Space E-war

[Doc 42]

A blue laser fizzed through the blackness of space strikeing into the side of a Skaven ship, burning its way along the ships hull leaving a jagged red mark along it. The laser phased away and suddenly the red hot line cracked open, the effects of being super heated and then deep frozen by the vaccum of space cracking the strong armour. The breech doubled in size, air tearing its path out of the ship, fuel ignighting and wires being pulled out of their sockets. A red pulse bullet zipped towards the breech, dissappearing into the ship omminiously. Suddenly the center of the ship exploded, a massive pulse of orange flame and wreckage. The rear end of the ship was nothing more than a fire ball, spiraling towards Skav, the front of the ship breaking apart as it twirled around in flames. The Drone cruisers continued to engage the Skaven ships, reinforcements of 3 more ships having arrived, all manned ones. The manned cruisers looked more like scaled up star fighters while the drones were more other worldly spidery shapes. They were still some distance away from the main of the Skaven force, having consintrated on the smaller enemy ships.

Martain landed into a dark tunnel, his night vision automaticly activateing. No targets... he stuck close to the wall, creeping foreward in full stealth mode. His suit was the same tempature as his surroundings, light bended around him, special material on his feet minimiseing the noise from his foot steps... A voice crackled into his com "Nightraid, reached the planetary cannons... Looks like they are stored below the surface for now. Martain, how far are you?" Martain glanced at a window at the side of his hud, showing a small map of the region, largely guestimates, he replied "Pretty close... Have infiltrated Skaven tunnel networks..."

Thara reached down, picking the heavy bag and shouldering it... He looked towards the Skaven and growled "You the latest addition to the crew?"

[dinoman666]

The Skaven fleet fired as one, filling the sky with green death, bolts of energy slamming into the Marican fleet in front of them.

Ahead of Martain in the tunnel was a small group of scattered crates. Two Skaven soldiers, armed with Warp Rifles, and a black-furred Stormvermin, armed with a powerful and accurate Storm Rifle and heavy armor, were screeching orders in their obscene language at a trio of slaves, decrepit Skaven who had been captured after another Clan was destroyed and used as cheap labor and even a weak fighting force, though they were only armed with blades. Chains on their ankles tinkled as they pushed and carried crates, stacking them to the side.

Arqueek nodded, downing the last of his drink. "That I am," he said simply. "And you are?"

[Iceking]

ONe of the humans on lv247 pulled out what looked like a sniper rifle and looked through the scope to watch for anything that might be planning to attack them at a distance. He didn't see anything yet and lowered the gun. His companions had now set up their base camp and were preparing to scout the planet and find out what creatures lived here.

[Doc 42]

The reletively small amount of ships in the foreward advanced party made it much easier to avoid the incomeing fire. Anything that wasn't asorbed by the shields could be evaded entirely, however, not all ships were so lucky. A green bolt tore through the defences of a manned cruiser and tore off one of its engines, leaving the ship severely damaged but opperational. Two drone ships were taken out in the wave of bolts, one of them being pounded untill it could take no more and its reactor died, leaving the ship as a torn smokeing hulk of metal floating in space. The other one exploded in a specatular display of colours, its weapons over loading and its circuts frying untill the ship self destructed, scattering its wreckage all over the battlespace. Two of the other Drone cruisers sped towards a large Skaven ship... A capital ship by the looks of it. They both split up, going either side of it while unloading their weapons into its sides, lasers and pulse bullets flashing into its hull and explodeing... They both released a wave of sentinals, the metal squid like machines zipping towards the capital ship, tempory wings folding out and purple jets activateing.

Thara nodded and growled "Names Thara... Whats your speciality?"

[Iceking]

Black doom's single eye blinked as he remained on his ledge. The pupil was shaped like a reptile's and the eye was yellow. To anything that took a look at him at first glance, they wouldn't know of his telekinetic powers. It was currently noon on lv-247 and the sun was shining outside.

