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

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Unknown Planet ***
Tigress continued working on the console, then slammed her fist into the side of it "Please do not damage the equipment." A voice apparently the Forerunner Ai in the system said "THEN LOWER THE DAMPENING FIELD!" Tigress barked. "affirmative lowering dampening field." The Ais said just as the alarm went off "What's that?" Tigress asked. "the creators of this facility put in an alarm in case the field went down considering this is a containment zone, field powering down, have a nice day." The Ai replied "Greeeat" Tigress growled turning around as she prepared her weapons,

Kelsey who was already ready  twitched a little bit and Tigress two spartans hunkered down, Tigress  put down what appeared to be a energy barricade in front of her her Spartan's and Kelsey it was big enough for a couple others to get behind but they'd find that their shots would go through the back while the front of the barrier would stop anything short of a huge explosive...


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
Kelli sighed and sat back down waiting for her order. "Sometimes I tire of being a trueborn warrior of the clan." she muttered.





"Why you calling me soft?" Kanan asked,  confused "Is that  one of Krystal's relatives?" He asked pointing to the red she-wolf sitting at a table


*** Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

 "How do I know this is not some setup by our enemies?" Krystal sighed "You both know, that not everyone is our ally in this universe? "Everything isn't crystal clear..."  she began, turning to Markus. 

She quickly asked Zack "Kxod nx0 tat 0ei dek cajkod ke mo?" turning her attention back to Markus.

"What does 'the force' tell you, Markus?" She asked closing her eyes, those nearby who could sense emotion could feel that Krystal was very conflicted and various feelings of sadness and anger were welling up inside her as she stood there...


*** Ruusan ***

"What is his spirit doing here?" Asara asked

"And why is he here?" Nari asked , the others remaining silent.

[Queen_of_Spades]

***Dromund Kaas***
"Wrath, would Lord Malgus have the time to train him? I mean I don't plan on leaving this galaxy any time soon so it might be best if Magnus here had some training before he joins us." Spade turned to Magnus and asked him, "Or would you rather train with Wrath?"
After some consideration Magnus replied with; "seeing as you are busy, I think I should train with Lord Malgus for now."

***Unknown Planet***
Hearing the scream Jade paled before saying "I normally don't curse but **** this is scary. Can I have a weapon that doesn't need aiming to be effective please?" 

[Weaver]

*** Unknown Planet ***

The former UNSC personnel being taken by the Flood made much more sense in retrospect, and Weaver felt a little dumb with his more convoluted idea. He should've applied Occam's razor, but then again, he did just escape a nightmare creature. Logic need not apply.

The spider flinched at the distant screaming, "I thought this facility was abandoned! Were they just too far away to sense? Ah forget it... here we go!" He looked to Jade, "Sorry, I only brought this one gun. Couldn't really carry anymore. Maybe someone has a sidearm?"

Weaver retreated towards the back of the group. Everyone else had military training, and it would be better to give them space to take clear shots. That's not to say Weaver would hide. He'd take to the walls, the ceiling even if it wasn't too high. He had his SAW ready in two arms, his third arm clinging to a surface, and his Rifter charging up on his fourth, ready as the ultimate panic button. It had been a bit since he last used it, and he was certain that the first use would land correctly, but he'd need a clear idea of what he wanted to pull through the rift, or who knows what would come out.

His suit chirped, "AREA CLEAR OF FRIENDLIES. BURST SHIELD ENABLED." An enhanced version of an energy shield that would pulse and knock enemies away, although it was indiscriminate in who it targeted. The final burst of a broken shield was particularly vicious, usually electrocuting everything nearby.

[Rayleonarde]

*Unknown Planet*
Ray backed up the ramp, gun sweeping any opening he thought the infected would come from. “Sith…worm,” he hissed. “Set us all up, I bet…ought to drop him, soon as I see him.” The agent slung the SMG, bringing the flamer to bear. Snuffing the igniter, Ray doused the ramp in fuel, until he reached the top. He switched tanks, reignited, and set the whole thing ablaze. The fuel would burn for a minute or so, so the agent thought. He made his way into the control room, and began switching tanks.
“Couldn’t sense ‘em, huh,” he sniped at Alduah.


*Trade Port Gamma-Five*
The builder units chirrupped as their tasks completed. In the large square divots now sat large engines, chugging and rumbling quietly.


