17th Parallel Bar V2.0

[Raem]

*Thinking*

"Never knew Subspace was so big...I've been flying around this place for days and still haven't found the core...Oh wait, whats that orange glowing light over there....I think I'll go explore it a little...Yes, this seems to be it."

*Notes down co-ordinates and lays a warp beacon*

"Guess I can get out of here now...I can always warp back immediately once I sense any intruders...I'll just jack out here to find the location of core in the real world...."

*Materializes in Manus' bar*

 

[OOC- I think this is a good enough reason for the bar being indestructible ]

*Still thinking*

"This is odd....looks like the same bar I was in a few days ago, about the time all this madness begun...that's Manus, the mysterious Ricebowl, the little GhettoSmurf thing...all who's missing now is ReCoil!...guess I'll have to relax for a bit...maybe run a few radar sweeps to see if I can locate any SE around..."

[Aileron]

[OOC-If one is looking for leads, one could look up the conspiracy with Mr. Blake, the Terran weapon leader. You could start with the SE's apparently limitless source of funding and work from there. Go to Terran space, and find some secret do-*BAD WORD*-ent leading to some SE installation and work from there. Also, note that the Terrans are not officially behind Mr. Blake, so uncovering these do-*BAD WORD*-ents should be easy.]

 

Deep space, on the SE station Bravo Twelve...

 

Captain Mithcal was just being given a new !@#$%^&*ignment after his rescue. It was strange to him that even though he lost the battle and the station, that the council thought so highly of him. He was going over the modifciations being done to the recently captured Seriph.

 

"Sir, the problem is that the fighter bays are too small. We simply cannot fit a Wyvern in a slot the was occupied by a Shark."

"The Wyvern, the densest formation two ships could fly." was the Captains response. It was a running SE joke about how the Wyverns require as much resources as two standard fighters, although perform twice as well.

"We could tear down some walls, or we could just use only Nightwasps."

"Unfortunately, the ship has to be ready in a day. We'll have to stick with the Nightwasps."

 

Then, Captain Mithcal ran into Ailius, who was staring out the window. He was watching the Terran emblem being removed from the ship, and an SE one being placed overtop. Ail looked sad, and one can tell with the recent Terran betrayal that Ail felt very similar to that ship. Ail pushed these thoughts aside, and the two of them went into a meeting of the SE council. Inside, the other three living councilors were waiting. Soon the meeting started.

 

"This is a very grave situation. Mr. Blake has stopped giving us all the secret aid we were recieving. A few hours ago, our Main headquarters on the Sixth Planet of the Sol system was attacked by the Terrans."

"Mr. Blake must have given up the coordinates of our base."

"Fortunatly, we managed to destroy all equipment and data concerning the Arms of Justice. Unfortuneatly, this event leaves us without a main headquarters and missing one seat on the council."

"We need a new plan. Ailius, how did your capture of the Ithkul project fare?"

"We got all the equipment we could, and destroyed all of their scientific data." responded Aileron.

"Well, then, gentlemen, we are now the power in the galaxy closest to completing this ultimate weapons design."

"Hardly, we need a new planet to build it on, and we need to fill the lost Council seat."

"I have an answer to that problem," responded Aileron, "I would like you to meet Captain Mithcal, the man who almost destroyed the Ithkul fleet with just a single battlestation. He lost, but he did the best he could with little resources."

 

The council agreed, and soon the Captain was promoted to Junior Counciler. Then, the debate as to where to next started.

 

"I say, we find some asteroid in deep space, and build headquarters there."

"Any such colony would be easy to attack. We need to be placed inside one of the powers in the universe." responded Ailius.

"Who? The Ithkul are our enemies, the Terrans have betrayed us, and the Kanatis are too small to hide in even if they supported us."

"We shall go to the Kingdom of Exis, then." [OOC- PLZ don't say that they have a "no-genocide" policy.]

"They could do well. Most of our recruits come from there, and they haven't even released the news of our attack to the general public."

"I, along with most of the true SE, have a problem with Exis' methods."

"We all hate the Exis' methods, but what choice do we have?"

 

 

The arguement continued for a few hours. It turned out that two of the council preferred to go to deep space, whereas Ailius and one other wanted to go to Exis. Soon, it came down to Captain Mithcal's vote.

