[UO] [grabs a space suit, a rope, and a lazer rifle, goes into the spcae
- hatch, opens door, ties rope, and anchors himself to the floor with the
- rope, pressuized air lock, and fires at the ships]
DeathStar> Well, I don't know.  I'm not in that department...
DeathStar> Sure....a lazer rifle is really going to help....
[Dominator] Alright SK, go for ti, i'll take over
DeathStar> (does a roll to dodge some blasts)
DeathStar> UO, hit their engines!
[UO] [On radio: Well  you never the hell know mr. know it all commander!]
[Dominator]  *takes over for SK*
[ShadowKnight] (jumps into hyperspace and comes back outside)
DeathStar> Show off...
DeathStar> (does a roll again and the shuttle shakes, damage alarms are
- going off)
[Dominator] Welcome to the Maverick Hunters, Blackjack, hope you survive
- yuor first day...
[UO] {radio: what the hell do you think I'm using a rifle for? I was aim fo
- rthat, a rifle mat just cause a backwash!
DeathStar> Dang...shield's down to 45%...
[ShadowKnight] (hypers onto one of the fighter's hulls)
[UO] (fires like a maniac with the scope)
[Dominator]  *fires at a cluster of fighters*
DeathStar> (he actually destroys a fighter)
DeathStar> (Dom takes out three)
[ShadowKnight] (begins his deconstruction attack on the glass of the
- cockpit)
[UO] oh I cant do this! (blasts rope and flys arouns plugging the flyers)
[UO] WOOOOOOO HOOOO!!!!!
[UO] (flips around)
DeathStar> Errr.
[Dominator] About how many left DS?
DeathStar> Four.....
DeathStar> Not counting the one SK's attacking
[ShadowKnight] (gets through the glass and depressorizes the cockpit)
DeathStar> (ship shakes again)  3% shields....
[Dominator] We got any torpedos?
[UO] (comes up behind one, and tries to rip off the door)
DeathStar> Three....
>> Blackjack has left channel #battleground
[ShadowKnight] (hypers off to the next ship)
DeathStar> (dodges some blast fire)
[Dominator]  *fires at any fighter he can*
[ShadowKnight] (repeats the proceedure on the glass of this one)
[UO] [rips off the door and goes into the enemy ship]
DeathStar> Well, make that two now that SK got one
[Dominator] I knew we should have went with the newer model...
DeathStar> Thanks for voicing that now...
[UO] Hey!!! Aliens!!! ooooooo! (blasts are heard over hte radio)
DeathStar> Gross...
DeathStar> make that one left
[ShadowKnight] (finishes it)
DeathStar> (aims up the shot for Dom)
DeathStar> Take it!
[Dominator] Concentrate all fire power guys *fires*
>> Blackjack has joined channel #battleground
[UO] [corpses are seen flying out of the ship]
DeathStar> (ship blows up)
[ShadowKnight] (moves inside the ship and grabs a few power tanks)
DeathStar> Well....Blackjack...hoped you enjoyed your first day on the job..
[UO] hey this one still works! (uses back up door)
DeathStar> pause.
[Blackjack] NRP:  What'd I miss?
[UO] what?
[ShadowKnight] (hypers back inside the shuttle) I brough some energy to
- recharge the sheilds
[UO] (trys to use the controls) awww man! I dont know nuthin abou thtis!
DeathStar> Good job SK..
[Dominator] Alright, what next Star?
[UO] (presses a button, red lights screem in the ship)
DeathStar> We land on the station's inner skeleton lay out and plant the
- huge nuclear devise I brought along...
DeathStar> UO's probably going to kill himself out there...
[Dominator] Nuclear? Won't that devistate the planet's habitat?
[UO] (ship speeds off spiraling)
[UO] AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
[Blackjack] Neclear device?  We've had a ****in' nuclear device on this
- ship!!!
DeathStar> No one lives on the planet....
[ShadowKnight] UO, wasn't even designed for space combat
DeathStar> Whoops, did I forget to mention that?  My memory...sheesh
[Dominator] UO wasn't designed for combat, period.
[Blackjack] oy vey...
[UO] HEY!! I HEARD THAT!
[Dominator]  *glares at DS* You and me are going to have a few words when
- we're through with this mission
[UO] (ship gets in control)
DeathStar> (turns off the comset to UO)
