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The Hand of Thrawn
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(11/24/00 3:28:05 am)
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HoT hung his head in shame as the tattered Triad flag fleet exited transwarp in Chiss spacedock for repairs. The latest Triad assault on Talon's speculated main HQ had quickly turned to disaster. It HAD indeed been his main HQ. A warfleet, ten thousand strong had been waiting for HoT's armada, but had never fired a shot. All that had been needed to all but obliterate the Triad flotilla was a single force, the power of the Dark Chocolates!

The feeling had been unmistakable. It was the Dark Chocolates, yet it couldn't have been, for the Dark Chocolates had been destroyed. Kettch's darker side had been the last of them. But since then, their influence had still expanded. It had been taught to the NexGenJeds years later, and they had used its destructive force to raze an InGarm war fleet that had attempted to destroy their previous base in Galaxy 018, eleven years earlier. However, since then, Vong Master and Kenobi had taken over their tutelage and had forged them anew free of the Dark Chocolate once they'd been rescued from Talon's prison colony where the NGJ leader, Jax had met his end. Then who could it be using this dark power?

HoT's first instinct had been to call Admiral Kettch, after all, he knew better than anybody about the temptation of the Dark Chocolate. However, Kettch was at as much a loss as Hand of Thrawn, but the two did wonder whether all the NGJ had been accounted for during the penal colony raid. HoT then checked with Kenobi aboard the space going Jedi academy, Galaxy's Chylde. While the records Kenobi had were somewhat incomplete and contradictary (considering that many NGJ had been presumed dead only to reappear), Kenobi found several leads on some NGJ unaccounted for that neither died during the InGarm Scourge or were found at the prison. Talon must still have them, HoT thought aloud.

HoT knew that these prisoners, assuming they still existed, had to be rescued, before Talon could utilize their powers again, but HoT also knew this was not a mission for which he and his heavy-handed fleets were suited.


Two days later the Slave Fruit touched down on solid ground. It had taken a full day for the ship to descend into the atmosphere quickly enough to remain undetectable by BTCS scanners and yet slow enough so they wouldn't burn up in the toxic outer atmosphere without using engine power (which could potentially ignite the gaseous atmosphere). Talon had chosen his stronghold well. Slave Fruit turned on its thrusters, but set the gravity projectors to maximum output, so instead of giving the craft lift, the engines burned throught the planet's hard crust and Boba Fett's prized ship was able to burrow into the catacombs of the underground installation, undetected. Once they had reached the prison level (Fett used a pirated satellite to obtain a cross-section map of the facility while in orbit), Slave Fruit engaged its docking clamps to stop its downward motion, just before it could fall into the hot molten lava that flowed near the planet's rocky core.

That's when Fett extended the docking clamp drill, powdering through five meters of solid rock to cut through the metal corridor of the detention center. No sooner had the dust cleared, than two figures jumped into the passage, only to be surrounded by a group of Talon's automated defense sentries.

The droids didn't stand a chance.

Fett used a landyard to encircle a half-squad of them and reeled them in to take them out with a single shot from his E-3 rifle. HoT took the other six with a pearly white lightsaber, slashing down his opponents with deft efficiency.

Their opponents destroyed, the pair continued on through the installation, now on full alert. The base knew there were intruders now. Talon's home fleet would be called to the planet to prevent the heroes from escaping. They had to work fast! After making their way to the control booth, Fett called up the prisoner manifest and found the location of the high security prison cells.

Once they were outside the main cannery, HoT collapsed abruptly. Fett knelt by his comrade, "What is it, Hand?"

"Yasalimelons... we're getting close."

Fett nodded once then threw a concussion grenade at the main entrance. Through the gap, Fett strafed fire across the room taking out five yasalimelons. HoT entered a second later shaking his head clear, as the Force returned to him. In the center of the chamber, a line of cryostasis tubes was visible. Inside each one, a body was suspended in a deep sleep. HoT looked at the apparatuses above and behind the cylinders. "Talon is leaching off the NGJ's energy to power his attacks in orbit. He's using their knowledge of the Dark Chocolate to create a cascade effect. We need to deactivate this place."

Boba Fett nodded in agreement. "Simple enought let's unplug them." He walked towards the first cylinder, rubbing the condensation off the glass. Inside was a grinning skull. Fett leaped back in horror. Recovering quickly, he soon discovered the others had met the same fate.

HoT shook his head knowingly. "I guess the strain Talon put on their talents was too much." He sighed in defeat, then saw that there was one cylinder left. He went to it and found that there was a living specimen inside! He quickly activated the waking protocol and awoke the man inside. His power mut've been great. While the others had all died under the stress, this one remained clinging to life, powering Talon's destructive whims.

Awake once more, the man got unsteadily up on his feet as HoT supported him. "Who're you?"

"I'm Hand of Thrawn. This is Boba Fett. We're here to-"

"Invaders! In know you two! Jax ordered you destroyed." The man reached to his side and suddenly found that he had no lightsaber. "It seems you have me at a diadvantage."

HoT shook his head. "We're not you're enemies. You've been in cryo-stasis for several months as far as we can go. You and the others were betrayed by Talon and the BTCS. They killed Jax and forced the rest of the Jedi into forced labour in a penal colony in Garmoon space, until we rescued them. Talon used you and these others to power him in his mad plot to decimate our people with massive Dark Chocolate concussion waves. You, yourself are in a prison deep underground."

The man was uncomprehending. "How? That's impossible! Jax said it was for the good of the NGJ that we were brought here. He couldn't have kn-"

A bolt of energy sizzled passed the man's ear. Fett peaked around the corner. "As much as I'd love to chat, I think it best that we vacate this area and get off planet, before they can block off our escape route!"

