Operation Long Knives

[Darth Viscera]

*A message, encrypted with the highest level of security available to Imperial transmitters, travels through space. It was not a long message, on the contrary, not even 3 lines long. The message continued through space, before finally arriving at Byss.*

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: LL is roused from his sleep by a beeping HoloNet messager system. He wakes up, climbs out of bed slowly, walking to the terminal. Entering his password and allowing for a retinal scan, he authorizes the message's receipt. Three lines of blue characters crawl onto the screen. LL smiles slightly, quickly preparing to send a message to both Planet Corellia and Planet Naboo The message read:

PURPLE_

Quickly, LL got his armor on, running down the hallways of his daccha, heading toward the Hangar Bay ::

[Live Wire]

*At TSO HQ Gamma and Delta fleets are instantly mobilized. The two fleets take off into hyperspace. Gamma fleet is on its way to Naboo, and Delta fleet was heading to Plegias.*

[Darth Viscera]

*The 1st GMA fleet dropped out of hyperspace at the Plegias system, and awaited its companions.*

[Live Wire]

*Right on time TSO's delta fleet drops out of hyperspace in the Plegias system*

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: LL reaches his hangar bay, quickly prepping the Oozaru II for takeoff. As the huge engines purr to life, LL throttles it, sending the craft streaking out of the hangar, high into the sky of Byss. Quickly, LL makes his way into orbit, and engages the hyperdrive, streaking off to planet Plegias ::

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: Quickly, the Oozaru II slams out of hyperspace, in the Plegias star system. Already assembled there is the familiar Delta fleet of The Sith Order. Finding the flagship, LL requests permission to come aboard. The request is quickly granted, and LL docks the Oozaru II, and heads straight for the bridge. The Admiral of the fleet salutes LL, and he returns the same, then orders the Admiral to send several strange codes to a set of planetary coordinates the Admiral had never seen before ::

Admiral: Lord LL, what is at these coordinates, I know of no planet here.

LL: Those coordinates are that of Frih'Tan V. Transmit the codes immediately, Admiral.

:: The Admiral gulps slightly, but immediately sets his communications officer to work, sending the series of codes to Frih'Tan V. After it is finished LL smiles ::

LL: Admiral: Prepare to jump to Hyperspace. Destination, Frih'Tan V.

:: LL smiled....the moment he had waited for ages to come was now at hand. The TSO Delta Fleet accelerated, quickly heading towards Frih'Tan V ::

[Darth Viscera]

"Follow them," was the order given by Diktat Viscera.

The transmission from Delta Fleet was a rare one, indeed. In short, it was the beginning of the end for the Marzullo clan. Itala Marzullo had been a fool to live on a planet surrounded by starfighters, Imperial walkers, defenses, troops, and a planetary shield generator that he did not control.

As Viscera pondered this, two squadrons of Scimitar Assault Bombers flew overhead, razing Marzullo troop encampments, dropping proton grenades and concussion bombs into the center of a massed regiment. The result was hideous, as it always was with war. Mutilated troops of the Marzullo clan lay on the ground, most dead, some unlucky and wounded. A quick drop of dioxycin bomb from a Scimitar asphyxiated the wounded, so they would not require hospitalization. The GMA did not want to take care of prisoners. Stormtroopers, advancing only once the Bombers had cleansed the land, ran through the fields, sniping at the enemy from hundreds of yards away at times, securing the area mostly. TIE Devils and Defenders glided through the air, strafing troops.

The planetary Shield Generator and planetary ion cannons-another few devices intended to protect the clan from just this sort of attack-self destructed, killing the operators inside.

10 AT-AT Walkers strode on, right behind the stormtroopers.

This was the beginning of the end of the Marzullos.

The GMA 1st fleet exited hyperspace at Frih'Tan V, along with Delta fleet.

[Krhe]

Unseen to most of them, a Modified A-9 Vigilance flew along behind the fleet.
"This is most interesting. A war with the Marzullo's, this could be of use to my superiors."
The A-9 begins to give off signals to its HQ. The A-9 flies closer to the main fleet and observes what they are doing.
"So many dead Marzullo troops dead... this could prove VERY good..."
The A-9 flies down above the surface and watches the burning buildings burn...
The pilot smiles viciously and lauphs for a second.
The A-9 flies up and takes stat records of all the ships there.
"Hmm... maybe these will prove to be of use..."
The A-9 leaves orbit and takes off to hyperspace...

[Lady Vader]

*LV hurried through the command ship and reached the bridge in time to see the stars streak as the ship hurdled into hyperspace... she turned to address the Admiral*

LV: I've got both TSO fighter squadrons prepped and ready to disembark the minute we exit hyperspace. Both Avenger and Shadow squadrons are in the green and under my command. The other fighter squads are under your command Admiral. Deal with them as you wish.

*she turned to LL*

LV: I'll be flying in the Cat's Claw commanding both squads from there. Once we reach the planet, I leave my next of command in charge of both squads. I'll be heading down to the planet along with the strike force.

*she turned back to look out the view port*

LV: This will be a day long remembered.

[Damien Killcannon]

:: His massive form hurrying through the halways, Damien managed to catch up to his Master, Lady Vader, without so much as becoming winded. He placed a clawed hand on her shoulder, and she turned to face him (or rather, his upper chest). ::

"Mistress... may I attend you in this?"

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: LL turned to LV and Damien ::

Yes, go to the planet's surface and oversee the ground assault. I will stay with the fleet until the perimeter is secure, and will soon follow.

LV...go and get revenge.

[Damien Killcannon]

:: He bows with a slight nod of his head. ::

"Very good..."

[Lady Vader]

*LV looked up at Damien and smiled... though it held no merriment, only satisfaction*

LV: Glad to have you with us, Damien.

*she turned back to towards the view port and dug her claws into the railing*

LV: Oh, and don't worry... I WILL have revenge...

*silently she finished the sentence in her head... and directed the message to LL... for the both of us.*

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

**Dyzm walks onto the bridge of the SoSD Stormcloud. Flag ship of Delta Fleet.**

Dyzm: Admiral, Thank you, I will take direct control of the fleet now.

**Dyzm stares into the vastness of Hyperspace**

[The Lounge Lizard]

Dyzm...have your men unload the cargo I have onboard the Oozaru II.

[Darth Viscera]

*DV strode across the bridge of his flagship, the Unification, directing the bombardment of the defenseless planet.*

"Target areas with the greatest population density first. Make sure to obliterate gravitic anomaly hill, and all Marzullo family transports. Charge the superlaser, and target the continent with the greatest population."

*Assault troops launched from the GMA ships, heading down towards the planet, escorted by hundreds of starfighters.
A planetary garrison barge landed near the Coloseum, and was joined by the original ten walkers.*

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: As the activity commences, LL patches through a HoloNet transmission to Corellia. Answering it is a familiar face ::

Live Wire, I need your help. Take your personal transport and proceed immediately to Naboo, to take command of Gamma Fleet. We need your help there more than here. Too much has been invested to take Naboo for it to fail.

[Lady Vader]

*LV turned back around and addressed Damien*

LV: Damien, please come with me to the hangar to oversee last minute preps for the squads. I also have something to ask you along the way.

*her apprentice nodded his head once... she then turned to LL*

LV: My com is open. If you need to reach me, you know my frequency.

*LV turned back to face Damien and motioned to him the way to the turbolift... both left in silence towards the hangar bay*

[Darth Viscera]

*DV was supervising the planetary bombardment. A nice job, especially during the times when there was not an enemy fleet to contest with. A fleet trooper watched through an enhanced viewing grid as a turbolaser blast crashed into a heavily populated sector of the planet, vaporizing everyone within a 50 meter radius. Certainly, if nearly 200 warships were doing this, the planet would not last long. A large fire had started on the northern continent, ignited by the incendiary devices from Theta and Tau squadrons. DV reached down to a nearby comlink, and thumbed it on.*

"General Phantom, what is the status of the ground assault?"

[Darth Phantom]

" Sir, all troops have landed and are forming up now, we will begin ground assault with in the hour "

[Darth Viscera]

(This message was left blank)

[Lord Psychic]

*Inside the TSO base, Psy was geting ready to leave. The night before, he just had a terrible dream and small chat with his apprentice (OOC: See Psy's post in Storytelling; it goes along with this RPG). Anger filling within him, he suddenely sees ghost of Fox appears before him.*

Ghost of Fox609: Psy... go to his planet... KILL ITALA. Use my saber. Do not spare him. Go forth!

Psy (slightly startled): Yes my master...

*The clouded ghost of Fox609 dissapears. Psy gears up and takes Fox's saber, and speeds off in his ship to the planet.*

No mercy...

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

**Having LL request carried out, Dyzm walks over to his command chair, Sits down, and waits...**

[General Scorpion]

Far within the boundaries of the Deep Core, the orbiting Byss starship base was a buzz of activity. Star Destroyers of all shapes, styles, and sizes were docking. Inside the base, All Terrain vehicles, heavy transports, barges, and prefabricated garrisons were being loaded, all filled with soldiers of the Rogue Sith Order Army. Sadly, the newest model of ship, the ATVT Barge, would not be among them, for it had just recently completed research.

Meanwhile, standard AT Barges were on the loading docks, their boarding ramps lowered, waiting for orders. In the center of the group of barges, a single AT-AT, Free Storm I walks up the ramp of the AT Barge, AB-91, carrying General Scorpion in the control center.

* * *

Later, after the loading is completed, the starships await their commander to give the orders.

[DarthPoreon]

DarthPoreon walks to the comm station and hooks up to Phantom's Shuttle.

Greetings Phantom, I have recently arrived from Xa Fel and have been given orders to Assist you. Where do you need me?

[Darth Phantom]

"On the ground, I will send my shuttle for you. I am waiting for Vis to tell me the Targets."

[Darth Viscera]

*picks up a comlink*

"General Phantom, eliminate the remaining marzullo troops and defenses, then move in and temporarily capture the marzullos. Use your starfighters as an escort, or for ground support. If you require bombardment support, call up the order and the coordinates to fleet command, and we will destroy the target. It has not yet been decided who gets the honor of terminating the bodies, so it is imperative that the Marzullos are captured, and not destroyed. 1,000 Ysalamari are stored in the landing barges, for your troopers' use, should you require them. Make certain that any and all vehicles which may be used for escape are not accessible to the family. Viscera out."

[Darth Phantom]

"Understood"

Captian- "Phantom sir, the scouting party has returned and they have some news."

"good, whats the news?"

Captian- "well sir, the Marzullo troops are unorginized and in chaos from the bombardment, now would be a good time to attack."

"yes indeed, Captian order the troops to make there way to the Marzullo troops incampment, and order the tanks to folow them."
:: Phantom opens a comm to lead starfighter ::

"you will escort out troops to the Marzullo camp"

:: Phantoms troops lead by the starfighters make there way to the Marzullo camp ::

[DarthPoreon]

Looking up, DarthPoreon could see his fighter escort for the troops.

A Squadron of TIE Defenders... Not To Shabby He thought to himself.

He continued watching his escort all the way to the Mazrullo Camp. One TIE Defender Snap Rolled to port and began firing its green turbolasers at a 20 Meter building. The Building exploded, sending shards of debris everywhere.

[Live Wire]

*LW answers LL's message*

I'm on my way now. If you need to reach me LV knows the secure freqency of my ship. Good luck to the rest of you.

[Lady Vader]

*both LV and Damien walked down towards the hangar bay... they enter the frenzy as last minute work was being doen and ships preped*

*they continued walking towards her advanced TIE Interceptor*

LV: I have been given command of both TSO Avenger and Shadow squadrons. But I will be commanding the squads from my advanced Infiltrator, The Cat's Claw.

*she looked at her Interceptor, tracing the red blood streaks on the sold black hull with her finger*

LV: I'd like for you to fly my Interceptor, Blood's Shadow. She's a wonderfully advanced and upgraded ship... not to mention extremely lethal.

*she went silent for awhile as Damien examined the ship with obvious interest*

LV: I was going to give you command on TSO Shadow squad, but I realized you'd be better suited planetside. I will just leave my next in command in charge of both squads once we're planetside.

*she looked at her apprentice*

LV: Besides, I would very much like to have you fighting by my side.

[Damien Killcannon]

"Of course, Mistress. This ship appears to be suitable to my needs. I will make you proud this day... all our foes will learn to flee in terror at a mere whisper of your presence. I will build a monument to attest to our victory, wrought from the blood and bone of the heretical scourge of the Marzullos."

[Lord Tavington]

On the planets surface a TSO troper wanders aimlesly, lost from his comrades and with his electric gear shorted out, due to a violent but brief storm that had, rather appearently, found a hole in his suit. "I knew i shouldn have woken up today" [i]he said as he slowly made his way through the forest clearing, cautious for fear of enemy troops to catch him by suprise. He edged his way aross the sides of the clearing, unwillig to make his prescense known to any sky going ships that might wish him gone. Taking off his helet, hisdeep red hair splashing out over his suit, he trys to spot the rest of his brigade, knowing he wasnt that far off. There.....a figure......humanoid..ish.....he runs over a bit, being rather quiet. He recognizes the familiar form of another troopers suit and takes a quick breath to shout something over to (s)he, but a loud tremor like sound cuts him off, and as the ground starts shaking he falls to his bum. The earth itself seems to jut up out of itself as rocks fly syward, coing back own upon him, crushing his legs under it. He watches as the others he spoted all disapear as the juting rocks engulf them. There screams wold be music to any Marzullo, if there had been any who could hear it. As the ear shattering rumbleing stops, the shocked trooper gazes ut, over the side of the boulder at three valley sized pits in the ground, then slowly traces his gaze up into the sky, where he spots 3 ships that were not supposed to be here. His eyes widen at the prospect of that, but not for long as another huge rock comes tumbling down upon hi, crushing his skull under it. Aboard one of the ships, Pollux sits in command. Raising what little ground defenses are left he gives orders to cover their flight to space. As suprised planetary weapos commanders recieve the orders, they spin their turrnets around, giving the 3 ships what cover fire they can, even going as far as sacificig themselves to help the fleeting ships. As the ships make their lunge towards space they fire their many various laser, turbolaser, and ion cannons towards the ground, eliminating hordes of enemie troops and units in the aftermath.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC; it has been long enough for the Caesar right?Itala makes sure all his forces enter the shield protecting the sanctuary, the ion cannons surrounding it started firing intensely at the ATATs made their way forward, Itala runs to the top temple to retrieve some things...

[Lord Psychic]

*Lord Psychic speeds out of hyperspace and toward the planet, ignoring the ongoing battle. He lands and hides his ship within the outskirts, and begins outward toward the main city, following the ground troops, armed with his usual thermals, medium blaster, ls, and a new addition... Fox's saber.*

[Itala Marzullo]

Itala: General, our 10th GArrison has been massacred, release 8 & 9, tell them to kill anything that is not a trooper or a marzullo.


