*As the battle outside waged, the New Republic commanders were nervous... not one of teh Crimson Star's weapons fired.

Then, the Anti-Matter cannon pulsed with energy, and blasted a capital ship to oblivion, the shock wave taking a chunk out of two near by cruisers. The superlasers began to erupt in an impressive display of precision targeting, taking out cruiser after cruiser. then silence. Turbo lasers began licking the fighters and the remaining cruisers.
Down in the shaft, the fighters began thier runs, only to find what started as a peaceful nav, to a fight for thier lives. Ion cannons spoke angerly, disabling many of the fighters. Flax's fighter's shields hold, and manages to get to the main reactor core. Suddenly, his ship is rocked with a tremendous force, lurching forward, than it stoped. He looked around, and saw a massive Ion cannon sitting in the "reactor". He'd been tricked.

The Ion cannon smashed down his shields with a single blast. Rather than falling, Flax's fighter is pulled towards the opposite end of the dummy "reactor", by an invisible yet powerful force... tractor beams. His fighter is rapidly drawn into a waiting hangar and smashed none to gently into the opposite end, knocking him unconscious. Imperial guards surrounded the fhighter, and forced the cockpit open, firing several stun bolts into the cockpit... They took no chances. The Jedi Binder stood waiting, and he was secured in.

*Starr backs away from the fight, and wrinkles his brow and shuts his eyes in a look of concentration. He puts forward his hands, and...

..suddenly the Reborn go flying, with a shocked-looking Reletha flying after them. Starr grabs Odin and Deac and points to a spot on the wall ahead in the hallway*

There! It's disguised with a hologram! It's the way to Cracken!

*Starr Force-speeds away---and sure enough, right through the wall. Deac and Odin follow---

And suddenly a huge durasteel door slams behind them. They can hear another close behind it, and another behind that, and several more behind those. The room fills with knockout gas. The ceiling opens....to reveal a gigantic ion cannon. An enormous bolt engulfs Deac and Odin and fills the room, and then all there is is blackness.*

((OOS: Disclaimer: This post has been written by both Cmdr. Cracken and me via Instant Messenger to keep the number of necessary replies down.))

*Cracken sits in his sanctum, in deep meditation. a cloacked figure walks into the room.*

Cracken: is it finished?

*The figure keeps his head bowed in reverence* Yes, Master. The illusions of the Reborn, Syrnl's daughter, and the Force-cloaked room were successful. Deac Starkiller and the one named Odin are now in our hands.

The figure lifts his head. It is the face of Starr Hailfire.*

Cracken: Good. you have done well, my young apprentice. *Cracken's chair swivles, and he now looks down upon his charge* you may rise. *Cracken gets up, and motions Starr to walks beside him* and what of the New Republic Government? have they answered our offer for surrendure?

Starr: No, my lord. They still refuse.

Cracken: I see. i must attend to that buisness myself. have the fleet jump to Coruscant. I will discuss the surendure with them... personally.

Starr: Yes, my lord. *he walks out of the room, and then returns a few minutes later* We are on our way.

Cracken: Good. *Cracken and Starr walk down several hall ways, and end up in a large command chamber. four figures can be seen floating in the far end of the large chamber, suspended in Jedi Binders.

((OOS note by Redwing: Think the thing Dooku had Obi-Wan suspended in in Episode Two on Geonosis. In this RPG, they're being called Jedi Binders, for lack of better term.))

A blue hue fills the room. Techs are feeding a small reptilian animal... a Ysalimari, one for each of the men in the prison Cracken built: Flax, Deac, and Odin. Three. The fourth Binder has no ysalamir for it. Termand Rwos floats unconscious inside it.*

Cracken: Well, gentlemen, i see your little adventure is at an end. May i introduce my apprentice, Starr Hailfire.

Starr: *smiles wickedly* I can't believe you took it seriously when I 'destroyed' the 'Sith apprentice' that had somehow magicked its way onto your ship. You should have suspected many times, but especially then. I thought my act was rather transparent, myself. Oh well, too late for you now...pity. If you hadn't listened to me, then none of you would be here, and you might have still had a chance.

Cracken: by now you have realized you cannot destroy this station, as teh anti-matter would be enough to annihilate... well, you do the math. especially.. when we're in the very heart of the galaxy... *Cracken waves his hand, and a large viewscreen flickers on. Coruscant*

Cracken: i doubt you will try any heroics now.


((OOS: If anyone paid attention to the prophecy in the Cantina 5...this was foretold :D))

Coming back to consciousness Odin stares viscously at Starr. Unknow to the others in the party, Odin carries an implanted beacon, designed to go off in case he ever became unconsioucs.

*on the world of Asgard*

Einherjar comm officer: Inform the councel that something has happened to Lord Odin.

Einherjar soldier:As commanded.

Later during the council sesion.

Vidar(standing in for Odin):It is agreed then, we go to war. We either retrive Lord Odin, or die with him and the rest of the galaxy.