So they ran, back to the ship, Fett covering their butts all the way, until lift-off.


Once they were clear of the world below, the man finally introduced himself. "So is Vong Master still with the Produce Republic with Corran or have they gone off in search of our old Jedi roots once more?"

HoT arched an eyebrow. "Why so interested in the man who tried to bring down the original NGJs?"

Shattered Knight (for that was the Jedi's name) spoke in a rich baritone. "Oh no reason, I just thought it'd be nice to see Vong Master again. I haven't seen my brother in eleven years, after all..."
"What it ultimately comes down to is a matter of trust. Whether you trust me personally; whether you trust the officers who approved my promotion to the rank of admiral; whether you trust the Emperor and his decision to place me in command here. Never assume things are necessarily the way they seem, Captain. Particularly when dealing with the Emperor. Or with Me." -G.A. Thrawn to Captain Dagon Niriz in Command Decision


Acky12
Jeedai
(11/24/00 12:58:56 pm)
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Acky Jr's cruiser left Aaron's ship as Jr began his leave of absence. His father had given him rough instructions on where the "bad feeling" was. Now it was up to Jr to find it.

His father had concluded the bad feeling would be in "plain view" in less than a standard month. If ECC restored the peace, the "bad feeling" could take it away again.

Everything, depended on Acky Jr following the words of his dead father..


TO:

Don't post about the BAD FEELING still. This is gonna be a race against time for Jr and he'll come back when the variables become one.

TI:
My dad and I wear the same pants.
I invented pants.
My mom once thought I was my dad....


Vong Master
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(11/24/00 6:33:00 pm)
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T.O
Hand of...Thrawn....going into...comma....incredible.....post.....knight is my....bro...*faints*. *wakes* Holy crap that was awesome! VM by the way is just hangin around the galaxy. He seems to not be able to battle for old person reasons.
Acky- Why do you always do this? You leave limited posting ability while you are the one who makes all these great posts. i want to include VM with stuff but i know it will mess up the bad feeling. What about Talon? He's suppose to be the main problem not the bad feeling.

t.i

VM was flabbergasted. Brother? Since when? Does THoT mean Shattered Knight? But he had been killed by Jax eleven years ago. It was impossible. Other matters were more important at the time though.
Acky Jr. was acting really weird. His force power was unlike known seen before. Acky himself was not much talented, but Jr. was something new.
What about Varra? (ACKY!!!!!) This VM imposter had to be delt with. The prank he pulled on Corran was not to go unoticed.
The academy was in Kenobi's hands. Vm was hated amongest the galaxy, and was limited on where he could go. He one more card to deal though. His day of reckoning was at hand....
Being cool is natural for me. I will not get bored Mr.Kenobi


Acky12
Jeedai
(11/24/00 6:46:10 pm)
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TO:

VM_Verra is Acky's wife. She's in the grieving process.

If you'll recall, Acky had his father (Qel)'s powers. Jr doesn't.

And why do I say "Don't post about ..." Same reason EDD asks not to post about that Hand. DId you bother to think that maybe there are things that EDD and I have talked about that will happen once he finds the Hand, and then by you posting there would screw everything up, and you may not have wanted to do that once you knew what it was EDD and I have planned? Hmm?

TI:

The single person craft jolted along the asteroid field. "Omph!"

Acky Jr. was into the Unknown Regions now, and his father was still trying to locate the exact pinpoint of the "Bad Feeling" which, from what he was able to tell, was very bad indeed.
My dad and I wear the same pants.
I invented pants.
My mom once thought I was my dad....


Aaron
Executor
(11/24/00 10:24:35 pm)
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T.O. VM, Jr's gone looking for the 'bad feeling.' Don't include him or it in your posts, and you'll be fine. HoT, excellent post.
T.I.

Aaron and Kettch shared a bottle of wine as they discussed the failed battle. "Fortunately, I had kept some of my fleet at the MNIC. Plus, I've got the Varsity fleet stationed at our capital Lowell. Caledonia will have to be evacuated, but we've got two strong bases of power."

Kettch nodded. "Plus, all your officers made it through. Though I heard the Johns had to be scrapped."

Aaron nodded. "We've got new ships being made, though. Our manager, Jim Blair, has managed to bring in the scraps of the Battle of Intecia. Also, he's recruited some more crew members from some minor powers that don't offer as good a salary for fighting for them. We're still in operable status.

"Good. As for myself, I have moved my capital to Monarch. It will serve."

"Excellent. I've given Captain Woods command of the fleet around the MNIC. Hofert and Olsen will serve as lieutenants. I've appointed Hofert Sr. and Fick as tacticians. I'll allow Jacobus handle the Varsity fleet."

"And you?"

"I'm accompanying Kenobi, SK, and VM to reason with Corran and see if he'll join the Renewed Alliance."
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Acky12
Jeedai
(11/25/00 10:07:47 am)
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Jr's small ship ducked and dove around the planet Sesqa and rather than finding open space, Jr almost crashed into a giant wall. "Ah!" He pulled around and once he was far enough, he turned around to see what it was that he almost crashed into.

He gasped. "A Death Squash?!!?"

Acky Sr knew now, that Talon had somehow gotten ahold of the Death Squash plans. This was more than a bad feeling. If they got the ship operational, it would spell the end of the galaxy.


TO:

Think guys! Sesqa is in the unknown regions. You can't find it. Sesqa is the name that Jr gave to the planet. You have no clue where it is.
(In other words, don't come looking.)

TI:
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Aaron
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(11/25/00 1:06:06 pm)
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T.O. Remind me what a Death Squash does?
T.I.

