Space E-war

[Iceking]

A pair of empire troops were patrolling the streets of a town of tatoonie, watching for suspicscious acivity. They served the dark lord revan and he had ordered them to be stationed on this planet until further notice. The citizens of thep lanet dared not try anything funny while under the watch of troops from the empire. The rest of their squad was located elsewhere in the town.

[dinoman666]

OOC: You don't think the cannon would be guarded?

The Skaven leaped off the cannon, and the rifle's shot pinged off the hard metal of the cannon. Suddenly, the cavern rumbled, and the cannon moved upwards on a massive pedestal...

The planetary cannon fired, slamming into the flanking cruiser. The shot blew through the shields and ripped a vast hole in the cruiser's side.

As the cannon came back underground, the Skaven Assassin leaped forward, hardly a blur, and swiftly kicked the rifle out of Nightraid's hand, before spinning around and knocking him backwards with a vicious roundhouse kick.

[The Kingpin]

"Very well then, men. the Ship, Endeavour, is over there. she'll be our vessel for the voyage. she's geared with the latest equipment on the market. Automated defense systems, advanced cloaking technology, she'll ensure that we won't be found unless we want to" said Serephir, before downing the last of his drink and dropping the container, which turned back to it's gelatinous origins and seemingly evaporated immediately, leaving no trace of it's existence. the pinnacle of anti-polution technological advancement. Serephir walked down the dock, pointing at a 60 meter long craft resembling a spike, withthe rear end of the craft bulging outwards to accomodate the engines and supplies. it was almost spike-like in shape, with it's front being somewhat pointed, various small lights dotting the front of it, and two grills on either side of the top of the front of the ship, 3 pairs of swept back wings along the sides of the ship, an oval, teardrop-shaped area coming up halfway through the ship, a windshield visible halfway up it, two entrances showing on the borders between the two outer thirds of the ship and the central third, the back of the ship flaring outwards to accomodate the engines and storage, while the lower part of the center of the ship contained the cabins and living quarters. "There you have it, Gentlemen. The Endeavour" said Serephir. the sleek blackish grey paintjob made the craft both menacing and awe inspiring. it wasn't the largest ship around, but for it's size, it was well geared. "Downward Ion pulse Thrusters for vertical takeoff when needed, Four main Ion Engines, several Directional Pulse Thrusters, 4 main Partical Lasers, 3 Ion Cannons, 4 Percussion Ballistic Missiles for emergancies, all of which is concealed, Artificial Intelligence for navigational purposes during extended voyages, various different Stealth and Cloaking Systems, 7 bedrooms, bathrooms included, 2 main kitchens, a recreation room and a mini bar" said Serephir in an amused tone...


Rough appearance of the Endeavour

[dinoman666]

Arqueek let out a low whistle, staring at the ship in surprise. "That's one hell of a ship," he commented.

[Doc 42]

OOC: A)You never said it was guarded
B) he was on the tip of the cannon, I wasn't expecting the place to be crawling with ultra alert evil skaven ninjas


Thara, studied the craft carefully and mused "Nice.... Whats your shuttle like... err, If you have one that is?" He noticed Sepephirs failure to mention any sort of shield besides the hull. Even a point laser defence would of provided some sortve comfort... the idea of having only metal between himself and a missile wasn't very nice.... The cloaking system Serephir mentioned didn't put him into complete peace of mind, chances are a determined foe would find a way of getting a bead on them

He had already checked out the ship beforehand, it looked good. Expensive that is, maybe not the most down to earth or functional ship, then again, Vardia was a new player on the space front. The koultians and Maricans had been tradeing technology for decades.

Night raid caught the skavens foot as he flew, activateing his jump pack to level himself and then spinning around, flinging the skaven around in a circle and then smashing him against the rock again. He caught onto the side of the cannon, his suit protecting him from the effects of the cannon fireing...

The cruiser sparked, the hole lined red hot, it was a critical hit, but the ship wasn't annihilated. Its small crew of 13 men set it onto a skeleton autonomous crew and then ejected out through the escape pods... The ship contined to float along, its undamaged beam laser and one of its cannons continueing to fire towards the Skaven fleet....