*back to Odin and the others*

Einherjar left to guard the ship, begin to get blood thristy. When the beacon goes off, they decide to fulfill their desire to kill the enemy. Moving stealthly down the corradors they come upon a group of reborns talking about the captives and where they were kept. After the reborn finished their conversation the Einherjar pounced.

Each taking their own Reborn by surpise, the Einherjar disguise themselves as Reborn, and move to the location of Odin, leaving hte four enemy soldiers in the corrador with their throats slit.

Wandering into the prison chambers, now occupied only by Starr, the Einherjar take flanking positions. Pulling out never before seen weapons, the Einherjar shoot Starr in the back. He collapses in a momentarily stunned.

Rushing to Odin's side, the Einherjar tech officer, searches for a way to release Odin from his bindings. Getting frustrated, the tech officer takes his sword and destroyes the consoles. The act turning off the Jedi Binders. Releasing a now very angry man.

((OOS: @Admiral:There are no Reborn. It was all an illusion, there to give something to slow you down and give Starr an excuse for not being able to find Cracken immediately

Plus if you actually broke free (yet) Cracken could easily destroy Coruscant. I hope Vidar didn't mean that part about dying with him and the rest of the galaxy :D ;)))

*An enraged Odin rushes at full speed...straight towards the Einherjar. He swings his sword and stabs the Einherjar next to him, and then stabs the next nearest Einherjar before they have time to react. Force lightning comes out of nowhere and knocks the other two Einherjar unconscious as they try to reconcile their Master's transformation.

The illusion dispells as the Einherjar fall. The command chamber appears to expand in size, revealing consoles still intact and Binders also intact on the other side of the room. Starr Hailfire, breathing hard, stands over them as they fall into unconsciousness.

Starr: Now that's done. *to the guards that fill the room* That should have killed them...would have killed them...but these "Einherjar" seem to be as tough as Odin described them. Take their weapons, strip them, and put them in the cellblock suspended in vacuum. If they manage to escape again they'll simply die.

*turns towards the captives, still in the Jedi Binders* NOW do you see that it is HOPELESS? Fools! Nothing will stop my master from taking control of the galaxy. And if any of you try anything, Coruscant will be destroyed! *Starr strides out angrily*

*Rwos stirs, showing his first signs of life. His binder is suspended above the other three. He looks down at Odin and the others below him*

Odin...Flax...Deac? All of you? No...

((OOS: No, Starr doesn't know about the beacon; small oversight...

*waits for Deac and Battledog to reply with their reactions*))

*Cracken is seen simling with glee*
Calm youself, young apprentice. They shall get thiers...
*Notices Flax stirring*
Well, i think one of our esteemed guests is waking up.
*looks at Deac*
How does it feel? hmm? to have that mangled thing you call a body? a pity. i could have given you a new one, you know. but alas, your fate has been chosen. Like Vader, you are more machine than man.
*His comlink chirps* Ah, well, i must be off. I must give your governemnt credit. They refused every offer. now, i think i have an offer that cannot refuse.

*To Starr* "Entertain" our guests. *Points to Flax* Him first.
*Starr gives a bow, and Cracken walks out. He strides down the hall way, and after a bit, he enters a hanger bay. His shuttle, prepped and waiting, and his escort entourage. He boards, and several decoys leave the station, all with the same markings and escorts. The make for Coruscant*

((@Redwing, make them Stormies then, point is Odin's Bodyguards found out where he was.

Also as far as the Aesir are concered, the New Republic is not worth their time. They enbrace death, and believe it is better to die then live among evil. If their actions to take out the galaxy then it makes no difference to them.

The Einherjar, are now extermly pissed at Starr. Further more, part of their training, allows them to see an illusionist after an illusion is cast. In other words anyother Illusion Starr makes for this group will not work. This is due to a very disaterous part of the Aesir's history with a master illusionist))

The two very disgruntled, yet unwounded Einherjar sit bounded at the feet of Odin. Feeling that the have been disgraced in front of their Lord, they wish for death. However for now they sastify themselves with the knowledge that their other two free comrades are alive, and will come to their assistance soon.

The two Einherjar that Starr stabbed in his attack are left for dead on the floor. Slowly their wounds heal as they direct the force inwards. Remaining perfectly motionless until their Lord Summons them so they may fight and die in glory.

((OOS: No, you can consider the Reborn that they saw Starr's baiting of a trap for them. That still works.

Wait...the Einherjar have been moved to a cell

*points to post*

"Starr: Now that's done. *to the guards that fill the room* That should have killed them...would have killed them...but these "Einherjar" seem to be as tough as Odin described them. Take their weapons, strip them, and put them in the cellblock suspended in vacuum. If they manage to escape again they'll simply die."

If you want ummm...they can be with Odin in spirit or something?

