• Hello!

    Please be aware that our content warnings system has recently been updated! Please refer to this thread for more information, or if you're unsure, feel free to contact a Workshop staff member!

    Thank you all for helping us ensure our community is a safe and healthy one, and for your continued patronage in our Library and Workshop.
  • Forum Moderator applications are now open! If you're interested in joining an active team of moderators for one of the biggest Pokémon forums on the internet, click here for info.

Start Ups Infinite Space

Status
Not open for further replies.
H

Heroic Sociopath

Gone forever.
Joined
Feb 17, 2009
Messages
16,397
Reaction score
0
Aboard the Kyelwind, Chief Petty Officer Demid observed the ships cargo. He was not the one originally intended for the mission: His position was one attained through connections, namely via his uncle being a vice admiral. These connections also payed for the bit of circuitry that replaced the chunk of brain blasted out by the pistol of a lucky rebel. It was that circuitry that was defective, had made him increasingly mentally unstable, and were it not for his uncle, would have caused him to not be allowed on this mission. As it stood, though, this was his chance to prove that just because he occasionally heard voices, or hallucinated that ants were crawling out of his ear, and might be suspected of murdering one of his own subordinates in cold blood, he was worthy of a promotion so he could have more authority to kill more of the rebels.

He entered the cargo bay. In a series of tubes, were various aliens. Demid was only given a few details: They were part of some sort of super soldier project, and if anything happened to them, he would be executed, painfully. He had decided to go for an alternative strategy: Instead of letting everyone know the ship's cargo was valuable, he would just disguise it as a routine supply run. Rebels were everywhere. The best course of action was to make sure they didn't get the chance to kill you. He was confident the mission would go flawlessly. He had a light group of grunts to guard him and the cargo.

At least, he was confident until the alarms went off. The rebels had already reviewed the plan: Dispatch any soldiers, swipe the ship, then head back for the base on Nesai. It would be simple...If there were actually any weapons.

"Dammit, what the hell is going on?!" Demid yelled, and pressed the PA call button. He knew this would happen. The rebels had come to finish the job. Maybe if he let someone else take care of it, the problem would go away.

"Alright, listen up! Figure out what that was, or heads will roll!" His voice crackled over the PA. Most of the Alliance Soldiers were well aware of the CPO's habit of having fits. He often had drills like this, and they were at this point ignoring them. Unfortunately, this time it was not a drill.

"Why I was ever with these guys is beyond me." Leo said, as he stepped out of the portal and onto the Kyelwind. He and the other squad members had arrived in a small ship. The journey had been cramped, but it did have a teleportation device, often used for docking with other ships. He found himself in a break room, a group of soldiers playing cards. They were so intent on the game they didn't even notice Leo until he stretched out his palm. A long, spiked tendril shot from a mouth on his palm, and wrapped around the neck. The soldier tried to scream, but lacked the breath, and upon being slammed into a wall, the consciousness necessary to voice such things. The other three were luckier. They were, like most other soldiers, cowardly without their weapons, and ran for it.

"Fuck! Demid wasn't kidding this time!" A voice could be heard over a PA, this time one of the grunts with the Alliance. Suddenly, every chore boy on the ship sprang into action. The whole ship was panicking. It was just supposed to be a supply run. Most of the ship's occupants had never been in an actual fight before. The ship and it's precious treasure were ripe for the plunder.

@Flaze, @ME Grimlock, @Lavy, @Xolw, @Charles Dunois, @Majin Mew
 
Flint is in the middle of doing a walkthrough aboard the ship Kyelwind when he hears the pesky alarms start going off. People really underestimated the value of having nice and quiet assignments but all of these drills were starting to get annoying. Instead of rushing to battle stations, Flint decides to head to the break room to grab some muffins.

Unfortunately as soon as Flint rounds the corner, he sees 3 other alliance soldiers running like mad and a 4th one laying down unconscious in front of a group of rebels. Flint thinks to himself, "Dang it, I wish that I had not seen that. I guess its too late for me to pretend that I did not notice anything." He does not really want to attack the invaders but it would look suspicious if he did not, seeing how his weapon was clearly visible. Flint draws his beam saber and points it at the rebel leader without moving any closer.