[UO] HEY!! I HEARD THAT!
[Dominator]  *glares at DS* You and me are going to have a few words when
- we're through with this mission
[UO] (ship gets in control)
DeathStar> (turns off the comset to UO)
[UO] (ship flys up next to the shuttle)
DeathStar> What the hell is the idiot trying to do? 
[ShadowKnight] I really have to learn to fly one of those things
[UO] (UO says somewords that thank god no one can hear)
[Dominator] Get himself killed, what else?
DeathStar> (powers up and heads for the station)
[Dominator] UO, get your ass back on this ship pronto!
[UO] (opens a corridor connection to the shuttle, caries a half dead alien
- on the ship) what do I do with him?
DeathStar> This planet used to be a mining planet until he ran dry.  That's
- why the Mavericks are out here...probably have a base on it too..
[Dominator] Toss him out the door!
DeathStar> (moans)
[UO] (goes back to the ship)
[Blackjack] Ugh...
[Blackjack] Why'd you have to bring HIM on here, UO?
[Dominator] Damned necrophyliac...
[UO] (closes corridor)
DeathStar> (alarms beep)
DeathStar> (glances on them)  I was right about the base.....fighters coming
- up from the planet's surface...
[UO] EH.......... (ties up the alien) your not worth the effort
[Blackjack] What now...
DeathStar> We're 'bout 3 minutes from the station...
[Dominator] Now, we either die, or blose those alien b@$t@rd$ to Kingdom
- Come
DeathStar> We need to split up.  UO and SK, you take out those fighters....
[Blackjack] I like the latter myself
[UO] (tries to learn the controls of the ship)
DeathStar> Me, Dom, and Blackjack are going to land on that station and
- spacewalk around it....
[ShadowKnight] Got it! (Turning to UO) Just make sure your suit does develop
- a crack
[Blackjack] (grabs a suit)  Ready
[UO] (grabs the alien,) whats this thing do?
[ShadowKnight] (hypers outside)
[UO] (SK faces air, UO is on the other ship)
DeathStar> (ten fighters head for them)
[Dominator] UO, it's DEAD, leave it alone and go do your job!
DeathStar> (brings the shuttle around and lands it on the station surface)
DeathStar> Damn.....those two can't handle ten fighters...
[UO] (presses a bunch of buttons) ooooo a gun!
[UO] (fires at the ships)
[Dominator]  *sighs* Insabordanote little rust pile...
[Blackjack] And I thought CorSec had incredible defenses...
DeathStar> Dom, you think you can fly this and shoot this shuttle at the
- same time?
[Dominator] I can try *takes the controls*
[UO] hey! SK, figure out how to drive this thing, i think it's that button!
DeathStar> Blackjack, help me get the nuke off this ship...
[Blackjack] Ok
[ShadowKnight] (hypers to a fighter and begins attacking the glass)
[Dominator] Just...don't drop it...
DeathStar> That's at the end of my list of things to screw up on...
[Blackjack] Don't worry, I'm not as clumsy as UO
[UO] #@^%#@%.....
DeathStar> (grabs one end)
[UO] (flys around blasting the baddies)
[Blackjack] (grabs the other end)
DeathStar> Dom, open the ramp!
[UO] (grabs the alien) if you want to live, HELP ME DRIVE THIS THING!
[Dominator]  *opens ramp*
[ShadowKnight] (Fighter Morph)
DeathStar> (more fighters come up from the planets surface)
[ShadowKnight] (SK suddenly turns into a fighter and opens fire on the other
- fighters)
DeathStar> (walks down it slowly)
[ShadowKnight] Can't pilot one, but I can play one
[Dominator] We've got company, and they ain't bringing gifts of sincerity!
[UO] oooooooo..... what does this button do? (presses it, ship goes out of
- control) auto pilot? cool
[Blackjack] Let's install this thing and get the hell outta here
[Dominator]  *fires at the incoming fighters*
DeathStar> (fighters swarm the three of them)
[UO] (blasts while the ship drives itself)
DeathStar> We got to head 100 meters that way and go under the belly of
- it...
[ShadowKnight] (locks on to one with a missile and fires it)
DeathStar> Meaning we got to walk upside down.
[Blackjack] What say we, like, hurry this up!?!
