Ed2D2
Priest
(12/13/00 9:05:06 pm)
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This is a really remote thing, and it doesn't bear much importance, but before I said the Remnant Systems and Unknown Regions did not move during the megaverse shift. But to stay consistant with Aaron's plotline (which is becoming very good ).
As it turns out, the Unknown Regions did not shift (but that is not included in the map), but Remnant space did (though only by a couple of miles so no one noticed at first. It was probably discovered that the systems did shift slightly by some scientists). That way, the center system is truly the only system in the known Megaverse that moved
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Pear smiled and nodded graciously. "Of course. That would be of great help. Of course, it will still take a very long time to interpret the technology... even with your expertise, I expect it will take over a year... but we would be happy to accept you in our team."
Aaron
Warmaster
(12/13/00 9:14:12 pm)
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Aaron shook his head. "Unbelievable. How could this happen?"
"It happened, Aaron, because I designed it to." Qel appeared in front of Aaron. Aaron and most of the crew jumped back in shock. "How did you-"
"You have unlocked the secret of Gowwsy." Qel continued without acknowledging Aaron's query. "As per Korn's instructions, I will now allow you access." He waved a hand, and suddenly, a planet appeared in front of the ship. Aaron gazed on in amazement. "How?"
"A powerful device, a lost legacy of a powerful race. But that is unimportant. What is important, however, is that this device is what hides Gowwsy from the Megaverse. It's also what rearranged it."
Dave Blair frowned. "Why did you-"
"That is not for you to know just yet." Qel started to flicker. "I do not have much time left. Aaron, I want you to know that it was not by accident that Colonel Korn chose you off the ghetto streets. You were picked in anticipation of this very day."
Aaron blinked. "What?"
"You are the chosen one. Not to save the galaxy; no, that is not your destiny. But to open the opportunity for the galaxy to be saved."
Aaron nodded. Qel began to waver in and out of existance. "I have little time left! Be ready, Aaron! Prepare yourself and your crew! Gowwsy is like nothing you have seen before. It will not be easy to find Korn, and it will be even harder to do what is required of you." He glanced to the side. "I have one last request." A package materialized in front of him. "Give this to my son. He will know what to do with it. Goodbye Aaron. I will always watch over this galaxy."
Qel vanished. Aaron sunk back into his command chair, too stunned to speak. Dave glanced at him. "Are you alright?"
Aaron just stared into space. Woods interupted his reverie. "Sir, the planet is starting to fade off our scopes. I estimate we have only ten minutes to get through."
Aaron snapped to attention. "Steer our ship toward the planet. While we're doing this, someone take the parsel Qel left and send it to Acky."
"Acky is still on his expedition."
Aaron bit his lip. "Send it to Senator Pear, and have him hold it for Acky then."
"Yessir!"
The ship loomed closer to the flickering planet. Aaron could see energy fizzing around the borders. He knew he had only a small time frame, but he had to get the package to Acky.
"Package launched!"
"Send us in!"
The Arrow II plunged into the outer atmosphere of Gowwsy. Five seconds later, the planet vanished from the Megaverse.
T.O. Acky, you decide what to do with the parsel and what it is. I just thought it would be inappropriate for Qel to reenter the Megaverse and not send something for his son.
T.I.
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Aaron
Warmaster
(12/13/00 9:17:51 pm)
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T.O. Oh, sorry about that EDD. I forgot about that. Glad you like my plotline though. What do you think of the newest installment?
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Vong Master
Executor
(12/13/00 9:35:29 pm)
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PLEASE READ! GAP FILLER! ALL READ! READ!
Vong Master
Born of the Strawberry field People. He was named after a prophecy that he would master the veggies. Was given up and left to the Universe.
Participated in the First was of the Produce. Died quickly by falling out of a ship after saving his short term love Keri.
Later Boba Fett cloned him and he was able to continue the War against Ed2d2 and his vicous Produce remnant. VM participated in several battles and operations later in that war. He met his second end by dieing amongest the Death Squash 2, but he brought he end of it.
Vm then disappeared from the galaxy. His spirit made several appearnces around the galaxy to make several battles against the evil Sith Ewok Kettch. Kettch was victorious in all and cloned him to strenegthen his army.
Little did the galaxy know was that the Yuuzhan Veggies had placed their blood in the clone and it became a undercover force talented agent.
The YV created their own clone of VM to provide them info. He was forced to squeeze it out afetr several tortures.
However the VM YV clone did a perfect undercover job. He took Corran Horn as a apprentice and worked against the Nexgenjedi. With The VM mental sprirt in him, (and even the mind at times) he was able to kill the nexgens and make a path clearer for his masters.
During the BTCS crisis, the clone continued his great act and worked his way to the BTCS HQ. Little did the gakaxy know was that when talon tried to kill the clone it eas to kill the Yv agent, and Talon KNEW it was an agent!
When the BTCS was done with, the VM YV clone sowed his true colors. He shred his cloaker, and the invasion began.
The REAL VM that was a clone with the same brain continued to be hidden in the core. Shattered Knight rescued him, but VM refused his help and went to see Corran. He explained everythng, and showed him he was the real thing. They then travel to the captured Cornscant for a bit of espionage.
Acky12
Jeedai
(12/14/00 4:14:59 pm)
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VM-Why didn't you just put that in the PW Character Profiles thread?
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Janeway grinned, "I believe you haven't met SoN yet."
Pear scrunched his forehead, "What do you mean?"
Janeway just walked away, "You'll see."
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Jeedai
(12/14/00 5:26:59 pm)
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"I'll see?" Pear muttered to himself. But Janeway was already gone.
"Let's go and get to the bottom of this problem!" SoN stated.
Pear looked at her and silently groaned, he wasn't going to get sleep tonight. He could tell already.
Fifteen hours had gone by and still hard at work was SoN, Pear, and the crew.
"It's been 15 hours Seven, can't I get some sleep?"
"If we are to defeat the Yuuzhan Veggies, we must figure out this technology."
"No offense," Pear said, "but they've beaten us so many times. A few hours won't make much difference."
But a few hours did. Seven finally gave in and took the piece of weaponry, well, maybe. They weren't sure. And took it with her to her quarters. During that time Pear got the distressing news that one of the few planets left on the side of the Produce had fallen.
Seven came into Pear's quarters and he chalked up another defeat. "Pear! I've done it!"
"Done what?" Pear said gloomily.
"I've figured out this weapon!"
Pear suddenly looked up.
Seven grinned and set the item on the table. "It's a weapons amplifing device. It seems to produce dark light (how ever that's possible)."
"Dark light? What good is that?"
"Think about it Pear. The Yuuzhan VEGGIES need what to survive?"
Pear paused, "Light?" he guessed with as much certainty as he could muster.
"Exactally! And if we produce DARK light, what happens?"
"The YV would not be able to survive! WONDERFUL!"
Seven started to open her mouth.
"Wait! Don't say anything. Let's get this placed on our largest cruiser and then we-"
Seven interrupted him, "There's a problem."
"What sort of problem?"
"Well, I made it work. It worked wonderfully. But I'm still unsure how to make it work in /space/. You see, I had to press the button on the side hidden pannel to fire it. Who's going to press the button?"
Pear paused, "That is a problem. What about launching it from the planet?"
"The weapon must be fired at semi-close range. Unless the YV are stopping by to look at a fountain in a park, I doubt we'll get close enough unless we're in space."
Pear sighed. "Dismissed."
Seven nodded and took the dark light back to her quarters to work.
* * *
The package cylinder zoomed lifelessly in space, awaiting its true owner to pick it up...
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Aaron
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(12/14/00 9:28:10 pm)
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T.O. He did, Acky. I suggested he post it here too, so people who don't read that thread are filled in. I'm gonna take a brief break from my mission to deal with the overall state of affairs.
T.I.
Glenn Pear shook his head. "I thought I instructed them NOT to draw attention to us. Now that the Veggies know of us, it is only a matter of time before they destroy us. We needed more time before we revealed our presence!"
Admiral Pear shook his head. "We couldn't have hidden from the Veggies forever. What's done is done, and we must find a way around it."
"And how do we do that?"
"With this new black light generator. With SoN's help, I managed to modify it enough that we could implement it in our defensive screen in thid system. It must remain static in order to be effective, but the Veggies will have a much harder time capturing our planets."
Glenn gaped. "You implemented the black light in our defense before we could create a back-up? If that's destroyed, we're dead!"
"Don't worry. I also attached one of those cloaking devices to it. If the Veggies invade here, we'll just cloak it before they see it. They'll never know what hit them."
Glenn nodded. "Fine. But construct a backup ASAP."
"Of course. SoN is working on it right now."
"Good. Have you heard from Aaron?"
Pear lowered his voice to a whisper. "No. Our scouts tracked him to the Gowwsy system. A pretty large energy burst overloaded our ship's systems. It took them an hour to get everything back on line. By that time, the Arrow II had disappeared. I think we have to assume them MIA or dead."
Glenn rubbed his eyes. "More good news. Very well. Dismissed."
***
Aaron groaned as he stood up. He glanced around. His ship's systems had overloaded when he entered Gowwsy's atmosphere, and it had crash landed. Yet, as he glanced around, he realized that the ship was decayed as if it had been sitting there for years. Of his crew, he saw nothing. He shook his head and glanced down. He recoiled in shock.
"No...this can't be..." He held his hands up in front of his face. They were wrinkled and frail. He stumbled his way to a pool of water. Glancing at his reflection, his fears were confirmed.
On the planet of Gowwsy, in a realm unlike any in the Megaverse, Aaron Benmark stared at his reflection. But it was not his reflection that stared back. It was someone else's, yet the similarities were there.
Somehow, Aaron had aged twenty years in the five hours he spent unconscious.
Hockey is my life.
Acky12
Jeedai
(12/14/00 9:35:43 pm)
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EDD would prefer to halt the discovery of technolgoy. As I explained to him, I only introduced the BL stuff to show SoN was good. Very good.
TI:
"I appologize for anything that Voyager might have caused to help the YV find us..." Kathryn Janeway started to say before she was interrupted.
"Don't worry Kathryn! You were right to go after those refugees."
The channel was abruply closed.
"Captain," Tuvok stated, "The shield has been raised. We should prepare for the Yuuzhan Veggies attack."
Janeway nodded, "Yes Tuvok."
She took the Captain's chair.
TO:
DO NOT POST ABOUT THIS BATTLE!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!
TI:
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Aaron
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(12/14/00 9:39:54 pm)
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T.O. Okay. I wasn't gonna post again tonight anyway. Want to leave you guys guessing. And I agree in ending the tech spread. Just wanted to impliment what we had, and somehow manage to find a way to keep the Rebellion alive ('cause face it; without those black light things, they'd never be able to defend against the Vong). When are you gonna reveal what Qel's gift was?