Aaron looked at David Blair, thunderstruck. "What?"

"I've done some research, and it appears to me that the Six can only be killed by their double."

"And this is because?"

"Well, the positively charged megaions are reversely polarized by the Ferison Law. So the multicerriacal forces in-"

"Never mind. This could be trouble. The Six have hardly proven themselves to be loyal."

"I know. What's worse, Kettch has disappeared."

"What? Where?"

"We believe he's looking for his son."

Aaron groaned. "This is not what I need. Call Corran and tell him I'll be a couple days late. I need to report this to the others.
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Ed2D2
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(11/25/00 2:06:37 pm)
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As the lettuce destroyer bolted from hyperspace, EC3 could immediately identify the planet before him... Florida. Despite its "swings" in the time space continuum, Florida loked like any other planet would: filled with lush jungles, oceans, and sprawling cities known for their amusement parks.

"EC3, do you see what we're looking for?" asked Pear slowly.

EC3 squinted, trying to make out the small tears that would lead them to the Hand of Ed2d2. Looking over the bluish green patches, the brown patches of farmland, and the metallic grey of cities, he suddenly saw a silver flicker in orbit.

"Other there," he motioned, looking at his control board before rattling off the exact coordinants. Alison smiled nervously as she ordered the weapons officers to aim at the coordinants. Admiral Pear glanced at his control board, then paused.

"I suppose now is the time I say an inspirational message-"

"Sir!" the communications officer cried out. "The planet! It's swinging again!"

"Darnit!" shouted Pear. "They must have gone to the Chiss Supreme Court!"

"What?!?" asked Alison and EC3 simultaniously.

Pear slapped his forehead. "I don't know. Just aim those weapons... hurry! This might be our last chance."

Alison eyed her status board cautiously. "It says weapons are focused at 100%..."

"Punch it!" ordered Pear as he turned to the weapons officer. Suddenly, the entire crew was knocked to their feet as a steady stream of energy bolted from the lettuce destroyer. The silver was highlighted, almost as if it were opening... but then slammed shut.

Pear's eyes went wide. "Route every single volt of energy! Turn off the lights, relay all electricity to the weapons except for scanners or life support! Go!"

Crew members flew into the main viewscreen as the ship flew backwards upon expelling so much energy. "Sir!" yelled EC3 over the noise. "It's opening!" Suddenly, the crew members flew back onto the back wall. EC3 hung to the scanner board with all of his energy, Pear sat calmly into his seat (being the only one who wore his seat belt), and Alison was tumbling towards the back wall.

Then, as if it never happened, the weapons stopped firing, the ship stopped moving, and crew members scattered onto the floor.

Smiling, EC3 stood up and strolled over to the main scanners. "Sir," he began, "we are in a new system. Seven inhabitable planets, fifteen planets in all. Three planets are inhabited. There is a major shipyard, bigger than I've ever seen, in orbit of the largest planet."

"Sir," said the communications officer. "Someone is trying to reach us!"

Pear smiled as if he had just won millions of credits. "Excellent. Return systems to normal and accept the signal. We have just reached the system of the Hands!"

***

An hour later, EC3, Alison, and Pear were sitting in the front seat of a tour guide grape cruisor with Kaar, Professor Feingold, and Todtode, the elected President of the Hand of Ed2d2, who were standing in front of the windows, pointing out the sites.

"The main urban center is the Hand of Ed2d2. Back when he found the system, Ed2d2 had decided to terraform this planet. Though it was built up into an urban community, much like Cornuscant, most of the water and oxygen supply is natural, from forests in the north and south poles," described Todtode, visibly proud with his predecesor's accomplishments. "The Hand of Ed2d2 is a society made up of almost any species imaginable, including Intecids. The goal was to create an ideal society in which all beings were equal and could live together in peace. Most of the settlers are either from the old Produce Remnant during the period of the Fruit Republic or refugees. In fact, the Intecid city was formed when a ship of Intecids applied for help to the Fruit Republic."

EC3 perked up in interest. "What happened?"

"Well," said Todtode, as if going into historian mode. "The Intecids were at that time only settling in two galaxies. The Garmoon Empire, wishing to conquer them, devastated their lands. Developing a intergalactic transportation system of their own, the Intecids jumped into our galaxy and applied to the Fruit Republic for help.

"It was a bad idea. The Fruit Republic attacked their ship, destroyed their intergalactic device, and forced them to flee into Chiss space. That is when Ed2d2 found their shipped and offered one thousand Intecids a home on his planet.

"Species are admitted even now. There is a large community of Strawberry Fields, and we recently have reached the achieved true unity: there have been no ethnic battles, no arguments or tensions, since the Hand was established.

"But now, must refugees who come here choose to move to one of the two newer hands, to help build communities of peace. In fact, the Hand of Ed2D2 (Jr) just received a ship of Juice refugees..."

Alison's eyes went wide with excitement. "My parents were on that ship!"

Todtode smiled. "I will have them contacted. In the meantime, Professor Feingold will explain the other two Hands breifly."

"Of course," said Professor Feingold in an ecentric lecturing tone. "The Hands each have their own democratic government. Many things are voted on by the people as a whole. There is an elected leader, and a Congress, however, that is voted in by the people.

"Ed2D2 decided to take his father's ideas a step further. The second Hand planet is based on the idea of unity with nature. Though the planet is filled with technology, some surpassing that of the original Hand, the cities are built to minimize harm to the environment. Because of this, instead of having five billion being like the urban Hand of Ed2d2 has, the Hand of Ed2D2 will have three billion."