General: Right away sir.


*from under the colloseum, huge gates open and release about 10, 000 troops, they starts killing everyone hideously as from inside dozens of tie bombers starts bombing the ATATs, taking 2 out..



*Have Garrisons 1-7 enter the sanctuary, refrain yourselves from discussing the whereabouts of our shield generator, it can't be traced with the normal eqipment. *Itala finished gathering the most important items and keeps them in a safe place as he climbs down long stairs from under the statue, he then came out and let his servants, drois, along with Matthias take his son Dante



*Itala: You take care of him with your life MAt.


*Itala slams shut the door leading down the secret chambers and runs to the Capricorn house as his remaining garrisons making up about 800, 000 troops who surround the borders of the sanctuary shields from the inside, combining the cloning, each of the Ms troops and mercenraries. Ion cannons ready, primitive yet efficient booby traps surrounding the outside, nobody was getting in...*

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

**Sensor data poors into The Bridge of SoSD Stormcloud. 3 enemy capital ships matching discriptions of SSD have launched off from the planets Surface.**

Dyzm: Charge the Super Lasor, and bring SSD Shadow Rose, SSD Roanoke, SSD Vendetta, and SSD Soul Reaver into wedge formation with Stromcloud. Get Ready to Move out

Helmsman: Sir, The Enemy Ships are 187 KM away

Dyzm: After the Fighters Depart, have them form a screen.

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: LL stands, arms crossed, on the TSO Delta Fleet flagship. He watches as the battle intensifies. Slowly, he turns to Dyzm ::

Dyzm, contact TSO command. Prepare the Galaxy Gun, and aim it at Frih'Tan V's location. I want to use it at a moment's notice.

[Lord Tavington]

[i]As the ships approached the atmosphere they used there gravity wells not to keep ships in system, but to create a gravemtric disturbance, coupled with the atmospheres own delicate nature to hide the shis from the fleets sensors. X-wings start to pour out of the three ships, forming one tight flying group. As the mass of fighters heads away from the three main ships the allied fleet in orbit reads one large mass and their sensors detect it as one ship of unknown configuration. The mass of fighters fire off loads of proton torps at the ships in orbit, then move off on seperate trajectorys. Moving into the enemy fleet they fly to the rear suffering small loses to the heavy, and slow targeting, capital ship weapons. The capital ships floating in orbit fire off their ion cannons, aiming at the engines of the closest ships, shutting them down. Other ships in orbit realizing the recently unknown ships in orbit are there open fire on them, but the gravity and the atmosphere making targeting almost impossible. Tractor beams shot out at the ships that engines were recently disabled and pushes them up towards the rest of the fleet, using them to ram their other ships while opening fire on other ships with there powerful arsenal. The X-wing squadrons move back down through the fleets from the rear, targeting and destroying Engines, ad life support systems on ship after ship of the hostile fleet....

[Itala Marzullo]

*Itala sends Pollux some information and change of plans, it was going to work better either way**comm link*Itala: Everything ready down there Mat?Matthias: Going smoothly, we will laugh about this later.*comm link to Pollux*Don't forget the time.*shadows can be seen inside the sanctuary's temples waiting*

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: With over 260 capital ships firing from a distance of 187 kilometers, I doubt that even without sensors, we would have THAT much difficulty hitting three ships that are 8 kilometers long each.

:: LL looks on an operations console, frowning slightly. The Marzullo fleet had used an ingenious maneuver, causing several vanguard Katana dreadnaughts severe damage. LL checked the status. Three dreadnaughts destroyed, six with varying damage. ::

Launch TIE In and TIE Defender squadrons. Prepare Scimitar wave one. Have Dreadnaughts 43, 42, 23, 21, and 12 use their tractor nodes to retrieve the damaged vessels. Move Interdictor 03 and 05 to sector 3455.

:: The much faster TIEs begin to assault the X-wings, and in larger numbers. With nearly an 8 to one superiority ratio, the faster craft tear into the older fighters, causing extreme losses. At the same time, Interdictor Cruisers encircle the fighters, hemming them in, and targeting them with their higher proportion of laser cannons. Scores of X-wings fall prey to the attrition assault ::

Dyzm, prepare the spearhead assault. Run them down.

[Darth Viscera]

*Viscera watched the spectacle through a planetary viewing pad. Nearly a million glossy white-clad stormtroopers had gathered, and were being transported by 9 behemoth repulsorpads towards gravitic anomaly hill. Repulsortanks and walkers of all types brought up the rear and flanks, as hundreds of starfighters and Ubrikkian floating fortresses flew overhead, escorting.*


The swarm of locusts had arrived.

"Sir, picking up three Super Star Destroyer-class vessels ranging on sector 53A. Numerous snubfighter blips as well, sir."

Finally, some defensive actions.

"Excellent. Order all gravity wells to their maximum output, and instruct the Azure, the Paladin, and the Merion to engage the enemy SSDs. Assign them to command group A on the tactical board."

"Sir, gravity wells are already at 105% output."

"Then I want them charging at 110% output, Lieutenant! Signal TIE command to recall fighter groups 14-32b to engage enemy fighters. Arm the ion cannons on command group A. Signal them to disable the outgoing ships if at all possible, and to launch Assault transports for a possible boarding."

[Itala Marzullo]

*Itala set a time wit Pollux and he looked down at his legions of troops, he knew they were doomed and was sure going to miss them, he started making his way down the stairs*




Go now Mathias, start it up!

[Lord Tavington]

[i]As the 3 capital ships pull up farther into orbit, they shut down entire decks and non-essential systems and throw the power to shields. As they charge up teir weapons systems, they target the TIE carriers. As punshments of hell are inflcted by surface legions upon the invders the ground weapon systems detract the space fleets from there ultimate goals. Just then, the 3 ships for an alpha strike, destroying 3 TIE frigates. Mat's TIE luanched and was now undetectabe among the others...

[Matthias Marzullo]

*When Matthias gets Itala's message he fires up the engine of a hidden X-Wing and blasts upwards towards the atmosphere then when he had the right altitude he shot to the other side of the planet, with Dante in his lap. Matthias makes sure no one is behind him or tracking him and takes off, bursting through the atmosphere and makes a couple random jumps in hyperspace then sets off for a destination where he planned on meeting his family later on.*

[Darth Viscera]

*The techs in sectors 1-9 finished setting up the AT-AA walkers. These walkers would shoot down any ship which departed in its region. In this case, there was full planetary coverage, as more than one walker was involved, and the range was quite great. The walkers would fire a salvo of ion energy, disabling the craft's engines and sending it careening to the ground.*

[Lord Gue]

[i]TGE fleet gathers together in response to its allys distress cry. Over another planet, The Galaxy Gun is loaded up with its superior sized missle. Unfortunatly, some heavyer ships and the DS are engaged in other matters at the moment and cannot be utilized. So far 40 Imperial class SD's, the Executer, Omega, and the Faith have gathered over Hoth withoutnotice so far...

[Darth Viscera]

Post #45 by Matthias Marzullo ignored.

[Itala Marzullo]

Start firing on the ground assault enemies GEneral...


*the dozens of ion canons surrounding the sanctuary starts firing and desroying their enemy, 4 more ATATs are hit i he "head" and explode violently aking out many troopers around them as well,*

[Darth Viscera]

*Command group A chased after its prey, the fleeing SSDs. The Paladin and the Azure fired their superlasers, knocking out the sublight and hyperdrives on two of the fleeing Supstars. Two more Alpha-Class Star Destroyers broke off from the massed fleet, and began chasing the last SSD, as the Azure and Paladin rained emerald fire and ion shots on one of the engine-disabled SSDs, destroying its bridge. The Merion, with its much faster rate of fire due to a larger crew complement and better maintenance and controls, traded fire with the sole remaining engine-disabled SSD, and was able to punch a small hole in its hull section, right near the bridge.*

[Darth Viscera]

(This message was left blank)

[The Lounge Lizard]

:: LL smiles. The little half-hearted escape would not work. ::

All Star Destroyers...open fire on the Dragoon.

:: The starfield runs red with turbolaser salvos, from a multitude of ships, all streaking toward the SSD Dragoon. The mighty ship powers its shields fully, but even then, it cannot resist the concentrated firepower of such a magnitude. The Dragoon's shields begin to show the toll they are taking, and localized power grid failures begin to register across the ship as one generator after another is overheated ::

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Hmmm...you mean to tell me 260 ships cover every single bit of space in a solar system? And the escape hangar bay is way down the sanctuary's edge, nobody knew of it neither it could be seen. I'll edit their escaping so you stop crying.

[Darth Viscera]

No. I mean to tell you that 260 warships are blockading your planet, and could easily pick off any escaping ships, especially with the starfighters, gravity wells, and large ground presence and anti-starfighter and anti-aircraft presence on the planet.

[DarthPoreon]

[i]Troopers, Walkers, and other Landing craft, this DarthPoreon. New Orders We are to use the to dig down to the same level as Itala. We will then use the GPD-5 (Ground Penetration Device MK V) to dig the remaining direction to Itala. Your orders are to Protect the Hammer Probes while they Dig. Kill anything that offers resistance. Do Not try and atttack the Itala Estate, for it is trapped.[i]

Two Hundred 20" GPD-5 are moved into strategic locations, within a 10 Square Kilometer Radius of Itala's last known location. 15 Technicians per GPD-5 position the GPD-5s for digging. One Tech punches in the data cooridanites for the digging.

[b]DarthPoreon hits the ignition button and all Two Hundred GPD-5s begin rotating their razor sharp claws. The claws begin digging into the earth on the planet. Almost a Million Stormtroopers patrol the 10 Square Kilometer Radius, and many Ground Attack Vehicles Patrol.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Alright then.



*Itala waits for Gue to clean a spot large enough in the orbit, they needed to escape now, fortunately nobody knew of the deep core hangar bay and it was going to be a long while before they could destroy the shields surrounding the sanctuary*





*the canons and intense firing from the armies took out hundreds of ropers along with the remaining of the ATAs, the colloseum gaes open again from under the ground as they release as they release about 100 tie bombers, they start bombing the ground assault enemy*

[DarthPoreon]

Diktat Viscera, Poreon here, request support in destroying the ION Cannons around my position. Point -22.12473.2

Granted, Poreon.

Viscera shuts the commlink off.

Fire at all ION Cannon placements near Point -22.12473.2!

On the planet, a barrage of laser fire pours down from the sky. The affect of the Laser Blasts are brilliant explosions as the ION Cannons are destroyed.

[Mara Marzullo]

*Mara stands next to her Father, the noble warrior leading his ship, the Dragoon, int battle. Many thoughts race through her head as they hover over her home planet, surely being attacked by her family's enemies. Coldness rages through her body as she stares out the window on the bridge of the Dragoon*

Father, it is a great honor to finally stand at your side in battle.

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Gue is not in orbit. Even if he had been alerted of our fleet's presence at frih'tan as soon as we had arrived, his fleet would just be beginning its hyperspace jump. He has not even posted having arrived in the Frih'Tan system.

IC-The escorting TIE Defenders and Devils inside the planet's atmosphere quickly vanquish most of the TIE Bombers before they can get to the ground troops, and the remaining TIE Bombers would not last long. Imperial walkers and floating fortresses fire at the defensive Ion cannons, knocking out many of them, as the GMA armies continue advancing on their repulsorpads, victorious so far. Several scout troopers on a speeder bike manage to sneak behind Ion batteries, plant explosive charges, then rush off before the weapons explode. Space support fire rains death from above onto the remaining scattered marzullo troops.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC; Poreon, explain to me how the hell you found out I was underground? A human is sort of difficult to spot in a very large area, which is protected by shields.



*the colloseum's cannons are revealed and one comes out from every "opening" within its walls, hey take out hundreds of the troops, right from behind*




Underground troops, time to flee, use the secret escape route and enter the sanctuary shields.

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Ever heard of sensors or life signs? Or do I have to sing the 'scanning for lifeforms' song, which Data has so perfected?

[Lord Tavington]

Crew aboard the dragoon quickly draw reserve power from all across the ship, most of it being powered down to supply the shields with more power. It fires alpha strike after alpha strike against each ship in he blockadeIts good to finaly have you here duaghter, though im sorry to say you may have choosen the wrong time to stand with me

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: 1000 feet under the ground? And couldnt it have been an animal as well? What a coincidence he decided to scan that 3 squared meter spot where I was!

[Lord Gue]

[i]The ships in the fleet code named: Vicroy, jump into hyperspaceCourse: Marzullos homeworldTime: 2 days

[DarthPoreon]

Poreon! We have penetrated the outer rim of the surface and are at 70 Feet Below The Top Ground Level.

The 2nd-in-Command of the Ground Forces nodded his head in acceptance. This would not take long...
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Dream Like Sequence
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Move! Move! Move! A Team of Commandos ran from a small dome shaped building. The building had a small guard tower outside that was half destroyed, the other half on fire. 12 Stormtrooper crawled out of the dieing building. A Flash went off and when the smoke cleared the rest of the Guard Tower was gone. 5 Seconds Sir!

The remaining commandos bust their tails into high gear as they sprint away from the dome building. Another flash goes off and when the smoke clears the small dome building was laid in ruins, support beams falling, creating loud booms.

Sir, Thermal Detonators detonation report success, Periphial Shield Generator Destroyed! Repeat, Periphial Shield Generator Destroyed!
_______

The 2nd-In-Command snapped out of his dream-like-sequence and began shouting orders.

Send Commando Team A to Point -17.55.4432 now! Tell them to destroy a Guard Tower about 20 Meters in height and to destroy the Dome shaped building about 100 Meters in diameter.

The Commando Team Set off to destroy a Domed Shape Building

[Darth Viscera]

That many ships could certainly find your position using their sensors. We only have one planet to scan. Animal life signs are far different than human life signs. Sensors can detect the difference. He scanned far more than just 3 square feet.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: The Colloseum is 5 times as big as the one in Gladiator Poreon, no 100 meters.

[Dante Marzullo]

Dante grips his father's hand as he notices his worried look, he asks quitely...Father, what is going on? Who are all those people?Dante looks at his eyes confused and worried...

[Itala Marzullo]

Itala looks back at his son...hateful but refraining himself from showing it to his son...People who are going to regret the day they met me.Itala can hear the explosions outside and he looks at the rest of the family...he then uncovers about 40 swoop bikes in the hagngar bay, he opens a "road" created before he colloseum, it conected the sanctuary with the colloseum under heavy and solid rocks Itala looked at the extremely long tunnel which would lead them as far away as possible...the tunnel went even under the sea, connected the continent they were in with the next one, it was not going to be easy to catch Itala...We might need to use this way if hings turn worse, rig the stairs that connect the hangar bay with the statue on top, there'll be a nice explosion of they dare touch it. After we use the swoops, I recommend you put on your wetsuits...I have some special vehicles I saved from a very old battle...[/i]Itala sits down with his son ad ponders...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Poreon's out for the night. he'll be back 2pm EST tomorrow.