T.I.
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Acky12
Jeedai
(12/14/00 9:42:34 pm)
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TO:
Probably a couple of my posts from now....
Remember-Acky doesn't know that there IS a package.
Mail me for if the package could tie into a plotline of yours.
Want a hint of the "deliverer?" Think of which characters are "MIA".
TI:
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Aaron
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(12/14/00 9:46:44 pm)
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T.O. Actually, I don't have an overall plot line right now. I'm making this up as I go. That riddle; that was just a bunch of gibberish that I thought sounded good. I'm making up what it meant as I go along. That whole Gowwsy thing; I came up with that idea after I wrote the poem by rearranging it. So, I don't know where I'm going with this. I've got a general idea of the final destination, but I don't know how I'm gonna get there. MIA...my guys, HoT, Turnip (though I'm pretty sure he's dead), I haven't seen any mention of Fett or Failure...
T.I.
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rogue 9a
Executor
(12/15/00 1:13:01 am)
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R9a is flying towards CIII with Kettch right now and I'm looking for something to do.
Feel free to check out my sic-fi forum at pub41.ezboard.com/brogue9asscifi55327 and tell me what you think. I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. The Matrix
Shattered Knight
Executor
(12/15/00 4:54:03 am)
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T.O.
Hey VM dont forget to include me in ur mission okay?
Remember which bit i sed i wanted to do?
If u dont - email me
"Mara Jade Skywalker isn't it? Why aren't you dead?" - Executor Nom Anor
Aaron
Warmaster
(12/15/00 3:41:50 pm)
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Aaron stared at his reflection, with absolute horror on his face. "How could this have happened?" He wondered out loud. Shaking his head, he cleared his thoughts. The situation was simple; he was aging rapidly, and if he didn't find out why, he would die in a matter of hours. Plus, he needed to find his crew. Aaron thought back to the rhyme. 'Seek the help of those men who constantly weep, or suffer the fate of those who are deep.'
"Well, I can guess the fate of those who are deep. As in, deep under. Men who weep...who could they be?"
He got up and started to stumble around, looking for some inspiration. He followed the river upstream. As he walked, he felt an odd strain on his bones, as if they were mere stilts and would break easily. 'Osteoporosis,' he thought. He grimaced and continued hobbling along.
He came to a great waterfall. He glanced up it, scanning it for some sign of life. He knew civilizations tended to build along the waterfront, and this surely offered enough aesthetic value to attract someone in the area. He pulled at some beenoculars he brought along. Scanning the face of the waterfall, he saw nothi...wait! There was a pass leading up to the side of it. He walked toward it, hoping to see where it led.
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After an hour of walking, at which point he felt like he was going to collapse, he reached the waterfall. The pass led behind the falling sheets of water, to a cave hidden from view. He glanced around, seeing no one. He could see the back of the cave. It appeared to unoccupied, but someone had to have made the trail. Glancing around, he caught sight of a strange glint. Walking toward it, he uncovered a date-acard. He pulled out his personal player. It had rusted, but it was still functional. He slid the date-acard in. A holo of Dan Woods, perhaps aged ten years, played out for him. He blinked. "Still no sign of Aaron. We were unable to recover his corpse. We don't know where he went. Also, no sign of what's causing us to age."
Static played for a couple of seconds. Then Dave came on again, only nearly Aaron's age. "Aaron, this is Dave. I don't know if you'll find this or not, but know this; the team has been ambushed by a strange warrior cast. I'm the last one left. The strangest thing is they cried as they attack us, and they do not age. I think they are the ones you need to get help from, but good luck. Oh crap, they're coming. Goodbye Aaron. The team will always be with you."
Aaron slumped against the wall. How could this have happened? And how was he going to get help from these people? He heard footsteps.
"Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough."
Hockey is my life.
Ed2D2
Priest
(12/15/00 5:56:51 pm)
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Oh my goodness, these latest posts are brilliant! Aaron, your new story line is so good so far it's almost epic. I can't wait to read more of it. Vong Master, the storyline you have in mind is also very good. From what you previewed to me, you are setting it up extremely well. And Acky, as usual, your plot twists are very good
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Admiral Parsley glanced calmly over the reports in front of him. His stomach tightened slightly as he read the ship inventory (most of the ships were old models, for the exception of a few remnants from the surviving fleets), but his fears were quelled as he glanced upon the list of local chapters involved in the Rebellion.
Nearly half of the planets of the galaxy had some sort of declared underground group that pledged allegience to the Rebellion. It was not a bad start at all.
Smiling with confidence Parsley continued scanning over the reports, not aware that the near future held even greater treasures...
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(12/15/00 6:21:15 pm)
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"A message for you sir. It came on your private channel."
Acky looked at the officer. "My private channel? No one knows about that except for..." Acky looked up with realization on his face. "Send it to my quarters."
Acky went to his quarters and accessed the comm channel. "Jr?"
"Father!"
"Where have you been?"
Acky's son paused, "Somewhere. But I've got a message for you. It's from Grandpa."
"Qel?"
Jr nodded, "I've picked up a message cylinder. Would I be able to meet you somewhere?"
Acky tapped the computer, "No. Send it to these cooridinates."
TI:
DON"T POST AOBUT ACKY FINDING THE CYLINDER.
TO:
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(12/15/00 10:05:23 pm)
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"All crew to the bridge." Came Alison's voice over the communicator.
"It's about time." Acky muttered to ECC. Alison had 'ordered' them to all leave the bridge almost three hours ago!
They stepped on, but suddenly no one was sure whether it was a bridge.
The lights were powered down, and tinsel and evergreen had been spread everywhere. A giant lighted chirstmas tree sat in one corner.
Alison herself sat with a book on her lap in the center of the room.
"I will now share with you a /Christmas/," she grinned at Acky after their last Christmas encounter, "Poem as accounted by the war hero, C-3P0:
Twas the night before Christmas and all throu the shop,
The toy making droids had each come to a stop.
The toys and the gifts had been stacked up with care,
In the hope that S. Claus would himself soon be there.
All over the world, children old,
children young were asleap as they dreamed of the stockings they'd hung,
With a smile on their faces all snug in their beds
As visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
But needing a wrench that I couldn't find,
I went back to the shop leaving R2 behind.
As I searched thru the shop, there acame a great clatter
and I thought 'oh my stars there is something the matter.'
Then the clatter got louder and go me so vexed,
I hid under a bench to see what would come next.
The light of the moons on the new fallen snow
Lit the wall of the shop with a soft friendly glow.
When there at the window what I saw made me stare.
A sleigh and eight reindeer floating in air,
And jumping across from the sleigh to the floor
Was a round little man nothing less nothing more.
He was dressed all in furs from his head to his foot,
and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot,
His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.
He had a broad face and a round little belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
And I thought can it be that S. Claus is alive?
Why the odds against that are ten billion to five.
But a wink of his eyes and a turn of his head
Soon helped me to know I had nothing to dread.
He said not a word as he held out his sack,
then he reached for our toys, and he started to pack.
And I thought as I watched this shy little man
What a joy to be part of his wonderful plan.
Then he jumped in a flash to the seat of his sleigh
Calling out to his reindeer to take him away.
Now Dasher now Dancer now Prancer, and Vixen
On Comet on Cupid on Donner and Blitzen,
By the light of the stars on each child we will call,
Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!
And I heard him exclaim as he sped out of sight.
'Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!'"
Aboard Voyager Kathryn Janeway stood looking over the bridge,
"'Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!"
With the story finished, both Janeway and Alison, in different parts of the galaxy, closed their old fashoned storybooks and stood, leaving the bridge.
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(12/16/00 11:47:36 am)
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T.O. Thanks EDD. Acky, I can't believe I forgot Jr was MIA...
T.I.
Aaron struggled to his feet. One thing was for sure; a fight was out of the question, at his weakened condition. He drew his shock rasberry anyway. A shadow apeared at the entrance way. Aaron gulped and raised his weapon.
Inside walked a small, old alien. Aaron blinked at the intruder. He looked something like an old alien he saw in ancient holodramas named Yoda. Aaron lowered his weapon slightly. "Who are you?"
The alien looked up at him. "What is Stranger doing in Yarche's home?"
"Home?" Aaron glanced around. "This ain't much of a home."
The small alien, Yarche apparently, stared at him intently. "Look harder."
Aaron glanced around again. "Uh, still a bunch of stone walls."
Yarche hobbled up to him. Aaron pulled his gun back up. "Hey! My friends were all slaughtered in this cave, so keep you distance. I'm not taking any chances."
Yarche recoiled in shock. "Friends? Slaughtered? The Weepers have been here..."
Aaron frowned. "Weepers?"
"Yes. A barbaric race, Weepers are. THe Weepers have become immune to the goelide in the air that causes the accelerated aging, but the goelide instead causes Weepers to weep constantly."
"Men who weep..." Aaron shook his head. "I must find them. I need their help."
Yarche let out a short, derisive laugh. "Heh. Help from the Weepers? Yarche think Stranger dumber than Stranger looks."
"Hey, watch it." Aaron gestured with the gun. "Where can I find these Weepers?"
"Yarche not send man to his death, not even if man asked. No Dr. Korvorkian, Yarche is."
"Who? Never mind...look, I need these people's help, or else I'm gonna age so much I die."
"Heh. Stranger want to stop aging? Yarche can help."
"What?" That wasn't part of the poem. "How?"
"Yarche collected Weeper's tears. Drink them, and immune to the aging, one will be."
That seemed to fit the poem, in an indirect way. "Alright. Where are the tears?"
"Follow Yarche." He hobbled to the back wall and stepped through it.
Aaron blinked. How did he-?
"Stranger coming? Yarche grow impatient."
Aaron frowned and stumbled to the wall. He stepped into it.
And recoiled backward. It was a real wall. "Uh, Yarche, how do you get through this thing?"
"Stranger must concentrate. Your eyes decieve you."
"No, they don't. I tried that idea before."
"But since Stranger believes it is wall, it is wall. Stranger must believe it to be doorway, and doorway it will be."
Aaron frowned and concentrated. The wall shimmered, and then, it disappeared. Inside, Aaron saw a spartan home. It was made out of the rock, so it was constantly dirty, and very little in the way of aesthetics existed. "Stranger learn fast. Come. Drink the tears."
Aaron walked in, still wary of a trap. But nothing happened. Only Yarche, holding a vial of tears. Aaron was wary of poison, but he could see he stood no other chance. He took the vial, and drank it.
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Acky12
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(12/16/00 6:54:47 pm)
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I figured I'd get you all with that. *G*
Did ya like the poem?