[The Kingpin]

"Sergeant Alexander Bartellos of the 2nd Rapid Reaction Defensive Brigade" said the man, a fairly tall blond, crew cut man with a large saber at his side and what looked like a heavy machinegun on his back. "Any reason for the heavy gear?" said Serephir. "It's always good to be careful" said Alex simply. Serephir grinned. "OK, men. let me just summarise so we all know where we stand" he said, before taking another sip of his drink. "Jarad, you're our mechanic. anything on board the ship needs repair, you're the repairman" he said, looking at one of the twins, who was wearing a red robe with a green plaid turban. "Jarmun, you're our pilot. the ship was constructed with ease of repair and control in mind, so flying her should be a cinch" he said to the other Twin, who was wearing an orange robe with a brown and blue plaid turban. "Thara the Koultian. Free Lancer. you'll be our Weapons Expert if things get rough, and in two years, things are bound to get rough, especially if Pirates really are as much of a problem as i'm told. that good with you?" he asked, eying the Koultian...

[Doc 42]

Thara examined his hand for a moment and then replied "Not much experiance with the pedigre guns, but I've been around..." His father had been a miner/treasure hunter and in his teens he used to be brought along to help, often being simply handed a gun and told "If I ask you to shoot something, point this at it and pull the trigger" His uncle was the main security detail on those operations, teaching Thara how to aim and shoot on the less eventfull operations.

[dinoman666]

The fleet fired again, sending a wave of green energy at the fleet, while the Skaven capital ship used its point-defense cannons to bring down the Sentinels.

"Spying, trickery, that kind of thing," answered Arqueek to Thara.

[Doc 42]

The sentinals began fireing at the laser cannons with powerful rockets, strafeing the surface of the ship... The skavens fleet's weapons were proveing inefefctive. They fired as one, yet the Marican foreward advance party was split up, reduceing casualties considerably. Another drone ship flew by the capital ship, bombarding it with pulse shots and sweeping its surface with its beam lasers. They were too close to the ship to be targeted by others without fear of hitting the capital ship....

[Iceking]

THe injured predqueen's exo skeleton had dried, green blood over the places that she had been injured form her battle with Omega. She would recover, but she was not going to be fighting queens anything larger than her any time soon. On top of it all, she was weary and that would put her at a disadvantage if she were to battle an enemy whom was not exhausted.

[dinoman666]

The Capital ship suddenly glowed with a green light. With a sudden burst of deadly energy, it exploded, catching the Sentinels and Drones attacking it. Skaven ships were, in fact, manned by only a large amount of Skaven slaves. In true Skaven fashion, they were used to sacrifice the slaves just to destroy their enemies. With the threat out of the way, the fleet fired again, filling the sky with an immense amount of firepower.

[Iceking]

A large worm was burrowing through the ground, hunting for prey. It could sense vibrations and once it detected one, it would emerge and attempt to grab it. Thus far, it couldn't detect any other creature's above, but it was patient and persistant in hunting.

[The Kingpin]

"Not a problem. Well, what would you and Arqueek here say if i were to make you our guides for the voyage. think you're up to it?" said Serephir simply while looking at his new crew of friends...

[Doc 42]

The Sentinals were completely obliterated, the cruisers however were protected by their shields. Shockwaves and heat were ineffective against their shields unless hit directly or in the case of special explosives designed for shredding through them. It was more the after shots that did the damage. The ships took an immense amount of injury, black scars running down their hulls from laser burns and limbs being torn off by the force of some shots. The Advance part begun retreating, now consisting of only 1 drone ship and 2 manned cruisers. Regardless, they continued to return fire towardst he Skaven fleet, targeting weapons and various weak targets on the larger ships, red pulse bullets zipping out of the blackness and slamming into cannons, blowing them to shreds...

Thara simply put up one clawed hand, makeing a sort've triangle between his middle digit and the two on the far left and right. A sign amongst the Koult meaning "sure".

[dinoman666]

Arqueek nodded. "I'll be happy too," he said.