[Lord Tavington]

[i]As the ships try to hold their own against the fleet in orbit Pollux realizes its futility and retreats his ships back down under the shields of the Colluseum. The other 2 ship use their manuvering thrusters to hover in place uder the shields, The Dragoon still operatioal for the most part, stays perfectaly still. The crews controling the other 2 ships from various parts of their engineering systems starts repairing command systems. Shuttles launch out and land on the surface prepared to pick up all the troops and units of TMC....

[Darth Viscera]

Commscan officer-"Sir, we're detecting a small mass of beings approximately 1000 ft. underground."

DV-"Run a topographical analysis. Tell me what it would take to blast a hole down. We need to get troops there."

Several seconds pass.

Commscan officer-"Sir, a 13.28738-second static burst from all the ventral turbolaser batteries at once should get us right on the mark."

DV-"Will that give us a 1000ft. deep hole which is 2 meters wide?"

Commscan officer-"Yes, sir."

DV-"Then do it. Reallocate one brigade for standby positions once you've got me that hole."

Commscan officer-"Yes, sir. Communicating that order now."

*All ventral bombardment batteries on the Unification open up for 13 seconds straight, producing a large turbolaser blast which cuts through the earth on Frih'Tan V. Afterwords, a brigade of stormtroopers and combat engineers and their support equipment gather around the hole, and begin the installation of a temporary turbolift shaft, protected by starfighters and floating fortresses roaming above, and dozens of the brigade's own AT-PT walkers.*

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: SSD's with atmospheric entry capability?

:: LL clasps his hands behind his back, raising his head back slightly ::

All Star Destroyers, concentrate firepower on the Dragoon. Target foreships sector.

:: The volley of turbolasers intensifies, joined in with the occasional blast of proton torpedos. The amount of concentrated firepower in one sector of the ship quickly causes the shield generators protecting those areas to buckle. Unhindered by the shields, the shots from the many Star Destroyers begin to hammer into unprotected hull. The Dragoon's forward hull begins to light up like a Christmas tree as multiple hull breaches belch fire and burning gas out into the vacuum of space. Bulkheads snap like matchsticks, and the hull peels apart like the skin of an orange, as massive structural damage is registered across the ship. ::

Continue firing.

[Itala Marzullo]

*through the force*


We don't need 'em uncle, we can always clone more, wait until they find out who I cloned these legions of troops after, hehehe...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-
Okay, Tavington, what are you doing? Only Vicstars and smaller have atmospheric entry capability.

[Darth Viscera]

*AT-AA walkers and GMA TIE Defenders detect the presense of shuttles on their sensors, and engage them in battle. The battle begins, and dozens of shuttles begin falling from the sky, most of them turned to scrap by the Imperial fighters.*

[Lord Tavington]

OOC: No its all engie power to wieght ratio, ragoonn now weighs ess due to the fact your pounding the structure to pieces and ad to that its enourus engines output....and as for the fact your still shootin it, I dont know how, its under whats left of planetary shields and it stil has its own up...

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

(OOC: He's Taking the idea from the book Krytos Trap.)

Helm: Super Laser Charged...

**On board the SoSD Stormcloud Dyzm Smiles**

Dyzm: Good, but dont use it yet, Contact the SSD in our fleet, bombard the planet with everything they got.

**Red and Blue Waves of destructive energy fly through the planet's atomshpere, they hit a rapidly shrinking shield**

Dyzm: When will the Galaxy Gun be ready to fire?

Comm: Last com reports is that it will be fireing within the hour, but the projectile wont reach here for 18 hours...

Dyzm: Dammit! Why So long?

Comm: The Hyperdrive on the projectile is not up to full power, they can only get 67%

[Lord Psychic]

*Lord Psy feels Itala's presence nearby and then sees the troops near a hole, where his presence is comming from the strongest. He stands near and eagerly await them to finish their task so he may persure Itala.*

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-The shield generators self-destructed in the first few posts. The Lusankya had repulsorlift boosters, or whatnot. SSDs can't enter a planet's atmostphere. Even the thrust of their massive engines is not enough to provide lift for an object that size. It was a massive project to get the Lusankya out.

[Itala Marzullo]

*about 100 of the protecting troopers await for the coming intruders as the hundreds of thousands of troopers turns around and sarts firing at the inturders (remembering there is a shield around the sanctuary which somehow did not get aknowledged) and the ion cannons within the shield stared blasting the hell out of the troopers, all of them are quickly slain**Itala hops on his swoop bike as do the rest of TMC and fire up their motors to speed through the tunnel...the camouphlaged doors of the tunnel are covered by his troopers and they blast a hole in the opposite wall, about 50 of them take their armors off and put on sith robes, then head other stairs leading up the mountain**One of the troopers who was wounded from Visera's legion sees a face down there, he recognized The Lounge Lizard in one of those faces, he couldn't believe it as he passed out, dropping his binoculars*

[Lord Psychic]

*Lord Psychic quickly ducks behind a rock as the troops are slaughtered.*

Just like that coward to flee...

*Lord Psychic uses to the Force to locate Itala and begins to chase after him on foot, not being able to see him yet. He predicts that Itala is somewhere in or on one othe moutains on the distance.*

[Itala Marzullo]

*Itala and the clan speed with their swoop bikes, being about 50 miles farther the colloseum already, nearing the ocean, 100 troopers who were waiting in the tunnels under the colloseum destroy the tunnel access blocking it and hop on their own bikes, escorting the Marzullos, each and every single one of them were cloned after LL, Itala had engineered them to have a low midi count, they were loyal to death, tis was the biggest offense and insult he could think of for LL*

[Darth Viscera]

*The combat engineers notice the presence of Lord Psychic.*

"Sir, we're finished. The turbolift shaft goes all the way to the bottom, and we've detected another passageway, and are digging our way in."

The engineer points to a nearby pulse-laser.

"If you don't mind doing a bit of digging yourself, you can take that device and search on your own. Bear in mind, though, we have to take it slow, or the caverns will cave in with us inside them."

Meanwhile, onboard the Unification

"Dispatch a new planetary shield generator and install it on Frih'Tan V. Link the fire-control generator on it to the fleets' IFF regulator. We can at least prevent them from escaping the planet."

*A landing barge dropped from the ship, escorted by starfighters and gunships.*

[Lord Psychic]

*He hears the man's yell, and turns back.*

Thank you.

*He anxiously begins to help dig.*

OOC: Won't be back 'till tomorrow (maybe).. grr...

[Itala Marzullo]

*Itala and the clan arrive to another hangar bay, the room was immense as submarines Itala had saved from a very old attack were sill intact, he was proud as the marzullos boarded them, the suckers would head to even a deeper tunnel network, Itala was so damn paranoid he didn't have limits at designing an effective escape route*



Our troopers have to board their sub-fighters, wait about 5 minutes captain. Blow the tunnel as well.

[Darth Viscera]

*The planetary shield generator lands on the planet and deploys, with a small array of micro-shields protecting it from any intruders. The shield powers up, and a static field is in place, orbiting the planet. Only allied ships may escape the planet now.*

*200 behemoth GMA Tank droids (twice the size of AT-ATs) roll through, into the area where the 139th elite Combat engineers had been slain. They continue on, and advance through the shields (ala Ep. 1), rolling over hundreds of marzullo troopers who were too stupid to move out of the way in time, then begin firing their plasma cannons and light turbolaser batteries at the ion cannon installations, destroying them. The droids then withdraw, and hold the position at the tunnel, as a new combat engineer brigade is brought up.*

OOC-You killed a brigade of my elite troops in one post. That's 3,500 men. I'm retaliating. You asked for it. I suggest that you prepare your ass for intensive kicking.

[Itala Marzullo]

*as an immense amoun of troopers were still alive and heading to the tunnel to cover it, they could hear a explosion which had the tunnel half collapse, troopers sacrificed hemselves climbing on he anks and seting explosives, they were killed qucikly as te explosives wrappoed around them exploded, taking out about 10 tanks first*



*the submarines headed down to the bottom of the sea which would be 5000 feet below, it would take about 10 minutes to arrive, many small sub fighters navigated around the subs as well*

[Darth Viscera]

Commscan officer-"Sir, we're detecting their life signs...surrounded by metals under the sea level and....sir, it seems they've board they've boarded some sort of submarine and are crossing the sea."

DV-"Excellent. Vaporize it."

Commscan officer-"Sir?"

DV-"Fire all shipboard superlasers at 70% intensification. Vaporize the sea."

Commscan officer-"Aye, sir. Firing the superlasers."

*Three superlasers fired from the ship, as the planetary shields flickered out for a fraction of a second to let it pass. The superlasers struck the ocean, superheating the water in an instant. The water immediately turned to vapor, and the remaining steam was thousands of degrees celcius, and burned the earth at the ocean floor, before rising to the top of the atmosphere, to be recycled. The marzullo submarine crashed to the ocean floor of the former body of water, its hull scorched from the heat. As the vessel hit the earth, its ventral hull plating began melting off ever so slowly. The Marzullo's were trapped, with two options: They could journey out of the melting vessel and be incinerated by the superheated earth, or they could stay inside the vessel and asphyxiate as all the breathable oxygen was burned away, and the hull gave way to the hot rock below.*

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

**Dyzm watches as the world clouds over, with the superheated steams starts to condense, a Storm brews up, lighting flashes**

Dyzm:Record that, I would love to see that again.

[Darth Viscera]

*DV makes a recording, prepares to make copies of it to send to his friends as a christmas present.*

[Darth Phantom]

:: Phantom late to the party again, walks up behind Viscera ::
" Lord Viscera, I have arrived with the troops and tanks, do you wish me to fire on the subs? "

[Darth Viscera]

*Viscera looks through the viewing pad at the Marzullo submarine, trapped, melting, on the ocean floor.*

"Sure. They've probably already suffocated, but you can attack them if you want. Their fighter subs are all melted and liquidy and such, as well. Take some starfighters with nice ablative heat shielding, just in case the steam hasn't risen completely, and blow up the submarine."

[Lord Gue]

[i]The galaxy gun had loaded, the ships had been sent, the only thing to do now was to clear the way ahead. The galaxy gun was not given a specific target but was programed as to what it should aim for. Soon it is ready, and the command to fire is given. The area of space shakes as the bullets flys out of the mullet and into hyperspace. on the edge of the targetsystem it emerges and makes its course toward its target....

[Lord Tavington]

[i]The SSD's wait in orbit for a while longer, preparing to pick up shuttles for a time....

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: Just how are you able to clone me, Itala? I am not in Darth Cell's database. You do not have access to that information.

:: LL looks out the viewport at the Dragoon, which was quickly succumbing to the firepower of the fleet. Suddenly a cataclysmic explosion ripped across the Dragoon's centerline, as the ship began to have hull breach after hull breach, causing the enormous ship to cleave into pieces. Large explosions rumbled throughout the vessel as it slowly began to break apart and explode ::

Excellent work. Have the dreadnaughts mop up the remains. Star Destroyers, target the SSD Caesar now.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Cell has the dan of every single person who has been under my command, which includes you, even though it was very long ago.



*Itala and the rest put on their emergency suits and life support system and run out of with their swoops which were taken along..they quickly arrive to the destination and open the second tunnel, which went deep down the eart...the remaining sub-fighter troopers managed to detonate the entrance to the tunnel after escorting the Marzullos who raced down it on the bikes*

[Darth Cell]

OOC: Actually that is not true. Darth Cell was created by taking the cellular samples of current TSC members. At the time, LL was not a member. I even stated this several times, intending to make an RP where I would steal LL's cells and fight him.

IC: deep within the tmc genetic labs, a metallic capsule begins to beep and come to life. slowly the doors swing open, and darth cell's sentience program activates, as he comes back into conciousness. he downloads information from tmc command about the current situation...and now know that tmc is in trouble. quickly, darth cell runs to the surface, to challenge the invaders.

[Dante Marzullo]

Dante felt uncomfortable inside the thick suit, but as they rid their bikes he knew everything was going to be alright..and smiled..

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Well, Itala did, not Cell, Itala has them all.

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: bull @#%$. Fix that now.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Nope.

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: You say "Cell has all the DNA"...I call your load of crap. Then you say "Oh wait...no, I have all the DNA" Once again...I call your load of crap. I think I have a pretty airtight case against you trying to blow smoke up everybody's asses here. Be a man about it and edit it out. You have lots of other choices, and I'll even overlook the fact that you never had a begin production post in the genetic labs.

Go and read DC's sig. I'm pretty sure you can find a candidate for your little mad scientist games.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Just 'cause ya don't like it, it doesn't mean it's not possible.

[Darth Havok]

::Approaches the Holonet messenger system, and gets a read out of those three lines that his comrade LL had received hours ago. Without a second thought he contacts the fleet in which was orbiting the planet Byss.. And ordered that the Wild Fire strike team to prepare for departure.. He did not mention where, only to await his arrival before their destination would be set. He gathered up his personal equipment, and arrived at his private shuttle a few moments later.. An ensign addressed him as he moved through the hanger..

“Lord Havok….” Giving a firm salute, …. “Sir, the RSO army is at the ready and waiting for orders..”

“Fine..” the lord replied as he moved up the ramp and prepared the black diamond for lift off..

He opened up communications with General Scorpion…..

“General, your destination will be Frih'Tan V.. I have received reports of several fleets in the area, so if you’d like any extra accompaniment, please, by all means, take what you need.. I’ll be in touch, Havok out…”

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: Thats just it...it IS NOT possible, for Oh-so-many reasons even! You even have to waffle around on your reasoning because I call you on it. Is it Cell, is it Itala, does it even matter because you just pulled them out of thin air, instead of posting on production.

The matter is...I am being GRACIOUS on this. Because if I went by the book, the only things you've worked on are Gungan/Wookies, Videl2000, Ezekiel Rage, a deceased Gav clone, and giant Wampas

[Lord Gue]

[i]The missle streaks in system swerving in and out of enemy ships. Its shields protecting it from shot after that shot that rakes its body. Its own weapons systems coming to life and fireing shots out at the ships firing at it. As it nears the planet it rather suddenly explodes, impacting against a troop transport ship. A massive ball of energy is released, as the explosion envelops ship after ship in the area, one whole side of the planet being scorched in the blast. In all 78 ships of the opposing fleet are decimated. The Caesar is pushed down by the blast and rams the surface, destroyed too. Due to a bit of miss information on the part of the opposing fleet TGE fleet jumps out of hyperspace into the newly formed gap in the fleet. The Executer in the middle, the TGE fleet attempts to hold the path for the TMC ships to escape...

