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

[Ara Av-Toa]

*** Base Alpha, New Berlin ***

"If you did, that'd make you the one generous soul among a gathering of cynical, scheming rebels and arrogant, unintelligent, former-UNSC brass," the agent said. He extended a hand. "Jal Korran," he introduced himself.

*** Unspecified Location ***

In an unexpected turn of events, the fleet gathered before the Faith powered down their weapons, as though a switch had been thrown. An open line went active: "Captain Anna, you are indeed fortunate it was us who found you - the HTS would not have hesitated to fire on you, and I won't even get into what the Vasari Central Command would have done if they knew you were here. We pulled you out of light speed to give you a warning: the HTS intend to raze your home system, but that's the tip of the iceberg - the VCC are also en route, and so are the Orthodox Advent - all three of them have been led to believe your world is behind the terror that has chased the Vasari for millennia and starting the war they became embroiled in fifty years before we came to this galaxy. We believe the faction calling themselves the 'Tal Shiar' led them to this, a revenge tactic against you, we have come to learn. The Triple Alliance cannot risk being detected in this area, as there is something else stirring in this galaxy. What it is, we cannot say, but we are certain of it. Go - save your home. You will be needed in the largest alliance ever seen to turn back this unknown threat."

The line cut off after that, and so did the gravity well field keeping the group from entering light speed.

*** Tomahawk ***

"Their motives are unknown to us," Korok replied. "But intercepted communications have confirmed their intent. We will help you repel this threat, then be gone to search for where they came from."

*Alpha base*
Fayam generously handed Jal his drink. Then he introduced himself as he introduced himself to Benny: "Nice to meet ya, Jal. I'm Tron, by the way. Tron Highup."


*Outer Space*
Anna couldn't believe her ears. She yelled: "Ok, change plans! We got to get to Gaia first- D'Dax can wait. Havoc Jumbojet needs to know of this and so do the Leviathans! I just hope the other civilisations in our system are not a target... They wouldn't stand a chance. We neither, if we just sit and wait... Let's go!" She switched back to Warp-Drive and Faith shot away. This intervention only made her more determined to fulfil her plan. She knew she couldn't enter an all-out war with Faith.


*Tomahawk*
The Toma-Guards were not really afraid, but they were nervous. Then they asked the ships in orbit: "Hey, we were wondering... Do you know anything about any rumors surrounding Tomahawk? And, more important, will they also try to attack Gaia or any other civilisation?"

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Command Shuttle, Sangheilios Orbit ***

"Are you alright?" Zuko asked Blaine.

"Likely numbness from the recent combat, Zuko," Andrew said. "He just needs time."

*** Base Alpha, New Berlin ***

Jal Korran shook Fayam's hand before taking a swig of the ale. "Ahhhhh..." he sighed deeply. "Needed that. Sorry - haven't had any in a week. What brought you here, Tron? Did you get recruited by Benny?"

*** Tomahawk Orbit ***

"We are unaware of rumors surrounding Tomahawk, and as for the HTS... if they know of other civilizations in this system, it is very likely they will raze them, as well. Again, we do not know their motives," Korok responded as the Borg ships took up positions with the others in orbit. "All we know definitively is that they are blinded by rage over something that happened somewhere in their past."

"Look at that... a multi-factional fleet defending this world," commented Rear Admiral Scott.

*** Amps' home, Dragon'taan ***

The Romulan got a nasty shock to his hand, and dropped the rifle. But he quickly drew a disruptor pistol and pointed it at Amps. "You are bold, to attack a member of the Republic like that!" he snarled. "Hand over the dragonling, and I'll forget this incident happened."

*** Tigress' Armory, Dragon'taan ***

Travis - or "Thomas", if Tigress decided to call him by his real name - still shook, and did not immediately answer. His head moved in Tigress' direction, but he did not immediately look at her. When he did, his eyes were flushed with anger as he stared her in the eye. "Do you... trust me... Tigress Arcnon?" he asked her.

*** Holodeck District Bowling alley, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"He means me," Kyle told Fawn. "Don't worry - you're fine."

*** Flagship Chimera, Coruscant dock 14-A ***

"Confused Query: It sounds good, but I am somewhat unclear; what exactly do you intend to cook?" Hector asked. There was a brief jolt as the Chimera connected with the dock. Gemini appeared far enough away to not scare Gypsie.

"We are docked, madame - I will handle the dock authorities and other operations; is there anything you want me to tell them?" he asked.

*** USLV, Assured Victory ,Sangheilios orbit ***

"None needed," Krannus said. "All you needed to say was that you were here protecting Luro; if you hurry, you might catch him before his shuttle leaves."

*** Sangheilios ***

Thel paused momentarily. "May I ask what they are for and why the Huragok wish to see me?"