The Stormvermin in the tunnel felt a vibration underneath him. Looking down, he was meet with a cloud of dirt and a screech, before falling down and disappearing with a cry of surprise. After the dust cleared, the remaining Skaven looked around, seeing only a small depression in the ground where the Stomrvermin had been standing.

Satisfied and emboldened, a portion of the Skaven fleet pushed forward, firing relentlessly at the retreating advance party. A planetary cannon came up for a moment, taking out a drone with a single shot, before disappearing underground.

[Doc 42]

Hanging onto the cannons side as it lowered under the earth was a black coloured figure, his suit quickly stealthing. He whisspered into his radio "Nightraid, on the planetary cannon.. uploading video feed now...."


The drone ship spiraled away from the retreating ships, breaking up as it burst into flames like meteorite... Suddenly, a huge pulse of white light barreled past the two cruisers before hammering into a large Skaven ship, the pulse burning right through it and out the other side, the hole lined with flames as the ship begun to implode in the vaccum of space.... The Source of the shot, the Marican battleship, its Disintergrater cannon, unfolding for another shot, white light building up around its base. The other ships were still out of range by a long shot, but range rarely factored into a Battleships equation for combat.

[dinoman666]

A shadowy figure landed behind Nightraid. "I don't think so, man-thing." The Skaven Assassin kicked Nightraid in the back, sending him flying off the cannon and to the rocky ground a few feet below.

The fleet backed up, still firing, but making sure the Marican battleship's cannon didn't hit them.

[Iceking]

THe bantha walked on with it's tusken raider or sand people riders sitting upon it's back. The desert stretched out before the creatures like a vast ocean of sand that could go on forever. Being adapted to such a harsh climate, the bantha could go without water far longer than a human could.

[Anaclagon]

"Sir..we've confirmed that bugs are entering underground. Ground Forces are questing a mass nuclear strike against them" An officer said, a hologram. This commanding officer was starting to get a bit nervous because they wanted to just get over with.

"Understood.." Kaine replied. Pressing several buttons, Kaine sent a transmission towards Kepe's flagship. He requested to nuke areas both above and under ground as long range scanners would detect most of them.

[Doc 42]

OOC: I had thought the place was deserted *_*

Night raid slammed his fist onto the side of the cannon, his vibro blade hammering into the metal and slowing his decent. He kicked off it, his jumpjets activateing for a short time allowing him to catch onto the cave wall, slowly his stealth faded, revealing him to the naked eye.... He raised his combat rifile fireing towards the Skaven, the muzzle flash lighting up the cavern...

One of the man made cruisers suddenly flipped, its increidibly maneuvering causeing great discomfort to its small crew. It spiraled around, avoiding the green bolts fired towards them, as it leveled out, its weapons lit up. No sound breeching through the blackness of space, its cannons silently thumping away with great bursts of light and smoke. Suddenly the shells crashed home, smashing straight through the hulls of a Skaven ship, exploding in tandum and annihilateing the targets bow. A ring near the cruisers top lit up, blue light pulseing around it. The light seemed to dull and a small opening appeared in the ring. Straight after that a bright blue beam activated, blasting out of the opening. The beam slammed into a skaven ship, before moving across its bow and sliceing through the already weakened armour, the beam continueing endlessly like a great sword, flashing to another ships hull as it begun to cut away at it. The cruisers cannons were fireing completely independantly, each member of the crew incharge of directing a select battery of weapons, which were otherwise autonomous. Some were releaseing waves of powerful rockets into the bows of their enemys attempting to breech the bulk head. A wave of sentinals were released, the squid like machines flying into the enemy ranks to begin a swarm....

Meanwhile, the other cruiser was circleing around the main force, its weapons rotateing broadside and then unloading their ordanance, shells rockets and the deadly beam laser strikeing into the sides of its enemys, the shells, while not penetrateing their targets hulls, were obilterateing most weapons and external sensors....

The Marican battleship still remained out with the rest of the fleet, decideing it was better to leave the those cruisers fight alone rather than risk its own importance.