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: I don't think i'd have posted a surprise in the making.*through the force*Gue, you need to wipe out the ground assault, they'll take us down if we depart now, we're arriving!*Itala and the rest keep making their way to the awaiting launch facility whose structure was strong enough on it own, i could be sealed and inside the facilty there were capsules made of the strongest minerlas ever known, if something wen wrong, the Sith would be safe, though trapped*

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Gue, post ignored. God-moding. If we can't take out a damaged death star with a galaxy-gun projectile in one post, then you sure as hell can't take out 78 warships in one post.

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-And Itala, you'd better come up with a damn good explanation as to how you and your compatriots can ride speeder bikes over magma for thousands of miles. The heat given off from the rocks would produce mini-thermals, nearly nullifying the effect of the repulsorjets. Not to mention each of you would have been burned alive the second you stepped out of your submarine-mystically unscathed, I might add.

[Lord Psychic]

*Lord Psy sighs as he sees the tunnel below callapse. He begins to run and uses the Force to track down the Marzullos. He notices submarines lying on a scorched ground nearby, and knows that the Marzullo's are near by.*

[General Scorpion]

The last of the AT Barges folded its loading ramp up into its forward hull. The bulk transports sat side by side, each with the usual group of twenty-four troop regiments, two speeder bike squads, and either eight AT-PTs, six AT-STs, or four AT-AAs.

Inside AT Barge AB-91, Free Storm I folded its legs at the knees and crouched low for the trip beside Free Storm II. In the head of the mechanical mammoth, General Scorpion finishes his brief conversation with Lord Havok.

"All soldiers accounted for and aboard.. We await your signal of arrival.."


(Edit: Good choice of words for someone who has had his on in his posts himself.)

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: According to rules you cant post attacks which give you an unfair advantage, after your vaporizing crap our only option was to die, so you either go with it or I'll ignore this thread ever existed, I don't give a crap if I lose respect, you know thats the last thing I care about. Oh, the sub was taken down right at the tunnel's start so a simple force jump was enough to get there.

Oh, edit your damn sig out Scorpion.

[Dark Lord Dyzm]

OOC: Before Firing, the TSO Gun Control would contact me...

**Dyzm Looks at the newly arrived ships**

Dyzm:Make sure the Shields are up... And Fire the Superlasor at 1/2 power, destroy the enemy command ship!

**The Stormcloud comes about in space, a light flashes, and a lethal beam of energy shoots from the SoSD and smashes into the aft shields of the Enemys Ship, some of the energy was depleated, but the rest burned through the shields, and hit the hull of the vessel, the beam burns through the engines and power core, leaving the ship a floating heap of scrap**

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Yeah, mine is just a picture.

[Grand Adm Thrawn]

OOC: Dv ou never had victory over thrawn at coruscant... you fought the imperial brotherhood and later came to a peace treaty, i had nothing to do with that thread

could you change that to the correct information

[Darth Viscera]

DV-"Give the order to all ground units to withdraw immediately. Weapons officer, target the Caesar, torpedoes on full spread, charge the superlaser to 20% intensification and fire when ready. Turbos and Ions on standby. Recall all fighter groups to holding and attack sectors 15-18, have them mop up any remaining enemy fighters."

Commscan officer-" Caesar is targeted. Shall I open fire?"

DV-"Indeed. Target their bridge. Order the Rayonnez and the Zealot to target their auxiliary bridge with their primary weapons and fire."

*Green laser bolts and white ion bolts shot out of the Unification, splattering against the shields of the SSD, as two superlaser blasts emerged from the two smaller GMA ships. The blasts burned two holes through the ship, traveling straight through, destroying everything in that section of the ship from level 1 to level 640. The ships' lights flicked and died as power relays were severed by the blast.*

OOC-What title should I change it to? "Routed TIE's fleets at Coruscant"?

[Grand Adm Thrawn]

OOC: you could change it to "Victory Over The Imperial BrotherHood At Coruscant" or something to that effect but taking credit for having victory over TIE or Thrawn is mis leading

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-okay, changed.

[Lord Gue]

OoC: Nope, i posted it in 2 posts DV if you cant read thats not my problem.

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Big deal. RSO posted the galaxy gun thing in like 10 threads, and it took weeks, if I remember correctly.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: you charged, fired a super laser and evaporated a sea in one post.






*Itala and the rest arrive to the deep region, it was so damn deep they had traveled to the other side of the planet where shuttles were waiting, as the enemy ground assaults were retrieved the shuttles took off and quickly headed to Gue's protected pathway and were ready to jump to hyperspace, the Eliza came into action firing full power as the shuttle jumped into hyperspace to an unknown destination*




*Pollux, hurry up and meet us, you're not going to win by yourself*

[The Lounge Lizard]

<Soup Nazi> No Hyperdrive for you! </Soup Nazi>

OOC: I do seem to remember a nice hefty supply of Interdictors in the area.

[Itala Marzullo]

Again, through Gue's and Eliza's protected area.

[The Lounge Lizard]

...which is still in the Frih'Tan star system, and thus under the effect of the gravity well.

Once again, no.

[Lord Gue]

OOC: No, it was in 2 unrelated threads and only 2 posts

[Itala Marzullo]

*comm link*



Gue, clean a path for us, how do we get rid of these gravity wells?


OOC: *finger*

[Lord Gue]

[i]As Pollux's last ship picks up the remains of what The Marzullo carried off with. It heads out of the atmosphere and into the corridor opened by the TGE fleet. As its hurt engines slowly make its way down the area, Tge ships engage other ships, making it a point not to seriously damage any TSO shi, but to try to destroy any of GMA's. As the ship exits into space, TGE ships take it up in tow under their tractor beams and start to move out of system unabated, as most of the enemy fleet is on the other side of the planet, holding its side of the planet...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Nope. Sorry, Itala. You're stuck on the planet. Planetary shields are locking you in. As to the superlaser thing, I charged the superlaser on the Unification at the very beginning of the thread.

And again, there still are not any TGE ships in the area. And oh yeah, we have many gravity wells.

Just in case you don't believe me, post #16 of this thread:

*DV strode across the bridge of his flagship, the Unification, directing the bombardment of the defenseless planet.*

"Target areas with the greatest population density first. Make sure to obliterate gravitic anomaly hill, and all Marzullo family transports. Charge the superlaser, and target the continent with the greatest population."

*Assault troops launched from the GMA ships, heading down towards the planet, escorted by hundreds of starfighters.
A planetary garrison barge landed near the Coloseum, and was joined by the original ten walkers.*

[Darth Viscera]

All remaining ground troops and their transports and support vehicles had just finished docking with their mother ships.

DV-"Target life support. I want no survivors. Ions only."

*The thirty five kilometer warship cruised through space, white beams of light lancing out from their wells. After a few moments of this bombardment, the Caesar halted, dead in space. Its weapons had ceased firing.*

Commscan officer-"Sir, the vessel is disabled. Its last power generator was just knocked out."

*The officers and enlisted men in the crew pit let out a sharp 'hurrah', and Viscera wiped just a bit more sweat from his face.*

DV-"Order the assault transports to dock with the ship. We'll capture it, and keep it as a reminder of our victory here. Tractor beams at 100%, lateral thrusters on full, get someone to magnetically lock the ship onto our hull until we can get it repaired at home."

Commscan officer-"Aye, sir."

DV-"And lieutenant?"

Commscan officer-"Yes, sir?"

DV-"Order the fleet to recharge their superlasers."

[Lord Psychic]

*Lord Psychic continues running through the montains at Force speed, gazing ahead for the Marzullos.*

[Lord Gue]

OOC: The fleet came out in system and meanuvered to their current positions for one, 2 you dont have the ship power in that area to stop us anymore, and 3 1 planetary shield wont hold back TMC ships as the shield doesnt cover the whole planet.

[DarthPoreon]

A Lambda Class Shuttle is captured by a landing Tractor Beam on the NSD Unification. It leads the Shuttle all the way to its docking spot, next to Twenty or So Lambda Class Shuttles. The Wings fold upwards as the shuttle lands. When all of the Post-Flight System checks are complete the boarding ramps deploys; standing at the entrance to it is one Shadowy Figure and 3 Escorts.

As the Shadowy Figure strides down the ramp, he is Identified as DarthPoreon. His face is grimy from the ground skirmishes and the digging. His long legs propel him down the ramp and the three escorts, similar in dirty appearance, follow tightly behind.

Inform Viscera that I will be joining him shortly at the Bridge.

Yessir

As the message is relayed to Viscera, DarthPoreon walks over to the Bay's Refresher Room and cleans off his face. He walks out of the Refresher with a towel slung over his shoulder. He walks over to a small hover car (more like a wagon) and takes a seat on it, resting his tired legs. His three escorts similarly sit down. The Car heads off towards the bridge

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-I've talked to DT about this.

1. You haven't had the time to get to frih'tan.
2. We have 260 warships (at least) there.
3. That is a Gencore Level 4 planetary shield generator. the ones that the rebels had on hoth was a level 1. A level 4 is the type which they use on coruscant and corellia (they use three of them there, just in case one fails, they sabotage one, etc.). It covers the entire planet.
4. Your previous galaxy gun post has been completely ignored by all parties.

[Lord Gue]

4. Well, not by ours, and for all we care, ours is the one that counts. DT doesnt make the rules here, so his opinion matters to me not. 3. fine, thats acceptable2. Now there 185 (at least) and spread into an orbit to cover the planet from every angle, remember space is 3d not 2. So they are spread out.1. We have had plenty of time to get from hoth to it, you have no idea where its at do you.....

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-
2. You can't take out about 80 warships in 2 posts. For all you know, I or another RPer was on one of those ships. The death star was taken out in a matter of weeks and was still ignored, not a couple days and a couple crappy posts.

1. I invented Frih'Tan V a few months ago. It didn't exist until then. It is located in quadrant 2 of the galaxy, on the far outer rim, just about in the upper right hand corner if you look on a galactic map. Only the GMA and the TSO know the exact location of the planet, its coordinates on a navicomputer, etc. It would have been hard for even Itala to triangulate his position, and send it to you, even given the relative 1 year RP time he's been living there. Frih'tan V is not on any starcharts which the TGE has, and it would require a huge hypercolonisation effort to get the coordinates of the planet, without the assistance of the TSO or the GMA.

[Lord Gue]

OOC: 2. The DS may have taken weeks, but that was only becuase posts were few and far between. Hey, it was an explosion made to destroy a planet, it would more than likley destroy alot of ships in the same area, IE one side of the planet, and 1 of the Marzullo ships were destroyed in the bblast too and it wasnt even close to the center of the blast.3. If a bounty hunter can track a person with a homing beacon half way across the galaxy then the coordinates of the planet can be found just as easily...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC
2. By that same token, the death star could have been taken out. After all, it was a blast that could have destroyed a planet. Since the death star was not taken out, the 78 ships still exist.

3. Then you can just as easily make a thread involving your magical discovery of the location of the planet. I'm sure that Grand Admiral thrawn put enough effort into finding wayland.

[Lady Vader]

OOC: my gawd... is this what this rp has been dwindled down to?! a bunch of ooc scwablings? *shakes head* can we actually just CONTINUE?!

IC:

*having already launched her Infiltrator, The Cat's Claw, along with both TSO Avenger and Shadow squadrons, with Damien flying aboard her Interceptor, Blood's Shadow, LV watched out the view port of her ship as she coordinated and gave orders to both squads under her command*

*the X-Wings were being slaughtered under the massive number of TIEs in the area... it was a clowd of star fighters out in space*

*she maneuvered her ship out of the way of a stray torpedo as it sailed out-of-control to evetually detonate on nothing... she watched as Damien took up a position just aft and to her right, acting as her wing*

*she opened her comm to LL's frequency aboard the command ship as she watch her HUD and the hostile blips wink out one by one*

LV: What's the status planetside? Is it time yet for...?

*she trailed off, not knowing whether the channel was being sliced into or not... but she knew that LL had recieved her intended question loud and clear*

*while she waited for him to answer, she continued giving orders to the squadrons in her care, maneuvering them... praising them when they hit their intended targets, and cursing in her native tongue when she lost them to enemy fire*

*the battle continued in its intensity*

[Lord Gue]

OOC: 3. TGE owns wyland if you havent been keeping up with our projects2. No, in that tread the DS was never given a chance to defend itself. This time i fired the missle, let it get in the system, you did nothing to stop it, so i continued, and i destroyed those ships, it is valid

[Lord Tavington]

[i]As the remaining ship and its crew are pulled along by the TGE ships it gains speed for each additional tractor put on it. As it nears the edge of the system the remaining TGE ships begin to pull out and head out of range of the gravity well projectors.

[Lord Gue]

[i]26 ships had reached the edge of the system and beyond already, jumping into hyperspace. The opposing fleet was hot on thier trails, but the TGE fleet had already had a well enough head start, especialy with the confusion caused by the GG bullet. The Eliza nears the boundary of the system with 8 SD's follow in suit....

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC; Vis, if you retrieved the assault team it means he shields were lowered as well.


*Itala flies his shuttle firmly hiding between the SD's andt he SSD Eliza, waiting for the righ time for a hypserspace jump, then Itala decided to board one of the SD along with the rest*



Prepare for a hyperspace jump shortly admiral.

[Lady Vader]

*LV checked her HUD, satisfied that the enemy fighters were too vastly outnumbered by the various TIE squads... This little skirmish should be over soon.*

*she looked again at the HUD, realizing some ships had boarded the enemy vessels... she sensed an all too familiar presence aboard the capitol ship now... a presence that brought an ugly snear to her face*

*she opened a channel to one of the command squads*

LV: Beta and Gamma squad leaders. Your ships are the nearest to those enemy captiol ships. Do anything in your power to keep them from escaping into hyperspace.

*she switched frequencies*

LV: LV to Interdictor Cruiser Frozen Void. There are several ships trying to escape outside of your interference field. Move you ship towards the outer rim of the system. Do not let those ships escape. I am ordering your sister ship, Black Hole to assist in the interdiction field. I'm sending two squads of TIE Defenders to disable those ships.

*she switched her comm yet again to another frequency*

LV: Ebony squad leader. Take your assigned group of Assualt Gun Boats and follow Beta and Gamma squads. Use your heavy missles to disable the ship's engines. Use your ion connons to disable shields. Both Defender squads will do likewise. Don't let those ships escape.

*she switched back to the command frequency and relaid to LL which squads she had sent to intervene with the ships attemtping to escape the system*

*she continued to watch the fight, throwing orders left and right to her squads, and likewise blowing a few ships to fragments*

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-OOh, I can argue this point forever, lucky me eh? :)

3. Yes, I know about your recent acquisition. Link to your planetary takeover thread.
2. By that same token, our fleets were never given a chance to defend themselves. You destroyed 78 ships in two posts, which is invalid. It would have been valid, but you still have a death star, so it's invalid. You'd better do something about that death star quick, my friend. I'd hate to see you waste more GG projectiles.

