urukhai

Mass Effect:The Cycle Continues

//The Dominion, Sele// The sounds of the council reached the prelate's ears long before he even came to the doors. Two voices dominated the air, it seemed that Exarch Bruta and Exarch Thant were going at it again, both seemed confused as to why they were suddenly called to the homeworld. "good" the thought to himself, the two exarchs were constantly at one another's throats, off appearing as the black and white of an argument and anyway to get them both off balance was a good way to keep them focused on the larger picture over their petty squabbles. Rounding one last corners Veicc reached the doors to the council chambers, massive stone double doors that had carvings of the old stories etched into their surface, they were guarded by a fair number of the white masked Hivegaurds, who opened the doors as the Prelate approached. Like all Karilac architecture the chamber was deep underground and was carved from the living stone, the different stones giving the room an ethereal look. Size wise the chamber was a long room, a few hundred feet long, and at least half its length wide. Its high vaulted ceilings were supported by columns that run the length of the room at 30 foot intervals, also far above the ground were openings from which observers could peer down at the proceedings. In the center of the room sat a large raised stone table, its smooth surface covered in the colors of different Hives and around which sat the Exarchs. Behind the Exarchs table, on the back wall of the room was the Prelate's throne, a large chair that was hewn from the rock and draped in the ornamentation, colors and flags of the Dominion as a whole. It sat higher than the table, as to be able to look down on all the Exarchs at once, and was thus only reachable by the set of stairs that seemed to also be the original stone, all in all however it appeared quite modest. A hush fell over the council as Veicc lead his guard into the room. With the whisper of cloth all the Exarchs slowly got to their feet and bowed the Prelate as he passed. Veicc groaned internally, he hated all the ceremony, but it was tradition. Mounting the stairs Veicc left his guard at the base of the stairs and took his seat, motioning for the Exarchs to sit as well. An invitation they took silently. "My Exarchs" Veicc began, scanning the assembled host. "I am sure you are all itching to know why I have summoned you here, today. The truth of the matter is there is a... new matter that requires our attention." A murmur ran through the Galleries above and the Exarchs table, looks were exchanged, but all fell silent as Veicc held up his hand for silence "There are now confirmed reports of a new race, one that does not use the pathways. One of their scouts seem to be headed towards Miris." There was a pause then the murmurs erupted in stereo, questions began to be thrown around "What are they doing there?" "What kind of weapons do they wield?""Dose this mean we shall wage another scourge war?" "My Sire!" A voice rang out, browbeating its way above the others, Bruta's. Standing up the Exarch continued "Surely there is no cause for alarm, the must be simply a wayward traveler or explorer. Let it reach Miris unmolested. It will observe a colony, nothing more. We have more pressing concerns at the moment that could have ramifications into the future " "Ramifications? Bha." Another voice rose, a voice of contention, Thant's. "You propose we let this scout go? so what, we can focus on a civil war that is not our own? They dug themselves this hole, the best wecan do is fill it, or leave it and focus on our own concerns, mainly a potentially hostile ship!" "You shortsighted, Nal!" Bruta swore "You would shoot one of the sisters if they presented themselves to you!" All went silent at the oath, even Thant seemed taken aback, though sadly it was only a moment. "You seek to insult me here! You were born no warrior, how can you be a Karilac? You have no spine, not even the Ventri could eat you away enough to find it!" Bruta's eyes narrowed as he drew himself up to his full height. His response was not verbal, instead his Ventri began to swarm around him as he reached for his belt. He was issuing a challenge, one Thant seemed intent on answering. Veicc had seen enough, he begaai to stand "That's enough." He stated calmly. Still the two began to move away form the table, both keeping eye contact. At this point Veicc begain to get... angry, as he did he felt a familiar buzz along his skin. "I said that was, ENOUGH." With the last word he unleashed a pulse of crackling blue energy that created not only a thunderclap, but amplified his voice. "You will stop acting like Hachlings and calm yourselves, you will act like Exarchs and return to your seats. Or I will answer both your challenges myself and see you twitching on this floor. Understood?" The last question was dangerously quiet and only hastened the two's return to their seats. "Now I have already ordered a response fleet to be organized, but I am going to send a reinforcement garrison to Miris, and will continue to keep you all ready to form a war fleet should the need arise. In the mean time, we will observe this scout. And weigh our options for and interference in this Civil War." ------ //Dominion Outer Territories, Miris// The garrison commander breathed out heavily, sending a burst of air that disrupted the falling ash. He had just gotten word that the unknown scout was now in range. This unnerved him, he was not afraid, just... apprehensive about the unknown. Still he had received word via scatterburst that a double garrison was to arrive within another week, bolstering his numbers on the ground, armor and in aerospace defense. Still as he looked up through the thin ash cloud choked atmosphere, he still felt off balance, as if he was anticipating something. ---- Summery: The Dominion have began to observe the scout with intent interest, they have bolstered the effectiveness of Miris's garrison, and have begun to take an interest in the Civil War, though their hand has not yet been shown. Tempers faired at the Exarch council, but they were quickly doused.