Suddenly the battleships engines flared into action... The skaven fleet having pursued the advance party all the way to their seige post and away from Skav. The battleships main cannon fired once again, the pulse melting its way through a Skaven cruiser and cutting it in half... Its long range mauruder plasma cannons, loaded in pairs of 5, fireing waves of shells towards random targets, the cannons lit up with orange flashes, the tiny orbs blasting through armour and shields alike and obliterateing the targets. They were the same cannons mounted on the Ambusher Drones....

Speaking of Drones, Climetrix rocketed foreward towards Skav from its dark side... On the opposite side to the cannon and with the Skaven fleet engageing the main marican fleet, it didn't look like much defenders were around... Its main nano shield activated, a huge red curtain extending over the entire flight of Drones, over 14 Ambushers among them, 16 Drone Cruisers, all simulataneously going weapons hot...

[dinoman666]

The remaining portion of the fleet, that had stayed behind, fired on the battleship, pounding its shields relentlessly. Some of the ships turned around and fired on the rear attackers, firing a wave of deadly green energy at the Drones.

The Assassin spun in mid-air, pushing off the rock wall with his paws and landing on the ground easily, drawing out a pair of two-pronged blades on his wrists. Atop the blades were small guns, with their triggers on the palm of each hand. He squeezed the triggers, and a pair of explosive bolts of Warpstone energy flew out at Nightraid.

[Iceking]

At an oasis, a canyon krayt dragon was drinking water to quench it's thirst. The creature glanced about briefly between mouthfuls of water just in case any greater krayt dragons might suddenly lunge out of the sand to attack. There were no sings of humans being at this oasis and if there had, then the winds must have removed all evidence.

[Doc 42]

OOC: the drones are on the oppoiste side of the planet, to hit them you would need to shoot through Skav, seeing as your fleet is fighting the marican one, a few hundread miles away on the other side of the planet
and even if they were at the other side, the drones are still to far away to target.

Nightraid dived foreward, just barely avoiding the shots. He landed onto the cannon and let himself fall, diveing towards the floor and twisting onto his feet at the last moment, he landed into a crouch, his hand landing onto his fallen rifle and drawing it to his shoulder. he clicked the trigger and a grenade launched out, explodeing in mid air and blowing the Skaven back into a wall.

The battleship was practically unaffected, the shots fired at it wasted. Meanwhile, the destroyers supporting it were doing the most damage, fireing waves of levithan rockets into the Skaven fleet, severling crippleing their targets. The Sentinals clamped home, having managed to over power the point laser defences with numbers. Several ships had already been infiltrated, the ruthless machines quickly flooding into the breechs and slaughtering anyone stupid enough to try stop their rampage.

[dinoman666]

The ships with Sentinels in them exploded, taking them out, while the rest of the fleet released starfighter drones. These small, automated ships were well-known for attacking in overwhelming numbers, armed with Warp rockets and lasers. The swarmed the Marican ships, giving the Skaven fleet time to regroup, backing away from the attackers and giving an opening for yet another volley from the planetary cannons. The energy blasts each slammed into an single ship, spreading the damage, while the fleet continued firing, the sheer amount of firepower eventually taking its toll.

The Skaven staggered to his feet, then suddenly fired again, the blasts exploding at Nightraid's feet and launching him into the air. As he fell, the Assassin leaped up to meet him, bringing a knee into his gut.

[Iceking]

The canyon krayt dragon had seen a greater krayt dragon 2 months ago and saw how enourmas the larger reptile had been. Luckily for the smaller creature, then te legged beast had been resting after eating a bantha and was facing away from the canyon krayt. The canyon krayt lowered it's head and took in another mouthful of water, the fluid soon to go down the cave that was it's throat.