Tavington-The TGE ships still have not even entered the system, and even if they had, they would have dropped back to realspace right in the middle of our fleet, and most definitely would not have survived that for more than a few seconds.

Itala-We took out all the shuttles and other marzullo craft earlier. All you have now is a broken submarine. In addition, there were no SD's in frih'tan's atmosphere, because only Victory-class Star destroyers and smaller ships can enter a planetary atmosphere, so there's nothing for you to hide between. And even if there were GMA ships in the atmosphere, which there never were, the fire-control regulator would have closed the shields before your shuttle could get through. It's a computer, Julian. It's faster than even your reflexes.

Now that I've rendered null and void these godmodious little posts, let me remind all of you what the situation is, to discourage further acts of itala-moding.

1. Itala and his band are stuck on the planet, with speeder bikes. There is a planetary shield generator preventing him from getting off-planet, and all the marzullo shuttles/ships and whatnot were either evacuated by their GMA owners or destroyed by our walkers/fighters.

2. 260 warships are in the system. No TGE fleets are in the system, as they would have just heard about the battle, and jumped to hyperspace a small time ago.

3. The galaxy gun projectile has not detonated in the system, because Gue's post was god-moding and therefore invalid. You can't take out an entire armada in 2 short posts. If you could, TGE would have died long ago.

Can we get back to it now? I seem to recall that some of this thread was supposed to be IC, as well.

[Lord Gue]

OOC: The TGE fleet exited hyperspace outside the system then moved into it, as ive said before.The flees there and its now moving out, and ok, i will void my GG post, ok? but as for the rest, its all still good.

[Darth Turbogeek]

Monitoring of this thread - I will point out, it is flat out impossible for Gue to be here. How long has the attack been going on for? a few hours? It would take that long for a huge fleet to make hyperspace at the minimum.

Apologies for interrupting on such a well crafted trap by Viscera, but the level of moding is insane by certain parties.

[Lord Gue]

No, this thread has been going for a couple of days, Real time and Board time, plenty of time. Please dont let your personal disgust of me influence your descions DT....

[Darth Turbogeek]

no personal like or dislike of you OOC, I have never spoken to you off board, thence You are just a person who is here like I am. What I am questioning is how you got to the planet in time. If you can do that, I have no probelm with it.

Just from what I see, not that much board time has past, so I do have to ask how. I just wished to know how.

[Darth Viscera]

Frankly, Gue, you don't have any idea at all how long this battle has been going on IC.

[Lord Gue]

I stated in one post that TGE ships had juped out of hyperspace a day before they were supposed to have arrived, meaning suprise assult, and that the estimated time, so in a post i had stated that it had been 1 day of travel....and add to that that i waited 1 day real time as well to wait and post any actions with TGE fleet....

[Darth Viscera]

well boohoo for you. There's no way this battle has been going on for anywhere near two days IC, anyways. You might have to accept the possibility that you're not in this thread, unless it goes on for a much longer time. That's just very much how surprise attacks are. Ask Thrawn. He lost a death star.

[Lord Gue]

Fine, whatever, forget i even entered the thread but rem ember this, you cant kill the Marzullos unless they want to be killed, HA! Your own rule in your face, and dont you try to turn that one around, I tried to lead a campaign against that rule already and it failed, so there, not much you can do there.....now, i have a lot of rl problems to deal with now, death seems to permeate around me, damn......

[Darth Viscera]

we might not be able to kill them, but they are pretty much stuck on an earth-type planet, with plenty of food to hunt, some nice houses to live in, a planetary shield generator protecting them from pirates/meteors/most other aggressors, and a nice, peaceful life to lead, with plenty of marzullo offspring. I think they'll have to brush up on their inbreeding skills, though. No intelligent life on Frih'Tan.

Oh well. They'll live fuller lives than most, trapped in their own little paradise. Maybe one day they'll realize that.

[The Lounge Lizard]

(LL paced across the bridge, excited at the battle's fervor. Shuttles from Viscera's boarding parties were swarming to the disabled Caesar. Soon, it would be captured.)

Lord Dyzm, the Caesar is captured. Have our bulwark forces maneuver the Eliza close to the planet. I have something special in mind for it.

(The smaller, more numerous, and faster ships of TSO's Gamma fleet eventually overtook the fleeing SSD Eliza. The dreadnaughts began to box her in, supported by the mobile gravity wells of the Interdictor cruisers. As the SSD Caesar succumbed to the GMA boarding, the rest of the large capital ships of TSO began maneuvering towards the Eliza. LL breathed in deeply, staring ahead)

Comm officer, contact the ISD Praetoria. Inform Captain Urgan that he may initiate Operation Orleans at my mark.

(The Comm officer sent the message)

Comm officer: Captain Urgan replies it is his honor to serve the Order.

LL: Excellent. Note in the report to award every crewmember on the Praetoria with a Citation of Valor.

Comm officer: Yes sir.

(LL watched on his screen as the Praetoria began to advance on the Eliza, while dozens of TSO ships began to fire upon the SSD, the vast amount of firepower taking its toll. Suddenly, a Dreadnaught exploded into brilliant flames. LL frowned. They still posed a threat. But not for long. The tides of war lapped lavishly upon LL's feet...the battle now his for the taking. And he would take it with vigor.)

[Lord Tavington]

OOC: Oook, this mean start over from where gue came?

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Not for us. We were ignoring him the whole time anyways.

[General Scorpion]

General Scorpion stood inside the main holding area of the AT-AT Free Storm I, beside a holo-map of Frih'Tan V and the estimated amount of military presence there.

"It could be over, or it could be just halfway finished, we don't know.. Most likely you will all recieve new orders within the first few minutes.."

The hangar com unit booms, for all transports to hear: "All personal prepare for realspace. I repeat, we are one minute from Frih'Tan V."

The hangar bay was a muss with activity. Soldiers who had gotten off to gather for a larger briefing were rushing back to their transports and barges. Within the minute though, all troops were with their assigned groups. The sudden pull on their senses indicated they had entered realspace before the hangar com.

Immediately, Scorpion viewed the holo-map before him in the head of the AT-AT, which continuously updated itself with information from the fleet's sensors. He got on the com, sending a message to all allied forces, "This is General Scorpion of the Rogue Sith Order.. We have arrived to assist in the attack, whether it has been worn down to a simple mop up or not.. Could someone please update us on what has happened so far, and where we are needed..?"


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(OOC: I have no idea what fleets from the RSO are here. All I know is that the RSO Army was transported by them. So, to those playing enemy forces, please stray from fleet attacks on the RSO until Havok puts it all together.)

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Ah fine, there were shuttles waiting in one of our secret launch pads, we purchased 8 SDs from GUe. You gotta monitor us a bit more..bu in the future you wont be able to. I promise. Not like i'd let you rpg with me again anyway

[Haken Marzullo]

*Haken stands on the bridge of the Eliza*
HAKEN: Concentrate all unnesacary power on the shields
LIEUTANANT: Yes sir
HAKEN: Get my shuttle ready too escape, have it calculate an emergency jump to hyperspace
LIEUTANANT: Yes sir
*Haken sat back, his loyal General Cortona with him*
HAKEN: Cortona
CORTONA: Yes sir
HAKEN: Advance on LLs ship, we gotta blow it apart and escape through the gap it creates
CORTONA: Sir, there is little chance in that plan suceed...
HAKEN: I know the risks, just do it
CORTONA: Right away sir
*The turbolasers on the SSD begin charging up, Haken awaits eagerly, guns targeting LL's ship*

[Lord Psychic]

OOC: Will this madness ever end?

IC: *Lord Psychic continues to run, feeling the Marzullo's presence getting stronger, hoping that they have not escaped beyond the planet.*

[Itala Marzullo]

When the MArzullos outside of this planet escape, it should be only a matter of time before we escape this planet, never again will see us until we grow strong enough.




*Italam lit up the room, here was a lot of stored food and such, there were even some small genetic labs as well, a small verions of TMC's HQ...*

[Lord Psychic]

OOC: I realize that, but I'm waiting for someone to object to your post. Unless we can continue on without any more problems.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: I am not talking to you.

[Lord Psychic]

OOC: Argh I misread the post... now don't I feel stupid...

[The Lounge Lizard]

Tactical officer: Lord Hicchoru, the Eliza is turning to engage!

:: LL raised an eyebrow inquisitively. What on earth were those idiots trying to accomplish? ::

LL: Increase forward battery fire. Bring forward the SSD Terpeus and SSD Mulatar. Comm officer...

Comm officer: Yes, Lord Hicchoru?

LL: Send word to the Praetoria. Initiate.

Comm officer: Aye.

:: As the largest guns of the TSO gamma fleet swung into action, a withering barrage showered upon the forward shields of the Eliza...yet the ship continued to trundle forward into the jaws of death. Inconspicuous next to the line of formation-grouped capital ships, the ISD Praetoria continued on its course, heading straight for the Eliza. The large capital ship accelerated its speed, going to maximum sublight velocity. ::

LL: Helm, take us back to orbit over Frih'Tan V. Tactical, continue firing until out of range.

Helm: Aye, Lord Hicchoru.

Tactical: Yes my Lord.

:: Slowly, LL's flagship began to maneuver back towards the planet, covered by the TSO battle line formation. At the same time, the ISD Praetoria closed within 1000 kilometers of the approaching Eliza's forward ventral flight deck...and kept accelerating forward ::

[Darth Viscera]

*The Alpha star destroyers Rayonnez and Zealot had shifted targets to the enemy SSD Eliza, and were giving chase at maximum speed, followed closely by Unification and its accompanying starfighters.*

*Two low-intensity superlasers lanced out from the smaller ships. The first was a near miss, grazing the upper central hull, then continuing off into space. The second blast impacted against its target, grid 118 on the SSD, severing vital lines to the power regulator which powered the weapons systems.*

*The Eliza was able to launch a final offensive assault: A large salvo of 328 proton torpedoes rushed at the two smaller ASDs. Countermeasures fired from the two sihps, but it was not enough. Half of the torpedoes changed course, heading for the nearer ASD, the Zealot. The torpedoes punched through the ray and dwindling particle shields, and slammed into its hull, then detonated in a brilliant flash of light, causing the bridge crews on the Rayonnez and Unification to shield their eyes, even with the light-dampening transparisteel in place which could dim the output of stars.*

*When the flash faded, all that was left of the ASD Zealot was fast-moving debris, some of which impacted on the Rayonnez' starboard shields. The torpedoes which were targeted at the remaining alpha star destroyer kept coming.*

"All power to shields!" shouted the Captain of the vessel.

*But it was not enough. The torpedoes punched through the ship's shields, and detonated on the centerline, cutting the ship in two. The lights on the stern of the vessel cut out.*

---On the Unification---

Commscan Officer-"Sir, some of the blast impacted against the Rayonnez' power core-it's going critical."

DV-"Signal the Rayonnez crew to abandon ship."

Commscan Officer-"Too late!"

*The Rayonnez exploded in an even greater blast than its sister ship.*

*Meanwhile, the Praetoria continued thrusting forward, towards the nearly-disabled Eliza.*

[Lord Tavington]

As the Eliza loses over half its weapons systems to the hit, ships computers automaticaly redirect the energy into the sheld matrix and atuseals off the area to space with force shields. On board a desperate crew keeps vectors on all ships closing in on them. On the Bridge Pollux and his duaghter have a ittle discussion..."And what weapons do we have left?""Um, rear lasers and a few front ion cannons...""Right, now, what about the ships still persuing us from the rear? Due you think we have the fire power to knock them out?""Certainly not, est i think not""Right, and thats what I hope they think as well"[i]In space the ship slows down and collant gas starts leaking out of the hurt section. As the stream reaches the first chasing ship the Eliza speeds up, releasing more coolant, then slows down he release until there is none coming out, back on the bridge..."Now you see, its much like spilling oil in a su, cept they wont think were hurt for much longer"[i]A laser shoots out of the rear of the SSD and strikes through the cloud of coolant gases. The cloud suddenly explodes, wrecking one of the following ships in the center of the cloud and hurling a few others back that were to close, mainly doing shield and hull damage, with a few inboard casualties...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-nice move. You seem to be the best of the marzullos.

*The Unification was tossed through space for a few clicks, before stablizing thrusters came back online. The force of the concussion wave was so great, that the artificial gravity generators were knocked offline for a moment. One man was tossed out of the crew pit, and smashed against the bulkhead one level above. Medics rushed to him and loaded him onto a repulsorstretcher, but you could hear them commenting under their breath that he was gone. Not only that, his neck was twisted in an inhuman position. It did not take force skills to realize that this man would never again return to his family."

Darth Viscera-"Give me a fleetwide damage report!"

Commscan Officer-"Minor damage inflicted on eight vessels. Nothing major. 109 casualties reported; 37 of them KIA. All ships report still battle ready. Praetoria is still on course. It was heading for the SSD's sides, and wasn't approaching from the rear."

Darth Viscera-"And the status of my flagship, Lieutenant?"

Commscan Officer-"98% battle ready. Number 36 turbolaser battery was knocked out. Damage control teams are on it now. Shields at optimal."

Darth Viscera-"Excellent. Signal TIE Command to target that vessel. Course heading 1119-32 target 55.3. Stay away from the aft section."

*Scimitar assault bombers and TIE Devastators swooped down on the SSD, targeting the two remaining rear weapons emplacements, quickly knocking them out. Additional squadrons of fighters surrounded the area, preying on the large wounded beast.*

[Slash Malone]

*Not long after the conques of Gyndine The Caracan military forces are returning to circarpous when they recieve a message. It was new orders from Caraca. Omega fleet organizes and makes a hyperspace jump.*

[DarthDarkCloak]

*Two More Ships jump from Planet Caraca*

[Haken Marzullo]

*Haken ran onto the bridge. He saw that ships were seperating out, and a gap appeared directly in front of the Eliza. Haken pointed this out to Tavington*
Its a risk, but we could get through
HAKEN: Make ths jump Lieutanant
LIETANANT: What?!
HAKEN: You heard
LIEUTANANT: Yes sir
*Within seconds the Eliza jumps into hyperdrive. It squeezes through the gap, scraping a ship as it went. It managed to get through. The battered Eliza had made it to safety, although the Marzullos were still stuck on the planet*

[Itala Marzullo]

*mutters*



Where in the hell are they going?!?

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-The Eliza can't jump to hyperspace. Its engines and hyperdrive were knocked out by superlasers in post #50:

" *Command group A chased after its prey, the fleeing SSDs. The Paladin and the Azure fired their superlasers, knocking out the sublight and hyperdrives on two of the fleeing Supstars. Two more Alpha-Class Star Destroyers broke off from the massed fleet, and began chasing the last SSD, as the Azure and Paladin rained emerald fire and ion shots on one of the engine-disabled SSDs, destroying its bridge. The Merion, with its much faster rate of fire due to a larger crew complement and better maintenance and controls, traded fire with the sole remaining engine-disabled SSD, and was able to punch a small hole in its hull section, right near the bridge.* "

Wasn't the Caesar the one with its engines still alive? And we captured that ship.

