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I think I need a new razor. Shaving feels like rubbing a slightly pointy eraser against my face five times.
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It sounds like God is taking a piss on my house outside
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Just noticed that my total amount of reactions recieved is equal to the amount of reactions given. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
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Nothing quite like powering through an assignment through sheer anger at having to do it

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Hm, should I try posting something? I have an idea, but I feel like I should wait for something to happen.


I say you should go post something.
@Rune_Alchemist Well, given that my ship appears to be the closest to yours, you might run into a UED scouting party.
DSS Audie Murphy



Carver's vision was blurry as he woke up. His ears were ringing, and he could feel something pressing down on his side. He could hear footsteps and several voices, coming closer. As the voices approached him, he felt the weight lift off his sides, followed by a loud clank as a piece of debris hit the floor. A gloved hand reached out to him, and started to pull him up. As Michael stood up, his vision cleared, and he saw the face of a familiar young Korean man looking at him. "Specialist Lee. You're alive."

Lee gave him a slight smile. "And, by some miracle, you are alive as well. Mostly unscathed, too, I might add. Others were not so lucky." At that, Michael looked around the room. The bridge was in disarray, with many of the consoles damaged, and piles of debris littering the floor. Several of the bridge crew were nursing various wounds, while others were crumpled up, dead. He saw the Captain lying on the floor a few feet next to him, blood staining his formerly pristine uniform. Lee was looking at him, a frown on his face. "Unfortunately, the good Captain didn't make it. Neither did a good deal of the crew."

Carver had known Captain Ramirez for a long time, and his death was sure to lower the morale of the crew. And with the Captain dead... he turned to face Lee. "This means I'm in charge, doesn't it?"

"Given you were his second in command, yes, this means you are in charge, now. So, Captain, what are your orders?" Lee asked, trying not to smirk.

"Well, first off, don't call me Captain. Second off, I'm making you my second in command. If I die, you're next in line. Third off, get me a damage report." He looked around the bridge. "And...get some body bags if we have them. I'd like to give the dead a proper funeral, if we can."


As it turned out, they had body bags. The surviving crew had all been accounted for, and the bodies of those killed in the crash were put in body bags and moved out of the way. In total, twenty-eight crew members had been killed in the crash. A few were heavily wounded, but in stable condition, and there was a slew of minor injuries. Their equipment hadn't faired much better, a good portion of it being destroyed. Half the Goliaths were wrecked, but the surviving two were in good shape. The dropship was somewhat damaged, but could be repaired in a short while. One of the siege tanks was destroyed, and the other had moderate damage, which would leave it out of action for a while. They only lost a few SCV's, and Carver was ecstatic to learn that his personal Marine suit had survived. While they had lost a great deal, it could have been much, much worse.

Watching over the bridge, Carver and the surviving bridge crew waited as the engineers attempted to get the power core back online. The fusion reactor powering the ship had a large store of fuel left, and would last them for a long time. He pressed on his radio headset. "Any progress?"

"We're almost done, Sergeant. Almost...there!" There was a pause, then a large amount of noise as the computers on the bridge all booted up at the same time. The lights turned on soon after, and the Adjutant's mainframe began to boot up as well. Across the ship, the crew paused to clap and cheer, and Carver couldn't help but smile. Well, that's that. With the power back on, they could use the ship's systems to their advantage. Michael walked over to the Adjutant, as the machine finished booting up. He always found the humanoid "body" of the machine a little creepy, but he couldn't deny its usefulness.

As he walked into view, the machine's head stared down at him. "Greetings, Sergeant. Where is Captain Ramirez?"

He cringed. "Captain Ramirez is dead. I'm in charge now."

It kept staring at him. "Understood. Activating succession protocols." It beeped, then continued, in its synthetic female voice. "I have been able to gather a variety of useful information on the planet we have crashed upon, Sergeant."

"Well, tell me."

