"Saddle up boys!" the captain had exclaimed, Rearing his hands up like waking up a room full of sleeping crew. Rushing on deck with the XO following suit behind him, Sylus slings his arms out, pointing to crew and flicking fingers to the consoles like orders on a silent ship. "We got places to be! Things to do! A ship to repair!". The crew begins to cheer with ecstatic emotion when they hear they're going to work on the ship and get her fixed up. Maverick and the crew begin the startup procedure, so quick, so fast, they almost set a record time. Cincinnati breaks apart from the fleet, upward she goes, and away over the ring of capital class vessels that protect the Sovereign. Maverick remembered that Hunt had sent the directions to the shipyard to the Cincinnati. The captain walks over to one of the officers amongst the main bridge and a brief exchange of conversation later, a display appears on the bridge's windows showing system layouts of the systems they would be passing. Nothing too descriptive. Only some fields and Jumpholes that were on their pre-determined path.
Space after space. System after system, and into parts of Kusari space within the Sigmas. Maverick read the notes and amongst them was one thing "Half way through, prepare the ship to not be detected." They came across a jumphole that was marked on the route differently than the rest. Maverick knew not what system it led to. Didn't know what was on the other side. But Maverick had a feeling in his gut. If it was anything this old man had learned was to listen to it. "Approach the Jumphole, orbit at 1000m's, engage inertia dampeners and Proceed the Sequence for Underground Railroad."
The Cincinnati closed in to the anomaly. 1500. 1350. 1100. Set. Shields deactivated, the cloaking mechanism can be heard, draining power from the circuitry and hoarding it. "Procedure complete in 30." A crewman said. The device spools. It's audible and very awe-inducing each time the ship begins its protocol. "Complete in 3. 2. 1. Engaged" A field of bright white and light emanates as a circle from the aft, and passes down the base and body of the metal lady, till it cones to a point and vanishes in the stern and the ship disappears. With its movement concealed, the Cincinnati advances.
A low hum resonates from the ship's hull as it pulses with it's altered power output across the hull of the ship, and the batteries in within the ship are zapped one by one. "Alright boys. Time to run silent protocol. Ship's hull is sturdy enough to pass through wormholes without damage. Let's push her through." Cincinnati creeps to the spinning vortex in front of them before being pulled inside and shot out the other end. Passing through the other side in a system even more unknown than the Omicrons to them. Her metal hull grazes some rocks floating amidst the system. Small clangs and tings against her framework along with the resonance is all that can be heard as the Overlord passes through the system. Seeing a random station to the Starboard, and more rocks. Pursuing the path and waypoints, another one marked strangely than the rest. She nears the wormhole destination and passes through that once more. Again the ship follows through to the other side into a nebula that restricts visibility. Along the path in this system of unknown, they see another station, unique, and strange to the things Maverick and the crew was ever used to. Again one more wormhole lies amongst them with a patrol of one Gunboat and two fighters passing by, taking no notice to the pulsing sound aura of the large ship. Through this one into Nagano. A system Maverick traveled many times bringing Furs from Planet Tomioka back into Liberty space. "Get away from this hole. Keep down the path of waypoints set for us. All seems to be going well."
Through the system of Nagano, following the co-ordinates plotted for the ship, they arrive amongst another jumphole, taking them to Tau-37. "He really wants us off the radar." Sylus says in a low and subtle tone. "Well. Self explanitory. To be frank, he either has an ulterior motive, or he actually wants to show us that we can trust him. Alright, Lets get out of the Railroad once we enter the 44." In Tau-37 they pass through the Torres ice crystal field housing a Zoner Installation that Maverick had only visited a time or two, Freeport 10. The last of the jumpholes marked for their trip lies within the Malvinas cloud. Once located and in visual range, Again as time and time before, the ship slows and creeps into the Wormhole. Letting it shoot the Cincinnati out the other side. "Here we are. Let's get the Shipyard within view." The Nebula had been mapped out, showing the edge just nearby. Maverick had the Cincinnati move toward it to get a clear eye of things. Just as the nebula's visibility reduction was starting to lift, a large, roomy, look-at-the-dock Shipyard was coming within view. "That must be it. I can see the Hedgemon moored to 'er side. Let's get out of the railroad, guys." The Crew members below start pulling levers and as the final one is yanked, A loud cringing sound is heard as the "Railroad" shuts off. The built up power is dispersed into the surrounding space, a familiar circle starts from the Stem to Stern and the ship passes through the ring of light, returning to visibility. The re-routed power surges back to the shield, coming back online and charges up to capacity. Cincinnati has passed through house space of Kusari. Undetected as instructed. Arriving at the Singapore Shipyard.
Maverick, Sylus, and crew look at the Shipyard from the bridge. Speachless as they would be, as they've not seen a shipyard quite like it. "Now, I've been in a big yard. Juneau is the biggest by far, but good god. This thing is just amazing." Maverick said, explaining his mind. "Look at the size of that bottom bay. I'm sure they've got room," Sylus interjects. "Enough room for a couple of us, Eh?" one of the members chimes in. "Whelp, Get me comm."
"Singapore shipyard, This is the Overlord class vessel, The Cincinnati. We're requesting to moore to a bay for repairs." Maverick says through the comm link to the tower of the Shipyard. Some silence is the only thing heard in response. Seconds pass. Seeming like an eternity. "You don't think he sold us out do you?" a man questioned sitting behind the radar display. "No. If he wanted to do that, he'd send us somewhere closer to Gallia, deep omicrons, or in Liberty." Maverick answers "this wouldn't be it." Seems like minutes pass as the Cincinnati pulls to the side of the station, awaiting a response.
"Singapore shipyard to Cincinnati. We've been expecting you. Pull into bay two, We'll get you stationary." Maverick smiles as Sylus walks up to the captain and slaps a hand on his shoulder and playfully shaking him forward and backward in delight. The crew cheers loud and proud, feeling like the hardship will soon be over and the Cincinnati will be back to full working order. Maneuvering the Overlord amongst the framework of the Shipyards bays, slowly and easily before coming to rest amongst the stabilizers built into the railings. They had done it. And now one thing left to do. Wait for the first shipment.
Almost 24 hours pass as the crew bides their time waiting for the first shipment of commodities to reach the Yard, deep in the 44. The crew rests. Play card games. Crack jokes. They do whatever they can to pass by the time. Cleaning, moving, disassembly. Anything necessary had been done within the first 20. Crew working in shifts. 8 hours each time. Like clockwork. Taking part where one left off, and repeat. Organizing pieces. Laying down parts and sifting through wires. Wrenches were turning and drills were pounding. Maverick on deck with Sylus filed paperwork of blueprints and schematics of the engines and consoles before them. Working out a way to get the core out of lockdown.
"Cap! CAP! C'mere! is that what I think it is?" one of the officers says on the bridge. Maverick who had only just woke up. "Can't I get my coffee first?" He staggers, half awake. "No sir! I think you should see this." Maverick walks over to the panel before the member, With half groggy eyes. He squints. Closing them forcefully and opening them, batting them quickly and squinting one more. The half awake captain eyes widen and a big grin starts to grow on his face. "Alright boys! Incoming shipment! Crank up the Music! Break out the drinks! Grab wrenches! Let's get started!" Just as the captain says that, incoming transmission from the vessel approaching. "Overlord class Cincinnati. This is the Ifrit. We're inbound with components. Requesting a mooring point." The crew cheers in excitement and roars amongst the ship. "We hear you Ifrit! Bring 'er on in close and we'll get you unloaded!" Maverick responds to the CT-73 approaching. Maverick motions to Sylus and has him follow.
The Commander runs down to the bay just below the main deck where the ships would be docked. "Suit up! We're dropping the bay! All hands available, we're dropping gravity and bringin' in parts!" Sylus heads over to the comms, radioing to the main deck to drop gravity stabilizers, Letting the crew come to 0 g's. All crew members signal to Maverick that their suits are prepped and ready for space. A quick double check, Sylus and Maverick getting into their suits, check themselves, secure tethers and radio up once more to begin depressurisation. Oxygen is sucked out of the locked and sealed room, The gravity is lifted, and the bay below is dropped out showing the Ifrit with it's red flashing lights head to toe, and it's red cargo pods.
The Ifrit begins to send up the cargo between the ships. Engine components, Hardware, panels, A number of things are sent up between the two ships. The crew of the Cincinnati and Captain intercept and bring them onboard. Setting them aside and moving them down the halls of the Large ship. The crew unpacks and unwraps the parts and components delivered. Beginning to place them grabbing wrenches and socket drivers. Welder guns and plasma. Sparks are flying seamlessly as the first parts reach the engine room. "This is one hell of a payday for us, Gents! Make the most of it!" Maverick says grabbing a crate heading up from Ifrit. Several hours pass as they unload and use the parts amongst the ship. The forward deck reaches Maverick on the radio within his suit. "Mav, We got another one coming in. It's the Shiva." "Well alright! Let him sit behind the Ifrit. Good ol' Initiative contracting!" Not long later, the long blue vessel, Blue steady lights and blue pods pulls up just behind the Ifrit with a second load of goods. The ships after a while call it time. Ifrit and Cincinnati close their bays, buffer the gravity, and return oxygen to pressurize the bay. Crews work into the late hours, Dismantling cutting, fitting, placing, welding, like it was their own Ship shop. Maverick heads into the quarters after a long day and gets some rest.
The following hours presume the same as it did the last 24 hours. They work on the engines and systems. Reinforcing weak points amongst the ship. Giving her a full work over. All 200 men on this ship and the captain. Getting down and gritty. On the final stretch, they had one last thing on their agenda. Bypassing the core lockout. Maverick wakes up and gets his coffee. Walking amongst the crew of the ship, carrying a mug. Doesn't say much because he knows what he has to do in the coming hour. He walks amongst the bays and quarters. Through the engine room and back to the bridge. Nodding and inspecting the progress of the ship as he walks. Sylus is amongst the bridge by the comms talking to deck 9, the core room getting them prepped for work. Maverick nods to Sylus who nods back. "You ready captain?" Sylus asks Maverick while ticking his head to the right, motioning to the panels below. "About as ready as we should be. Everything on the hull is complete. Engines are being finished as we speak. May as well get the last thing under wraps." Maverick answers, Finishing his last sip of coffee and putting the mug down on a fixed desk in the back of the Command room. Him and Sylus move over to the panels, removing them and displaying complex wiring, lights, levers, buttons, and equipment that would be impossible to work on if you knew nothing about it. Maverick takes a mic, with more than the normal layout, it has multiple buttons on it and lays down on his back below the console. He begins to work on wires. Tracing bunches of twist tied, ziplined wires. Working old training and memories in his mind. Tracing every piece of old knowledge he has. Talking back and forth between deck 9. During the procedure, two freelancers show up on radar. "Sir, two contacts approaching, Freelancers." "Alright. I'll talk to them".
":Joker:": Still 0 vision.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Yes.
":Joker:": Is that...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Is that what, Pilot?
":Joker:": An overlord.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Aye, It is.
":Joker:": Ah. I have heard about this ship.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: we must be well known, I presume.
":Joker:": Nah. I just hear a lot of things around.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Well known and feared.
":Joker:": Contacts and all...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well known and feared, Don't lie to us.
":Joker:": We are not liars.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We know better right boys? *The crew laughs and cheers.*
":Joker:": Ah... This makes me remember my ship.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Aren't we looking for someone?
":Joker:": Yea...I forgot.
":Joker:": What was his name...
":Joker:": Hey Mr. Captain.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yesm?
":Joker:": I would be looking for a guy Austin Pierce. I had been tracking him a bit but he fell of the grid.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *chuckles* Well. That name rings a hole in my neck. Doesn't it, Sy?
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: More ways than one, Mav.
":Joker:": I am sensing a story here....
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Pierce on a IMG base?
":Joker:": No..
":Joker:": Pierce everywhere.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Do you mean Augustin?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Well .. cheap drinks.
":Joker:": Aye.
":Joker:": He had people rolling around not to long ago.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hm. Hm-hm. *Maverick chuckles slightly* Sylus you tell him while I deal with these wires.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Sure thing. We know who he is alright. And we know what happened to him. First. You gotta tell us who you are, 'lancer.
":Joker:": I aint a "'lancer"
":Joker:": I was...How should I put it.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: We both aren't.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Someone special?
":Joker:": That is not going to get us answeres man.
":Joker:": We are The Blackguard.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Mav, you heard of the black guard?
":Joker:": We were The Order's special wing but we went rogue 5/6 years ago.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Uh-huh. Go on.
":Joker:": Now we are a group of nomad hunters, brokers, mercenaries and other crew looking to bring those blobs back to where they~
":Joker:": belong
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Bringing them to where they belong? Meaning on some planet burried and forgoten?
":Joker:": Nah...
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Burning in hell..
":Joker:": A graveyard.
":Joker:": And what he said.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Thats where they belong.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: So. You're against the blue jellied abominations?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Yes.
":Joker:": And their supporters.
The.Cincinnati: Supporters of nomads that want nomads dead. That makes little sense.
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":Joker:": Outcasts, Wild, Oracle and The Comune.
":Joker:": And I smell trouble.
The.Cincinnati: GAH! *Loud crackle and static is heard shortly after*
":Joker:": Everything alright in there?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: What the ..
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Damn these consoles. Jims, C'mere. Give me a hand.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: We had a core malfunction. Liberty Navy locked us out. Now we're working on fixing that with a bypass.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Seems like you need a overhaul.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: So you're friends of the Commune, outcasts and such, or enemies?
":Joker:": Enemies.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Good to hear th*Static*t you.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Arent Outcasts getting their brain washed by nomads already?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Almost got 'er. 9, what's the read?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: They consume too much cardamine ..
The.Cincinnati: *-*Coming up fault. Try another.
":Joker:": That is the new core isn't it?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Blasted pieces of junk. No. It's the same one. The old cards were locking us out of the main core. Trying *grunts and-
The.Cincinnati: struggles with the mainframe* to rid this *uurgh* of that problem.
":Joker:": Hold on...
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Well seems you need a overhaul really..
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: It was very short on my scanners..
":Joker:": Show yourself pilot. We know you are here.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We already got most of the main repairs done. Just this last batch and the Nasty 'nati would be ready for combat.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Ganes, You see what that blip was?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Hehe .. the Nasty'nati..
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Its back on my scanners ..
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: It was a Gallic tagged sir.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: 13k away.
":Joker:": There...
":Joker:": I knew it.
Not far off the scanner, Returns the Gallic pilot after only showing up momentarily. The gallic stays within the cloud just barely out of range and 7-8k out.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [muttering] -see three feet in front of me in this damn cloud.
":Joker:": Can we be heard from that ship?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: I hate those clouds aswell.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: I assume so, pilot. If they're on our scanners, they're more than likely within earshot.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Depending on that cloud's density.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Seems like he wont come closer.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Cap, we best hurry it up.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'm trying Sy. Give me a cod-flabbed minute.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she sighs]
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: And I was just starting to be happy about having nothing to do.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Target comes closer ..
":Joker:": Anything interesting?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Just a Gallic Royal Navy ...
":Joker:": Oh well.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Bring the shield online, I should be alright.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: What are you two - three, even - radar blips doing out here in the middle of nowhere?
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: You sure sir?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Nothing to bother you with..
The.Cincinnati: Mav: yeah, Least I get is a shocking experience.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Alright, Bring up the Positron.
*Shields Enabled*
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Actually, it usually is something to bother me with.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Ever since the Oblique did- well, what it did.
The.Cincinnati: deck 3: Positron charging. Online.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: I dont remember harm any of your Gallic citizen.
":Joker:": Well your shields are going up well Cincinnati.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I never said you had.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: What's that you jokers have back there? Some kind of transport?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Your IFF transponder's scrambled.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Err...
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: A transport.. yes.
":Joker:": We like it scrambled.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Old and rusty.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Really old.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: really rusty.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [sounding bored] Uh-huh.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Strange place to park a transport.
":Joker:": Everywhere is a strange place to be.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: You like the 37 jump anomaly, do you?
":Joker:": I did not noice that there.
":Joker:": Gas field an all... I don't have the time to look at my map.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she chuckles] Okay, fair point. I have a map to follow.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Do enjoy! Watch out for rocks.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Really? You get used to the double vision pretty quick.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I know how to dodge a rock.
":Joker:": I like a clean flight.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Who doesnt like them ..
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Not when you see it within 3 feet of your craft. That can be hard to avoid.
":Joker:": So. Mr. Captain. I would really like to know what happened to Mr. Pierce.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she chuckles] Oh, wait, wait. Now I get it.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: You guys are some kind of Guild survey team, right?
":Joker:": *laughs*
":Joker:": *gets serius* no.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: GMS squeezing you guys out?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: GMS?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: You serious?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Uh, yeah?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Mumbles inaudibly just off the comms from under the paneling*
":Joker:": Come again? I did not hear a thing.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: 9, Let us know if we trigger somet****
Shields Disabled Radio goes blank and appears the ship has failed.
A flash quickly bursts from the bridge of the Cincinnati. The ship shorted out and sparks flew across the main control room, The crew ducks and Maverick gets a face full of spark. Hand's charred from slight burns and his face now pock-marked with little black smudges. Maverick wipes his face, crawls out from the panels and sits up checking himself over for further injuries. He looks at Sylus who was just beginning to stand up after bailing, and crew sit up from their posts in a now only naturally lit command room. Maverick nods to Sylus looking him over, nodding back, they both look around the room checking for crew. Establishing a headcount and moving on.
Only a few short seconds pass, before deck 4 starts to run the secondary generators. Power restored momentarily.
The.Cincinnati: *4* Secondary generators online. What happened?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Crossed the wrong wire.
":Joker:": You went FUBAR.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: 17 million combinations here, narrowed down to about 10 thousand.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You'd think I know better.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Sounds like you have a problem.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Sounds like fun down there Mav.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Bad place to get lost.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, I"m taking a break.
*Maverick walks off and away to the quarters, wiping sweat off his brow.*
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well. Now a better time than ever. You gents seem like you're in the same boat as us as far as goals.
":Joker:": We do work together.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Augustin Pierce was the gent who helped the us get out of Liberty along with Battlegroup Auxesia.
":Joker:": Oh?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Seems like Raven didnt lost her mind.
":Joker:": We will see that soon enough.
