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Galaxiki Community BlogSubscribe via RSS To late to shootAugust 28, 2008by glencoe Iron Fist, stepped out from behind the control panel. His brother, Quaw’Ruth, and his sister, Steel Claw, were standing over a document. Iron Fist walked over and said “do we get the mercenaries.” “Yes all ten thousand of them”, replied Quaw’Ruth. “Good, but we still have one issue to sort out, the leadership.” “That will be sorted out later,” replied his sister. With that Iron Fist walked back to the control panel and set the course for Skyhaven. They arrived at Skyhaven, to find a bustling pirate haven, as Iron Fist stepped of the cruiser, he said “this is the sort of place I’d like to retire.” Quaw’Ruth walked past him and made for an old looking Zionite, He sat him down in a pub, and bought him a drink. “Where are all the men I was promised, I do hope I get them, I paid you well” he asked. “Don’t worry their here now, I’ve got them waiting for you” “Good, but how many are Mananins, as that is essential to the plan” “Only three and a half thousand, but that should do?” “No, it will not do, you have failed me, and you will pay the price.” “Look I’m sure I can get more.” “No it’s to late now, you will pay for your mistake.” With that Quaw’Ruth drew a laser pistol, and shot the Zionite contact through the heart. The Zionite slumped down of the chair as Quaw’Ruth left the bar, without paying. The bar man decided not to ask for the money. Quaw’Ruth was joined by Iron Fist and Steel Claw several minuets later. “We got the needed intelligence. They were happy to provide it, but we killed them any way,” said Iron Fist. “Good we can go ahead with stage one then” said Quaw’Ruth with glee in his voice. “Em we might have a small hitch, on our hands.” “What?” “Well according to the readout, a Mananin Nemisium Super Cruiser, has just entered the system, and is making for our fleet of pirates.” “God, what are you waiting for get in, and get this hunk of junk in the sky, now.” “Ok, but how are we going to take a Nemisium down.” “Oh I’ve got a plan.” Quaw’Ruth’s ships the Vengeful Serpent lurched of the ground. as it left the planets atmosphere the crew went to battle stations. The Nemisium launched fifty fighters out of it’s bays, at the same time launching all one hundred and ninety anti-matter missiles. The missiles streaked towards the Vengeful Serpent with terrifying speed. In the bridge of the Vengeful Serpent, Men were running every where, Quaw’Ruth had given the order to abandon ship, but he and Iron Fist were staying on board. “Turn the shields of” he shouted at Iron Fist. Not questioning his instructions, Iron fist turned the shields of and powered up the plasma canon. He raced over to the firing control, his tail knocking over a pile of grenades. He took aim with the plasma canon, but instead of firing at the enemy he loosed a volley at his own ship. Then both him and Quaw’Ruth set a course for the Mananin cruiser, and ran for the two fighters in the bay. The captain of the Nemisium was a small Mananin, by comparison, but he had a sharp mind, so he new that their was no time to change the big ships course before the pirate vessel rammed him. he ordered the fighters to attach the ramming ships engines, but they were unable to do so as the ships was to far gone. One desperate Mananin in the engine room tried to swing the ships round so it could avoid a collision. This meant that instead of the Vengeful Serpent hitting the bridge it hit the anti-matter storage, ripping through the hull, and destroying the magnets that kept the anti-matter in place in the vacuum. The resulting explosion destroyed both ships, and all of the fighters trying to destroy the Vengeful serpent. Iron Fist and Quaw’Ruth had gained enough of a distance so they survived. Iron Fist watched the flurry of ships going about their business. He walked over to the com, after giving the orders he watched the pirate ships Race towards the Cyer system. A Mananin task force turned to face the oncoming pirates, but stopped short of firing when they saw the Mananin ships in the pirate force. One navy officer spotted the government markings on the side of the ships. He hailed the pirates. But the only response he got was a scorched hull from a laser. The pirates opened fire on the small group of Mananin ships. The navy task force stood no chance, they didn’t even have time to power up their weapons before they were blown to bits. A couple of the fighters from the task force survived and made a run for Nanuma, Quaw’Ruth let them get away. The fleeing fighters docked at a small space port outside the war ministry. The two Mananins rushed inside and asked to see commander in chief. His secretary refused to let them in, as he was in a meeting with a Zionite general. They said softly to her “our entire taskforce has been blown out of the sky, so I think the commander might like to know that.” She silently ushered them in, before ducking back behind the consol and shutting the blast doors. The commander was not happy about being interrupted, but once the situation was explained and he was shown the datalog, he quickly changed his mind. “I’m sure that the pirates were just using it as a disguise” “We agree with you commander, but why