"And the Hand of Kaar will have somewhere in between there, once it is completed," said Kaar with a grin. "I will now explain our weapons. We oppose war, but we deploy our fleets and weapons when necessary. To launch our fleets, we require 90% authorization by the people. We held a vote yesturday, and 98% approved. We will be launching our fleet tommorow (Sunday in Earth days)."

"Thank you," said EC3 with a huge grin. "Thank you so much."

Kaar smiled back. "The least we could do for the galaxy." After a pause, she suddenly remembered something. "By the way, she said. "We have your friend Acky in a medical ship. We will send him with you when the door is opened and you leave."

"Acky's alive?!?"

"Yep," said Kaar. "He was beamed to our station after his suicide attack. He is still in a coma, but we did our best to let him survive."

"Great," said EC3 with a thankful smile.

Kaar turned towards her comlink (which was more advanced than any of the three outsiders had ever seen) and spoke into it. "Twenty four hours until launch," she said. "Hopefully, Talon will fall, the galaxy will recover, and the people of the galaxy will gather into peace so that one day it can consider the work we have done here. May the Force be with us!"

***

Time out: My parents want me to do chores, so I will post the Hand of Ed2d2's weapon launching tommorow (Sunday).
"Try not. Do or do not... There is no try"-Yoda, Empire Strikes Back
"Strawberry fields forever!"-The Beatles
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Acky12
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(11/25/00 2:44:36 pm)
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Wonderful EDD! But remember, Jr and VErra don't know that Acky's still alive, in a sense, until ECC decides to contact them.

Aaron-Death Squashes are from the early days of the PW. THey're the equivilent of a Death Star in PW terms.

TI:

Jr flung his ship around, full force, but couldn't escape the tractor beam.

He ship cliked down on the deck of the Death Squash. Soldiers surrounded him and slaves working on the deck turned to stare at the little ship.

"COme with us and you will not be harmed."

Acky Jr looked cautiously at his surroundings...

* * *

'This can't be happening!' HoT thought. Talon ships had suddenly appeared on all sides of his retreating fleet.

Not only were his ships and crew tired, and barely moving, now they were under attack!

After an hour or so of putting in a distress call, Aaron's fleets arrived. They weren't in much better condition, but anything would work.

HoT looked at Aaron, "Aaron, I've been thinking." THe ship jolted as it took another hit, "You said that the imposters can only be defeated by their real person."

Aaron nodded and grabbed onto the side of the panel to keep from falling over.

HoT looked down, "What if the real person is dead? Like Acky. How can Acky defeat himself when he's dead!"

Aaron shrugged and started to reply when a call came from the bridge, "SIR!"

HoT struggled to get to his comamnd chair just in time to see the Death Squash coming out of hyperspace.

"Oh, no." he said quietly.

The squash fired to the port side of HoT's ship, destroying a group of ships that had stuck together to protect a defenseless one.

"Weapons charging again!"

HoT braced for impact, but it never came.

The Squash turned, it looked like it was going to ram the Triad ships!

When suddenly, it spun and fired upon the Talon ships, destroying them all!

"Hail that ship!" Aaron commanded.

"No need, sir. It's hailing us."

"On screen."

Acky Jr appeared on the screen, "Hello. DIdn't expect to see me back so soon?"

HoT laughed, "I guess not. And where the devil did you get a death squash?"

"Meet the 'bad feeling'. Apparently, Talon was constructing it. They had enslaved people from my father's homeworld. When I landed, they saw the resemblence and it's mine now."

Aaron clapped, "Good show! But what to do with it?"

"Let's get the slaves off, then I've got a special purpose for it to do."

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Once the slaves had been sent to planets, Acky jr took the Death Squash to the Vegetable Maw. "Everyone is off Hand. Aaron-have your ships lock onto the Squash with with Tractor beams."

Acky jr climbed into his ship and docked at HoT's newly repaired ship.

"Now what?" Aaron asked.

Jr looked at the display, "Go to point 3.456 and let the Squash go."

Aaron, confused, did as he was told. When his ships dropped the tractor beam, the Squash slowly slid into the black hole.

"NO!" HoT yelled, "Don't let it go!"

Jr called on the force and held HoT back, "It's trouble. Anyone who has a DS will be corrupted by the power."

HoT struggled, but the Squash disappeared into the black hole and Acky Jr left, searching for ECC.
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Aaron
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(11/25/00 4:28:09 pm)
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T.O. Good show, Acky? I'm not British.

T.I.

Aaron sighed. HoT had made a good point. How would they defeat Aar? He turned to David. "Any ideas?"

"I suppose it's possible that Acky Jr. could defeat him. But reanalyzing it, I discovered that one other can defeat these six. Their 8th cousin, Fred."

Aaron grinned. "Excellent. Where is this Fred?"

David gulped. "Well, uh, according to this report-"

"Just tell me."

"Mango's Center for the Mentally Disturbed."

Aaron felt a migraine start up. "Why me?"

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Fred grinned as he sat in the middle of his padded cell. Soon they would come. Soon, he would be released. And then, nothing would stop him.

T.O. Don't post about Fred. I got a new plotline cooked up. (well, kinda).
T.I.
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Acky12
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(11/25/00 5:48:17 pm)
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TO:

Sorry Aaron. COuldn't think of anything else. And remember, you guys don't know Acky is..semi-alive. Fred comes to the plot! YES!

And it's:

Taar=HoT
Faar=Boba Fett
Vaar=Vong Master
Aar=Acky
Eaar=EDD
Araar=Aaron

In case anyone forgot.