[DarthDarkCloak]

*Hours after Omega fleet makes the hyperspace jump 12 CSDs 1 CSSD and 2 SoSDs jump into hyperspace on a different course*

[Haken Marzullo]

ooc: I apologise, I looked back a few pages, but obviously not far enough

IC
*The Eliza still moved slowly forward whilst being bombarded by other ships. It was heading towards Frih'an V's sun*

HAKEN: Get everyone into a shuttle, and get them ready to escape. Lietantant, what weapons do we have left?
LIETANANT: Not too many
HAKEN: Fire all we've got at that sun, then get into a shuttle
*Haken ran down to were the shuttles were waiting. The SSD was nearly deserted. Haken got out his comm link*
HAKEN: Lietanant, fire everything at that sun now!!!
LIEUTANAT: Yes sir
*Haken closed the link, then opened it to all the shutles*
HAKEN: Take off and get the hell out of here
*Haken new the shuttles probably wouldn't last. He looked out of the window as they moved away from the Eliza. The damage was bad. The last lasers and torpedoes flew towards the sun. A huge explosion was heard. A large flamethrower type explosion blasted out of the sun. The explosion balsted forward. It swallowed up the Eliza, and destroyed almost all the shuttles. Haken and Pollux were ok. The explosion continued towards the planet, destroying every ship in its path. Haken watched as it hit the plant. The line of flame was so powerful that it blew Frih'an V out of orbit. Haken smiled as he saw the planet drift away from the ships. He only hoped that the Marzullos on the surface had survived*
HAKEN: Get the surviving shuttles ready to jump into hyperspace
PILOT: Yes sir

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-God, I'm sorry to keep on complaining and such about this, but proton torpedoes would have nowhere near that effect on a star. A star naturally gives off explosions which are hundreds of millions of times more powerful than a hyddogen bomb thousands of times a second, in the form of sunspots, etc. torpedoes would have had no effect on the star at all. That's just too much like the sun crusher, which is a vehicle which was banned by swfans.net

And the shuttles would not have been able to enter hyperspace, not with the gravity wells in place. You'd have to make a post about the shuttles going out of range of the gravity wells, then I'd have to make a post with my TIEs chasing you, disabling you because they're faster and better armed, etc.

[Haken Marzullo]

PILOT: Haken, we cannot jump into hyperspace, the gravity wells prevent it
HAKEN: Ok, how mnay escape pods do we have?
PILOT: 3, each carrying 2 people
HAKEN: And how many on each shuttle?
PILOT: 30 approx
HAKEN: Ok, try and escape form the TIEs, and try your best to get out of the pull of the wells, if not, they'll be a fight for the pods
PILOT: ok

[Haken Marzullo]

ooc: we didn't just fire proton torpedoes, we fired everything we had

[Commodus Marzullo]

:: walks up beside Itala ::
"Do you think we can beat them?"

[Slash Malone]

*Once the work on Gyndine is finalized, A third group of ships makes a jump into hyperspace. And A forth and final group jmps from Phaeda. The original group was 3/8 of the way along it's journey and the ships from Caraca had caught up with it and would arrive at their destination around the same time. The second group was 1/13 along the way and closing fast. The Caracan Military Forces were being deployed from many different locations now to aid the Marzullos who were on the verge of being wiped out.*

[Darth Viscera]

ooc-I know. that's really not enough to knock a planet out of orbit. stars deal with explosions a trillion times larger-only a billion times more frequently, and you don't see earth getting knocked out of orbit.

Also-a fighter group is made up of about 3 squadrons of starfighters.

IC-
Commscan officer-"Sir, we're detecting the launch preparation of shuttles and escape pods from the enemy ship."

DV-"Excellent. Signal the Confiner to pull up alongside us. We may need a larger interdiction force, just in case those people think they can escape. Send fighter group 31 to intercept and disable all shuttles-Ion cannons only. Move closer to the Eliza, and tractor all escape pods launched. Prepare the brig for visitors."

*A TIE Defender fighter group swooped back towards the enemy ship, ready for anything, ion cannons charged.*

[Itala Marzullo]

*sits and wais*

They;re coming guys, this crap is going to be over soon.

[Sniper Tondry]

The message had come in a little over an hour ago, with coordinates attached. Pierce Tondry, sitting in his office on Coruscant, had had enough.

Isard had made no movements to do anything in the situation. As Vice Director of Intelligence, it was up to him to pull the Marzullos out of their hole.

He flipped a switch to activate the long range comm encryptor. It was annoying to have such a delay in response times, but security measures had to be taken.


Attn: Team Kang

Make use of a Model B Kappa Troop shuttle. Travel to these coordinates and give the shuttle to the Marzullo family. Follow the Isard Doctrine to the letter.

Authorization code: Lancer.


The message sent, Pierce turned his attention to his wrist chrono. Highly precise timing was required here. The shuttle would be on its way in twenty minutes or less, but it had to get there within forty minutes. Otherwise, the infiltration of fleet lines would be a failure.

Pierce activated his tactical display and began working on a tactical picture. He gazed at it, then turned to his keyboard again.

[DarthDarkCloak]

*The Fleets deployed By the Caracan Military Forces had not been traveling long and were making steady progress. DarkCloak's position was still ndertermind and noone ooutside of Silent Sith had heard from him. The Deployed Ships sprinted thrugh hyperspace all on their seperate courses all with their seperate instructions. Cloak realized that enough was enough and he decided to form the CMF just before his capture. CMF would be a neutral military group not affiliated with the NR or the Empire. Cloak was out for Glory for his homeworld and that dream didn't involve the Empire or The New Republic. He had the power too, with 24 shipyards and eight more being built along with a space station and control of 17 Planets the Caracans were A strong Military presence. The fleets grew nearer and neaerer to their destination as time passed and hours seemed like days and minutes like hours. This did everything but help the battle thirsty soldiers hunger for conflict. It stood that The first taskforce was more than half way along their journey and the others were just beginning, but they were making progress nonetheless....*

[Darth Viscera]

Posted by Jekaan Oludh, 2nd in command of Imperial Intelligence:

The Marzullo situation
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Mme Director has bid me to state that we have not an alliance with the Marzullo's, but a non-agression pact. And that was with the Imperial Nexus, and lasted for a month. If I am rightly informed, that month has been gone now.

As we don't have time for this, and we don't have the resources, I fear we are in no position to aid Itala even if we wanted to.

Pierce, I'd hate to think you were disobeying a direct order from your superior officer. Please tell me that you just haven't read that post at IIHQ yet.

[Dante Marzullo]

Is starting to get very scared, he starts to fear for his dear father and his family, they need the help and their lives were on the hands of that one man, Pierce...

[Evola Marzullo]

*Evola Marzullo speaks to Pollux Marzullo through the force*

"I'm waiting for you to rescue me. I miss you terribly and can't wait to see you dear. Please, do hurry"

[Sniper Tondry]

(ooc) Keep up with the times, DV old boy. I've been Vice Director of Intel in fact for at least a week in character, and unofficially I've been so much longer. As Vice Director, I have the authority to do whatever I deem necessary when the situation arises... and in Isard's absence, I'm doing just that.

Incidentally, I feel it necessary to mention that Isard has told me to deal with the situation as I see fit no sooner/earlier/later/whatever than today.

(ic)
From the nearby Intel outpost of ________, a ship fitting the classification of an Intelligence Breakaway class vessel sets out, accompanied by a Kappa Troop ship and ten TIE Avengers.

Twenty minutes to the second after they receive the message.

The planet is now fifteen minutes away, but the agents know there are numerous Interdiction craft in the area.

[LanaMarzullo]

::stands and quickly begins to pace the room* Father, where are they, what's going on? Shouldnt they be here ::looks down at her little brother Dante, seeing the fear in his eyes she sighs-lifts him into her arms and smiles:: I'm sorry little man, dont be afraid...we'll be okay..promise ::looks at him with a slight smile on her face* trust me?

[Lord Tavington]

OOC: *Smacks Haken in the back of the head for ruinin the space battle for him....

[Evola Marzullo]

*Evola speaks to Pollux through the force again*

"Do please hurry dear. I do not know if I can stand this much longer. Time is runnning short so you must hurry"

[Mali i Qel Vena]

:: Mali i Qel-Vena monitored the transmission as it took place, and sent out her own transmission, to a small listening post orbiting Thyferra. After checking to make sure that Eluna was alright and tossing her a blaster, she set out with a blaster of her own, a vibroblade, a squad of stormtroopers, and a single phase-3 dark trooper named Henry. ::

:: She jogged down the halls, stormtroopers closely following, and dove to the floor right outside Tondry's office. There was never any telling what defenses a double agent had against a situation like this. ::

"Henry, are there any explosives attached to this door?" she called out to the trooper.

:: Henry pulled out a device which looked oddly like a datapad, and slapped it against the door. ::

"Negative, but we should all start running now. I'm blowing the door out."

:: Meanwhile, back at Thyferra, a single small Assault Transport launched. ::

[Lord Tavington]

As the pod reaches the upper atmosphere, Pollux snaps out of his trance and makes a quick burn to bounce of the atmosphere and back into space, away from the shield. Using the last of the pods fuel, he points the it towards the closest si and pushes the pod as fast as it can go before fuel runs out. He activates proximity sensors and and the com systems."Attention enemy vessel, i wish to seek an audiance with the one known as....Viscera...if you do not comply within..."He checks the proximity sensors"30 seonds you will have a very large hole in your bridge..."

[Sniper Tondry]

(ooc) You know, I wish I'd made sure that the encryption methods Isard gave me when I became second in command of Intel were better than everybody else's, so that low-level agents couldn't randomly listen in to what the higher-ups were doing. <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/ohwell.gif ALT=":\">

(ic)
Just off Fri'Tahn V, a lone Kappa Troop shuttle appears in the Interdiction field. It is followed about two minutes later by the remaining craft, who broadcast a message stating that the Kappa Troop ship's pilot is a rogue agent attempting to penetrate the blockade and save the Marzullos.

Their arrival is albeit a little late to prevent the shuttle from reaching the point in the defenses where there are the fewest blockaders and most Marzullo-supporting craft- in short, it has a relatively clear run to the planet.

(ooc) Is there still a planetary shield encircling the planet that I have to get through, or has that been dealt with yet?

(ic)
Meanwhile, back on Coruscant, a beep warned Pierce that someone was outside his office's door. He checked the hidden security cam footage and was mildly surprised to discover that it was Mali who had decided to listen in to his secure comm line.

' Secure comm line my ass!' he thought. ' Isard probably lets certain people keep it bugged so she can keep tabs on them. Now let's see- which button here activates the defense grid? I know I tested these things earlier.. ah. There we go.'

Tondry's instruments showed that a capital ship-grade shield had just sprung invisibly into place in front of his desk. He continued working on his tactical picture utilizing the feed from the Intelligence ships in the system up until he moment the door blew open. The shield in front of him sparked a bit, but didn't show any signs of collapsing.

Mali and the independently acting security agents dove through the smoke into his office, firing. The shield didn't even flinch, but the agents weren't too interested in letting him get away.

As far as flinching went, Pierce didn't do it either. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked.

Mali opened her mouth to speak, but Pierce cut her off by jabbing at a button on the control panel.

" IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Pierce's words were magnified into a booming noise from the speakers placed strategically about the room. " What does matter is that you are threatening a superior officer, and you will stand down or I will have you removed. Is that clear?"

(ooc) Now, as far as things go, the situation holds no direct connection to Pierce beyond what Mali and Intel's other operatives know. Officially, this is just a "rogue agent" chase. Keep that in mind when you make your posts, and have a nice day. :)

Edit: added an (ic) just after my second (ooc) paragraph for clarity.

[Mali i Qel Vena]

:: Mali waited for Tondry to finish his yelling, then began to speak, nodding to Henry that everything was alright. ::

"Are you damaged, sir? You had Eluna and I spooked that an enemy HRD droid had somehow managed to replace you. We thought you might be wounded, or worse yet, that you were being held hostage elsewhere."

:: Mali takes a box of bacta tablets from an inner pocket of her jumpsuit, and leaves it on the floor, just outside the shields. ::

"When you're ready to come out of your office, you can help me write a report to the madam director on this little stunt. I'm sure she'll be most interested in the details of this....combat drill."

:: She pushes a button on her comlink, cancelling the counter-intelligence team. ::

[The Lounge Lizard]

LL: What is the status of the TMC forces?

Tactical officer: Sir, the SSD Eliza has been destroyed. Numerous escape pods were ejected sir. Shall I have the fleet attempt to retrieve them, sir?

LL: Yes. Retrieve all escape pods. Place them in a level XII gravimetric isolation confinement, and keep them there until I decide to have their escape pods opened.

Tactical officer: Sir, there is a high probability of the escape pods attempting evasives to avoid capture.

LL: Yes, about that...

:: LL turns to a deck officer ::

LL: Have the cargo unloaded from the Oozaru II brought up to the bridge.

:: Several minutes pass, and two troopers begin wheeling in a large object onto the bridge. It is a large medical bed, and strapped into it is the battered, bloodied, bruised, and broken body of Itala Marzullo's sister, JadesFire. She can barely see out of her tear-soaked and swollen eyes as she is brought up to the bridge. LL smiles, and turns to the comm officer. ::

LL: Set up a holographic communication and broadcast it so that everyone in the system can see it.

:: The communication is set up...and now everyone, including the Marzullos fleeing in their escape pods, can see the message. LL inclines Jades' bed, so that everyone can see the horrible state she is in ::

LL: Hello, Itala. I believe I have something here that you want. If you want to see her alive again, surrender all of your forces immediately. If you decide to be heroic and make a last stand with whatever pathetic rabble you have joined with...then I will put your beloved sister through an airlock, and turn every turbolaser on my ship against her for good measure.

:: LL primes a blaster, and presses it against the whimpering Jadesfire ::

LL: This is not a bluff.

OOC: Sorry Tondry, I forgot about your inquiry. The shielding on Frih'Tan is indeed up and active.

[Lord Tavington]

OOC: 7 minutes? that means i just rammed into Dv's bridge and killed him, i think youd better edit that post LL

[Darth Viscera]

*DV notes the hostile escape pod heading towards his ships and takes immediate action. The Unification fired her tractor beam at the small object. The blue-white power beam stopped the pod dead in its tracks, then another red beam locked onto it as the power beam held it suspended.*

DV-"Open a channel to that escape pod."

Commscan officer-"Aye, sir."
*the channel opened.*

"You have just been caught in a highly experimental anti-graviton field. If you take a look at your readouts, you'll see that your engines have been disabled. Consider yourself lucky, as you are the first living test subject for this miraculous new piece of technology. Had you been riding in something larger than a class 2 escape pod, this weapon would not have worked, as it is still in its prototype stage of development."