":Joker:": Z. i need to run through some contacts.
":Joker:": Be nice and stay here with the man and learn about Pierce.
":Joker:": I bid you farewell my friends. Z. when you are done meet me on the station.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: He must be around somewhere.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Allright.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Farewell.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Safeskies Gallic pilot.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [sighing] Uh-huh.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: -Man-, are the deep Taus boring.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well. The thing is about pierce... He was killed.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: What?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: When?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Where?
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: The man had set a firing sequence on a prototype ship, which ended up in the ships destruction. Pierce tried to kill
The.Cincinnati: the man on it by doing so.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: God damn Pierce ..
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: We made *ehem* a stop somewhere. When we got there, Pierce had been shot in the neck. Can't say who. But I'd
The.Cincinnati: venture a guess it was the guy who Pierce tried to kill.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: I hope for this guy he is somewhere far far away.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Thats bad news .. really bad news.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Sounds like you guys have the most eventful mining in the whole sector.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Do tell. Why is that bad?
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Very eventful.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: He was a good friend and old comrade.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Anyways.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: I have to tell this to Joker.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: You do so. We'll be back to work on this piece.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Captain you ready to try and finish'er?
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: I will meet him at the station, farewell and good luck Mav with your Nast'nati.
Maverick returns to the bridge with a soda and a little shoprag, picking up the mic responding just in time to the freelancer.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Indeed. Take care.
[BG]-Dozerua.Zozen: Safe skies.
During the next instance, The only pilot left is the Gallic Royal Navy pilot. Unaware that the ship is an Overlord from Liberty, they assume that it's just a large transport.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: You know, if Singapore's crews are having trouble with that thing, I could always call you a rep boat or something.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [wryly] I don't mean to intrude on Guild business, but you sound a little stuck.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: They could even fix your transponder for you, though I imagine there'd be a fine. You know how it is.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Nah, We got it. Engines are fine. Just having some powercore issues. Transponder is next on the list.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Got a hefty crew of 200 all working on it ourselves.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Sure. Don't let anyone else see you with it scrambled like that. [she chuckles]
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Two hundred?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: What model is that thing?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Mind if I take a look?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *ahem* it's an old model. Nothing special.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Pff. Sure.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: A Pilgrim, is it?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I know all about those things.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You know, some of the crew fom the yard is out and about. We only have maybe 20.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: The Gauls don't, of course, but they can't tell a Pelican from a Gull half the time.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: If it doesn't run on promethene, they aren't interested. Oh, no, not with Sirian technology.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: H-fuels being one of the most transported fuels on this side of the border.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Yeah, well.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: They tried adapting Lynxes a few years back.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: did it work?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Oh, yeah.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I mean, insofar as -mine- worked.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Then some other Legionnaire got herself killed after the plasma conduits went critical, and that's the end of that.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Some lieutenant or another. Gabriel, or something.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Doesn't ring a bell.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Do I know a Gabriel?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I doubt it.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Not that I'm aware of.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I mean, unless you used to be Legion material - which I doubt.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm. No just standard Civilians.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Although, now that I think of it, this isn't a bad place to go.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Singapore exclusion agreement, ass end of nowhere...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Quite the retreat. It's quiet.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: If I ended up skipping the Foreign Legion, I wouldn't rate this low. [chuckling]
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Yeah, it's quiet, but it's a hellhole.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I can't even get a fix on my location, let alone anything else.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: The restrooms on board seem to be about as much. To be expected from Miners I guess.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: If Minato wasn't holding a nav beam for me, I'd probably just have to fly towards the sun until the clouds went away.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Things were nicer before the Oblique had to go and... y'know, screw us over.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Now, -someone- has to draw the short straw and spend hours flying through ice, ice, and more ice.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'd venture a guess. Everyone has a job and some of us are not that Lucky.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she sighs] I'm sorry if I'm rambling. I'm just so -bored-. You have no idea.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I mean, it beats Leeds, but...
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: -not by much, I guess.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mhmm. We've just been flyin' 'round ya know.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Took a couple hits by some hostile parties. took out the engine and damaged the core.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Now we're here. Getting her fixed up.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Uh-huh. Yeah, I know how it is.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I used to run a transport myself.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You did too? How far ya go?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Through the Taus to Bretonia and back.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Back in the days of - well, I guess Leeds is -still- under siege - but when it was us doing it.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I mean- wait- Kusari doing it.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she coughs]
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We've been around Sirius ourselves.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Yeah?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: You're not some ex-Omicron types, are you?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: As a matter of fact, we came from -ehm- Omega's. We started in Liberty.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Actually, if you were, you'd have told me by now. [she giggles] Never met an Omicroner who didn't big it up.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: And - yeah, right. Omegas. Never been, but I know of them.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Same for Liberty, although I've been there. Kind of.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: It's quite the trip.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Some nice scenery. All up and down the four houses outside of Gallia.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Oh, yeah?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Quite a tour.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: It sure was.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Want a tip?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sure!
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Don't bother applying for a permit if you ever wanna see Gallia. I've seen the waiting list - and the reasons for denial.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: The old hole through Orkney's still there. Just run it.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: It's what I'd do, if I was still in the business.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: But, yeah. Don't bother with the bureaucracy.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Good to know. We'll have to check it out. I hear it's real nice in Gallia. Lanes are different than the rest of Sirius.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Sure, if you mean they're twisted ninety degrees.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: It's smarter, though, I'll give you that.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: -the hell? More radar blips?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Seems there was another out there.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Mmmh.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Didn't look like it was flagged red, so - not my problem.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Literally nothing out here but a Valor hiding somewhere... somewhere, anyway. I don't even know if it's in this cloud.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: That and Singapore, which I am very much not allowed to go near. [she coughs]
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Not like anyone else would think twice about trampling all over the Guild's wants and do-not-wants, but...
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Call it a difference between Gauls and Sirians, I guess.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Again, the Diplomacy.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Though I'd kill to know what model you're flying.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: But... not worth my job to look outside the cloud.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: It's ehm... It's a large class, Enterprise. It's an old Luxury Liner.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's about as descriptive as I can get.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Oh, one of those?
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Yeah, I know what you mean.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We're re-modeling it top and bottom. But we couldn't get to the yard we were destined for.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: One used to be shacked up in Edinburgh. Used to fly past it every so often.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Then - well, you can guess what happened. It 'relocated'.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: For sure. Can't control everyone.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Mmmhm.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well if you don't mind us. We got some work to do before we get this beast out of here.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [she yawns] Yeah, yeah. I didn't mean to keep you or anything.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I just get bored as hell out here, you know?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We know the feeling. Either it's dull or you're being shot at.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: I should probably stop skirting the exclusion zone, though. Hey, if you don't tell anyone, neither will I.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Oh, yeah. Tell me about it. Especially in the Navy.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Our lips are sealed, Pilot. Say I never caught your name.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: With someone breathing down your neck, there's no time to talk.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: It's all 'yes, Commandant; no, Commandant; engaging on your wing, Commandant'.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Yeah, yeah. I'll just copy paste my old patrol logs.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Again.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Seems they never pay attention to them.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Who would? They never change.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Like I said - dead end duty.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Welcome to the Foreign Legion. [she laughs bitterly]
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Maverick chuckles in return*
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Anyway, I won't keep you. Get that transponder fixed, though, or you really -will- run into trouble.
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: Sayonara, captain.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Take care pilot!
GRN|Katsuko.Komatsu: [sighing] Aaand - now for Thirty-Seven.
The Gallic pilot disappears, and the Artemis de-cloaks nearby. Shortly after, From This Valley moves in as well giving a check up on the Cincinnati.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: That was close.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Too close.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'd say so. Gallic finds out about us, that's a problem.
The.Artemis: Ivan: bet it was.
From.This.Valley: Walker: Good to see you again.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: And who might you be?
From.This.Valley: Walker: Caleb Walker. We fought off the corsairs together back on Navarro.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: And... I'm assuming you're with the initiative as well.
From.This.Valley: Walker: Not exactly. Simply private defense contracted out to you boys.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Indeed. I remember seeing you amongst the fleet when we arrived in Theta.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: So what are you doing out here?
From.This.Valley: Walker: Well house law prevents us from taking our caps into their space. Figured we'd take the long way round and check up -
From.This.Valley: on you all.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: But what are you doing away from the Sovereign? That leaves.... That Scylla and a transport.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Not much for a defense.
From.This.Valley: Well the needs of The Core come first. Had a breach of Nomads coming in from Iota, all avaliable fleet was called back for
From.This.Valley: the fight.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hm. Well. We've got business to attend to.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Power core is almost done being bypassed out of lock.
From.This.Valley: I hear ya, we're gonna stop here for a resupply maybe head back to the omis later on.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Once we're done, We'll send a message to the Sovereign. We'll see you around.
From.This.Valley: Affirmative. Good luck on the repairs.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Thanks.
"This ship is going to make me or break me, Sylus. And I don't break easilly." Maverick spoke to his XO while kneeling down to the console and getting back into position amongst the charred wires and paneling. "If you don't, then we'd of probly not left Liberty." Sylus leans against a console crossing his arms over his chest looking at Maverick with a half cocked grin. Captain returns the look with a glare that would end worlds. "Get me some new wiring from the hold. A few chips. and a datapad." "Yes, Sir!." Sylus pops to attention with a playful salute and drops his arm fast, swinging it behind him and pointing to a couple members of the bridge to follow. Maverick starts to unbolt the card reader. When done, he sits up, turns around Grabbing the whole piece of console and just starts to yank the thing out of the dash. "C'mon you little Bi***... Get... Out... OF... THEEEERRRRE!" Wires strip and snap. Slowly giving way under the pissed off captain's attitude. More sparks fly from the dash, monitors cut out, lights turn off, smoke fills the bridge and the ship lies dead.
Sylus returns to the bridge. There's a moderate amount of smoke filling the air. Smelling like electrical systems had been burned and wires were scorched. He turns his head to find Maverick sitting on the desk where he'd put his coffee mug, one leg propped up and smoking a cigarette with his arm resting on the knee of the up leg. Beside him the ID reader with a mangled mess of wires hanging out of it like a strange creature from the depths of the sea. "Having fun?" Sylus tosses over a sandwich to the captain. "Well." He says catching the sandwich with his freehand. "While you were out making subs, I was killing battleships barehanded." Maverick cocks his head sideways putting down the cigarette and opening the sandwich. Sylus and crew slightly chuckle. The have a quick meal amidst the smoke. Having no way to vent it without power, they work amongst it as well. Sylus helps Maverick, sitting indian style next to him with a datapad, as Maverick bolts up a new piece of computer he fixed together with some spare parts. "This bad boy is a little trick I learned on Juneau. It's how we got ships to fly right without having the access to the computer systems. Hand me another stick." Sylus reaches into his uniform's front pocket pulling out another cigarette and lighting it, passing it to the captain under the panels, taking it, and puffing on it as he wires up the interesting toy. "Alright. Ganes, Start drilling holes into the paneling to mount the datapad. Stevens, grab a book from the quarters and start working on a program to run the ship on our ID's." "Yes Mav." they say together.
The process takes 4 hours of only sunlight entering the bridge. The Cincinnati is hot inside. The crew is dropping bullets of sweat down their faces. The smoke is thicker slightly and after a pack of cigarettes or three later they start to get it under wraps. They touch wires one by one to a sensor, relaying the locations each went to. Tying them together with color coded braids to each deck. "Alright... This layout should be familiar. Sylus, you following me?" "Well, I'll be. Got that hook up?" "Right here." Sylus grabs the plugin and snaps it into the Datapad. Where he works diligently. Maverick chiefs the cigarette as he continues to plug up wires. "I was wanting to avoid doing this if possible. Crossing wires for a bypass would have been quicker and not as damaging to the ship's mainframe. But I got tired of dicking around with it." "I feel you captain. You know I can re-program. So once we got the ship's layout and connection ping, we can get the mainframe on the same page." " You ready?" "Yeah." "Start her up. Make sure you keep the bypass active till we can get the second pad touched in." "Alright. Connections tight?" "Yes" "Bolted in place?" "Solid." "Here we go..."Sylus touches some buttons ont he touch screen, and with a slight hesitation, pushed down on the final. The ship sits silent.
Several seconds of still seeming like forever in dramatic moments till the Cincinnati's lights, engines, ventilation, motors, all come online and the ship comes to life. "HAHA! HOT SH** SYLUS!" "We did it captain! We're around the lockout!" "Teach them pricks to show me more than I need to know!" "Good thing for Juneau training, eh?!" "Hehe, Amen! Stevens! Got that program?" "Yes sir! Right here." "Sylus, keep the bypass on. Work your magic. You know what I like!" "Don't worry, I know what makes you happy.' Both men laugh together, overjoyed that the Ship had been returned to life. "Hunt would love to hear this. Once we're done here, we'll head back to Theta. I'll get on the comms and send a message to the Guild Master thanking him for his time."
Time and time again. The Cincinnati pulls through. You can kick her. You can beat her. She'll just come back. Stronger. Better. You can't take out the Nasty 'nati. She was limping. She was locked out. She was blacklisted. But the crew presses on.
Complete. As she was. The lockout bypassed, The ship's engines repaired, Fully functional, and able to finally be worth a damn, The Cincinnati had overcame the odds thanks to the Independent Miners Guild. The last hour, while the crew finished up everything and squaring away loose cargo, Maverick went to his captain's quarters to relay a message to Joshua Hunt. The very moment he stepped through the doorway, He receives a transmission from him. They spoke about The Cincinnati's success in restoring the ship to full potential and that Maverick and crew were to head out to Inverness to survey a potential planet for a little colonization. Maverick and crew wasted not a single second to scope out a place they can finally call home. Maverick also sends a regard thanks while in his quarters to the Guild Master before heading back to the bridge.
"What was that about?" Sylus asked when Maverick returned to the bridge with yet another sleeve of paper in hand. "Seems you're always getting something. Like magic." "Seems Hunt is full of little ditties isn't he?" Maverick replies cheerfully and a cocked smile, waving the note back and forth between two fingers. "We got another batch of orders from him. This time, We're going to Inverness. One of the systems that Congress resides in. Been there a time or two on the snub for code named weaponry." He adds. Sitting down in the fore-seat, pulling out a pack of cigs. Digging one out, placing it between two chapped lips and a goatee, holding out the pack to Sylus while digging out a lighter with his other hand. "Congress? Ain't them the blokes who promised you that captain's chair?" quizickly raises an eyebrow, reaching for a cancer stick that Maverick had outstretched. "Ye-ap. That's them." Lights the cigarette, and extends the lighter to Sylus. "Maybe I can pull some of my own strings." says Maverick, while Sylus lights his stick, taking a few hits and a drag before pulling it away with two fingers. "Time to go gents. Ganes, Get on the comms and Tell The Artemis they're going with us. We got everything nailed down?"
Stevens reports to decks for situation reports, All check in according, 1 through nine and the go is given to depart. Ganes confirms plans with the AWACS Corvo that escorted the Cincinnati and they leave Singapore Shipyard in Tau-44, for their new waypoint. The trip doesn't take long from Tau-44. Taking some back ways through Baffin and into Cortez. Right next to Liberty's space of California, and into Inverness. They first arrive within an orange/purple nebula of rocks and Asteroids. As if it was the first one they'd ever been in... It's no surprise. There's always Nebulas with large looming rocks. Engaging in cruise engines, the two ships head to a station that He'd been to before. Good ol' Junkyard, situated just behind the planet that resides behind Invergordon Space Port. "That planet there. That's the first place to start. We'll sweep around the system. Take notes of temperatures, Gravitational pulls, and any life-forms. Try to get atmospheric content and densities if possible. Wills, Ganes, Keep in contact with the AWACS and see if Ivan can help from his side." "Aye, Mav."
They scoured around looking for the right place. Each planet and lump of rock with a decently available habitat for colonization. They surveyed the moons. The clouds and nebula's. They scanned wildlife and composition. Everything within the system.
before finally resting on their target. Planet Forres. A small, hot, water driven world with various lifeforms planetside.
This was it. This was the one. Liveable in the poles where the temperature was the least harsh and not as smothering. "Artemis confirms readings. This planet here is the one most habitable by us. We should inform Hunt." Ganes says from the corner. Maverick nods and looks at Sylus. Motioning him to come with. Just before they head off the bridge. A random system wide Burst transmission comes along from someone within the system. One of the Congressman had been monitoring their probes and radar and noticed them come in. Maverick and the Congressman, which was named Mr. Wheat to everyone with a badge, but Rico to others, about their findings and purposes within the System. Maverick couldn't pull no punches here and be honest with the Congress Junkers. Seems the Congress themselves are also a tad shady. Having Black Market munitions, slaves, Drugs all imported and exported from the system. May as well come clean. As such, Rico came to terms with letting the group use their stations under one condition. If anyone came looking, they didn't know each other. Fair enough. Rico said his goodbyes to the crew and Artemis. Now was the perfect time to moore to Invergordon and get in contact with Aegis.
Having told Hunt about a possible planetary settlement, they were instructed to hold position in the Inverness system and await the fleet's arrival. Rico, A man of quite the stature, checked in on Maverick and crew from time to time. Days pass. There was whiskey, and Ale. There was Synthetic Marijuana and Counterfeit software use. There was partying and play. There was also serious watch and work to be done. The Artemis and Cincinnati's crews made full use of the Spaceport, as given the prompt instruction by Rico to do so. The Men had a blast. Former Naval members and Junkers, carrying on in a manner seemingly Never seen amongst Sirius.
The laughs and giggles, the high times and shenanigans eventually stopped once Aegis Initiative arrived within the system to do their homework of the Planet Forres. Cincinnati and Sovereign took point and perched themselves a-top the planet. Probes sent down to assert assessments of the crust and usable areas. Turns out there's a bunker that some Hellfire Legion Wing was using as a base until it was bombed from an orbital strike by the ARCHIMEDES unit, A large Arbiter class battleship. Which. They eventually came to know was unmanned and a prototype AI that gained its own sense of self awareness. How did they find out? Well, reader, Maverick and crew came across this ship with the MNS-Aurora of the 72'nd wing. Why were there 3 battleships ships within Inverness, casually talking? Your guess is as good as mine. Seems that the ARCHIMEDES unit was also sent out to arrest a wing of their own called Task Force Gladius. The very rogue group that made the now present, HLX Nerve toxin that Stacker and Hunt possess on the Sovereign. Why is there a connection between Hunt having the toxin, and it being made by Legionnaires? Maverick sat for hours in his quarters. Running through old notes he had jotted down. Names. Systems. Connections. But something drew him to Augustin Pierce, who of which is already dead. As they say, you could beat a dead horse all day. But it's not going anywhere.
