Drake continued on, his search for vengeance raging on. He could be found merely by following wrecked Dreadnoughts, bodies strewn through space. Frozen blood glazed along the hulls of dead hulks. Drake looked out around the planet, a ship blocked the sun.
Unidentified fighter, this is battle ship Incursus of the Hellfire Legion. Prepare to be boarded.
Drake let a wry laugh, his eyes crazed with hatred. His hand moved forward, palm shown.he clenched his fist and the dreadnought was gone
(*)
Three hours later,
Three hours ago, we lost contact with the Incursus. We have absolutely no idea what happened to it. It was on sensors one moment and then. Bam, it was gone. Kai listened intently to the intelligence officer. His mind raced with scenarios. He focused searching for any sign of what caused it. An image overtook his thoughts followed by words. Death, hell...pain, what more is there to live for?
Its Drake. Kai said, all eyes in the room turned to him.
It cant behes been lost for years. He should be dead.
Kira awoke to a dull pain in her shoulder, and when she opened her eyes, she noticed she was descending into a small cargo hold, again, carried by the same man from the rooftop.
"I have to remove the shell. Trust me, I know what I'm doing. This is a sedative, you won't feel a thing...."
Once again, everything faded to black.
OOC: Stole your glory again, didn't I, tank.
I am a long-absent Supreme Commander, Executive Commander, Grand Admiral, Fleet Admiral, and Captain in the mighty Hellfire Legion. I have returned, and am on an urgent mission from Drake Thastus to return the Legion to its former glory, and to claim the galaxy for its own. Only then will I be able to rest.
RP Story (Still deciding whether or not to finish)
Kai contemplated his next move. Drake had to be stopped, his power readily apparent and need for blood even more so. Drake had finally cracked, all he wanted was vengeance. And he could get it, without issue, without difficulty.
Kai however could not let Drake have his way, There's not enough ships in our fleet to take abuse like that. Kai thought. He knew what his deranged father wanted, and why...now to stop him.
Standard Legion policy dictates that every member must know first aid, from the wisest Admiral, down to the greenest recruit. Expandary courses were also offered frequently, and Jack attended them religiously. He attended them in the hopes that they would never be needed, but he had already proven his hopes wrong.
"I don't like to fight, but I 'aint afraid to bleed." Jack muttered. The saying had been handed down to him and his older brother, Mark, by their father, a Legion Admiral, John Kyle. His 2 family members were also looking for the Commander, each with a different theory of his disappearance.
Jack shook himself from his thoughts, and got back to the task at hand. The wounded girl's eyes had flickered open for a second, just before he had applied the sedative, and he wondered if she'd heard his attempt at reassurance. He gazed at her, unconscious on a makeshift operating table, otherwise known as a cargo container.
The requested medical droid then bustled in from the robot bay deep in the cargo hold, bringing a variety of medical tools with it.
OOC: You might be suprised, Oh Queerish One.
I am a long-absent Supreme Commander, Executive Commander, Grand Admiral, Fleet Admiral, and Captain in the mighty Hellfire Legion. I have returned, and am on an urgent mission from Drake Thastus to return the Legion to its former glory, and to claim the galaxy for its own. Only then will I be able to rest.
RP Story (Still deciding whether or not to finish)
Kai eased his controls downward, his Ravens Talon gracefully danced through the Liberty Fleet. His finger squeezed the trigger; an energy blast reached out and struck down an outdated Avenger. Manhattan was finally in HF control, and now they turned to Colorado. And still Liberty refused to give in to their demands still. This whole war has been a fools errand Kai thought. He maneuvered through the debris field diving down onto an exposed Liberty Carrier. Just as he reached for his trigger the Carrier went up in a massive fireball.
Holy sh*t! What hell did that?! Kai was in shock, a carrier disappeared like it wasnt there. The silhouette of a virage fighter shown through the smoke, Kai knew immediately who it was Drake Thastus.
Someone who knows my nameinteresting. So tell me, do you fear death Kai Thastus? Drakes face sported a sadistic smile.
No, but death isnt how this needs to endstop your temper tantrum and get back in command. Liberty is beaten. Kai knew his attempt at reasoning would fail, but it was worth a try
Val'ren smiled. Not a chance in hell. "No, I think I'll just stay here. Unless you want Drake rampaging throughout Sirius shooting everything he sees, I'm the only person you know who can keep him from doing that." He brought his Raven's Talon up next to Kai's ship.