What I'm trying to do now is let Deac and Battledog have a chance to reply))

(I disregarded that part since you placed the two that in a vaccum cell, if you could explain that, since I don't want them dead at the moment. To the best of my knowledge a vaccum lacks air, and next time pm me so as not to take up room.... Also why Odin has yet to do anything yet, so they may respond.)

((OOS: Suspended in vacuum, I'm not killing

*PMs you the rest of the stuff*))

Katani paused his flight into the system for a moment, and sized up the veritable armada that was arrayed before him. There were ships of all makes and sizes, from fighters to frieghters, he was sure he even noticed an Assualt Frigate in there. No matter, they'd all be doomed soon anyway. Naturally though, he was curious as to how he knew that someone would be coming. So, as any truly curious person would, he simply asked.

The name of the Assault Frigate, which Katani merely assumed would be the flagship of the fleet, went by the name of Happenstance. Although of a slightly older model, it was still a match for any ship of the same size in any fleet anywhere in the Galaxy. It's Captain called himself Otpio, he was born and bred on Belkadan, so he had a particular attachment to the place. Needless to say, he didn't want to see it destroyed.

So, when he was being hailed by this strange craft called the Conqueror, that had just entered the system, he was intrigued. So, of course, he responded.

"Happenstance here, how can I help you?"

"Hello, Captain. My name is Katani Chass. I'm here to destroy you."

"Yes, I knew you'd be coming. The prophecy has foretold it. The prophecy is fulfilled."

"A prophecy..."

This revelation shook Katani to his roots. He couldn't believe that someone had the balls to actually predict his future. On the other hand, his interest was piqued.

"Go on."

"Here, I can't explain it. I'll just read it to you.

One day shall come a great man's son
Who strives to rule o'er everyone
He shall place himself inside a Star
His Empire shall stretch both near and far

One day shall appear a Conqueror Without Equal
His insanity is the death knell for many people
Billions shall die because of his rage
A Belkadanaian Armada he must engage

United, together you all must stand
Though you'll be crushed by the pow'r of his hand
If you fight side by side
History shall remember how hard you tried

To the heart of the Rebel he shall send himself
Though it's citizens be be placed upon a shelf
Outside of his reach, though he tries hard
His destiny is to battle the star."

Now Katani was completely outraged. Someone actually thought they could prophesey what he would do. This was just too much. And insane! How could anyone think he was insane. Sure, he'd destroyed a few billion people and all, but when you think about it, is that really insane? He didn't think so. Anyway, this was just too much for him. Accusations, predictions, his mind was in turmoil. So, he did the only thing he knew to do. He killed.

The entire, ammassed fleet over Belkadan took all of twenty minutes to immolate. Katani was liberal with his Nuclear shells, and the ships were destroyed with ease, leaving but a few pieces of debris to mark their passing. A bit sad, if you think about it.

The only thing that seemed odd about this attack on the system though, is that Katani didn't finish it. When he looked down at the world, he couldn't bring himself to destroy it. He didn't know why, he just couldn't. So, he returned to the Sanity's Requiem, where the Captain simply couldn't stop buzzing with compliments about how incredible that had been. Katani wanted to buzz about a foot off of the top of his head. Finally, Katani made up his mind about where he needed to go. He had warned the Universe that he could cause damage. Now, he would cut out the heart. Coruscant. He would become a god.

*To Cracken* I'd rather be a Gamorean Dung Bug than side with a scum-sucking fascist like you. You can command obiedince, but I have one thing you'll never have-respect. I have a house army dying for me-do you think any of your troops would work for free.

And as for you, Starr, I can't say I'm really surprised. I've been around Syrnl long enough to know your stench. Something was wrong with you from the start, and that's why I hardly talked to you.

And if you destroy Coruscant, Cracken, what of your father's relics? Is he really your father? I'd have thought he could afford contraception. Clearly not. Besides, if you destroy Coruscant...

*Deac clicks his head to reveal his proverbial ace, the synthflesh on his chest pulls back to reveal the circuitry. Imbedded in it is a control panel, and a symbol meaning anti-matter*

Deac goes out in a blaze of glory. And you go too. Pathetic body, huh?

Odin:While I'm here can you get me some Ale?

((OOS: Cracken left for Coruscant already, but I'll assume the Binders were rotated the wrong way at that time ;)))

Starr: *incredulously* Are you people always like this? *walking around the Binders to keep facing the rotating captives, saber ignited* Can't you see that you are beaten?

Rwos: You're a fool, Hailfire...all of your kind are.
*Rwos mentally searches for the controls to the Binders on the far side of the room as he rotates. Unfortunately, he isn't familiar with the technology being used, so he comes up empty*

Starr: *looks up at Rwos* Aha, the fourth member of the party...I bet you're impressed with your friends' gullibity? Or with your own, for that matter? Did you really believe Starkiller was dead, or you could defeat my Master?