[The Kingpin]

"No need, really. The craft's downward Ion Pulse Thrusters are enough to keep it from coming in contact with the ground. not to mention the Anti-Gravity Generator pads located on the bottom of the hull and along the lower sides of her. Now, let's get moving shall we?" said Serephir, as he headed for the boarding ramp, an Artificial Gravity Lift levitating slightly beside it, for cargo. the other three VAMCEB crew got onboard, their gear in hand in black cases, each one heading for a room, the layout of which was already known to them. this was a typical Vardian Small Cruiser, outfitted for extended, non military space travel. it still had all it's weaponry and defenses. it just had enhanced Living Facilities onboard. As Serephir walked into the control room, he walked up onto the control deck, looking at the pilot seat. Jarmun walked up and grinned. "Perfect Control Systems. i was trained how to operate this when i first started at the Piloting School. This will be easy!" said the man as he adjusted his turban slightly. as he flicked the controls various screens lit up, the main one in the center of the Heads Up Display being a large screen that reached down in front of him. on it were several different lines. "Engines: Online. Weapons: Standby. Cloaking Systems: Standby. A.I: Standby. Reflector Shielding: Active. Neutraliser Shielding: Active. Comm Systems: Online" were along the many things on the transparent blue screen, as Serephir turned around and looked at the others. "Any questions?"

[dinoman666]

Aqueek raised his hand. "When do we leave?" he asked.

[Doc 42]

The battleship commander watched the starfighters swarm towards the defensive line. He shook his head grunting "Stupid move rat freak.... Bring up the missile pods.... Set targets.... Select... Fire" A red box stretched over the screen, the starfighters marked with tiny triangles. Straight away, a horde of missiles were released from the battleships batteries. Each missile seeking out a different target and obliterateing it... The maricans were winning. The Skaven fleet wasn't doing as much damage. They had numbers, but their weapons lacked the killing blow power of the marican ships. The fact that the infiltrated ships self destructed showed just the complete extent of how much loses the Skavens were suffering, the Battleships hundreads of gun emplacements independantly tracking targets and fireing. A number of the emplacements were large enough to have the fire power of a whole cruiser. The drones sweapt intowards the planets surface, huge pods fireing down to the ground. They begun bombarding the surface, targeting areas of high activity as shown by Martains scan of the planets surface...
The Admiral watched the battle progress, some of the droneships with his fleet floating into the midst of the Skavens, lasers cutting into the hulls of enemy ships. The bridge was lit up by a bloody glow as a Skaven ship in the distance split open along a hull breech cut open by a laser. Flames bellowed out of it as pulse bullet after pulse bullet was fired into the breech. The Ship continued to explode, shockwaves tearing the ship in two slowly, explodeing from the middle...

Night raid grunted in pain, a warning light showing the location of the strike... His jump pack activated, keeping him and the skaven in mid air. He begun relentlessly punching the Skaven in the head, unable to reach for his knife as his other arm was holding up the Skaven.

Thara growled with a smirk "Yeah, Do we get to choose our own quarters?" It was a nice ship... spacious on the inside, though the lack of a shuttle dissappointed him. It was very different to the Koultian method of access.

[Iceking]

THe wounded predqueen had now grown herself a new eggsack and was suppourted by new struts that resemlbed insect legs just like her previous "throne" had. If the predator that had injured her ever came after her again, She would ensure it was used as a host for another child and before that, it would at least have one broken arm. It hadn't been seen after the battle and it was either on another planet, somehwere else on the planet, or hunting the humans on the planet.

[dinoman666]

Suddenly, the fleet accelerated forward. They charged the pursuing Maricans, firing but not really trying. As they intermingled among the Marican ships, they all detonated, filling the area with a massive explosion, amplified with each subsequent explosion.

The Skaven bit down on Nightraid's hand, digging his razor-sharp fangs and puncturing his suit, before slashing horizantally at his gut.