TI:
Acky stood. "Slow to impluse. Raise shields. Red alert."
Alison came up from the mess hall to her station, "We don't know anything is there."
ECC, following behind her reached his station, "I agree. Isn't it a bit rash to-"
He was cut off as the ship jolted, hit by a projectile which reflected off the raised shield.
Mouth gapping open, ECC tapped the controls quickly, "Seventeen torpedoes launched. Three made contact on the shields. Shield power is at 77%." He looked at Acky, "How'd you know?"
Acky sat back down. "Full shield power. Open fire on point," he glanced at the tactical screen, "77.93."
ECC looked at Acky again, "There's nothing there, sir."
Acky stood, "Are you questioning my orders?" He began to say.
"No, sir." ECC replied quickly. He let three rounds of torpedoes fire from each launch tube and a 5-second constand laser fire.
The weapons suddenly stopped in mid air. A slight shimmering came from 77.93 before an explosion rocketed the Shadow.
"What the -" crew began to say.
"Stay on course!" Acky shouted, "Keep the tractor beams at full power!"
No one dared question Acky now. Not after the destruction of, well, something.
Acky ran back to the tractor beam controls and shoved the Lt. out of the way who was manning them.
"There it is...." He muttered.
"There what is?" Alison asked from shield control.
Acky didn't respond. He locked one tractor beam at half strength on the incoming projectile.
As the crew looked on to see what Acky was pulling in, no one noticed as he hit a few more tractor beam allignments to the rear of the ship...
Out of nowhere, thirteen ships decloaked in midspace.
Acky stared at the tractor beam controls, "Just a few more..."
Everyone thought that he was talking about the object they saw, when suddenly it was destroyed. Blown up by a weapon of the ships they had just materialized.
Acky watched as the indicator light suddenly went from red to green. "GET US OUT OF HERE! Full reverse thrusters! Shields to full and power the hyperdrive!" He shouted as he ran back to the command chair.
Moments later, they were in hyperspace when Alison approached Acky. "What did we lose back there?"
Acky realized he had forgotten about the mission there moments ago. He stood, "Come with me."
"To where?"
"You'll see. We didn't lose anything. The object we all saw was a decoy. The real object came behind the Shadow."
They approached docking bay 2 and stepped in. There was a small, but still large enough to hold a dewback, cylinder on the floor. Acky approached it and noticed the finger-panel on the side.
He placed his thumb and forefinger on the panel and slowly the cylinder's end began to lower as it opened. He stepped inside and Alison moved to follow, but a force-field suddenly activated.
"Oww!"
Acky turned and look and waved his hand through the force field which had zapped Alison. "Apparently, this is personal."
He stepped deeper into the cylinder and it closed again.
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(12/17/00 12:00:26 pm)
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Aaron felt a little lightheaded. 'Was that a wise choice?' he thought. 'Have I now been drugged?'
Yarche smiled. "Already, reversed is the aging becoming. Soon, Stranger shall be young once more."
"I feel dizzy."
"Temporary, temporary. Great forces at work here; powerful forces. Some side effects, Stranger will feel."
Aaron nodded. He glanced down at his hands. The wrinkles were smoothing. The paleness was fading. Muscle was returning. Yarche's eyes glowed. Aaron stepped forward. He felt stronger than he could ever rememeber. His body had broadened, his back straightened, his muscles bulged. The pitiful rags that he had been wearing had been ripped apart, leaving him bare naked. He glanced toward a section of a wall. Frowning, he concentrated by instinct, and soon, a cloak appeared in his hands. He donned it. Glancing over at the mirror, he blinked. He had returned to his physical form of his early twenties. A grin slowly spread across his lips.
"I am reborn."
***
Two weeks had passed. Yarche had been training him in the art of believing.
"All in one's mind, believing is. With the proper training, one can do anything."
"Anything?"
"Almost. One cannot kill instantly, one cannot change emotions, and one cannot go against the powerful forces."
"Such as the ones controlling aging."
"Yes. Stranger learns fast."
"Can you use these forces?"
Yarche frowned. "Yarche can, to an extent. But Yarche is not the master."
"Qel?"
Yarche snorted. "The Jedi Qel was great, yes, but weak in the forces of believing. Qel's power was the Force, and however powerful the Force is, it is limited. In its scope, and its practice. There are those who limit theirselves in the art of believing, as many of Qel's friends did, but they are still more than a match for Force-users.
"Believing takes a certain mindset, a certain awareness of the world around the believer. Only one in a trillion show the power to properly believe. Family lines have nothing to do with it. Stranger, you are one of those few who possess the power to believe."
Aaron nodded. In the weeks he had known Yarche, he had shown a much clearer gramatical sense when he discussed believing. He knew not why, but Yarche radiated a great air when he was on the topic of believing.
"Do the Weepers possess the power to believe?"
Yarche snorted. "Heh. Those scum possess not the power to tie their own shoelaces. Weepers are so weak of mind, they cannot even control their own tears. Do not fear the Weepers. Stranger can easily defeat them."
"If they're so weak, why haven't you defeated them?"
Yarche closed his eyes. "Yarche is not as young as Yarche used to be. Even with the Weeper tears, Yarche cannot regain power of youth. The Weepers, while weak individually, are too numerous for me to handle by myself."
"They are if you do not believe you can."
Yarche opened an eye. "Oh...Stranger learns fast. But it is not that simple. Yarche has never been strong in believing. He cannot battle entire army. Perhaps a million of them, Yarche could handle. But they number in the hundreds of millions. That is Stranger's task."
Aaron shook his head. "It truly is an impossible task you ask of me."
"Impossible exists only in the mind."
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Aaron-It'd be funny if Qel married the "Master of Believing". *L*
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The cylindar opened again and Acky stepped out, holding a box. "This," he said to Alison, "Is the real item we were after."
"As you recall, Qel was in the first YV war. This," he motioned at the box, "Is a special piece of technology he and Korn discovered."
"What is it?"
"It allows us to view Veggie communications."
Alison gasped. Acky nodded.
"Acky to the bridge. We're receiving a communication." Came a voice over the speaker planted in the docking bay.
Acky glanced at Alison and shrugged, "Let's go."
When the reached the bridge, everyone was gathered around a hologram that was playing. It was a Yuuzhan Veggie Warmaster.
* * *
Acky Jr ducked under the closing security door and reactivated his lightsaber. The Veggies had sent word to their leader that a Jedi was in the complex. He wouldn't have much luck now.
Or would he?
THe door slammed shut, the Veggies had ordered it closed, but they didn't expect the speed of a Jedi.
Acky Jr looked up and saw some sort of veggie device beginning to close on his ship, "Oh no you don't." He muttered and lept to the ship using Jedi strength.
His gold lightsaber was hurtled through the air and went straight into the mouth? of the creature. THe creature roared in pain, but the lightsaber flew back to Acky Jr, now ontop of the ship.
He grabbed the saber and went down the access port. The engines fired and the creature roared in pain again.
He flew out of the hangar. He set coordinates for his Father.
* * *
"Bring me up to date here." Acky said.
ECC, reading a datapad, came over, "We got this about 1 hour ago. It's been repeating over all the channels since."
Acky stepped forward to hear the holo.
The Veggie Warmaster spoke well in Basic:
"Bring the Veggies your Jedi! Any species, any age, any stage of training. Try and hide them and see how your planets are treated.
"But bring me the one Jedi I ask of most, alive, and a special reward you will get. Bring me Acky, Jr so I may give him to the pots."
The holo repeated again.
Acky ignored the questions of those on the bridge and went to his quarters.
* * *
Hours later, Acky Jr was safely aboard the Shadow and he and his father had been talking in private for over an hour.
When they came out, they went quickly to a shuttle, Acky left ECC incharge of the Shadow, and departed.
* * *
Acky Jr stood, his hands in binds, infront of the Warmaster on the holo.
A person in a cloak stepped forward, grabbing his slipping rebreathing device. "I am Bota. I have brought for you Acky, Jr."
The Warmaster studied Jr. "Where is his weapon?"
Bota reached inside his cloak and pulled a lightsaber out, "Here."
The Warmaster grabbed for it and looked how to turn it on.
Bota stepped forward, "I wouldn't do that here if I were you. This Jedi has high power. If you turn it on, he might be able to grab it away from you and break free. Also, when in his presense, make sure that someone has a hand on it at all times."
"Thank you for the warning, Mr. Bota." The Warmaster turned to side Veggies, "Take him to the fire pit."
"W..Wait! What about my reward?" Bota asked.
The Warmaster grinned, "You get to die along with him."
Bota coughed, "Excuse me?"
"We do not trust you."
Jr looked back at Bota and nodded.
Bota looked at the Warmaster, "I don't except that reward. I take the Jedi back."
The Warmaster laughed.
But before the Warmaster could stop his gauffing, a slender silver object was flying through the air. The binders that held Jr's hands flew off and he lept into the air to grab the object.
He landed on the ground and ignited his lightsaber, it's gold blade matching that of the fire beams shooting up from behind him.
The Warmaster glanced at Bota, "You tricked me!"
Bota grinned and the rebreather mask fell from his face and the wind started to lift his cloak, "Tricked you, we did not!"
Then Bota had his own lightsaber, the white blade piercing light through the dark night. The cloak flew off and Acky stood, in a fighting position, ready.
"Activate the lightsaber, Warmaster." He said. "Fight me."
Acky lept back some distance.
The Warmaster looked strangly at him, but thought that if he could beat the Jedi with their own weapon, he would be high in the ranks among the Veggies.
The few Veggies around the fire pit went to help him turn it on.
Then the Warmaster found the activation button! He pressed it, but nothing happened.
He looked at it for a moment then up at Acky and Jr whom had deactivated their own sabers.
And then the lightsaber the Warmaster was holding exploded! Acky and Jr lept from the hilltop as far away as they could down to their ship hidden in the rocks.
The explosion caused by the detonator in the lightsaber, well, made the fire pit a lot bigger. The Veggies were thrown great distances into the air.
The last thing the Warmaster saw before falling back into the smoke, was a shuttle leaving the area. The Jeedai would pay.
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(12/17/00 12:55:01 pm)
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T.O. Hell yeah, Acky! Nice trick! I'd think Qel would have left some message or memento of his life. As for the marriage thing, probably not. I'm making this up as I go, though, so if I can fit it in, I might.
T.I.
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Acky12
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Aaron-I was kidding about the wife thing.
But who knows, maybe Acky and Qel'll meet up someday *Foreshadowing* *VEG* Our english teacher would be proud!
