DarkStar left the comm chanel open and let Raf'el onto the bridge.
"Well, gentlemen, it would appear that the Chancellor, now Sephiroth, are going to be doing something with alien ruins. And she has asked us to play a part."
He turned to Virus on the comm screen. "Virus, I want you to find any recent ruins found in Sirius. Look everywhere."
He shifted to Raf'el. "Raf'el, find any concentrations of AW forces. I want to know where every one of their ships are. You may use any means necissary... Bribes, recon, anything."
He walked over to his command chair. "Crystal Oni!"
A new voice answered over the comm channels. "Yes?"
DarkStar sat. "I want you to be ready to go over whatever Raf'el and Virus come back with. We'll be moving out to select systems and you will be in charge of breaking open their datanets."
Crystal Oni giggled. "Of course! They might even present a challenge."
DarkStar leaned back in his chair, feeling at ease now. "You may use whatever you need that is within our power to get."
DarkStar smiled. "Remember brothers, we must be silent and swift. When the time is right to play our part, we must be ready to deliver our killing strikes."
He motioned for them to carry out their tasks. "May the C'Tan be with you."
After they had been dissmissed, DarkStar turned to his helmsmen. "Set course for..." He fliped through his star-map. His insane smile lit his features. "Planet Honshu. We can start there."
"Aye aye!"
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He walked back on to the bridge, "We're going everywhere in the universe.... Take us to the most likely position of any alien ruins that have yet to be discovered."
"Comms..... Contact the Hackers... Tell them I want every message that leaves or enters every known research base ASAP. Oh, and tell them if they don't, I'll blow their hands off."
Raf'el: Just a moment sir. First I would like to know what exactly you two talked about.
Darkstar: And why is that?
Raf'el: Because the more I know about a person the better read I can get on them. And if you expect me to get any kind of reading at all, I'll need to know as much as you do. Maybe even more.
Darkstar: Perhaps I might tell you sometime, but for now you have your orders.
He felt a real urge to try to dig that conversation out of his mind. But he knew no matter how much he tried he had little chance of getting anything understandable from his mind.
Raf'el: Yes sir.
He whispered, all malice and anger not showing in his voice.
He walked out of the bridge and made his way to the hanger bays.
Deck Officer: Sir...
He never finished his sentence before he screamed in pain. Raf'el just stared at him as he collapsed onto the floor. The rest of the men in the docking bay made sure to be out of his way as he walked to his recon fighter.
And Korrd I need you to reply to the message being sent to you as to where you are and where you last saw Sephiroth.
**OOC**
**IC**
Transmitted to: Phantom Flag Ship, Oblivion
From: Raf'el
Sir I have sent a list of fleet movements and system defences. But even factoring in the ships lost in the brief battle with Rheinland there are a large number of missing ships. I can only assume they are remaining hidden for an offensive against someone. Probably us. There were also alot of ships taking large patrol routes and making contact with the bases, planets, and outposts of various factions asking is there was any information of Phantoms in the area. I request that we proceed more carefully to avoid being detected by them. Roughly a third of the AW ships are unaccounted for. Including the Ableben, Chimaera, and Defender. The Enterprise's repairs are almost complete. We hacked into their fleet orders and found it to be the flagship of all the defending forces for Omicron Theta and Alpha.
>Attachment downloading.
>Name: Map of AW fleet movements.
>File download complete.
>End transmission.
She was still confused on how, someone, anyone whould want to help a nomad, even under there own will, but this human did, and still is. During a battle in Leeds, a battlegroup leader of a Sirrus Gunboat have made conntact with a Nomad Reckon Fighter.....
" Why do nomads attack us, what is it that you want, can there ever be peace between us "
He pleaded to the ship, knowing that there was a higher entiy listening, this Sky Shark had bargined for peace, but in doing so had condemed Sirrus to Fire and brim stone.
She could hear the voices of millions of creatures, singing there beautiful song as they slept in the Ruins of the Forgotten Capital, the guardians where there as well, massivly powerful nomads that where born to defend the capital.....
Skyshark: So, hear it is, pretty isn't it, now that ive located your capital, you'll stop your nomad attacks right....
She just ignored him, there thoughts where beautiful, images of what they had seen, stars being born, planets nebulas, other creatures, Vast Cetra cities that spanned Hundreds of miles.
Then she felt her, faint but Present, deep within the Ruins, jenova, the last remaining Domkavosh in Sirrus, a wealth of knowledge and power, but she was locked away, blocked somehow, then a angelic voice sounded, soft and gentle...
JENOVA:My dearest daughter, you have found me at last, ohh how Ive waited so long for one to find me, I am to week to carry on much longer, find the key that keeps me bound to this place, and I will bestow my knowlege and power onto you, then all that would be left is to fine your kin, and take there insite....[/B]
" Mother "
She was then snaped back to current events as skyshark continued over the Radio
Skyshark: So what will happen will everything be ok?
Sephiroth: Ill make sure you have a front row seat for whats going to to happen, you have started mankind down a long road of peace my freind.
With that she activated the homeing beakon to the ruins...
A key, there has to be a clue in Kusari, if the Ruins are in Britonia, and theres nothing in Liberty or Rheinland, it has to be Kusari, someone had found Artifacts on Honshu, I will go there and see for myself.....
Leaving the Nomad Recon fighter she came back to her own ship, quickly punched in a console for the Helm officer.
Sephiroth: Helm, set course for planet honshu fastest speed......
Alignment:The Outcasts Status: Retired Personal Bio Click here Current Ships:The BlackPearl Base Of Operations:Pryde Villa, Planet Malta
Sweat....
she was sweating, when she woke up with a loud scream....
Leeds.... Newcastle.... Honshu.... Bretonia....
She couldn't get the meaning.... she has been dreaming of battles, ships, Nomads and kills....
A lot of kills....
She knew, she wasn't human - her skin was the proof - she was a hybrid life-form, maybe her parents already were.
She had a dream like this before, on Moya, her destroyed home....
"Sephiroth" she murmured to herself.... again not able to catch the meaning of this word.
She liked the Nomads from the first day she met them, and it seemed they'd liked her....
At least she remembered a dream, while floating in the escape pod. As if they had opened it and filled up the resources. Was it a dream ?
How could she have survived for so long in that pod....
What shall I do with these Humans.
From the moment on she met the first, she was disgusted from that sort of life-form.
She wasn't quite sure about this situation, but one thing she knew: "I have to make a decision within the next couple of hours.
With or against you, Sephiroth. Whoever or whatever you are..."
Her breath became calm and her eyes closed again. She sank back to her bed and fell into a restless but dreamless sleep.
The comms officer pressed a few buttons on his console, "Commander, the Hackers have intercepted communications in Bretonian that tell where Nomad Ruins exist. It appears that someone else has already complete our duty. Its not a message from the research stations, but they thought you would be interested."
Virus sighed.
"Wait; there's more: according to this, he was making a deal with a representative of the Nomads. Most possibly Sephiroth."
"Then we have failed our mission.... We need a way to make up for this. Where is Sepiroth now?"
"Just a second, sir." After a couple seconds of quiet talking into his microphone he spoke up, "From what it seems, the Hackers are tracked her ship to the edge of Bretonian space. They have contacted the Outcasts, and asked them to continue tracking; we should be receiving a message from them soon."
"Helm, set a course to Manchester, perhaps we can catch her before she leaves Bretonia. Burn out the engines if you have to, I want to beat her there!" Came the command.
"Aye, sir. Engaging cruise engines and overloading systems." A pause, "We are within nominal system capacity."
Virus smiled, "Good... Keep updated sensor logs. Know what's out there. Anything smaller then a cruiser, blow right past them. We do not wish to fight anything that can do damage."
Captain: Ma'am, we where able to slip past the SF blockade in leeds no problem, though they relayed several insulting words, none have persuded.
She reading through Intel Provided by Phantom Ships in the near by systems.
Sephiroth: Well with this conflict between Kusari and britonia continuing we should be able to get into Kusari pretty easly, make for New Tokyo captain, the sneak us into Honshu, i want this to be quiet.
he snapped his boots together and walked out of the room.
It just a matter of time now, and soon i will meet jenova.....
Alignment:The Outcasts Status: Retired Personal Bio Click here Current Ships:The BlackPearl Base Of Operations:Pryde Villa, Planet Malta
"Sir, the Outcasts have tracked her to the Tau-31 system. It appears she's heading for the Tau-29 Jump Hole."
"Hmm..... Give me a star map." After a second a large 2D map appeared on the view screen. "It seems more likely she's going to Tau-23. There is a jump hole to Kyushu there, if she's heading to Kusari. If she's going to Alpha, she has to go through that system anyway."