bother, they had the ships to destroy the task force ten times.” I don’t know but I’ll inform all personnel to look for these pirates.” “Thank you, commander.” “And I’ll also alert the public to this threat so they can keep an eye open for these ships.” As he said this he placed the datalog from the fighters into a slot, on a screen, then pressing him claw against the screen it sent the file to all media centres. “Right If you leave me now.” “Yes sir.” As the pilots were making for the door the glanced down at their feet, and saw a white fog rising toward them. At the other end it had risen to the general’s mouth and he inhaled it, he then promptly fell down dead quickly fallowed by the Zionite General. The pilots ran for the door, but found it looked and the blast shields down. With no way out the fumes quickly killed them, their body’s vanishing into the fog. The secretary quickly turned on the fans in the room, then ran in. she grabbed a voice type and sent a file to the military headquarters at Fovan. Then as quickly as she had come she vanished into the floor. Field Marshal Argren’Ruth missed the Zionite war. At least then he didn’t have to over see pointless training missions. his clerk ran over to him, with a datapad in his hand. He quickly summarised the commander in chief’s warning, and one given after it. The general’s face turned white with shock, he snapped round and immediate line to the commander’s office. His clerk ran over to the transmitter, and asked for commander Thansken’Ruth he listened as one of his aides told him of the situation. He ran back to Argren ‘Rutn and said “Sir the general is commander is dead, his secretary admitted to killing him, she also admitted that she was working for the parliament, plus she said that a force of five thousand ships were coming to seize this base.” “Good god, what are you waiting for, get the men air born.” “Yes sir!” “I will personally lead the attack.” “Attack sir?” “Yes we will hit them before they hit us.” “But who will defend the base sir.” “I’ll leave the corporal.” “Of course, I’ll alert the men.” A claxon ripped through the air, the men ran towards their ships; they engaged their engines and left the planets atmosphere. The bridge officers got their orders from Argren‘Ruth, they all looked shocked, but quickly relayed the orders to their personnel. The five thousand ships quickly descended towards Nanuma. They landed and sent twenty thousand marines to secure the parliament building. Ten thousand parliament marines met them. The commander of the parliament marines asked what they were doing. Argren’Ruth explained they were here to stop the foolish attacks on military personnel. The parliament commander snorted “what rubbish is this, we have lost all the ministers, and one of the assassins admitted to working for you, we have come to stop your games, so DIE!” The last word was shouted. A hail of laser and plasma ripped the parliament commander to bits. His men scattered. Argren’Ruth motioned for his troops to follow him up the main Road. He got half way before an almighty explosion ripped through the air, the buildings around him were blown into rubble, dust blanketed his men. Out of this rushed the parliament marines. They fired salvo after salvo into the disorientated men. Argren’Ruth ordered his men back to a bridge. He himself took up a laser machinegun, he switched the safety off and fired round after round into the oncoming soldiers. They ran on however, hundred after hundred, small missiles made holes in the ground, a mass of laser fire turned the air into an oven, grenades threw men twenty feet in the air. Still they came on. Then from amidst the parliamentarian ranks emerged a small tank. It fired of hundreds of small anti-matter shells, at the marines. Each one making a crater the size of a house, soon only five of the marines were left, and Argren’Ruth, as one they rushed the twenty remaining parliamentarian men. They fired of every round they could, they got half way to the stunned parliamentarian forces before general Argren’Ruth was shot in the chest. He groaned fell forward, got back to his feet and charged. He emptied his gun and threw in at the enemy. He then drew a sword and ran on, he hacked at the enemy bringing down three before he was hit again in the chest he threw his blade at a man, killing him then fell to the ground dead. The rest of his men now down to three groaned. They emptied their weapons then charged the eight remaining men. Only one of them had a sword, he went by the name of Zargon’Ruth. He ran over and cut three of them down before he was knocked to the ground. He snarled as a gun was pointed at him, “so shoot me” he roared. “No that would be dishonourable, I will fight you one on one, to the death” Zagron’Ruth agreed and asked the challengers name Fire Breaker he responded. A ring ten meters by ten meters was drawn in the ground with a laser. The two men faced each other and drew their swords, Zargon’Ruth two twin blades, Fire Breaker a double ended sword. Each combatant was stripped of his armour. Then they were given a last chance to withdraw from the fight, both men refused. Fire Breaker made the first move. He swung the right end of his sword up and under Zargon’Ruth’s first blade. Zargon’Ruth caught it with his