The battle was over, and the Dread Knights stood infront of the Scythe, making sure there wasn't too much blood in their alcohol streams. Suddenly, Fury walked up to them. The new guys saluted, but Fish and Argon only took the time to nod politely in Fury's general direction. Fury shook his head sadly. "Hey guys,"he said,"how do you feel about another mission?" "Sounds good,"said Argon around the flask of vodka,"what do we do?" "The Rebel Commander got away,"said Fury,"I want you guys to find him and bring him back here, dead or alive, by any means necessary." "Can do,"said Viper, finally putting down the bottle. [OOC: this is for the Dread Knights, if anyone else wants to join in, please apply near the beginning or make it realistic.  Maul, Myrrdin, Fish, PaTrIcK, Brakiss, Scout, have fun on this one    Also, check out Fish's "Aftermath of Chpt 7"]
 
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Argon Viper
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"He who knows his enemy, needs not fear confrontation" - Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
"Insanity is not a mental condition, it's a way of life" - Argon Viper
"Those who run from death, win little.  Those who simply live their lives, win much" - Argon Viper

this is my first story post too so any ideas tell me     Argon slept for longer than Myrrdin thought anyone could, well with all the vodka in his body he could be asleep for the next 20 years without trouble. Myrrdin heard a noise behind him and turned around, he saw the new recruit that he heard fish and argon talking about."so your the new recruit huh?" Myrrdin asked him. "Yeah thats me" he replied. he had a canister in his hand and was messing with it, Myrrdin couldnt tell what it was but with the way Argon and Fish were talking he thought it was dangerous. "whats that in your hand?" he asked. "oh just a few thermal detonators in a canister to make things more interesting for the rebels." he answered. This guy was going to make things a lot more interesting around here allright, hes gonna end up blowing up Argons storage shed full of vodka, thats not gonna be a very good day. to be continued later today

"Theres 30 seconds left," yelled Patrick "We have to get Argon out of here." Myrrdin remembered what he was thinking about earlier, it was going to get a lot more interesting around here, and this guy is about to blow up Argon's office. "I cant wait to see the look on Argon's face when he wakes up, hes gonna be pissed," Myrrdin said to himself. Fish and Patrick tried to lift Argon's alcohol soaked body out of his chair and lift him on their shoulders so they could get him out of there. "Ok....1.....2.....3!" fish yells. Myrrdin starts laughing as they try and lift him, and falls to the ground. Argon groans when he hits the floor but doesnt wake up. "Ive had enough of this," Myrrdin says. He picks up the thermal detonator and throws it out the window, then ducks behind a file cabinet. KABOOOM "you guys should know by now that you cant lift Argon its phyisically impossible, all the alcohol he drinks has made his body too heavy for anyone to lift," says Myrrdin. "well how should I know that, im new here," replies Patrick. "you should know just by looking at him while hes drunk, does he look like he can be lifted by a human?"asks Myrrdin"no not really,"says Patrick "then why did you even try?"he asks again. "I was just trying to help him," replied patrick. "ok, you wanted to help him, thats a good thing, next time you just throw something like that out the window or something, understand?" says Myrrdin."yes sir i understand" Patrick replies. "lets get outta here before he wakes up again" says Fish. ""yeah lets" says both Patrick and Myrrdin.                   ********************* Myrrdin walked back to the dormitorie on his own, the new guy sent chills up his spine. He was obsessed with explosives, he thought that it might be a good thing but then again he could get us all killed, or worse get Argons shack full of vodka blown up. Myrrdin didnt even want to imagine what Argon would do to the squad if that did happen, hed torture every one of them for months before he actually let them die, and hed definitely kill patrick last. continue on from here guys

[OOC: Just so you guys know, I'm a 550 kilo Whiphid, a massive and powerful species that is shrouded in thick fur over most of their bodies.  The only exception is the face, which looks like an elongated skull with warthog-like features, including the tusks.  Also, due to the incredible body mass, I don't get drunk, I just drink a lot    Also, me and Fish have more of a relationship of equals, he's actually "older" than me characterwise and realitywise, so I listen to him as much as he listens to me.  Just FYI  ] [OOC: It's too late to get a good post in now, I'll be posting bright and early tomorrow morning  ]
 
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Argon Viper
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"He who knows his enemy, needs not fear confrontation" - Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
"Insanity is not a mental condition, it's a way of life" - Argon Viper
"Those who run from death, win little.  Those who simply live their lives, win much" - Argon Viper

