Mao Mao

Radiated | Star Lord & Dewey Deftones

Roadhog thought for a moment that Junkrat forgot the location of the treasure since it was taking him a long time to remember. Thankfully, Junkrat pointed at the rock and told Roadhog to turn a right. After following the directions, they found themselves in front of a Boab. Roadhog looked at the tree and waited for the fusion core while Junkrat dug it up from the ground. It was admittedly smart to bury it in the ground since the cores are blight as hell. And he meant it too, as Junkrat held the glowing core; however, it was only fainted. Roadhog hoped that it didn't mean anything terrible.

"Here it is... A beaut', am I right?" Junkrat asked, turning to Roadhog. "This is the whole reason blokes have been hunting me down. Funny ain't it? This little thing causing all these problems?"

Roadhog chuckled at the sentence since Junkrat was right about one thing. It was funny how the entire Outback is hunting Junkrat because of that small object. And they don't know that it's just a fusion core. Hell, Roadhog didn't know what it was until he was told. As the night was slowly becoming day, Roadhog carefully grabbed the core and held it for a moment. He couldn't believe that he was holding to something that valuable. And under that mask of his, Roadhog was grinning like a child who finally got a puppy. However, he also realized that meant that both Junkrat and Roadhog were officially targets. The entire Outback versus two guys with something incredibly precious.

Plus, he wanted to pay a visit to the Queen. And he needed help. Afterwards, they needed to get out the Outback to sell the core to outsiders. Roadhog looked at Junkrat and then the core before saying, "Let's talk." Roadhog placed the core back in the hole and buried it once more under the Boab once more. He didn't want anything to happen while he held on to it.

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Mass Effect Andromeda: Frontier

The training exercise was a success even if it was cut short by Tannyx. Some sort of situation at Site One. Shunji raced to the lockers and quickly changed the weapons. It was good to be carrying actual weapons again. He boarded the shuttle as it left the training area, taking all of them to Site One. Tazen was the first one to talk about the situation as Shunji checked on his shotgun. A research team got themselves in trouble with the Kett and we must save them. Simple enough. As the other members of the team were tasked with certain objectives, Shunji and everyone else (that wasn’t assigned a task) were ordered to wait until they heard gunshots.

Waiting for the order was boring as Shunji barely knew the other members. So, he did what he thought was productive and started to look at his weapon once more. While the krogan and the other human were having a conversation, it reminded of the times spent with Quintis. Shunji still missed the loveable turian bastard. He looked down at his shotgun, trying to think about the upcoming battle instead of his only friend from the Milky Way galaxy. It didn't work.

Shunji kept on checking his weapon, remembering the good times before they made it to Andromeda.

Before leaving behind everything for Andromeda, Shunji and many other volunteers for the Initiative celebrated their last moments in the Milky Way at the Earth’s moon, Luna. Of course, that was after the epic speech given by Jien Garson. It was good enough that everyone cheered and decided to party until it was time. Thousands of people filled the convention center to drink, sing, dance, whatever was going on within the floor. Shunji got a message that Quintis needed to grab something right after the speech and to meet him at the bar.

It was filled with dozens of people that were happy to be there. He turned around to see a man saying his goodbyes to his twin. That immediately caused Shunji to think of his own family. He tried to say goodbye to his mother in person, but she wanted nothing to do with him. Instead, he wrote a long letter to her and any remaining siblings. And sent it before leaving Earth forever. Shunji really wanted to see his mother one last time, but she still hatred him for what happened years ago. “A damn shame” he thought to himself before taking a shot with a sad look.

“Why the sad face?” a familiar voice asked.

It was none other than Quintis, his only friend going with him on this crazy adventure. He approached the table and sat down, holding to a mysterious box. Immediately, his frown was replaced with a smile as Shunji saw his good old friend. “I was starting to worry that you got lost while looking for the bathroom.” he sarcastically replied, attempting to hide his true reason behind the sad look.

“Thankfully, I found it.” he responded, “Now, let’s start celebrating! The night has barely begun!”

About a half-hour later, both friends started talking about their new life in Andromeda at the open-bar. The bartender finished refilling their drinks before making more drinks for another group. Both men were talking about picking one of seven golden worlds to settle. Sertius Quintis picked out Habitat 5 since it reminded him of Palaven’s largest moon, Menae. However, Yanagita Shunji selected Habitat 2 because of the potential job opportunities that the planet offered with its high amount of minerals.

“Didn’t you hear what they said about Habitat 2? High amounts of minerals and resources. It will guarantee job security until we drop dead.” Shunji proclaimed to his turian friend. Quintis laughed at his friend’s attempt at making Habitat 2 sound perfect.