Mass Effect:The Cycle Continues

Ok i am so so so sorry, sleep got the better of me, BUT my post has about a paragraph or two that I will do when I am able at work. I am so so so so sorry

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mine will be up tonight

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Mountain time for me

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post should be up today

Thunderbolt Black (Fighter Pilot Mercenaries)

Alarms blared and Charnel swore, both in his native tongue of English and in his acquired tongue of Italian, the two mixing together to form somewhat of an artistically drawn out oath. He silently prayed that his radio was off transmit as he jumped into action, throttling up he folded the wings of the jet all the way back and took her into a sharp turn away from the island, his breathing beneath his mask becoming labored as his suit tightened and the blood rushed from his head. As he did this Charnel released his own countermeasures, the flairs jumping away from his jet, their light blazing even in the morning sun. Pulling out of the turn Marciano poured on the speed to gain some distance as the alarms began to fade, indicating the missile had taken had taken the bait of the flairs. He was about to cut speed when it hit, the shockwave making the Hound fishtail a bit, as Marciano renewed his swearing. Cutting speed he unfolded his wings and banked back towards base, a look of astonishment making its presence known beneath the mask and visor.

"That... that was a kinetic kill weapon. From orbit. Whoever we're fighting has access to one... but why did they target us? And why when they had an invasion underway... what the hell is going on here... All aircraft," he continued, finding the stern-ness back in his force as he shook his head, sliding his visor back up his helmet. "Report status and check in. We'd better overfly the island and see if there's anything we can do to assist with the SAR, and be ready for any hostiles... over"

"Such a specialized weapon, and not a cheap one." Marciano thought to himself, he recalled a magazine article about the weapons a few months back, he had paid it very little thought until know. Still he had a job, and he began to transmit "This is Charnel, im alive and well and carrying a decent compliment. Im falling in, but will keep an eye out for those bandits that peeled off." He hoped his voice didn't sound to shaky, to be brutally honest the idea of what just happened still felt foreign to him, in an unnerving sort of way. Somewhat blaming the adrenalin, Charnel continued to bank, bringing himself into a following pattern behind the squadron leader

Thunderbolt Black (Fighter Pilot Mercenaries)

Sorry, Urukhai, but I thought I'd better get a GM post up since it's been 8 days since the last one, and my own rule is not to wait too long. If I let it slide, then I'll let it slide too much and everyone will be waiting, and I'll forget or start not caring. If everyone wants to get their posts up with their reactions to the end of the battle, and then the following events. I'll get another post up as soon as we have a round of posts up in reply. You don't necessarily need to write much, as I realize I haven't given a lot to go on. Needless to say, I'll have a lot more story next time, and we'll probably even get to meet face to face at last :O

@Silverwind Blade

No problem, mea culpa. I was away from my PC for a while, but im back now!

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Ahhh back at my actual PC, so things will go a heck of a lot smoother now

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Yep go right ahead, just wanted to say the most important thing that my post would have covered would have been brights scout getting to my outer colony

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Hermmm I seem to be away from my PC for an indetermant time now, if it helps everyone I could just skip this turn/bulletpoint what I was going to do in my post, just to keep things moving. I am still very much interested, which is why I do not want to become a detriment