[Dominator] Great, I'll get RIGHT on that...
[UO] (gets hit)
[UO] AH!!!!!!!!
DeathStar> (begins to quicken pace)
[Dominator]  *starts to bring the ship in*
[UO] (spirals down to the planet)
DeathStar> (three more fighters appear)
[Blackjack] (begins walking faster)
DeathStar> 30 more meters...
[ShadowKnight] (spins into a loop at higher speeds that the other can handle
- and ends up behind them)
[Dominator]  *fires at the fighters again*
[UO] Good guys first! (grabs the alien too, and they both get into a pod)
[ShadowKnight] (he opens fire strait down 3 of their engine ports)
DeathStar> (only 6 more fighters left)
[ShadowKnight] Yes!
[UO] (both him and the alien scream while falling)
[Dominator]  *blasts one down*
[Blackjack] Let's get this thing down and help the others.
[UO] AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
DeathStar> Okay, we now have to walk under this thing.  Make sure your boots
- are nice and locked...
[ShadowKnight] (locks onto another with a missile and fires) Lock and load
[Blackjack] Uh, yeah.
[Dominator] Go back to Mars, you little green freaks!
DeathStar> 4 left
DeathStar> (begins to go under the station's belly)
[Dominator]  *fires off several shots*
DeathStar> Freaky feeling....don't puke 'Jack...
[UO] AHHHHHH!!!!!!!
[ShadowKnight] (again spinning beyond tolerance levels, he loses the
- missiles coming in at him)
DeathStar> (remaining three fighters fire off green orbs at them)
[UO] (lands, a HUGE crater apears)
>> Blackjack has left channel #battleground
[Dominator]  *blasts the wing off one*
[ShadowKnight] (goes into a  high-G full reverse and drops behind the
- fighters)
DeathStar> (it goes spinning off out of control)
[ShadowKnight] (fires a couple green globs at the fighters)
DeathStar> (they blow up)
[UO] (gets out)
[Dominator]  *blasts down the alst two*
[UO] heyyyyyyyyy....... the station the others are at!
DeathStar> (None are left)
[UO] (grabs the alien and runs off to there)
[ShadowKnight] Hey guys, I like this morph
[Dominator] Alright, that all of them?
[ShadowKnight] Anyone need help down there, I still got 6 minutes left
DeathStar> (over com)  UO's down there on the planet...
DeathStar> Go pick him up!
DeathStar> He'll probably run into the enemy base....
[UO] (to alien) can I call you bobo?
DeathStar> Dom, come pick me and Blackjack...
[ShadowKnight] (shoots down toward the ground)
[Dominator]  *swings back to the station*
[UO] [alien scratches at UO] awwwwwww....... he's so cute!
DeathStar> (Blackjack and DS lock the nuke on the station and set it four
- ten minutes)
[ShadowKnight] (and goes into a high-G stop next to UO)
[ShadowKnight] What the world are you doing UO?
DeathStar> (he and Blackjack take off toward the spot Dom is landing)
[UO] {glares at SK) um..... n-nothong!
[Dominator]  *over com* Nuke's set guys, get the hell out of there jiffy.
[UO] I-I-I was interogating the alien!
DeathStar> (arrive where Dom is landing and waits for him)
[ShadowKnight] You need a ride to get off the planet before the bomb blows? 
- Hop in!  (Opens the cockpit)
[UO] (hops in, with the alien)
[Dominator]  *opens ramps*
DeathStar> (they jump in)
[Dominator] Tell him to leave the damn alien*
[Dominator] !
[ShadowKnight] (Shoots up into the air)
DeathStar> (moves over to the  pilot's seat)
DeathStar> Five minutes...
[Dominator] I swear, if the Mavericks don't kill ihm first...
[UO] Aw,,...... but he's so cu--------I mean I want to interogate  him!
[ShadowKnight] You tell him, I'm busy trying to get off the planet before
- the bomb blows up or my morph wears out!
[Dominator]  *relieves controls to DS*
DeathStar> (shoots away from station toward SK)  Three minutes, look sharp!
[Dominator]  *over com* UO, I'm ordering you to release that alien onto the
- planet's surface and leave it!
[UO] NO!
[Dominator] LEAVE IT! THAT'S AN ORDER!
DeathStar> I swear I'm going to kill everyone....
[UO] He's defencless. he's the only one in that ship that didnt attack me!
