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Subject: The Return of the Praetor
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Blake was left on Haven for some reason, one of Martin's scout ships crashed on Haven, and now Blake met up with them and is repairing the comm system on the scout ship to call for evac.

  • 09.28.2004 7:31 PM PDT
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Dunne raised his pistol at the guardian. He had never seen one before, but they were definitly huge. Dunne aimed and fired a barrage of shots that struck the guardian's chest...

  • 09.28.2004 7:35 PM PDT
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ok

anyway..

i gtg.. its time to sleep.

  • 09.28.2004 7:35 PM PDT
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cya later. I gtg, be back tomorrow in the afternoon.

  • 09.28.2004 7:36 PM PDT
Subject: Retribution
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As the Tempest lies patiently outside the asteriod base now being torn to shreds from the inside, another massive presence manifests itself in a burst of light comparable to the explosion of a neutron star... a sleek, black vessel with dimensions that almost seem to shift against the shillouette of space, yet remain massive to the observer. The automated systems aboard the Tempest detect nothing; not a shadow nor trace of ionic signature, gravitic displacement, or slipspace wake follow the shadow as it edges itself within striking distance of the behemoth.

As the battle rages within the confines of the dank mines and lower quarters of the asteroid, something shifts in the air; barely noticable, yet almost unnerving, like the sudden pure chill that preceeds the coming of a blizzard... or an avalanche. In the time taken to flip a switch, all light and sound fades to the opposing forces; dims, contracts and condenses into a single point as their gaze is drawn to an expanding light in the center of the room they only moments ago filled with weapons fire. Yet now, all space and time seemed to focus itself into this one point, this conception of brilliance and fiery destruction. From the widening portal, a shillouetted figure stepped forth, erect and mirroring the flame from whence he emerged only in his eyes... those deadly, piercing stars that engulfed onlookers with their righteous wrath. As soon as he took his final step through the gateway, it collapsed behind him, leaving all in darkness –alone, with only his dreadful eyes to shine forth upon the judged.– When he spoke, not so much did his voice emanate from his figure as the very space about them all seemed to resonate with his sonorous command:

You threaten the balance I was sent to preserve. You have been condemned to judgement without mercy until that balance is restored. However, you will be given one warning, and this is to you all.

He glanced about the room, and all he gazed upon recoiled helpless from his sight.

There will always be strife, always war, always death. These things you can never seek to overcome. It is the attempt to surmount these things that brings about imbalance of life itself. The things that consist in life worth living are worth pain, war, and death. Without these, there is no growth, no peace past superficiality. None are perfect, but all may be perfected. So in the wake of this lesson, learn from this and discover what you may do not through destruction, but through preservation; the only just reason to fight. I will be watching.

With that, he extended forth his hand, revealing the hilt of a sword, ornately crafted, yet without a blade. Suddenly, a light so pure and searing burst forth from the hilt that all turned away from its intensity. A shockwave emanated from the hilt, obliterating everything in its path. The battle droids flew back into their own ranks, nothing more than charred husks.

In the depths of space outside, the waiting shadow forged an orb of light, suspended between itself and the Tempest. It grew until it reached the approximate size of a neutron star, and then, without warning, lurched forward with a blast from the darkened ship into the behemoth. Upon contact with the hull, the star did not lose momentum, but incinerated all in it's path, cleaving the ship in two. It began to degenerate, grow unstable, and as it reached the central portion of the craft, it began to supernova into a firestorm of molten plasma. The resulting destruction ravaged the Tempest's hull like flechette projectiles fired from an 8-guage shotgun through tissue paper. Once all had settled, nothing remained of the "guardian," save a flickering backup memory chip within the scorched bridge of the now-derilect monster of a starship. All was turned dim and cold once more, and the remaining survivors (everyone save RR) beheld the one trace left upon the scorched station to identify the destruction: the initials CMD, marked by an unblackened portion of the floor beneath which the figure once stood.

And somewhere in the abyss of space, the Celer Manus Dei lurched forth once again into slipspace, away from the carnage of it's making. Such is Retribution.

