Galactic Society (Open/Lounge RP, but READ FIRST POST)

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Indari Manor, Dragon'taan ***

"Well, now we know who to turn to if we ever need advice on him," Anna said with a smile.

"We need to move," Kyle said. "Izzy, try and contain mister Reece. We're on our way. Don't make it obvious what we're after."

"No need to worry, sir - I have Reece locked in his own home," Izzy answered.

"Let's get going, then," Mathayus stated, heading for the stairs.

*** Flagship Chimera, Tau Dewa Orbit ***

Kyle chuckled, smiling. "It could be, if something or someone doesn't... doesn't... does..." His voice trailed off as he was hit with a cold sensation. Outwardly, he remained unchanged, merely closing his eyes and bringing his mechanical hand to his head in a trembled breath, like he was shivering. In his mind, however, he saw a flash of white light before he found himself on his ship's bridge, as it was approaching Belsavis - the target region they intended to drop anchor. The light flashed again, and he saw an ancient structure, overgrown with moss and foliage. Again, the flash, and he was seemingly deep underground, and they were standing before a wall marked with something he found maddeningly familiar, but he couldn't place where he'd seen it before. The flashes ended, and he was back aboard the Chimera, in orbit of Tau Dewa. He regained his composure. "Gemini, set a course for Belsavis, best possible speed - and don't give our destination away to Tondam." He turned to Gypsie, his expression serious. "We need to talk - just you and me." He then started back for his room.

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown star **

(That's cool, Blaine. Clever. I never thought of that.)

"The Gods? Revenge? That's what this is all about?" Zuko yelled. On the terminal, a single vessel was detected heading toward their location. Zuko took a swing, but remained in a deefensive stance. "Have you forgotten what we all were taught as children?! Have you forgotten the Lies we were tricked into believing?! Had the Prophets not lied to us, the humans would never have been our enemies! We would never have been tricked into sacrificing so many of our sons in a conflict that never should have been fought! You should understand that! You were there! You saw the Prophets lies yourself! You talk of betrayal, yet you do the same thing! Betraying our people and falling into the same trap we did before! Have you learned nothing from the war against the humans? They have honor, just as we do! The Spartan I travel with has forged his in the battlefield, just as I had!" It was this point that the UNSC Allegiance would appear on sensors - alone. But on another screen, an unidentified anomaly was detected - the computers did not classify this as anything specific, other than that it was heading to the region, as well.

[Blaiiine]

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown location at star **


"They speak lies! They corrupt anything they touch! How many planets must they take before they are content?!" Levu roared, swiping at Zuko multiple times each one missing. He saw the screen alert and chuckled. "Your demon and insect are here..." He said, making a stance and readying for a strike.


** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown location at star **


Blaine held back from throwing up, making his way to the front windows. He looked up and gasped, seeing the massive star and forge. "By God...that damn thing is freaking huge!" Blaine yelled. Then he spotted the CSS Resplendent Fervor. He thought for a moment and turned to Andrew, "What do you suggest for getting on that tug?"

[Razuel]

*** Indari Manor, Dragon'taan ***


Fawn  nodded as he followed out of the building behind the others, his anger and slight happiness loosely being shown.




*** Flagship Chimera, Tau Dewa Orbit * * *


Gypsie looked worried as Kyle trailed off, tapping his shoulder before ultimately seeing him walk off.   


Gypsie did follow at a close distance, then after a few moments she spoke, "What wrong?"

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"I can feel your anger, young one - and you have every right to be," Mathayus said. "But don't let it subsume who you are; I've been down that road once. While it was not the end of me, it did, for a time, cost me my memories."

*** Flagship Chimera, Leaving Tau Dewa Orbit ***

Kyle didn't answer until he reached his room. He paused, then turned to Gypsie once she was inside. "I had a... a vision," he told her. "Something awaits us on Belsavis. Something for us to find. It... looked familiar, but for the life of me, I can't place where I've seen it before." He paused again, then asked, "How did you know about Belsavis?"