TI:
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(12/17/00 1:10:10 pm)
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T.O. Yeah, well, I used suspense. And cliffhangers. And, well, no flashbacks, but I don't like those anyway.
T.I.
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*L* EDD's gonna be posting in a minute.
TI:
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(12/17/00 1:18:10 pm)
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Awesome. His posts always rock.
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Acky12
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I know.
I used Red Hearings, too! (Clues that mislead you)
TI:
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(12/17/00 1:29:48 pm)
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T.O. I don't like those. They have to be relevent somehow.
T.I.
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Ed2D2
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(12/17/00 1:32:48 pm)
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"I don't like this one bit," said Alison as Acky left the room. Her eyes were lit with a subtle fire of anger. "I know he's a powerful Jedi, but that does not give him the excuse to run around like he owns the galaxy!"
EC3 remained silent and continued rummaging through a folder in front of him. The folder (which EC3 used because the Rebellion had a shortage of date-a pads), was brimming with notices, contacts, invoices concerning the exploration mission.
Her anger melting away, Alison could not help but smile at the sight of EC3 hard at work. "What's up?" she asked gently. "What's bothering you?"
"This mission as a whole," said EC3 through clenched teeth. "I'm trying to find my contract."
Alison frowned upon hearing this. "You're bound by a contract?" she asked hesitantly.
EC3 paused breifly as he scanned over a particular document. "Yeah," he responded. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Yeah," said Alison with a pause. "I was hoping you would leave with me."
EC3 froze, then glanced into Alison's eyes. "You're leaving? I'm sure if we told Acky about how we feel about his activities..."
"That's not it," said Alison. "I don't know, but... I don't feel right here. It's fun and all; I've always dreamed of exploring. But everything we've been doing has been related to battle... Every species we come in contact with wants to fire stuff at us."
"True," said EC3 with a quick grin.
Alison, turned towards the viewport of the meeting room of the Shadow, now filled with millions of stars amid a huge cloud of light, and sighed. "This is not my life calling. I don't know what I'll do... Maybe return to Cornscant II and help out there for a while. But I feel so out of place here."
"Well," EC3 began as he forced a smile. "I agree with you... But I do have a contract. I could break it, because I don't want to be apart from you, but..."
Alison smiled and lifted a hand to EC3's cheek, stroking it. "You still feel like you have work to do here, right? EC3, I understand. I don't like the idea of being away from you either, but... well... It won't be too long, will it?"
"No way of knowing..." said EC3.
"Well," said Alison. "A great philosopher on Juice once said that love can grow even over a distance, but that it takes even more work than if the person were right there... I think we can do that."
EC3 smiled and began to put away his file. "I think so too... Whatever you decide to do... well... you'll impress anyone you work for."
"Thanks, EC3... May the Force be with you," said Alison. And with a final smile, she embraced EC3 and gave him a peck on the cheek.
***
"So she's gone?" said Acky, his face fallen in dissapointment.
"Yes," said EC3. "She didn't feel comfortable here..."
"Darnit! We're short staffed as it is!"
"I think we've been in this section of the Unknown Regions too long... Maybe try the area off of Chiss space... That will probably be peaceful."
"Boring! There will be nothing there!" said Acky.
"Let's just try it."
"Well, we have nothing else to do," said Acky with a grin.
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The Shadow exited hyperspace 1500 lightyears from hyperspace, "Last chance to turn back."
No one opposed.
The Shadow jumped to hyperspace.
It exited again later on the edge of Chiss space.
"We're being hailed sir!" A tech yelled.
ECC came down next to Acky.
Acky looked back at the station, "Open the channel. Audio only."
"Shadow?" Came the voice, "Is that you?"
Acky and ECC exchanged glances, but didn't reply.
"Come on-I know you're there! Acky? Is that you?"
Acky stepped forward, "This is Admiral Acky, leader of this expedition. With whom am I talking to?"
"Why don't you allow visual and find out."
Acky paused. No one was this...moody, unless...He turned to the comm station, "Give me visual."
Seconds later, the image of the speaker appeared on the screen.
Gasps filled the room and Acky spoke first, "Hand of Thrawn?"
* * *
They were brought aboard Hand's flag ship, the Chiss Pride.
Acky and Hand shook hands and started walking toward a banquet hall, "So, Acky, when did you head into the Unknown Regions? How's the Old Produce Republic?"
Acky stopped dead in his tracks. "You mean you haven't heard?"
HoT looked at him, "Heard what?"
"There is no Republic anymore. That's why I'm out here."
HoT's mouth dropped.
Acky continued, "The Yuuzhan Veggies came back Hand, better this time. We were beaten back to one system. It was horrible. Everyone has been spread apart. Aaron went...well, who knows. The Jedi? Well, the Veggies want them all dead."
HoT closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. "My god..."
Acky paused. "What are you doing here?"
"Leading a resistance movement. The Chiss governemt doesn't see me as a Chiss anymore. They claim I've spent too much time with the Produce that I'm more them than Chiss.
"The population doesn't think that way, but there's not much they can do unless the Chiss can take over their government."
They reached the banquet hall. A woman was standing outside the door and she and HoT embraced and kissed.
"Acky," Hand started, "Meet my wife, Foot of Thrawn."
Acky looked questioningly, "Foot of Thrawn?"
Hand laughed. "Oh yes," he reached behind FoT and pulled a small baby out, "Our little girl. Toe of Thrawn."
"I'm happy for you all," Acky said, "But that's not why I came. We need crew if we are to continue getting territory for the Produce in the UR."
HoT stopped himself and handed the baby back to FoT, "I'll help you as much as you need, but you don't want to go into the UR. There are species in there you've never encountered before. They can defeat you easily."
"We don't have a choice Hand. The Veggies are still attacking Cornuscant III as we speak! I don't have much time."
Hand sighed, "All right."
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(12/17/00 1:58:08 pm)
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T.O. That's good.
T.I.
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Acky12
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Which? EDD's or mine? OR both?
TI:
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(12/17/00 10:10:07 pm)
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T.O.
Well, specifically, that Foot/Toe thing. But both posts were very good.
T.I.
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Shattered Knight
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(12/17/00 11:12:39 pm)
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LMAO!
TI
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away, and you have their shoes too.
Bub Ki Wan
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(12/18/00 9:45:49 am)
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(bub paces back and fort on the bridge of his Watermelon-class Star Destroyer)
(darth vader voice) I have been gone for too long, I must strike hard to the Rebel Alliance. (Mans a Ion-photon-super-blaster-deluxe loaded with produce) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Shattered Knight is pelted with oranges, he flys through the air.
Admiral Kettch is badly hit with grapefruit, he falls to the ground
Aaron is hit with a lemon in the head, he jerks hard from the hit
Acky, ahhh acky, Bub sees him run for cover, Bub lets loose a proton-tomato, *BOOM*
Coop, is squirted with lemon juice by a monkey with a funny hat (the monkey is my secret spy, shhhh)
yea... that was fun, bring it on boys, i'm back!!!!!
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WTF were ruined ruined I say.
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R9a and Kettch arived at CIII just as the shadow left. After they touched down they went to Rogues secret base were rogue interduced Kettch to his squad.
"This is Duncan Mcloud and his wing man Methos." R9a said
"Good to meet you" Kettch said
Then he interduced the rest of the Squad, Conner Mcloud and Amanda; Max and Logan and finaly Sean and Ricky.
After interductons they set out two the hanger where there fighters were being held. But when they got there an alarm started blaring.
Get to your ships we're under attack, R9a yelled.
TO
Well I've interduced my crew.
can someone else post about the fight.
Feel free to check out my sic-fi forum at pub41.ezboard.com/brogue9asscifi55327 and tell me what you think. I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. The Matrix
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To those that were hear, bub is starting to act a bit like LB....
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"Kettch!" R9 shouted, "Stay here!"
The little Ewok bounded over the R9 and leaped onto R9's shoulders, "Why?"
R9 shoved the Ewok off, "Because. I said so."
"He's also a lot bigger than you are," Conner muttered quietly.
R9 shot Conner a glance, "Get to your ships. We are going to battle."
* * *
"Captain," Tuvok said in his normal mono-tone voice, "Unauthorized ships have launched from the planet. X-Wings."
Kathryn Janeway stood with her usual authority, "Open a channel. If they haven't realized that Voyager is the lead in the defense of CIII, they are about to."
* * *
"Hey boss!" Duncan said over the comm, "We're being hailed!"
"Hailed? By whom? Don't they know we're here to save the day?" Methos added.
"Hey, hey, hey. Let's not get cocky." R9 replied.
"Why not? We are the fighter pilots." Came the voice of Ricky.
R9 opened the channel, "Rogue9 here."
"Rogue 9? This is Kathryn Janeway. Captain Kathryn Janeway. Of the Starship Voyager. You have not been given clearane to leave the planet. Please return so the defense blockade is not forced to disband."
Logan jumped in the conversation, "Look lady. I don't know who you are, but it doesn't look like you have any fighters. You'll need help."
"Is that so? Then perhaps you would rather see the clearence Voyager and her crew received by Admiral Acky to conduct the defense of CIII during his absense. And-"
Voyager was hit and the communication channel closed.
"Well boys, look's like we're sittin this one out." R9 said grimly.
"I ain't sitting this fight out!" Sean said.
"Ya! We're here to fight! Let's do it to it!" Amanda added.
"Look guys," R9 said, "We're not part of the military. She's a captain."
"Screw that! I'm going up!" Max shouted.
"All right..." R9 said softly. "Here goes nothing."
* * *
"Captain. The X-Wings are remaining on course. Our communcation system was knocked out by that last hit. Shields are at 98%."
"Thank you Tuvok." Janeway said, sitting down in the captain chair, "Red Alert. Open fire. All torpedo banks."
Voyager let loose. Everything turned right to hell.
The X-Wings, against Janeway's orders, streamed past Voyager
firing everything they had at the Veggies, and a few stray shots just /happened/ to hit Voyager's shields.
* * *
R9's squad faired well in the fight. They hadn't lost any men, though a stray plasma shot hit Duncan's astromech unit.
Back at the docking bay, they climbed out of their fighters with cheers from each other and congradulations directed toward each other.
Though no matter how well the fight went, the next battle was at hand.
A woman, in a black uniform with a large red stripe going from about the middle of the shirt part to the collar who had shoulder length blonde/brown hair, was leaning over talking to Admiral Kettch.
"And these are under you control?" She asked.
Kettch shrugged, "Somewhat."
"Thank you, Kettch." The woman said.
She pulled a rolled up piece of paper from her pocket and walked over to where R9 and "crew" had gathered.
"Which one of you is Rogue 9?" She asked.
R9 stepped forward and held out his hand.