"I hope you find some way of capturing him Kai, because if you can't, I've been ordered to take him to Corinth. I'm sure your aware of the stations new.. 'Use.' I don't think she will have much mercy on him now that he has pulled Sirius into a war. Focus on getting Drake before I do." He grinned maliciously. "My people will take care of the Navy."
"This is an internal affair, you have no part in it!" Kai retorted. Val'ren's voice gained an edge to it. "I think you'll find that its no longer your problem, and I will do what I have to."
"If you hurt him.." Kai began.
"Kai, please." He said dismissively. "Your threats have no place here. Your legion may be big, even strong, but don't forget who made it possible." A threatening tone entered Val'ren's voice. As if on cue, the Caedo and Chimaera moved into range of the Liberty fleet and began to assault the outer edge of the Navy formation.
"If you cannot control Drake, Aurelia will see fit to take control of your operation."
(OOC: Don't let me missing for 2 weeks, and a numbnut named flyer trying to hi-jack your thread stop you..)
“You can tell your ‘boss’ that we will take care of Drake.” Kai snarled
Val’ren rolled his eyes, “Let’s see you try then….”
Kai was already pulling in maneuvers towards Drake; his hand ran down the console until his finger found the missile control. A Paralyzer missile streaked towards Drake’s fighter, Drake laughed holding his hand out. The missile spiraled out of control and slammed into a nearby asteroid.
Val’ren tried to hold down Drake’s fighter, but was unable to. Drake sent an energy pulse out, he sent Val’ren into a wild spiral and disabled Kai’s fighter altogether. “Clear out of my way you babies….”
Kai put his hands on the power nodes inside his cockpit, a purple energy began streaming from his arms. His Raven’s Talon began to respond again and the console lit up. “It’s not going to be that easy Drake.” Kai pulled onto the madman’s tail and loosed a volley of fire. To no avail, Drake pulled out of the way and onto Kai’s tail.
Val’ren regained control of his fighter and tried to join the dogfight, Drake and Kai vanished before he could. “What…the hell.”
(*)
“Let’s see, HF fleet movement is increasing in the northern sector. And we have reports of some HF dreadnoughts showing up in Colorado. They have already setup shipyards in New York, and are mining the mineral rich planets they now control. It is estimated that they will be producing a battleship or dreadnought class warship every three days.” The man said.
“So what can we do to save Liberty from its own stupidity?” The man stroked his beard, his Bretonian Armed forces uniform shown. That he was an Admiral…
“There isn’t really anything that we can do; it would be wise to not provoke any more trouble than we already have….”
“Fine then, we let them die and fall to Kusari? And what about Rheinland? They won’t let this happen will they?” The Admiral said.
“Rheinland does not like Liberty you know that. But they do fear what the AW/HF alliance is now capable of. They did bring down a house and nearly our own nation. But Sirius would not unite to bring down Thastus.”
“Fair enough…”
(*)
Light folded around Kai’s cockpit, he found himself in dark space with no near sources of light. Not even the stars were visible. Kai’s moment of confusion was interrupted as streams of energy blew past him. “You’re going to die now…”
Kai, strained his fighter all he could to outfight the Virage. But he couldn’t, so he fled. Drake pursued him violently. Holding back from crushing the nuisance, he wanted a real fight.
Kai pushed his engines with all the power he could give, a planet peaked out from blackness….
830 AS, Sirius System, En Route to Alcatraz Depot, New York
Kira Bliss awoke to a bright light shining in her face. She groaned, then covered it with a cough, always be ladylike, as her mother had told her as a young girl. A high-pitched whine filled the air in the cramped cargo hold. She thought she felt a calm breeze blowing across her face. Kira opened her eyes, and nervously looked down at her body. She sighed in relief, all her limbs were still intact. Wiggling her legs, then her arms, she concluded that she was in pretty good shape, save for being fairly sore. However, feeling around her body, she noticed a section of irritated flesh near her shoulder. Almost from a laser of some sort.