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown location at star **

Zuko smiled. "They aren't the only ones coming..."

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown location at star **

"We need to disable it, but we aren't exactly packing ion cannons on this ship," Andrew said. Moments later, a battle fleet of UNSC vessels dropped out of slipspace, forming around the Allegiance.

"Sir, we have an incoming anomaly!" The Science officer proclaimed.

"What kind of anomaly?" Andrew asked.

"Unknown, sir - the computer doesn't know how to classify an anomaly like this," the officer replied.

Andrew's shipboard AI - Kex - materialized in holographic form, dressed in Mandalorian armor. "The size and speed of the anomaly is consistent with that of a large fleet moving at FTL speed - but whose fleet that is remains to be seen."

"Seems Zuko's beacon got someone else's attention... but who?" Andrew asked.

[Blaiiine]

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown Location**
"Can't the MAC cannon disable the shields?" Blaine asked, keeping a firm grip on the railing in case of anything. He slung his rifle over his shoulder and paced along the bridge, getting stir crazy.


** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown Location **


Levu growled and took another swing, missing. "Let us finish this, traitor!"

[Romulan_Furry]

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown Location **

"Disable the shields, yes - but what I was referring to is disabling the ship itself so our Covenant imposter can't escape," Andrew said.

"Sir, multiple vessels closing - Sith Warships, upgraded," Tactical announced.

"And upsized, it seems," Kex added. "We're heavily-outnumbered by an eight-to-one margin."

"That's not good," Andrew commented.

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown Location **

"The only thing that's finished is you, imposter! Betrayer! Liar and deceiver! The real Luro has come!" Zuko shouted. If Levu turned to look at his sensor readouts, he would look just in time to see a massive fleet drop out of hyperspace in a wall formation - varying Star Destroyer models, Mandalorian warships, Republic vessels from before, during, and after the Clone Wars, Calamari Cruisers of varying design, multiple Covenant CCS, CRS, and RCS cruisers, all of whom being much larger, heavily-armed, armored, shielded and modified than their original models, none of them showing any signs of life on board, but heavy droid activity, and all lead by an even larger, more heavily-modded RCS Armored Cruiser - the USLV Assured Victory.

A single message went out on an open channel: "Am I too late for the party, cousin?"

Assuming Levu had his back turned, Zuko would make a stab at Levu's legs, in an effort to immobilize him - not necessarily cut the legs off, but make it difficult for Levu to move.

[Romulan_Furry]

(Blaine... you do realize that the newly-arriving fleet is the real Luro's fleet, right? And that the UNSC Battle fleet was already present? When Luro sent out that transmission, it was on an open channel - anyone could pick it up, including the Allegiance.)

[Blaiiine]

((ooooh crap, I did not. My bad, I'll just delete the post and fix it here))

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown location at star **

Blaine turned to look at Andrew and asked, "Did that just say cousin?" He moved back to the the main terminal, thinking over the options. Blaine groaned, ran his hand through his hair and said, "Can that teleporter get us on a ship? We could disable it from the inside."

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Main helm **


Levu cursed as he was struck by the energy sword, swinging back and grazing Zuko. "It looks like your relatives has arrived. That Sith will be the end of you all! Curse you!" Levu roared, swinging at random.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** UNSC Allegiance, Star Forge system ***

Andrew blinked once, then responded, "The transporters, yes! We'd need to drop the shields, first. All ships - target the CSS Resplendent Fervor, disable her shields, but do not destroy her!" He turned to Blaine. "Gather your best troops - and round up all the Sangheili Marauders and Spartan-IVs you can find, have them ready to transport aboard at a moment's notice, and if they give you lip, tell them it's a direct order from me. Once aboard, disable the ship, find my brother and bring him back home - alive."

*** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Star Forge system ***

Zuko grunted being grazed, but was not injured - the impact merely took a chunk out of his shields. He moved his blade in a series of arcs that would attempt to knock Levu's blade from his hand, put a slice to both his thighs, and it would be followed by a smack to the face and a kick that would send even a Sangheili to the ground.