During the survey and 3 week long stay in Inverness, Hunt and Maverick also noticed that LSF agents had been poking around. Snooping and looking for Maverick's ship. One such time, he was even visited by an old friend. Jack O'neill. The captain of the 5th|LNS-Odyssey and Maverick's Former fleet admiral. Jack had arranged a meeting between Him and Maverick deep out of the way in the Cortez System. At which they met, but Hunt wasn't about to let Jack have Cincinnati to himself. Accompanied by The Artemis and a couple other ships, they stayed at a distance to overlook Cincinnati's well being. Jack was headstrong. As he always was. A navy bred obedient dog who was given the orders to see that the Cincinnati be destroyed and the entire crew killed. They were about to finish up their little "talk". Sovereign and Artemis came in to escort the 'nati out, when Jack started to slander Mavericks crew. To Maverick, they are not crew. These were his Family. Maverick couldn't turn a blind eye to Jack's loose lipped bashing of his Family. A nerve had been struck. Maverick brought all crews to battlestations and began an assault on Jack's ship. For broadside for broadside, Maverick's Family fought Jack's crew. Equipped only with mainly a support loadout, The Cincinnati was eventually overcame by the 3 Cerberus class heavy guns mounted on the fore of the Odyssey being an assault Overlord. The ship was damaged heavily and it had returned to base while the Sovereign and the Artemis did a number on Jack's ship in return. Sending the Odyssey back to Liberty for repairs as well. Jack made his intentions clear when he continued to insult Maverick's crew. Knowing he had hit that one soft spot and antagonized the attack intentionally.
In Inverness, Maverick frothed with despise over Jack's actions. He had been a strong captain. A great leader. No matter what happened. Jack was there. But he also remained obedient to the left hand of the Liberty Navy's First Fleet. Jack had a mark on Maverick's back, ever since he left the boundaries of Liberty. Now. Maverick has the same mark on Jack. Once great friends. Now the worst enemies.
Several more days pass since the Cincinnati had been nearly taken out by the Odyssey. She finds herself and crew amongst a nebula Cloud in Cortez as requested by Joshua. A small brief meeting between Him and two people, one named Amy, and the other Lexi. During the patrol, Artemis assumed a position near the tradelanes to keep an eye on passers, and the Cincinnati backed the wall to enforce that nobody showed up to interrupt. The usual passers here and there. Traders not taking notice. A colonial poking a nose around. Then some legionaries. Unexpected as they were, brought a battlecruiser and an Arbiter class battleship. In a stare down as the members of the Initiative, Raven, and the Hellfire spoke to each other.
They faced down each others barrels for ten minutes straight. Maverick listened closely to any information relevant, and found out that Locklear, the current top brass of the Hellfire Legion, and Joshua have some old ties with each other. As they smoothed out details, a direct conflict was averted and the ships passed without a single bombardment being lobbed from any cannons or guns. For a few days, The initiative kept low. Scouring over the planet in Inverness. Keeping a close watch over the system for any patrols that may come knocking. It would be too good to be true. Eventually, the Agents of the Liberty Security Force would follow their noses. Sniffing any form of trail. Maverick and Hunt knew they couldn't compromise the Congress with their presence. A tactical retreat over to Coronado, where battlegroup Auxesia would reside, was their only option. Hunt, making friends as he went along, had strategic fallback formed up just in case they needed an out.
Maverick contacted Rico of the Junker Congress once more to inform him of the decisions, four days after the re-location of the fleet.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Hey, Congressman. Do you have a minute?
.:j:.Golden_Triangle(s): Mr.Wheat: Yes of course Maverick.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ah, Good good to hear from you, Rico. All's well I hope?
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): always well, how are you?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, I wish I could say as much for us. I need to talk to you about our Inheritance in Inverness.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: Sure, What can I do for ye? Not suitable anymore?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We've talked to Joshua about it. We've noticed Agents of LSF poking around and looking for us. We feel that we're bringing some attention to the system.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: Hmmm... I haven't seen any here. Seen them in Coronado.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh, no, no no, Trust us. We've seen them.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: LSF is not a concern of ours, as long as they don't loiter. BAF is more of a concern.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, It's not a risk we're going to take. We may have been around, but we don't want to bring anyone down with us. Once the LSF finds out we are there, They will contact BAF and the Junkyard would be compromised.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: Naw. How much do you think they'll be poking around?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Don't be Naive, Rico. We're looking out for you. They've been in there every other day.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: Just tell them that the Junkers here don't have anything to do with you. They're more concerned with AI right now anyways. You feel like Coronado is safer?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We've been gone for four days, you know. We're pulling the attention away from your system and closer to our allies. So as of now, it would be.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): You trust Auxesia?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I wouldn't consider it a trust, than a mutual understanding between parties. They have tech, and we have knowhow. That about sum's it up.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): Mr.Wheat: Heh, well that's fine. I've had numerous run ins with them, and I know what kind of people they are. Not as straightforward as I am, but, maybe that's not what you are looking for. I bid you adieu and safe tidings on your new endeavors
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We will send you 40 millions momentarily for the duration we were there. As such, we will keep tabs on you gents just for safe keepings.
.:j:.Golden_Gun(s): we'll call it even at 20. Feel free to stop by for repairs, good luck Maverick.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Thank you, and best of luck to you Rico. We'll be in touch.
Based out of the cloud in the Coronado system, they use Barrier Gate Station as a place to get resources. Since then. They've been keeping to themselves, rallying new parties and collecting their assets to tally their abilities. Maverick and crew forge their story more from here until their next move.
Several small meetings happened after the move to Coronado's barrier nebula. All seems to be falling into place slowly. Amongst other things, Maverick and crew have managed to meet and be acquainted to several people. Sapphire Raven, of Auxesia, holding more of a role to the Initiative with each passing day. Segelinde Loraine, A BDM special operations member who has taken quite the liking to the Radar Overwatch on the Cincinnati, Steve Ganes. Amy Cromwell, A buff lass of sorts, capable of many things but dealing with her past. She's a feisty one. And so is Sylus, the XO of the Cincinnati. Amy of which also has an AI, well endowed in her own right, named Nixie. There's also Amy's sister, Koria, and her AI named Raven. Days turn into Weeks as each passing turn unfolds. From Omicron Delta, to right in between Bretonian and Liberty space, These are the events, and their stories....
Phantom-1: Hunt: Maverick.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Jay.
Phantom-1: Hunt: Meet Nixie.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: pixie?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I did hear that right, right?
Phantom-1: Hunt: Nixie.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Really.."
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Hm.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": K-"Raven": "Mmm.."
Phantom-1: Hunt: Come on out, Maverick. It's one of ours.
Cloaking device off
Phantom-1: Hunt: I figured you'd all get to know each other.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Overlord class Dreadnought. You obtained this from the Navy. Impressive."
Phantom-1: ?: Hello.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": K-"Raven": Understood.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Think I need to fix that...
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I don't like being quiet Nixie.."
Phantom-1: Hunt: Maverick.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yes?
Phantom-1: Hunt: How's the Guardian's coming along?
Phantom-1: Hunt: We'll need them soon, I got the ball rolling with Santiago earlier.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, we've come into some problems with them.
Phantom-1: Hunt: Don't start.
Phantom-1: Hunt: If there's problems, I honestly do not want to know about them.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I don't blame you.
The.Artemis: ?: You did ask how it was going.
Phantom-1: Hunt: In hopes of good news, Ivan.
Phantom-1: Hunt: It's late, I don't want bad news.
The.Artemis: ?: Of course.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: *Keeps silent, keeping their arms folded*
Phantom-1: Hunt: Anyways, Mav', Ivan, Sylus.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I guess you'll be wanting to speak to the mistress. Let me go wake her up for you."
Phantom-1: Hunt: You can take it from here with this.
Phantom-1: Hunt: Raven, shall we head on back?
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Hm.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: If you wish.
The.Artemis: ?: wait what?
Phantom-1: Hunt: I can help you move those guns.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Aye.
Phantom-1: Hunt: I'll be back.
The.Artemis: ?: you're leaving me here to talk?
Phantom-1: Hunt: Try not to die.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: *cautiously looks to the right then looks ahead*
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Heh.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Indeed.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I think the Cincinnati was significantly more impressive when it appeared."
The.Artemis: ?: you know i dont do that. i just do what im told. and that isnt talking.
Phantom-1: Hunt: Do it because I told you to.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Ah..m-musing.."
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: "Do as I say - not as I do. " - as they all say.
The.Artemis: ?: * sighs * yes sir.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "You're allowed to laugh Koria. I woke up your sister tho-"
Over the comm, A loud smash is heard from some distant quarters of the ship.
"She's cranky."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: So...
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Now what?
NC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Oh no.."
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: We're kind of in the blind here.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yeah, on call with the whole, "Come here!" thing.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I get the impression these people won't take me seriously.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Maybe..."
The.Artemis: ?: i dont even know what the hell is going on!
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *Rubs her side* "Mmm.."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I am under some slight hesitation if you pardon me, You know having the Liberty Navy in our red zone isn't fair...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well. I can see Hunt certainly lives up to his reputation. Keeping things nice and vague."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Doesn't he?
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Look. Ignore the Navy colours. That's there to trick people. One of my many aces so to speak."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *snarks*
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "It works.."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: we had aces too.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: unfortunately, we had to show our hand early. So we're dead on the table at the moment.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ain't that the truth.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I can tell me and you are going to get on well."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A massive crash is heard onboard the other ANC, the comm line being closed soon after*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Do tell.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: No, don't tell.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: More-over, tell us what it is we're supposed to be doing besides sitting out in open space.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: He's got a point, we're not really liked here in the heart of Sirius.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I don't know. All i'm aware of is my boss or commander wishes to support the Initiative."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Naturally my objective is to assist her any way I can. Be it killing people or just knowing everything there is to know
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Indeed. Maybe I can get hunt on the line. Sy, take point.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Mhmm.
The.Cincinnati: *Maverick is heard walking off the bridge*
Off in the distance, one of the Sirian Racers of the Archangels Fighter Club passes by. He takes slight notice of the Overlord, the Interdictor, the Corvo, and the Gull and then proceeds to pass on realizing this was not a place to be for him.
{AFC}-Spring.Break[C]: Eerr...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Yes?"
{AFC}-Spring.Break[C]: Dont mind me....
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I won't."
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: We won't.
The.Artemis: ?: Don't worry about us.
Having passed by, and off radar range, Koria questiones the AI about her sister. Whome of which is rather peeved at being woken...
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Nixie, is my sister awake yet.."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Bah she's throwing a tantrum."
Another crash is heard from about the same location amungst the Warhammer. Porcelain or glass of sorts. Which makes one wonder why anyone would have such things aboard a Warship. Just as the crash is heard, Maverick returns to the bridge. He tells his XO, feintly and you can't hear it.
The.Cincinnati: *Maverick comes back, saying something inaudible*
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: BONDING?!
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: He drug us out from a cloud, into center space, to bond?!
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I don't question his methods.
Another Third smash of some object is heard. There is one heck of a clean up in isle "LET ME SLEEP" to be taken care of. Whoever it was that Maverick was supposed to "Bond" with, she doesn't seem too thrilled in her own right...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Gah, 28 and acting like a nine year old. I'm supposed to be mentally younger."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: The AI laughs, returning to the men "I don't bite! honestly!"
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well...piss me off and i might.."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: who-who-who....
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I like that...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Knock it off. You'll go after anything frisky and fierce.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Not my fault. It's hardwired.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Oh my.."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Sorry boys. I'm taken. " The AI laughed.
Moments later, the Sovereign and Raven return. Hunt had docked the Phantom and rolled out the Bustard class Civilian Carrier.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: You end up working like this so long you forget why you started in the first place.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: I sometimes feel that this is already the case.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: You know - concerning my 'link'
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: It's different.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: I didn't even want to be in the Navy, let alone where I am now.
The.Cincinnati: *Maverick utters somthing to the crew*
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Ironic, I didn't even want to be in the Core - and I was hoping I would change the path of my life.
The.Cincinnati: *Cincinnati kicks up impulse*
The Cincinnati pulls closer to the Warhammer, Getting a better view of the ship and if there were any crew inside at all.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Also.. Koria. Your sister just woke up. She couldn't tell a minefield from Manhattan right now."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I suppose both of those are equally as hellish, though.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Fair enough.." Rubbing her side quietly "Still stings.."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Mm. Don't bring that up today. Your sister is already a pain in the ass as it is to live with.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I'm not trying to Nixie, pain is pain, I sadly c-can't stop it."
The.Sovereign: Hunt: How's it going out here?
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well. I think the crew of that Dread like me more than they're letting on."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Yeah..things seem to be going well."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh no, just getting a clear view of things.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Old bones like me, gotta see stuff with the eyes before the radar.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Please. I can see the stares from here."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Stevens, crack your head back to the comms.
The.Sovereign: :: Inaudible chatter ::
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ganes, get your nose back in the radar.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: *folds their arms, being silent again, only to watch the scenario*
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Tonight...on too late to look!"
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright, return to position.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: *raises an eye*
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I do enjoy Amy's company too.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, another female comes out your mouth, and I'm going to feed you grease.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh-captain! *playfully remarks*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: GIT!
The.Cincinnati: *Loud thumping is heard, Maverick kicking Sylus in the hips down the back of the bridge*
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "W-What! BUSTED!" She laughs, hard.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "..."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: Hey. I'm allowed to have fun, too."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I don't get it."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The girl crosses her arms hearing such*
After repeatedly placing foot to Sylus' kiester, and "Shoeing" him down the back of the bridge, Maverick returns for some serious talk. He was here for a reason. And Maverick aimed to get answers.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright, who are you people, before we get too acquainted?
The.Sovereign: Hunt: One of them, is Amy's ship.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: The other is an unknown.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "What the hell are you people doing waking me at-... *She's interrupted by the sight of the ships in gathering, as she peers off the bridge of the Warhammer. Definately at this point, you can tell she's not so thrilled.* Oh..."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh, my.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria quickly got out of comm range*
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Oh, right, introductions.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Hunt. Who is this."
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Amy, this is Maverick O'Howell, of the Cincinnati. You remember him.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm. Wasn't expecting such... Fun.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Yeah.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Fun.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: Very 'fun'.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, Before we get started, you seem pretty groggy.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ugh. Where's my damn coffee already..."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "To your right, on the machine where I put it."
A brief conversation between the ships, When a Ship's callsign named Scotia came onto radar. Introduction is that he is one of the first Agents of the Initiative. Bringing him up to speed, Joshua Hunt tells him that Butch Flowers is currently missing. Not a shock. Maverick pictures that Freddy Mercury looking man out in some distant system staring at an asteroid for hours on end because it looks like a lump of cheese. He also mentiones Geoff Enfield. Maverick keys in close to learn who Geoff is. Whoever it is, He was an ally, and now he's not.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I saw that guy thing..."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Heh, Stone stole his AI and broke it.."
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Well next time tell Geoff to not show you his thing.
A/)-Sapphire.Raven:: (nonchalantly looks at the general conversation in silence)
The.Sovereign: Hunt: I can't imagine it's very big.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Oh. Sorry. I'm Amy. That one person who decided to side with Hunt for some strange reason."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I will keep quiet till my sister wants me to speak.."
Scotia': Scott: 'ello Amy
The.Artemis: ?: Amy as in the one i seen here with another navy fighter? was it Lexy? i think?
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Uh..Yeah..can we...not discuss.."
The.Artemis: ?: Well sorry *he mumbles*
Apparently something has happened between a pilot named Lexy and Amy. Seems the two are not on the best grounds. Incoherant of the captain trying to speak, Amy keeps talking over them Only stopping for one reason...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ugh. I am in no mood...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: So, you're Amy. I remember you.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: for discussing that...
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Amy, The sour one.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell:Little.. -Say what?"
The.Cincinnati: Mav: ....Shut it, Sy.
Sylus had managed to grab her attention. Quickly.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I said the sour one.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Deck of that Dreadnought. Five minutes. I'll show you sour alright.."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: SY!
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: ...
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Bring it little lady! Ain't had a scrap from a female in nigh on 10 years.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, seriously, shut your cake hole.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: ...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You're going down you coffee obsessed freak. I'm taking your ass down town for that crap!"
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Sis, this is the comms officer of a naval warship?"
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Coffee obsessed?! HA! You were the one asking for some!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "He's about to have his head shoved IN the damn comms unit.."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: And I'll shove your head so far up an engine, when you breathe you'll power the turbine.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Hah! you couldn't shove something in your wife!"
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Never had one! but nice try!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: Well. I should've known better."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Who would be stupid enough to engage with 'THAT'"
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: *composes and chuckles* Name's Sylus. Nice to meet you Amy.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: *smacks his forehead hard* Oh dear god...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Mhm..i like a sense of humor. Besides that felt good."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'm only getting started!
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "..."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Okay Hunt. Preach some babbling nonsense so I can go back to sleep."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Sis, thats the firing controls your about to lean on.."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I was happy to let my AI deal with this- Yes i see that.."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Who is this up there in the tiny thing?
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Then why did you just switch on the main battery lockon.."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "No reason.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Oh, I'm Koria Cromwell...youngest sister of Amy."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: She yawned "Breaking shi-. Stuff. I said stuff."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: A pleasure. And Nixie is the AI. I'm getting the hang of it.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Mine is called Raven-"
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Amy, is it the red wire, or black one."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ugh. What type of nuclear weapon are you disarming.."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Raven is your's, Koria. And Nixie is Amy's.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I'm arming the one you told me to."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'm gonna start taking notes.
In his old age, Names and people were having a toll on his noggin. Maverick found himself having to write down names of people here and there just to better remember who they were. Maverick pulls out a small notepad, writing down the 5 new persons he had just met, Relations, and WHAT they were. During that time, Seemed that Koria, Yonger sister of Amy, was doing some electrical works on nuclear weapons that the ship had. Why would a small transport have such a large Armament and payload? A large, loud, looming explosion is heard over the comms. Stevens in the corner of the ship, monitoring the communications, jerks off the headphones he was wearing and is almost thrown out of his seat in surprise. Maverick had struck a line across the paper while writing and Sylus ducked. Maverick looked as Sylus in concern, who was picking himself up off the floor, and the two look out the bridge to see a large outward dent in the side of the small transport.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I'm okay! Just lost my arm again!"
