Space E-war Reloaded

[dinoman666]

Fortunately, Aria had already resigned herself to sitting down and leaning against a nearby wall, so she only toppled over a short distance when the sudden deceleration took her by surprise. "Son of a... I'm really starting to hate being kidnapped..."

[The Kingpin]

No sooner had the mercs entered the ship's decontamination chamber then the entrance shut and sealed itself, the turrets rolling back into their containers as the chamber was decontaminated. the inner door slid apart, revealing the black and grey interior of the ship. "Pity we don't get to see the Blood Pack get mauled by Aria's goons. That'd be a sight worth seeing" said Khuurava as he entered the ship. To his left, the cargo hold and garage of the ship could be seen, with various containers dotting either side of the large chamber that made up much of the lower deck. Containers likely carried spare parts for emergency ship maintenance, as well as for his weapons, a couple of weapons crates containing what could only be heat sinks and ammunition for certain weapons, visible by a desk on one side of the chamber. In the centre was a small all terrain combat vehicle, which seemed somewhere between an SUV and an APC. On the side, the word Scorpio could be read. The vehicle had a turret on top, along with two smaller machine guns on either side of it. To the right was a lift, undoubtedly leading to the living quarters and cockpit of the ship. Khuurava moved towards the lift, the entrance opening with a quiet hiss, to take him up the upper levels. the ship had already been released of the magnetic clamps and had exited the docking station, twisting in a J-Turn like manoeuvre before drifting away from the station and accelerating, the kinetic energy and inertia dampeners activating and normalising the interior gravity of the ship, leaving passengers feeling as though they were standing still, the only hint of movement being the low, barely audible hum of the ship's powerful engine. within minutes, they would be at the Omega Mass Relay, and from there, they could jump to nearly anywhere in the galaxy...

[C S]

Within minutes, the ship had slowed to more acceptable levels, practically drifting as it approached the hangar bay of 'Home'. It passed through the barrier of energy with a strange warbling hum and deployed its landing gear thereafter. Four sets of six insect-like legs unfurled from underneath the craft in the moments before it eased onto the metal floor, the metal appendages bending somewhat once the craft had finally landed. "We are here" Ecliptor reported. The entry ways did not open just yet, however...

[dinoman666]

"Good," Aria quipped. "Now let me out."

"Meh, we'll be mauling plenty of Geth ourselves soon, I bet," Arrak replied with a chuckle, entering the lift as well...

[C S]

"Not yet. This one has much to share with the others" Ecliptor replied. After that, there was only silence aboard the ship aside from the noise of machines at work...

[dinoman666]

"If I starve to death in here, I'm going to be REALLY pissed off!" Aria shouted angrily...

[C S]

"You would be dead" Ecliptor corrected

[dinoman666]

"Oh, shut up..." was the only thing Aria could really reply with. "You're a terrible organic mimic anyway."

[C S]

"Your input has been cataloged" Ecliptor replied.

[dinoman666]

"Because that fills me with untold glee and satisfaction," Aria muttered sarcastically.

[The Kingpin]

"Nah. It's not about the gunning and killing. I just wish I could see their egoes squashed by Aria and her men. That never gets old" hissed Khuurava as a transparent barrier closed off the entrance of the lift, before it floated upwards, the entrance sliding open once more in a matter of seconds before Khuurava walked out, entering the communications room, Grievous' specific frequency being tapped into as the Khurakra sat in a chair before the holographic projector/transmitter. "General, any progress on our Turian friend?" he inquired...

[dinoman666]

Grievous's hologram appeared via the projector, holding his miniature projector in his hand. "Your timing is impeccable, freelancer. I just finished speaking with the Council. They have given me one lead so far: Ontarom. Alliance world. Ripe for colonization, but its moon is in a decaying orbit. There will be an extinction-level event in only a few years there, so the humans never made a permanent colony. However, they set up a large communications hub there, and a company called ExoGeni Corporation is there to catalogue the biosphere. The Geth attacked the facility, and I think I know why: the Council told me that ExoGeni had discovered an artifact of Prothean origin on the planet. They sent an Alliance team to investigate, but they lost contact with them shortly afterwards. I assume the Geth presence is strong, and is the best clue for Saren's whereabouts. One other thing: the Council has put a bounty on Saren's head now, if you capture him alive. I would prefer him dead, but the Council is certainly willing to pay more if you put him into Citadel custody..." Arrak crossed his arms. "And risk him escaping to cause more trouble? That doesn't sound like it's worth the effort..."