*** USLV Assured Victory, Star Forge System ***

The fleet that arrived from hyperspace, on Orders from Luro, fired on the Sith fleet, catching them completely off-guard. The Sith Warship Devastator moved away from the battle, heading toward the edge of the system as the Sith ships turned to fire on Luro's fleet.

[Blaiiine]

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown location at star **


"That's a promise," Blaine replied before throwing his helmet on and running off through the barracks, armory and any other sections needed. He gathered a few squads of ODSTs, Marines, Spartans and Sangheili at the teleporter after gearing up for battle. "Alright, we're moving onto that assault carrier. The goal is to disable the ship either from the engines or the main bridge. The Marines and ODSTs will assault the bridge, be aware we have one of our own there so watch your fire. Spartans, you take the engines. Marauders, clear the personnel and secure the ship. Now we wait for the shields and then we go." Blaine stated loudly, getting nods of understanding in response. He checked in with Andrew over his comm unit, "Okay, we're ready down here? How's it looking up there?"

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Main helm **


Levu crashed to the floor, grunting and trying to reach for his sword. There was banging on the helm door, Brutes yelling and Grunts squawking. "They turn on you yet, just wait.." Levu growled, looking up at Zuko.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** UNSC Allegiance, Star Forge system ***

Several MAC slugs were fired, all of which targeting the Resplendent Fervor. They all struck shields, and the last two - fired by the Allegiance - dropped the shields. "Shields are down! Stand by for site-to-site transport!" Andrew proclaimed. Moments later, the boarding parties would find themselves whisked away and deposited onto the deck of the alien ship, in several locations of the ship - though they were still close together so as not to be too thinly spread - where the enemy crew was either not present or very light. Blaine would find himself transported with two Spartans and three Sangheili Marauders, all heavily armed, to a corridor running toward the bridge.

"What's the plan, top?" one of the Spartans asked, keeping her MA5D leveled and ready to fire.

*** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Star Forge system ***

Zuko kicked the sword off the platform. "Turn on me? The humans?" he shook his head. "No. They are not as you say. Do they lie? Yes they do. Sometimes, they have to, to protect their people, to keep them from descending into panic and chaos. Do they corrupt what they touch? The only thing that was corrupted was us, believing the lies of the so-called 'Great Journey'. We misunderstood the writings of the ancient ones. We believed the Prophets when they told us of the humans' 'heresy'. They orchestrated that war, and we were too blind and naive to think otherwise. When the Covenant fell apart, we, as Sangheili, found ourselves in worse a condition than we ever had been." Zuko looked to a console, and walked over to it. "We had to re-learn how to feed ourselves. How to rebuild what was lost. There were old hostilities in the beginning, yes - you were there. But the humans helped us, and we helped them. And now, as the Klingons were to the Federation and eventually the Romulans, we are battlefield brothers and sisters to the humans. They have honor among their ranks. Neither of us would be here if they didn't." He turned to face Levu again, indicating one screen. "See this? Your ship has been boarded - Sangheili and humans, along with others you would likely called furred filth, fight through the corridors of a ship that once struck fear into the hearts of the UNSC Fleet. My Spartan brother will stop at nothing to make sure I come home alive. What else is that, if not a bond of brotherhood forged by honor and hardship on the battlefield?" He stepped aside, and indicated another screen. "See this? Your Sith 'ally' is leaving. He runs from the battle, leaving you to contend with Cousin's fleet and that of my brother's... alone. To him, you were only ever a means to an end. A tool. Like we had been to the Prophets." Zuko stepped aside, allowing Levu access to the console. "Hail him. See for yourself how the Sith treat their 'allies'."