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oooo... That stung.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Look at the dent..
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Tell that to my ears...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh, right, you're on the comm's. Haha
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: She facepalms audibly "Raven put the fire out.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": hidden in the lone bay, it was like a pack of 1000 C4 going off*
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Already on it!"
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Raven, seal the bay! She's blown open!" "Already did."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria; "Ah, good! Back to it then!"
ANC.???-"Bloodied": ...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Mhm. I broke a vase. Why do we even have them on here. I forgot. Oh well.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "There we go! They're all off!"
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I think..."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "...Amy, is it a bad sign if I feel light headed?"
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why the hell is there so much ordinance on it anyway?
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Because if I'm going down, I'm ramming into something."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "She likes playing around with explosives. Plus the Navy didn't need them any time soon."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "That to."
The.Cincinnati: Mav: You don't say. So what are we doing with these two, Hunt?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Clearly my XO and her have bonded quite well.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Indeed!
Just off scanner, A zoner cruiser came into play. It stayed quite far, 10k or so. I just loomed in the distance like a stalker after prey. Ganes on Radar, only took some notice seeing it was Affiliated with Zoners, so it wasn't here for a firefight. The party involved casually talked like it wasn't even there.
NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: [[W3rF%&en*ly - H^$m i5 n0& 1nten*e#]]
NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: [[%#@*1 ~ ???]]
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ah crap..i'm gonna need to kick his ass later.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Amy..."
NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "Oh. This is the channel. We apologise.
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "You keep getting me the useless weapons.."
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "This is not an explosive, this is a torpedo."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: If you're feeling like a Gallic, Amy. Jump.
The.Sovereign: We're going to do something else, too.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Why would i jump?"
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "No. Don't answer that."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: *snarks* You're good...
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I'm going to break you."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Can't break something you can't get ahold of, lil' girl.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Well done, genius.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Would you two PLEASE stop?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Else I'll find you two a room on the Barrier.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Then you can both have it out there.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Girl? Hunt. I'm gonna stab this twat."
CV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: <Curious>
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Sorry, what?
The.Sovereign: Hunt: I'm occupied.
NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: What IS this on-going scenario?
ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "...." Koria looks at Amy, covered in oil and other mechanical stuff "This is the crew of a naval warship..?"
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Okay Sylus, hope you like getting sharp things embedded in your skull."
NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: <:: A fast analyse of the situation would tell that /social interactions/ are occurring. ::>
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Sounds like you really want to tango and get tied up... Lil' Girl.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: GOD
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You're gonna die in there.. Alone. Painfully and slowly.."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Won't be so alone when I take you with me. *chuckles cheekily*
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ash taught me a thing or two about inflicting pain on people."
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Besides, you don't posess the capacity anyway."
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh I'll show you capacity... Got more capacity than The Cin's Engines.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I'll show you what happens when you do."
03:05:03] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Please do, I'm intrigued.
03:05:07] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You'll be losing ALL of that capacity."
03:05:39] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Yeah, I know. And I know where it would get lost at... Amy.
03:05:46] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Please... Just... Stop.
03:05:53] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Before this gets way outta hand.
03:06:02] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Ohoho i got a blade with your name on it.."
03:06:18] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I like steel... Put it to my throat right?
03:06:18] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Oh.." *Turning* She wants to end your life!"
03:06:27] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "She's quite serious."
03:06:34] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *Smirking*
03:06:37] The.Cincinnati: Mav: And so am I.
03:06:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Not your throat. You'd die. I want you to suffer for many years.."
03:06:47] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sy, go take a breather.
03:06:58] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Can I go to her ship?
03:07:01] The.Cincinnati: Mav: NO
03:07:11] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Ohhh, take the fun out of it, Cap.
03:07:13] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell "Please do. How quickly do you want to die.."
*She takes her mic', takes a deep breath and screams as loud as she can into the comm array, seeing as it was still a young voice, the scream would be enough to make glass crack. She seems to think that Sylus controls the comms, Un-aware that it's Stevens ears about to be overloaded...
03:07:56] The.Cincinnati: Stevens: OOOOOOOWW
03:08:02] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ooo, you alright stevens?
03:08:14] The.Cincinnati: Stevens: WHAT?
03:08:37] The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I CAN'T HEAR YOU CAP'N!
03:08:47] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, Stevens is down.
Koria feels accomplished. Not knowing what she had done. Shortly after a misinterpreted success, Amy requests that Koria find her sword, It was a large greatsword from Kusari. Her intentions are clear. She wants to make Sylus bleed. After Koria finds it amongst the ship and brings it to Amy, She finally notices the ship in the distance, bringing attention to it.
03:11:32] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Okay. So. Who's the randomer out there?"
03:11:55] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Good question. I don't know.
03:12:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ganes, got a scan?
03:12:05] The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Negative.
03:12:14] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well...
03:12:14] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Huh?"
03:12:39] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: Core Cruiser. Curious.."
03:12:57] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "Correction. Battlecruiser. "
03:12:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "And no, thats a Bullhead.."
03:13:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Ya, battle cattler"
03:13:07] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Stevens can you confirm anything on comms?
03:13:12] The.Cincinnati: Stevens: WHAT?!
03:13:19] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Battleship weaponry. Light Mortar. Remaining silent..interesting."
03:13:19] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Shi-rt. Shirt. Sylus, Take Stevens out till he can hear again.
03:13:25] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: <:: /You/ are scaring the entities. ::>
03:13:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: ....
03:13:38] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "<Amused> Indeed. "
03:13:47] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm....
03:13:59] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Scared? hey now listen. You're just kinda..stalking. Y'know?"
03:14:12] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "/We/ were here for ... some time. "
03:14:14] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Sitting behind several ships at a distance. That's 'My' thing!"
03:14:15] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria stepped into full view, one arm completely cybernetic, as well as her side. She wore a Delta
03:14:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": class military UI helment and Kelven armor*
03:14:30] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: "/We/ were summoned here by one of /your/ allies. "
03:14:32] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I STALK PEOPLE!. - Wait.."
03:14:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": class military UI helment and Kelven armor*
03:14:40] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "No, I do."
03:14:44] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "That sounds completely wrong."
03:14:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Thats the point."
03:14:57] The.Cincinnati: Mav: It does. You say Our allies?
03:15:04] The.Cincinnati: Mav: We have allies?
03:15:39] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "One of the /Venators/ of the /Auxesia/ group summoned us here. Interestingly - there are no pilots present. "
03:15:45] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "Nor did any bio-scan match any Venator. "
03:16:06] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Are you talking abour Sapphire?
03:16:16] The.Cincinnati: Mav: She left some time ago. Like she had something to do.
03:16:27] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "Now /that/ is confusing."
03:16:34] The.Cincinnati: Mav: You're telling me.
03:16:41] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "That would be the Keeper."
The Cincinnati moves closer to the ship at distance to get a quick scan. It showed it was a cruiser. Standard loadouts and Identification of Zoner. Which was strange for the type of ship it was. Regardless, It's not of any concern. After such the Cincinnati moves back to the starboard side of the Warhammer.
03:17:30] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "Naughty - taking in a peak within us (!)"
03:18:11] The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Scan confirmed. Zoner papers, Heavily armored. Quite the ship.
03:18:15] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Thank you Ganes.
03:18:29] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "/You/ are already aware of us - 'Mav' "
03:18:46] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, yes. But we didn't get the chance to get a brief...
03:18:57] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ???: "Your tendencies have been noted. "
03:19:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *Coughing hard, putting a hand on her chest* D-damn it, Amy...I'm going back to the pod room..
03:19:29] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Just a scan. That's all.
03:20:14] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "/We/ highly dislike being intruded like that. "
03:20:19] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria's medical stats began to shift drastically, the young girl rushing off screen and to a nearby secure room*
03:20:28] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Like they understand intrusion.."
03:20:37] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: <:: Notice. Nanostabilisation failing. Returning. ::>
03:20:39] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "With the stalker i seem to live with..."
03:20:41] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "That /we/ are. "
03:20:56] The.Cincinnati: Mav: It's not like we went forcing our way into your ship.
03:20:58] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "Notice. We did not peer in to your conversation. "
03:21:08] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Just because we're outlaws doesn't mean we're all bad.
03:21:13] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Unless you're me.
03:21:14] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "Irrelevant. "
03:21:43] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Worlds most useless crew member. At the ready!"
03:22:04] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Worlds most useless mouth, Open wide!
03:22:11] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Oh god here we go again.
03:22:25] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I'm going to destroy you.."
03:22:40] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Not if I get to you first.
03:23:05] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I'm going to wreck you so bad you wonder what dimension you're in."
03:23:23] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'm going to wreck you so bad, a junker wouldn't want a part of you.
03:22:04] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "If /you/ hear about the where-abouts of the /Keeper/ - please leave a communication to this neuraladdress
03:22:17] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: [113335555]
03:22:34] NCV-Eidolon.Wraith: ERI: "/We/ are returning. "
The three ships sit as if the Eidolon.Wraith didn't even exist. Maverick takes note of it in particular, as to why a Zoner with such strange ways of speaking would be looking for Sapphire Raven.
03:23:36] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Wait a minute. Why the hell am i in competition with what are you again..a comms operator?"
03:23:54] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: No, that's Stevens. I'm the XO.
03:24:26] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Bah. I'm tired.."
03:24:29] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "God, I mean, with Ash, she punched your dad through seven capital ship walls and a damn bulk head."
03:24:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "That crap was scary, never piss off a buff female Kusarian."
03:25:03] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Noted.
03:25:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "Actually."
03:25:18] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "Never piss of Amy's mother."
03:25:20] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "The old man still stood. Though."
03:25:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "He did."
03:25:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "And SHE THEN KEPT GOING"
03:25:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Yeah really. Abusive relationshi----wait a minute."
03:25:50] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well, Amy, if you're tired, you can come to bed. I'll take care of ya, deary. *bows from the bridge*
03:26:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "...So I'm saying this Sylus."
03:26:37] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "You do know that Amy is married and has two kids...and your trying
03:26:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": to get her to cheat" smirking with a grin
03:27:00] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: woah. Two kids? AND married? AND flying a battle cruiser?
03:27:08] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Damn right. "
03:27:11] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Correct."
03:27:19] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell "That dropped a bombshell on ya' there. Huh."
03:27:11] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Damn Maverick, She's better off than you were.
The Comms are silent. Only for a second or two... Then...
03:27:30] The.Cincinnati: *A loud thud is heard over the comms.*
03:27:50] The.Cincinnati: *Someone is heard falling, stumbling off computer consoles before coming to rest.*
03:28:07] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus is taking a break. He just suddenly went to sleep.
03:29:05] The.Cincinnati: *Maverick is seen from the bridge, rubbing his right hand and pumping his fingers*
03:29:21] The.Cincinnati: Mav: So. Now that he's gone to bed.
03:29:31] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why did you decide to take Hunt up on his offer?
03:29:38] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Fore-most, what offer is it?
03:29:57] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "To become an asset of the Initiative. Only because the man actually has principle."
03:30:20] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I know. I can't believe i used 'Hunt' and 'Principle' in the same sentence."
03:30:39] The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'm flabbergasted myself.
03:30:57] The.Cincinnati: Mav: To be frank, I'm currently down two crew members, so I've got time to hear the full story.
03:31:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: Oh, only two?"
03:31:07] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "But also because i give a damn about my little sister here."
03:31:21] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: Mav, whats more annoying then a bright light?"
03:31:35] The.Cincinnati: Mav: A room without light.
03:31:38] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Moving on.
03:31:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Huh."
03:31:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "So he figured it out."
03:32:02] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "...I'm okay with this guy."
03:32:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Not like Golanski."
03:32:10] The.Cincinnati: *Ganes chuckles in the corner*
03:32:16] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "It took him five times.."
03:32:33] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You use 'that'...Ugh. Sis' this is why i can't take my eyes off you for a second when you're talking to people."
03:32:34] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *She points at Mav, looking at him with the most deadly serious face that a girl could give a man*
03:32:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *She takes in a deep breath like she's about to yell*
03:33:10] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell "Please don't. "
03:33:38] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *Letting it out in a kind voice* "That Mav guy is really cute, I can see why he left."
03:35:24] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I wonder..." She stares at Mav "Hmmmm...yep, still cute! And hot." *she luahgs*
03:35:39] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Well, I mean."
03:35:43] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Mmmm*
03:36:56] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Its difficult to hide a ship generating as much power to support me and..other things."
03:37:19] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mhmm. I understand. Cincinnati is quite the powerhouse itself.
03:37:54] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "It's the signature to mask so. Right now i don't need more tasks to do. It's getting kinda..stressful."
03:38:08] The.Cincinnati: Mav: So, Hunt offerd you protection, I'm assuming.
03:38:21] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *Sighs annoyingly*
03:38:34] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "He offered Amy. But she wanted to join the Initiative. Naturally i assist her with all my ability."
03:38:54] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Which makes no sense. Seeing as how we hunted the man for years."
03:39:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mhmm.
03:39:21] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Considering we could have killed him ourselves, We're surprised he allowed us to come along.
03:39:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: Amy, switching to Bloodied mode again, standby.
03:42:29] The.Cincinnati: *Sylus begins to wake up*
03:42:36] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: What the he---
03:42:42] The.Cincinnati: *Another thud is heard.*
03:42:59] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Back to bed with you. Ganes, Jimms, carry him to his quarters.
03:43:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: Sorry about that Nixie, almost failed to notice protocal..
03:43:27] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "It's fine. Just don't overdo the power draw. My turbines are damn near at full capacity.
03:43:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Sorry, this is not something I can do easily on my own..
03:44:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Is there anything the Cincinnati can do for you?
03:44:40] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I wish i knew what it was, it seems only Nixie does...I sum it up as nanite AI corruption crap..
03:44:49] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Sadly not..this is a task i must do. I'm regenerating the cells of the body of Ames' sister."
03:45:14] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm. Something Hunt is more specialize in.
03:45:31] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Now if it was systems, mechanics, and other ditties, I can help with that.
03:45:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well unfortunately..she dies if i don't do it."
03:45:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *She sighs* This stays here... *She unwraps her arm slowly, her normal human arm was now lined
03:46:19] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "My systems are powered by a set of four Antimatter generating turbines which rely on pressure and kinetics."
03:46:20] ANC.???-"Bloodied": with a disturbing nanitie red glow effect, if one was smart enough, it was clearly a form of deconstruction effect*
03:46:55] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Obviously if i overdo it, they overheat and can eventually spool out of control. Thus creating a black hole."
03:47:07] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: More stuff I don't understand..
03:47:35] The.Cincinnati: Mav: So you'll need somekind of advanced cooling system to prevent an overheat.
03:47:58] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Precisely. I'm hoping Hunt can help me with this a little as it would greatly improve my capacity."
03:48:35] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "My creator unfortunately ran out of resources before he had the chance to straighten this factor out. So.."
03:49:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why not hook up something to the cooling systems of the Cincinnati? I mean, look at the size of the power we got back behind us. That engine is massive, and with it, a large cooling system.
03:49:35] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "If that's standard fusion it would react badly with the antimatter.."
03:50:06] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "We tried a hybrid combo of Fusion and antimatter turbines on a ship called Nevada. It eh..sort of.."
03:50:23] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Popped.
03:50:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Yeah...and all fifteen hundred crew..this was before i grew to the state i am now. Of course."
03:50:56] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Initially i was never meant to be as advanced."
03:51:32] The.Cincinnati: Mav: So you're stitching up Amy's sister, If I'm getting this right.
03:51:55] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "In a manner of speaking, yes. But it requires a massive power draw since i've only just mastered regeneration"
03:52:05] The.Cincinnati: Mav: And doing such, you're having a cooling issue.
03:52:36] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well obviously the better i get at doing this task, the more efficient i'll be but this takes time, obviously."
03:52:52] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria closes her comms slowly as she vanishes into another room, the room was only marked as GUARDIAN SANCUARY" on the wall, nothing seemed to be able to scan into it at all*
03:53:08] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well. The more efficient should also mean less power.
03:53:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Yes. But this takes..well. Experience. I'm still learning."
03:54:09] The.Cincinnati: Mav: At least when you learn, it's permanent. When we learn... Not so much.
03:54:33] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "What she's getting effected by is something I can't even help with.."
03:54:33] The.Cincinnati: Mav: However I think Sy having a major hard on for Amy will be something I'll never let go of.
03:54:53] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Some kind of disease or bacteria?
03:54:57] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Correct, one of my many advantages. But i also have an actual body so it's not like i'm some binary in a system."
03:55:18] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Automaton?
03:55:28] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The Raven AI turns to Nixie* As far as I know, its a horrific mutation thing of nanites and illness.."
03:55:37] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "Thats all I knwo.."
03:56:09] The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's discerning.
03:56:21] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Correct, Raven. But i'm the 'Alpha AI' so to speak. I posess the ability to work both ways. Build or destroy."
03:56:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: Correct.
03:57:06] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I'll show you something. Maybe it'll make things easier to grasp."
03:57:22] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why is it I can speak easier to A. I. as opposed to other people? This is the most progress I've made in info since-
03:57:26] The.Cincinnati: I put Sylus to bed.
03:57:47] ANC.001-"Warhammer": The camera feed flashes onto the screen, showing what looked like a 19 year old girl.
03:58:27] ANC.001-"Warhammer": "Nixie: I. Am Nixie. This is my primary form. I can be whoever i desire, though."
04:00:18] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I feel this one is more appropriate considering my age."
04:01:34] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Connecting to Phoenix Archive..GUARDIAN.." The figure started glowing blue "Like this i can change phsyical things."
04:04:02] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I think people underestimate me sometimes." She shrugs before the blue colour fades.
04:05:34] The.Cincinnati: *Maverick, Jimms, Ganes, and Wills watch the video patiently. learning about the AI.*
04:06:31] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *There was a raven's call as a raven flutters into the area Nixie is, landing on her shoulder*
The video ends a few minutes after the last word is spoken. It detailed some of the things the AI had done, Pictures and various locations. The window closes and they return to talk with Nixie.