*DV pauses a while*

"As for your explosive device, the starfighter Alpha-2 of Fighter group 31 will make certain you don't perish in such a foolhardy manner."

*A TIE Devil descended upon the pod, firing 7 low-power bursts from its light ion cannon at a very specific part of the pod.*

"And now, you're almost certainly realizing that the silence which ensues after having been hit with a salvo of Ion blasts is not necessarily a good thing. Turning to your left on the systems console, please find that your life-support systems have been disabled."

*The TIE Devil lowered its cockpit onto the escape pod, until the magnetic interlocks sealed shut. The TIE Devil shot off, towing the disabled escape pod.*

"You are being taken to the nearest available TSO warship. Lounge Lizard does often enjoy a hobby of collecting hostages, and I'm certain you'll make a fine addition to his collection. Viscera out."

*A power converter on the Unification for the anti-graviton field blew the second the beam was lowered. Obviously, the system was not perfected yet.*

<font size=1>Anti-Graviton Field development (http://pub24.ezboard.com/fgalacticmilitaryalliancefrm2.showMessage?topicID= 53.topic)</font>

[Darth Viscera]

OOC: Tavington, things happening on LL's ship are independant to things happening on my ship.

[Lord Tavington]

Pollux turns to his daughter with sadness in his eyes. He shakes his head from side to side in disbelief."Im sorry...im so sorry..i..i never intended...."

[General Scorpion]

General Scorpion finishes his conversation with Darth Viscera and nods the pilot beside him. In order, the AT Barges and bulk transports of the Rogue Sith Order Army exit the hangars of the Rogue Sith Order Fleet. Steering around the ongoing struggle in orbit, the group comes to a stop above the planetary shields, covering an uninhabited portion of the planet.

Scorpion sends a message to Viscera, "Is the programming complete..?"

There is a short pause, then a response comes through, "Yes, the IFF transponder has been programmed. You may proceed."

The army transports lurch forward through the hole in the shields unbothered. Once the last is through, it immediately closes behind them. At top speeds, the RSO Army streaks through the atmosphere. Inside the transports, pilots attempt to cope with the high speeds and strain, while trying to find a landing area. Easily, one is pointed out. A large grassy plain within a forest. One after another, barges and transports land and lower their ramps, disgorging troops and weaponry. In all, the ten bulk transports and the eight AT Barges produced two hundred forty regiments of sixty soldiers carrying XX-9 RA Blaster Rifles, twenty Umin III speeder bike squads, fourteen AT-ATs, thirty six AT-STs, sixteen AT-PTs, and twelve AT-AAs. Quickly, they assembled and set off into the forest.

[Colonel Soontir Fel]

:: The elite 35th GMA Fighter Group had received the task of scouting the area on Frih'Tan V, to make certain that the RSO army wasn't travelling blind. After making certain that nothing had passed through the shield grid on the quiet side of the planet, Omega, Sigma, and Zeta squadrons deployed, with Omega squad's V-42 Paladins decloaked and taking up the rear. This part of the planet had yet to be touched by the ravages of war, but that might soon change. Colonel Soontir Fel was the leader of the 35th fighter group, as well as Sigma squadron. ::

:: The 35th patrolled the area, sending back recon data on the terrain which they flew over, plus the surrounding 15km, thanks to their extravagant sensor packages. The recon data reached its hosts-in some cases a Chariot LAV command speeder, in other cases a commanding AT-AT. The data was then piped through the normal encrypted frequencies, and sent to the orbiting fleets. ::

Fel-"RSO Ground command, this is Colonel Fel. Your path is clear. Assuming escort positions. Request you shift AT-AA walker support to the center of the ground column so we can have a better anti-starfighter defense."

[Itala Marzullo]

Itala tells LL very clearly through the force that not the most perfect language could ever come near a good way to describe the way he was going to make him suffer and die if he took he life of his sister..



Let her go NOW.




The 750000 troopers left formed a barricade with trees and stones and awaited for the ground assault tem..from under the colloseum fly off 50 tie bombers...

[General Scorpion]

"Request noted Colonel.. Moving AT-AA units to central positions.. Thanks for the information.."

Scorpion begins to shut down the com system when he receives another report from the orbiting RSO ships. Quickly he gets Colonel Fel back on the com, "Colonel, we have at least four squadrons of enemy bombers making an approach on us.. Request an interception on your part.. Our reinforcements haven't arrived yet.."

Those reinforcements were just leaving the hangars of the RSO Fleet. Twelve more bulk transports and two more AT Barges, plus an escort squadron of Assault Gunboats.

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Itala, it's amazing that you could fit an entire army of 750,000 troops in your ass, because that's plainly where they're coming from. Hell, are you even acknowledging that harm is being inflicted upon you? As if we didn't wipe out a good portion of your troops earlier.

Soontir Fel post pending....

[Colonel Soontir Fel]

:: The blips showed up on the sensor screens out of nowhere-a sign that the launching site was ground-based. ::

Fel-"Heads up, 35th, we've got 4 squads of dupes coming in tight and low, ranging for the RSO ground units. Engage and fire at will in groups of flights, and try not to get killed. I want zero casualties."

Sigma 5-"They're coming at us with dupes, boss? Why don't they just try hurling rocks at us, while they're at it?"

Fel-"Cut the chatter, Five."

*The 35th fighter group was composed of a squadron of TIE Devils, a squadron of TIE Defenders, and a squadron of V-42 TIE Paladins. All of these fighters were superior to the antiquated TIE Bombers, and it showed. The TIE Devils were the first ones to enter the melee, and the slaughter began. The TIE Bombers' lasers were slow-firing and heavy, more geared towards assaulting capital ships from their era. The TIE Devils, on the other hand, were small, fast, deadly, 100x more maneuverable, and cheap.*

*The Devils' rapid-firing light laser and ion cannons cut through the reinforced hulls of the TIE Bombers like fiery razors through monounsaturated fat. Dead and disabled bombers fell from the sky, their engines smoking, their hull plating peeling off from the battering they were taking. The battle took less than a minute, and 2 GMA casualties were inflicted-a TIE Defender, and a TIE Paladin both destroyed.*

*The 35th headed back to their escort duties with the RSO army.*

[General Scorpion]

"Much appreciated, Colonel.. We've got a squad of gunboats coming down.. Once they're here I'll transfer them to your command for bombing runs.. We've got Daggers coming down to assist also.."

Just as Scorpion finished with Colonel Fel, the Assault Gunboats flew overhead Free Storm I. Behind them, the army reinforcements had arrived, boosting their force to five hundred twenty eight regiments of troops (31,680), forty four Umin III speeder bike squads, eighteen AT-ATs, sixty AT-STs, forty eight AT-PTS, and twenty eight AT-AAs.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: righ, 50 m000 dead from your inside-shield aack were more than enoug Viscera, and why did you even add me to your buddy list? I'm going to ignore you :lol



*the suffering troopers set explosives in srategic places waiting for the right time as they spttoed the assault team*

[Haken Marzullo]

*Haken gets comfortable in his pod. He floats around aimlessly in his unarmed escape vehicle, trying to think of a way to save his family*

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-riiiigggghhhttt. Again, only this time in the queen's english?

TIE Bomber thing-What did you expect? You sent in 50 ancient starfighters that are geared towards knocking out old Nebulon-B frigates. Those things would have been of better use as paper weights. And it's RSO's army's attack, not mine. I'm providing starfighter cover. I already sustained my 700,000 killed and wounded casualties out of 950k, thank you very much. If I want to be able to do anything to kill you/trap you, it's going to have to be done from orbit. Projected casualties outweigh projected gains.

Buddy list thing-Don't flatter yourself Julian. Had a Win98 error, had to reformat my hard drive, but I backed up most of my crap in time, so I just entered whatever email address I could find on the 'net to try and reconstruct it.
Banning me from TMC and blocking me on MSN just because I attacked you IC. Tsssk tsssk tsssk. That's horrible form.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: Right, you can aknowledge what you want and so will I, you were the one who was smart enough to land troopers in the middle of a trooper infested shield, and the odds of nobody moving from a big vehicle stomping through is stupid as well.

And my keyboard is messed up, not my fault.

[Itala Marzullo]

*comm link*General, release the Raptors, I know we're saving these but it's an emergency.*20 Raptor are released from under the colloseum and join the massive line of troopers, protected by only nature and entrenched outside the sanctuary*<img src=http://www.galacticempire.org/ge_A_spgg.gif>

[DarthDarkCloak]

*The Caracan Forces are almost at Frih'tan V now and will be making their arrival in a matter of Hours. The initial group that Jumped from Circarpos consisting of 12 Interdictor Cruisers, 6 CSDs, 3 SoSDs, 2 CSSDs and headed b an ESD were traveling swiftly through the vast emptiness of Hyperspace.*OOC: Itala Contact me via MSN so we can discuss some things.............

[Itala Marzullo]

Ala ESB the massive amount of hurt, injured troopers were waiing, they had set enough explosives and prepared some traps to not let the big ones get hrough, the raptors took positions behind rocks, trenches, being protected enough, Itala orders some digging about 1000 meters away from the trenches, 100,000 troopers rush to start digging, it would take 5 hours for the digging to be complete...



Ganeral Ribbs: Ah damn, you've got to hurry boys! Dig! Dig!



Three halves the way of the digging many troops find a strange liquid which starts spilling out all over the hole, the sun was coming down as a troopers lights up a cigarette and everything explodes, they had struck oil and it lit up burning all the troopers, 100 foot fltmes accidentaly protecting the trench, the oil source was huge and the flames would last for weeks..the wholes managed to be deep enough...

[General Scorpion]

The third wave of troops skimmed the atmosphere until the location of the assault force was confirmed. They turned sharply and swooped down beside the group, which had by now halted in another clearing. Thirty bulk transports with reinforcements land, loaded with heavy artillery, now pushing the troop count to twelve thousand forty eight regiments (74,880). Behind them a prototype of the ATVT Barge lands, carrying a force of sixteen AT-PTs and their recently appointed commander, Sergeant Rivo Urza.

Above them, six squadrons of TIE MK III Daggers flew in escort formation. Aboard Free Storm I, Scorpion studied sensor readings of the planet from the orbiting fleet. Some activity to the east, and a small outpost to the south. He would wait for further developments, but until then, that outpost would be a target. Scorpion stood before the holo-projector.

"Sergeant Urza.."

Sergeant Rivo Urza looked up from his data readings in time to see the eight inch image of General Scorpion flicker to life.

"As you know from your data, there is a small outpost south of here.. Take your unit and wipe it out.. A pair of AT-AAs will be transferred to your command for escort duty.. Good hunting.."

[Mara Marzullo]

*Mara sits inside the shuttle and the beam pulls her into the belly of LLs ship. She feels a jerk and then silence for about 90 minutes. The ship was sitting inside of LL's ship for a while that noone touched.

Mara paced nervously not knowing what to do....... She quickly draws her saber, in case someone were to take her by surprise..

Suddenly the hatch was opened and a figure stood before them.... the light from the hanger made it impossible to see who it was... Mara squinted to see who it was.

She holds her saber up, as if she is ready to attack....

[Dante Marzullo]

Dante shakes nervously...time passes as the sun is setting..


Father, what is happening? Yes sis, I trust you.

[Admiral Urza]

:: The data pad clicked off and the small model of the General fluttered away. Sergeant Urza sat in the small c0ckpit of one of the many AT-PTs he controlled. His visor, mounted inside of his armored helmet, began to fog over from his warm breath as he turned towards his co-pilot. A few words broke from his mouth as he opened a secure comm link between the squad of AT-PTs.

"Ok men, we are heading 5 km do south towards a Marzullo Clan controlled fort. We will intercept and destroy all targets. Good Hunting......."

The Sergeant laid back into the cramped seat wrapping his hands around the controls. A smile crossed his face, concealed by his mask, as he pushed forward on the throttle. With a whine the AT-PTs were off pounding their large feet into the moist ground. The At-AAs fired up and formed on the sides of the group scouring around the terrain. They leaped quickly moving up and down securing the line.

***

A couple hours passed as the squad of ground assault vehicles tracked their way towards the target. The group halted as the Sergeant motioned his hand high into the air. He stood up in his seat and moved a set of high powered binoculars to his face. With a bit of tweaking, the lens zoomed in. Rivo peered into the target looking around.

"Only a few guards are on duty." he said to himself.

"On my signal......fire!" he directed towards the comm.

With a snap of his hand the cannons of the AT-PTs' fired off. The energy blast pierced through the air into the enemy outpost. ::

[Slash Malone]

[Slash Malone]

[Evola Marzullo]

*Through the force, to Pollux*

"Hours have passed. I'm worried, please hurry dear. I will continue to wait for you but you must hurry. There's not much time left"

[The Lounge Lizard]

OOC: Interesting Mara...I did not recall your shuttle being tractored in by my flagship, but I'll go with it.

:: As Mara squints against the bright lights assailing her eyes, she holds onto her lightsaber tightly. In all of her confusion, she does not notice the sphere of force-negative energy as the ysalimir-equipped naval trooper pulls the trigger on his blaster, sending rings of blue energy at Mara. At the last second, Mara tries to deflect the shots, but without the Force, it is of no avail. She is hit square in the chest, and as her body convulses and eyes roll into the back of her head, she drops her lightsaber, the device clanging loudly on the deck. A squad of naval troopers begin to haul away Mara's stunned body, and police up all weapons, items, or intel that might be on her person. The trigger-man pulls out a comm device ::

Naval Trooper: Lord Hicchoru, we have captured a female Marzullo, sir. Judging by the material taken from her, it is Mara Marzullo.

LL: Excellent. Have her thrown in the brig and await the others. Keep the Ysalimir guards on patrol, and prepare an interrogation droid to deliver her sodium penthanol injections. Remember, keep her alive.

Naval Trooper: Aye sir.

OOC: I am going to be leaving for the evening, where I will most-likely be severely snowed in. Please don't be overtly-dramatic here :)

[Admiral Jyener]

*A near thirty ships scattered throughout a small stretch of space, flew at the speed of light towards their destination. Stars were no longer dots; but instead streaks of light blue and white, space was no longer still; but flying by like a small pebble during a hurricane wind.

Superior officers throughout the fleet gathered in highly secure rooms, discussing their plans. Onboard the Eclipse Star Destroyer Diablo, Admiral Jyener held his index finger down on a small button, flickering on the intercoms placed throughout the starship.

"This is your Commanding Officer speaking.. Prepare to enter realspace in approximately four days.. I expect all men to be fully prepared once we reach Frih'tan V, being that this won't be your average battle.."