[The Kingpin]

"About Arqueek's question: If everyone's ready now, we leave immediately. the VAMCEB officers are ready. all that's left are you. and Thara, go ahead and choose one. better be quick before they snatch the good ones" he said with a chuckle. he then headed down the hallway near the entrance, taking a left on the first corner, walking up a flight of stairs, then right, finally turning left to face a door with a diagonal metal bar across it, Zelplex fitted into the upper and lower parts of it. His Quarters. The Door slid open the moment he stepped forward, allowing him entry. the cool blue room was quite welcoming, with pale wooden chairs and tables around, a pale wooden desk placed opposite the door, near the foot of the bed, which had black sheats and a white silk blanket over it. His case was laid on the bed, everything else prepared beforehand. the door was open, so anyone who wanted to talk, ask questions or anything else, was free to do so. he placed a microchip in a slot on the lock of the case, a safety mechanism, the chip containing information on his fingerprint, matching with the information programmed into the lock, before placing it in a small compartment beside the closet opposite the oval bed. a small wooden pad on the panelling around the closet slid aside, a blue screen being shown with a glowing neon turqoise hand on it. Serephir placed his hand on it, a beeping sound coming next as the varification was sent to the microchip, automatically releasing the lock on the case and beginning to sort the clothing and other contents of the case. he looked up, thinking Time to see if this thing really does have a skylight for me. he grabbed a small oval remote built into the wooden posts around the bed, and pointed it upwards, pressing a black button, a thick cream coloured panel sliding back from within the room, sliding under another of the room's cieling panels, disappearing within the hull, as another protective panel outside slid back, revealing the sky through the treated high strength Zelplex glass. Fantastic protection AND complete clarity. can't get much better than that he thought as he lay down...

[dinoman666]

Aqueek went into the ship and looked around. He didn't really need anything but a bed and washroom, considering the few things that he carried around.

[Iceking]

THe two empire troopers ad now reached a market area and citizens who were in their way quickly got out of their path. ANy suspiscious activitey would be reported immedietly if any of their comrades noticed anything. the leader of the two of them spoke into radio:"No suspiscious activitey here. If you see any who act suspuscious, subdue them, then report to us."

[Doc 42]

Thara nodded and then walked into the hallway, glancing around to get his bearings. He quickly found a good room on the third floor of the ship. The door slid open automaticly as he approached... It was an expensive looking room... A large window in the farside, oppoiste the bed... What he imagined was increidibly powerful glass looking out across the spaceport below. The room was bathed in a blueish light, a desk in the far corner and a shelf between that and the wall. He dumped his bag down onto the bed, unlocking it and unzipping it. He quickly fished out his suit, uncomfortable with carrying it around. He momentarilly sliped the helmet on onto his wolfish head, activateing the security lock before stowing it on the shelf along with the rest of the suit peices, in order. He glanced over at a closet he had just noticed near his bed, amused at the sight... As if he had enough clothes to need one of them...

Nightraid screamed in pain first parrying the slash with his other arm before pulling his bitten arm back, the Skavens teeth stuck in his tough suit. He jerked the head past him and then grabed onto its neck with his free hand. the movement unbalanced him and his jet sent him right into the side of the cannon, the Skavens back being slammed against it and his teeth knocked free. Nightraid drew back the Skavens head and tried to slam it off the cannon, attempting to knock the rat creature unconcious...

The entire fleet was covered by the inferno, all communications dying for a short moment.... Suddenly the marican fleet tore free from the slowly explodeing ball of flame behind them, the Battleship leading them, flames trailing off them... The fires slowly dying out as they approached Skav.... The Drones slowed, falling into a reverse orbit over the dark side of the planet.... The pods fired into the desert below remained stationary... They had been litered all over the area, one massive egg like pod and crushed through the ground into a large Skaven tunnel network...

[dinoman666]

The Assassin, hissing fiercely, kicked Nightraid away, using his blades to slow his descent down the cannon's side. He screeched something, and a shadow loomed up behind Nightraid...


A large group of Skaven surrounded the pod, guns armed. A couple of Clan Skryre devices, a Warpfire Thrower and Ratling gun, were armed and ready to attack, as was a massive Warp-Lightening Cannon, capable of destroying steel walls with a single shot.