04:07:38] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I'd show you exactly what i can do, however i'm concerned it'll cause an overload."
04:08:21] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I have no way to gauge exactly how much draw there is from Guardian mode."
04:09:16] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "The other mode i have is Archangel. But that's..."
04:09:42] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Dangerous for me. It channels the ship energy directly into my form and allows me to direct it offensively."
04:10:54] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Archangel i use as a last resort. But i can lose control of it as i'm still learning you see. Which would be very bad."
04:12:07] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Well. The form i take as Archangel turns me from what looks like a goddess or angel to..a monster. Really."
04:12:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *She slowly comes back on screen, she seemed to be in some form of life pod that was bare line glowing under Nixie's will, the effects Koria had were clear, cuts, scars, full on battle wounds* She's right...
04:13:07] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I've only used it once and it nearly consumed me."
04:13:23] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Ive seen it once..."
04:13:44] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I had no choice..those Nomads would have won..."
04:13:58] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Its alright Nixie.."
04:14:27] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "People died. Because i forgot who i was. It's not alright..i have to carry around regret."
04:14:47] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Mphf..."
04:15:01] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Yes the Nomads were destroyed. But i turned on the very people i was trying to save.."
04:15:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: The Solar Runners...
04:15:33] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hunt has to carry around a lot of regret himself. He compromised the Cincinnati, Killing 160 of my 200 crew.
04:15:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "No..it went from a war, into a survival match."
04:16:13] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "In less then a minute, five Runner warships were cut down and their escorts, leaving us
04:16:28] ANC.???-"Bloodied": with only two major ships, the Titania two, and the goddess of war."
04:16:41] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Both only survived because of what were on them.."
04:16:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Even then..."
04:17:17] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I nearly killed the Goddess..i felt the energy surge...then your dad appeared. And suddenly i realised what i was doing
04:17:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *She turned her side, slowly showing everyone her side...her arm was gone entirely, as well as horrific scaring"
04:17:40] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "At least Hunt was in control at that point."
04:18:28] The.Cincinnati: Mav: No, He was not. Hunt bailed on us when a large ducky came at us in Alaska System.
04:19:15] The.Cincinnati: Mav: The Cincinnati fled, And with help from a patrol or two in the system, we managed to take it out. Levels of the Cincicollapsed. Lots of my men, lost to space. Because the Nomad itself came after Hunt.
04:20:17] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "This is why me and Amy intend to help put a stop to these things. I personally have a vendetta with them."
04:20:41] The.Cincinnati: Mav: As do I, having served in the Nomadic war.
04:20:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Raven speaks* Nixie, my programing feels as if its failing..strange..
04:20:49] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "They made me use Archangel. The next time i use it, i'll be in THIER home system."
04:21:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "It's a power shortage. I've been supporting you for the past few hours. But eh..we're coming up short on juice.."
04:22:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "No...something is blocking it..thats really strange.."
04:22:18] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "One moment."
04:22:24] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Don't do anything stupid.."
04:22:42] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Last thing i need is to deal with a surge and blow out a turbine."
04:23:13] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "Give me a moment..hmmm.."
It seemed like just a technical malfunction of the ship from continuous strenuous use of the ships power. However... This was not the case...
04:23:41] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "...Nixie, I just got priority overridden by another ship."
04:23:56] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "That's impossible. I'm the only one able to do that."
04:24:19] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Just ignore it as a false detection. I'll monitor it from my end."
04:24:21] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Raven: "Uhh, negitive, completely overridden, Nixie, I've lost all control, and this is not Reclaim."
04:24:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Raven began to cut out as some signaul interception was cutting in and out* "Losing control-"
04:24:50] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: She sighed "This is why i'm the Alpha."
04:25:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Autosystem: [System overwritten, Archangel Alpha code activated, transfering data to Codename Guardian]
04:26:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Autosystem: [Command location: Titania II, location unknown]
04:27:00] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Pretty clear this requires my intervention."
04:27:17] The.Cincinnati: *Maverick sits up in his seat, Putting his elbows on his knees, a concerned expression on his face*
04:27:41] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Should the Nixie try, she'd find that the code being used was even above hers.* [Error, access denied]
04:28:03] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: Accessing Phoenix Archive...GUARDIAN..." Nixie stood on screen wielding a glowing blade of some description.
04:28:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The auto system only looped, this time forcing her out once more* [Error, acess denied by Archangel
04:28:56] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Alpha, system adminstrator login used, please see owner for details]
04:29:14] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "That isn't possible..the only one who has that ability is me.."
04:29:14] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport and Raven go offline soon after, powering completely down*
04:30:31] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Unless...okay. We're going to have some major problems. Seems it's going down this route."
04:31:18] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Error - Login detected]
04:31:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [User: LW-001, location unknown. Code Alpha. Phoenix Overwrite detected]
04:32:40] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I knew i should have taken that thing down when i had the chance.."
04:33:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [User update detected - Arzoina, Iowa, South Dakota, Kingdom, Warhammer, Raven, Athena's Cannon, Silencer, Seeker, Destroyer, Attacker, 41st secondary ships, files uploaded from owner]
04:34:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sounds like someone is downloading files.
04:34:22] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "No...no. This is bad."
04:34:43] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The alarms flashed across the hull of the Bloodied*
04:34:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Someone is accessing the Phoenix archive. What that means is someone has access to my abilities."
04:35:02] The.Cincinnati: Mav: We can charge up a battleship pulse that will drop the ship's power to completely dead in the water.
04:35:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Athorziation granted - Phoenix codex online]
04:35:11] The.Cincinnati: Problem is, it may fry something in the process.
04:35:35] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "It's done by remote..a signal being bounced as far as Omicron Delta."
04:35:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [-File's opening, Location, files, people, files, captains, files, AI, files, planets]
04:35:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Downloading long range upload, standby]
04:36:02] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Wait. You're a god damned genius."
04:36:07] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, if we drop it now, It won't complete. Like sucking blood from a rock.
04:36:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [- - -]
04:36:52] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Accessing Phoenix Archive...system reset. Power distrubition recalibration to 001 "Warhammer."
04:36:57] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Code input re--------]
04:37:22] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Confirmed, login Phoenix Alpha Two, system- error, reset denied]
04:37:36] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Denied user access: Phoenix Alpha actual]
04:38:01] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Code input required]
04:38:05] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Uploading]
04:38:23] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I'm not done yet you twat..Reset 001 designation to 'Primary'. Creator code number Zulu Delta Niner.-
04:38:50] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Authorisation Seven -Zero -Three. Alternate system deactivation."
04:38:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [19-Phoniex, Delta, 5-5-2, Omega, Gamma, Beta-]
04:39:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Alternate system is already offline]
04:39:19] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Active systems: Secondary user, Owner account]
04:39:48] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Dammit.... GANES! Get Stevens and Sylus!
04:39:52] The.Cincinnati: Mav: NOW!
04:39:57] The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Sir!
04:40:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [File- Open- Phoenix-
04:40:11] ANC.001-"Warhammer": "Nixie: Gah. I can't beat it back. It's playing me at my own game.."
04:40:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Found, opening-]
04:40:35] The.Cincinnati: *Sylus, Stevens, and Ganes is heard running into the bridge*
04:40:40] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: What?! *Rubbing his chin sharply*
04:40:42] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Looks like i have no option..i need to over-rule it."
04:40:46] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mad later. problems, now.
04:40:58] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: what problems?
04:40:58] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Forgive me for what i am about to do.."
04:41:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The AI started moving faster* [1-1-5-6-7-9-0-1-2-3-6-7-4-3--3-2-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1]
04:41:19] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Athorzation accepted]
04:41:21] The.Cincinnati: Mav: something is hacking into one of our friends here.
04:41:30] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh? Get me a damn pad.
04:41:41] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Show you what a former lane hacker can do...
04:41:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The entire Bloodied goes dark, a massive databrust hitting the Warhammer from the Bloodied, several others transfering to the Warhammer* {ACTIVATION- PHONIEX}
04:41:59] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Accessing Phoenix Archive...ARCHANGEL.." The AI form shifted to a dark looking object. her face barely visible.
04:42:35] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh no you dont... Let's see here....
04:42:46] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Get me logs.
04:42:50] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Got them here.
04:43:05] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Hmm.... Supreme code generation...
04:43:05] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "WEAPONRY ENGAGED - SYSTEMATIC OFFENSIVE INITIATED - TARGET: TITANIA II."
04:43:32] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Incoming signal... Frequency...
04:43:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport swung about*
04:43:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Final code incoming]
04:43:56] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Frequency... 7... 7... 4...
04:44:00] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: And....
04:44:05] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: JAM!
04:44:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer code: Warhammer--*static*
04:44:21] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [System transfer offline]
04:44:38] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Did it work?
04:44:46] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Tell me that damned worked...
04:44:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Final command recvived, transfering to Warhammer]-[Owner Account logged out}]
04:45:20] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Whatever you did, you fired all the guns.
04:45:30] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Warhammer Transfer] *A male voice was heard playing* "Warhammer, transfer from standard, activate ANC mode.
04:45:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Code, Zero, Zero, One, Phoenix, William Athorzation Override."
04:45:59] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Argh...no..i've got you this time...ACCESS TO SYSTEM DENIED."
04:46:00] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Express overload of circuitry. nearby relays become jammed. No matter the signal.
04:46:14] The.Cincinnati: Mav: No. I don't think it's working.
04:46:25] The.Cincinnati: Mav: sylus, bead in on the frequency. Help her Jam it.
04:46:28] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport sat there oddly*
04:46:31] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Mhmm..
04:46:36] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Automation: "DANGER - TURBINE PRESSURE CRITICAL"
04:46:55] The.Cincinnati: Mav: C'mon, Nixie. You can do it... Buy Sylus some time.
04:46:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Suddenly before the Warhammer, the secondary pod is dropped from the Bloodied, it was glowing a bright golden color as it crashed into the Warhammer*
04:47:29] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: C'mon... Damn that's some relay...
04:47:37] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ....
04:47:44] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I-I-I Can't SEE....ANYTHING...IT HURTS...Wait....i see it..."
04:47:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Final code complete]
04:47:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Bringing AI online]
04:48:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: You can do it, Nixie... You got this, wait, the hell was that green glow?
04:48:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Eclipse AI online]
04:48:29] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Eclipse: *A female voice is heard gasping for air* GOD DAMN IT-
04:48:40] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Eclipse:...what the hell!? This is not Alaska!
04:48:52] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I see it...." She seemed rather out of breath "Control ship detected...EWS Engaged."
04:49:02] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Eclipse: Wait, Warhammer-..."
04:49:08] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Nixie, can you hear me? It's relay is coming through a burst satelite from Kusari. I'm going to attempt to direct-hack the satelite and jam the signal there.
04:49:34] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The AI turns her attention to Warhammer then the Cincinnati* "What the hell..."
04:49:34] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Man I've seen some things, but this is just odd, Who are you?
04:49:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": "Me? I am the AI of the Athena's Cannon!"
04:50:00] ANC.001-"Warhammer": It was too late. The hull of the ship flashed and the Titania instantly went dead ceasing the relay. -
04:50:09] ANC.???-"Bloodied": "ANC Zero Zero One, Osiris AI!"
04:50:11] The.Cincinnati: Mav: How many AI's are in this damn sector?!
04:50:15] ANC.???-"Bloodied": "Class, Eclipse!"
04:50:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The AI grumbled like Nixie did*
04:50:56] ANC.001-"Warhammer": There was a pause "NO!" The EWS Flashed again. Consuming the transport effectively starving the other AI.
04:51:05] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh.. no no no...
04:51:08] The.Cincinnati: Mav: what?
04:51:16] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Eclipse: "---------------------------"
04:51:19] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: That is an imense amount of data...
04:51:29] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I need the panel opened.
04:51:35] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Ganes, help me.
04:51:41] The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Alight.
04:52:03] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Plug this in here... Mav, If I blow the top part of the ship off... I'm sorry.
04:52:11] ANC.001-"Warhammer": The side of the cruiser exploded, several hull plates thrown off and smoke emitting from the side "Nixie: I-I.."
04:52:13] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Just do what you need to do. We'll worry about it later.
04:52:31] The.Cincinnati: Mav: OH... My...
04:52:38] The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's a hole... That's a large hole...
04:52:39] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport seemed to move once more, an object inside the ship going heavily active*
04:52:48] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I got it..i got this..."
04:52:58] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Whatever you're doing Sylus... be quick!
04:53:16] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: *static'd voice* Nixie! Its active! Ah he- *Communcations Array Offline*
04:53:20] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Okay... Using the Cincinnati's radar, re-routing power from shields...
04:53:21] Shields Disabled
04:53:26] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Cruise enabled]
04:53:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Route changed]
04:53:39] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Route changed]
04:53:41] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Gah, and we don't have CD's.
04:53:54] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Just focus on the greater threat...
04:53:56] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Changed- Route changed, changed, changed]
04:53:57] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright.
04:54:00] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Isolating the number three turbine...system stabilising.."
04:54:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport was consumed in a golden light, turning for the warhammer*
04:54:52] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I've got it... Frequency, 7-7-2-9...-4...-0... D? And into the satelite I go.
04:55:07] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Whatever the object was in the ship, a golden beam is casted from the transport, slamming into the Warhammer*
04:55:27] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Solar Relay Array Online - Full Access Override Confirmed]
04:56:01] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Haha, yeah, forgot to firewall the satelite didn't you, ya sneaky bugger.
04:56:16] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: And... Burst it. *Somewhere in Kusari, A satelite has exploded.*
04:56:27] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Several direct light data beams were indeed stopped but somethign was off*
04:56:46] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A satalite on the Bloodied opened, it was in the shape of a ball and began to spin*
04:57:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *It was a heavy direct relay, and clearly one used by deep space communications arrays*
04:57:30] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well, That's one satelite in Kusari they won't use again. Wait... What the hell?
04:57:37] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *However, unlike usual relays, the data that came to it was almost visable in golden bursts*
04:57:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Solar Runner Communications Array Bloodied Coming Online]
04:57:59] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Nixie, do you have control?
04:58:14] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Direct Data Transfer from Omicron Solar, Planet Yori, Battleship Phoenix Incoming]
04:58:21] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I'm seeing weird things...feel kinda dizzy...electrionic warfare system online.."
04:58:24] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Direct Data Overtransfer here]
04:58:50] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I've manage to drop the signal incoming feed from the satelite in Kusari. But the data is still streaming.
04:59:02] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The Bloodied was just pulling in data from a deep space call, it was just storing it*
04:59:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 10%]
04:59:21] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Transmission tower located...ugh..i can't see it well enough...d-destroy the comms tower..."
04:59:22] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport began to slowly glow more, causing interferance for the Warhammer*
04:59:31] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 20%]
04:59:46] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 30%]
04:59:50] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Are you saying shoot your tower?
05:00:05] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The Warhammer would get an EMP second long burst over it's hull*
05:00:09] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 40%]
05:00:18] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 50%]
05:00:29] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "The transport..." The AI visibly falls flat on the floor unconscious.
05:00:40] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well... You heard Nixie.
05:00:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Another disburst went out* [Transfer - 60%]
05:00:56] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Transfer - 70%]
05:01:03] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Gunners, Aim!
05:01:07] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The bow of the transport began to glow* [80%]
05:01:08] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hit it!
05:01:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [90%]
05:01:12] The.Cincinnati: Mav: FIRE!
The EMP cannon below the Cincinnati had rocketed a round at the transport. Seeming like in slow motion, the pulse slams into the transport.
05:01:33] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Confirmed hit with EMP.
At the same time of the EMP hit, the Bloodied fired the a massive glowing pulse blast from its hull, it missed..everything? No, it hit the Warhammer, but clearly missed anything that would be major. It missed the engine, reactor, power center...where did it hit?
05:02:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A *BING* is heard for a second. Sounding like a toaster going off* [Complete]
05:03:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, Bring our shield back online.
05:03:04] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: oh, right.
05:03:53] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Something was triggered in the Warhammer. A hidden area? The Bloodied hit it, and it was slowly coming online*
05:04:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Target hit]
05:04:29] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sy, what can you make of it?
05:04:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The transport seconds after went dead, thankfully Koria was on the warhammer as the ship was utterly dead*
05:02:12] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Uhh..what the hell happened..."
05:05:15] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Ugh..i feel like i've been out on the town drinking and this is the aftermath.."
05:04:39] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well.... I don't know...
05:05:13] The.Cincinnati: Mav: It looks dead.
05:05:27] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'd say so... Nothing is on inside. It's also completely empty.
05:05:31] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Where's the girl?
05:05:39] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I don't know, you knocked me out.
05:06:11] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm... Crew, swing past the cockpit, see if you see anyone in the transport.
05:06:31] The.Cincinnati: Mav: anything?
05:06:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The bridge was thankfully empty*
05:06:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *As they passed, the ship began to vent all air from it*
05:06:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *It was depressurizing itself*
05:07:09] The.Cincinnati: Mav: return to the warhammer.
05:07:11] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Gah..someone get me a box of painkillers..."
05:07:30] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Nixie, are you okay? Can you read any vitals on your ship?
05:08:06] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I don't know..i feel kinda weird.."
05:08:29] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Stevens, glad you can hear me. check for signatures.
05:08:41] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ganes, get on rader and see if you can get a scan of vitals.
05:09:23] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Wills, get a damage report, physical show of the hull on Warhammer.
05:09:28] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, Help Nixie.
05:09:47] The.Cincinnati: *crew* aye.
Wills puts on a suit, and tethers a cable to the Cincinnati, where a bay is dropped, out into space he goes while Stevens, Ganes and Sylus start hitting the panelings as ordered*
05:08:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I detect a blown out turbine but other than that.."
05:10:07] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: W..wha..
*She stumbed out of the guardian room she was in, horrificly off blance. Koria hit the wall and slumped down quietly, sinking against the wall
05:10:59] The.Cincinnati: Mav: I heard something.
05:11:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: Can't..think...head..spinning.....I can feel my self..h-healed..can't..think..
*Koria collapsed to her side hard, balling up weakly*
05:12:05] The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I hear movement.
05:12:18] The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Scans show something is still alive. I'm not able to know on who just yet.