*Rwos doesn't answer*

*On Coruscant, Cracken is in talks with the New Republic governement.. Things are... interesting.... *

Cracken: Gentlemen and ladies, please, you have daily burrecratic wars in takes MONTHS for anything important to be really decided. it's inefficiant, as it is... rather.... hurting to the people you represent!

Supreme Chancellor: It's what the people wish!!

Cracken: no, it''s what the people TORE from my father. rather violently, might i add. There were not talks, so political envo..

Supreme Chancellor: beccause he wouldn't allow it!

Cracken: Be cause he had the right idea.... *sigh*... let me put it this way.... *takes out a small device* see this? this controls the magnetic shielding in the Crimson Star, over head in orbit. I shut these down, and it's only 5 minutes before the anti-matter goes through the quantum armor. how many people can you get off the planet? in fact, the system? hmm? not many, i'd assume.

*The councle in in silence. they ponder the new threat*

All i ask is that conrtol be once again place in an imperial state. My father was an idiot, i think we all know that, but i learned from his petty and stupid mistakes.
*cracken places a document on the table*
I bleieve i need your signatures.

*One by one, they come, and sign. after 5 minutes, the treaty is legal. Cracken was now Emperor*

good. now, you may all stay here. there shall be no exiling, no executions. no quartering or house arrests. all i ask is a peaceful tansfer takes place.

*they all nod, and leave. The Palpatine line is once again at the throne. Cracken smiles. He places his self destruct detonates in his cloak, and places a small holoprojector ion te table. The signal goes t the capture room. Deac, and his 3 comrades see him. Star kneels*

Well, my friends, it is done. I am the ruler of te galaxy. I could give you all very nice jobs in my new regime, if you wish... a final offer, if you would. but,i doubt you will tke the offer. a pity. so foolish. the galaxy is changing, can't you see that? these... representitives will not be killed. they are my liasons to the people of the galaxy, unlike my father's rigime..
*he frowns in thought*
...... anyway, i offer you one last chance, join me.

Cracken-I have an offer for you. Take this thing out of the system-

*Clicks head and the counter begins*

-Or everybody dies. Simple as that. You have 2 minutes.

STOP!

OSS: Crackan: Read my last post again. I suspected a trap, I had the entire fleet jump out, most damage you could do is destroy elevan fighters. Which you didn't, Red Nine is Olin Garn, so he got away. Since the squad is all elite I'll give you 5 stops, with 6 getting away. The fleet is safe.

*Flax awakens*

Flax: Ah, so the prodical scum succer is revealed.

*Flax passes though the binder as though it was water, he smiles, and dissapears.*

((OOS: @Flax: Cracken's attack occured about a half a minute after you gave the order for retreat. The fleet couldn't have jumped out in that time, especially since the Crimson Star is large enough to produce a small gravity well. But Cracken's post indicates that he did not destroy all the fleet:
"Then, the Anti-Matter cannon pulsed with energy, and blasted a capital ship to oblivion, the shock wave taking a chunk out of two near by cruisers. The superlasers began to erupt in an impressive display of precision targeting, taking out cruiser after cruiser. then silence. Turbo lasers began licking the fighters and the remaining cruisers."
presumably as they made their escape. Note: This is way too far after Endor for the New Republic fleet to be the same as the one seen in Return of the Jedi, so do not limit your fleet to theirs....it sucked anyway! ;)

Oh and note that the Crimson Star's shields are not down any longer. I noted before that they can only go down in sections, that there are multiple reactors (without convenient shafts to go down), the superlasers can fire multiple times once charged up, and the antimatter cannon does not take a day to recharge. If you people would read over other's posts, you'd notice these kind of inconsistencies between reality and what people's characters (*cough*Starr*cough*) say :p

Battledog: Can you explain how you passed through the Binder like it was water, especially with no access to the Force (you were surrounded by ysalamiri, remember?)

Oh, and Deac: Re-check the continuity outline topic I posted. ^_^))

Starr: *prodding Rwos* Don't you remember? Don't you?

Rwos: *rotating* Remember what?

Starr: The prophecy. What your 'informat' told you.

Rwos: What about it?

Starr: The shadow and darkness falling over Tatooine on its path to the heart of the galaxy. He even gave you the coordinates to the very cantina in which I met Deac Starkiller.

Rwos: *neutrally* You must feel very proud of yourself.

Starr: Don't you get it yet? The beauty of it? I was the shadow, the shadow of the darkness that is my Master. And already we are in the heart of the galaxy, and you are all too late to stop us.

*Deac speaks up, clicking his head* Cracken-I have an offer for you. Take this thing out of the system--Or everybody dies. Simple as that. You have 2 minutes.

*Flax awakens*

Flax: Ah, so the prodical scum succer is revealed.


((OOS: Battledog, in your next post please explain your next action :p))

I'm sorry guys, I have a habit of underwriting my posts.