    Brakiss sat there, leaning back in the self comforming chair with his arms crossed across his chest.  As he listened to the chitter-chatter of the rest of the guys he wondered why this mission was so hush-hush and why he was here in the first place.  All the antics of the last few cycles ran through his head.  He wondered how successful this mission would be with the squad he had been assigned too. Brakiss sat there contemplating just how long it would take for Patrick to blow them all up, and how many times he and the rest of the recruits would have to drag an unconscious Whiphid around before it happened. He could feel the deck plates vibrate under his boots as the sublight engines engaged and the ship cleared the force field barrier and entered open space.  Brakiss stared out of the transparasteel viewport and watched the stars all around elongate into starlines as the transport entered hyperspace.  In a waking moment of rememberance Brakiss abruptly stood up and bellowed, "Emporers black bones, I forgot my damn toothbrush!" Sorry it's takin so long to add to the story Argon. :deal
 
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Brakiss
[Army] Private First Class

(OCC~ I figured this story needed a little bit of my touch again, and Brakiss that was really good.)           Argon began appointing the teams. He wanted at least one person with explosives to every gunman, but that wouldn't be possible with only 2 Demolionists on the team. So he Set himself up with Brakiss and Fish with Maul. Scout was to guard the ship. Patrick and Myrrdin got placed on a team..Neither seemed to happy about it, but as they were taught at the acedemy one will grow to like it..           Argon told the squad where to go. They all checked their supplies before they left. Argon asked Fish" Do you think any will be killed on this mission, I mean there are a lot of first time combatants..." Fish replied, "don't screw this mission up now Argon I don't want any of us to be going home in a coffin." Argon thought about this and decided that it was the best way to think. Argon gave each team a palm pilot( so they could send and recieve information via there hemlet screens; New technology somehow Argon has gottetn hold of it.) .             They all left there certain ways; Patrick and Myrrdin was to wire a hover train track, and wait for the Rebel Train "The Escapey", because it was probably that the Commander was on that train; Argon and Brakiss was going to go and check the pubs and clubs and that sort while looking for the commander or any information pertaining to him; Fish and Maul were to establish a sniper position in a 6 story building over looking the train tracks..Incase Patrick and Myrrdin's project went out of hand a bit.                 Patrick was walking along the side of the hover train tracks looking for the best places to place his bombs... Myrrdin was getting impatient."You know that the train will be running by here in 30 minutes", he said moodily. " I know," said Patrick. Patrick ignored Myrrdin and went on selecting his placements. While, Myrrdin went to find him a place to sit down. Myrrdin fell asleep, but was awoken by someone shaking his armor really hard. It was Patrick. "We need to hurry, the train is coming." said Patrick nearly out of breath. "What do you mean its coming," asked Myrrdin."Did you place the bombs?" "Yes,"answered Patrick."They are ready." Myrrdin noticed that Patrick had the purple vile in his hand, but he didn't want to know. The ran off to a concrete barrier and hid down behind it. They could hear the "Wooooosh" of the hover train that  was coming near. Myrrdin just realized that he had to really Pee.                     Argon was inside "The Beer Belly" doing "official business". " As I was saying Brakiss" said Argon over his vodka." I really want to go home.. Really really I miss my hairy wife and little kids..I didn't notice that I could really miss them this much and my wife's cooking and my own little brewery in my garage.." said Argon. He droned on like this for about 20 minutes since they had been in here. Brakiss decided to go ahead and drink with him since they didn't seem to have anything really better to do.                       Fish and Maul were up on there building, they could see everything going on at the hover train tracks. They could see the barrier where Patrick and Myrrdin were hiding behind. They could see how close the train was getting. The bombs hadn't detatnated yet and the train was a 1/2 mile off and was coming in fast, "It would have to slow down since it is a populated area wouldn't it?," Thought Fish. Fish got his rifle ready to make sure Patrick and Myrrdin could get out allright, if things got a little bit too hot down there.                       Patrick and Myrrdin where waiting.. There hearts were beating rapidly, and this was there first mission ever, What if they screw up and not blow the train up? "It doesn't matter," thought Myrrdin."I can easily blame that on Patrick if it doesn't blow up after all he is the demolition man." Patrick was ready for the train. He had his bombs set up where he thought they should be and was getting rdy to push the button. He wondered if Myrrdin had plugged the two wires together like he asked. "Allwell, no time to worry now,"he thought. The train was 100 yards off and coming extremely fast at them. Patrick pushed the button...Nothing happened. "Oh my God,"he thought. "Myrrdin didn't connect the wires." He was going frantic. "I don't want to blow this mission." thought Patrick. So he did the first thing that came to his mind. "Myrrdin," he said."Put your helmet on and put it on sun glare+50" Myrrdin thought this was crazy because they would be as blind as bats, but not knowing what Patrick was going to do he did it willingly. Patrick pulled out his purple vial. "Hmm..," he thought. He had been wanting to try this new formula out that he made at home."Please baby do you job," He said as he flicked it at the train tracks as if it were a cigerette. He quickly changed his helmet view coordination, and hid behind the concrete barrier. BOOOOOOOOM!BOOOOOM!BOOOOOM! It has went off . The concrete barrier they were hiding behind was in near collapse. The train was off the track, but there was a low possibilty that the persons could have survived it, because it have totally dismangled the 2 engines to nothing. Patrick was beging to calm down..All the his thought came into one, and war sickness quickly set up.. "What have i done," He thought to himself."What have I done?"                 Fish seen the explosion. It nearly blinded him, but his helmet visor was made for stopping sun glare when sniping so it quickly engaged.. "Woah," He thought what was that? That thought was quickyl erased as he seen more movement then just Patrick and Myrrdin down in the rubble.. He got his rifle up to take a better look.....
 