 

"We will go to Exis," voted the captain.

 

 

Soon the Seriph was properly refitted and left the station, under command under the Junior Councilor with Ailius onboard. They headed towards the Kingdom of Exis, where they were to attempt to build an alliance. Other SE left to continue their duties elseware.

[ReCoil!]

ReCoiL! just heard the news of the battle between the Katanis and the Terran....a strange occurence...because neither fleet had any reason to be their.....ReCoiL! flipped the ship over and switched on the ZTT drive....arriving there momentarily....

 

Using the sensors....he could sense all the wreckage nearby...and could analyse what ships were what....or what was left of them at least....Then he picked something up...a lone bio-sign someone was still alive...it was a junior Terran warbird pilot... ReCoiL! pulled up close and let the survivor aboard through the airlock....and soon ReCoiL! found out about how Mr. Blake the terran officer had been working alongside the SE and had just then turned against them when the fleet battle had commenced....He also said that his carrier the Seriph had been somehow captured by some SE but....he doesnt know how...they were all locked up...

 

ReCoiL! then realised that he would have to find Mr. Ious and help him get all the main sides in the galaxy work together...this was too big for one side alone....this weapon could not fall into the hands of the SE it would unbalance the already unstable conditions between the main races....

 

He quickly went back to the 17th parallel bar....to find Mr. Ious looking for him..there he informed him that he needed to tell all the sides...and warn then to make them work together....while he would investigate a recent battle in deep Terran space on the 6th planet in Sol....apparently there was an underground there....

[Tipme]

no aileron...that font was fun..

it looks real cool when i scroll past it

 

"Yea...i should uhh...probably help my fellow kanatis bretheren..

so uhh...peaceEZ ghetto and Manus...Hasta La Vista...BabY"

 

[Aileron]

[OOC- So you scrolled past the section decribing the woman taking her clothes off...this isn't like you, Rice.

 

For those who lost track or weren't paying attention, here is a table of the factions, including the ones that developed as the RPG went along.

 

Who you are Who you hate

Terrans Conspiracy, Second Edge??, Kanatis??

Ithkul Second Edge and anyone !@#$%^&*ociated

Exis Nobody

Kanatis Terrans??

Second Edge Ithkul, Conspiracy, Terrans??

Conspiracy Second Edge, Anyone Investigating them

Misc do-gooder Second Edge

]

 

A newsbrief suddenly came up in the corner of the bar.

 

This just in...Ithkul scientists have analyzed the recent virus attack and have identified the strain. The strain is practically identical to those in the Terren bio-weapons program. This, coupled with rumors that Terran ships may have rescued the captured SE have raised tensions between the two nations....(fill in whatever you want)

[Tipme]

futile attempts to get me to mread ur posts...it didnt work!

 

[Raem]

[OOC- What do you mean Rice? There really was a part in Ail's posts with a naked woman. I would quote it here but then you won't go read the rest of the posts,, which would ruin the whole point now wouldn't it? ]

 

After meeting with ReCoil!, Mr. Ious contacted the rest of the guardians and called for an emergency meeting. They all met at the bar, where Mr. Ious activated his warp drive and took them all to the subspace core. The Guardian spirits lifted out of their host bodies and rose up to the sky, where the Elders are located. Alexial (Mr. Ious' Guardian name), began to speak, while Syaryvius(Kanatis), Argathel(Ithkul) and Teraryvius(Exis)listened impatiently...

Alexial:"As you all probably know by now, there has been a recent threat to humanity...Aileron the Second Edge. They have...."

Syaryvius:"We know what they are doing, so just get to the point and tell us what this meeting is about"

Alexial:"Well...isn't it our duty to protect humanity?"

Argathel:"Yes."

Alexial:"So..."

Argathel:"The situation is under control. We will watch them from above and interfere when the time is right"

Alexial:"The time is right?! What are you talking about? Thousands of people have already died because of their actions and you just want to watch?"

Teraryvius:"We know that you are working for Aileron and have arranged for your replacement, therefore we cannot reveal our plans to the enemy"

Alexial:"Please tell me you're kidding..."

Syaryvius:"We are the Guardians of humanity, we don't joke around."