TI:


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Aaron
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(11/25/00 6:02:16 pm)
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T.O. How about 'excellent'? And yeah, I had to go back and look it up. BTW, how come Corran, Kenobi, and Kettch didn't get anyone? I do know that Acky is alive. I also know that nobody knows he is, which is why Aaron is going to release Fred, which could doom the galaxy...assuming we ever get the current plot tied up (BTW, this is not saying rush to finish this one; I just want a backup, and this is too good to pass up ).
T.I.
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Acky12
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(11/25/00 6:09:26 pm)
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TO:

I mean, in the story you don't know Acky's alive.

Corran and Kenobi we didn't think of at the time.
Kettch-well, with the other members of Kaar's family being basically human, would an ewok really fit in? Talk about major runt...*L*

TI:
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Aaron
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(11/25/00 6:10:40 pm)
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T.O.True. I figured it was because you already had a 'K'.
T.I.
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The Hand of Thrawn
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(11/26/00 2:07:06 am)
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TO:
Howzit hangin' ppl? Just got home from one MAJOR cast party. So if I seem kinda out of it with this post, don't bother asking why.

TI:
Talon frowned. This was not part of the plan. The tide of battle had turned against him. His Death Squash had been lost. His fleets decimated and in retreat. Of the hundred systems he had empowered, now only a dozen remained under his direct control and he had seen to the preparation for combat readiness in those systems. Now, this campaign was nothing but a long siege. The BTCS criminal network was fractured and splintered. The lines of communication had been shut. Operatives were cut off from their leader and had abandoned the cause. Talon's lieutenants had fled sanctuary in the Triad and Produce to see if they could get off easy by offering up what they thought they knew of Talon. They had all met grizzly deaths at the hands of Talon's many agents. However, Talon was still wary of whether he could repel a large scale assault on his holdings...

TO:
'K, so no posting about destroying the BTCS or annhialating Talon's territory. But for god's sakes, Acky, no more freakin' superweapons and enough with your stupid cousins whoever the hell they are. Just get Fred to kill them already.
"What it ultimately comes down to is a matter of trust. Whether you trust me personally; whether you trust the officers who approved my promotion to the rank of admiral; whether you trust the Emperor and his decision to place me in command here. Never assume things are necessarily the way they seem, Captain. Particularly when dealing with the Emperor. Or with Me." -G.A. Thrawn to Captain Dagon Niriz in Command Decision


Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/26/00 3:43:55 am)
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T.O.
Can no one please write about Shattered Knight? ESCPECIALLY meeting with VM?
i know this is a pain escpecially to VM himself but it would help a lot please
THANX!
T.I


Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/26/00 3:57:43 am)
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Jolted from an endless dream, a recurring nightmare, Shattered Knight instantly fell into the depths of the Force, falling through into its powerfull current and drifting along in its wisdom, trying to grasp what exactly had woken him from his years-long hibernation..
he had set himself into such a deep powerfull sleep, becoming one with the force itself, that this force warning must be of great importance. He delved deeper into the flow, and with a sharp intake of breath caught a startling vision:

The bridge of a command ship.
Himself, standing next to him HoT and Fett.
HoThrawn, sending a transmission to.. to...
His..his ..brother?
He Cried out as the vision tapered away,swallowed in the current of the Force..
NO!!!!!!
He grasped one last straw as the vision disappeared...
swirling into blackness he caught a glimpse of the short black scar along ...his left? (LEFT)?!?!... wrist?
Hmm? that scar? ..... oh no...oh. no....

Then , as quickly as it came, the vision was gone.
He looked back to his own wrist.. the scar along his RIGHT wrist.... "then that means... that means.. hes not dead? Knightmare is alive? no! impossible!

HoT and Fett must think that Knightmare is me?
This is bad...
I have to get out of here..




Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/26/00 4:11:12 am)
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T.O.

Okay your probly wondering what the hell that was all about?
I dont blame you im really tired...
ok well ill try to give you a basic idea of whats going on with shattered knight / knightmare without giving away to much of the plot

HoT and Fett stumble upon who they think is Shattered Knight, VMs brother, HOWEVER this is not shattered knight, but a (sort of) clone , who is pretending to be shattered knight
the REAL shattered knight is being held in some facility and has a force vision and realises that knightmare(the clone tjing) is alive..so he think hed better escpae and warn HoT and Fett, and most ECPECIALLY his Bro VM....


SO CAN YOU PLEASE NOT WRITE ABOUT SHATTERED KNIGHT IN THE FACILITY OR ABOUT KNIGHTMARE IN GENERAL, ESCPECIALLY HIM MEETING WITH VONG MASTER, ID APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LET ME DO IT
SORRY

ok thanx guys hey and BTW HoT thanx for the intro into PW

T.I.


Acky12
Jeedai
(11/26/00 1:31:25 pm)
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TO:

Another death squash was kinda lame HoT, you're right, but I had the whole bad feeling going and suddenly realized, "I dont' have something for the bad feeling." *L*

EDD! You need to have ECC tell Verra and Jr that Acky's still alive.

Thus, I'm not gonna continue the story line until Jr finds out his dad is alive. Have a nice day!

TI:
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Vong Master
Executor
(11/26/00 4:44:35 pm)
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The card VM plays....he reluctantly joins talon.

t.o

Knight VM is now occupied. He is with Talon now so lets see if you can get them to meet. Join BTCS.
Being cool is natural for me. I will not get bored Mr.Kenobi


Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/27/00 4:03:44 am)
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whats BTCS?

( feels like an idiot )


Ed2D2
Priest
(11/27/00 4:22:20 pm)
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Time out:

BTCS is a massive criminal organization headed by the evil Talon. It has a massive network of spies and extreme underlaying influence over the galaxy's workings. Early in the Megaverse War, Talon used his influence to invade many of the galaxies planets, but since his organization has been fought back to twelve systems (as Hand said).

