[Lokpihet came back through an open portal...he didn't open it himself. Besides, all that's left of Lokpihet is a body as the portal collapsed around his neck]
*Deac smiles*
Deac: Sounds like fun. When do we start?
*Dracon got up and dusted himslef off, the cut on his forehead stung, otherwise he was unhurt. However one of his warriors had a broken arm, another lay dead with a snapped kneck, All the others had minor injuries.*
*10 paces behind Sertmor Hal climbs from the ruble, he swores, his longbow was snapped, then he saw Sertmor.*
*Hal draws his Longsword*
Hal: At least I'll kill you, Vampire.
((OSS: Coooomon Scar, lets fight!))
Sertmor: *laughs* "Alright then human. Seeing as this night is nearly ended in disaster, I'll take you up on that offer, mono-a-mono." *smirks* "Well techincally speaking both sides sorta need to recooperate and reform, lets just deal this between us, shall we?"
*Hal smiles grimly and begins to circle his opponent.*
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*In other part of the city a Vampire is being pursued by a lone archer.*
*Taklin drew back his bow and fired again, this arrow scraped the vampire thigh and Tak saw a puff of smoke as the concecrated head touched the demon's flesh.*
*The bow's string glittered in the dark.*
*Sertmor draws his long sword, magical runes were inscribed along the blade. Translated it ment 'death shall soon visit the worthy and true'.*
Setmor: "It's been a while since I wielded this blade. Especally agenst a human."
((Battledog: Again, if that is a Demo of How Easy Flax/Ancient-Knight-Cakes Can Kill Vampires, shouldn't Scar or I be playing the vampire?
Deac: Yes, but the portal's existence means the Darkstar could have snuck through. After all, what would anyone do to stop a bunch of black mist? Of course, it could still be in Clone!Deac, but Rwos still doesn't know about him ;)
Scar: If you completely stop posting as the Imperial Council, I'm just going to have Starr kill all of them with impunity ;p
wb Cracken ^_^))
Coruscant, Vampire Nest
*Kvana watches in disapproval. He wouldn't mind if the "Jedi" killed off Vertmor's annoying little brother*
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Coruscant, Hotel
Now. *in comm* Gilian, can you send me a marker to where you are?
Gilian: *on comm* Sure.
*Rwos takes out a datapad and pulls up a map of Coruscant. After a moment a red dot starts blinking on it*
Rwos: *pointing to the red dot* We go here.
((Sorry it was eaten, but i posted what was there earlyer cus i had to leave))
Coruscant, Vampire Nest
Vertmor: "I sense your dislikeness with my brother. I must admit, his is a pest like any sibling. But I assure you I taught him how to fight."
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Imperial Council Chambers
*Ivan was left in a slump, watching the two Jedi fight with everythign they had. Ravan and Kerrigan had chunks of the wall thrown at them. Ravan, being weakened could barely keep the larger chunks away, via force. Kerrigan was too busy choping up larger pieces in near blinks of an eye, while barely controlling which way the chunks flew.*
((Kerrigan is more powerful of a Jedi then Rvan ;)))
*Ravan, gets pinned down. Kerrigan is left alone to fight.*
Kerrigan: *With a firm tone* "So, Emperior, how exactly are you going to keep a treaty that your dead master created? Considering your actions that you have showed here, I don't know how your 'people' are going to act when the Republic back stabs you with all your firepower here!"
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*The Separatist Imperial Star Destoryers and basically any Battleship enbound for the capitial planet had just jumped out of hyperspace, from where about they were called from. In a co-ordenated attack, they opened fire on the Loyalist ships, whom are consentrating on attacking the planets defences, just as soon as they left Hyperspace.*
*Another Battleship broke from Hyperspace, It was a Super star destoryer. It was named the "Ess Pire", Ivan's commanding ship, it had an ISD as support. A message was sent down to the planet*
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*Ivan wore a 'pager' that only certain individuals knew the frequencys, those who he commanded. Ivan suddenly got a burst of energy.*
((OOS: So..barely any ships at all, since almost everything got destroyed with the CSII, and as the Loyalists have all the shipmaking planets like Kuat, well...
And by the way, they ceased the attack on the planet from above by Starr's orders.