05:11:09] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I'm detecting the number three turbine is..missing. I'm assuming it blew straight out the side.."
05:11:48] The.Cincinnati: W* Yep. It's straight floating away still. About 5k out from us now. Least.. I think it's a turbine.
05:12:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria would be found outside of the healing room, she was on the ground, her body..fully healed? She looked like she just saw- hell in of itself*
05:13:02] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I'll take more than that to drop me." She said sternly, Picking up her little sister "What the hell happened?"
05:13:31] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria was barely awake resting against Amy*
05:13:49] The.Cincinnati: Mav: In right, I don't know. Something was hacking into the little transport, where it threw a golden thing at the ship. Nixie lost herself. Raven is MIA. And you've blown a turbine.
05:14:18] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "So that's why she's currently..... crying on the sofa..."
05:14:46] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "Amies.."
05:15:14] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Koria: "I heard dad...saying he was on his way..or ...something..his voice was to distant, it was impossible to hear..but.. I know it was him.."
05:15:38] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Yeah fellas'..her losing herself is a pretty big deal. I'll repay the favour to you somehow for just being here."
05:15:58] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, Sylus tried the hardest out of everyone here.
05:16:10] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Sylus you stupid bastard... *She sighs*"
05:16:17] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Thank you."
05:16:34] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I wasn't going to let anything happen to you.
05:17:15] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Cincinnati's arrays weren't strong enough to jam the frequency that was hacking into the transport.
05:17:29] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Something began to materialize on the Warhammers bridge, a golden hologram*
05:17:42] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "The hell is this now.."
05:17:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ??: "Greetings Warhammer, this is a automatic message from the Vault, it seems you activated
05:18:16] ANC.???-"Bloodied": some sort of long range distress signual, and we got some good news, the code you brought online
05:18:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": is still active, as of moments ago, have been relayed to [Leam] and as of four hundred, thirty one seconds ago, the Phoenix warship has left orbit from Yori."
05:18:49] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You people."
05:19:19] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Whoever it was... They wanted to find you.
05:19:21] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "I don't need to know this. Dumb AI."
05:19:32] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Terminate transmission."
05:19:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ??: "Sorry, we cannot do that miss Amy."
05:20:06] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Oh no?
05:20:07] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell:"Now do you see why i need a horrible person like Hunt? i need help sometimes too.."
05:20:26] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ??: *The Hologram steps forward, the form getting larger till it was human sized* "I'm not stupid sadly, Amy, you know better."
05:20:42] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well, this is a lower grade frequency.... I can Jam this one.
05:20:43] ANC.???-"Bloodied": "Just because I seem dumb, does not mean long range deep space messages are slow."
05:20:57] ANC.???-"Bloodied": "Please try to sir." *Responding to the man*
05:21:26] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: hehe... I like a challenge... *snarks*
05:21:08] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Get off my ship. You have no place here. Phoenix is dead. You have no purpose here."
05:21:22] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ??: "Wrong, it's not."
05:21:41] ANC.???-"Bloodied": ??: "Amy, I'd not be here if it was dead and telling you this."
05:21:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "If you can get this freak off my deck. I'll personally grant you that wish."
05:22:13] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: ooo! *grabs the pad*
05:21:56] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Cortex: "No need."
05:22:04] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Cortex: "I have one thing to say."
05:22:20] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Cortex: "Rather..patching through who does."
05:22:14] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "You're freaking out Nixie and damn near drove her to destruction. I have nothing to say to you."
05:22:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ashley: "Amy Cromwell, you snap the hell out it right now, before I drag the god damn Dawnlight down there myself to show you who is alive and who the hell is not alive."
05:23:10] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "There is a reason i severed all contact with you."
05:23:14] The.Cincinnati: *Mav and wills talk amongst each other, assessing the warhammer's hull*
05:23:26] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "And you didn't tell us."
05:23:31] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "Now, do tell us."
05:23:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "Want to know where your man has been? Helping us rebuild."
05:24:16] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "That was 'His' choice. I'm not remotely interested in him. I've had other priorities."
05:23:43] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Look at her!" She pointed directly at Nixie "Look what you've done."
05:24:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "We? We've done nothing, your father asked for the final code, whatever that was."
05:24:28] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Hmm... encrypted... assessing binary...
05:24:44] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Location, Edgewords, Omicron Solar, Planet Rori*
05:24:49] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "My father wouldn't destroy everything he worked to protect."
05:25:01] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ashley: "He would if they almost got to you."
05:25:09] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "He knows better than that. So don't you dare try and pin this on him."
05:25:15] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Planet Rori... Nearest satelite relay is...
05:25:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "Your sister was a ping to them Amy, they were using her to get to you and Nixie."
05:25:45] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Let them. We'll stand for my little sister. You know nothing and imagine that. We won. Nixie won the battle."
05:26:13] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "Wrong, but believe what you want." *Array offline*
05:26:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria began to slowly open her eyes* "Hu..huh? The..heck..happened?"
05:26:41] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Hmmm... Well. Seems they've cut it themselves before I got the last digit qued.
05:26:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "God damn it -Son of a" She punches a panel, her fist going straight through it.
05:26:58] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Your fingers need to go a tad faster Sy.
05:27:14] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'm out of practice. And it was deep Omicrons. What do YOU want from me?
05:27:29] The.Cincinnati: Mav: the old Hacker I had. Guess we need to get you back to speed.
05:27:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Koria froze and screamed when she saw Amy* "WHOEVER YOU ARE, I DON'T KNOW WAHT YOU 05:27:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": WANT! DON'T HURT ME!" *reacting in terror of her own sister..?*
05:28:34] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Amy just sort of stood there, breathing heavilly. Looking her bleeding fist. Cromwell: "My past comes back to haunt me.."
05:28:51] The.Cincinnati: *Wills returns. handing Mav a datapad of detail of the Ship* Mav: We'll have this forwarded off to you soon. We'll worry bout repairs later.
05:30:01] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I failed.."
05:40:34] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "You 'could' get me some strong headache medication, though."
05:41:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well. We got Ex-cedrine Solar strength.
05:41:16] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Want it?
05:41:46] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Gimme. Gimme gimme.."
05:42:06] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright. If it's the least we can do. Wills, suit up for delivery.
05:42:15] The.Cincinnati: Wills: Again?!
05:42:23] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Have you not been paying attention?!
05:42:37] The.Cincinnati: Wills: *sighs* Fine.
05:42:47] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "He hates space." The AI laughed hard, falling on the floor laughing "Oooooh that felt good.."
05:43:23] The.Cincinnati: Wills: *sternly looks at Maverick* Can you blame me?
05:43:55] The.Cincinnati: *Mav chuckles* Mav: Wills, ready to drop?
05:44:00] The.Cincinnati: Wills: yeah yeah...
05:44:06] The.Cincinnati: *Wills grumbles*
05:44:12] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Toss it out, i'll catch." She yawned
05:44:32] Shields Disabled
The shield of the Cincinnati is shit down, and the Hangar opens once more. Wills once again, frothing from the mouth in anger, throws the small bottle of Migrane meds at the warhammer, which is soon tractored into the bay and retrieved by Nixie.
05:44:49] Shields Enabled
05:45:21] The.Cincinnati: *Wills suspends from the bay, throwing a small bottle at the ship*
05:46:08] ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Accessing Phoenix Archive...GUARDIAN..." She sent a flash of blue light through the hull of the ship consuming the-
05:46:25] ANC.001-"Warhammer": bottle. "Nixie: My saviour!"
05:47:06] The.Cincinnati: *The bay closes as Wills returns to the ship*
It wasn't long after Nixie took the medication, that she was clearly having problems. Barely functional, with Koria aboard the Warhammer, Nixie and Amy manage to land planetside for some well earned rest.
05:53:22] 2016-02-19 05:53:33 SMT Traffic control alert: ANC.001-"Warhammer" has requested to dock
05:53:51] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Amy never gave it a command.
05:54:04] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hm. She's going based on assumption.
05:54:08] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Can I?
05:54:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: No.
05:54:13] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [...]
05:54:15] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Why not?
05:54:23] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Its not using its main reactor]
05:54:30] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Its running on 2% power]
05:54:42] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [..she didn't accept the ANT-001 core replacement]
05:54:45] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Strange]
05:55:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Because, that thing just blew away copious amounts of energy.
05:55:11] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: True, but that means it's easier to give an order.
05:55:14] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Not my point.
05:55:22] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: then what is your point?
05:55:26] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Warning]
05:55:28] The.Cincinnati: Mav: It's not ours.
05:55:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Relay gained]
05:55:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Omicron Solar - Relays Destroyed - Unknown enemy force advanced]
05:56:04] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Planet Yori ground destroyed - planetary and orbital areas lost]
05:56:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Detecting massive losses for Runner forces]
05:56:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [They've arrived in Sirius]
05:56:33] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: You know the longer I look at this datapad, The more I should be concerned...
05:56:38] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why?
05:56:49] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: look at it. The link to the transport.
05:56:53] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yeah? and?
05:56:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A single link was detected*
05:57:10] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: says Runners were destroyed.
05:57:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *It went to a relay near Rori*
05:57:26] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *What it showed was a picture of a earth like planet, a shipyard its fleet
05:57:36] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The live recording showed rather now, a burning
05:57:47] ANC.???-"Bloodied": hellish word, the shipyard cracked in two, and whatever human
05:57:57] ANC.???-"Bloodied": forces were there, were nothing more then burnout wreckage*
05:57:58] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Hmm... The relay near Yori is the one I tapped into... Oh god... That planet...
05:58:03] The.Cincinnati: Mav: That's discerning.
05:58:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Several ANC ships were in the bulk as well..including one*
05:58:20] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Out of them all was a carrier, LN..the Phoenix*
05:58:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Her hull was sliced open and the cannons and reactor were blown*
05:58:47] ANC.???-"Bloodied": From a clear view, whatever shot at it, tore into the dang ship before it could react*
05:59:33] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A relay came to the transport*
05:59:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: This is- Ashley Harp- of the Solar Runners- Our home has been- it by enemy
05:59:58] ANC.???-"Bloodied": nomadic- objects-
06:00:17] ANC.???-"Bloodied": looses are high- we made a emergancy- jump from Solar- any all Runners-
06:00:17] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: You hear that Mav?
06:00:26] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yep. Nomads. Again.
06:00:28] ANC.???-"Bloodied": do not, I- reap, do not, return-
06:00:32] ANC.???-"Bloodied": home-
06:00:43] ANC.???-"Bloodied": This is a priority- alert- relay to all allied forces-
06:00:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Whatever they- got, its nothing small- then an da- amada
06:01:20] ANC.???-"Bloodied": This will make the nomad war look like a recon squad attacked-
06:01:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Error - Relay closed - Dawnlight jumped to Omicron Theta]
06:01:47] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: So much static....
06:01:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A final image came in*
06:02:05] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Does that data pad say Theta?
06:02:12] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: yes.
06:02:14] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *What they would see, was a massive screen of just blue...*
06:02:31] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Putting it in terms, a sea, no, an army of nomadic shells...*
06:02:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *Whatever the Runners got hit with, they were making damn sure Amy didn't come into it*
06:03:10] The.Cincinnati: Mav: All of that, in Theta?
06:03:18] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Assumed.
06:05:01] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Final message - Error, message meant for the Cincinnati]
06:05:09] ANC.???-"Bloodied": [Accept Y/N]
06:05:32] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Well... Worse comes to worse, it pops the pad. That's the most it'll do.
06:05:37] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Take it. I guess.
06:05:50] The.Cincinnati: Mav: You sure you got that thing firewalled from the rest of the ship?
06:06:02] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Ooooh, yes. *Pushes Accept*
06:06:03] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *The relay came in to show a Kusarian with black hair, a live recording* Konbanwa..I am Ashley Harper..you must be the
06:06:22] ANC.???-"Bloodied": men who saved Amy today. *she bows* I lead the Runners, what you saw, was nothing more then what
06:06:29] ANC.???-"Bloodied": we tried to stop...
06:06:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "As odd as this sound..do not, let Amy go ot the Omicrons.."
06:06:57] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "As her mother..."
06:07:12] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "I will not have her, nor Koria in a battle where they will only die."
06:07:39] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: "Her father did something stupid, and now I will correct his mistakes..."
06:07:59] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *A man leaned into screen* Ashley, we're near the Freeport. *She turns* Good, Runner forces, moor
06:08:15] ANC.???-"Bloodied": here for the night, we'll move to Omega forty nine tommorrow, take what you only
06:08:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": need, not everything, we don't need drag others down.
06:08:41] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *she turns back and eyes Mav and Sl* You two...
06:08:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": I heard it all..and I want to say thank you myselves..
06:08:54] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *myself
06:09:14] ANC.???-"Bloodied": If you didn't stop half the stuff, who knows what would of happened..from the bottom of my heart..thank you.
06:09:33] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Must be live feed. I was thinking a recording. In reality, we didn't do much. But we tried.
06:09:51] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: You stopped two girls from dying today.
06:10:06] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: That in of itself is worth more then I could ever do.
06:10:21] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Oh and one thing. *Point to Sl*
06:10:43] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: *points at himself, glancing at Mav and back to the pad*
06:10:52] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *she nods and leans forwad and grins*
06:11:05] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: *raises an eyebrow*
06:11:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Listen up. From what I saw, Amy likes you. *Holding her Katana out* hurt my little girl or make her cry,
06:11:35] ANC.???-"Bloodied": and I will punch you through a wall
06:11:46] The.Cincinnati: *Maverick chuckles, patting Sylus on the back*
06:11:50] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *She leans back and gives a kind smile, throwing the blade back in which it hits the wa-
06:12:08] ANC.???-"Bloodied": The blade hit the wall hard enough, that it dented the wall*
06:12:19] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Oh...huh, I figured it would of went through this time."
06:12:25] ANC.???-"Bloodied": *She shrugs*
06:12:44] The.Cincinnati: *Sylus jolts slightly* Sylus: Well... She did threaten me herself.
06:13:04] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: something about a sword or blade "ash" gave her.
06:13:07] The.Cincinnati: That must be you.
06:13:15] ANC.???-"Bloodied": I know, I tried her myself..the worse bit is..ya
06:13:27] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: I have her what amounts to a Japanese claymore
06:13:42] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: So I just threw a long sword, she wields a claymore.
06:13:46] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Soooooooooo
06:13:50] The.Cincinnati: Mav: That... Is a big sword.
06:13:55] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: how big?
06:14:03] The.Cincinnati: Mav: as tall as you, about the same weight.
06:14:10] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Basically ya.
06:14:11] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Whooo! I like it!
06:14:20] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Just a fair heads up...
06:14:39] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Koria, don't..ever..hurt..her..thats for Amy and me.
06:14:49] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Want to know what happened to the last person that did?
06:15:27] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: She took the guy, Duct tapped his body flat...and used him a a damn surf board.
06:15:34] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: I..Im not kidding about that..
06:15:38] The.Cincinnati: Mav: I'll take that mission personally. As it stands, they're under our watch from this moment on.
06:15:54] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I'll watch Amy, without a doubt.
06:16:00] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Give it a rest.
06:16:02] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Good, captain Mav, you have my respects...if you need us, the Runner's will listen in.
06:16:15] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: As of now, I must go, my husband and children need me now.
06:16:28] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Ash: Farewell. *She smiles and closes the screen, pausing half way*
06:16:32] The.Cincinnati: Mav: *Sighs heavilly* Very well. We have a lot to be filled in about.
06:16:34] ANC.???-"Bloodied": What do you mean its not closing...
06:16:48] ANC.???-"Bloodied": What do you mean the tower is broken? Use another!
06:16:52] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: let me help you with that. *punches in some buttons.*
06:16:55] ANC.???-"Bloodied": Oh thats gre- *Comm lost*
06:17:19] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Why didn't you do that earlier?
06:17:25] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: I.... don't know.
06:17:35] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Well, send that unit to dock.
A few more buttons, and Sylus sends the ANC bloddied transport unit to some spot planetside.
06:17:43] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: A-a-and, done.
06:17:55] The.Cincinnati: Mav: Get your spark back?
06:18:09] The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Hm. With a bit of "Amy". haha!
The bridge members of the Cincinnati board the deck one day, while sitting within the Barrier Nebula of Coronado system and head out to speak to Joshua Hunt as per request earlier that morning. Once the reach orbit of Barrier Gate Station, they notice Joshua Hunt is there along with a Bretonian Intelligence Service ship. The BIS, is the Bretonian varient of the Liberty Security Force, or the LSF. Maverick and company kept cautious, as they exchanged some words between each other along with introductions of Captain Brightwall and her XO Walter. Joshua Hunt sealed the deal about a future mission of some kind. Being as vague as usual, Hunt didn't brief O'Howell about anything of the mission. Just told him that Cincinnati will be needed soon and in due time. Close to the end of the Meeting sirens and alarms went off on the BIS Vessel...
BIS)HMS-Albion: The bridge: *A red alert light starts flashing and an alarm starts blaring shortly after*
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Whats that all about?
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: Apparantly we are getting an emergency signal, m'lady.
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Whats it about?
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: It appears... Hmmm.
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: It appears that another BIS ship has gone mising close by.
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: Signal pinpoints the source to sector B7..
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Drake... For. Gods. Sake.
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: E, how are the thermobaric cruise missiles?
BIS)HMS-Albion: E: Just fine.. we got a supply of 30.
The.Cincinnati: *Maverick returns with Sylus, coffee in hand* Mav: Why do I have a very bad feeling all of a sudden.
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Right. W, the guns.
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: All locked and loaded. Should be ready to fire within seconds if necesary.
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Right-o. Set course for Drake.. Lets find our missing pilot. Bloody hell...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: we'll head over with you.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus, breing the crew to Underground yellow. Keep cautions.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Alright. I'll tell 'em.
Underground Yellow is a Ship status where the crew readies for attack, and cloaking procedures are at the ready should the Cincinatti need to get into the railroad and make an escape. Drake is a system linked to Coronado by a mysterious gate. An infrastructure related to nomadic entities and their thralls, the Wilde. Inside is their system...
Hornet-1: ?: Something about signals?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sylus wants to watch things go boom.