A jump takes seconds, especially since all I did was have the Def.II target the 'Star with her main guns. I knew the fleet wouldn't stand a chance against the 'Star, so I had the Defiance open the shield and sent my fighter though.

The Cap ships were lined up on an escape vector as they jumped in, so the whole fleet got away.

I'm sorry I forgot to put in *The Fleet jumps*


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*Flax smiled, that little elusion running around the Crimson Star should have half the garrison occupied.*

1 minute 50 seconds, don't think I'm bluffing!

You destroy the Star, you destroy all the billions of people down on Coruscant. You will be blamed for the death of billions, and your name will be forever washed away into history as shame and horror. Your house will be banished, and dishonor brought to your people. THAT is the consequences of your actions.

*1 minute, 20 seconds*

*Flax has found what he is looking for, a weak minded technition*

*Ilusion: Now go to the holding cell and un lock the binders.*

*The tech goes to the cell and ulocks:

Odin,

Rwos,

Flax.

As Flax hits the floor he loses concentration and the ilusion fails, the tech comes to and Deac is left hanging.*

((OOS: @Battledog: Since you didn't say the fleet jumped out, we have to assume that a few cruisers got destroyed before they could escape the Crimson Star's gravity well. Posts can't just be scratched because someone forgot to note something in their post...that's godmode. It doesn't matter anyway, you didn't list the fleet specs :p

Oh, and you forgot about the ysalamiri. However, I can explain that away, so I will. ;)))

*As Starr was questioning him, Rwos had silently activated his (non-Force-based) telekinetic powers and slowly moved the nearest ysalamiri---the one on Flax' cage---safely away. When Flax suddenly passed through the Binder, he'd know the act had had been successful*

Starr: Wh...where did he go?

Deac: *rotated the wrong direction to see* 1 minute 50 seconds, don't think I'm bluffing!

*Cracken's voice answers from the room's open comlink*

You destroy the Star, you destroy all the billions of people down on Coruscant. You will be blamed for the death of billions, and your name will be forever washed away into history as shame and horror. Your house will be banished, and dishonor brought to your people. THAT is the consequences of your actions.

*the timer reaches 1 minute when suddenly Flax, Rwos, and Odin fall from their Binders, and a technician appears seemingly out of nowhere. Whatever Flax had done, it had worked.*

Starr: What in the Force!? *ignites his crimson saber*

*Rwos grabs Starr's throat before he could get out of the ysalamiri's field of effect and smashes him into Deac's binder, knocking Deac down and Starr out of consciousness. He pulls his lightsword towards him from a storage bin at the end of the room, destroying the comlink, and holds back the others* Stay near the ysalamiri! Cracken can't sense us through the Force here---he doesn't know we've escaped yet! *to Deac* Deac! Stop the countdown now!

Flax: So strap on the Yassami and lets move already!

*Cracken moves swiftly to the shuttle, he checks his clock. 1 Minute. He boards the entrance ramp*

Pilot, if you value your life, you will get us out of system in less than 59 seconds, understand?

Pilot: Sir!

*The shuttle moves switfly from it's hannger bay, and moves to clear the planet. It breaks through the outer astmosphere into vaccume. 40 seconds*

*Clicks head*

Done!

[And here come the words feared by all RPG bad guys-]

*Ignites Sabers*

*ditto.*

Flax: Right, if we can get to the com centre I can signal the entire fleet.

Dusting himself off, Odin mumbles: you never got me my ale. Kicks Starr in the stomach and walks off.

"40 seconds remaining" and the Aesirian fleet enters the system. The most noteable of the ships are Two large ships. They appear to be Dragons, with a blueish grey color, and about the size of an SSD. There are also about 75 other ships of various size, all the designs have never been seen by the rest of the galaxy.

The ships come in system on the other side of the planet, which happens to be the flight path of Crackens escape shuttle. Upon entering the system a sudden comm transmission is made from the planet directed at the ships. It is heavily coded, and in a different language.

Vidar: Ensign lock on to that shuttle leaving the system, hold it in a a tractor lock, and do not release him until Odin is on board. Then activate a force bubble, and do not follow any other orders until the first one is accomplished. (Vidar's thoughts: If spies on Corscant are correct that has to be Cracken's shuttle)

EnsigSir.

The Shuttle is jarred to a stop as ten extermly powerful tractor beams are placed on it.

Vidar: Open a comm channel to the shuttle. I assume I'm Dressing Cracken. If you do not release Odin, and the Einherjar wrongfully capture aboard your vessel you will be killed. If you release him and the Einherjar, we will allow you to leave, and go where you want. The Aesir care nothing about your petty squables over a few planets.

If you do not believe that we will destroy you, I will give you this small warning. nodes to an officer, and suddenly two shots are fired at the shuttle. The first strips the shuttles shields, the second destroys the hyperdrive. You are now without shields, and without a hyperdrive.

Deliver us Lord Odin now or perish.