Finally the Separatists have no SSDs. They don't grow on trees and the Separatists didn't get KDY when they left :rolleyes: also remember most of the Separatist fleet blew up with the CSII. (The only one I can see important enough to have an SSD would be Ivan, and even him...))
Ulna Shardes Space
*The immense Loyalist fleet turns on the Separatist's forces. Outnumbered, and now trapped by Interdictors, the Separatists had nowhere to run*
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Ulna Shardes
Starr: Are you delusional? I am not an Emperor, anymore than you are an Empire. It makes me curious to see that two Jedi would sink so low as to aid a pack of rats like this one. As for the Republic, they are not ones to violate a treaty without provocation. Besides...*Starr looks around the room at the still-frozen Councilmen* ...I'm sure the Republic would give me a medal of honor if I ridded them of you nuisances...
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Coruscant - Vampire Nest
Kvana: But not how to think...
Kerrigan: "Well, techincally who's ordering those forces out there? You or the one who trained you? Reguardless or not if the person who trained you. Besides I'm not aiding this bunch of people still clinging onto a regeme thats about to be demolished, I'm here for Ravan."
*Ravan, force pushs dribris away.* "I fight, becuase I was eventually going to change this regeme from the inside! I hate evil, can't stand it. I CAN'T STAND YOU!"
*Ravan re-ignites the lightsaber, still bleeding from several wounds, some of which he healed some where bad ones, but not all...*
*Ivan looks at Ravan, while his 'pager' vibrates.* 'Damnit, they're here. Got to get to a console'
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Coruscant, Nest
Vertmor: *smiles* "Maybe. But he's still high blood. Not to put him too high, he does make his mistakes. But unfortunately it was something he haddent lost when he was turned..."
*Tojo was shaken. He opened his eyes, his face cold on teh duresteel plates on the bridge.*
Sir, SIR! Seperatist ships jumped out of lightspeed! They have fired, and we have lost two ISD mark I's.
*Tojo stood, slowly, and shook his head. suddenly, his mind felt a presence. Disengage. let the army raze the planet.
Shaken, he turned to his officers*
Turn the fleet around. All ships fight the Seperatist fleet! let the army take the planet, we've landed an overwhelming force already.
*Like a hornets nest roused to fight, The mighty fleet turned, and let loos a full salvo of all it's weapons at the fleet. *
Have the Titan and the Vengence concentrate on that Super Star Destroyer. The TIE defenders should have no problems with there outdated fighters and bombers and intercepters.
*Suddenly, an anomilous reading appears on the scopes. Anotehr Super Star Destroyer. Tojo appeared apprehensice, but the IFF codes indicated it was friendly. The Fade.
The Fade opened her guns on the Ess Pire and launched her compliment of Defenders and Advanced TIE's. Tojo smiled.*
Cut them down.
*As the battle waged, the Seperatists started losing ground. They began to fight with un orthidox tactics. fighters suiciding into other fighters, into Star Destroyers. a desperate attempt to win, or face the consequences of thier treason.
*off the bow of the Titan, a Seperatist STar Destroyer was incoming. A suicide run.*
Gunners, concentrate all fire on teh Star Destroyer. Make sure it doesn't get close.
*his officer relayed the orders, and TOjo Glanced at his tactical relay screen. it's 100/1 odds verssus our capital ships, even worse for the fighters. This battle is suicide. He thought, what would Cracken do? Probably wipe them out, entirely, not taking any surrendur.
*another red blip fell off of his screen, and another. then 4. the Seperatists where lossing Star Destroyers, fast.
He looked out the window, and saw the incoming Star Destroyer burst into a brilliant explosiuon, well away from the Titan. That's what he will do then.*
Make sure nobody survies the battle. No surrendur. activate the Interdictor Cruisers. NOTHING LEAVES THE SYSTEM ALIVE.
*WIth that, 20 Interdictor Cruisers fired uo there Gravity Wells. The Seperatists small fleet was traped. and ripe for the plucking.
*Starr stares at the two* Is that so... *Starr narrows his eyes. He reads surface information off of the weakened Ravan's mind*
Starr: How interesting. You two aren't even Jedi...you're holdovers of a dead era. Corrupted remnants.