"FREEZE you rebel scum! You are under arrest!" What rotten luck, Flint would never be able to get those muffins at this rate...
 
"Woooo, I'm gonna like this one," Lytlyt had a large grin on his face as he looked around the ship. He was kind of tired of not having a ship that he could actually work on and he hope that if everything went well they could end up keeping that one. Of course that wasn't the job this time, he had to help the others save the aliens that the Alliance was keeping under their grasp. "Though it looks like coming in unannounced was ruined, but this makes things more interesting don't you think Leo?" he asked with a smile as he turned on the 100 KO gauntlets that he had been wearing. That's when he noticed Flint coming into the room.

Lytlyt smirked and pulled out his Cannon Sword, the stick in turn glowing before a beam saber made of ki materialized. "Looks like one of them isn't a coward, which could be kind of fun," he grinned before turning to Leo. "What should we do?"
 
LC stepped out of the portal and glared at Flint coldly. "Hostage, or immediate execution? I say the second." The sniper's tone made it clear she was eager to kill.
 
After witnessing the quick encounter with the first soldier's, Wyvern snorted in derision. "Must be rookies." He said under his breath. He armed his assault rifle regardless. When the young swordsman entered the room, announcing his intent to arrest them, he let out a brief, barking laugh.

"Now, now. At least give the boy props for bravery. He might know something useful, after all."
 
Last edited:
Nikolai stepped through the portal. He stretched his arms above his head; it had quite a bit since he could last stand upright. He turned to see Leo taking a soldier down in a particularly unique way. "I will never get used that thing," he muttered referring to the second mouth.

Turning his attention to the approaching soldier, Nikolai unsheathed his gladius. "Maybe brave," he said, studying the man's body language, "Picking up on a more frustrated vibe...and maybe a little hungry? Eitherway, I wouldn't set him as someone who knows something."
 
Good grief, this rebel attack was much better organized than Flint expected! He might have been able to take the blue dude with the tentacles and maybe the crystal statue girl but not all of these guys at the same time. The alliance did not pay him enough for this! Thankfully Flint was not wearing his standard issue uniform today so there was a chance that he could be mistaken for something else besides a soldier.

Flint withdraws his blade, smiles and starts clapping. "Alright everyone that was a very convincing drill! Very believable performances." (Flint talks as if the whole thing was staged, not certain if the rebels would buy it) "Your strategy is off to a great start since you managed to successfully breach the ships defenses. I am going to just grab this box of muffins and be on my way. The Commanding officer should be on the bridge, bye now!"

Flint grabs the muffins and as casually as possible, walks back out of the break room. As soon as he is out of sight of the rebels, he starts dashing toward the escape pods with the box under one arm.
 
Last edited:
Vaisha peeked out from the airlock, her plasma pistol held out in front of her. Not that she was afraid of battle or confrontation, she just really couldn't afford to get caught up in a skirmish. She needed to get to the cockpit as soon as possible and get this ship under her control. Her claws were just itching to get under the ship's skin and find out what it could do!
She scurried out into the hall and dashed toward the front of the ship. Rounding a corner she crashed headlong into one of the ship's men. Vaisha curses and snarls as muffins go flying and get crushed underfoot.
Wait. . .muffins? "What the fuck?!"
 
Leo bent down and picked one of the muffins off to floor. "Five second rule." He said, and took a bite. He nodded, smiling, as he tasted it. He then turned to the soldier who was trying to escape.

"Hold it!" He said. He held his hand out, and tried to lasso the man with the long, spiky tongue that extended from it. "We need information. Where's the cargo bay?" He asked.
 
"And where's the cockpit?" Vaisha snarled at the guy who had been holding the muffins. She aimed her gun at his face, then grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth, and moved the gun to point at his knee. "Better talk fast, I have twitchy claws!"
 
LC produced a sound that was somewhere in between a growl and the sound of glass shattering. "We shouldn't need reminders."
 
