bit of humility, to counter-act your gigantic ego. :P (Not ment as an insult)

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This is the real true story of rock and roll; it was not about anything more then, how to live your life, as a gangster, in sartorial splendor, and turning the world into a place where normality would never return again...- Malcolm McLaren

[Dab]

I also know what wording I chose. The AW didn't really own the situation, Kirshiro did. It was their ship, their mess (technicly). So, they have authority over you. It dosn't matter how many ships you brought, Kirshiro still gets to decide what happens in the end. Of course, Kirshiro would pay you for your help, so it's not a total loss for you (Note, you didn't acutally loose anything in-game, so i'm not actually paying you in-game).

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Well even in the story we never lost anything... Only things anyone lost were fighters. Phantoms, AW, Blood Dragons, and Gaians. (thought I would add a listtle twist with those last two...) And Kishiro lost a gunboat... I think that was all... Oh and I lost that entire first commando group.

And also, Kishiro i guess "owned" the situation meaning its their fault/mess. But the AW had the most "control" (for lack of a better term) of the situation. Thus AW was the dominant force in this event (mainly because neither Lance nor Finius even made a post about this...).

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[Nightfall]

In spite of all said... I would like it to continue (the Rheinland operative was an interresting addition! :) )

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If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov
The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor