I plant a few mines around the area where we had fought off Vengeance. I turn to my apprentice, Darth Rythe.

"At last we will reveal ourselves to Lance. At last we will have revenge!"

After planting the mines, Rythe and I board The Outlaw Star (http://www.efrance.fr/survivor/Pic_coll/new-lot01/outlaw_star01_1024.jpg) and temporarily hover the ship over the base just a couple yards over while waiting for The Ragnarok and the Gettysburg to make their exits as well.

*with everyone at ej's house and gathered in ej's office.*

ej: ok everybody, it looks like we have destroyed our first target. we will plan another attack within next week. go and get some rest.

After hearing this, Craig leaves ej's office and starts to walk not toward the Ragnarok, but to a small lake a few miles away. He gets there and relaxes, healing the several battle wounds, and removing the gauntlets. Craig had no idea the gauntlets had that kind of power, he then knew immediately he had to control it. He went to the Ragnarok and prepared it so it would be ready to fly anytime.

"I sense that our next involvement with Lance will include even more than just 1 super sith. Maybe even 3 this time. Come, my young padawan. We must train for the next encounter", I tell my new apprentice Darth Rythe.

We both walk into the training dojo outside of EJ's house and begin to practice and make our own skills better than they were when they fought against Vengeance.

"There are many 'things' I will be teaching you, padawan," I stated,"Including how to find and unleash your inner beast, as I and Craig have been known to do on 'several' occasions."

Craig was suddenly in the dojo, on the sidelines. "Its going to be hard to even access a power like that, Rythe. You, are not a demon, and I am only half, being one of my parents, not sure which, my ancestery doesn't tell enough. It is, possible, to let out your own energy. Species of all sorts have some kind of incredible power within them that they are unable to unleash because they are unable to. This will take time and practice." He paused, then started again, "Personally, Topshot is a very excellent person to learn this from. But he cannot go into the depths of his power as extently as myself. Topshot's demonic abilities surpass mine at the moment, because he has reached a level of control deeper down, so learning from him is the better idea, I am at the same level as him, yet I do not have control over myself most of the time during it," He smirked at Topshot, "Topshot over here would be better to learn from, as he seems to gain his control faster than myself." With that, he sat down on a nearby chair, "But, that's just MY opinion, I'm just here to watch."

"Although it's not easy to control your hidden powers the first time you unleash them," I quoted,"as you gain experience, you should begin to realize that you should not control your hidden abilities, but rather join them and become one with that ability."

I look over and smile at Craig, then tell him,"That's how I maintained control over my powers, whereas you, Craig, you want to control your abilities, yet you fail to realize that in order control it, you must first take control of your emotions, then your state of mind must be clear in order to become fully compatible in the areas of Control."

I then look back to Rythe,"At least that's from my experience. Everyone has abilities that they didn't know they had. You just got to do some exploration into who you really are and how you really function."

I then look back in Craig's direction.

"That understandable to you?"

Craig thought about that for a minute. "Let me put it this way.. I'm emotionally challenged. I hardly have ANY emotion, so maybe that's my problem? My mind is always clear, so my lack of emotion may be my troubles. Thanks for pointing that out, and yeah, I do get that, perfect logic."

*one week later*

ej: spys have found the second weapons installation. i will order 5 star destroyers along with the Jimmy's luck as lead ship. we will go in and destroy the installation with proton torpedoes. topshot that group that we accountered on the first attack we have found out that they are teamed up with lance. we may be expecting another armada there. then we will move onto the 3rd 4th and 5th targets. i have an idea that we can rob the bank and destroy the 4 remaining installations in one swift stroke. we will divide our forces. topshot, i want ur forces to go to one weapons depot. rythe i know u want to be with ur master but i need u to take a force to another depot. craig u take a force, and captain silver here will take a force to the final depot. i will take a fleet to the bank and we will all meet there. i will also clear the way so we dont have that much resistance. does this sound like a good plan?

Havoc: Agreed here.

I ask EJ,"I agree with my part. My squad is at your command.
Need weapons from there or something?"

Craig nodded. He had some buddies he would call in for his "squad" along with the crew Ej assigned him. He headed for the Ragnarok and several ships landed by with similar designs to the Ragnarok, but they really paled in comparison to Craig's ship's abilities.

ej; ok we will leave 2morrow

The traing goes on for several hours untill we have to stop for dinner.

Craig sat in an empty room in his ship. He wanted to be ready for the fight tomorrow, so he thought a little "cleansing" would do. He activated a training program and stood up. A platoon of soldiers appeared. Craig immediately took them town, and soon after some Dark Jedi appeared. Craig ducked under the holo-blade of one, tripped it, then "sliced" the other, and continued until they were down. Then, a large Sith warrior equivalent to the power of Vengeance appeared. Craig struck with his saber, which was knocked out of his hands. He drew his sword and struck, lighting coursed through the blade. He landed some hits, but the Sith "healed" himself and knocked the blade out of Craig's hands. Craig activated his gauntlets and went into his "Devil Trigger" and started thrashing the sith hologram. He leaped into the air and plunged his fists into the ground, and the room turned into an inferno, fire exploding everywhere and the simulation ended, the room went back to normal. Craig, now tired, went to his room to rest for the raid tomorrow.

I sit at a table trying to fix my damb mask. Vengance must have got it with his lightsaber.

EDIT: By the way here is my ship! (It is called the 'Star Bridge'.)

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/desktoppics/Starbridge(1600x1200).jpg)

*ej gathers everyone into his office*

ej: allright everyone we are ready to go on to the assault. i beleive the ships are ready. we will divide our forces, and meet at the bank station my task force will steal the money and then we will meet at this point on the planet. *ej points on a map* then we will begin a walk in the park towards lance's base.

ej: lets get to our ships.

Craig nodded and went to his ship. The buddies he had called in followed him and went to their ships. His force lifted up and went into the base. "So, EJ, where's our destination?"

Me and my Master stand at the back of the room. I wasn't really taking in what ej was saying, I was more thinking about my new ship.

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn...pics/Starbridge)

I turn to Rythe,"Thinking about your new ship, hmm?"

My apprentice replies,"Yes, master."

"We have no time for that. We must take our leave now and help them again in this current mission. Now, as a gift, I am giving you this......."

I hand Rythe my old red dual-blade saber hilt, built with hidden special features that Rythe will soon discover.

"It's my saber, and its very old. Please take care of it. I have no need for it anymore."

ej: craig i want u to to go to the 2nd weapons depot, fight the aramada there and destroy the depot. then hyperspace out to the bank and wait with me there. topshot and rythe u 2 are gonna have to be split apart for this part of the mission. topshot i want u to take a task force and go to the third depot. do the same as craig then hyperspace out to my location, rythe u the same and captain silver here will go to the 5th depot. we will meet outside the bank after i have completed the robbery. then what we can do is go in a imperial shuttle land outside lance's fortress and then we will lay seige upon it.

"Will do."

The Ragnarok and its fleet near it went into hyperspace, appearing near the second weapon depot.

"Alright boys, lets take out this armada."

The ships split away from each other and ambushed the weapons depot before anyone knew what was happening. They arrived during a time the armada was being reloaded and refueled. Craig's small army attacked, destroying the ships before they could launch, then took over the weapons depot. Craig and several others went in and started to kill off the guards. Craig mainly wanted to know if there were any new weapons he could get his hands on. As he ran through the corridors, he found a door labeled "Explosives". He opened the door and found many illegal and powerful explosives inside. He had some guy pick out some and take them back to the ship, they would need them for later. He moved on and saw another door, "Automatic Guns" and opened it as well. He found some very powerful weapons in there and had them transported out as well. He also picked up some spare parts and had them taken back to his ship, he was going to make a custom gun. Craig went back to the explosives room, picked up one of the explosives and set it to go off as soon as his ships left. He and his friends rushed back to their ships and lifted off. Just as they went into hyperspace, the depot exploded in a firey inferno.