DeathStar> SHUT UP DOM, THAT'S AN ORDER!!!
[Dominator] Not if I get them first...
DeathStar> One minute...
DeathStar> (Arrives at SK)
[Dominator]  *glares at DS* That's the last time I back you up when you
- explain to our supierors why you're hammered.
[ShadowKnight] (Keeps flying away) Lands in the bay and opens his cockpit
- for UO
DeathStar> Shut UP
[UO] (hops out with the alien)
[Dominator] Yes sir.
[UO] (nods to SK)
DeathStar> 30 seconds...
[ShadowKnight] (morphs back to his normal form)
[ShadowKnight] Hyperdrive anytime guys
DeathStar> (pulls away and takes off, rapidingly entering the Hyperspace
- cordnets)
DeathStar> C'mon..
DeathStar> C'mon
DeathStar> 12 seconds.
DeathStar> (finishes)
DeathStar> (hits the button)
DeathStar> (they take off)
[ShadowKnight] (grabs his seat and buckles in)
[UO] (walks off to the infermary with the alien)
DeathStar> (a few seconds later the station explodes in a brilliant light)
[Dominator]  *beams at UO and the alien* I CAN'T believe you let him bring
- it aboard....
DeathStar> (leans back in the chair rubbing head)
[UO] Ever hear of a "war crime"? Look it up Dom!
DeathStar> I'm going to kill them both...I swear it....
[ShadowKnight] (sighs)
[Dominator] Ever hear of COURT MASRHAL? You'd better study up on it, because
- it's going to happen to you sooner or alter!
[UO] Is that a threat?
DeathStar> (leaves the cockpit)
DeathStar> (turning off his com)
[UO] [grins]
DeathStar> (ship beeps a warning that they are about to arrive at HQ)
[Dominator] CorSec has had some incredibly STUPID ideas about soem of the
- people for this team, but HE takes the cake...
[UO] I dont give a care about any damn court marshal
[UO] Thats it......
[UO] [walks to Dom]
[UO] I've had enough of your shit.....
DeathStar> (ship beeps rapid warnings and alarms go off)
[Dominator] You'd better sit down Ensign
DeathStar> (red alert comes on)
[UO] (pushes Dom down) you sit down.... [walks off]
[ShadowKnight] What's that?
[Dominator] Who's got control of the ship?
[ShadowKnight] DS
[Dominator] SHIT! *grabs the controls and slows down the ship*
[Dominator] No, he walked off...
[UO] Bobo told me how to fly the ship.... I will not allow him to be killed
[Dominator]  *drops out of Hyperspace*
DeathStar> (they were inchs from crashing into the HQ)
[UO] I guess the only people that care about anything are on the other side!
[Dominator] Wheew....
[Dominator]  *brings it into the hangar*
[ShadowKnight] (unbuckles from the seat and goes over to DS) Why'd you leave
- the controls?
DeathStar> (DS isn't even in their general area of the Shuttle)
[Dominator]  *storms off the ship*
DeathStar> (is already off the ship and looks around the hanger)
[UO] (patches up BoBo)
DeathStar> (calls a Med Team to get Bobo)
[Dominator] You EVER do anything like that again DS....
DeathStar> (turns on Dom)  And WHAT do you plan on doing about it?
[ShadowKnight] Computer, where is DS?
[UO] (blurs infront of Dom) you'll what?
DeathStar> (Med Team get bobo and take him to MedLab)
[Dominator]  *is about to continue his arguement when a buisness suit man
- walks in*
>> CorSecExecutive has joined channel #battleground
DeathStar> (turns)  CORSEC?!
[CorSecExecutive] Which one of yuo is Death Star?
[ShadowKnight] He's not here
DeathStar> (charges blaster)  I am and I'm about to roast you!!!
[UO] [ignores every one, jumps up onto the catwalk and slowly walks off)
DeathStar> Computer:  Outside with UO and Dom
[CorSecExecutive]  *reaches into his coat and pulls uot an envolope*
[CorSecExecutive] I think you amy want to read this before you incinerate me
[UO] [stops at looks down on the others and the executive)
DeathStar> How the hell did CorSec get in here?
DeathStar> (grabs it)
DeathStar> (blackjack leaves)
[ShadowKnight] (moves to read over DS's shoulder)
[CorSecExecutive] It contains all the nessacary details on your newest recruit
DeathStar> (glances over it with a grim look)  You're giving US recruits?!