She sat up, examining her clothes. They weren't her usual uniform, nor her casual dress. More of a hospital nightgown, but made of a soft, silky material. Swinging her legs off the container, Kira shakily made her way to the only visible exit, a hatch. She had no other choice of action, and as it presumably led to the cockpit of this vessel, the woman lightly touched the panel mounted next to the door.
ooc: Been a month, thought I'd bring it back.
I am a long-absent Supreme Commander, Executive Commander, Grand Admiral, Fleet Admiral, and Captain in the mighty Hellfire Legion. I have returned, and am on an urgent mission from Drake Thastus to return the Legion to its former glory, and to claim the galaxy for its own. Only then will I be able to rest.
RP Story (Still deciding whether or not to finish)
Kai screamed towards the planet with all his speed, Drake was gaining on him, he fell into blaster range and unloaded on Kai. Drake held his fist out, energy began to swirl. Kai could feel the energy building from inside his cockpit, he turned around seeing Drake release the energy in a blast. Kai released his own blast in a counter, he also fired his tachyon cannons at Drake an explosion ripped through space. A rift formed. What the hell is that! Kai exclaimed, space began to fold a great white light burst outwards from the rift. It began to grow at an insane rate.
The rift pulled Kai into it, it pulled Drake too.
(*)
Drake had landed safely aboard the Ravager with Ayana nearby, How did you find us? Drake inquired.
It was easy sir, we used the new tracking system on your fighter. This reply horrified Drake.
That means the nomads could know where we are! Drake scrambled to the command deck as quick as he could. To his horror a nomad battleship had emerged before the Ravager. More ships massed in the dark region, Captain take us to Omicron Major!
Wha- Drake shoved the captain out of the way and barked the order himself.
The Ravager streaked into warp, the massive interior of the Dyson sphere became readily visible. Nomads were swarming; the orders attack on the home world had failed. The hyper gate had been closed by nomads. Nomad warships jumped in large groups at a time, battleships began to stack up. Drake ran to the hangar, he ordered the comm man to call in the HF fleet. Ayana followed him to the hangar. Ready? Drake asked her.
Ayana nodded, As ready as ever They both screamed out of the hangarinto the hellzone before them.
The full extent of the Hellfire Legion fleet had gathered, the nomad warships rose to the challenge. Drake and Ayana led the elite fighter wings into the fray, Tango 1 this is Bravo leader, you got one on your tail.
Affirmative bravo leader, thanks for the heads up. The Hellfire pilots were well trained, they didnt panic when thing went bad. But it wasnt enough; the nomad fleet just kept growing.
Drake lined up a nomad fighter, his muscles tightened, his finger pulled back on the trigger. The Raven Claw shook as rounds spewed out the front. His prey was eliminated, the super soldier barrel rolled to avoid nomad fire, he watched as a Hellfire Battleship was turned into a massive fireball. Damn them The battle raged, nomad ships were being destroyed quicklybut they kept coming. And their superior numbers was forcing the Legion to reconsider its attack. This is Alpha leader to all fighters, form on me. Were heading to the Nomad city.
Ayana grouped her fighter wing with Drakes; they streamed on towards the nomad home. The nomads chased like hungry dogs, Alpha squadron, break off to defend the assault wing. Drakes fifteen man fighter wing broke off from the force heading into the wall of nomads before them. We dont have to kill them, just keep em busy.
Drake we cant keep this up much longer! Do something to end this or we are going to lose more than Balistner! Denelo Mori shouted, he was the executive commander of the Legion.
Drake watched his fleet being reduced; his hand began to feel strange. He felt a compulsion, he flexed his arm out a feeling of power took him over. He flexed his arm back and closed his hand to a fist; the sun in the system began to flicker oddly, This is the Supreme Commander to all Hellfire Legion ships. Withdraw now. Everyone followed the orders, except Drake. He stayed his mind focused on the sun and it alone. He could see inside of it, the molecules beginning to separate and core broke down Drake watched the star supernova.
The nomad ships disappeared in a hellacious light
(*)
The Ravager landed on Phoenix shipyards, letting the crew stop on America base for a drink, theyd sent a team back to receive Drake. His fighter had been crippled by the supernova, Drake and Ayana stepped into the America base bar. Drake waved his hand and the drink hed been so craving was given to him. Tequila his only vice in life. Now for a well earned drink
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