[Razuel]

*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Fawn walked along with Mathayus, looking down when Mathayus said that, and sighing, "I've encountered this same feeling before... but I don't hate myself for doing it...   When I was younger... much much younger, I was a prodigy with chemistry and other sciences...", as they continued to walk, tears started to fall, "I was once apart of a drug manufacturing... the illegal ones... I was forced to stay as gunpoint after trying to leave... I decided to kill these men by adding a tiny bit too much of one ingredient... then it happened...", Fawn dipped into a side alley so he wouldn't make a scene, expecting the others to follow as he continued his story, the tears falling more frequent now, "The drugs... they went into a small village's water supply... a whole town died... all because of me... then I blacked out after hearing about this... and when I awoke, all I saw was shredded dead bodies...", Fawn was shaking now, now second guessing killing, "A-and that's why I became a doctor... to save lives... and not destroy anymore... I-I just don't know if I can do this now..."

*** Flagship Chimera, Leaving Tau Dewa Orbit ***

Gypsie walked in behind him, eeping as the door shut behind her, then after she was asked a direct question, she raised a finger to her head and spoke, "Hear voice... is not mean... not good either... I think... but said Belssavies... and escape plan... and Kyle... ", she looked at Kyle, "You Kyle? Voice say good thing about you... and sad things..."

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"You won't have to if you don't think you can, son," Kyle said. "No one is forcing you to. We will nail Reece for his crime, that will happen. But you don't have to do anything more - you've done enough as it is... why don't you go help my wife with the dragling, and if necessary, my daughter - she threw up in the store the other day."

"We'll handle Reece," Mathayus said. "And you... you will be able to help others in need again, without needing to hide."

*** Flagship Chimera, In Transit to Belsavis ***

Kyle stepped back upon hearing Gypsie's explanation. But he stepped forward again, and then turned to look out the window as the ship went into hyperspace. "Sad things, indeed... he would know better than anyone... of my sins," he said with a shaking voice. "I know who he is, and I know what he wants... but I can't do it. I don't deserve it."

[Blaiiine]

** UNSC Allegiance, Unknown location at star **


Blaine thought for a moment then activated his VISR. Red blips appeared showing two Brutes around the corner. "Alright, we're heading to the bridge. Me and you," Blaine gestured to the lead Spartan,  "We're gonna drop those two around the corner. Knives only." Blaine whispered, before pulling his combat knife out and skulking down the hall. He paused at the corner with the Spartan, then both dashed around it. Blaine jumped on the Brute's back, holding on for dear life. He thrust the blade into it's neck, and collapsed with it. The Spartan finished his Brute and pulled Blaine up, who wiped off his blade and readied his rifle. "Well, that was fun. Let's get to the bridge."

** CSS Resplendent Fervor, Unknown Location at star **


Levu crawled to the terminal and flipped the distress signal. He laid against the terminal and coughed, blood coming up. "Just wait. He'll radio in and it'll be you and that traitor cousin of yours." Levu growled weakly, fading in and out of conscienceness.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** CSS Resplendent Fervor corridors, Star Forge system ***

The team followed Blaine, killing off the crew. The other boarding parties spread out into the ship, steadily securing one sector after another. Reinforcements were beamed in when necessary - and as the Allegiance stayed close to the Resplendent Fervor, The UNSC Fleet engaged the Sith Forces, already being battered by Luro's fleet.

*** CSS Resplendent Fervor Bridge, Star Forge system ***

Zuko would wait, already knowing full well what Nazar was about to do. The Devastator continued it's trek toward the edge of the battle, and leapt to light speed. A single message was sent to the terminal Levu was before: "The penalty for failure is death, Commander. You knew that. Yet still, you allowed the enemy to infiltrate your vessel and lead them here. And now that your vessel is being boarded, I will leave you in their hands - a reminder to all, the Sith do not abide by failure. I'd kill you myself, but it seems someone else is already doing that."

Zuko shook his head and clicked his mandibles. "Such a shame... to have fallen so far and learned nothing. You cry out, but you get no answer. You shout for help, and there is no justice. In the end, the Sith always - always - betray their allies once they have outlived their usefulness."