*The room goes dark. Turbulent Force energies swirl around the room*
Starr: You can't change evil. You can only become it. My master tried to change the regime and as a result this regime left him. Killing you would be nothing less than an act of mercy. *something catches Starr's attention and he looks at Farran. Then he looks away* None of you have anything left of use to me. Farewell.
*Starr vanishes.
The Imperial Council building explodes*
*Deac walks to the door*
Deac: Then let's be going...
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*Beler sits in the office, alone, reading the reports*
Beler: Excellent....
*Beler hears a click and looks up into the barrel of a gun*
I paid my exit fee...
Assassin: It's not that you left the guild Beler, all the Alderaanians did. We just got paid a lot to do this. I'll have it in the back of the head if you like...
*Beler's cybernetic eye pulses, sending an Infra-Red beam into the detector on the wall. A turret activates above the door*
Beler: If you insist...
*The turret fires, knocking the man down*
Assassin: You can stop me, but kiss your lab goodbye in three minutes....
((Redwing, this is absolutly the last time, I promise.))
*Taklin drew back the bow, this time he aimed at the Vampire's heart. He let the arrow fly, the vampire dived, the arrow seemed to curve and the vampire fell. Flax walked to corpse and hacked the head off. His bowstring glittered, with the golden strands of his wife's hair woven into the sinuews.*
Coruscant
*The Valkyries fly over Coruscant when they recieve a priority message. Goll reads the message. Minutes later the ship leaves Coruscant and jumps into hyperspace.*
*An communications officer came up to Tojo*
Sir, priority message from the planet, Starr is inbound on the Titan.
Tojo: Give him priority clearence. if he requests it, give him escort.
Sir.
*The officer walked off, to relay the message.*
*Hal continues to circle, he moves foward a couple of paces.*
*Sertmor responds to the two steps forward, with two to his right, keeping his distence...*
Sertmor: *taunting* "Thy self is caught the wind of boredom, Aren't you going to strike me? Or are we going dance this waltz all day?"
*By this time all Sertmor's children had vanished.*
Sertmor: "Oh yes, I forgot to mention. Sunlight doesn't harm me no more... In the total years of my actual exsistence, my powers gotten stronger, and my weaknesses disipated. I'm not like my children."
*Sertmor charges, but parry's to the left, with slight whirl. He ready's his blade behind where Hal was...* ((guessing that Hal turned around.))
((lol, BD, sorry I'm being so bitchy ;)))
Coruscant - Vampire Nest
Kvana: *disgustedly in a low voice* That's it, fool. Give away all our strengths and weaknesses.
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Coruscant - Transit
Rwos: We're meeting a friend of mine on the way. She's half-vampire - basically, a vampire with a human soul. She hunts vampires. She's also a Blade.
We've arrived...
*A glider levitates downwards from the sky. A woman dressed mostly in black with various bladed weapons attached to her dismounts the glider. She did not wear the Blade's signature identifying mask, only two small black tatoos above and below her left eye*
Rwos: Deac, this is Gilian. Gilian, this is Deac Starkiller. I believe I told you about him.
Gilian: Pleased to make your acquaintance, Starkiller. *she offers her hand while sizing Deac up*
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Ulna Shardes Space
*Starr, on his way to the Titan, puzzles in his mind*
I can sense them again. Very faint...almost as faint as if they were barely even in this universe...
*Flashback*
Starr: Killing you would be nothing less than an act of mercy.
*Starr looks at Farran, who is beginning to awaken. Something about his eyes...There was something inside him, completely alert, that hadn't been there before. At least, not active... Starr pulled surface information from Farran's mind.
What he saw astonished him.
At that moment he sensed Cracken and Alys again. The pull of the Force he felt was at the CSII site! But...their presences were not...
He believed he had the answer. Now...
Starr: None of you have anything left of use to me. Farewell.
*End Flashback*
*Putting together what he'd seen of Farran's thoughts and what he was still sensing now, Starr came to a conclusion*
The other-dimensional being that befriended the Starkiller. Termand Rwos...
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Ulna Shardes - Former Council Building
*At the demolished Imperial Council building, an unusual hovercraft floated through the debris. Artemis Omicron sat in it, looking closely at a scanner.
The hovercraft stopped and began to sift through the debris with long pincer arms. It pulled up a large piece of rock to reveal Farran Darkholme, severly injured and unconscious*
Artemis: I was afraid it would come to this, old friend. I'm very sorry, for your sake.