I will post the Hand's launch in a half hour

Time in:
"Try not. Do or do not... There is no try"-Yoda, Empire Strikes Back
"Strawberry fields forever!"-The Beatles
"Think Different"-Apple


Ed2D2
Priest
(11/27/00 6:11:08 pm)
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Time out:

Here goes

I attempted to make everything here fit with all of the ongoing storylines. Upon Hand of Thrawn's request, the Hand of Ed2d2 does not affect the war against Talon.

Time in:

Kaar stood at the main command center of the Hand of Ed2d2 military octagon orange, looking over the battle designs the students at the center's college had written up. Nodding with satisfaction, she turned towards Professor Feingold, EC3, Pear, and Alison. "Any comments before we launch in an hour."

EC3 perused the map with precision and frowned with slight dissapointment. "It's ingenious... most problems are taken care of, including planets under Carnivor blockade. But you don't even touch Talon territory. Isn't the purpose of this launch to save the galaxy from his grip?"

"I thought you might bring that up," said Kaar casually. "The main concern here is unrest all over as a result of Talon. But your Triad and Remnant fleets have done a fine job of battling back Talon. Now the concern has turned to the other threats. I have no doubt that Hand of Thrawn's fleet will eventually win ultimate victory against Talon."

Alison surveyed the map and grinned. "My people are going to love your political idea for the formation of the Federation of Independent Worlds."

"I'm glad you like it. That was my idea," said Feingold proudly. "In that, if it is alright with you, I took the liberty of making you their main ambassador to the rest of the galaxy."

Her eyes widened in shock, Alison murmured, "but I'm just a student. What could I-"

"Alison... your skills are more impressive than some political vetrans I know," Pear commented. "And the difference between you and most others is that you know what the people of those worlds want; you will not pursue more power for yourself."

"Well, maybe," said Alison weakly. Turning to Kaar and visibly wanting to change the subject, she asked "how long until launch?"

"Fourty five minutes..." suddenly an alarm blared out of the silence that usually filled the command room. The officers in the room, considering not having ever truly enountering an emergency (this is the Hand of Ed2d2 we're talking about), ran to their consoles quickly and efficiently as if it were second nature. Admiral Pear marveled at their dicipline.

"Kaar!" one shouted. "Emergency! The Intecids have placed a full siege on the independant world cluster in the megaverse."

Kaar calmly turned to Alison. "Well, I suppose I'll change my answer." Spinning towards the officer that reported to her, she ordered "Commander. Tell the fleet to launch on my mark. It's time the galaxy became a safe place."

***

Newly appointed Admiral Parsley tried to remain calm within the panic. As a gesture of goodwill and an attempt to promote peace, the Produce Remnant had sent military aid to the border between Intecid space and neutral independent space.

And the Intecids, against all logic, were attacking.

In force.

Parsley jogged to his scanner officer. "What do we have here?"

"Sir, the Intecids have launched a fleet larger than anything we've seen before! Thousands of warships... the scanners are still counting..."

"Contact the rest of theRemnant Fleet. Patch a message to the Triad to ask for aid."

The communications officer attempted to do this. Pressing several buttons, he was faced with an empty monitor. "Their jamming all long distance channels!" he shouted in disbelief.

Parsley stared at the Intecid warships shown on the viewport. A thirty ship peace keeping fleet would be no match for thousands of battle hardened Intecid ships...

"Jump to hyperspace!"

"We can't do that, either. They have projected an interdictor field. Nothing can get in or out of the system."

Swearing under his breath, Parsley hoped that something drastic would happen... and quickly.

***

President Turnip of the Produce Remnant was writing a letter when an urgent com message beeped in. Raising an eyebrow as to who could be calling, Turnip turned on the channel. "Yes?"

"Sir!" a voice screamed, prompting Turnip to flinch in surprize. "The Remnant is under attack!"

"Talon? Contact the Triad..."

"No! It's Ecky. And the Carnivores. They have apparently made an alliance, and they are attacking the Remnant Core as we speak!"

***

As the galaxy shattered into battles of good and evil, shadows were casted across the future. Planets fell quickly to the Intecid Empire, hundreds of ships were decimated as Ecky and the Carnivotes sieged Remnant space, and small uprisings were keeping the Triad from being able to contribute.

And then the Hand of Ed2d2 launched its fleet.

The battle against the Carnivores was the first and quickest. As a rallied combined fleet of over eight hundred ships of technology never before seen in the galaxy fought the evil blockaders, the Carnivore fleet suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat to their astroid sector.

Suspecting that the Hand was launched by his agent Icky, Ecky watched in glee as the Carnivores were defeated. His alliance with them was temporary, and he had decided to betray the Carnivores eventually anyway...

But then, just as his ships decimated a large produce freighter, the fleet began firing upon his ships. As Ecky tried to fight on, hoping that his Intecid allies would help, his fleet was quickly destroyed. Cursing the Remnant, the Hand, the Triad, and all they stood for, Ecky ordered his officer to set a ramming course for the Chiss capital of Wisconsin. If he were to be defeated, he would do so in style. The loss of habitat on Wisconsin would severely hurt the Triad and Remnant for many years...

Just as Ecky's fleet was about to enter Wisconsin's atmosphere, a new ship entered the system. Turning around in his chair, Ecky thought the ship looked vaguely familiar...

And then his fleet exploded in Wisconsin orbit, victim of the strong missiles developed in Hand Space.