[UO] Hrmmmm? new recruit?
DeathStar> Espcially physcopathic ones?
[CorSecExecutive] "A" recruit. CorSec feels this noe will be invaluable
[UO] [rolls eyes]
[ShadowKnight] And why shoud we trust you?
DeathStar> Nice...
DeathStar> Okay.  Well, I'll still roast you!
[CorSecExecutive] He's being shipped from Hell Prison as we speak.
DeathStar> (points blaster at him)
DeathStar> (jaw drops)  HELL?
[UO] it's not......
DeathStar> HELL PRISON?
DeathStar> (steps back) No!
[CorSecExecutive] Because, we can disban you at a moment notice
[UO] {jumps down] did you say HELL prison???
[CorSecExecutive] Yes. He was hand selected for his, *ahem* personality.
[ShadowKnight] Disban the us, I doubt it. You need us too much.
DeathStar> Only the worst criminals go there......
[UO] Hoo boy.........
DeathStar> I heard of it in my time in CorSec
[UO] at last! a reall team mate!
[Dominator] Great, jsut what we need, another pysyco
[UO] Can he fight well?
DeathStar> (points blaster)  Man if you weren't human....
[ShadowKnight] So, I have no problem with that
[CorSecExecutive] I know, thankfully I'm just a holomessenger. Good day.
- *fades away*
>> CorSecExecutive has left channel #battleground
DeathStar> SK, kill him then.  CorSec is our enemy....
DeathStar> What?21
DeathStar> DAMN!
[Dominator] That was...odd...
DeathStar> (looks at the arrival date)
[UO] A REALL TEAMMATE/FIGHTER!!!!! WEOOOOOOOOO!
[ShadowKnight] How could a holomessenger hold a message?
[Dominator] Solid hologram
[ShadowKnight] Gee, we never had stuff like that when I was young
[Dominator] So, who's our mystery man Death Star?
DeathStar> He'll be here within the next few hours.....I plan on "meeting"
- our "friend"
[Dominator] Modern times for ya...
DeathStar> It's Wiendigo......
DeathStar> .....probably one of the most dangerous Reploids alive.
[UO] hrmmmm oh well, (walks off, kicks a suport beam out from the hangar)
[UO] Weiner?
DeathStar> (glances at UO)  You know, you got headproblems..
[UO] [half smiles] Weindigo.....
DeathStar> Well, everyone dismissed unless you like to go to the pub and
- have a drink
[ShadowKnight] Most dagerous, this I've got to see
[UO] Man...... I didnt know he was that bad...... lucky him!
[Dominator]  *glares at DS* If you get drunk again, you're walking home
DeathStar> (glares)  We're on a frackin' station here...
[UO] (jumps into the air with joy)
[Dominator] I KNOW. That's why you're WALKING home...
DeathStar> Up yours!
[Dominator] Go blow a dioad!
DeathStar> You're mother's a toaster
>> ShadowKnight has left channel #battleground
[UO] (goes the the gravity room and exercizes)
DeathStar> (turns the gravity on 1000 x Earth's gravity)
[Dominator] Least I wasn't tossed off a building....
[UO] AHRGH!!!!!!!!!!!
DeathStar> (forgets about UO)  How'd you know!?
[UO] (trys to stand up)
[UO] (sweat is raining off of UO)
DeathStar> (turns it back to 10 x gravity)
[Dominator] The CorSec history files, DUH. Documentation of the X/Zero
- fight? Any of it ring a bell?
[UO] (just bearly stands up)
DeathStar> (Growls)
DeathStar> At least I tried to while you were out on some OUTPOST doing
- nothing
[UO] (walks around with incredible pain)
[Dominator] I went where they sent me, I'm just a soldier who did what he
- told
DeathStar> (gives Dom the universal sign and leaves to find X1)
>> DeathStar has left channel #battleground
[UO] (strugles to get to controls)
[UO] (thinks "This can only. help me!", then trys to exersize)
[Dominator] Good thing I didn't mention that time X1 beat him at a thumb
- war...
[Dominator]  *walks off*
>> Dominator has left channel #battleground
[UO] Aghhhh!!!!
[UO] (kicks once)
DeathStar> (janitor looks puzzled at him as he sweeps the floor)
[UO] (legs flys down and makes a hole in the floor)
Janitor> Yo, son, ya that friend of that alien?
[UO] (kicks) Y-yeah....
[UO] (punches a few times)
Janitor> Well, later on if ya remind me, I'll get the docs to let ya visit
- him.  Adios...