BIS)HMS-Albion: B: Bloody hell.. stupid damn infesting squid.. *mumbles violently under her breath*
They mobilise the small fleet they assembled of the Hornet, Cincinnati, The Artemis that usually accompanies the Cincinnati, the Albion, ANC-Jupiter and Warhammer who were nearby when the call came, and the Order vessel Talandar. Arriving at the gate the distress beacon emenates from, they pass through the jump, one by one.
BIS)HMS-Albion: ?: W, ready the access codes.. set them to jumphole calibrations.. remember the lessons from 99.
BIS)HMS-Albion: ?: Alright. Enter when ready.
BIS)HMS-Albion: W: Going in.
Hornet-1: ?: Move on in, boys.
On the other side, The Wilde have the gate guarded by a few weapons platforms. Such platforms are formidable. Indistructable to a degree. But they can be disabled for a time to secure an area. They notice on radars there are no patrols. The system is quiet...
BIS)HMS-Albion: ?: Looks like the welcoming party's still here.
BIS)HMS-Albion: ?: Right, disable the comms jammer W, the guests here already know who we are, name, surname, all that.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: One of them told everything about us.. an ex-crewmember we lost in Delta.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Radar center.. search for any active Bretonian transponder codes.
BIS)HMS-Albion: RO: On it, ma'am
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: The vessel in question should be a Challenger class..
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Seems the patrols are silent.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Indeed.. its unusually silent for Drake..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: All the more reason to be cautious.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: If theres one thing about Nomads, its that silence is /never/ good.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: I don't like this H'....as an ex-agent of these..things...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: This IS too damn quiet..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Ex agent of these foul mutations?
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *She sighs* A.S: Another time please, lets just say I have a bad history..
Hornet-1: Hunt: Long story.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Like i said earlier, i dont care about a persons past.. only about the present person.
They traverse the system. Not a single patrol is seen. Nothing but them. Followng the beam, they see other gates, glowing as they were. Hunt has the AWACS Artemis get a scan of at least one while they were there.
Hornet-1: Hunt: Artemis actual, get a readout on the gate while we're here.
The.Artemis: Yeah, got it.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: That's odd....
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: The gate is glowing..last time I heard, it was depleted..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: it has been glowing for the past 3 years.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Its charging up again..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: God knows what its trying to connect to.
Hornet-1: Hunt: Dark space.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: *She starts to look around slowly* Thats simple...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: It used to be for linking to deep space, reinforcement caller...now, I'm not sure, its to far away..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Captain.. we are not reading any bretonian signatures.. in the entire system..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Could this be a trap?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Always expect a trap Walter, you taught me that yourself.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Suppose there may be a wreckage on the planet?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Wait, we are picking up something.. on the surface of Hof.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Careful...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Could have landed somewhere large to improve survival rate.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: As an ex-agent, these planets are known for Wilde ground forces...usually covered..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: It's.. it's...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: It crash landed on the surface.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Its in no state to get spaceborne.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Energy discharge states the planet was outer...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Drawn closer by the warp.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Somethings off...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: I can't get get a reading on its details..its size. or...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: What the hell, my scans can't pierce the planet.
Unphased by the lack of info gained off the planetary scan, they set up operations in Orbit. Several ships together get into formation and proceed to begin the mission.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Alright, get closer, and scan for life signatures.
BIS)HMS-Albion: RO: We are picking up 2 human signatures on the surface.. no way to tell if dead or alive..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: We could send in a small squad with the shuttles..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Hmmmm...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Alright... arm the squads... stay away from that trash APM stuff, use bretonian rounds. Send them down with the shuttles. Give them a beacon so we can provide orbital fire support.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: On it...
Hornet-1: Hunt: Maverick, send a recon team down for support. Arm up some A-1's.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Alright. I can do that.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Let me go! I want something to shoot.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: If you're feeling like a Gallic, knock youreslf out. Grab a suit.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: H'..something feels off....
Hornet-1: Hunt: Indeed.
Hornet-1: Hunt: A patrol would've found us by now.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Thats not it either...I've gotten no pings...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Usually by now, I would of.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: And even so, close to the gate itself without spotting a single infected warship..
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Wait, there we go, I'm reading a lower stratosphere, meaning she has some form of gas containment on her.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *distant yelling* Potter, Peterson, Taylor.. on me, we are going down.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *IY* Assemble 5 men each and meet in the shuttle bay, full equipment.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Right, rotate the ship, rear facing the planet.. so the shuttle bay isnt obstructed from view.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Ready Walter?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *Over intercom muffled by his gear* Ready.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Deck 6, ready shuttles for deployment. 4 men at pick, I'm joining.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Crew, Pitch ship PB's.
The.Cincinnati: *aye*
Hornet-1: Hunt: I'll go get some support. Ivan, keep an eye on your scanners. We'll need AWAC up and running.
The.Artemis: Ivan: Roger that.
Order|SD-"Talandar": Vi: I'll keep orbital support... This harpoon will give us enough precision to deal with medium level threats...
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Good news, it seems to be nothing lethal to human's
The.Cincinnati: *Cincinnati's 5 man team get ready. Containment space suits, rifles, and several clips of ammunition and head off to the drop bay.*
They scanned the planet. They secured a location. Everything perfoming like it was a standard military operation. It went through like water in a creek. Effortless and to the numbers.
The.Cincinnati: Sylus: Crew is in. Strapped. Deploy in 5.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Drop shields, open bays.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Deploy.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Comms, how is our link with the team?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Comms: All clear ma'am.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Kole, roll us about, if they need support, we'll provid orbital strike defense
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: Copy that..
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: We're clear of the bay.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Comms: Should recieve standard update on touchdown.. nothing blocking the signal.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sheilds online. CLose bay.
The two ships wait for their teams to reach the surface of the planet. It seems like an eternity sending down your own men into a hostile section of a planet, in a hostile system, full of hostile entities.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Come on Walter... Come on...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *Static*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: We've reached the *static* surface.. Proceeding to waypoint. *Static* Over.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Brightwall, S+R team is on it's way down. Standby.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Roger. Walter, hold position and wait for the Cincinnati's men to join up.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: *static*y down here. cap.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: We -ee the shuttle an--- rouping.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: We see the Libertonian patrol.. holding.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Keep comms open. Relay everything. Stevens, take Comms, record all on blackbox.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Sir.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Dropping green light for extraction zoning. Confirmed.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: We got the extraction zone fully scanned and on grid, the Jupiter can provid orbitral strike during retreat if required
While the ships gather and land down they set up an extraction zone nearby. They scan for layouts. Silo's. Bases. The whole 9 yards.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*:Touching down next to the ship. We're** own.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: They've joined up. Its 6 micro-klicks towards the shuttle.. will take us about 10 minutes to get there.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Maverick, just to be sure, have your men engaged Wilde ground forces before?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: A time or twelve.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Very good.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Nomadic war, remember? Had Wilde everywhere.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Angel of death here. What's the deal."
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Linking to Warhammer, we got grid by grid scan complete Warhammer, uploading ground mapping we got thus far.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Gravity he** low. Team off the ship.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Cromwell: "Don't go getting your infested down there. You hear me Sylus, you stupid bastard."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Proceed to the waypoint Walter, weapons free.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Picking up non-friendly movement behind the ridge.. 5 people, possibly armed.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Alright Walter, you know the deal. Aim for the spine, or the head.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: No prisoners, kill them all.
In orbit. The ships wait and co-ordinate. Planetside. The teams seperated a little bit, Sylus taking his team a bit behind to ensure all secure.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Teams are *ching. Moving to ****IS agents.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Holding for the Cincinnati's crew to join up.. then we move to engage.
They hold momentarily. Sylus meets Walter face to face, but only catching a small rundown of facial features through the glass of their suits. They kneel in position, aiming down to the ridge.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: So. You're Walter. *aims the gun amongs the ridge*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: So.. you must be Sylus..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Lets focus on those 5 bastards down there.
The.Cincinnati: *3*: Confirmed, minimal 2 targets on ridge. Clear shot.
The.Cincinnati: *4*: Sweeping left flank. Confirmed 3 more. Clear shot.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: I take it you know how to obliterate those squids?
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: 2, take head of first. 4 of second, shoot on command. I'll take the third. Yes, we know how. We like headshots...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: What fancy. Alright you teapots, switch to piercing, we like to do this 1 shot, 1 kill.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: On my go.. I'll take fourth. *Tapping one of his men on the shoulder* You take fifth.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: 3, 2, 1..
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Fire at will.
The.Cincinnati: *Gunfire is heard over the radio.*
The.Cincinnati: *Sounds of 5 rounds. Seemingly in unison, maybe it was only one.*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Comms: Picking up gunfire on the surface
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Definite gunfire.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: 5 down. Kills confirmed.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Nice shot there, Sy. Clean through the head.
The.Cincinnati: Sy*: Thanks. You too.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Pings detected, hostile grids coming to life. They're mobilising.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Comms: Detecting alien life signatures coming online all across the surface.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: We got comfirned visual on a possible nearby jamming encampment, if we take it out, it will clear up more grid scanning.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Sylus, Hunt here. Lase important relays and we'll slam 'em from orbit with a pulse.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Walter, if you see anything strategic.. point it out and we will fire a plasma round at it.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: We got five payloads at the ready, tactical orbital strike rockets, emcampent hitters, four missiles for large buildings and one Sucher for anything that needs removing.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "State target coordinates."
Sylus and Walter hear the ordinance everyone brought to the Party. A BYOB if you will. Bring your own Bomb party. The vessels ready up armament, waiting for the signal lock.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Oh that's a dandy. You hear that Walter?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Yeah, we heard it.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: 2 more micro-klicks to the downed shuttle. *points into the distance where there's strange buildings.*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: That must be the encampment. May as well dust it while we're here.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: You got a lase? Seem to have left mine.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Here, have it. *Hands a target designator to Sy*
The.Cincinnati: *Sy* this is quite the piece. Different from Liberty standard. 1-4, set up perimiter while I bead this bad boy.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Yeah.. its also heavier, but more accurate.
The.Cincinnati: *Sylus lays down on the ridge, aiming the laser at the Minor defense grid*
BIS)HMS-Albion: *Walter Observers Sylus locking the signal, beaming the laser at the grid before them*
(In Orbit)
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Confirming incoming lock of laser guidance."
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Grid Foxtrot, Nine, confirming jamming encampment, minor defense grid.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Stand by. :: Inaudible chatter ::
The.Cincinnati: Mav: We're tracing it now. Nixie, any other scans?
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Right, Jupiter's and the Artemis' targetting systems have been linked to the network.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Target of opportunity. Due east of thier beacon. Looks like a building of some description."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Right.. 12 plasma rounds, rapid fire. Everyone Ready?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Gunners: Ready.
The.Cincinnati: 2* Pulse locked to signal of the network. Ready and hot.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Signal is locked. Awaiting the go.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Dropping rounds on the TOO."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Fire at will!
The fleet drop ordinance down, bombing their located position with precision. The Warhammer takes care of the target due east. Making sure they clear the path and any hostilities nearby. the rounds scream to planetside, looking like a meteor shower in broad day as the dozens of rounds land on the shell of Hof.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy's comms are heard with orbital bombardment blasting into the planets surface.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *Heavy plasma impacts can be heard in the distance*
The dust from the blasts kick up, watching Wilde and shrapnel of buildings, dishes, and all matter of things within the lazed zone sling up and away.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Confirmed substantial damage.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Confirm: Detecting confirmed hits.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: 8 impacts confirmed straight on target, 4 missed but not wasted.
The.Cincinnat: Ganes: She's gone.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Nice shooting.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: And... she's going down, time placement says she'll be down for a while
BIS)HMS-Albion: RO: Captain, large troop movements behind the troops near the shuttle..
As the command centers of the ships scan the layout of the grid more, Maverick and Brightwall try to confirm that their units are still alive.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Are you okay, Sy? Walter?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: We're fine.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Watching the fireworks.
The.Cincinnati: *Comms for Sylus stay silent for a second*
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: -chuckles- Yeah we're good.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Walter, there are a massive amount of ground forces converging on your position.
The.Cincinnati: Sy* Can't see anything. So much dust.
The.Cincinnati: Ganes: Radar can confirm. Multiple units inbound
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "I see them too. Thier communications are scattered. They don't seem to have any coordination."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Look for those pilots quickly, or you will be outnumbered 12 to 1.. and thats only our units.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Walter, we best get moving!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Alright, teaparty's over, MOVE!
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Hunt, we can provid a distraction, but we'll need a target away from them on the ground.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Which direction they heading in from? Mark it, and we'll hammer the ridge with what we have to buy you some time.
The units planetside push along. In that time The infested forces converge to a central point, forming a massive centralized group. They start heading to the ground forces at a rapid rate.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Walter! 2 O-clock on the cliff! Look at those numbers!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Jesus christ, triple time!
The.Cincinnati: *Sy sits prone Aiming the laser guidance*
The.Cincinnati: *3*: Sy! GEt up!
The.Cincinnati: Sy*: Let me do this!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Bah. You have a ten second window before they'll be in gun range."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Maverick, let's thin them out a bit, shall we?
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Sounds like a plan. 2, bead on the laser, and drive the nail.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Gunners, Lock on and fire at will!!!!
Order|SD-"Talandar": Vi: I'll give them something to think about to the North. 6 plasma rounds inbound.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Dropping ordinance, heads down!
The.Sovereign: Hunt: All stations, fire!
What of usually been a usual cruise missile, exploded in tactical nuclear strike on a distant range. Orbital bombardment screams through the skies once more, ripping apart the cliff and anything in the vacinity. Clouds and plumes in the distance, echos of shockwaves heard over the groundcrew comms. A few seconds after the payload drop the forces proceed forward. More units coming at them. Their numbers are vast. How did they get to be so many? Regardless, it's chaos in both places, planetside and in orbit.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy* Move!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "They're scattering. Adjust fire, fifteen degrees east."
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Payload, load another, target another base, prepare for striking.
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Warhammer, take over. Guns are re-spooling.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Turn around, launch a Thermobaric Cruise Missile..
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: Payload confirms, we got a encamplent spotted, firing for effect
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "It's starting to look like the fourth of july down there."
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: On my mark Elliot.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: FIRE!
The.Cincinnati: *4* More incoming! 9 o'clock!
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Adaptors are back online. Hammer 'em!
Order|SD-"Talandar": Vi: Ridge. 3 more rounds inbound on stated position... adjusting 15 degrees west.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: DUCK!
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: I'm not going down****
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: A misslie screams past the SR crew*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *Although distant, the impact of the bomb is clearly visible from space, first forming a black cloud, that suddenly is ablaze like the sun*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Jesus Christ, I never saw those things impact on anything that looks like a planet.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: We're reading a blast wave, hunker down.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Incoming heat wave!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Unless you like yourself crispy and black, into the Crater!
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Everyone down in the crater!
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Ten seconds.
NC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Three seconds, get in there!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Hit the deck! *Jumps into the crater*
The.Cincinnati: *Sylus' team Dives into the crater with the BIS agents.*
A wave of around 7000 degrees celsius passes just over the forces in cover, incinerating all that were still up.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Be advised. They've gotten a distress signal out. Expect reinforcements."
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: I got that covered, Hunt, moving to the otherside, moving for low orbital drop bombartment, this should get their attention.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ground crew, Sitrep!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Walter.. are you there?
There's a break in the clatter of war on the crust. Everything lays silent. There's nothing but dust, a scorch mark, and a large crater...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Yeah... I'm here.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: *coughs* So much "Deh-briss"...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Its a bit hot for this time o' year, in't it.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Like a day on Houston.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Should've brought my bikini.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Speedo's are the rage.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: I see the shuttle.. its still intact
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: We best get going.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Its in a crater, so the heatwave passed high over it.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Picking up some movement.. Friendly contacts!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: *He jumps up and he and the bretonian crew sprint towards the crashed ship*
The.Cincinnati: Sy*: Stay close guys. Let's get 'em.
The.Cincinnati: *sy and the crew run through the faint haze of dust, explosions heard in the distance of missiles bombing the shell of the planet*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Walter.. how are the men.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Are they alive?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Here, let them tell you themselves.. linking them to the comms center now.
BIS)HMS-Albion: CP1: Lieutenant Simmons, all safe and sound.. Thanks for coming to our aid!
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The distance hills begin to glow brightly as orbital payloads begin to remove anything hostile from complete and total existance* Comfirm further orbitral strikes
The.Cincinnati: *Sy posts up, scanning around the crater, the other 4 perimiter the crash watching the shells burst in the distance*
BIS)HMS-Albion: CP2: Major Whitefield here.. I got a shard of metal in my arm.. Need medivac over.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Alright, im sending the empty shuttles towards you on autopilot.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: I suggest setting your shuttles to autopilot aswell, Maverick.. dont let them walk all the way again.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Your crew touched down first. Don't pin that on us.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: There is no such thing as pinning, there isnt even a problem--
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: I'm seeing silo's coming online...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: ...well, besides those Silo's.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: More to the point. WE got crew down there.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": if you don't get them out of there soon, they are about to become more leveled then what we can do now
BIS)HMS-Albion: RO: The shuttles are 5 klicks from the troops, over.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: Stone, load J-Sucher one.
BIS)HMS-Albion: RO: 2 Micro-klicks
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: You kidding me?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: we see the shuttles..
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: Just do it.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Fine, payload to switch out, remove orbital drop weapons, load bombartment dropper
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Thank the gods.. Lets get the hell out of here. *Shuttles can be heard touching down*
The.Cincinnati: *Sy* Boys, move your betsies, Time to going.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *There is something dropped from the Jupiter, the rocket was as big as ten story skyscrape*
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Auto targetting, target locked on hostile forces.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The missile spun about in space to get a correct location strike, all ships getting a grid lock on the location*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: All men onboard.. heading back to the Albion now, over.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy stops next to the shuttle seeing something twinkle in the sky* Sy: The hell is that?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Sy, get your ass in the shuttle!
The.Cincinnati: *Second shuttle is loaded with 4 of the men begging him to get in*
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The rocket began falling on boosters*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: IT's a damn missle you loon! Get in the shuttle and out of there!
The.Cincinnati: *Sy* Oh! Hell! Ain't gotta tell me twice!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "For gods sake. Move your ass. Don't make me move it myself!"
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The rocket screamed over the pods for a moment before flying past them entirely, clearly Hessian in design* one minute to strike
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Lads, take off, all bretonian shuttles are full.