The Commander’s subroutine, one specifically allocated to such things, blipped.
/Annihilation protocols available/
The Commander would’ve smiled, had it the capacity for emotion. Instead, it simply responded.
/Activate protocol/


The engines suddenly flared to life, giving Gamma-5’s moon a strange back lighting.
The tides on Gamma-5 shifted suddenly, moving erratically. It took astronomical droids but a few seconds to report.
The moon was moving. Fast.
The engines flares burned from a dull blue to a brilliant white, as they shoved the celestial mass. It was difficult to notice from the planet, as the moon shifted from its alignment. Within moments, it drifted across the sky, perpendicular to its orbit. Gradually gaining speed, until it ripped across the sky like an errant comet. The engines adjusted, pushing the moon towards the planet. Satellites, stations, and ships unlucky enough to be in the moon’s path were obliterated by its sheer mass as drove ever onward to the planet.
Atmosphere burned as the moon entered it, carbonizing the surface of both celestial bodies. The moon collided with an open ocean, evaporating the water as it careened into the planet’s surface.
The two bodies collided, super heating both into, first, a hell storm of molten rock. Then, the planet fractured, right through to the core, as the molten masses intertwined.
Then the planet ruptured. Massive chunks of superheated rock soared through space, colliding with any and all space craft still in the vicinity. The cacophony of planetary death echoed mutely through space, picked up by listening satellites systems away.
Then it went quiet. All life, either snuffed or evacuated. Debris drifted in loose orbits, still following the once-planet’s path.
In all, from the first satellite landing to the death of the planet; Twenty three minutes.


The Commander calculated the event. Thirteen percent less efficient than projected. But, more than that, this was an open invitation of war. Organics had polluted the galaxy. A great reset was required.

[Zack McCloud]

---Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan---

"Nx0 tatd'k 0ei rocaolo mo? A hud ed u rak ev vuakx semadw xoho kubadw utlaso vhem udt idvumacauh theat nouhadw Fara's vuso",Zack quickly snapped back.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Unknown Planet ***

"Jade, catch!" Jace called out, tossing over a Plasma Repeater Rifle. "Just point and shoot! Knowing typical Flood swarm tactics, you're unlikely to miss!"

"Here they come!!!" Kaylee called out. Per her prediction, a wave of Infection and Combat Forms came charging at them. "Open fire!" Zuka shouted, right before opening up on the swarm. Alduah zapped one form after the other with bolts of lightning. Jace and Kaylee opened up on them with MA5D Assault Rifles.

*** Dromund Kaas ***

"It would probably be best if Malgus trained him," Wrath said. "And if we hurry, we may still catch him while he's at the Mongdrigan camp." And with that, Wrath resumed for the aforementioned camp.

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

"I call you a lot of names, Kanan - doesn't mean I think--" Kira stopped on Kanan's second questionn, looking at who he was indicating. "I... think so? I'm not really sure. I can't be expected to keep up with all of Aunt Krystal's relatives, you know."

"I know," Malcolm sighed. "Not much easier to be the son of two galactic legends, either." Malcolm patted Kelli's hand. "We'll manage."

*** Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Markus cupped Krystal's chin lightly in his hand, and gently would bring Krystal to look him in the eyes. "Even in my untrained state, I can sense Zack is telling the truth. Look into me. I can help you calm - and we can help Zack reclaim what he lost," he said tenderly.

"He isn't wrong, Krystal," Kyle agreed, approaching Zack. He put his hands on his shoulders and said, "You are most welcome here, old friend. I must admit, though, you picked a hell of a good time to stop by - the Marauder Festival is soon. And we have a lot of catching up to do!"

*** Ruusan ***

"Don't you read history?" Bahkriid scoffed. "Ruusan was where Lord Kaan was when he died - consumed by the Thought Bomb." She looked to Jaden. "Didn't your master unravel that bomb, though?"

"He did," Jaden affirmed.

"Then why the hell is Kaan's spirit here now?" Akarkek asked.

"I don't know - let's go ask him," Bahkriid jubilantly suggested.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Jaden queried.

*** Warship Tanuklanav, en route to Dragon'taan ***

Travis read over the recent shipboard reports as his ship sped to Dragon'taan, but he couldn't get the dire warning out of his head. The Tal Shiar had to be stupid to try and assassinate the head of the Dragon'taan Marauder Corps - such an act would guarantee the DMC slaughtering them. But the last target he pursued was clear - Kyle Indari had been marked. The question on Travis' mind was, what did the Tal Shiar stand to gain by assassinating him?