Vidar now awaits a reply from crackin

*Cracken sits, brooding. He takes his controller for the magnetic shields........ he pushed the button.

On the Star, klaxxons sound and lights flash.*

Good afternoon, the Magnetic shields are down. Anti-matter reaction in 5 minutes. Please make your way to the nearest hyperspace capable ship. Thank you
*All across the Star, control panels flash fry themselves. In the bridge, the shield controls explode, and the generators themself explode in a briliant light.*

GO ahead, kill me, you're all dead anyway. 4 minutes, 40 seconds

As the Sanity's Requiem dropped out of hyperspace, things had gone to hell around Coruscant. The Crimson Star was about to explode, perhaps billions could die on Coruscant... and Katani had done none of it. And that thought angered him most. When he saw the fleet that had entered the system in contrast to Lord Cracken, he became enraged. When he saw that his Star Destroyer had left him, he became livid. Someone had to die.

Almost instantly Nuclear shells were flying toward the unkown fleet, but they seemed much more resilient than they looked. Only one ship was completely obliterated, though another dozen were taken out of the battle, crippled. And then, all of a sudden, Cracken's control over his mind ceased. It was as if a light switch had been snapped off, and he'd finally seen the truth for how dark it was. And then, he rememberd his mission:

Kill Deac Starkiller...

And, from the looks of it, Deac Starkiller was aboard the Crimson Star.

So, thought Katani, shall the prophecy be fulfilled. It seems I must destroy the Star and Deac shall be mine. All shall be mine. None shall stand in my way. Death comes to you, for I am the hearalder of Doom, and Sorrow is my footman.

Time freezes.

Katani Chass, cannon raised at the Crimson Star, floats in the middle of space unmoving. The awe-inspiring Aesirian fleet looms above Cracken's shuttle and Katani's Conqueror in midmotion but never gets closer.

Inside the Crimson Star, a brilliant golden glowing ball of light appears above the frozen bodies of Starr Hailfire, Termand Rwos, Flax Talkin, Odin the Aesir, and Deac Starkiller. Then a red light appears, then a blue. The gold one speaks first.

Gold: Once again Starkiller is about to meet death. This time, he is about to go out with the heart of the universe.

Red: Once again we must step in. We cannot allow these mortals to die yet. We have waited far too long and taken far too many risks.

Blue: Have more faith in these mortals. They will find a way.

Gold: No. I have seen it. They will either save themselves, or sacrifice themselves to save countless others. There is no way out for them if they save this planet.

Red: If they choose the latter choice...which they may indeed...they will die. We cannot allow this. We need the Starkiller alive to---

Blue: We have already interfered too many times.

Gold: It was for a noble purpose. The clash of the Avatars has been ended until Ragnarok.

Blue: There may be others available to accomplish the mission---

Red: You know there are none we can use and still remain within our laws.

Blue: If you are concerned about our laws, why did you not consult the Council before this action?

Red: The other Aeges? They would not make up their minds for another millenium. As you can see, there are only three human minutes remaining before our discussion becomes insignificant.

Gold: We can only justify our actions if we wait until there is no way out for them. If they choose to save themselves instead of this planet, then we may forcibly take control of them. If they choose to save the planet, then we will interfere here at the last possible second...and present them with an offer they cannot refuse. Do you agree?

Blue: Them? The Starkiller, the Jedi, the Alien, and the Aesir? What of the Sith Starr Hailfire? By our laws, we must make him the offer as well, as he is tied to the party.

Red: A small price indeed to pay for---

Blue: And the Sith Lord Cracken. The Aesirians assuredly will kill him when they cannot find their master Odin, but Hailfire will need him to function. You have seen he is dependent on his Master.

Red: Then we will make Lord Cracken the offer as well just before the Aesirians kill him.

Blue: And what of the imprisoned Erinhajer? They are as well tied to Odin---

Red: *angrily* Then let Odin take care of Odin's own! Hear me! We shall allow the mortals to try and save themselves! If they fail, then we shall save them from their deaths, and offer them their mission.

Gold: This course of action seems wisest. Now we must leave, and watch.

The balls of light vanish. Time unfreezes. Inside the Crimson Star, Rwos rushes to a control panel.

Rwos: The bridge controls are fried! I can't bring any systems up except---*tap tap* The hyperdrives! Deac! Flax! Odin! I need coordinates to some empty space to hyper this thing to, now!

Suddenly, guards enter the room and fire. A bolt hits Deac square on. His armor absorbs most of it, but it still creates an ionization effect and stuns him. Deac falls to the ground, unconscious.

Three minutes.


((OOS: Deac will be away till the 12th of July and won't be able to post; he PMed me to make his characters inactive somehow. As for the Aeges (the lights) if you're bored enough to find out what they are see the RP threads at RSRP (http://www.lucasforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=101)))

*Hands Rwos a carbine.*

Flax: Start shooting!