[Blaiiine]

** Command Shuttle, Sangheilios Orbit **


"I'm just thinking about Mombassa and all that crap," Blaine replied, feigning a smile. He sat back down and took a drag off his cigarette. Flashes kept flying through his mind, sounds of gunfire and screaming blurred into a haze. Blaine took a deep breath and tried to calm down, slowly emptying his mind.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Command Shuttle, descending Sangheilios atmosphere ***

"You are not alone there, Blaine," Zuko said to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Memories like that are never easy to bear. There are times when even Father has to fight those away. Even I remember such things."

[Blaiiine]

** Command Shuttle, Sangheilios Orbit **


Blaine nodded and leaned back in his seat, attempting to sleep. But at this point, sleep was next to impossible. He just waited for the ship to land, hoping the whole event would take his mind off things.

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** USLV, Assured Victory ,Sangheilios orbit ***

"I think  they already left the ship, is it possible to beat them with the Grav lift?"  Amber asked

-- Fire fox "Your storm rifles.. Kaidon.. and yor tanks, and it's my understanding that they want to join you and repair and maintain your technology."  The captain responded. "I'll be right down if you don't mind my company." The vixen replied.


-Tau Ceti Beta Orbit_

 The Ysalamiri now manned by a holo gram crew set a course for DMC space, warming up the hyper drive while, Captain Firey headed back to her dropship. "Firey to fleet, the ship is ours, The databanks on board should provide us with a reason why Zaarin's forces were here."

_ Sith Acadamy, Tau Ceti Beta _

 the loud sound of Battlmechs could be heard, as another star of Battlmechs got closer to the acadamy coming from the other dropship that had been sent to find the Wolf's Pup consisting of two Timber Wolfs   an Adder a Cougar and a Pouncer.

--- Sandstorm Cantina, Shiela city, Ma'hara __

"Either works you want the whole bottle?"  Cindy asked

--Amp's home, Dragon'taan -

"Said like a typical romulan."Amps said as  spine like needles fireda at the Romulan from her collar making sure not to shoot any at Felicity,  A   blue laser beam  also fireing near the romulan's feet a patrolling Clone trooper noticing the commotion, radioing in the situation emphasizing the out of place Romulan.

[Ara Av-Toa]

*New Berlin*
Fayam said: "Why, indeed I was. He told me you could tell me some more about this Cerberus guy. All I know is that he's a mystery, to say the least."


*Outer space*
With all the speed Faith had the ship shot through space. Anna wished she could just teleport, but that was not possible with the technology on board.


*Tomahawk*
A Toma-Guard mumbled: "But then that means... Hm. Either way, we'll call Gaia. As for the rest of the civilisations- it's very unlikely they draw attention, so they will be relatively safe." Another was calling Gaia: "Gaia, these are the Toma-guards. Activate your battle fleet, a big group is about to attack Solaris!" On the other end of the line Havoc cursed heavily, and he roared to the GAC to get ready.

[Shoon]

--- DMC Military R&D Lab, Draco City, Dragon'taan---
"I do not see why you would only use them for that purpose. But yes, they can connect to the brain and transmit info rather quickly".

[Romulan_Furry]

*** DMC Military R&D Lab, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

"That was not the only purpose behind our foray into the tech," Vokun said. "But given your answer, I imagine you can also use these to send tactical data, maps, and messages to units in the field without need for radios - and therefore, radio frequency scramble codes to prevent enemy eavesdropping."

*** Amp's home, Dragon'taan ***

The Romulan dropped his weapon. "Has everyone here gone mad?!" he exclaimed. "I am a member of the Romulan Republic! That creature--" he indicated Felicity. "--is an escaped specimen, wanted back on New Romulus for study!"

*** Sandstorm Cantina, Shiela city, Ma'hara ***

"Please," Daniel requested. "We're gonna be here a while."

"And do you have any food menus we can look over?" Salleth asked.

*** Tau Ceti Beta Orbit ***

"Understood - get clear in case those Klingons come back for round two," K'torr commanded. "Your prize isn't exactly up to spec to take them on at present." He opened another line to his ally ship. "Commander, any sign of those Klingons on Tachyon scanners?"

*** Sith Acadamy, Tau Ceti Beta ***

Because the mechs had not identified themselves when they appeared, they were nearly fired on by the DMC formation of Kbots and Vehicles; it was the Orcones that identified them as allies. The formation was relieved they were not hostiles.

"Took you long enough to get here," one of the Orcone Pilots commented jestingly at the Battlemech group over an open line.

*** Command Shuttle, 'Vadam Keep ***

The command shuttle touched down in 'Vadam Keep, and the boarding ramp slowly lowered. An honor guard of Sangheili were standing at-attention waiting for them.

"Smile, Blaine - today, you learn a new lesson... Hero Etiquette 101 - Greeting admirers after defeating a grand enemy," Andrew chuckled.