second sword then made a swing for Fire Breaker’s stomach. Fire Breaker jumped back, and then lunched forward, his sword sliding along Zargon’Ruth’s left blade. Zargon’Ruth flicked the sword away, then jumping forward he attacked, with both blades. Fire Breaker saw the strike coming he turned to block the right swing, but as he blocked it, the left blade hit his side, he could hear at least two ribs breaking. He staggered back blocking a half hearted swing, as he neared the edge of the ring, he grabbed a small dagger on his waist belt. He threw this at Zargon’Ruth, as he did so, a ripping pain shot through him and he fell to the ground, unconscious. The knife flew towards Zargon’Ruth, he tried to duck out f the way, but was to slow, the knife was slowed by a sudden gust that flipped it round, the handed of the knife hit his head, just above his right eye, he slumped to the ground, unconscious. When Fire Breaker awoke he was lifted onto a stretcher, he could hear gun fire. He glanced to his left, Zargon’Ruth was also being lifted on to a stretcher, he was about to sit up when a hail of laser fire arced thought the air. It stuck a building, causing the structure to fall to the ground. The soldiers told him to stay still, but the Mananin that said that fell to a laser round, the soldiers scattered. Fire breaker tried to lift himself, but fell to the ground in agony. He hauled himself to his feet, pain ripping through his side. A fighter swooped down and fired at him, he rolled to the side, then ran for Zargon’Ruth. He helped him to his feet, then made for the shelter of a ruined house. A troop of soldiers started to fire at the retreating marines, several men pitched forward before the rest turned round and fired. The pirates charged the marines, then stopped as a pirate fighter opened fire, a small missile impacted amongst the marines. The Anti-Matter missile exploded killing the twenty-five men instantly died. Fire Breaker and Zargon’Ruth hid in a collapsed house, twenty feet to their right a troop of pirates ran past. Fire Breaker helped Zargon’Ruth to his feet, the pirates were running towards their ships. Fire Breaker ran forward, Zargon’Ruth was leaning on him. The pirates were boarding their ships, one by one the ships took off, leaving a stream of red air. Fire Breaker laid Zargon’Ruth on the ground and picked up a LPL Handgun. He fired a few shots at the retreating pirates, but all his shots missed. The pirate ships soon accelerated out of sight. Resan’Ruth walked along the trench “We’ll be relived in two semestin.” His companion Duntan’Ruth only grunted in response. They were nearing the end of patrol when Resan’Ruth looked up. A fleet of ships were flying overhead. “ That’ll be Delta.” He remarked. The ships banked down then made for the ground a mile away. The ships landed, next to a high ridge. Men poured out, one took a pot shot at Duntan’Ruth. The two Mananins sprinted back to their tent and raised the alarm. Men poured to the front trench. The pirates opened fire, the shots going high as the pirates were running. The Mananins in the trenches fired back with machine guns, a spray of laser fire cut through the first few rows of approaching pirates. But the sheer numbers enabled them to reach the first row of trenches. The soldiers knew that the first row of trenches we in defendable, they withdrew back to a heavily fortified line, several hundred meters back. The Pirates jumped down in to the now disserted trench. They started to fire at the stone bunkers. A hail of plasma and laser cut through the pirates as they came over the top of the trenches. The pirates swarmed towards the bunkers, grenades flew through the air, several were tossed back towards the bunkers but exploded before they arrived. A group of enterprising pirates sneaked up a blind spot on one of the machine guns. They tossed a grenade in to the bunker and ran for cover. The bunker exploded in a hail of stone and metal chips. The ammunition in the bunker went up in a fireball. A huge crated formed, several other fortification were damaged by the blast. The pirates swarmed through the gap, the machineguns on either side were unable to fire on the pirates. The Mananins inside the bunkers threw grenades and fired lasers and plasma into the pirates, but it was not enough. The remaining troops pulled back to the last line of trenches, they only just beat the pirates their. They jumped down into the trenches, firing backwards as they did. The pirates jumped in just after, cutting a few soldiers apart with sword and bayonets. The Mananins hacked back, a few firing of a few bursts from LPL Handguns. More pirates came, the swarmed all around the soldiers slashing at their backs. Then a fighter screamed overhead a troop of Mananins jumped down. They landed some way of the three of them quickly approached. The three paratroopers wore no insignia and greeted the pirates. One of them introduced himself to a pirate as Quaw,Ruth. The three of them jumped in to the trench and helped to kill the remaining soldiers. After a short pause the pirates set of for a metal hatch several miles away. When they arrived at the entrance to the city Quaw’Ruth bent down and entered a code into a panel. Iron Fist commented “One of the benefits of not being an outlaw.” Fire