“Yeah, if you want to be miners.” Quintis pointed out, “Plus, I heard some krogans were interested in it also. If you still remember your history class, krogans still hate turians because of the genophage. And it’s probably filled with sand. I hate sand.”

Yanagita wrapped his arm around Quintis without care and raised his drink. “We survived battles against countless enemies and the geth attack on the Citadel. Hell, we almost died at the Citadel. Habitat 2 will be a cakewalk. If one krogan looks at you wrong, I will personally headbutt them in your honor!”

“Your head will crack open.” Quintis interrupted.

“You know what I meant.” Yanagita said sincerely, “I will be standing by your side. No matter what.”

Quintis raised his drink and smiled, “That sounds like a good toast.” Yanagita agreed and quickly finished up his drink before raising it.

“Focus on the mission.” Shunji quietly told himself to stop thinking about that night. It was one of the best moments in his life, but he didn’t want to be reminded it at all. Especially Quintis. Suddenly, he felt some tears rolling down his face and quickly turned away from the others. Thankfully, his helmet was covering his face; but, he still turned away because he felt embarrassed. After a moment of breathing in and out, he was ready for the mission. Shunji turned to Sabinius and asked, “Any word on Tazen’ team? I am itching to kill some Kett today.”

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You can, of course, be conservative without voting for the Republican Party but if you do vote for them, you ARE going along with the anti-gay agenda that many of its members appear to subscribe to.

@Penny

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I think its fairly clear the conservative is being read as Republican in this instance. Even if not, the very best you can can say about this person is that they are ideologically sympathetic to the coalition of people who have historically been committed to pushing anti-LBTQ policies. It isn't hard to see why people might react that way.

Or, you could realize that excommunicating people because they have different opinion is disgusting. This kind of shit would just divide up people even more. And we definitely need more tension in the sweet year of 2018!

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Star Wars - Liberators

General Mathland Crovall stepped outside of headquarters to witness the sky, pretending that he could see the fighting in space. It was a sign that the reinforcements for the Empire had finally arrived. The orbit of Uslam was under Imperial control, meaning that a blockade was going to be established. He couldn't stop thinking about the Rebel fighters that were willing to sacrifice their own lives to buy his units time to build up defenses. Hopefully, at least one ship somehow survived the slaughter. "May the force be with you all." he said to the sky as the surviving fighters returned to base.

The fighting was only getting started.

General Crovall returned to headquarters and the command center as one of the officer waited for his return. “We got several ships on our sensors. What should we do, sir?” the officer asked.

The general looked at the sensors and realized that the Imperial was planning on doing an orbital bombardment; however, the question was where. Do they realize that the capital is protected by shield? Or are they just going to attack any area with the most rebel activity? He had to make a choice: protect the remaining units in exchange of land or make them stay during the bombardment. After thinking it over, General Crovall requested that everyone was listening him to one of the officers. Then, he started speaking.

“All units, this is General Crovall speaking. I am honored to be fighting against the Empire and their tyrannical rule over our home. That is why many already gave their lives. To end the rule and bring back democracy. Not to our world, but countless planets that are suffering the same conditions as ours. People are scared of fighting back, but I believe that the Rebellion cause will change that. It already did for our world. Now, thousands of us are fighting against Empire.”

The general sighed before saying, “However, we need to realize that we have to make sacrifices for the greater good. That is why I am ordering all units to abandon the Phase Line Bravo and retreat to the capital. The orbits of Uslam are under Empire control now and we have reason to believe that they will conduct an orbital bombardment. We do not know where it will take or how long it will last; however, we are not going to guess. Take anything from the line that you can carry over to the capital. Additional orders will be sent by unconventional means. We also have reason that the Empire is listening to us.”

“Fuck them.” he said, hoping that they are listening, “We would rather die than accept surrender. Hell, they are just going to kill us anyway. As for me, I will make attempts to keep our communications safe from the ears of the Empire. Once the lines are safe, I will come back on to give out new orders. We don’t know how long it will take, but we aren’t giving up. Until then, stay together, survive, and fight back. The force is always with you all.”

General Crovall sat down after finishing his speech to everyone, including the Empire (if they were listening). Before he could even rest for a second, another officer informed him that a bomber squadron and TIEs were spotted on the sensors, heading to another city. He didn’t have the men or resources to provide aid. The general said in a disappointing tone, “Inform the rebel forces of the incoming threat and tell them to evacuate the city with citizens to the capital. That is all we can do for them.”
He really needed a drink, but he needed to approve the SpecForces’ operation. Another officer said to the general, “Ready whenever you are.”