  • 09.29.2004 1:21 AM PDT
Subject: Sidenote
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As a quick sidenote guys, my character hopefully won't always be this way. I like to input humanity into him as time goes on, for example, giving him human weaknesses, fear, compassion represented by a different color in his eyes. The idea is that no contact with humanity for so long has left him cold. Just to those who didn't want me to keep randomly killing the bad guys for you, I'll make it interesting, I promise. And Righteous Reaper, I enjoy your writing, I really do, so think a creative way out of this one. I'm looking forward to it. Until later guys...

Still Rampant,
Dolorous

  • 09.29.2004 1:26 AM PDT
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ok 3 things

1:RR why did you attack me while i was gone.

2:thanks Dolourus for helping out.

3:why does everyone keeep forgeting that the astroid city is in 0 g.

4:July looked outside at the destruction and looked at the blood globuels in the floating atmosfhere.

  • 09.29.2004 4:31 AM PDT
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Infantry and Heavy infanty begin rebuilding.

  • 09.29.2004 11:02 AM PDT
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hi i am back

  • 09.29.2004 12:31 PM PDT
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Lillith shuddered as she watched the destruction of the Tempest. Such power... Her memories went back to Kensai, she had told her of a ship that could devastate worlds and ships. Her mind went to a orb, that always accompanied this ship...

  • 09.29.2004 12:40 PM PDT
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Okay...

I see my two days of computer fixing means a lot of stuff have been missed on my part. What did I miss?

  • 09.29.2004 12:45 PM PDT
Subject: LW: Power in The Hands of Fools
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The masked figure, held the orb in its clawed hands... A smile came across its face, such power within its grasp. The faults of the past will not go unpunished...

The robed being, closed the wounds on its body, the blood within it grew stronger...

[Edited on 9/29/2004 12:51:36 PM]

  • 09.29.2004 12:51 PM PDT
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"Immersion is playing Half-Life and not noticing your house is burning down."- Paul Barnett

The most awesome thing ever!

Ok, I'm back.

  • 09.29.2004 12:52 PM PDT
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"Immersion is playing Half-Life and not noticing your house is burning down."- Paul Barnett

The most awesome thing ever!

MM, what page did you start on?

  • 09.29.2004 12:53 PM PDT
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Lillith drifted down the streets, blood floated in the air...

[Edited on 9/29/2004 12:57:04 PM]

  • 09.29.2004 12:56 PM PDT
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Hmmm....50

  • 09.29.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Money Marine
Hmmm....50

lol, you got your work cut out for you Pat. (btw)

Lillith pushed off a wall towards Martins camp.

  • 09.29.2004 12:58 PM PDT
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"Immersion is playing Half-Life and not noticing your house is burning down."- Paul Barnett

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50...50!?

The main points as I see them are: Eve's dead, someone is evil, Dolourous is back, and Pat was almost killed in a battle with someone.

  • 09.29.2004 12:58 PM PDT
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The figure manipulated the power of the orb, it touched a metal desk it began to rust and fall apart...

[Edited on 9/29/2004 1:02:12 PM]

  • 09.29.2004 1:01 PM PDT
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Pat stirred in his bunk...what an odd dream. Dolourous wasn't back...he had gone after the Godsends had left. Still...this was not the first time he had seen Dolourous in a vision...during his recovery he had too. He pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind and got dressed...

  • 09.29.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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Lillith reached the camp, she knocked on the wood border around the tent flap of Pat's tent. "You there?"

  • 09.29.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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"Lillith? Yes, I'm here." He walked outside,"Good to see you."

  • 09.29.2004 1:04 PM PDT
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Lillith nodded, "Pat, is Dolorus back?" Lillith looked worried, she knew the power that in the wrong hands the orb could bring...

  • 09.29.2004 1:05 PM PDT
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"I've been wondering that myself...if you think he is as well...he may well be..."

  • 09.29.2004 1:06 PM PDT
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LoL...someone...is....evil.

Dwayne had his pulse rifle slung around his back. He had no signal from the tracker on Eve he had planted years ago. He ordered a scan, if someone was in the vacinity there signal would be picked up.

  • 09.29.2004 1:07 PM PDT