BIS)HMS-Albion: *The bretonian shuttles take off, rushing from Orbit, afterburners glowing hot.*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Jack, open those shuttle hangers!
BIS)HMS-Albion: Jack: On it.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy gets into the shuttle, the landing bay closes and it lifts off, trying to catch up to the other shuttle as the missile rockets past the shuttles*
The.Sovereign: Hunt: Stand by to turn and burn.
BIS)HMS-Albion: <- The shuttle doors open The first shuttle with Walter, crew, and rescued agents arrive.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Steady.. steady... bringing her in.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Hurry up. Don't make me come down there!"
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The weapon went off as it hit, first just a flash, then the shaking as a rather large strike ordinance went off, followed by more shaking as other silo's ruptured from the missiles chain reaction underground* Confirming impact.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: We're in.. taking the Major to the medbay, sending the LT up to you, m'lady.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Confirmed, and i want a crew lead meeting in 10 minutes. Be there Walter.
The.Cincinnati: *Sy*: Give me the damn controls! Afterburners on! *Sylus smashes the afterburner, but it fails to function*
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Sy' get out of there now unless you want to be fried.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Dammit sylus...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: The hell is taking so long to leave orbit?
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Jesus he isn't gonna make it in time..status report!"
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *From orbit, the light could be seen passing the smoke, whatever Jupiter targeted, it set off a chain reaction* Confirmed hits
The.Cincinnati: *The warheads detonate one by one, seen from orbit, the shockwaves are heard hitting the ship over Sylus' comms*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: SYLUS!
BIS)HMS-Albion: *Dust from the impact rises to space*
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "Damn it... Lowering orbit altitude."
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Get them out of there, unless you want to see a J-Sucher blast wave hit them, you need them out of there now
The.Cincinnati: Mav: SYLUS! SITREP
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: You got one minute before the Sucher blast wave reaches them
The.Cincinnati: * A loud explosion is heard over the comms. Multiple shockwaves in the distance slam the ship's side. Followed by static*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: C'mon Sylus... You can't die on me...
The.Cincinnati: *Just as the shockwave passes by, the ship is scooped up by the blast, and thrown into the bay of the Warhammer, sustaining damage to the hull and interior. The blast strong enough to push the Warhammer itself back, and large rocks from the planet are thrown into the ships. Pings of plating heard, like a hailstorm on a tin banister.
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: "GOTCH-OWww! *the rocks bounce off the AI's hull exterior, Nixie feels each one like a punch to the ribs and the ship thrown into the bay like a large rock to the mouth.*
The.Cincinnati: Mav: SYLUUUUS!
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Warhammer, it's in! seal yourself!
ANC.001-"Warhammer": Nixie: Doors closing. Stand by-" *Static followed.*
The.Cincinnati: *Those same rocks from the surface, after reaching Nixie, eventually reach the Cincinnati, bouncing off the belly of the Cincinnati, denting it minutely.*
ANC.001-"Warhammer": *Static continued. The debris leaving small dents and a large gash in the port side hull, gasses leaking out visibly.*
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Jupiter, what kind of thing did you use?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: Half the planet is mating with our shield
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Hessian mixture, Kole desighed, due to the lower stratosphere, the explosion is much stronger then what should of happened.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": *The blast went on for nearly half way around the surface before stopping itself*
ANC.001-"Jupiter": A.S: Confirming, blast wave has finished. *She turns to Brightwall before motioning to Kole who comes to the bridge* Its called a J-Sucher.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: Designed for leveling military bunkers or silo's, hard to make really.
ANC.001-"Jupiter": Kole: However due in part that we targed more nuclear silo's, the blast power was much much moer stronger...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: I see...
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: M'lady.. The Major.. He ehh... Ehh.. He passed away.. The shard in his arm cut his artery. There wasnt anything we could do.
BIS)HMS-Albion: Walter: Shall I inform the family?
BIS)HMS-Albion: Brightwall: *Sighs deeply* Yes, do it.
BIS)HMS-Albion: CP1: *The lieutenant falls down to the ground, sobbing* I- i've known him since my 6th... B-b-blasted squids!
The Agent was clearly shaken. The fleet successfully secured the men. But what of Sylus and crew? Was it worth one man for possibly 5? Maverick scowls and teems with anxiety. A mix of emotions again, from Anger and rage, to sadness and depression. The full circle of feelings at the thought of losing Sylus wears down on his mind as the fleet returns to Barrier Gate and get out of the drake system...
The events of the BIS took it's toll on Maverick as He prayed for Sylus' safety and life. To lose him... Would be like losing his whole crew. While they were in Coronado, Joshua Hunt had meetings with several groups of people, trying to seal the deal on house backing, as well as improving relations with them. One such, that the Cincinnati was present for, was a meeting in the Hudson system with the BDM, A Rheinlandic intelligence service, much like the BIS and the LSF. Maverick and crew took the Cincinnati by Hunt's request to go see a man named Volker Koch. Establishing a common enemy is what it was mainly for. The Nomads. During the meeting, some things got brought up between some wingman and the Cincinnati. A Segelinde Loraine, an intelligent person, but very shifty within her seat. Maverick in his years of Naval patrols noticed something quite familiar about her. Ganes, the Radar overseer on the ship's bridge noticed something quite well...
While they spoke at the meeting, there was a number crunch session about how destructive the Dawnbreaker's power would be. Ganes noticed her ability to do some number things in her head. That drew him to her like a lost fly to a street light. Maverick however. He saw symptoms. Problems with her that he had seen in many Outcasts. She was on a drug called Cardamine. But she got real sneaky with it. She had put this orange powder in her cockpit facemask to administer doses of the drug. They both noticed her, and had a brief, private, conversation while Joshua Hunt spoke to Volker Koch. The meeting ended. Ganes said his peace and wished her the best of luck.
It was a few days later, after Ganes, Maverick, and Segelinde spoke here and there, Segelinde had contacted them about some munitions that Hunt may be able to use. Those munitions would be enough to fuel a whole navy for weels and she had no need for them. Maverick sent out a Stork, the Shiva, to retrieve them. Stevens, the comms officer, kept a link open with the Shiva and oversaw the situation itself. Matt and Mike, the brothers who fly the ship, were put into quite the position where they had to act quickly. A self destruct sequence had been initiated aboard the Freighter that Loraine was flying. The cargo, along with the explosion of the ship, would have blown the Cincinnati to pieces if it was sitting near the ship during destruction. However. The timer was off. The Munitions were offloaded before the sequence was initiated. It was a good thing that the Shiva had got there instead.
The sequence started. Loraine Knew what it was. She had to get out of there, and on the double. The ship began to blow apart, eventually blasting a hole out the side of the hull. Mike dropped out, tethered to the Shiva's interior, and caught her before being thrown into the abyss of space. Pulling himself and her into the Shiva's bay, they made a waypoint to Barrier Gate, do deliver her and the Munitions to Cincinnati.
Still shaken, Segelinde had recovered from her failed assassination, Something Maverick had felt they had skirted by sending the Shiva instead. Loraine hopped into a ship aboard the Cincinnati, Taking one of the crew's personal wings instead. Dropped off some video of her doing math stuff out loud and various complex equations along with... A bra. Only Maverick Knew. A little surprise for Ganes before she returned home. She flew back to Rheinland, and was detained. Put on lockdown and eventually sent by Geoff Enfield to Omicron Alpha under the Supervision of Zeal, His Artificial Intelligence. Loraine had contacted them, telling them where she was. She was in pain. Detoxing from the Cardamine in her system.
To her, Breathing normal air was like taking a breath of needles. Her veins on fire. Her eyes and skin felt like they were being stabbed repeatedly. It was harsh to watch. But eventually she subsided. She was able to breathe normal air once more. While in a video call with Maverick and Ganes, she said "I'm done here. I'm coming." And left out of Alpha against anyone's command. Volker and Geoff didn't know. Not even Zeal. She flew from Alpha to the gate where the Cincinnati was. Maverick greeted her with a smile, and walked her to Ganes. That boy's face never was as bright as it was when she stood before him. They went to his quarters and weren't seen till the next morning. Maverick peered into Gane's room, where he saw a bunch of books of High tech, digibabble, papers of equations, more books, and things that not even Maverick could understand. He also saw Loraine, in front of Ganes, with his arm wrapped around her and the Bra she sent in the box, draped at the end of the bed. The only light lit in the room, was the paper mache model of Omicron Alpha in the corner. Maverick left the two alone, with a smile and walked away to the bridge.
Maverick entered the bridge to see a Call waiting for him. It was Joshua Hunt telling him that Volker Koch was looking for him and wanting to speak. Strange. Wonder how he knew. Stevens worked a little while sipping the morning brew, Wills and Maverick wait, also drinking coffee while Maverick also smokes a morning Cig.
The.Cincinnati: Stevens: I think this is the frequency. Hello? This is the bridge of the Cincinnati. Is this Koch? BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Guten tag.
BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Koch here... The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Good! Cap! I got the right one! The.Cincinnati: Mav: Ah. Alright. Hello, Koch. This is Maverick O'Howell, Commander of the ship. I was informed that you needed to speak with me? BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Right, i'm looking for one of my agents. Agent Loraine. I do hope she is in good condition. The.Cincinnati: Mav: Loraine... Loraine... Sounds familiar... BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Segelinde Loraine... to be exact. The.Cincinnati: Wills: Ganes' other brain. The.Cincinnati: Mav: OH! Right! Her.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Right, right. I remember her. Some Kusarian looking girl? Scarrs from Port to Starboard? BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Scars? Oh well... what happened to her? The.Cincinnati: Mav: Last I heard, she was speaking to my Comm's officer. She was in Alpha with Zeal, then said she was on her way to Coronado. She never came. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: So she isn't aboard of your ship? The.Cincinnati: Mav: Not that I'm aware of. Nobody comes or goes without me knowing about it. Doors lock when I go to sleep. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Oh. Well... But where could she be? The.Cincinnati: Mav: Guess is as good as mine. Stevens, How was her health prior to leaving Alpha? The.Cincinnati: Stevens: Uhhh... I believe she said she was able to breathe normal air without pain. After that, she said she was coming, but never showed. The.Cincinnati: Mav: That about sum's up what we know, bud. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: That's... bad.
BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Thank you anyway. The.Cincinnati: Mav: Is it? What do you need with 'er? BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Not important. The.Cincinnati: Mav: Hmm. If we see her, What should we tell her? BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Tell her to call me. So that i can be sure she is still alive. The.Cincinnati: Mav: Mhmm. Sure thing. We apologize that we can't be any more help than that. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Do you know which route she wanted to take from Alpha? The.Cincinnati: Mav: Let me rack my brain here a bit...
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Stevens, did she say which way?
The.Cincinnati: *There's a great pause in the comms* BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Mister Maverick? Are you still there? The.Cincinnati: Mav: Aye. I am. Anything Steve? The.Cincinnati: Stevens: *Pauses* I can't think... Ganes may know.
The.Cincinnati: Wills: I, Uh.... I dunno. Drawing a blank captain. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: *He sighs deeply* The.Cincinnati: Mav: Yeah. We got nothing. We were getting hit with some static from a flare in the system.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: Maybe if we review the blackbox, we may pin-point and piece something. But until then, we're out.
The.Cincinnati: Mav: If we come across a path, We'll letchya know. BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Thank you for your help.
BDM|Dkt-Volker.Koch: Koch out.
Several hours later, Maverick headed to the Barrier Gate Medical Bay to see Sylus and how he was doing. Meanwhile, the Crew head out to Cortez, by the lanes for a passtime of theirs. Called Counting Traders.
Stevens: Count one tonight.
Maren.Santacruz: Evening, sirs.
Ganes: Even'in.
Stevens: A pirate train? Ain't seen one of those in some time.
Maren.Santacruz: How so?
Stevens: Just haven't been out much, I guess.
Ganes: Yeah, that's for sure.
Maren.Santacruz: That's strange behavour for a captain of a battleship. One would assume the opposite's the case.
Stevens: The captain isn't on the bridge.
Ganes: We're just counting traders. That's all.
Maren.Santacruz: Well, then, gentlemen, all power to you. I'll just be on my way.
Stevens: Treat those slaves nicely.
Maren.Santacruz: They'll find love on Malta. Don't you worry.
Ganes: Hm.
*Ganes sighs*
Stevens: What's up with you?
Ganes: Just... Thinking.
Stevens: About what?
Ganes: Segelinde.
Stevens: Oh, that girl that came to see you?
Ganes: Yeah.
Stevens: What's up with her?
Ganes: I don't know man. Just... Catching feelings.
*theres a pause between the two men*
Stevens: You know, she's not that bad of a looker.
Ganes: She is quite cute. But her mind is what really sets me off.
Stevens: How so?
Ganes: She's... Just so vastly smart.
Stevens: Something like you?
Ganes: yeah. I've not met someone so up to standard like me. Least... Not of the opposite gender.
Stevens: At least you're not Sylus.
Ganes: That is true. He's quite smart but he's so Narrow minded.
Stevens: Maverick's pretty smart.
Wills: Aye, 'e is.
Ganes: At least you're not in the boat with the three of us.
Stevens: I keep to my business, man.
Jimms: Ain't much for chatter either.
Stevens: You must have me mistaken.
Wills: Nah, 'e's roight. Ain' spoke much if'n ye's 'ad to.
Jimms: And you're not active much neither.
Stevens: I do speak. And I do my job. Safe to say I'm not getting sloshed in the back of the bridge.
Jimms: Oh-no-no-no, don' be turnin' this on th' rest o' us.
Ganes: You've been different since the whole Koria thing.
Stevens: That little girl? Are you nuts?
Wills: Oi' think'in it's som'n o' th' sort.
Stevens: That girl is like... Sugarland bait, bro.
Ganes: We're all sugarland bound anyway.
Stevens: If we even survive.
Wills: Since we've got enemies everywhere.
Ganes: That's true. Think... We'll retire?
Jimms: *Hic* that's up t' th' cap'n.
Wills: Speaking of, I wonder how he's doing with Sy.
Stevens: That's a good question. He got quite roughed up.
Ganes: Yeah... So headstrong.
Stevens: If Sy and Amy got into it, who do you think would win?
Wills: Well, I never saw the man fight.
Jimms: O'i think e'd 'ave 'is 'ands full.
Ganes: I think Amy would rip his head off.
Stevens: Clean off.
Wills: I think he's got more head in his ego than he does in his britches.
Jimms: Bruh.
Ganes: Oh dear god.
*Crew chuckles*
Stevens: I think he's just a showboat.
Wills: I think Amy would win 't be honest.
Jimms: She is quo'ite the power 'ouse, she is.
Stevens: Remember when she dented the plating in the warhammer?
Ganes: God, don't remind me.,
Wills: I got one. Maverick and Hunt.
Ganes: oooo....
Wills: *shhhhh* That's hard to say.
Jimms: Maverick.
Wills: How do you figure?
Jimms: Ain' 'e the cap'n?
Stevens: Yes. But Hunts half biotic.
Ganes: Those metal legs would do a number.
Stevens: Oh I'm sure. But you yank a hose... that's it for hydrolics.
Wills: What if they're not hydrolic?
Jimms: Don' be pushin' n-. N-. *Hic* Nothin' on some fusion jazz, Willy.
Wills: Well think about it. We got antimatter.
Ganes: Ability to make black holes.
Stevens: Links to vast regions of space.
Jimms: Ain' nothin' o' th' sort f'er th' leg man.
Wills: So you think it's still hydrolic?
Jimms: Of course.
Wills: think its... All... Hydrolic?
*Crew laughs* Ganes: I don't even want to think about it.
Stevens: That's for sure. Alright, Gonz and Ralphie.
Jimms: Gonz, 'ands down.
Wills: I 'unno, Jimmy. Ralphie's got a mean right.
Stevens: yeah but he's too slow.
Ganes: He's not that slow. Dude's been in the iron room working on his speed.
Stevens: Speaking of speed. You think Hunt and Raven are moving too quick?
Wills: Wait. What?
Ganes: you don't know?
Jimms: Apparently no't.
Stevens: Hunt and Raven were together.
Wills: To-gether?
Ganes: yeah. Like, he didn't want to wake her. He was also super chill.
Stevens: Like they had "Webflicks and chill".
Wills: Woah.
Jimms: Aye, 'ho'd of tho't ro'ight?
Wills: Didn't see that coming. At all.
Ganes: We, well, I kinda did.
Stevens: Think Maverick will find another?
Wills: Doubted.
Jimms: O'nless it's an Art-e-fish-al thinger.
Ganes: Artificial intelligence?
Jimms: Aye, that.
Stevens: You know if we had more "Artificial" things on the Cincinnati, we wouldn't need so much crew.
Jimms: And that means ye'd be outta' a job.
Ganes: That's true, man. Besides, everyone on the ship is needed to make her run.
Stevens: How many problems has deck 9 had? More than enough. If AI did it, it would be done right.
Ganes: And how many times did 9 make the engine work with some riggery?
Wills: Rigged up with stuff that an AI couldn't have even figured out.
Stevens: I'm just saying. AI maintinence wouldn't be so bad.
Ganes: I think you're just a fool. Things capable of thought, not some mumbo jumbo that looks at numbers and information.
Wills: I'm with Ganes.
Stevens: I'm with the AI.
Wills: Bro, you don't know what you're talking about.
Jimms: Soun'in' like th' mate on th' barrier.
Stevens: There's like... ten.
Jimms: Th' one with'n the throwback 'at.
Stevens: Don't compare me to him.
Ganes: *chuckles* I remember him... He said he could build a ship bigger than the one we have.
Wills: Yeah, turns out, he didn't even know what ship we were from!
Jimms: M'oy cred's are oh'n the cap'n 'n' Sylus o'er that slosh.
Wills: And Ganes.
Ganes: Why me?
Wills: Because you're nearly as smart as the C-O and X-O.
Ganes: We're all nearly as smart.
Wills: Speaking of smart. Clearly tonight is a slow night.
Ganes: Yeah, we should probably head back to the Barrier.
Stevens: Who wants a drink?
*The others* we do!
Ganes: I could use one for sure.
Stevens: Don't worry mate. She's for ya.
Stevens: you think so?
Ganes: I think so.
Stevens: Then we know so.
Jimms: Aye.
Wills: Amen to that, Ganes. We all know so.
--Exeunt--