Alexial:"What the -*BAD WORD*-..."

Argathel:"We saw you taking part in the battle. You almost fooled us when you attacked some of the Second Edge ships as they were escaping, except we know now they were only decoys."

Alexial:"But...I did not take part in any battles. I am aware of my duties as protector of the Terran."

Argathel:"Then how do you explain what we saw? You even ignored our attempts to contact you."

Alexial:"I was in subspace looking for this core...I placed the warp beacon I just used to warp us here...and I did not recieve your messages because you did not send them to me...Aileron must have ordered his tech lab to build a copy of me to throw everyone off."

[OOC- You recall Mr. Ious II don't you? Had to say he was created by Ail, seeing as he's not allowed to have Terran backing]

Teraryvius:"Please spare us your stories, we have decided you will have your duties suspended until we can confirm what you are saying. If you have been lieing, you shall be terminated."

Alexial:"This is bull..."

They all returned to their bodies and left, while Mr. Ious sat around in the bar waiting for ReCoil! to return.

[Raem]

[OOC- I will be editing that post later to make more sense...but I've run out of time right now =/]

[Tipme]

"YAY i greened a brick

....YAYYYYY a multiprize!"

[Aileron]

[OOC-I'd like to point out something in advance. I am currently working on a superweapon. I have been working on it for the past five posts, and will probably post five more times before using it on any of you. The point is, if and when this thing is completed, don't go around saying anything abour superpowers. First off, superweapons should be capable of superpowers, and secondly, you were warned. If my reasoning isn't good enough, plz say so now so I don't waste my time building up to something that won't work.

 

Just in case you are wondering what it does, this weapon is basically an intergalactic sniping rifle.

 

For Ricebowl-There is no way you have enough time to read all the posts and catch up. The woman taking her clothes off (watch word choice plz - various search engines and spyware look for key words - we could get some unwelcome guests in this topic or something like that.) is in my post with the bold italics. As a Kanatis character, the post most relevent to you is the first one as I went back to using normal font.]

 

The SE forces on the Cruiser now-named "Vindication" traveled through The Kingdom of Exis. While the Exis did not officially support the SE, the SE had operated here before, and knew which officials could be bribed and the pattern of patrols. On top of that, Exis space was the one place they did not have to hide. Various Exis officials had conducted various illegal transactions with the SE. Thus, all events involving the SE were classified, even the bio-attack on the Ithkul.

 

The cruiser travelled until it reached its destination - a small uninhabited system that was purchased by the SE with the minerals stolen from the Ithkul. The official name contained twenty syllables, but most people called in the Boondocks system for the fact that it is probably the most remote system in the galaxy.

 

It was here that the SE set up base on the second planet, with the entire Kingdom of Exis between them and their enemies. Deep undergound, they started construction of the dreaded Arms of Justice. When a rudimentary parimeter was established, the Vindication left under command of Councilor Mithcal.

 

They were to conduct piracy operations in the Ithkul sector, it order to sustain a source of funding for bribes and construction.

[Aileron]

[OOC-Also, one quick question for Mr. Ious...how exactly am I a threat to Terran space? All I've been doing is attacking Ithkul. My character was born Terran and has the opinion that the Terrans would be behind him if only they were "elightened" as to how "evil" the Ithkul are. Then again, he is just crazy, but still, the SE are not a direct threat to the Terrans at the moment.]

[Raem]

[OOC- If you notice...I said humanity not Terran. Humanity includes all races...and that intergalactic sniper rifle is a big threat to EVERYONE ]

[Aileron]

[OOC-Oh, my bad.

 

Those of you who don't lik long posts can ignore the blue section.]

 

Aileron started making the perimeter of his base. The planet in question was a very young unstable small planet with almost constant lava flows on the surface. However, it had oxygen in the air, and that fact alone made it above par in terms of habitabiliy.

 

The base was set up in a series of vast caverns that was made by flowing lava. These caverns were miles deep, almost going to the center of the planet but only had one large entrance. The base was name "Obsidian Shaft" for the materials that were burned onto the walls from frequent magma flow.

 

Quickly some barracks, life support, and a powerplant was established. Ail was now working on the defense with Lt. Cage.

 

"Well, I think for starters sir, we should set up a blast gate. Those things are always tough to get past."