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Unknown Planet ***

Tigress fired away at the infection forms with what appeared to be some sort of machine gun "Ugh what a mess." She grumbled

Kelsey also fired away at every flood infection form she could get a clear shot at.

The two spartans fired dual type-25 plasma rifles into the crowd of infection forms.


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"But, softy is not my name and kinda hurtful." kanan replied drooping his head a little in a faux dissapointment.

"Speaking of which where is your father?" Kelli asked.

*** Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
Krystal gently pulled away from Markus, her eyes still shut. "Nx0 te 0ei vooc kxo doot ke tajero0 mo? Te A dek tojohlo olod u jfosb ev xedeh?" she asked Zack, starting to walk to him eyes closed

"You speak of need?" Krystal asked "Where were you when I needed you, Fox? Where was Lylat? It's fairly clear to me that nobody needed me in lylat, everybody treated me like some object to be owned, I was 'Fox's Girl', well they were wrong, one hundred percent dead wrong, I'm not some object to be owned by one person, I'm my own being my own person, and I made my own choices and what happened? I was told i was wrong by the majority of Cornerians, insulted behind my back for going against what other people though I was suppose to do.

  At least Wolf gave me a chance, not snickers and insults for going against what people perceived as what I was suppose to do." Krystal said as she approached Zack.

 Taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes smacked Zack across the face, not using her claws, not in a playful way ,but not very hard either, then before Zack could even respond to the smack, or even recoil from it she hung her head on his shoulder crying, and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. 'I'm sorry' she would say to Zack telepathically . "Vulcans have spent their entire life, suppressing emotion, I won't even pretend that I have even half of that." she sobbed just crying into Zack's shoulder.


*** Ruusan ***
"History does not always tell the full truth." Asara noted.

"We came here to study the force that dwells in this place we didn't have time to study the history." Spyra added.


"Not all Sith are pure evil psychopaths..." Nari said, pointing to Bahkriid, as an example. "Go ahead ask him, I will remain here in case my 'aura' disturbs this force spirit."


Jayd nodded in responce to Bahkriid.

Riku looked around the cavern "I would think  he'd be the best one to ask why he's here." she said.

[Zack McCloud]

All though Zacks telepathy was hindered he didn't need it to see what she ment.
"Roadw u 0eih sxact teoj dek moud A'm u jculo, A um ud utick kxuk sud mubo sxeasoj... 0ei kuiwxk mo kxuk nxod 0ei covk", Zack responded unfazed by the slap.
"Those two words are what I needed to hear... Thank you, I understand what you are going through, because I am you", he added comforting his mother, pulling her into a deeper hug.

[Queen_of_Spades]

***Unknown Planet***
Jade caught the rifle and let it rip.

***Dromund Kaas***
"How about you come with us for now to find Malgus" Spade told Magnus.
Magnus nodded and followed them.

[Weaver]

*** Unknown Planet ***

It would be difficult to actually miss any shots fired into the oncoming swarm, but blind firing into the crowd wasn't necessarily the best idea. Weaver had the advantage of getting a clear overhead view of the battlefield, and thus was in a better position to pick his targets and prioritize what he thought were the most dangerous threats. He didn't really know the differences between one Flood to another, but in general, he chose to focus on whatever was biggest and closest to the group.

Still unfamiliar to the gun, Weaver fired his SAW in bursts to control the recoil and to better hit the targets he was after.  He tried to keep track of which way the battle was going, so he could adapt accordingly.

[Rayleonarde]

*Unknown Planet*
Ray hosed the oncoming swarm with a mix of SMG munitions and flames, keeping the flame units braced on his hip, the SMG spraying wildly in his free paw. The Flood, he noted, weren’t as sturdy against the wall of lead and plasma that the small team produced, but didn’t seem too effected by fire. 610 life forms, from what Ray remembered of the footage, were the opposite. But the Flood seemed less organized, and didn’t leave patches of itself growing on the facility’s surfaces.


Ka-klack.


Ray winced as the SMG’s bolt clattered to a stop, trying to catch a round that wasn’t there. The agent swore, inaudible over the gunfire (and his own ringing ears), and tossed the weapon to the side, grabbing the supporting grip for the flamer. Until that, too, choked on an empty fuel canister. He knelt, feeding another tank in, and resuming the torrent of fire. His paws were slick, sweat pooling in the PVC gloves he wore. The flamer burned hot, enough to worry the agent about the state of his gloves. But he ignored his discomfort, focusing on the swifter death by the Flood.