The woman nodded and placed the rolled up paper in R9's hand. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway." She smiled, and walked away.
Methos stepped forward to R9, "What'd she give you?"
"I bet it's an invitation to join Voyager's crew!" Someone said behind them, "For that fancy flying we did up there!"
R9 opened the paper and read it. His face went pale. "Actually, it's a court marshal. For disobeying her orders."
The other pilots gasped silently and took turns reading the Court Marshal.
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(12/13/00 9:05:06 pm)
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Time out:
This is a really remote thing, and it doesn't bear much importance, but before I said the Remnant Systems and Unknown Regions did not move during the megaverse shift. But to stay consistant with Aaron's plotline (which is becoming very good ).
As it turns out, the Unknown Regions did not shift (but that is not included in the map), but Remnant space did (though only by a couple of miles so no one noticed at first. It was probably discovered that the systems did shift slightly by some scientists). That way, the center system is truly the only system in the known Megaverse that moved
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Pear smiled and nodded graciously. "Of course. That would be of great help. Of course, it will still take a very long time to interpret the technology... even with your expertise, I expect it will take over a year... but we would be happy to accept you in our team."
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(12/13/00 9:14:12 pm)
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Aaron shook his head. "Unbelievable. How could this happen?"
"It happened, Aaron, because I designed it to." Qel appeared in front of Aaron. Aaron and most of the crew jumped back in shock. "How did you-"
"You have unlocked the secret of Gowwsy." Qel continued without acknowledging Aaron's query. "As per Korn's instructions, I will now allow you access." He waved a hand, and suddenly, a planet appeared in front of the ship. Aaron gazed on in amazement. "How?"
"A powerful device, a lost legacy of a powerful race. But that is unimportant. What is important, however, is that this device is what hides Gowwsy from the Megaverse. It's also what rearranged it."
Dave Blair frowned. "Why did you-"
"That is not for you to know just yet." Qel started to flicker. "I do not have much time left. Aaron, I want you to know that it was not by accident that Colonel Korn chose you off the ghetto streets. You were picked in anticipation of this very day."
Aaron blinked. "What?"
"You are the chosen one. Not to save the galaxy; no, that is not your destiny. But to open the opportunity for the galaxy to be saved."
Aaron nodded. Qel began to waver in and out of existance. "I have little time left! Be ready, Aaron! Prepare yourself and your crew! Gowwsy is like nothing you have seen before. It will not be easy to find Korn, and it will be even harder to do what is required of you." He glanced to the side. "I have one last request." A package materialized in front of him. "Give this to my son. He will know what to do with it. Goodbye Aaron. I will always watch over this galaxy."
Qel vanished. Aaron sunk back into his command chair, too stunned to speak. Dave glanced at him. "Are you alright?"
Aaron just stared into space. Woods interupted his reverie. "Sir, the planet is starting to fade off our scopes. I estimate we have only ten minutes to get through."
Aaron snapped to attention. "Steer our ship toward the planet. While we're doing this, someone take the parsel Qel left and send it to Acky."
"Acky is still on his expedition."
Aaron bit his lip. "Send it to Senator Pear, and have him hold it for Acky then."
"Yessir!"
The ship loomed closer to the flickering planet. Aaron could see energy fizzing around the borders. He knew he had only a small time frame, but he had to get the package to Acky.
"Package launched!"
"Send us in!"
The Arrow II plunged into the outer atmosphere of Gowwsy. Five seconds later, the planet vanished from the Megaverse.
T.O. Acky, you decide what to do with the parsel and what it is. I just thought it would be inappropriate for Qel to reenter the Megaverse and not send something for his son.
T.I.
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Aaron
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T.O. Oh, sorry about that EDD. I forgot about that. Glad you like my plotline though. What do you think of the newest installment?
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Vong Master
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(12/13/00 9:35:29 pm)
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PLEASE READ! GAP FILLER! ALL READ! READ!
Vong Master
Born of the Strawberry field People. He was named after a prophecy that he would master the veggies. Was given up and left to the Universe.
Participated in the First was of the Produce. Died quickly by falling out of a ship after saving his short term love Keri.
Later Boba Fett cloned him and he was able to continue the War against Ed2d2 and his vicous Produce remnant. VM participated in several battles and operations later in that war. He met his second end by dieing amongest the Death Squash 2, but he brought he end of it.
Vm then disappeared from the galaxy. His spirit made several appearnces around the galaxy to make several battles against the evil Sith Ewok Kettch. Kettch was victorious in all and cloned him to strenegthen his army.
Little did the galaxy know was that the Yuuzhan Veggies had placed their blood in the clone and it became a undercover force talented agent.
The YV created their own clone of VM to provide them info. He was forced to squeeze it out afetr several tortures.
However the VM YV clone did a perfect undercover job. He took Corran Horn as a apprentice and worked against the Nexgenjedi. With The VM mental sprirt in him, (and even the mind at times) he was able to kill the nexgens and make a path clearer for his masters.
During the BTCS crisis, the clone continued his great act and worked his way to the BTCS HQ. Little did the gakaxy know was that when talon tried to kill the clone it eas to kill the Yv agent, and Talon KNEW it was an agent!
When the BTCS was done with, the VM YV clone sowed his true colors. He shred his cloaker, and the invasion began.
The REAL VM that was a clone with the same brain continued to be hidden in the core. Shattered Knight rescued him, but VM refused his help and went to see Corran. He explained everythng, and showed him he was the real thing. They then travel to the captured Cornscant for a bit of espionage.
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VM-Why didn't you just put that in the PW Character Profiles thread?
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Janeway grinned, "I believe you haven't met SoN yet."
Pear scrunched his forehead, "What do you mean?"
Janeway just walked away, "You'll see."
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"I'll see?" Pear muttered to himself. But Janeway was already gone.
"Let's go and get to the bottom of this problem!" SoN stated.
Pear looked at her and silently groaned, he wasn't going to get sleep tonight. He could tell already.
Fifteen hours had gone by and still hard at work was SoN, Pear, and the crew.
"It's been 15 hours Seven, can't I get some sleep?"
"If we are to defeat the Yuuzhan Veggies, we must figure out this technology."
"No offense," Pear said, "but they've beaten us so many times. A few hours won't make much difference."
But a few hours did. Seven finally gave in and took the piece of weaponry, well, maybe. They weren't sure. And took it with her to her quarters. During that time Pear got the distressing news that one of the few planets left on the side of the Produce had fallen.
Seven came into Pear's quarters and he chalked up another defeat. "Pear! I've done it!"
"Done what?" Pear said gloomily.
"I've figured out this weapon!"
Pear suddenly looked up.
Seven grinned and set the item on the table. "It's a weapons amplifing device. It seems to produce dark light (how ever that's possible)."
"Dark light? What good is that?"
"Think about it Pear. The Yuuzhan VEGGIES need what to survive?"
Pear paused, "Light?" he guessed with as much certainty as he could muster.
"Exactally! And if we produce DARK light, what happens?"
"The YV would not be able to survive! WONDERFUL!"
Seven started to open her mouth.
"Wait! Don't say anything. Let's get this placed on our largest cruiser and then we-"
Seven interrupted him, "There's a problem."
"What sort of problem?"
"Well, I made it work. It worked wonderfully. But I'm still unsure how to make it work in /space/. You see, I had to press the button on the side hidden pannel to fire it. Who's going to press the button?"
Pear paused, "That is a problem. What about launching it from the planet?"
"The weapon must be fired at semi-close range. Unless the YV are stopping by to look at a fountain in a park, I doubt we'll get close enough unless we're in space."
Pear sighed. "Dismissed."
Seven nodded and took the dark light back to her quarters to work.
* * *
The package cylinder zoomed lifelessly in space, awaiting its true owner to pick it up...
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T.O. He did, Acky. I suggested he post it here too, so people who don't read that thread are filled in. I'm gonna take a brief break from my mission to deal with the overall state of affairs.
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Glenn Pear shook his head. "I thought I instructed them NOT to draw attention to us. Now that the Veggies know of us, it is only a matter of time before they destroy us. We needed more time before we revealed our presence!"
Admiral Pear shook his head. "We couldn't have hidden from the Veggies forever. What's done is done, and we must find a way around it."
"And how do we do that?"
"With this new black light generator. With SoN's help, I managed to modify it enough that we could implement it in our defensive screen in thid system. It must remain static in order to be effective, but the Veggies will have a much harder time capturing our planets."
Glenn gaped. "You implemented the black light in our defense before we could create a back-up? If that's destroyed, we're dead!"
"Don't worry. I also attached one of those cloaking devices to it. If the Veggies invade here, we'll just cloak it before they see it. They'll never know what hit them."
Glenn nodded. "Fine. But construct a backup ASAP."
"Of course. SoN is working on it right now."
"Good. Have you heard from Aaron?"
Pear lowered his voice to a whisper. "No. Our scouts tracked him to the Gowwsy system. A pretty large energy burst overloaded our ship's systems. It took them an hour to get everything back on line. By that time, the Arrow II had disappeared. I think we have to assume them MIA or dead."
Glenn rubbed his eyes. "More good news. Very well. Dismissed."
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Aaron groaned as he stood up. He glanced around. His ship's systems had overloaded when he entered Gowwsy's atmosphere, and it had crash landed. Yet, as he glanced around, he realized that the ship was decayed as if it had been sitting there for years. Of his crew, he saw nothing. He shook his head and glanced down. He recoiled in shock.
"No...this can't be..." He held his hands up in front of his face. They were wrinkled and frail. He stumbled his way to a pool of water. Glancing at his reflection, his fears were confirmed.
On the planet of Gowwsy, in a realm unlike any in the Megaverse, Aaron Benmark stared at his reflection. But it was not his reflection that stared back. It was someone else's, yet the similarities were there.
Somehow, Aaron had aged twenty years in the five hours he spent unconscious.
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EDD would prefer to halt the discovery of technolgoy. As I explained to him, I only introduced the BL stuff to show SoN was good. Very good.
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"I appologize for anything that Voyager might have caused to help the YV find us..." Kathryn Janeway started to say before she was interrupted.
"Don't worry Kathryn! You were right to go after those refugees."
The channel was abruply closed.
"Captain," Tuvok stated, "The shield has been raised. We should prepare for the Yuuzhan Veggies attack."
Janeway nodded, "Yes Tuvok."
She took the Captain's chair.
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T.O. Okay. I wasn't gonna post again tonight anyway. Want to leave you guys guessing. And I agree in ending the tech spread. Just wanted to impliment what we had, and somehow manage to find a way to keep the Rebellion alive ('cause face it; without those black light things, they'd never be able to defend against the Vong). When are you gonna reveal what Qel's gift was?