He stood up and nodded before speaking to the commander of the SpecForces. “This is General Crovall. Operation White Terror has been approved. Empire might be listening in. Radio silence until task is done. May the force guide you and your team success.”
General Crovall finally found himself with a little moment of peace to smoke and reflect on the choices that he made in the last ten or fifteen minutes. And he really needed that break.

Star Wars - Liberators

Uslam was always a beautiful planet before the Empire took over and used it for the buildup for the Imperial Army. Many citizens were forced to work overtime or be conscripted to join either the army or navy. However, people in Lorya decided to fight back against the oppression of the Empire. General Mathland Crovall became the figurehead of the Uslam Liberators and built up supplies to strike before it was too late. That moment came when the former Prime Minister (and his entire administration), and closeted rebel sympathizer, was executed live for the whole planet to see.

It was when General Crovall issued the order to strike at heart of Lorya to avenge the dead on the faithful day. The Imperial Garrison fell within hours with a few dozen Imperial soldiers and officials dead. Then, the capital city of Lorya fell in a day. Thus, the liberation began; however, everyone knew that the Empire was going to fight back for control.

General Crovall drafted up plans to defend the capital for the upcoming counterattack. That was when he began communication with Alliance High Command for aid and supplies. So far, nothing came out of it. All he got was delays and stalling that had been lasting for weeks. Thankfully, the stash of supplies was enough to form a solid defence against the Imperial military, especially the shield generator. Once the defences were dealt with, the headquarters was finally established in City Centre among with other important facilities. There were several citizens that joined the Uslam Liberators after the successful uprising while others from all over Uslam rushed to Loyra to help with the cause. For the citizens that didn't volunteer, General Crovall issued evacuation orders out of the planet just yesterday.

Crovall overlooked the evacuation as desperate citizens were rushing onto the shuttles. Many of them were families or the elderly that didn't want to face the Empire's wrath. It seemed that it was going to a normal busy evening until he got word that the Empire finally arrived. Immediately, the General rushed back to headquarters and began checking in with the front line. The expected news came that the Empire kept on marching while the fighters were falling back to Phase Line Bravo. Meanwhile, the Admiral Adamantius Xen was probably engaging the Imperial Navy.

Suddenly, General Crovall heard about the rocket artillery firing upon the forest where soldiers were fleeing to the rally point. He walked towards the communicator and turned to one of the officers. "Make sure that all commanders can listen to me." he politely asked. After a moment of setting up the lines, the officer gave a thumbs up and the General began to speak.

"This is General Crovall. Fall back to Phase Line Bravo. Repeat fall back to Phase Line Bravo. Make your stand there and show the Empire bastards that we mean business. This is a chance to show them that we are tired of their rule. To show other planets under the oppression of the Empire that they don't have to cave in and summit to tyranny. There's still a chance to fight back in Bravo. Make the Empire regret coming back to our home."

He smiled and confidently finished off the short speech with, "May the force be with you all."

Star Wars - Liberators

Name
General Mathland Crovall

Species
Human

Faction/Unit
2nd Uslam Liberators/Rebel Alliance

Location
Uslam Resistance HQ

Synopsis of Role
Ground commander of the Uslam Liberator regiments.

Short History
Mathland Crovall grew up on Uslam before the formation of the Galactic Empire and during the Clone Wars. Once the Federation was defeated, the Galactic Empire was born and began to rule Uslam with an iron fist. Crovall's sister was the first one that spoke against the reintroduction slavery back to the planet. Unfortunately, the Empire declared her to have committed treason and arrested her shortly. She was taken off planet to an unknown location, leaving her brother behind.

After the arrest, Mathland decided to fight back against the Empire and started gathering supplies for a possible strike on them. Then, he recruited other citizens all over Uslam that also hatred the Empire's rule. Years of planning and building up supplies and forces led to the formation of the Uslam Liberators. Of course, they kept their activities hidden from the Empire until Crovall had enough and ordered the assault on the capital, Lorya. It took the resistance fighters nearly a day to capture the capital city and several hours to establish headquarters.

Soon enough, Mathland contracted the Rebellion for aid and assistance in protecting Uslam from a possible counter attack; however, the Empire arrived with reinforcements and enough firepower to wipe out Lorya. It was when that Mathland and the others realized that their deaths were coming. And the Rebellion was most likely not going to send supplies to some planet in the Outer Rim.

Regardless, Crovall never planned on surrendering to the Empire—he'd rather die than be a prisoner of the Empire.