Space E-war

[dinoman666]

The square glowed, then a holographic replica of it floated up from the floor, over Serephir's head. It flashed a couple times, then disappeared. A console that was connected to a pedestal next to the square produced rows of holographic symbols, which Rtas looked at, then nodded. "You're clean. Who's next?"

Slowly but steadily, each person walked onto the square, and came up clean, much to Bias' relief. Rtas finally said, "Alright, so, what do you all plan on doing? We're going to stay by and send down Special Operations squads to help finish the clean-up, with help from Bias, of course."

[The Kingpin]

"Well i intend to stay on Trandosha for another week, perhaps, before considering leaving for another planet. though, with recent events, i may have to cut my travels short by a few months. i can't have Vardia falling into a difficult situation in my absence" said Serephir simply, the crew nodding, though Jarmun and Jarad looked somewhat depressed by the fact...

[dinoman666]

Rtas nodded. "I'm guessing Grievous can handle that?" Grievous replied, "Serephir's ship is fully repaired and ready for use." "Alright then. Get back in the Phantom if you want to go back to Trandosha. You'll meet my Spec Ops team down there, and then you can go."

[Doc 42]

Thara, while being over joyed at the idea of Serephir cutting his travels short, wasn't too keen on sitting around here much longer. He wanted to relax. He had been wearing the suit for ages now and his body was exhausted from keeping ready constantly. Not to mention, he had gathered that a Koultian battleship attacked the Vardians. Why? He had no idea. Nor did he care all that much. However, to a race of isolationists like the Vardians, one koult was the same as the next koult, waste lands or not.

A million or two miles away, Alex Highlander and his crew decended towards the very planet Thara grew up on. The arrow angleing itself flat and sinking through the atmosphere... Dumpheys back reach was an unpredictable place. Perfect for Mercs.

[dinoman666]

Rtas walked out of the scanning room, saying to Grievous, "No worries, General, my Spec Ops squad should already be prepared to head down to the planet, and I know that they're supremely qualified--" He stopped abruptly, nearly running into Rehr 'Segum, a Special Operations Officer under his command. "Sorry, officer, I almost didn't see you there!"

A smooth-hulled Frigate floated silently through space, towards the large fleet of similar-looking ships ahead. They were, of course, much larger, including a Cruiser among them. As Zhar watched the ships from the bridge's viewscreen, he couldn't help but flex his head-quills nervously. Dealing with pirates rarely ended up good, as he knew, being a former pirate himself...

[The Kingpin]

Serephir followed Grievous and Rtas, keeping an eye on his crew, giving them occasional glances. he looked over at Thara, who, to him, looked somewhat exhausted. "Hey Thara. come here, i want to talk to you for a bit" he said as he looked back at the Koult...

[Buwx]

Rehr looked down at Rtas for a moment, he was surprised by his abrupt appearance, "Oh, I'm sorry Ship Master, I was looking for you, and I unfortunatly didn't spot you. I have some classified information for you... pertaining to the enemy." Rehr soon shifted his gaze to Grievous and Serephir, but he quickly refocused on Rtas.

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Location: Undoubted Repentance

"Ship master," yelped the crackly voice of a Kig-yar turning his head towards the center of the command bridge, "We have Covenant contact, a single covenant frigate." In the center of the bridge, was an elevated platform, and occupying it's space, was another Kig-yar, he was seated in a gravity-throne, and was fiddling with the bristles on the rear of his neck, "Disable it's systems", he commanded in his deep, crackly voice, "Shut them down, and head straight for it." The crewman nodded, and began to speedily slide his fingers across a holo-pad, and within a minute or so he tilted his head backward, "The firgate's systems are disabled, HUD, Engines, everything... they are a sitting duck." The ship master merely grunted as he picked his needle-like teeth, them being covered in fruit from a previous meal.

[dinoman666]

"What the... d*mned pirates!" hissed Zhar as his ship's systems shut down. "I knew this was a bad idea." "Sir, the cruiser is heading for us!" replied a Kig-Yar at the controls. "Let them. We don't have much of a choice. Besides, they'll be willing to cooperate when they see what we have..."

Rtas crossed his arms and arched a brow at the tall Sangheili. "Is that so, Officer 'Segum? Do tell."

[Buwx]

Rehr nodded, "Yes, well, it is apparent, that the Covenant my be resorting to 'extra help'" he said, "Come, you'll need to come with me to the breifing room, where everything will be better explained."


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The cruiser approached the puny frigate, moments after shutting down it's systems. The ship master, seemed to be quite interesed in the presence of a SINGLE frigate, usually there would be a large search party, or a number of stealth corvettes, but no-- just a single frigate. Either something was very wrong, or the covies finally decided to make peace... either way, he'd get down to the bottom of this situation.

The Cruiser was just above the frigate, when they began to "abduct" the ship. They had activated their gravity-lift, and were sucking the frigate right into the hangar of the cruiser, where there were many guards awaiting them.

The process took a few minutes or so, but soon enough, the two ships were connected, allowing their new 'guests' to enter.

[dinoman666]

Rtas nodded. Turning to Serephir and the rest, he said, "Go ahead to the Phantom in the hangar. The Spec Ops squad will know what to do." He walked to the briefing room with Rehr, saying on the way, "What do you mean by 'extra help?'"

Zhar bared his needle-like teeth angrily, but swiftly regained his composure. He pointed at a pair of heavily-armored Kig-Yar on the bridge, who hefted Spikers. "Come with me, we'll deal with this." He walked out of the bridge, heading for the nearest external hatch, where he could exit the frigate, his guards following. As the door opened as he approached, he walked out, looking around the hangar with an impassive look. "Alright, where's your Ship Master?" he hissed to the guards. "I have a proposition for him."