"Well, though for YOU to get past. The rest of us had no problems getting past the last one, although I will say that I was 'impressed' with your 'performance' Lt."

 

This was the first time Ail told a joke in a long time. Still, the Lt. didn't think it was funny and returned a blank stare. They got serious and continued.

 

"There is an active volcano a few hundred feet up the entrance. If we jury rig it down here, we can send a constant cascade of lava over the door."

"Sir, what about anti-ship defense?"

"Well, all ships will have to go through Exis to get here, so we should expect either a small sneaky force, or something impossibly huge. Set up two L8 batteries near the entrance, manned from remote."

"Sir, that isn't very much."

"The Arms of Justice will be our defense if we can get it constructed."

 

Thus, a large blast gate was placed over the door. Then, the active volcano was altered underground, and pumps kept a constant flow of lava over the entrance, that was turned on and off when ships came in and out. Various shafts and canals were dug so that no matter what happened, the lava would not flow into the rest of the caves. Two L8 batteries were placed on the surface, and underground cables connected it to a command room where they were operated.

[Manus Celer Dei]

*After engaging and overwhelming the Terran Fleet, the Kanatis squadrons re-engaged their ZTT drives and entered the Tau Ceti System. The Cetan defence forces, quickly thrown into disarray at the sudden appearance of a force far superior to their own, mobilised for a hasty defence of their homeworld*

 

*An audio message began to play over the military communications freq "This is the Kanatis Alliance squadron flagship Kanatis Fury. We require supplies and fuel, we request that you open a Station for our use" The Cetan Premier, understanding the ultimatum for what it was, reluctantly agreed to the terms*

 

*A small detachment of corvette class vessels dock at the 17th Parallel Station and begin to load the cargo pods that Manus had put on charter previously. At the same time Manus sent an encrypted implant transmission to the flagship, which went undetected by Cetan Intelligence.*

 

 

*the Bar is now much more crowded than before, and many citizens are staying away from the Alliance Soldiers and their shielded exoskeletal armour.*

[Aileron]

Far away in the Obisidian shaft, the Second Edge began construction of the Arms of Justice using the underground section of an inactive volcano.

 

 

Just outside the station, an Ithkul merchant vessel was making its way from Terran space. In its cargo hold was a supply of Hadropadoline. Normally, this drug would have been sold to the Exis Aristocracy for cosmetic pruposes. However, it was recently discoverered to cure most of the deadly symptoms of the virus in Ithkul space.

 

Suddenly, a cruiser came out of nowhere and started firing. The captain of the vessel ordered to return one volley and run. However, seconds later a few well-aimed shots disabled the weapons and engines. The next few shots were at the communications center. The merchant ship was only a few lightyears from the safety of the Kanatis fleet, but they had no means to run or call for help.

 

Minutes later, Second Edge soldiers boarded the ship. They raided the cargo and left just as quickly as they arrived. The SE Seriph egaged stealth and dissappeared into deep space.

[Raem]

While waiting for ReCoil! to return, Mysterious transformed into his ship and went outside to play...

"-*BAD WORD*-o Ricebowl, I heard you greened a brick and I was just wanting to see proof, so..."

*Lobs a few weak bombs in Ricebowl's direction*

[Tipme]

OK so im guessing everyone is waiting for me to reply...

 

*gets hit with ious's bomb

"i didnt want to waste my brick..geez"

[Raem]

[OOC- Actually I was waiting for recoil]

 

"Strange...my bombs seem to have transformed you from Ricebowl to Floweret"

[Manus Celer Dei]

At the bar several soldiers are chatting away to Manus about recent happenings in Alliance space, and Manus in turn tells them about the strange events surrounding the station as of late.

 

As the evening wears on, one of the soldiers challenges Manus to a duel. Onlookers are shocked when Manus takes the genetically engineered cyborg up on his offer, and expect to see bits of Manus strewn about the bar any second. But they just look at each other silently for a few minutes.

 

Soon they both break out of their concentration and the soldier turns to his grinning compatriots "how the -*BAD WORD*-?", they laugh, explaining slowly that he should have recognised Manus for who he is and that he was lucky to have lasted as long as he had against the former second-in-command of the 9th Fleet.