*The craft extend a set of arms and carefully lifts Farran onto a sort of stretcher. The craft draws the stretcher into itself and shuttles away*
Coruscant - Vampiric Nest
Vertmor: "Kvana, don't hold your breath yet. Reguardless of what he siad, which I may have to 'remind' him why not to give such information away. He still hasn't given every detail. Those Jedi don't know we even exsist, most likey they think that Sertmor is the head Vampire, considering the way he's been prading around that he was..."
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Ulna Shardes - Former Council Building
*Rubble and debris burst up as Kerrigan force pushes the rubble away so she can get free. She's badly wounded, but not mortaly...*
Kerrigan: *sensing Ravan's force energy no longer present* "No..."
Coruscant - Vampire Nest
Kvana: He's foolish enough to be a threat at this present moment...
Coruscant
Vertmor: "Just wait. Allow this battle to finish."
*Hal turns, then slashes upwards, stepping back, Sertmor Intercepts, Hal brings his blade around and makes a diagonal hack.*
*Sertmor swings his blade around and blocks the diagonal 'hack'. With the blades connected, conflicting energies begin to create sparks of pure energy from the exact spot where the blade touch.*
*Deac bows*
Deac: The pleasure is all mine. Now, to business. What do we know?
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*Beler scans the area for tachyon and heat signatures with his cybernetic eye. He finds none. Then he realises that the reactor must be on irreversible overload. He runs to the desk, opens it and takes out the secondary back-up hard drive, and runs to the door and toward the lab's exit*
Beler: 30, 29, 28...
*Hal swings again, this time low.*
((I think i made ot out so that our blades are touching, pushing angenst each other, oh well.))
*Hal's blade skids across Sertmor's right skin. He hisses in pain as the blade burns him. Like-wise happens when Sertmor scrapes his blade across Hal's left arm.*
*Hal looks down at his burned skin, then looks at Sertmor's blade.*
Hal: Cursed metal!
*Hal back peddals, as Sertmor stalks foward Hal cuts upwards.*
*Sertmor swings his blade to block Hal's incoming balde. Again conlicting negitive and positive energies of the two swords, unleash sparks of energy.*
Coruscant (Somewhere in the vicinity of the vampire nest)
Gilian: The vampire population seems to be most highly concentrated in the area near one of this planet's largest libraries - I think it's called the Fel Library. Almost all the vampires here are no more than about two weeks old, and all came from this planet.
There are two separate types of vampires on this planet. One seems to be a magically evolved form of the other. The evolved type is the most common and weakest; they apparently need time for their abilities to mature. They all have a form of magic energy inside them. This is the primary breed.
The second type, the rarer, seems to be the original; they have no magic energy. They apparently reach much of their potential as they're stronger than their "cousins". They are also the most like the beings they were originally; retaining memories and even some of the personality. The primary breed all seem to have lost most memories of their previous lives.
I'm calling what I think are the originals the 'secondary breed' as the vampires I've seen of this type are only a few days old. The reason for this I don't know yet.
The primary breed seems to have a special vulnerability to silver. Both are vulnerable to wood through the heart, beheading, sunlight and fire, and, interestingly, crosses and other holy objects.
The easiest way to tell the types apart is this: the secondary type wears a demonic-looking game face when bloodlust is upon them, or they just want to make an impression. The primaries seem to have 'evolved' past that.
One last thing. Besides the plethora of baby vamps running about, I've sensed the presences of at least three very old and very powerful master vampires. Two are of the primary breed and the third is of the secondary. If I'm not mistaken they're the ones responsible for this. If we can find those three we have a much better chance at stopping all of them...
Rwos: ...Did you memorize that?
Gilian: Maybe a little.
Rwos: What about Flax and the Knights?
Gilian: I've seen them around, hunting vampires. Like the Aesir but with more technique, and, uh, less finesse. In fact I just left from observing them in the middle of fighting a whole nest of vampires. *points downwards*
*Rwos looks at Deac*
Deac: Then let's get moving. Is it true that we can more easily curb the infestation by killing these master vampires?
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*Beler reaches the door as conduits begin to explode. He keys the lock and the door opens. As sparks fly around the exploding lab, he looks around sadly at his pet project and the place where he has worked for the last year. He exits, and the bomb explodes behind him...*
*Just then footsteps can be heard behind them.*
Flax: I hear you've been looking for me.