T.I.
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Probably a couple of my posts from now....
Remember-Acky doesn't know that there IS a package.
Mail me for if the package could tie into a plotline of yours.
Want a hint of the "deliverer?" Think of which characters are "MIA".
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T.O. Actually, I don't have an overall plot line right now. I'm making this up as I go. That riddle; that was just a bunch of gibberish that I thought sounded good. I'm making up what it meant as I go along. That whole Gowwsy thing; I came up with that idea after I wrote the poem by rearranging it. So, I don't know where I'm going with this. I've got a general idea of the final destination, but I don't know how I'm gonna get there. MIA...my guys, HoT, Turnip (though I'm pretty sure he's dead), I haven't seen any mention of Fett or Failure...
T.I.
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R9a is flying towards CIII with Kettch right now and I'm looking for something to do.
Feel free to check out my sic-fi forum at pub41.ezboard.com/brogue9asscifi55327 and tell me what you think. I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. The Matrix
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Hey VM dont forget to include me in ur mission okay?
Remember which bit i sed i wanted to do?
If u dont - email me
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Aaron stared at his reflection, with absolute horror on his face. "How could this have happened?" He wondered out loud. Shaking his head, he cleared his thoughts. The situation was simple; he was aging rapidly, and if he didn't find out why, he would die in a matter of hours. Plus, he needed to find his crew. Aaron thought back to the rhyme. 'Seek the help of those men who constantly weep, or suffer the fate of those who are deep.'
"Well, I can guess the fate of those who are deep. As in, deep under. Men who weep...who could they be?"
He got up and started to stumble around, looking for some inspiration. He followed the river upstream. As he walked, he felt an odd strain on his bones, as if they were mere stilts and would break easily. 'Osteoporosis,' he thought. He grimaced and continued hobbling along.
He came to a great waterfall. He glanced up it, scanning it for some sign of life. He knew civilizations tended to build along the waterfront, and this surely offered enough aesthetic value to attract someone in the area. He pulled at some beenoculars he brought along. Scanning the face of the waterfall, he saw nothi...wait! There was a pass leading up to the side of it. He walked toward it, hoping to see where it led.
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After an hour of walking, at which point he felt like he was going to collapse, he reached the waterfall. The pass led behind the falling sheets of water, to a cave hidden from view. He glanced around, seeing no one. He could see the back of the cave. It appeared to unoccupied, but someone had to have made the trail. Glancing around, he caught sight of a strange glint. Walking toward it, he uncovered a date-acard. He pulled out his personal player. It had rusted, but it was still functional. He slid the date-acard in. A holo of Dan Woods, perhaps aged ten years, played out for him. He blinked. "Still no sign of Aaron. We were unable to recover his corpse. We don't know where he went. Also, no sign of what's causing us to age."
Static played for a couple of seconds. Then Dave came on again, only nearly Aaron's age. "Aaron, this is Dave. I don't know if you'll find this or not, but know this; the team has been ambushed by a strange warrior cast. I'm the last one left. The strangest thing is they cried as they attack us, and they do not age. I think they are the ones you need to get help from, but good luck. Oh crap, they're coming. Goodbye Aaron. The team will always be with you."
Aaron slumped against the wall. How could this have happened? And how was he going to get help from these people? He heard footsteps.
"Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough."
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Oh my goodness, these latest posts are brilliant! Aaron, your new story line is so good so far it's almost epic. I can't wait to read more of it. Vong Master, the storyline you have in mind is also very good. From what you previewed to me, you are setting it up extremely well. And Acky, as usual, your plot twists are very good
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Admiral Parsley glanced calmly over the reports in front of him. His stomach tightened slightly as he read the ship inventory (most of the ships were old models, for the exception of a few remnants from the surviving fleets), but his fears were quelled as he glanced upon the list of local chapters involved in the Rebellion.
Nearly half of the planets of the galaxy had some sort of declared underground group that pledged allegience to the Rebellion. It was not a bad start at all.
Smiling with confidence Parsley continued scanning over the reports, not aware that the near future held even greater treasures...
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"A message for you sir. It came on your private channel."
Acky looked at the officer. "My private channel? No one knows about that except for..." Acky looked up with realization on his face. "Send it to my quarters."
Acky went to his quarters and accessed the comm channel. "Jr?"
"Father!"
"Where have you been?"
Acky's son paused, "Somewhere. But I've got a message for you. It's from Grandpa."
"Qel?"
Jr nodded, "I've picked up a message cylinder. Would I be able to meet you somewhere?"
Acky tapped the computer, "No. Send it to these cooridinates."
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DON"T POST AOBUT ACKY FINDING THE CYLINDER.
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"All crew to the bridge." Came Alison's voice over the communicator.
"It's about time." Acky muttered to ECC. Alison had 'ordered' them to all leave the bridge almost three hours ago!
They stepped on, but suddenly no one was sure whether it was a bridge.
The lights were powered down, and tinsel and evergreen had been spread everywhere. A giant lighted chirstmas tree sat in one corner.
Alison herself sat with a book on her lap in the center of the room.
"I will now share with you a /Christmas/," she grinned at Acky after their last Christmas encounter, "Poem as accounted by the war hero, C-3P0:
Twas the night before Christmas and all throu the shop,
The toy making droids had each come to a stop.
The toys and the gifts had been stacked up with care,
In the hope that S. Claus would himself soon be there.
All over the world, children old,
children young were asleap as they dreamed of the stockings they'd hung,
With a smile on their faces all snug in their beds
As visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
But needing a wrench that I couldn't find,
I went back to the shop leaving R2 behind.
As I searched thru the shop, there acame a great clatter
and I thought 'oh my stars there is something the matter.'
Then the clatter got louder and go me so vexed,
I hid under a bench to see what would come next.
The light of the moons on the new fallen snow
Lit the wall of the shop with a soft friendly glow.
When there at the window what I saw made me stare.
A sleigh and eight reindeer floating in air,
And jumping across from the sleigh to the floor
Was a round little man nothing less nothing more.
He was dressed all in furs from his head to his foot,
and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot,
His eyes how they twinkled his dimples how merry,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry.
He had a broad face and a round little belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
And I thought can it be that S. Claus is alive?
Why the odds against that are ten billion to five.
But a wink of his eyes and a turn of his head
Soon helped me to know I had nothing to dread.
He said not a word as he held out his sack,
then he reached for our toys, and he started to pack.
And I thought as I watched this shy little man
What a joy to be part of his wonderful plan.
Then he jumped in a flash to the seat of his sleigh
Calling out to his reindeer to take him away.
Now Dasher now Dancer now Prancer, and Vixen
On Comet on Cupid on Donner and Blitzen,
By the light of the stars on each child we will call,
Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!
And I heard him exclaim as he sped out of sight.
'Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!'"
Aboard Voyager Kathryn Janeway stood looking over the bridge,
"'Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night!"
With the story finished, both Janeway and Alison, in different parts of the galaxy, closed their old fashoned storybooks and stood, leaving the bridge.
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T.O. Thanks EDD. Acky, I can't believe I forgot Jr was MIA...
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Aaron struggled to his feet. One thing was for sure; a fight was out of the question, at his weakened condition. He drew his shock rasberry anyway. A shadow apeared at the entrance way. Aaron gulped and raised his weapon.
Inside walked a small, old alien. Aaron blinked at the intruder. He looked something like an old alien he saw in ancient holodramas named Yoda. Aaron lowered his weapon slightly. "Who are you?"
The alien looked up at him. "What is Stranger doing in Yarche's home?"
"Home?" Aaron glanced around. "This ain't much of a home."
The small alien, Yarche apparently, stared at him intently. "Look harder."
Aaron glanced around again. "Uh, still a bunch of stone walls."
Yarche hobbled up to him. Aaron pulled his gun back up. "Hey! My friends were all slaughtered in this cave, so keep you distance. I'm not taking any chances."
Yarche recoiled in shock. "Friends? Slaughtered? The Weepers have been here..."
Aaron frowned. "Weepers?"
"Yes. A barbaric race, Weepers are. THe Weepers have become immune to the goelide in the air that causes the accelerated aging, but the goelide instead causes Weepers to weep constantly."
"Men who weep..." Aaron shook his head. "I must find them. I need their help."
Yarche let out a short, derisive laugh. "Heh. Help from the Weepers? Yarche think Stranger dumber than Stranger looks."
"Hey, watch it." Aaron gestured with the gun. "Where can I find these Weepers?"
"Yarche not send man to his death, not even if man asked. No Dr. Korvorkian, Yarche is."
"Who? Never mind...look, I need these people's help, or else I'm gonna age so much I die."
"Heh. Stranger want to stop aging? Yarche can help."
"What?" That wasn't part of the poem. "How?"
"Yarche collected Weeper's tears. Drink them, and immune to the aging, one will be."
That seemed to fit the poem, in an indirect way. "Alright. Where are the tears?"
"Follow Yarche." He hobbled to the back wall and stepped through it.
Aaron blinked. How did he-?
"Stranger coming? Yarche grow impatient."
Aaron frowned and stumbled to the wall. He stepped into it.
And recoiled backward. It was a real wall. "Uh, Yarche, how do you get through this thing?"
"Stranger must concentrate. Your eyes decieve you."
"No, they don't. I tried that idea before."
"But since Stranger believes it is wall, it is wall. Stranger must believe it to be doorway, and doorway it will be."
Aaron frowned and concentrated. The wall shimmered, and then, it disappeared. Inside, Aaron saw a spartan home. It was made out of the rock, so it was constantly dirty, and very little in the way of aesthetics existed. "Stranger learn fast. Come. Drink the tears."
Aaron walked in, still wary of a trap. But nothing happened. Only Yarche, holding a vial of tears. Aaron was wary of poison, but he could see he stood no other chance. He took the vial, and drank it.
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I figured I'd get you all with that. *G*
Did ya like the poem?
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Acky stood. "Slow to impluse. Raise shields. Red alert."
Alison came up from the mess hall to her station, "We don't know anything is there."
ECC, following behind her reached his station, "I agree. Isn't it a bit rash to-"
He was cut off as the ship jolted, hit by a projectile which reflected off the raised shield.
Mouth gapping open, ECC tapped the controls quickly, "Seventeen torpedoes launched. Three made contact on the shields. Shield power is at 77%." He looked at Acky, "How'd you know?"
Acky sat back down. "Full shield power. Open fire on point," he glanced at the tactical screen, "77.93."
ECC looked at Acky again, "There's nothing there, sir."
Acky stood, "Are you questioning my orders?" He began to say.
"No, sir." ECC replied quickly. He let three rounds of torpedoes fire from each launch tube and a 5-second constand laser fire.