[Itala Marzullo]

*the 650,000 left troopers left and the rptors waited, one takes out some binoculars and peeks far past the huge flmaes*Not in sight yet General.Ribbs: Send 50 of our troopers in swoopbikes to investigate.Trooper: Sir, what about the flames and that thick/deep trench under?Ribbs: See if they succeed.*comm link*Ribbs:If we win, do I get these chips deactivated Itala?Itala: Right, you continue or I'll set them off.Ribbs; Gulp*The 50 scouters are engulfed by flames and scream in agony as they didn't make the jump..*Ribs: Guess that didn't work, see if the missiles inside the submarines are sill in good condition, send 100 scouters to retrieve them.Trooper: Wha about the lava sir? hey couldn't possibly be still functional.Ribs: they were well encased, not even magma can set them off.T: well, how do we get to them?Ribbs: Find a way.T: Son of a....

[Admiral Urza]

:: The AT-PTs continued to fire the blast of pure energy. Each wave of blast crashed into the walls of the small outpost, eating away at the thin metal. Marzullo Clan soldiers began to pour out of the structure and retaliate. They scurried about like small ants as the larger assault vehicles pushed their way to the base. The soldiers fired their outdated weapons towards the oncoming enemy but the shots did little damage.

"Keep the attack going, they will give up soon enough!" ::

OOC: Itala and any other Marzullos I am giving you a day to reply to this. If you do not reply to this I will assume you do not care about your outpost and I will take over it. But if you have some OOC probs and cannot post for some reason please inform me and I will wait.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: you totaly ignored the wall of flame 100 meters from the trench.

[General Scorpion]

OOC: Different outpost, Itala. He's not talking about your regrouped troops and that base. This is a small outpost in another part of the planet.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: All the troops are in the base, he is getting too creative for his own good.

[General Scorpion]

OOC: This is from a military point of view. You apparently have hundreds of thousands of troops at that base. Now, a small outpost, primarily used for recon and scouting sits on the other side of the planet with barely a few regiments in it. Do you:

a.) leave the small group there where they may perform recon during the battle and relay vital information back to the main group, or perhaps perform sabotage missions on the enemy? If they get attacked, you don't lose much. If they don't, you have a good source of information.

OR

b.) transfer barely a hundred or so troops to a gigantic army, leaving the recon base empty and deserted, to be easily overrun, while the enemy army suffers no damage, and you have no first-hand idea of where they are and what they are doing?


Really, any smart commander would leave at least ONE outpost for relaying information, and only two bases were mentioned. The main base, and this small outpost. He's not being too creative, he's trying to be realistic.

Sorry if this comes off as overreacting, but unnecessary OOC arguments really annoy me.

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: I see what you're saying, I'll go with it then, you have to remember I do little of this stuff.

[Lord Tavington]

He looks at the opened pod doors, his mouth gaping open at the officers blatent stupidity to have not noticed him. Taking advantage of the situation he moves to the hatches edge and peers out ito the docking bay. He spots the troop contingent carrying his daughter out and and a few more troopers guarding the bay itself. He moves back and leans hard against the cool metal wall of the escape pod. Reaching down for his blaster he instead pulls up his lightsaber and smiles, as he thinks to himself"Ah, old friend, its been along time, bt it seems we fight to live and live to fight..."[/i]He activates the blade, a low mummur being heard by the guards. They cautously move towards the pods door, when Pollux decides to roll away from the inner wall and face the guards face to face. They draw their blasters, but is all for not, for in a burst of speed Pollux jumps into the center of the group, first slicing the first mans hand off at the wrist, disabling his gun hand. before the others can react, he lands an elbow into the back of another mans kneck, knocking him out and to the floor, while also briging up his leg to kick the last -turns out to be a woman- in the gut, leaving her councious. Pollux looks around the room and discovers an air circultion type device, he walks over to it, scrutinizing it under his keen eye. He deactivates his LS, re-attaching it to his belt, and removes the covering from the tube. He slowly scrunces ino the tube and pulls it shut behind him once again, as the woma gets back to her fee she reports the incedent to her commanding officer...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Last I heard, Tav, LL was sealing the escape pods in some gravimetric thingamajigger and keeping them locked.

[Lord Tavington]

OOC: Im onboard the same escape pod as Mara...

[Darth Viscera]

OOC-Okay, that only brings up more ?s. Oh well. *tries to concentrate on the fleet*

EDIT~BTW, Scorp will probably want to see the building threads for those Raptor walkers.

[DarthDarkCloak]

*Hundreds of Haymaker missles rain across the planetary shielding and the shielding of several ships. As two groups emerge from the darkness of the nightcrawlers cloaking system. In the first quadrant, 3 CSDs and 6 interdictor cruisers begin opening fire, Within minutes another group identical to it emerges along the x-axis between the 2nd and 3rd quadrant. The force engage The ships orbiting the planet as well as the planetary shielding as they fire all weapons*Shielding to 98%

[Itala Marzullo]

OOC: THose were secret but Castor openly built one for me, we did have enough resources and time for even more. Check Tavington's shipyards, research was done.

[Darth Viscera]

*The moment that the enemy ships appear on sensor screens, seven superlaser blasts slam into a CSD, instantaneously turning it into shrapnel. The 1st fleet reorients itself to fend off the attackers, and two of the weak Interdictor cruisers, which had been foolishly placed on the front lines, explode in a shower of sparks from the intensified turbolaser blasts of a few hundred warships. A few warships had comm blackouts and sensor jams, but the rest seemed to be operational.*


OOC-Obviously, I'm ignoring the ludicrous assumption that you made that one ship the size of a Vicstar could generate a sensor jam, a communications jam, and a 100km cloaking field. I've talked this over with experienced RPers-aka DT, Thrawn, etc. and we're all pretty much in compliance about this. I also feel demeaned in some way that you should try to attack about 260 ships with 21 of your own. Your CSDs are about as powerful as an omni frigate-only three times as massive.

[Sniper Tondry]

While the massive fleets engaged one another, the forgotten TIE Avengers and Breakaway shuttle sped towards the shields in pursuit of the Kappa Troop Shuttle, which was performing some odd manuevers that would look like delaying tactics to an experienced commander's eye. As the group of ships finally neared the shields, the Kappa Shuttle sent a small transmission to the shield source, and a large octagonal hole opened in the shields in the same fashion it had for General Scorpion's forces.

Now the focus of a great deal of attention, the Kappa shuttle slipped through followed by the Avengers whose shots apparently had no effect on the Shuttle's shields.

(ooc) If anyone has any major problems with me doing this to the shields, I'll be happy to explain what I'm doing in a more private area, such as AIM.

[Itala Marzullo]

*Itala orders some of his bodyguards to start the shutles inside the hangar bay/bunker and he claps waking up the MArzullos who had fallen asleep waiting*




We might make a run soon family, be ready.





*As the few hundred approached the lava ocean and saw the half submerged Submarine, they wondered how they could do this, suddenly they noticed the massive mountains near it and sped to it, explosives in hand*

[Darth Viscera]

*All-Terrain Anti Aircraft GMA-WU-00327 detected 12 blips on its sensor screen, one of which was registered as hostile by the central computer. 2^nd Lieutenant Lu'ckett was the sensor grid operator on the walker, and reported it to his C.O., 1^st Lieutenant Fallis.*

Sensor Officer-"Lieutenant, we have 1 hostile on screens-heading is hot. She'll be out of our range in 78 seconds. Shall I open up?"

C.O.-"You know the standing orders, Mr. Lu'ckett. Destroy it before it exceeds our range."

Sensor Officer-"Copy, Lieutenant. Barnsley, fire tubes 1 and 2!"

Corporal Barnsley-"We've got a hot one, 'ave we?"

Sensor Officer-"That's right, Barnsley. Fire the damn tubes."

Corporal Barnsley-"Right. I'll fire the things, but once they're out of the walker, they're not my jurisdiction anymore. I just want to make that cle..."

C.O.-"Fire the damn torpedoes, Barnsley!"

Corporal Barnsley-"Torpedoes fired."

C.O.-(To Sensor Officer)"Remind me to shoot that man."

Sensor Officer-"I'll alert the firing squad droids, sir."

*Two Ion torpedoes shot out of the launch tubes of the AT-AA, tracking the renegade shuttle. The first torpedo impacted against the shields of the shuttle, but the second torpedo overshot, then activated its proximity sensor and exploded, splashing debris and shrapnel over the shuttle's shields. The hostile shuttle was down to 20% shield output.*

[DarthDarkCloak]

[Darth Viscera]

*All fighters are recalled to the new combat zone, and begin the process of eliminating enemy fighters, as defensive anti-starfighter bursts are fired from their carrier ships. Five Imperial Star Destroyers converge on a CSD, while the Unification, Azure, and Paladin converge on another, enveloping the smaller ships in fire which punches through the their shields after a while. The two CSDs explode under the barrage.*

*A squadron of Missile Boats, escorted by a TIE Defender squadron, drops its load of gravity bombs on a single Interdictor cruiser. The 120 high-yield devices make short work of the cruiser, and DDC's fleet is that much closer to being destroyed.*

---Aboard the Unification---

DV-"Order the fleet to recharge all superlasers. Prepare to target the two SoSDs which just appeared on sensors. Signal TIE Command: All Bomber squadrons have orders to knock out those 3 remaining Interdictor cruisers. All other starfighters will escort them, and engage any opposing force at will. Open a channel to the lead enemy ship."

Commscan Officer-"Channel Open, sir."

"Caracan Military Forces, this is Interim Diktat Darth Viscera of the Galactic Military Alliance. You have 60 seconds to power down your weapons and prepare to be boarded. You are outnumbered and outgunned. 6 of your warships have already been lost. The Marzullo Clan was not worth 1 ships' loss. If you continue fighting, you will be destroyed, and for nothing. There are many causes to fight for which will provide more glory and honor to you and your fleet, to your home. If you continue your battle against us, you will lose your fleet, millions will perish, and we will have another victory. Surely, a clan of 40 persons is not worth this.

Viscera out."

[Haken Marzullo]

*Haken floats towards Fri'han V. He sees shuttles getting destroyed and taken into the enemy ships. He gets nearer the plant, and is soon travelling quickly around its orbital path. He is moving away from were the Eliza was destroyed, his survival prospects were looking up.*

[Slash Malone]

[Darth Viscera]

Commscan Officer-"Sir, they seem to be pulling in reinforcements from the cloaking field."

DV-"I see them, Lieutenant. A nice trick, but it won't win them the battle. Fire all but three superlasers; knock out those two Sovereigns. There's no telling how many casualties it'll take before the CMF withdraws."

*Three superlaser beams shot out from the Unification, striking the area of one of the SoSDs where the power core was located, blowing past armored hull plates and destroying the ship with all hands lost. Four more superlaser blasts arced out at another SoSD, mirroring the same attack pattern. That ship explodes as well.*

DV-"Recharge the superlasers."

Commscan Officer-"Aye, sir. Superlasers recharging."

DV-"Have the 2nd and 4th reached their destinations?"

Commscan Officer-"Yes, sir. They have. Anyone who wants to attack our home sectors will be in for a big surprise. All planetary shields and Ion cannons are charged. Planetary starfighter defenses are at standby. Keyhole station is scanning hyperspace and realspace."

DV-"Excellent. He will pay the price for his lack of vision."

[The Lounge Lizard]

Tactical Officer: Lord Hicchoru, I am detecting two CSSD's emerging from the Caracan cloak field.

LL: It is the last mistake they will make. Contact the Praetoria immediately. Inform them to reinitialize Operation Orleans.

:: The communication's officer sends word. On the viewscreen, the massive Caracan CSSD's begin to charge towards the planet's orbit. As the massed firepower of the TSO fleet assaults them like a hailstorm, a lone ISD drives forward, not paid attention due to the maelstrom of combat. The ship edges closer, and closer, its engines pushing to the maximum of sublight capability. With insane momentum, the Imperial Star Destroyer Praetoria collides through the ventral flight decks of the nearest CSSD. The force of the impact destroys the Praetoria with a loss of all hands, but the impact shears the nearest CSSD into two equal-sized pieces. The eviscerated capital ship begins to spin wildly, out of control, as secondary explosions rock through bulkheads on all decks. The sister CSSD attempts evasives, but the engine section of the crippled ship, thrown into a lurch by the change of mass and balance, begins rotating wildly, and slams into the command section of the other CSSD, causing a cataclysmic explosion. With the first CSSD destroyed, the second CSSD begins to become consumed in fire, its destiny quickly following that of its sister. LL smiles at the outcome, as a bridge officer rouses his attention ::

Bridge Officer: Lord Hicchoru, an unknown Sith has emerged from the shuttle and engaged the guards.

LL: Seal off section 123348-Alpha with the pre-arranged countermeasures. Have bravo team get their ysalimir to the perimeter.

Bridge Officer: Aye.

:: As Tavington begins his escape, he sees a faint shimmer all around him, covering the mouth of the corridor, the way he came, the ceiling above, the walls to either side, and even the floor he crawled on, causing the soles of his feet to tingle with the contact. Quickly, Tavington searched for the emitters...finding one. He ignited his saber, and sliced down upon it with incredible force. To his suprise, his lightsaber whimpered and the blade disappeared. As this happened, a message could be heard ::

LL: Tavington, I know you're here. It is pointless to consider escape. The shield emitters are plated with cortosis ore.

:: As LL spoke, a squad of naval troopers with Ysalimir backpacks entered the area, stopping short of the force fields. The force-negative reach of the Ysalimir, however, extended further forward, as Tavington felt the Force fade ::

:: On the bridge, LL spoke via comm to one of the security troopers ::

LL: Flood the conduit with narcozyne gas. I want Tavington alive as well. When he succumbs, put him in stasis with his daughter.

:: Tavington began to hear a hissing sound as a faint white cloud began to form ::

EDIT: Changed all instances of CSD to CSSD

[General Scorpion]

Meanwhile, the assault force from the Rogue Sith Order Army waited for an update on Sergeant Urza's attack. The AT-ATs had taken up a criss-cross line formation with the AT-STs and AT-PTs in escort positions around them. Several AT-AAs had moved to the center, while the rest surrounded the assault force.

The troopers outside were in their assigned regiments, rifles at their sides. One trooper from the 45th Regiment noticed the sound of screaming ion engines, and gave it no mind. Our scout fighters must have returned, he thought. The sound was coming from the east, but didn't the scouts go north?

Over the treetops they came, a squadron of TIE Interceptors. An AT-PT pilot screamed into the com, "Incoming!"

Green blasts of energy flew through the air. Troops scrambled to avoid, moving behind the All-Terrain vehicles for protection.

"Damn it, where did they come from..?", yelled Scorpion, "All transports - open fire!"

With that order, the laser cannons mounted on the AT-AAs lit up the night sky, picking off the nimble, but weak, TIEs. Four vaporized by the overwhelming ground based fire, one blown in half by a troop-launched concussion missile, another knocked into a tree by AT-AT chin gun fire.

The co-pilot of Free Storm I sitting beside Scorpion switched on the com, "We need air support NOW!"

[Slash Malone]