((OOC Who is Captin Silver?))

"Thank you Master."
I atatch my old light saber to my belt and then also my new lightsaber.

ej: rythe allow me to introduce u to captain silver, long john silver, he tried to take over the ship that jim hawkins is on, who is also part of my crew.

* ej brodcasts a message to the other tasks forces saying that he will do the bank robbery alone and returns to the jimmy luck with all the money*

ej: mk lets go in. *the gettysburg lands in the hangar and ej dressed in old fashioned pirate garb walks to the front desk.*

front desk: hello sir how may i help u today?

ej: bring up lance's account.

front desk: sir that is private information.

ej: private information my left foot. * ej takes out a civil war navy pistol and holds it at the clerk's face.*

front desk: sir u are going to have to put that away or i will call security!!!

ej: now look, u got two options, either u bring up the account and open up the vault, or 10 of my men come in here and take down ur security and we get the money anyway.

front desk: ok sir here is his account. he has 10 million dabloons.

ej: good. now order your security to put down their weapons and put their hands where we can see them. kabeesh?

front desk: kabeesh. the vault with the money is right around there.

ej: good. thank you for seeing it my way. *ej radioes for 2 crates and crews to help load the money back to Jimmy's luck.*

Several of Craig's crew landed on the landing pad and entered the bank with some crates, ready to help load in the money.

Topshot lands at the designated area at which EJ recommended, the 3rd depot. He then quickly makes a few checks and signals his crew to come out of hiding.

Topshot:"Corporal, you and your men gaurd my back while I break open this lock."

Corporal:"Yes sir."

He then attempts to break off the lock with his saber, but to no avail, it had no effect due to cortosis shielding which snuffed out his blade.

Topshot:"Corporal, give me that D-11 you took from one of those stormtroopers back there."

The Corporal tosses a blaster to him.

Topshot:"Now, gaurd me!"

The Corporal and his men huddle around Topshot, forming a protective shield while he blasts the lock off.

ej: hey craig whats up. all my men have half the money together. thanx for coming.

* a message comes in. mk tells ej there is a message from captain silver*

ej: silver what is it?

silver: captain, a enemy fleet has came out of hyperspace! it looks massive!

ej: allright hold on there for a moment. corpral how are we doing on the money extracting?

corpral: sir we are 99% done. here comes the last crate of money.

ej: thank you sir. get this money loaded up into the atr and return to skull cove. captain silver we are done with the robbery. craig and i will go and meet you at your location. i will come in with some more star destroyers and back up support, we will attack from their rear. u try to retreat back and we will catch them off gaurd.

Craig ordered his men to go ahead and attack the enemy. They would live through the attack, he knew it, they've done similar before. He headed back to his ship after the money was loaded.

*ej's men loaded up in the ship and headed back to the jimmy's luck. then 3 gunships and a squadron of x wings joined ej's armada and they hyperspaced out. ej's force appeared behind them as expected and craig's forces appeared under lance's ships.

ej: gun commander! load the proton torpedoes and fire at their engines and shield towers!

gun commander: roger roger

* blue proton torpedoes flew out of the missle tubes and hit the shield towers on one ship and the engines on another. the commander ordered the ships to turn around and start attacking ej's forces while a smaller force left the main group and attacked captain silver's group.*

captain silver: helm's man turn around and start shooting lasers and torpedoes and ion lasers. we will destroy this force and then move on to destroy the rest with the captain.

ej: corpral ready my tie defender and send out a squad of xwings and awings. i will lead the xwings.

Topshot and his men make their way into the first room of the 3rd depot, encountering and blasting gaurds from left to right, diagonal and vertical.

Hiding in the safety of the shadows, Topshot activates his commlink.