[Romulan_Furry]

*** Unknown Planet ***

The first wave of Flood just came and came. Infection and Combat forms just rushed them, unarmed but gurgling as though trying to bellow war cries. In the back, rapidly advancing, were several Carrier forms - giant, bulbous incubators that carried as many as a half dozen or more infection forms. Their favored tactic was to run up to their targets and explode, disorienting their target and giving the infection forms they carry a chance to overwhelm and infect them with the Flood Virus. However, Alduah remembered that their tendency to explode could be used against the Flood themselves, given their swarm mentality.

Alduah snarled, gestured with his arms, and held them wide as he created a Lightning Storm in the general vicinity of those carriers. Just as he expected, the carrier forms exploded, and when they did, they set off several explosive devices multiple other Combat Forms now arriving were carrying. The explosions ripped through the swarm, tearing large swaths in the formation. The stragglers would be picked off by the team.

"Is that it?" one of the androids asked.

"No," Zuka responded. "There will be more. Everyone, reload if you can; I'd wager the next wave will hit us soon." Jace and Kaylee reloaded their weapons, and the Androids, being armed with Laser Rifles and Plasma Rifles powered by Microfusion Cells, also reloaded. Just as they did this, another alarm klaxon sounded, and once again, there came the swarm, much larger than last time. Zuka was the first to open fire on them. Kaylee primed and lobbed a Plasma Grenade at them, which latched onto one of the forms and detonated, taking several other Combat forms - who were also carrying grenades - in a series of explosions that ripped a hole in the advancing formation.

"Everyone - these guys are carrying explosives! Set them off! We may be able to stop them before they reach us!" Kaylee called out.

(OOC: Feel free to add in your characters setting off explosions of their own)

*** Dromund Kaas ***

It was well into Dusk that Wrath reached Malgus as he was getting ready to leave the Mongdrigan camp. He bowed before Malgus.

"Darth Malgus," Wrath greeted him.

Malgus returned the bow. "Lord Wrath," he replied. "I trust you were successful on Korriban?"

"I confirmed that Klingon and Romulan Scavengers were trying to scavenge the tombs, though I don't know what they were expecting to find," Wrath explained. "Then I came back and promptly ran into this young man..." Wrath indicated Magnus, "... who evidently has a powerful connection to the Force."

"I sensed as much when he arrived," Malgus said. He turned his gaze to Magnus. "Now that the Force seems to have manifested itself in you, young Magnus... we cannot ignore it. We can teach you to use the Force, to wield it, and you could become Sith as we, but unlike the previous iterations of the Sith, we will not Force this on you. The choice is yours - will you train with us to become Sith and a part of the Reborn Sith Order?"

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

"It's a term of endearment, sweetheart," Kira assured him with a kiss on the cheek.

"Last I saw him, he was getting ready for pre-festival functions at Indari Manor," Malcolm said.

*** Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***

Markus stood for a moment, then approached Krystal and Zack. "Zack... you should know, you have siblings here on Dragon'taan and on New Cerinia," Markus spoke, "In fact, one of them is due to arrive any--"

"Dad, did I miss something?" came the voice of the elder daughter, Saraabi. Standing nearby was a tiger-fox hybrid, with a young boy walking next to her and a young girl hoisted up in her arms. Markus smiled.

"Speak of the devil, right on time. Zack... meet your sister, Saraabi," Markus stated. "Saraabi... this is your brother, Zack." Saraabi looked dumbstruck for a good ten seconds, then comprehension dawned.

"Oh! Okay! I didn't realize... okay, that's cool," she said. "But why is mom crying?"

"Long story," Markus and Fox both said in unison.

"Mommy, who is that?" the little boy asked. Saraabi's smile broadened.

"That, kiddo, is your Uncle Zack," Saraabi said.

*** Dragon'taan Orbit ***

The Tanuklanav arrived over Dragon'taan, and quickly asked for and received clearance to beam down to the surface. What Travis didn't tell them, however, was the nature of his visit. He let them believe h was taking part in the Festival; in truth, he came here to warn Kyle Indari of his alleged death mark by the Tal Shiar - though Travis felt Indari wouldn't be surprised. he'd had death marks on him before. So he had to give an appearance of wanting to partake in the festival.