[The Kingpin]

"Understood general. We'll make our way there immediately. As for the bounty...We'll have to see just what he's worth. To you and to the Council" responded Khuurava with a nod. Ever the businessman, the Khurakra decided to do whichever gave him more pleasurable a financial outcome. If Grievous was willing to pay more for him dead than the Council was alive, then he would of course see to it the Spectre, or former Spectre as it was now, was thoroughly destroyed...

[dinoman666]

"Good," General Grievous replied. "But do not be too hasty. He may not have the resources of a Spectre anymore, but he still has the Geth. If he is responsible for this attack, then we know he has a whole army at his beck and call..."

[TyrannoTitan]

A number of Seekers crowded around the new arrival, having received the news of their brethren's captive without any apparent form of communication. All were armed with some form of weaponry- mostly hack-staffs -but thye remained relaxed rather than combat-ready.

[C S]

After several moments the hatches of the ship disengaged their locking mechanisms. Each one made a deep thumping noise when retracted and the doors swung outwards automatically. From the sides and bottom of the hull, metal walkways extended, while sections of panels along the hull raised and formed ladders down from the uppermost hatches...

[The Kingpin]

"Freelancers may not be famous for their exploits, but I assure you General, you don't get where I am through reckless actions. We'll be careful" responded Khuurava reassuringly...



"The hell happened?" asked Patriarch gruffly as he looked up at Anto from a seat in the VIP room, the Krogan Warlord wearing a set of worn but formidable looking desert camouflage armour. What wasn't so usual was the hood over his head, seemingly extending from beneath the collar of the armour. in his hand was a glass of Ryncol, the faintly glowing green liquor hissing faintly as he downed the mug in one shot; something that would likely kill most other creatures. the Krogan seemed very unlike the placid, reminiscing, story-telling relic that he had come to be known as. Looking at him now, one would expect him to be amidst the ranks of the elders of Gorvug instead...It seemed for the first time in centuries, Omega would see the work of Urdnot Kharss first-hand...

[dinoman666]

"Ugh, finally," Aria muttered, getting up and heading for the nearest, and simplest, exit.

"D*mn Blood Pack were chasing a couple of freelancers," Anto growled. "Must've been that cyborg's goons, the one Aria gave the information on Garssk to." Anto didn't like reporting to Patriarch of all people, especially since it looked like he was letting all the power go to his head. For now, though, he had to deal with it. Once Aria came back, the Krogan could go back to his hole and everything could be nice and orderly again...

"Convince me by bringing back Saren," Grievous snarled. "Or at least his head. Grievous out." As the hologram disappeared, Arrak remarked, "I've been to Ontarom before. D*mn planet has electrical storms caused by that moon's orbit. How the Alliance managed to keep one of their biggest collection of quantum communicators intact down there I'll never know."

[The Kingpin]

"Huh. Not surprised. Blood Pack have a knack for pissing people off" grunted Kharss as he stood, walking over to where Aria usually sat, his eyes narrowed in thought. "How was she captured?" he asked lowly as he looked back at Anto, trying to piece together the incident as best he could, to consider a plan of action. He would be a very poor advisor if he were unable to find a solution to something as seemingly trivial as a kidnapping, even if the victim was his technical superior...



"Eh. Too many underestimate the Humans' ingenuity. Me, I'm not so surprised" hissed Khuurava as he turned to enter the cockpit, to plot a navigation course to Ontarom. "Hell, this ship is human-made, as is the truck down below. They've served me well so far, and show no hint of malfunctioning any time soon. They rarely even need maintenence. Best vehicles I've encountered after Turian-made ones. For a relatively young species on the galactic field, that's not bad at all"...

[dinoman666]

"Yeah, humans are smart people," Arrak replied. "Reckless, but smart. I've been impressed with some of the Alliance's military doctrine. A lot less rigid than the Hierarchy's."

"I told you, she got trapped inside that d*mn synthetic's ship, and it jumped into Hyperspace inside the hangar bay," Anto replied. "That dock isn't going to be usable for another year..."