"Well... Kind of. Codename's BlacKnight, pilot in the Death Knights, sir. Just thought I'd lend a hand since I'm in the area. Nice to meet you Commander. As for La Mort, I think he's alive... Just was unable to make it."
The Bactrian flew off the planet and into the jump gate to Fort Bush before the fleet could blink. Then it was a quick jump to Connecticut, and a quiet flight into Alaska, and safety.
(I definately need to come up with a background story for this guy....)
Major Alpha and keiran have just entered the trade lane to the Alstar Shipyards when Major Alpha notices something odd.
Major Alpha: Interesting.
Keiran: What is it?
Major Alpha: We are are being followed.
Keiran: What, who by?
Major Alpha: A Rheinland Gunboat.
Keiran: Where?
Major Alpha: Its Captain has timed it so that when we enter a trade lane he is just outside sensor range, but he has mis-calculated and he appears on sensores for a split second. Watch as we dock with the next trade lane.
As they dock with the next trade lane the gunboat comes into sensor view for two seconds.
Keiran: Your right, how long has this been happening?
Major Alpha: Since we were at Freeport 2 in Bering.
Keiran: Shall we try to lose them?
Major Alpha: No need if they try to stop us in New Berlin they can deal with the Ableben.
Keiran: What if the Ableben isnt there yet?
Major Alpha: Then we could be in trouble.
Both ships came out of the trade lane and docked with the Jump gate. As they enyered the Gunboat appeared on their sensors again and its course indicated that it was following them through the Jump Gate.
I know where it is Cortana, I just have to find it. - Commodore Puddles
A second gunboat came out from the trade lane. The markings on the bow identified it as the RNC Wasser (pronouced Vasser). The sister ship to the Feuer. It took position next to the Feuer, just far enough away so that, if the Ableben decided to fire, splash damage would not effect the other.
The larger than normal turrets tilted menacingly towards the Ableben.
The wiry man seated in the small command chair on the Feuer pondered for a moment.
"Very well. Deactivate your weapons and prepare for escort to The Ring. You may send one shuttle and have with you a maximum of 2 body guards when you meet with the Chancelor-pro-tempor."
The two gunboats glided over to either side of the Ableben in perfect syncronization. These were normally escort positions, but for some reason it was something a little more similar to being taken somewhere at gunpoint.
***
The Phantom leader looked up.
"A Death Knight, eh? My name's Black Sword, the leader of Phantom operations on Manhatten."
He looked back at the planet as it dissapeared. Nomads were everywhere, ships blew apart, people died, and the planet burned. Even as he watched, another bright mushroom cloud blossomed on the surface, probobly couresy of the equipment dealers ordinance going up. He smiled.
"Glorious, is it not?"
***
Major Alpha and Keiran exited the jumpgate and made their way to Essen station. However, a large cruiser sat there when they arrived.
"Attention AW ship, this is the RNC Schadel. Please identify yourself and state your buisness in Rhinland."
Behind it, a real cruiser patrol came into view, full to the brim with Rhinland hurt should it be required.
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"Glorious.... And not to mention a thing of pure beauty. Humans don't realize how attracted to destruction they truly are... How... Beautiful they truly think it is."
As the ship passed into Alaska a Nomad gunboat began to follow them. More of a protectingly way than hostile.
"I hope you do not mind, but we are bypassing everything. I do not think we can risk landing anywhere but our new HQ. Lord Virus should be meeting us there, though, I hear he doesn't like Raf'el very much."
As the Rhino left, Oribit, a cruiser collided with newarks Docking area and exploded into a ball of fire, Most of the ships that where there were either crippled or destroyed.
Sephiroth: I think they've had enough, we can't have them all dieing at one, not until the Reunion.
She closed her eyes, then punched in a message into the Radios keyboard, moments later what sounded like garbled static was played on all radio frequences. And in unisun all nomad ships pulled off there attacks and entered the hypergate, when the last one was through it closed, and in a brilliant flash of the light the gate was gone.
With memories of the dead still flooding her mind from the battle, She set course for the Conneticut Jumphole, when one image caught her attention. It was that of a Large Alien Ruin, Massive on scal it dwarfed even the largest human space station. Sheilded by a massive energy field that surrounded its core, and what looked like five satalite asteroids powering it, colums of purple enerygy pooring into the Core.
Thats it, thats where they hide it, thats where Jenova is, and the my reunion, but where, where is that station, its not on any starmaps
She smiled, she hadn't been this happy in months, it actually is real, if only she new where that memory had come from.
Damn, know ill never know, theres to many deaths, but if was seen by human eyes then it must have been in sirrus, Ill have to start my search in Liberty then move my way out, It could have been Rheinland, Kusari Britonia, or even a remote area Liberty.
She dreaded the thought that it might be in the edge or border worlds, if it was out there then it would take months to find it, First things first to take what gifts these ones might have, to add there pieces to the puzzle.
The Rhino Entered the Conneticut jumphole, then was off to the Alaska Gate, and there would commence the first of many reunions with her brothers and sisters.
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AW-Enterprise. Docked at Freeport 11, Omicron Delta.
Korrd was on his ready room. At least his body was there. His mind was on the other side, watching the events occuring in NY. Seeing humans passing to the other side as they died.
He was meditating.... During 800 years i've watched over the humans. Hiding them from the outside. The other races in this region of space would see them as an infection that needs to be removed. Or a prey, or a toy... Fortunately, the most violent races haven't detected them yet, or they would have been wiped out long ago.
Damn humans... They had the whole galaxy to go. But they had to land in this place. The most violent place of all the galaxy...
The Nomads found them by accident. Something i couldn't avoid as that time i was a normal human.
They are hunters. They found a new prey to hunt. To have fun with.
The C'Tan... the soul devourers, as old humans knew them. They feed on humans since inmemorial times... They didnt know the humans were here, until the nomads started the killing frenzy...
They were atracted to the killing frenzy.. They started feeding on the souls of those killed by nomads.
They are working as a team now. The nomads kill them, the C'Tan ate them.
I never thought they could cooperate in that way...
But why are Nomads and C'Tan interacting with some humans? That is a mistery. They have never interacted with his prey... his food...
Humans cannot stop them. They are still too primitive. they have no way to attack the C'Tan, as they are not on this side.. They can kill Nomads tough, but the nomads they have found are the weaker ones.
This time i will have to interfere. The elder ones will never reach this place before humans are destroyed.
I might be forced to wipe the "enlightened ones" and all C'tan and nomad influence on this sector...
But not now. There is not the time yet.
If they only knew. If they only knew they are being used to...
A beep comming from the comm system disturbed his line of thought..
Korrd returned to his phisical form, and pushed a button on the comm console.
Comm Officer --Sir, we are receiving a signal from Dab. Audio only.
Korrd --(returning to his body) Put it through.
Korrd --Lord Captain.
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Dab: Korrd I want to go search for Kristy. Don't attack her or get too near, just watch her and where she goes. I am nearing New Berlin to... talk with Admiral Kreig. Make sure she doesn't make a repeat incident of Manhatten somewhere else. After I am done here I will go after here.
Korrd --All right. I'll see what i can do.
Korrd --I've read the reports. Seems she has some nasty powers. I can handle her on space, but if she lands, i wont be able to stop her. And i wont risk beaming her to the ship. I will proceed now to NY to begin search.
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