((Red: you mixed that up. I believe i never said (or tha tthe idea i had at the time you thought was bad ^_~) that the vamp's I control are weak to begin with. they are just as powerful as yours ;) If not, your's is more powerful becuase of thier magical attributes, and mine slightly more stronger and faster.
the minus is it TAKES A LONG FRIKEN TIME (300-400yrs) before that vampire can make his first evolution. But the evolution time also varies (from 10 to about 100yrs)))
((OOS: Um. For the billionth time, mine have no magical attributes. Except Kvana (because he had them when he was human). Zero. Zip. Zilch. Yours on the other hand all have Dark Gifts, which is something you came up with, not me. So THEY have magic, mine don't. For crying out loud. How many times has this been stated both outside and inside the RPG?
I never said your vampires were "weak". I said mine started out being stronger and faster at first (before your vampires evolved - re: Mrear) because you proved that yourself in the examples of them you've shown as opposed to the one I showed. And I'm not going to weaken my vampires so yours can be the stronger all the time; I like mine the way they are. (Oh, and by the way? If your vampires are more powerful once evolved than that DOES obviously mean they were weaker to begin with. :rolleyes:)
[Note: This is NOT a hint for you to turn all your vampires into gods. So stifle the knee-jerk reactions ;p]
And by the way: what do you mean vampire half-breed? Gilian/Enelya is a vampire with a human soul. The word half-vampire isn't supposed to be taken that literally. How could you possibly get a half-breed vampire anyway? Gonna have to ignore what Vertmor said))
Coruscant
Gilian: Destroy their leaders and we take away their direction. Besides that, I want to find out exactly how they got here...
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention one thing. The invitation spell is working here too. *to Deac* That means, basically no vampire will be able to enter the home of a living being without an invitation by the owner. Of course, that won't stop them from destroying the house or anything, but it's something to keep in mind.
Rwos: Flax. Hello. I hear you've been hunting vampires.
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Ulna Shardes
*Starr's ship docks with the Titan. The battle outside seems to be lessening in intensity*
*Storm troopers are lined, in file, in the docking bay which Starr's ship landed in. Tojo simled. Just like Palpatine and his son. This will never change.
Two Elite Red Guard walked side by side, behind Tojo, with Tojo's command following them. Starr was walking toward them, and stops before Tojo. The Red Guard bow, and take up position beside Starr, now Emperor of the Empire.
Tojo bows, and Starr and Tojo walk toward the door that leads ouut of the hanger.*
My lord, the Seperatists are losing. The Ess Pire is under heavy fire, and lost shields a few moments ago.
*An explosion against the shields of the Titan sifted the deck plates slightly.*
Seperatist Star Destroyers have taken heavy losses, all but 5 were destroyed. They are currently on an exit vector, trying to escape the Interdictors. we should have them shortly.
Our losses are so far minimal. 4 squadrons of TIE Advances fell to Cross fire, 2 squadrons came from enemy fire. 10 Star Destroyers where destroyed due to un-orthidox tactics on the enemy side. 1 squadron of our TIE Defenders is KIA.
How do you you wish to deploy the fleet? 50% of it can leave this system, and we can still win easily.
*Flax smiles grimly.* Hello, yes, we've been hunting tracking, burning. *Gestures to the Longsword on his back.*
We've located the source of the Vampires, one of by men says that me son is even now dueling one of the head Vampires.
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*Seeing that all his comrades have finely escaped Hal halts steps back and Force jumps up a level.*
Hal: We'll finish this another time, Scurge! Time to get back and report.
Coruscant
Gilian: The source of the vampires? What do you mean?
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Ulna Shardes
Starr: I sense them again. Lord Cracken and Alys...but something's wrong. I think I know what it is, though...
As for the fleet...deploy it in any way you wish, so long as we win as fast as possible. I need to leave...
*Lying on his back, Kioet recovers from the explosion*
Kioet: What the hell?
*Kioet stands up and examines his suit*
voice mask: damaged
jet pack: inoperable
suit strength: currently at 25%
Kioet: It looks like this suit saved my life. Farran better still be alive to repair it.