*** USLV Assured Victory, Sangheilios Orbit ***

Krannus frowned confusedly, as though Ambre had asked a completely random, out-of-the-blue question that had nothing to do with the current topic. "Gravity lift? You do realize we're in orbit, right? Those grav lifts are deployed when we're withing the atmosphere of a planet. And Luro's shuttle hasn't left the hangar - I think he took a detour to his quarters to get a few things."

*** 'Vadam Keep, Sangheilios ***

"Please - by all means, come on down," Thel replied. "You know the way."

*** Base Alpha, New Berlin ***

"A mystery, indeed - he's a changeling," Jal Korran scoffed. "Never really trusted them... what with what went on during the Dominion War and all. But Cerberus has this grand plan, and I have to say, it sounds convincing. Even Admiral Arai is throwing in with him." He took another swig of the ale. "Cerberus is a cool guy, though. And clever - every time the UNSC tried to kill him, he'd 'die' in the form of a solid and just reappear as someone else. That's why he operates here, I think - the UNSC are easy to fool." He drank from his ale again. "That and they don't know that the only real way to kill a changeling is to vaporize one."

(Don't worry about Tomahawk, Mary - I'll get that in the next post. Want to give the impression of time passing in preparation for the impending incursion.)

[Razuel]

*** Amp's home, Dragon'taan ***
Felicity held tighter onto Amps, shrinking a small amount and scuttling inside her shirt, her body shaking, but still quite warm.

*** Holodeck District Bowling alley, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Fawn looked at Kyle, "Sorry for the disrespect, General... Let me pay for dinner...", Fawn figured that losing like that may damage a psyche so he thought that this action of asking to pay for dinner may help his case  if Kyle was angry.

*** Flagship Chimera, Coruscant dock 14-A ***

Gypsie shrugged to Hector, "Anything that may taste good with this... if whatever we make is edible we can name it 'Hector's Surprise' and play a prank on Kyle later if you want... nothing mean... just a tongue and cheek prank."
 
Gypsie looked at Gemini, "Just tell them we are only visiting for food and repairing supplies... that will hide any huge suspicions if they have any, I'm sure..."

[Alessia Starfurr]

-= Tigress Armory, Dragon'taan =-
"You've done nothing to make me not trust you." Tigress replied. "Maybe we should go to your home?" She asked "I'll take you there personally my assistant can handle things here." The large she-tiger replied

_ Amp's home, Dragon'taan_

"Really? Are you able to provide proof?" Nari asked pointing towards the squad of Clone troopers now walking towards them a Dasher Omnimech following behind them.


-- Sandstorm Cantina, Sheila city, Ma'hara --

Cindy handed the bottle over to, Daneil and then gave ,  Salleth a menu.

- Tau Ceti Beta, Sith Acadamy. --

"our Iff transponders are on and we have the logo's of the NCC 35th calvary" said the commander of the Star of battlemechs that had just come to the Acadamy grounds. "Are your sensors so primitive that you can't even pick us up with our cloaking devices off?"

Suddenly a loud explosion could be heard from inside the Acadamy, smoke blowing out of the entrance, once it cleared Nari and Vornskr squadron walked out. "What a mess." Nari complained

.- Ysalamiri docking bay

" I didn't take it to use for a battle." Captain Firey remarked, her dropship begining to take off.

%*-- USVL Assured Victory*%

"Oh?" Ambre asked, taking off for the docking bay before saying anything, her form changing back to that of a Sangheili, again trying to get use to the form.

*-* Vadam Keep, Sangheilios *-*
  Captain Pheonix'  personal dropship a Leopard class dropship the Undying Fox soon set down just outside the keep grounds the front ramp opening with a loud thud as it hit the ground,  the captain herself  coming out, dow the ramp, followed by two huragok floating around her.  "So as I understand he was once the Arbiter you speak of but, no more..." She talked with the floating creatures near her, somehow able to talk with them.

[Blaiiine]

** Command Shuttle, Vadam Keep **


Blaine nodded and walked out, putting a smirk on his face. He looked around at the city, almost in awe. He then looked to the honor guard and nodded, acknowledging them. "Thank God there's no cameras. One thing I liked about working classified operations."

[Shoon]

---DMC Military R&D Lab, Draco City, Dragon'taan---
"Yes, they do all of that" Shoon took a moment to pause "Will that be all?"

[Ara Av-Toa]

*New Berlin*
Fayam listened carefully. Then he started to think of ways to vaporise Cerberus. But he didn't have to think long, since his plasma revolver did quite that. He took some notes in the meantime to make sure he wouldn't forget anything. Then he looked at Jal's ale and said: "Hey, if you want more ale, it's on me."


*Outer Space*
As Anthraxx became better visible Anna got ever more worried about her coming too late. Still there was no way to go even faster right now- and the ship already flew near light speed.