*Flax uses the force to input cowardinates at lightnign speed*

*2:40*

Flax: There are escape pods just down the corridor, this thing jumps in two minutes!*

*Flax picks up Deac and charges down the corridor, twerling his saber as he goes*

*Flax pops Deac in a pod and sets the timer.*

*2:25*

Flax: We need to find Odin's men!

*Rwos is already at a control panel* I think Odin's gone to find them. *taps keys* They're in...Max Security Cell block 06. Holy---the cell blocks are in a vacuum. Sealed...*tap tap* One sec...there. Atmosphere restored. Opening cell blocks...****! I need a passcode!

*Two minutes ten seconds till detonation. 1:35 till hyperspace*

((OOS: Just so you guys know...the escape pods won't get our characters anywhere. They're inside the Super Star Destroyer---the escape pods will eject into the hollow core of the Crimson Star. But I seriously doubt any of our characters are thinking straight enough to realize that))

8Cracken sits in his shuttle, awaiting either to be blown away by the mysterious fleet, or to be blown away by the exploding Crimson Star. He looks over to his pilot, who is stone faced. A single tear can be seen running down his face*

You have family.

Pilot: yessir.

A child?

Pilot: yessir. he turns 3 next month.

...I'm sorry. if we get out of this alive, you will never have to worry about money again.

Pilot: Thank you sir. If......

If... i'm sure Deac and his crew will try some fool hardy heroics. They'll probably sacrafise themselves rather than see Coruscant be destroyed. *Cracken looks over to his pilot* and the Empire will be restored anyway.

*Cracken sat back. 2 minutes left. the clock was ticking.*

*Flax has an epiphiny*

Flax: Dam! Hay Rwos, any chance of us popping into anouther dimension?

*Flax races back to the pod and grabs Deac.*

Flax: Quick, to the fighter bays!

*1:10*

Odin reaching the cell block, works controls releasing his imprisoned soldiers.

On the fleet. Vidar looks with pity at the world. Mutters to self, and in flames the Aesir shall perish, and with them so does the rest of the galaxy. Addressing Cracken:

Would you like to go free? To bad, you had the chance, the fact that we will die in 1:30 seconds doesn't bother us. We will die Honorable with our Lord. You will like a fish caught in a net.

Ragnorak has come, the end is near. Flames will consume us all.

(To the crew)Launch the resonate torpedes. First target the stars of the populated planets in the Imperial Remant. After that target the stars of the most populated planet, including our home system.

Thousands upon thousands of torpedos are seen leaving the Aesirian fleet. In a flash the torpedoes enter hyperspace heading respectively to their target stars

I will explain to you what we just launched. These torpedoes cause a star to go nova, within moments. They have hyperdrives so they will reach their destination in a matter of days, or hours. At the moment they are not armed, and nothing will happen. These torpedoes are programed to send a signal upon arriving asking for further instruction. If no instructions are sent then they will carry out their primary mission and detonate in the star. Obviously when we are destroyed no instructions can be sent. The galaxy will be destroyed, because of you.

Your Empire will never rise again, life as we know it will no longer exist. Everything will be cleansed in a holy fire.

*30 seconds till hyperspace*

Rwos: Of course! *grabs his teleporter from his belt* Why didn't I think of tha---oh...SITHSPIT. I am...the biggest fool in this universe.

*Rwos takes his teleporter's beacon's from his pocket* I expected to kill Cracken and be done with this dimension. My teleporter can't take us anywhere else in this dimension, and it won't teleport me home for another six hours...gah! *Rwos stumbles as the whole ship trembles. Five seconds---time had run out.*

*The Crimson Star jolts again as its massive hyperdrives kick in. Outside, the Aeserian fleet sees the moon turn into a blur and vanish into hyperspace. Forty seconds remain till detonation. The Aeges invisibly watch everything...*


((OOS: Did one of you try to PM me? Because if so, I didn't get it...I got the alert, then the forums went down and when they came back nothing new showed))

(OOS: Those renosance torpedoes are headed to every Imperial controled world, right? That means Corellia, Mon Calimari, Tatooine, ect.. are all sltaed for destruction? GOOD JOB))

((OOS: Well they won't necessarily get destroyed; it'll be a few hours for the first to reach the nearest planet and the Aeges are likely going to interfere in about forty seconds))

((Thank you. That is correct, the basic idea is if Odin is going to die then the Aesir plan on taking out the rest of the galaxy with him. Also Vidar has no idea about the Aeges so he doesn't know of any type of interfernce that could happen. Like I said before the Aesir almost cherish death, to die for Odin would be a great honor to them, since they are not affliated with any other dominate power they do not care about the rest of the galaxy. However as Redwind pointed out the planets are not necessaryily doomed. As a safeguard the torpedoes can stay in a dorminate state, after being fired if the proper commands are sent.

Redwing, I also recieved that pm alert, but nothing happened....))

Flax: We can get to the fighter bay, which only ten decks down, and steal some fighters, then, when the 'Star reverts we launch.