The weapons suddenly stopped in mid air. A slight shimmering came from 77.93 before an explosion rocketed the Shadow.
"What the -" crew began to say.
"Stay on course!" Acky shouted, "Keep the tractor beams at full power!"
No one dared question Acky now. Not after the destruction of, well, something.
Acky ran back to the tractor beam controls and shoved the Lt. out of the way who was manning them.
"There it is...." He muttered.
"There what is?" Alison asked from shield control.
Acky didn't respond. He locked one tractor beam at half strength on the incoming projectile.
As the crew looked on to see what Acky was pulling in, no one noticed as he hit a few more tractor beam allignments to the rear of the ship...
Out of nowhere, thirteen ships decloaked in midspace.
Acky stared at the tractor beam controls, "Just a few more..."
Everyone thought that he was talking about the object they saw, when suddenly it was destroyed. Blown up by a weapon of the ships they had just materialized.
Acky watched as the indicator light suddenly went from red to green. "GET US OUT OF HERE! Full reverse thrusters! Shields to full and power the hyperdrive!" He shouted as he ran back to the command chair.
Moments later, they were in hyperspace when Alison approached Acky. "What did we lose back there?"
Acky realized he had forgotten about the mission there moments ago. He stood, "Come with me."
"To where?"
"You'll see. We didn't lose anything. The object we all saw was a decoy. The real object came behind the Shadow."
They approached docking bay 2 and stepped in. There was a small, but still large enough to hold a dewback, cylinder on the floor. Acky approached it and noticed the finger-panel on the side.
He placed his thumb and forefinger on the panel and slowly the cylinder's end began to lower as it opened. He stepped inside and Alison moved to follow, but a force-field suddenly activated.
"Oww!"
Acky turned and look and waved his hand through the force field which had zapped Alison. "Apparently, this is personal."
He stepped deeper into the cylinder and it closed again.
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Aaron felt a little lightheaded. 'Was that a wise choice?' he thought. 'Have I now been drugged?'
Yarche smiled. "Already, reversed is the aging becoming. Soon, Stranger shall be young once more."
"I feel dizzy."
"Temporary, temporary. Great forces at work here; powerful forces. Some side effects, Stranger will feel."
Aaron nodded. He glanced down at his hands. The wrinkles were smoothing. The paleness was fading. Muscle was returning. Yarche's eyes glowed. Aaron stepped forward. He felt stronger than he could ever rememeber. His body had broadened, his back straightened, his muscles bulged. The pitiful rags that he had been wearing had been ripped apart, leaving him bare naked. He glanced toward a section of a wall. Frowning, he concentrated by instinct, and soon, a cloak appeared in his hands. He donned it. Glancing over at the mirror, he blinked. He had returned to his physical form of his early twenties. A grin slowly spread across his lips.
"I am reborn."
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Two weeks had passed. Yarche had been training him in the art of believing.
"All in one's mind, believing is. With the proper training, one can do anything."
"Anything?"
"Almost. One cannot kill instantly, one cannot change emotions, and one cannot go against the powerful forces."
"Such as the ones controlling aging."
"Yes. Stranger learns fast."
"Can you use these forces?"
Yarche frowned. "Yarche can, to an extent. But Yarche is not the master."
"Qel?"
Yarche snorted. "The Jedi Qel was great, yes, but weak in the forces of believing. Qel's power was the Force, and however powerful the Force is, it is limited. In its scope, and its practice. There are those who limit theirselves in the art of believing, as many of Qel's friends did, but they are still more than a match for Force-users.
"Believing takes a certain mindset, a certain awareness of the world around the believer. Only one in a trillion show the power to properly believe. Family lines have nothing to do with it. Stranger, you are one of those few who possess the power to believe."
Aaron nodded. In the weeks he had known Yarche, he had shown a much clearer gramatical sense when he discussed believing. He knew not why, but Yarche radiated a great air when he was on the topic of believing.
"Do the Weepers possess the power to believe?"
Yarche snorted. "Heh. Those scum possess not the power to tie their own shoelaces. Weepers are so weak of mind, they cannot even control their own tears. Do not fear the Weepers. Stranger can easily defeat them."
"If they're so weak, why haven't you defeated them?"
Yarche closed his eyes. "Yarche is not as young as Yarche used to be. Even with the Weeper tears, Yarche cannot regain power of youth. The Weepers, while weak individually, are too numerous for me to handle by myself."
"They are if you do not believe you can."
Yarche opened an eye. "Oh...Stranger learns fast. But it is not that simple. Yarche has never been strong in believing. He cannot battle entire army. Perhaps a million of them, Yarche could handle. But they number in the hundreds of millions. That is Stranger's task."
Aaron shook his head. "It truly is an impossible task you ask of me."
"Impossible exists only in the mind."
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Aaron-It'd be funny if Qel married the "Master of Believing". *L*
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The cylindar opened again and Acky stepped out, holding a box. "This," he said to Alison, "Is the real item we were after."
"As you recall, Qel was in the first YV war. This," he motioned at the box, "Is a special piece of technology he and Korn discovered."
"What is it?"
"It allows us to view Veggie communications."
Alison gasped. Acky nodded.
"Acky to the bridge. We're receiving a communication." Came a voice over the speaker planted in the docking bay.
Acky glanced at Alison and shrugged, "Let's go."
When the reached the bridge, everyone was gathered around a hologram that was playing. It was a Yuuzhan Veggie Warmaster.
* * *
Acky Jr ducked under the closing security door and reactivated his lightsaber. The Veggies had sent word to their leader that a Jedi was in the complex. He wouldn't have much luck now.
Or would he?
THe door slammed shut, the Veggies had ordered it closed, but they didn't expect the speed of a Jedi.
Acky Jr looked up and saw some sort of veggie device beginning to close on his ship, "Oh no you don't." He muttered and lept to the ship using Jedi strength.
His gold lightsaber was hurtled through the air and went straight into the mouth? of the creature. THe creature roared in pain, but the lightsaber flew back to Acky Jr, now ontop of the ship.
He grabbed the saber and went down the access port. The engines fired and the creature roared in pain again.
He flew out of the hangar. He set coordinates for his Father.
* * *
"Bring me up to date here." Acky said.
ECC, reading a datapad, came over, "We got this about 1 hour ago. It's been repeating over all the channels since."
Acky stepped forward to hear the holo.
The Veggie Warmaster spoke well in Basic:
"Bring the Veggies your Jedi! Any species, any age, any stage of training. Try and hide them and see how your planets are treated.
"But bring me the one Jedi I ask of most, alive, and a special reward you will get. Bring me Acky, Jr so I may give him to the pots."
The holo repeated again.
Acky ignored the questions of those on the bridge and went to his quarters.
* * *
Hours later, Acky Jr was safely aboard the Shadow and he and his father had been talking in private for over an hour.
When they came out, they went quickly to a shuttle, Acky left ECC incharge of the Shadow, and departed.
* * *
Acky Jr stood, his hands in binds, infront of the Warmaster on the holo.
A person in a cloak stepped forward, grabbing his slipping rebreathing device. "I am Bota. I have brought for you Acky, Jr."
The Warmaster studied Jr. "Where is his weapon?"
Bota reached inside his cloak and pulled a lightsaber out, "Here."
The Warmaster grabbed for it and looked how to turn it on.
Bota stepped forward, "I wouldn't do that here if I were you. This Jedi has high power. If you turn it on, he might be able to grab it away from you and break free. Also, when in his presense, make sure that someone has a hand on it at all times."
"Thank you for the warning, Mr. Bota." The Warmaster turned to side Veggies, "Take him to the fire pit."
"W..Wait! What about my reward?" Bota asked.
The Warmaster grinned, "You get to die along with him."
Bota coughed, "Excuse me?"
"We do not trust you."
Jr looked back at Bota and nodded.
Bota looked at the Warmaster, "I don't except that reward. I take the Jedi back."
The Warmaster laughed.
But before the Warmaster could stop his gauffing, a slender silver object was flying through the air. The binders that held Jr's hands flew off and he lept into the air to grab the object.
He landed on the ground and ignited his lightsaber, it's gold blade matching that of the fire beams shooting up from behind him.
The Warmaster glanced at Bota, "You tricked me!"
Bota grinned and the rebreather mask fell from his face and the wind started to lift his cloak, "Tricked you, we did not!"
Then Bota had his own lightsaber, the white blade piercing light through the dark night. The cloak flew off and Acky stood, in a fighting position, ready.
"Activate the lightsaber, Warmaster." He said. "Fight me."
Acky lept back some distance.
The Warmaster looked strangly at him, but thought that if he could beat the Jedi with their own weapon, he would be high in the ranks among the Veggies.
The few Veggies around the fire pit went to help him turn it on.
Then the Warmaster found the activation button! He pressed it, but nothing happened.
He looked at it for a moment then up at Acky and Jr whom had deactivated their own sabers.
And then the lightsaber the Warmaster was holding exploded! Acky and Jr lept from the hilltop as far away as they could down to their ship hidden in the rocks.
The explosion caused by the detonator in the lightsaber, well, made the fire pit a lot bigger. The Veggies were thrown great distances into the air.
The last thing the Warmaster saw before falling back into the smoke, was a shuttle leaving the area. The Jeedai would pay.
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Aaron
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(12/17/00 12:55:01 pm)
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T.O. Hell yeah, Acky! Nice trick! I'd think Qel would have left some message or memento of his life. As for the marriage thing, probably not. I'm making this up as I go, though, so if I can fit it in, I might.
T.I.
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Acky12
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(12/17/00 12:59:15 pm)
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Aaron-I was kidding about the wife thing.
But who knows, maybe Acky and Qel'll meet up someday *Foreshadowing* *VEG* Our english teacher would be proud!
TI:
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Aaron
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(12/17/00 1:10:10 pm)
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T.O. Yeah, well, I used suspense. And cliffhangers. And, well, no flashbacks, but I don't like those anyway.
T.I.
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Acky12
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(12/17/00 1:13:06 pm)
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*L* EDD's gonna be posting in a minute.
TI:
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Aaron
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(12/17/00 1:18:10 pm)
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Awesome. His posts always rock.
Hockey is my life.
Acky12
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(12/17/00 1:20:32 pm)
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I know.
I used Red Hearings, too! (Clues that mislead you)
TI:
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Aaron
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(12/17/00 1:29:48 pm)
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T.O. I don't like those. They have to be relevent somehow.
T.I.
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Ed2D2
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(12/17/00 1:32:48 pm)
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"I don't like this one bit," said Alison as Acky left the room. Her eyes were lit with a subtle fire of anger. "I know he's a powerful Jedi, but that does not give him the excuse to run around like he owns the galaxy!"