So he beamed down just outside the Spaceport, and started walking in a random direction - toward the Military District, just in case he caught wind of some new contracts there.

*** Ruusan ***

Bahkriid approached the spirit of Lord Kaan, and he opened his eyes to look right at her. Though he stood, he didn't say anything for a good thirty seconds. "You are not like the others who came through here," He finally said. "You are Sith."

"That's right," Bahkriid responded.

"What are you doing here?" Kaan asked.

"I could ask the same of you - I thought you were dead," Bahkriid responded.

"I am - or, I was," Kaan admitted. "I am not entirely certain what tore me from my slumber - but I can tell you it was powerful."

"What has drawn the power of the Force here?" Bahkriid inquired.

"Me," Kaan said. "I have spent years drawing the power of the Force to this forgotten world. It was my hope to attract the attention of a powerful Sith with the knowledge of Force Walking to take me away from this world."

*** Trade Port Gamma-Five ***

An RCS-Class Armored Cruiser came out of Slipspace at what was left of Gamma-Five. What the crew saw, they couldn't explain. They didn't have the words. They ran several sensor sweeps, and found no survivors.

Then they found remnants of something that should not have been there. It was unclear if this thing had intentionally caused this mess or accidentally, but one thing was clear: This had to be reported. The Cruiser immediately went back to Slipspace and sped off to Sangheilios.

This could signify a new threat to the region.

[Alessia Starfurr]

*** Unknown Planet ***

Kelsey expertly was able to snipe a few more of the explosives out of the next waves malformed arms as well as a few carrier forms, Tigress meanwhile  used her fast firing heavy machine gun to clear any flood that got too close.


*** Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"I know I'm just playing with you." Kanan replied, as he followed Kira.

"I see." Kelli replied "I don't think I've met him in person yet, we never seem to get home when he's around."

 Kari would enter Sol's and find herself a seat sighing once she saw Kelli, Kanan and their mates.




** Indari Manor Grounds, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***


 A slightly greyish blue Fox walked up to Saarabi almost tripping over the smaller fox-tiger hybrid "Whoa there, sorry Son." he said backing up a little "Sorry I'm late i dropped almost everything." he said huffing as he pulled his backpack back into position, his eyes focused on Krystal, pupile dialating a little. "Ooohh sithspit."

"Speaking of which, there was something about an arm i'm recalling." Krystal said through tears, She paused for a second before pointing to Fox,  I'm going to be as respectful as possible here, I'm sorry to cut this short, but I need time to myself,
Fox, I don't want to see you, I don't want to sense you, I don't even want to hear about you for awhile,
just give me some time to recollect my thoughts these memories are very painful."
Krystal began,

Zack you have some choices to make, your an adult so you can make you own decisions, but know that my home is open to you, if you feel like staying there or visiting.  'But if you need me I'll be inside'. She would say to Zack telepathically. 

Markus, I need your mental fortitude right now, please come with me inside." Krystal finished taking a deep breath and letting go of Zack, having held him in a hug for at least thirty minutes or more, she turned to head inside Indari manor to recollect her thoughts, less she lash out at everyone in a way she didn't want to. 

 Serena would pop up on the lawn and look around "Well that's....interesting, Zack, Fox I have information for both of you, Zack, Can Your new Ai take this information?  Fox, I need access to a datapad or something for the information I'm giving you."


*** Ruusan ***

"Force walking? that's a rather rare ability these days, or rare to know who can do it." Nari pointed out.

"So you have No idea what brought you back here?" Asara asked?"

The others just stood back, listening and waiting.

[Weaver]

*** Unknown Planet ***

Weaver couldn't figure out which Flood had explosives and which didn't through the chaos of combat. It wouldn't have mattered anyways, as he didn't have a method of triggering the explosives, lacking any kind of energy damage or explosives of his own. His SAW was now down one magazine, only leaving him the four left in the bag. At the very least, none of the Flood seemed interested in trying to scale the walls, if they even could.

[Queen_of_Spades]

***Unknown Planet***
Jade had a potentially useful idea. She gently set down the rifle before taking out her bag. "Please be in here...Aha!" She pulled out a prototype plasma grenade, similar to the explosive she used earlier, but mush less powerful, she pulled the safety pin and threw it into the swarm. The initial explosion was quickly drowned out by the sound of the explosives on the swarm going off. "Yes!"

***Dromund Kaas***
"Yes" Magnus said without hesitation. "I will"