The ships of the Hand broke up from there, easing into the neutral sectors. Being that alternate forms of transportation had to be developed because of the hyperspace shadow over the Hand system, the fleets had no trouble bursting into the system. Luckily, the battle was short lived: after a hundred Intecid cruisors were destroyed in the first five minutes of the battles, the Intecids contacted Admiral Parsley and surrendered all conquered planets over to the Remnant.

As the Intecid cruisors returned to their home sectors, they were met with a new challenge: revolution. Amid the confusion of the loss of conquered land, the Intecid Empire collapsed and was soon replaced by a new government, the Intecid Kingdom.

As the largest battle in the galaxy's history drew to a close, the small uprisings in Triad space were calmed by expert Ambassadors from the Hand.

And as if nothing had ever happened, the Fleets of the Hand of Ed2d2 slipped back into their home system with no casualties and minor damage.

***

The day after the Battle of the Hand, the governments of the galaxy met in a conference that would one day be referred to as the Congress of Cornuscant. At this conference, a new level of galactic peace was reached that was unparalled by history.

It was decided that Cornuscant would become the unofficial capital of the galaxy, where all of the diplomats from the galaxy's governments would meet together to make negotiations and peace. At the one day meeting, the following governments were established:

-The Produce Remnant was officially renamed to the Produce Republic. Consisting of three fourths of the territory of the original Republic along with Chiss space and several outer planets that had once been neutral, the Republic led the galaxy in technology and fashion for years to come.

-The Triad first offered the planets they had taken back to the Republic, but it was decided that in order to best serve the people, it was best to have two seperate governments. Because of this, the Triad, led by Chancillor Hand of Thrawn, became made up of many of the planets added to the galaxy after the Great Collapse.

-The Federation of Independent planets, a loosely bound organization developed for the defense of independent planets, was founded in the independent cluster. Alison became the Head Ambassador and was sent to Cornuscant to represent the independent planets.

-The Intecid Kingdom, made up of all original Intecid territory, became the first large scale Intecid government to appoint a Congress. The first action of this Congress was to make peace with the Federation of Independent planets, then to scale back on the military.

-Intecidia, a small republic on the rim of the galaxy made up of Intecid refugees was granted independance by the Produce Republic.

-The Garmoon Authority, a government established by rebels in Garmoon space formerly controlled by the Intecids, became a recognized government.

-Corran Horn, with support from most of the inhabitants of the other, officially founded his new government. Basing it at Naboo, he began organizing the means for the new government to function.

Although the galaxy had encountered a great leap, things were not perfect. The Jedi Order, still wounded by the epidemic of the past, struggled to rebuild itself. Talon, hoping to restore his organization to its former glory, began the process of preparing for another strike against the Triad. The Hand of Ed2d2 still remained isolated because of the hyperspace shadow. Citizens of the galaxy remained persecuted and stripped of their rights in certain sectors, and arguments plagued the meetings on Cornuscant.

But it was a start. For the first time in galactic history, the governments of the galaxy actually began to work together peacefully.

***

Acky Jr. frowned as his father, still stricken by a coma, was rolled into his household. Upon discovering that his father was still alive, he was estatic, but seeing his father in a comatose state hurt him deeply.

"How long until he recovers?" asked Verra as EC3 revealed the news.

"Not too long... I would normally say it would take a month for him to recover with our treatments, and even after he recovered, he would never regain full control of his legs," said Kaar. "But knowing his connection with the Force, I'm sure the recovery will be much quicker."

***

EC3, representative from the Republic on Cornuscant, smiled as he spotted Alison. Jogging towards him, she responded with an equilvelent smile.

"How is everything?"

"Pretty good," Alison responded.

And with another set of smiles, the pair took a walk beneath the beatiful sky scapes of Cornuscant.
"Try not. Do or do not... There is no try"-Yoda, Empire Strikes Back
"Strawberry fields forever!"-The Beatles
"Think Different"-Apple


Vong Master
Executor
(11/27/00 6:33:53 pm)
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T.O
I'M speechless.
T.I

VM channeled all of the possible anger through Qel. The chocolate side was more promising. The power capable was much greater than the fruit side and lightside combined.
"VM it is a dark time for us," said the evil voice of Talon in the shadows. "We musy fight on though. The glory of BTCS must live on. The galaxy, with a great cover up, thinks you are dead. Exactly my plan."
"Indeed, master," reponded VM.
"Now VM, use your power," said Talon with a laugh. Vm instanly, without warning, destroyed a rim Insectid world.


Aaron
Warmaster
(11/27/00 6:43:47 pm)
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T.O. Um, Ed2D2, you do realize that Ecky was already dead? Oh well...
T.I.

Aaron sighed. "Look, EC3, I know you want me to join your alliance. But we aren't a government. We'd be happy to work with you, but I don't want a seat on your congress, or any political authority over our group. I know this has led to problems with power hunger in the past, but I won't let that happen. I don't want my squad to be hauled down by a bunch of red tape."

EC3 nodded. "I can respect that. What will you do now?"

"Well, if you don't have anything you'd like to request, I'm going to find Kettch. He's been missing for quite awhile. We might need his help if we're to deal with the Six or Talon. Plus, Ucky and Ocky are still out there. Have we gotten Fred out of the Institution yet?"

EC3 shook his head. "He's a real case. And with Acky back, we don't need to let him out."

"True. Let's see, there's Eaar, Aar, Araar, Vaar, Taar, and Faar. We can take all of them, assuming no one dies."

"I would hope not. Do you need any help tracking down Kettch?"

"Kenobi's volunteered to come along, but other than that, no. I don't want to owe anyone any favors if I can help it. You know if I did, those politicians would never let me hear the end of it."

"True. Though this batch isn't too bad."