A crazy cat person zips out of the break room and causes Flint to lose his grip on the muffin box! "Nooooo!" He cries as several muffins bounce onto the floor. As Flint tries to recover the box, the blue tentacle dude appears and tries to lasso him! "I don't think so pal!" Flint uses his Ki push to redirect the odd lasso into the direction of the cat person instead!

Some of the rebels started asking questions and now that he thought about it, there were plenty of muffins to go around. Still though, he could not risk being seen having a picnic with these guys. After giving the rebels good (but also vague) directions, Flint takes several muffins, leaves the half full box behind and runs in the opposite direction. The alliance goons would not stay in a panic forever and Flint did not want to be around when the lasers started flying.
 
Wyvern chuckled. "Pity more Alliance isn't as amusing as him. Wish he'd put up more of a fight, however. Do all Alliance rookies receive the same kind training?" He held his head pondering. "Bah. We shouldn't waste anymore time. Let's get this over with."

He then set his assault rifle in it's ready position ad started to head to cargo bay.
 
Just down the hall, a group of soldiers had assembled. They were the most elite soldiers on deck. That wasn't saying much, but they were relatively strong.

"Alright! We have little to no actual combat experience, but we are better armed!" One of them, clad in red body armor, said.

"Actually, I accidentally broke my rifle..." The yellow one said.

"Quiet! Anyway, it's do or die! Are we mice or are we men?!" The red soldier said.

"I'm neither." The green soldier with tentacles for arms said.

"Alright! Alliance Color Squad, attack!"

Leo heard the quintet of footsteps just as they approached the cargo doors. Before him, he saw five soldiers, outfitted in red, blue, green, yellow, and pink uniforms. Ah, he recognized him.

"Heeeeyyyy...It's the Color Squad!" Leo said, pointing and smiling. "These guys are great, they sometimes do shows while we train to boost morale. They're like cheer lea-"

"WE'RE MORALE OFFICERS, YOU DAMNED TRAITOR!" The yellow soldier said. She drew a yellow ray gun and fired it at Leo, shooting a small bolt of lightning at Leo.

"Ow. Ow. Ow." Leo said, nursing the wound it had made in his side. The Color Squad began making a human pyramid.

"COLOR SQUAD! SOUND OFF!" The red soldier said.

"The power of a crashing wave! Blue Sapphire!" The blue one said, jumping off.

"The force of a deadly hurricane! Green EmeraaaaAAAUUUGHHH!" The green soldier said. He was interrupted, as with Blue jumping off, the pyramid collapsed.

"...Should we kill them? I think it might count as a mercy killing." Leo said.
 
"Fun? I did bring some condoms..." The pink soldier said, rummaging in his pockets.

"I'll show you fun! Witness the power of Yellow Topaz!" The yellow soldier said. She reached into her pocket and took out a tazer, then rushed at Lytlyt, swinging it. But forgetting to actually turn it on.

"Color Squad! Attack!" Red Ruby yelled, flailing her hands in a series of weak slaps aimed at LC.

"Green Emerald Fearsome Hurricane!" Green Emerald said. He took out a paper fan and began waving it at Vaisha.

"Do you guys mind if I go? I have to use the restroom." Blue said, wandering off.
 
Wyvern just stared at the scene in confusion. Of all the things he had been expecting on an Alliance ship, this...wasn't one of them. After a moment when his brain restarted, he shrugged and charged the guys with the intent to ram them.
 
Vaisha clawed at the tentacle redirected her way, then dashed off on her own to find the cockpit. It was in the opposite direction from the cargo hold, and with her experience on over a hundred ships it shouldn't take her too long to find. She threw caution to the wind and didn't bother sneaking around or peering around corners before entering unfamiliar halls. She didn't see the crew as too much of a threat, after all.
 
After rounding a few corners, Flint reaches the escape pods. As he settles into one, he takes stock of the snacks he had managed to save. (2 chocolates, 1 blueberry and 2 apple cinnamons) Whether this was an elaborate training drill or not, Flint is certain that he had to be one of the best fighters on board. Unless the alliance had some kind of freaky secret weapon hidden on the ship someplace, the rebels were going to win this battle. Of course, Flint really did not have a problem with that, he thought as he punches the launch button..
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top Bottom