Topshot:"EJ, we just made it in. It seems that Lance's forces have already taken guns and weapons from this sector to somewhere else. You sure there's anything left here?"

ej: just do what u can and destroy the building to ur liking. then meet outside the bank and wait there. we have got the money and we will meet u there. tell rythe the same.

The Ragnarok left the Bank to help in the fight. The minute the ship arrived, its guns started firing off at the armada. Craig's friends moved in. Craig realized that the armada was much bigger than they were used to taking out, and extra precautions would have to be taken. He swerved under a platoon of enemy ships, the tail gun of the Ragnarok blazed, shooting down the ships in the platoon. Craig jerked hard on the controls, causing the Ragnarok to spin away from an oncoming torpedo.

<as ej's tie defender soared out of the hangar he was joined by a squadron of xwings and a wings. the awings flew towars the shield towers of 2 capital ships. the xwings and ej encountered several lance's star fighters. they shot proton torpedoes and destroyed most of the group then they made a u-turn and destroyed the rest with lasers.>

captain: sir the gunship corellia is being attacked! the dreadnaught africa is moving in to help out and is deploying tie fighters.

ej: thats great keep up the good work. im heading to the lead ship, order 2 squadrons of preybirds with space bombs. direct them to the underside of the lead ship. when the shield towers are down have the squadrons start firing their space bombs.

captain: roger roger

<captain ej's tie defender soared towards the lead ship. he launched 3 missles and 2 torpedoes at one shield tower, and another 3 missles and 2 torpedoes at the other, but they missed.>

ej: blast! red 2 this is red leader shoot 4 torpedoes at the shield tower.

red 2: roger wilco.

<the torpedoes shot out and hit the tower. the sheilds on the hud displays in all the ships showwed that the shields flickered and died.>

ej: captain, order the 2 squadrons to fire thier space bombs.

captain: roger.

<2 squadrons of prey birds flew in and fired their space bombs. the capital ship tried to shoot them down with it's turbolasers but the bombs were too fast. they pounded into the underside and the other prey bird squadron fired their bombs into the bridge. the capital ship exploded leaving a huge mess of debris.>

ej: the other ships are going back into full retreat. captain i am going to fly back to the jimmy's luck and lead the rest of the attack there. red 2 you are red leader now of this flight group. how is the corellia?

captain: the corellia is fine, how ever it is going back to ramstien to get repairs.

ej: thats fine.

<ej's tie defender flew into the hangar and ej took an elevator to the bridge>

ej: allright, we will fire torpedoes at the capital ships and fire turbo lasers at the star fighters. we will chase them back to their hyper point and then meet at the bank. topshot and ryth should be done. craig set ur cordinates to the bank. captain silver go hyper out with craig.

captain silver: aye aye captain! always wanted to say that.

Craig set the coordinates for the bank and waited for the go ahead, he didn't want to leave too early, even though if he did he knew how to handle himself.

<lance's fleet pushed on and they hypered out. several star fighters were destroyed during the retreat. in all 10 ships were destroyed from the bank and silver's attack area. but still lance's fleet was big. ej's was still bigger.>

ej: allright lets get outta hear <and all the ships vanished into hyperspace.>

<in a 1/2 hour ej's ships and craigs ships arrived at the bank and found ryth's and topshot's ships there also.>

ej: allright everyone this opperation has succeded lets head back to ramstien to now make a final attack on lance's citadel.

< all the ships then flew back into hyperspace and returned back at ramstien>

ej: allright everyone we have destroyed all 5 of lance's weapons depots and have siezed his money from the bank. now we are into the final assault, that is attack his fortress. my army will be attacking his army and our goal is to take over the citadel. topshot u and ryth may have the citadel to use as a jedi academy. craig i will give u some credits after i get paid by the furer.

all my ships are devoted to this now, if ne of u 3 would like to have ur groups participate, now is the time. now the 4 of us will go in and try to find the throne of lance. lance is my own problem so i will fight him alone, the 3 of u will go find the rest of my crew and take them using this device i call a teleportation ring, its set so it can send them back here in a large jail cell.

what i figured is we will be having cannon support along a ridge right here and gunship support unloading soldiers and loading wounded soldiers.

nebody have ne ideas?