*Gaia*
Havoc was bossing the GAC around to get the defence sattelites and the warships ready. "And the sooner the better," he kept yelling. It took mere minutes before the GAC was ready to strike back. All they had to wait for was Havoc's attack order.


*Tomahawk*
For once the Toma-guards were happy Hor'kuu built the Leviathans a warship. Of course they notified the royals about what was about to happen. Hor'kuu got the new ship ready while Farrar became afraid. What if Hor'kuu would declare war against the Tal Shiar or this HTS and started a second Extinction? The DMC would likely be happy about that, but in her mind it was madness. And Omega thought exactly the same...

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Tigress' Armory, Dragon'taan ***

Travis stared at Tigress, then sighed. "Fine. But mark my words... whatever you hope to accomplish in taking me there... they will come for me. Someone started this... and I'm gonna end it." He leaned in, his face just an inch from Tigress', rage in his eyes. "Help me or don't, I will have my revenge. The Tal Shiar will pay for what they took from me."

*** DMC Military R&D Lab, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Moments passed. No further questions. It was Vokun who spoke: "If there are no further questions, let's get this stuff unpacked and assembled - I want preliminary examination reports on my desk by day's end."

The techs and scientists went into action, and Vokun cast a nod in Shoon's direction before heading down an adjacent corridor. Xalek approached Shoon, motioning his head subtly to indicate a Vulcan working with his back turned to Shoon. "Watch that one carefully," he whispered to Shoon. "It is rumored he is not what he appears."

*** Holodeck District Bowling alley, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Kyle stopped Fawn in his tracks. "Doctor, relax. Trust me, I don't get angry over losing a game," he told him. "I'll pay for dinner, that was what we agreed. You needn't worry about it. I don't know what you heard, but losing a game isn't nearly enough to anger me."

*** Amp's home, Dragon'taan ***

"Of course I do," the Romulan answered, reaching for a datapad - only to realize it had been fried in Amps' attack.

*** Sandstorm Cantina, Sheila city, Ma'hara ***

Daniel gladly accepted the bottle, and Salleth looked over the menu intently. Daniel downed a swig of the soda, then sighed, "Personally, I'd have preferred to go to Sol III, be with my wife... but she settled on coming here. This is where I was gonna meet her... or vice versa, in this case. She's not hard to spot - she's the pregnant pink feline that likes to dress 21st-century looks."

*** USLV Assured Victory ***Ambre would catch Luro as he finished whatever he was doing in his quarters; he would be clipping his lightsaber staff to his belt when she arrived. "Krannus told me why you are here - and I'm rather flattered. But I still must ask, what exactly are you protecting me from?"

*** Tau Ceti Beta, Sith Acadamy ***

"No, but we don't often believe what we see at first, especially in these conditions," the Orcone commander responded. "You'd be surprised at how effective an ambush attack can be when your enemy looks like your ally."

"There's a saying that goes, 'when your enemy sees only a friend, he least expects the knife'," the other Orcone commander added.

*** 'Vadam Keep, Sangheilios ***

Zuko bumped Blaine. "Relax - Andrew was pulling your leg about that. He does that to me, sometimes." They trekked toward the inner sanctum of the Keep, escorted by the honor guard.

"That's the ONI warrior!" one adolescent Sangheili would say.

"Didn't he defeat a Sith Lord?" another would ask.

"He did," the children's father would say, looking respectfully at Blaine. "And took his lightsaber as a trophy of his victory."

"Seems you've got fans," Andrew chuckled.

Elsewhere, a pair of junior Sangheili soldiers met the Captain and her Huragok. "Kaidon 'Vadam bids you welcome to Sangheilios once more, Captain," one said.

*** Flagship Chimera, Coruscant dock 14-A ***

"Very well," Gemini replied to Gypsie before vanishing again.

"Cautionary: In his current state, a prank would not be advisable," Hector cautioned Gypsie. "Master does not like pranks of any kind, especially when he is sick. Musing: I believe that is tied to his childhood, something many of his peers did to him for their amusement. They did it so often, Master grew to despise pranks of any kind."

*** New Berlin ***

"Oh, definitely," Jal Korran agreed. He paused, looking at his watch, then looking around to ensure he wasn't being watched. "Hey... Cerberus is due to land in ten minutes. He'll be expecting my report, during which time, he'll be alone. How 'bout after, you and I knock back some ale and hit the holosuite?"

*** Tomahawk Orbit ***

"Alert," Rear Admiral Scott proclaimed, "Enemy units dropping out of light speed! Here they come!" Just as he had predicted, a large fleet of warships dropped out of FTL speed, and at the center of that fleet was one enormous vessel:

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The vessel's linear frontal cannon glowed, getting ready to fire, target unknown.