"Of course." Beep. "This planet matches no known systems in the Koprulu Sector. We may have stumbled upon a previously unknown system." Beep. "We appear to have landed in a mountainous region, near the edge of a large forest. The planet is surprisingly Earth-like, and is capable of supporting human life." Beep. "Our sensors have detected a large amount of smoke emanating from deeper within the forest. It is likely that we are not the only ones to have crashed here."

"Not the only ones, huh? This might complicate things..." He paused for a moment. "I'm going to get my suit and head down to the vehicle bay. Tell everyone to meet down there. I'll brief them on the situation."

"Understood, Sergeant."

And with that, he was off. Let's see what we're dealing with here.

@Zoey White Alright, no problem.
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Alright, I guess I'll try to be around where the other pony characters are?


Somewhere around there, yeah. You can come up with reasons for why you're there and all that.
Oh crap, it's started. Um, where should I start off?


Well, everyone is getting their intro posts done, so you could probably do something similar, like introducing your character.
@Shoryu Well, you weren't wrong in the fact that the UED ship is the biggest one there is. So, I took the mountainous spot anyways.
DSS Audie Murphy
High Orbit over Braxis



Sergeant Michael Carver looked out the windows on the bridge, taking in the sight of the icy planet before him. It was one of the most inhospitable worlds in the Koprulu Sector, sixty percent covered by ice sheets, and with winds that could reach up to 150 miles per hour. It was also, at one point, the staging grounds for the UED's invasion of the sector. It was there that he, along with his comrades, were conscripted into the UED. At that point, they didn't know who the UED were, only that they were enemies of the Dominion, and that was good enough for them. After the Dominion were forced off the planet, Braxis was turned into a major military stronghold for the UED. After the UED was defeated, the planet was taken over by the Zerg, "purified" by the Protoss, then abandoned-or so it seemed.

"You sure this isn't a trap, Captain?" He said, looking over to Captain Ramirez. The old Mexican officer stared into the distance, almost as if he was studying the planet before him.

"The signal we detected is a UED distress call. Either someone's still down there..." He paused for a moment. "...or we could have walked into a trap. We'll know soon enough."

Before Michael could say anything else, the ship shook as a shot deflected off the shields. The Captain turned around, looking for the source of the attack. "What the hell was that?"

One of the bridge crew turned to face him, a panicked look on his face. "Sir, a Dominion battlecruiser just exited FTL. They're right on top of us." As soon as he spoke, another shot hit the ship. "We're picking up a large power surge- they're probably charging up their Yamato Cannon."

Of course it was a trap, thought Michael as the Captain ran back to the front of the bridge. He stopped next to the helmsman's chair. "Helmsman, get us out of here! Do a blind jump if you have to, we need to move, NOW!"


Even before he saw anything, Michael could feel that something had gone wrong.

As he looked around him, the first thing he noticed that the usual "tunnel" effect of warp travel was gone. Instead, he saw, at first, what looked like nebulas and starts. Then, he saw the strange things- mountains emerging from nowhere, a giant flower growing from a nebula. As he looked away from the windows, he could feel the ship itself rattling, as if something was crushing it. He looked to the Captain, but he was looking out the windows, seemingly just as confused.

When Michael looked out the window again, he saw what looked like a planet-but was that a sun? As he looked, he could swear he saw a small sun orbiting the planet. Everyone was still as the fire from the sun engulfed the ship. Surprisingly, he didn't feel panic as the fire washed over the ship. It made him feel safer, oddly enough. However, as he looked towards the planet, he was aware of the fact that they were free-falling towards a planet, and they weren't showing any signs of slowing down.

After hitting what looked like a stone wall, he saw the ship head into an atmosphere, and watched as it headed down lower and lower. As they headed towards what looked like a small mountainous area, Michael looked towards the Captain, who seemed oddly calm. He looked Michael in the eyes, and saluted. "It's been an honor serving with you, Sergeant."

Before he could say anything else, he was launched forwards as the ship crashed, and everything turned to black.

@Shoryu Sounds good to me! I'll start working on a post.
Well, I am going out to dinner, so I will be able to work on my post when I get back.
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