*The party begin to head for the hanger, luckily they find some fast V-38s, they board the fighters launch, as the ship reverts they leave the hanger, headed for the outer crust.*

*0:20*

((OOS: error, error :D

A) We didn't find Odin and his Erinhajer.

B) V-38s have no atmosphere, like all TIEs.

C) Rwos can't fit into a TIE flightsuit. He's got a beak, wings, a tail, and is almost seven feet tall :D))

*Flax takes off in the V-38 he'd found. Rwos carries Deac to his fighter and loads him in as fast as he could move. Odin had ten seconds to show up...

No. Ten seconds left...there was no way they'd make it. They could perhaps get out of the Crimson Star before it blew, if they could make it to an exit chute. But they'd just be annihilated in the following antimatter explosion.

It was too late.

At least they'd managed to save Coruscant...one consoling last thought.

5

4

3

2

1

Then, mysteriously, zero didn't come.

Rwos stared at the timer for a full minute, trying to comprehend it. Then he looked up.

Stormtroopers and other Imperials filled the hallways ahead, running...except not moving. Nothing moved except Rwos, and Deac, who still breathed, unconscious.

In the hallways above, Odin and the Erinhajer also found themselves the only creatures left in motion.

Flax noticed that the TIE droid fighters around him were frozen in midflight. Only his V-38 still moved.

In the Crimson Star's command chamnber, Starr Hailfire wakes up with a frozen medic above him, face stuck in a panicked expression.


((OOS: Admiral, up to you whether to keep Vidar or your fleet unfroze. Cracken, same for your characters. Time should be frozen for everything and everyone else, though.

Note: the 'irl' reason for this is because Deac won't be back till the 12th, and he made the mistake of telling me to be creative ;)))

5...4....3.....2.....1..........1.......
*Cracken looked at the counter on the console in the shuttle. Odd, he mused, and he looked to the pilot.*

Pilot, run a diagnostic... pilot.. pi...

*He noticed a tremor in the Force. He looked out the view port. The traffic above Coruscant was frozen. He looked around, got up, and walked to the back. He pressed another console, and it didn't respond. The tremor was getting larger. He sat down, dizzy. It was.... painful. he tried tomove back to the cockpit, but he couldn't make it. he fell, and passed out.*

((OOS-- This allows the whomever to make contact with Cracken.... and i got nothin' better.))

((Vidar, is Odin's son, so since he is so closely connected to Odin, He should remain unfrozen, however the rest of the fleet will be frozen. Redwing can the Aeges transport a person? I would like Vidar to meet up with Odin if possible))

As Vidar waits patiently for the end of all things, he notices something strange. All the Aesir have stopped moving. Puzzled by this he walks acrosss the bridge, wishing to be by Odin's side.


Freeing the Einherjar, Odin notices the discrepancy of motion and freezing. Deciding to find Rwos and Deac, he heads towards the hanger.

((OOS: Yes, they can---in fact that was the reason they were invented, to correct earlier continuity errors caused by RPGing the same continuity in two different forums (this and RSRP) with multiple threads. ;)))


*Starr Hailfire feels his master's pain and it reflects on him. He stumbles and falls to the floor*

Starr: Master!

*as if on cue, Cracken's Lambda shuttle materializes silently inside the chamber, filling fully half of the room.

At the very same moment, Vidar materializes inside the Crimson Star as well...right at Odin's side.*

Vidar: Father? Are we dead?

Odin: I do not know, come with me.


Odin finally reaches the others.

Rwos: Odin! You, too? *notices Vidar* Where'd your friend come from?

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Starr: *the pain subsiding* ...Master? *Starr reaches up and cautiously touches the shuttle's side, as if afraid it would burn him*

*Cracken raises himself from the floor. the pain subsided, he glanced at the clock. still one second. he sighed in vexation, and looked out the viewport. he was inside the Crimson Star. how in the Sith did he get here.....? he felt Starr reach out to him. he took out his lightsaber, and cautiosly started to cut through the steel plates in the floor of teh shuttle. after realizing he wasn't hallucinating, he finished his hole, and jumped down through. Starr bowed before him, and Cracken looked around cautiosly.*

rise. do you have any idea what is going on?

Flax: *over comm* What the SITH is going on!?

Rwos: *over comm* We're trying to figure that out, over.

*Deac stirs*

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*Starr rises. His master couldn't be right here in front of him...it was impossible...but this was no illusion. And Starr was a master of illusion.*

Master. ...I have failed you. Somehow half the ysalamiri died, and one of the Jedi managed to escape. He freed the others using an illusion, and the gargoyle defeated me while I was helpless in the ysalamiri field. I was knocked unconscious, and I awoke to see...this...

*Starr gestures around the room and into the hallways, with all the people in midmotion but unmoving*

And I wished to be in your presence...and your ship appeared...

*Starr looks incredibly confused*