Epilogue 1:

Sigma glared angerily at Vile, who had been repaired since his ordeal with the Hunters yesterday. "Fool! How could you let them BEAT YOU?" he shouted.

"They were stronger than we had antipicated!"

"I'll be sure to let our 2nd in Command handle them next time. Isn't that right, Crucifixtion," Sigma said proudly and to face a tall, dark, well built Reploid created by the aliens.

"I shall succeed where he failed, Master," Crucifixtion smugly told him, looking at the well over pissed Vile. Vile stormed out and left the two alone. "Do you want me to plan a trap for the Hunters?"

"No. I want to study them for awhile. We are not their only enemies and they also have enemies on in the inside. So, as you can see, we can just watch and wait," Sigma said confidently.

Meanwhile, on the outside of the door, Vile growled. "He thinks he can replace me as Sigma's 1st in Command? I will deal with Crucifixtion soon enough....soon enough..." he growled and stormed off into the halls of the HQ.


Epilogue 2:

Death Star stepped into the hanger as the CorSec vessel docked and the ramp opened up. Folding his arms across his chest, he watched some men walk down the plank and look around. Narrowing his eyes, he waited for the cargo to be unloaded.

As the doors hissed open, four men dressed in riot gear stood up and walked to the g of the ship. Turning, two of the guards started to escort a dark dressed Reploid in heavy restraints. As the prisoner looked up, Death Star could see nothing in his eyes, as they were eing blocked by the darkest visor he had ever seen. The guards led him down the ramp and stopped a few meters in front of Death Star.

"I must admit....I want to rip all of you to bits right now and send your cargo back unrestrained so he'll rip out your friend's hearts. Tell me one really good reason I shouldn't," Death Star snarled.

"Because," replied the head guard. "this guy would rip you open before you'd get his restraints off." Turning back to his guards, he signaled them to start undoing the shackles.

Wiendigo's head turned towards Death Star. Even though he could see through the visor, Death Star could tell that Wien was not thinking plesant thoughts. Especially after a cold sneer molded into a sinister smirk.

The last of the restraints came off, and the guards stood ready with powerful weapons, ready to blast Wiendigo if he tried anything. "He's all yours. Hope you you don't end up like our seven guards."

As the guards started back to their ships, their guns still trained on Wiendigo, Death Star brought out his two sabres and quickly tapped a button on the wall that brought down a huge cage over Wien. "I know that won't hold you, but it'll hold you long enough for me to take care of some business..." he muttered and turned back to the ship which was taking off.

He quickly moved to the back of their engines and sliced vital parts back there. Snickering, he watched them jump into Hyperspace. "Like to see you guys make it back home..." he muttered and turned back to Wiendigo who was still in the cage, watching his every move.

Wiendigo kept straing right back at DS. "What are you staring at?" snapped Death Star.

He just stood there, silent as the moment he first came in. The eriee quiet annoyed Death Star as kept watching him. He was sure Wiendigo's eyes were boring a whole right through him, he could practically feel it. Shrugging it off, Death Star impatiently tapped his foot, waiting for the station's security crew to come and haul their newest recruit away.

Breaking off the staring contest, Death Star recalled CorSec's threat to him, and their deal about releasing himself to them to save REBEL. Shaking his head, he glanced back at Wiendigo, only to find that he was no longer there. The cell was empty.

"Well whoopy shitting doo...." he muttered to himself and scanned the room quietly.