*Kioet looks around the area, body parts are scattered and people are pinned under fallen support beams*
Kioet: I have no time for them, I must find Farran.
Kioet: my remote slave still works at least, if my suit wasn't damaged, I could make a profit by transporting some of the wounded, but it's not worth the risk.
*Kioet presses some buttons on his slave link remote, and the shuttle lifts off and Kioet guides it towards him, several medics and wounded look up*
*the shuttle flies towards Kioet and then lands a meter away from him, while those that can, move closer*
Kioet: Don't even think about it.
*Kioet raises his weapon and walks backwards up the loading ramp, until he's inside, then the ramp closes and the shuttle takes off towards that location where he met Artemis.*
*Deac turns to see Flax*
Deac: Flax! How've you been? It's been ages since we last met. What's been going on?
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*Beler cowers as the door opens. Inside, the lab walls remain intact, but all the equipment is destroyed. He then notices that the portal device they kept there is gone...
but the portal remains open*
*RH Irvine gets back to his Ship, while Chavo is still waiting.*
RH Irvine: "I'm sorry, something came up."
*Kur runs in.*
Kur: "Damn you run too fast!"
RH Irvine: "Come on lets go!"
*The Reaver takes off*
Flax: We know that there are three master Vampires, my son tangled with one. Although he didn't seem smart enough to fabricate all this. We think that Two are of one breed, while there is another of a second breed. One of the other two must be the ring leader. We also know that one arrived a couple of weeks before the other two.
*enroute to Artemis' place*
Kioet: What if Farran IS dead.....and Artemis suspects.....ME...? What then?
*the shuttle arrives at the destination*
Kioet: TOO LATE NOW! TIME TO LIGHT THE PLACE...just land the shuttle dammit..as fun as that would be...he might not be dead...he CAN'T be dead...
*the shuttle lowers to the ground, ramp deploys and Kioet walks down it, rail detonator in hand*
Kioet: Wonder if anybody's even home...
*Kioet walks up to the door and knocks*
Sertmor: "Cowardly whelp!"
*Sertmor crosses his arms and vanishes*
((OOS: BD, how did Flax get all that information? o_O))
Ulna Shardes
*Artemis looks up to see Kioet on a monitor*
It's that Vanguard...
*Artemis debates what to do about him*
Deac: What's our current plan?
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*Beler draws his pistol and fires on the portal. As the bolt goes in, a large demonic hand starts coming out...*
Flax: Currently I'm going to take you to our headquarters, where you will meet the greatest Vampire Hunter ever.
*As Starr and Cracken walk to the bridge, a comm officer ran up to them, out of breath*
Comm Officer: My lord, priority message from the Ess Pire. It's Admiral is now claiming soverenty over the Seperatists, and is asking for mercy! Shall we allow the surrendur and board them?
*Tojo was about give the affirmitive, but he held his mouth. This is now in his Emperors hands*
((BD, I'm still waiting on an explanation o_O...I think I know, but 'twould be nice if you could at least say "one is forthcoming" ;)))
Ulna Shardes Space
*Starr notices what Tojo was doing*
Starr: You don't need to defer to me. Cracken is still Emperor. He isn't dead, do you hear me? All I need to do is find him...
*to the Comm officer* I would rather kill them than show mercy...but I am tired of death today. Accept their surrender and board them. The snake's head has been cut off...with the Separatist Council gone these forces are no threat.
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Coruscant
Gilian: *skeptically* Really...on a planet that hasn't seen vampires in, well, ever?
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Ulna Shardes
*Artemis' voice speaks from a comm unit on the outside of the door* Kioet! What do you want?
Kioet: Artemis. The loyalists have destroyed the Separatist Council building, I'm sure you're aware of that, when I recovered, Farran was nowhere in sight, did he stop by or did you get any news of his whereabouts recently?
Artemis: He's here, but terribly wounded. He can't see you.
*The comm officer looks at Tojo, and Tojo give the nod. A tech hands Tojo a battle report, and Tojo looks at it. He smiles. The last Seperatist Star Destroyer went down in flames.*
Well, now that the Seperatist threat is gone, shall i begin deploying the fleet? We will begin rebuilding the Empire as one, now, i assume?
Where do you want to take the Titan?
(OOS: Sorry about the quality of the map, but this is the galactic territories as we have them.))