[Buwx]

As they headed for the breifing room, Rehr began to explain the situation, "We've hacked into the Covenant Battlenet, and have found that they intend to resort to piracy. They'll be working together with the Galactic Pirate Federation..." Rehr sighed, "I'm sure it is commonly known that the Invisible Fleet does not simply 'help' those in need, especially not the Covenant... but if they do infact ally... we could be in some trouble."


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One of the guards grunted, "Ha, you are lucky that Supreme Commander wants us to treat you with hospitality... or you'd learn to speak with more respect." He hissed softly, and turned his back, "follow us, we shall escort you." The guards had brought Zhar and his guards through-out the many corridors of the Undoubted Repentance, left turns and right, all the same, they reached the the command bridge, where the 'Supreme Commander' was awaiting their arrival.

"We have brought the covenant prisoners!" barked the gaurds, the gravity-throne in the center, turning to face Zhar. The ship master cackled with glee, and tossed fruit at the guards, one of them grabbing it, nd running off, the others chasing after. "Welcome to the Undoubted Repentance!" greeted the Ship Master, "What brings you to my territory?"

[dinoman666]

Rtas narrowed his horizontally-blinking eyes and said, "There was honor in our Covenant once. And now look. Once we left and the Jiralhanae took over, it's gone downhill..."

Zhar, arms folded behind his back, hissed simply, "Why, to help your cause, of course." His two guards fiddled with their weapons nervously.

[Buwx]

Rehr chuckled a bit, "Unfortunatly, I wasn't around long enough to experience this 'Covenant Honour' you speak of..."



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The Supreme Commander narrowed his eyes on Zhar, "Help my cause? No, I believe you are the one seeking aid for your cause." He then stretched his back against his throne, and made himself comfortable, "Now tell me," he began, "Why have you come? What is it you want?"

[dinoman666]

Rtas smirked as best as a Sangheili could. "Believe me, it was a bad time for our kind. We were part of a lie, betrayed by those we used to trust, and in the end, it led to the destruction of the Covenant as we knew it. Now it is just a military force led by the Jiralhanae."

"Assistance, of course," replied Zhar. "Name your price, and we can match it, no matter how... exotic it is."

[Buwx]

Rehr sighed, "I know... my father died because of the civil war. The Covenant was the reason he died... the reason I was never allowed to know him."

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The Supreme Commander chuckled, "How can I name a price... if I don't know what you're buying?" he began to scratch the back of his left hand, making it visible that he was begining to loose interest.

[dinoman666]

Rtas sighed. "Yes... Your father was a brave warrior. One of the best. Hopefully you got some of that from him."

Zhar smirked. "I'm disappointed, Supreme Commander. I thought it would be obvious." He began pacing back and forth, explaining, "The Covenant leadership may not like you, but I do. We Kig-Yar are pirates, born and raised. That's why they sent me. You're the leader of the infamous Galactic Pirate Federation, and you've never been caught. You can do things the Jiralhanae can't, and many Kig-Yar soldiers won't. That's why we want you. To get the things we want, but we can't get ourselves." He abruptly stopped pacing, turning and pinning Zahr'kagar with his ruby-red stare. "And I know what you've been up to in recent years. You're not just some pirate; you're a scientific genius. You've created one of the deadliest biological weapons in existence, that the Covenant barely managed to stop. And we can give you more. Much, much more..."

[Buwx]

Zahr'kagar grinned with greed, "I see you've done you research," he began, "Yes, as you know, I did succeed in creating such a thing... a 'biological super-weapon'. But I fear that you couldn't possibly pay the price of which I demand... but, lets beginto bargain." Zahr'kagar's greed could not hold back any longer, and his slim grin, transformed into a massive smile. "I know exactly what you desire... and my price shall stay firm. Far more firm than any other trade I've conducted in years..." he stood up off his throne, and began to walk down the steps of the platform, where he met Zhar face-to-face, "What I stay firm with, is not the actual item... but the quantity of the item."

[dinoman666]

"How much?" said Zhar simply. This "item" wouldn't be too hard to get. The Covenant had plenty of it, for study. Of course, Zahr'kagar would be much more useful than a whole army of scientists.

[Doc 42]

Thara turned to Serephir, his feral yellow eyes blinking. he growled lowly "Of course, captain... While we walk?"

Meanwhile... Marbh, the marican Majal Super drone calmly made his final adjustments to the Endeavours computer. During the comotion he had managed to board the craft and was currently hidden in one of the elvator shafts, having found a disused emergency space. From there, he had been subtly convincing the entire ship that he had never arrived, nor was he still there. At this stage, there wasn't the slightest trace of his existence. The cleaner droids had even returned the ship to its exact state before his arrival, afterwards erasing any details of the droids activity during that period and replacing it with false clean ups.

[Anaclagon]

"You called of the attack..why?" The Grand Admiral looked at the Dark Lord of the Sith who was still in his casual spot on board the bridge. In the two crew pits, Imperials workers continued to monitor, recieve and calculate data. The Imperials were expecting an attack, a counter attack by Grevious.

"Something was going on..that infestation. We still have probes in the area but lets be clear..should we have been there, chances are we would have possibly made it worse and allow those creatures to expand further. In other cases, Trandosha is heavily protected..again with pointless battles" Revan simply replied.

"Perhaps you should speak with Grevious, see what he knows" The Grand Admiral once more asked.

"Perhaps..keep the Armada poised and ready. Have the Imperials Ship in the Outer Rim sector to be on watch..I must make a transmission to Courscant" Revan stated as he turned around and proceeded down the bridge and towards his quarters. Several officers in the crew pit, watched as he walked by..