"Whatever. Politics can kiss my-"

"Aaron! Vaar's attacking in force!" Hofert ran in the room.

"Crap. Assemble the-"

"Uh, Aaron-" said EC3.

"What?"

"Vaar is currently on Las Angelcake."

"Well then, who-"

"Aaron and EC3." A holograhm appeared in front of them. Aaron recognized the figure's garbs as those belonging to an officer of Talon. Aaron paled as he saw the figure. No, it couldn't be true...

"This is Vong Master. I have realized my true calling. Prepare to die."

T.O. Uh, VM posted that while I was writing, so just pretend that me and EC3 are a little behind on who's officially dead.
Hockey is my life.

Edited by: Aaron at: 11/28/00 3:25:10 pm


Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/28/00 1:48:55 am)
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T.O.

hey HoT i need to know whats going on with the Shattered Knight on your ship...
umm wait its okay.... what is the type of ship we are on?
like what size etc. ??
This jeedai lives, and I will again taste his blood as he dies.


Shattered Knight
Chazrach
(11/28/00 2:05:06 am)
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T.O.
Well HoT your notonline so im assuming that KM is still on ur ship and that ur ship is big enough to hold a XJ xwing in it

T.I.

Knightmare smiled to himself. They didnt suspect a thing. Not Fett nor that fool Hand of Thrawn. This would be too easy.
He glanced at the chrono. 12:15. Time to get out of here.

Knightmare glided swiftly down the corridor toward the hanger, cloaking himself where necessary.
He reached the hangar, finding his ticket to freedom, the sleek long nosed XJ.


Alarm klaxons blaring, HoT strode down the corridor to the bridge, reaching it just in time to see his brand new x wing launch from the hangar

A comm trsnsmission was bleeping..
he opened the channel.
"Hello Hand. This is Shattered Knight. Thank you for your hospitality."
He sneered.
"I'll be back for you later"
Hand swore as the XJ hit hyperspace..
This jeedai lives, and I will again taste his blood as he dies.


Aaron
Warmaster
(11/28/00 3:49:26 pm)
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The MNIC rocked as VM's fleet fired volley after volley into it. Nearly two hundred BTCS vessels occupied the skies above the RAMS base, outnumbering the shattered remains of Aaron's fleet and EC3's small personal guard nearly four to one (that means Aaron has fifty ships, for the mathmatically impaired ). The Varsity fleet was not due to return for another hour, more than enough time for VM's fleet to mop up the remains of the JV squad. An Insector was in place to prevent the escape of the RAMS, meaning it was a fight to the death. And Aaron, on board the Lowell II, had a pretty good feeling who was gonna die.

EC3, onboard his own flagship, the Hand of EC3, frowned. It did not look good. "Sir," said one of Ed2D2's aides, our shields are down to thirty percent. Our ring finger laser has been taken out of commision already by a luck shot."

One of the strange parts of the Hand3 is that it was shaped as an enormous hand, with a powerful laser on each 'finger.' The lasers shot slowly, but could cause massive damage with each shot. It also had smaller lasers covering it to prevent starfighters from penetrating the defenses. Plus, it had the ability to move its fingers, making it very versital indeed.

EC3 sighed. "Have you boosted the shield power from the hypeardrive?"

"No sir. I'll do that now."

"Good. Confine crews to quarters and route life support from uneeded sectors to shields as well."

"Yes sir."

"EC3, this is Aaron. You having any luck calling for reinforcements?"

"No. They're jamming us with that Insector. We'll either have to kill it or wait for Varsity."

"We don't have that long! We've got to take out that ship!"

"Aaron, this is David Maylone! Me and Dave have an idea."

"Let's here it, David."

"I'll let Dave tell you."

Dave Blair's voice soon sounded over the comm. "Aaron, if we route the power out of the base's shields, we might be able to focus it enough to cause a beam of energy to shoot off into space. If we can get someone to target this shot, we can take out that Insector!"

"How do we focus it?"

"We need to get a ship to the Insector."

"That'll be tough. The defense is pretty good."

"Well, if we can draw some ships out..."

"How are we gonna do that?"

"Offer them a more tempting target?"

Aaron thought for a second. "Wait, what does VM want more than anything?"

"Uh..."

"To kill Vaar! He hates being impersonated. He told me himself. If we can convince him Vaar showed up..."

"He'd send ships to take him out!"

"Leaving us with an opening. Can you work something up, Dave?"

"Give me a second...yeah, by scanning VM's flagship, I can use the holograhm projector we have on Lobby to project the ship over there." Lobby was one of MNIC's moons. "With the right color changes, it would be convincing."

"With the beacons there, it wouldn't be too hard to project the right transponder code. And VM's radar wouldn't be able to tell because the moon blocks its path," added EC3.

Aaron nodded. "Do it. And start storing up the energy. I'll send Jordan Schaefer to aim the shot."

He turned to EC3 and grinned. "We might come out of this."

EC3 grimaced as another of his ships exploded. "Yeah, but at what cost?"
Hockey is my life.


Acky12
Jeedai
(11/28/00 3:50:28 pm)
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Cool EDD!
Aaron-Ecky's still alive. He never died. He was blown away, but he lived through that. He's been in several recent posts.

VM-In your post you said something about Qel. Qel is dead. You know that right? Acky has Qel's powers, but Qel himself if dead.

TI:

Jr knelt at his father's side when his father's spirit rose.

"Son. I need you to do me a favour, for when I do wake up."

Jr grinned, "When? You mean you will wake up?"

"In time. I am certain of that."

Jr continued grinning, "And your favour?"

Acky Sr explained quietly and hours later, Acky Jr departed.