Breaker was leaning on a wall, his hand on a rifle, next to him was Zargon’Ruth, he was rubbing his head where an ugly wound was slowly healing. Along the rest of the wall were a small group of Elite Commandos readying their weapons several sported Sniper Rifles. One by one the Commandos left the wall and took up positions in the nearby buildings, a couple planted explosive on an over hanging rock. Fire Breaker and Zargon’Ruth took up positions next to the spaceport. The Pirates led by Iron Fist and Qauw’Ruth ran down the steep slope from the city entrance. They ran in-between the houses, ducking below the windows to avoid being seen. The commandos waited until the pirates were half way to the port before opening fire with a hail of laser and plasma. Quaw’Ruth ducked out of sight just as a laser shot past him. A Missile streaked down the street exploding near a bunch of pirates. The men were through in to the air, their mangled remains scattered all over the street. The pirates ran down side streets, hoping to avoid the commandos, but a group of snipers opened up on them with plasma fire, the automatic rifles cut through the startled pirates crouched down and stuck close to the buildings. In this way the covered the remaining distance to the spaceport. Zargon’Ruth readied his Plaser Rifle. He lowered the barrel and shot at the approaching pirates, the remaining commandos fired at the pirate’s rear. Fire Breaker tossed several Plasma Grenades at the pirates, they exploded four seconds later. Zargon’ruth groaned as the ledge failed to explode. He shouted to the commandos to pull out. After grabing Quaw’Ruth from the ground. About twenty remaining commandos fired up their light jet packs. The jet packs had enough fuel for just twenty seconds, but that was enough. The commandos scrabbled aboard a small cruiser pushig Qauw’Ruth ahead. The pirates swarmed after them but were stopped by a hail of plasma fire. Zargon’Ruth ran forward and shot at the pirates. The ship took of leaving him behind to destroy the pirates, he didn’t even blink. Iron fist seeing the escaping pirates pulled men out of the city to the main space port at an other city. The remaining Pirates led by Steel Claw ran out of Zargon,Ruth’s range and went round to the left out of sight. Zargon’Ruth saw a explosion and bits of metal and stone tossed into the air, he crept round to investigate and saw the pirates descend into a tunnel. He waited till they had all vanished from sight, then clambered down after them. He found himself in a huge store room, for what looked like military equipment. The pirates were loading boxes on to a jet trolley. He primed the sniper scope of his rifle then crept closer. The pirates had just finished loading up the boxes when one of them spotted him. The pirate ran forward only to be shot by a laser ark. Steel Claw ordered her men to open fire on Zargon’Ruth. A hail of fire erupted around him, but he aimed the sniper scope and aimed at Steel Claw. She quickly ducked as a shot lanced over him. She then pointed a gun at one of the boxes. Zargon’Ruth saw the words Lithium Bomb written on the box at the very second he pulled the trigger. The laser hit Steel Claw in the chest, she looked down in shock then fired a single blast at the box before she fell down dead. Zargon’Ruth had just enough time to salute his comrades before the world turned white and he knew to more. Up on the cruiser the commandos and Fire breaker were on, it looked like the whole planet was ablaze, the lithium nuke had detonated hundreds of other devices, all of which turned the surface of the planet to sludge. Fire breaker turned to Quaw’Ruth a grabbed his pistol, the commandos tried to stop him but were to late, Fire Breaker shot Qauw’Ruth through the Head. EPILOGE Iron Fist was captured by the SSF minutes before the planet exploded, Fire Breaker retired to Ale-Tura after debriefing. All inhabitants of the planets surface were killed, among the dead was Basg’Ruth son of Iron Fist And Galactic Confederation Vice President. The remaining Mananins decided they no longer wanted a militaristic state, and destroyed the great majority of their ships, they have decided to become a trading peaceful nation, they have signed a treaty with Ale-Tura to this affect: As of now the Mananians shall become an associated state of Ale-Tura, They will retain the rights to: have a limited navy of ten thousand and an army of unlimited amounts. If under attack, the Navy of Ale-Tura must aid them, if not this treaty is null and void. In return for this the Mananins will hand over 15% of their yearly earnings (Standard Years). The Mananins will go to war or peace with the Ale-Turans. The two states will lend economic aid to each other. The Ale-Turans will allow free and fair elections to be held by the Mananins at a date of their choosing, they will respect the out come of these elections, on the Condition that the ideals and principles of the winning party are agreeable to the Ale-Turans. Signed: Mananin State. Singed Ale-Turan Salespersons Alliance With thanks to Elzilcho for writing an earlier story about the capture of Iron Fist, he wrote that one because he created the SSF. Want to create your own solar system in our online galaxy?
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