EC3 remained silent and continued rummaging through a folder in front of him. The folder (which EC3 used because the Rebellion had a shortage of date-a pads), was brimming with notices, contacts, invoices concerning the exploration mission.
Her anger melting away, Alison could not help but smile at the sight of EC3 hard at work. "What's up?" she asked gently. "What's bothering you?"
"This mission as a whole," said EC3 through clenched teeth. "I'm trying to find my contract."
Alison frowned upon hearing this. "You're bound by a contract?" she asked hesitantly.
EC3 paused breifly as he scanned over a particular document. "Yeah," he responded. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Yeah," said Alison with a pause. "I was hoping you would leave with me."
EC3 froze, then glanced into Alison's eyes. "You're leaving? I'm sure if we told Acky about how we feel about his activities..."
"That's not it," said Alison. "I don't know, but... I don't feel right here. It's fun and all; I've always dreamed of exploring. But everything we've been doing has been related to battle... Every species we come in contact with wants to fire stuff at us."
"True," said EC3 with a quick grin.
Alison, turned towards the viewport of the meeting room of the Shadow, now filled with millions of stars amid a huge cloud of light, and sighed. "This is not my life calling. I don't know what I'll do... Maybe return to Cornscant II and help out there for a while. But I feel so out of place here."
"Well," EC3 began as he forced a smile. "I agree with you... But I do have a contract. I could break it, because I don't want to be apart from you, but..."
Alison smiled and lifted a hand to EC3's cheek, stroking it. "You still feel like you have work to do here, right? EC3, I understand. I don't like the idea of being away from you either, but... well... It won't be too long, will it?"
"No way of knowing..." said EC3.
"Well," said Alison. "A great philosopher on Juice once said that love can grow even over a distance, but that it takes even more work than if the person were right there... I think we can do that."
EC3 smiled and began to put away his file. "I think so too... Whatever you decide to do... well... you'll impress anyone you work for."
"Thanks, EC3... May the Force be with you," said Alison. And with a final smile, she embraced EC3 and gave him a peck on the cheek.
***
"So she's gone?" said Acky, his face fallen in dissapointment.
"Yes," said EC3. "She didn't feel comfortable here..."
"Darnit! We're short staffed as it is!"
"I think we've been in this section of the Unknown Regions too long... Maybe try the area off of Chiss space... That will probably be peaceful."
"Boring! There will be nothing there!" said Acky.
"Let's just try it."
"Well, we have nothing else to do," said Acky with a grin.
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(12/17/00 1:51:51 pm)
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The Shadow exited hyperspace 1500 lightyears from hyperspace, "Last chance to turn back."
No one opposed.
The Shadow jumped to hyperspace.
It exited again later on the edge of Chiss space.
"We're being hailed sir!" A tech yelled.
ECC came down next to Acky.
Acky looked back at the station, "Open the channel. Audio only."
"Shadow?" Came the voice, "Is that you?"
Acky and ECC exchanged glances, but didn't reply.
"Come on-I know you're there! Acky? Is that you?"
Acky stepped forward, "This is Admiral Acky, leader of this expedition. With whom am I talking to?"
"Why don't you allow visual and find out."
Acky paused. No one was this...moody, unless...He turned to the comm station, "Give me visual."
Seconds later, the image of the speaker appeared on the screen.
Gasps filled the room and Acky spoke first, "Hand of Thrawn?"
* * *
They were brought aboard Hand's flag ship, the Chiss Pride.
Acky and Hand shook hands and started walking toward a banquet hall, "So, Acky, when did you head into the Unknown Regions? How's the Old Produce Republic?"
Acky stopped dead in his tracks. "You mean you haven't heard?"
HoT looked at him, "Heard what?"
"There is no Republic anymore. That's why I'm out here."
HoT's mouth dropped.
Acky continued, "The Yuuzhan Veggies came back Hand, better this time. We were beaten back to one system. It was horrible. Everyone has been spread apart. Aaron went...well, who knows. The Jedi? Well, the Veggies want them all dead."
HoT closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. "My god..."
Acky paused. "What are you doing here?"
"Leading a resistance movement. The Chiss governemt doesn't see me as a Chiss anymore. They claim I've spent too much time with the Produce that I'm more them than Chiss.
"The population doesn't think that way, but there's not much they can do unless the Chiss can take over their government."
They reached the banquet hall. A woman was standing outside the door and she and HoT embraced and kissed.
"Acky," Hand started, "Meet my wife, Foot of Thrawn."
Acky looked questioningly, "Foot of Thrawn?"
Hand laughed. "Oh yes," he reached behind FoT and pulled a small baby out, "Our little girl. Toe of Thrawn."
"I'm happy for you all," Acky said, "But that's not why I came. We need crew if we are to continue getting territory for the Produce in the UR."
HoT stopped himself and handed the baby back to FoT, "I'll help you as much as you need, but you don't want to go into the UR. There are species in there you've never encountered before. They can defeat you easily."
"We don't have a choice Hand. The Veggies are still attacking Cornuscant III as we speak! I don't have much time."
Hand sighed, "All right."
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Aaron
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(12/17/00 1:58:08 pm)
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T.O. That's good.
T.I.
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Acky12
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(12/17/00 4:56:48 pm)
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TO:
Which? EDD's or mine? OR both?
TI:
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(12/17/00 10:10:07 pm)
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T.O.
Well, specifically, that Foot/Toe thing. But both posts were very good.
T.I.
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Shattered Knight
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(12/17/00 11:12:39 pm)
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TO
LMAO!
TI
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away, and you have their shoes too.
Bub Ki Wan
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(12/18/00 9:45:49 am)
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(bub paces back and fort on the bridge of his Watermelon-class Star Destroyer)
(darth vader voice) I have been gone for too long, I must strike hard to the Rebel Alliance. (Mans a Ion-photon-super-blaster-deluxe loaded with produce) HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Shattered Knight is pelted with oranges, he flys through the air.
Admiral Kettch is badly hit with grapefruit, he falls to the ground
Aaron is hit with a lemon in the head, he jerks hard from the hit
Acky, ahhh acky, Bub sees him run for cover, Bub lets loose a proton-tomato, *BOOM*
Coop, is squirted with lemon juice by a monkey with a funny hat (the monkey is my secret spy, shhhh)
yea... that was fun, bring it on boys, i'm back!!!!!
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(12/18/00 1:25:43 pm)
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TO
WTF were ruined ruined I say.
TI
R9a and Kettch arived at CIII just as the shadow left. After they touched down they went to Rogues secret base were rogue interduced Kettch to his squad.
"This is Duncan Mcloud and his wing man Methos." R9a said
"Good to meet you" Kettch said
Then he interduced the rest of the Squad, Conner Mcloud and Amanda; Max and Logan and finaly Sean and Ricky.
After interductons they set out two the hanger where there fighters were being held. But when they got there an alarm started blaring.
Get to your ships we're under attack, R9a yelled.
TO
Well I've interduced my crew.
can someone else post about the fight.
Feel free to check out my sic-fi forum at pub41.ezboard.com/brogue9asscifi55327 and tell me what you think. I'm going to enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson. The Matrix
Acky12
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TO:
To those that were hear, bub is starting to act a bit like LB....
TI:
"Kettch!" R9 shouted, "Stay here!"
The little Ewok bounded over the R9 and leaped onto R9's shoulders, "Why?"
R9 shoved the Ewok off, "Because. I said so."
"He's also a lot bigger than you are," Conner muttered quietly.
R9 shot Conner a glance, "Get to your ships. We are going to battle."
* * *
"Captain," Tuvok said in his normal mono-tone voice, "Unauthorized ships have launched from the planet. X-Wings."
Kathryn Janeway stood with her usual authority, "Open a channel. If they haven't realized that Voyager is the lead in the defense of CIII, they are about to."
* * *
"Hey boss!" Duncan said over the comm, "We're being hailed!"
"Hailed? By whom? Don't they know we're here to save the day?" Methos added.
"Hey, hey, hey. Let's not get cocky." R9 replied.
"Why not? We are the fighter pilots." Came the voice of Ricky.
R9 opened the channel, "Rogue9 here."
"Rogue 9? This is Kathryn Janeway. Captain Kathryn Janeway. Of the Starship Voyager. You have not been given clearane to leave the planet. Please return so the defense blockade is not forced to disband."
Logan jumped in the conversation, "Look lady. I don't know who you are, but it doesn't look like you have any fighters. You'll need help."
"Is that so? Then perhaps you would rather see the clearence Voyager and her crew received by Admiral Acky to conduct the defense of CIII during his absense. And-"
Voyager was hit and the communication channel closed.
"Well boys, look's like we're sittin this one out." R9 said grimly.
"I ain't sitting this fight out!" Sean said.
"Ya! We're here to fight! Let's do it to it!" Amanda added.
"Look guys," R9 said, "We're not part of the military. She's a captain."
"Screw that! I'm going up!" Max shouted.
"All right..." R9 said softly. "Here goes nothing."
* * *
"Captain. The X-Wings are remaining on course. Our communcation system was knocked out by that last hit. Shields are at 98%."
"Thank you Tuvok." Janeway said, sitting down in the captain chair, "Red Alert. Open fire. All torpedo banks."
Voyager let loose. Everything turned right to hell.
The X-Wings, against Janeway's orders, streamed past Voyager
firing everything they had at the Veggies, and a few stray shots just /happened/ to hit Voyager's shields.
* * *
R9's squad faired well in the fight. They hadn't lost any men, though a stray plasma shot hit Duncan's astromech unit.
Back at the docking bay, they climbed out of their fighters with cheers from each other and congradulations directed toward each other.
Though no matter how well the fight went, the next battle was at hand.
A woman, in a black uniform with a large red stripe going from about the middle of the shirt part to the collar who had shoulder length blonde/brown hair, was leaning over talking to Admiral Kettch.
"And these are under you control?" She asked.
Kettch shrugged, "Somewhat."
"Thank you, Kettch." The woman said.
She pulled a rolled up piece of paper from her pocket and walked over to where R9 and "crew" had gathered.
"Which one of you is Rogue 9?" She asked.
R9 stepped forward and held out his hand.
The woman nodded and placed the rolled up paper in R9's hand. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway." She smiled, and walked away.
Methos stepped forward to R9, "What'd she give you?"
"I bet it's an invitation to join Voyager's crew!" Someone said behind them, "For that fancy flying we did up there!"
R9 opened the paper and read it. His face went pale. "Actually, it's a court marshal. For disobeying her orders."
The other pilots gasped silently and took turns reading the Court Marshal.
"Timeline? This is no time, to argue about time. We don't have the time......What was I saying?"
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