Rennac Faintheart

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Rennac thought about using his flamethrower to consume all the oxygen in the craft but decided against it, knowing the heat may damage some of the critical systems. For now he we stuck with his less volatile darts and his blades, knowing he would prefer to bleed out the traitor rather than simply let him suffocate peacefully. No. He would batter the traitor down and then drop him from the still moving ship to watch him splatter on the land below. He had his blade retract as it threatened to get stuck in the grated floor, his other arm swinging forward to block the backhand with a loud tang reverberating through the ship. He then lunged forward, his left arm's blade out to pierce Reaper's shoulder while his knee was launched right into the center of the Litharian's chest.

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Rennac's answer of loyalty came as soon as Reaper took the nose dive, about to send a spray of blaster bolts before he was launched into the top of the ship by the Litharian spy. Thankfully his armor helped him absorb the blow, taking a moment to lock his helmet on place before he saw the flying double kick coming his way. He grunted and fell back with the blow, knocking the wind out of him for a moment before he got up and took a fighting stance and began to throw punches at the Litharian traitor toput him on the defensive. "Ha! I should have known you were a traitor the moment you insisted we keep that damnable data spike! No matter. When I bring you head to Xilanthis alongside Klith's, it will just solidify me as being more trustworthy than the Council's own representative! May even cast doubt upon the Masters of eyes and war, leading to investigations into them as well." One of his gauntlet blades extended to become a far more deadly attack, aiming to either cripple Reaper or severely wound him.

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The Wolkar evacuated quickly and waited for the evacuation of the Litharians to be complete before they too left to return home. The weapons and pieces of equipment they recovered from the aliens would be brought to the Natre-Dorme University of the sciences to be examined by the Wolkar's brightest minds andto possibly replicate the ammunition used by the turrets they recovered. One of the gauss rounds would be in the military section of the university where only authorized personnel would access it, the more mundane and safe portions being made more available for the whole of the faculty to examine. Their estimated date of arrival would be Galactic Date 5371-249 with the appointed time of the memorial to be 256 of the same year.

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Wolkar Galactic Date 5371-248, Unknown Station. The Wolkar made similar preparations with cleaning up their own dead though they did not gather the bodies. Rather, they removed the dog tags from all of their dead breatheren and laid their arms over their chest in a ceremonial manner. Rover, being the highest authority on hand, said a few words over the gathered bodies which were brought together in one of the larger rooms. The Litharians would easily tell when the ceremony ended by the loud collective howl of all the Wolkar on the station, saying their final farewells. When the reactor would blow, it would make this station their vessel to whatever afterlife they would find. With the names of the fallen listed with, the deceased captain chief among them, they all retreated to the two remaining frigates and left to a safe distance. As these preparations were underway Rover dispatched the signal with the list of dead to the Alpha Council. It was only an hour after that the Sirius went on the net to announce a memorial service to take place for the fallen one week after the return of the emergency response fleet and extended a formal invitation for the Litharian Council of Masters to attend as the Wolkar would also honor the losses of their Litharian allies as well as their own.

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Rennac was feeling less and less keen about this figure as he spoke, finally snapping when he said his agent. In Rennac's eyes that only meant one person. However, there was still the question of who was talking on the other end. "Very well, before I do that let me ask you a question." Quick as ever he whipped out his pistol and pointed it at Reaper's head with one hand and had the other point his other pistol at the terminal. He was ready to destroy both if needed. "When you saw me in my quarters at the palace, what did I underline in the documents and what was your response. If you're who I think you are your agent will be free of suspicion. Answer wrong, and your little plant will be feeling rather light headed followed by a severe case of death. If you are who I believe you to be, you will understand this to be a necessary check to be certain you're who I think you to be."

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Rennac chuckled at Reaper's joke just as his datapad was going off with warnings, the Wolkar cursing and trying to stop the breach before it was utterly compromised a second later. Muttering another curse he scowled at Reaper. "I TOLD you we should have removed that damn dataspike! Now our comms terminal is compromised! Next time we have an issue like this I'M making the call!" The Wolkar began to remove all of the comm terminal's connections to the ship, even switching it over from the ship's power to it's own independent source just in case. Still, with everything he had to keep a somewhat calm demeanor so not to give himself away as he answered. "Listen, for the last time I told you holomarketers to stop calling! I'm happy with my insurance, I don't want a new cooling draft for my ship, and for the LAST time I am not interested in hearing the word of the lord and savior Tanaka." His voice was legitimately annoyed though he managed to make it seem like it was for a different reason, hopefully making the one on the other end believe he was just upset about another holo to holo salesman.

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Wolkar engineers dismantled two of the cannons and had them delivered to the relief ship's cargo hold. It was mainly designed to carry medical supplies so they could not fit whole, though the engineers were careful to memorize the assembly process. They were not difficult to break down and put together though as much as the ammunition. The design was.. remarkable to say the least. Many of the engineers were even arguing over who should lead the research into learning it's construction and learning the fabrication process to make more. The Wolkar commander nodded solemnly. "We've lost around 25 on the station, and there were about 100 estimated dead on the cruiser before it's last stand.. The frigates are busy picking up the escape pods from the cruiser to recover the crew that managed to escape and we'll have a more solid number. They will pay dearly for this. I know I am not officially permitted to say, but I have no doubt the Alpha council will seek retribution along with you. If your people seek allies, they will find them in spades."

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Rennac smirked as it seemed Reaper was at least somewhat comfortable with the whole gay thing, half expecting his mind to just shut down and reboot after a minute or two. Once they were out of the atmosphere and on their way he brought up a map of the planet in question, looking it over. "Well, this planet we're heading too... No major cities or town on the maps. At most there may be a few small villages but none that are recorded or well known. The place is a complete jungle, far too cluttered with trees to land in all but a few scarce spots. We'll check the man made landing areas first before we check the areas that are naturally occuring where someone can land with enough skill. Whats your experience with jungle combat and tracking? Anything firsthand?"

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Rennac was a tad disappointed he couldn't get a jab from the Litharian, shaking his head. "Jeez, I laid that one right over the plate and you still couldn't hit it! Guessing humor is one of the things they left out of your training." They quickly made his way back to the ship with Reaper following, letting out a hoarse laughter at the girlfriend comment. "And here I thought I wouldn't be able to get a joke out of you! There may be hope for you yet." He went to Ketra's and gave her the money owed. She didn't earn her bonus since she got nothing on their true target besides some people looking to join him. Once he got back he strapped in and prepared to take off, looking back at Reaper with a wry grin. "Oh, by the way, I'm not interested in that girl. I swing the other way." He sat there and let that tidbit sink in for a moment, wondering if his species were in any way homophobic.

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The Wolkar growled as their prey killed themselves off, robbing them of their chance at answers. Each one they tried to capture quickly killed themselves as soon as it saw them, covered in the blood and guts of it's fellows and scaring them to suicide. They likely knew that whatever pain they might feel from their heads exploding would be MOST CERTAINLY less painful than what these monstrous beasts would do to them. Cursing they eventually gave up, the captain telling his crew to use tranq darts whenever they got the chance though knew few if any would be properly stopped before they killed themselves. Instead the Wolkar commander went to find the leader of the Litharian forces, seeing them taking their prisoner away. "You fought well. How did your people fare? How many more deaths will these cowards be made to answer for?" It was not as much any sort of competitive question and more a measure of the crimes these creatures had committed on the Litharians, most of the surviving Wolkar seeming to be much more friendly to them after fighting side by side.