Craig wondered something and asked, "What kind of resistance are we expecting once we get there? My friends aren't participating in this one, but I'd like to know so I know what to expect when the guns start blazing."

He wanted to know because he was sure a Fortress had the capable firepower to shoot down his ship, and he really wasn't looking forward to pay for the repair expenses for the Ragnarok.

ej: craig my friend, we will land on the cover of darnkness. and then we will set up camp and the cannon crews will set up their cannons along the ridge. then in the morning the troops will assemble and the battle will start. now my point is there wont be that much firepower cuz we will be flying in on the other side of the planet and far away from the radars.

"How are you so sure that their sensors won't pick us up? You'd think news of the weapon depots destruction and bank robbing would have reached him by now and he would have doubled security."

Topshot, by some misfortune of fate, makes it back to EJ's location. He walks into the room, carrying a huge pile of scrap metal from the last skirmish his men were in.

Topshot:"Not to interrupt anybody, but I've found something interesting from our last mission. That piece of scrap metal over there. Look familiar? It's from one of those old ion cannons that was used in the Intergalactic War. I decided to convert it to a protective device for our use. Newest of war machines. Might be useful in this next mission."

ej: allright lets replicate it and we will put it on the underside of the war ships. give it to my work crew, they can build and repair nething very fast.

Topshot:"Will do. Anything else I should do, captain?"

ej: no topshot

* a droid walks over and takes the peice of armor down to the lab so it can be replicated*

ej: allright craig if u would like some armor for ur ship u may use it. we will be launching within 1 week. then we will begin the attack. if ne sith or dark jedi come in the way please keep them away.

I walk in badly bruised and scrached, "sorry did i miss anything???
I got in a fight with someone that had something that could resist lightsabers and the force".

(Jeedii_zaarinn is gone on vacation or something for a few weeks, and after a quick conversation over AOL Instant Messenger, he put me in charge of his character until he gets back.)

Ej nodded to Rythe, and pointed him to a room to heal. After Rythe finished healing, he went over the briefing again.

Then, after the week had passed, they flew off under the cover of night and set up camp near Lance's citadel. Ej set up cannons along the ridge for defense.

He turned to the group for the final briefing.
"Captain Kidd and Captain Silver will lead the army to battle. Topshot, you and Craig must free the crew members, and I shall fight Lance. I do not want any of you to interfere, no matter how bad it seems."

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Craig nodded, understanding all this. He wondered how well this would go. He had just gone through a major change in his demonic powers, and he hoped they would work for him as usual.

After hearing the briefings, Topshot questioned himself whether or not he really shouldn't interfere in EJ's battle, but dismissed the thought and went on to something else on his mind.

What if this is a trap and they actually want us to come? What if they were ambushed? Who would be there gaurding the crew?

These questions seemed to flow through his mind like an endless sea of thoughts. He wasn't too worried, but was hoping that his apprentice wouldn't notice anything unusual about his master's current behavior.

Letting alone his apprentice notice, Craig noticed it immediately. He smirked at Topshot, "Hey, you've never been like this on any of the missions we've been on, don't worry about it, it's nothing we cant handle.".

Topshot kindly smiles,"Thanks for the reassurance, man. I needed that. Now, about that mission. What kind of equipment will we need for this, sir?"

Ej finished setting up the defenses and turned to topshot, "whatever you have on you. Just take care of the guards, a hacker to get through security would be great, which im sure Craig can take care of."

Craig interrupted and grinned at Topshot, "Topshot's a better shot than I am with a gun, so yeah."

Ej continued, "Once we get in, I'm going to take on Lance. I don't want you to interfere, but I would prefer that you cover me from any interfering attacks, if possible."