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TRP/PFC Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

        "Emm, (Hick-Up) Shoot the others, and let the target walksMyrrdin can get him", was The answer that StoneFish received. He relayed the information to the 2 snipers on the Building. "Fish, Argon said to shoot the others but leave the target along Myrrdin is going to tazor him."said StoneFish. "Allright,"replied Fish.         Fish turned the anti-glare on his scope on..He aimed he seen a person sitting on the ground, it looks like he has his leg nearly cut into 2 peices. Fish looked through his scope and put the cross hair right on the wounded soldiers head. He didn't think about it, he just pulled the trigger and went to the next person knowing that he wouldn't miss. He took down 4 of the soldiers in the next 30 seconds.. They never knew what happened, after the train getting blowed up seemed to have stunned them to an extreme measure. It was easy for Fish just to point and shoot.           Myrrdin really had to pee now..."Why are my nerves like this?" he asked himself. He didn't have enough time to think of anything else, because he was ducking. Slug bullets were coming from a building that was at the center of the block.. "Who is that?" he asked Patrick. Patrick just shrugged and started trying to climb up over the concrete barrier and look at what the snipers were firing at. Myrrdin about freaked at what he saw Patrick doing. "Does this dude not have any fear?" he thought to himself while trying to wrestle Patrick off of the concrete barrier so he wouldn't get shot. "Myrrdin" came the comslink Video image inside his helmet visor. "This is Fish. I need you to go tazor the last dude out there. he is stunned a little bit by another soldier falling on him." Myrrdin looked up like he saw a ghost. Patrick was looking at him funny. "What are you looking at?" asked Myrrdin. "Nothin',"said Patrick looking away. Myrrdin ran from out behind the concrete barrier to go and tazor the person he was told to tazor. He seen 10 ppl all laying motionless.."Which one to tazor?" he asked himself. They all looked alike. Hmm Only one way to know. He walked around and tazored everyone of them. *******Please Finish********
 
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TRP/LCPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

OOC: Do I feel dumb..
 
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TRP/LCPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

{OCC: Really? Am I really getting the hang of it? Allwell, Maybe i am, but still Myrrdin is good COMPETITION... Anyways, Where in this god forsaken Story Did we the idea that you were married? Did any of us mention it?!!  :P its ok.. I know how you feel.My story will be after this post so yeeHaw!!}
 
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TRP/LCPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

Myrrdin looked around the ship nervously, he knew he was supposed to answer now, but he didnt know if the people he tazered was the right person. For the sake of his life he hoped he had. "Well?" asked Argon impatiently. "um....." Myrrdin replied,"I think I got him, I'm not sure." Argon looked at him like he was going to kill him, Myrrdin backed up untill he was against the wall of the transport. "What do you mean you dont know if you got him or not?" Argon practically yelled at him. "Well there were more than just the rebel captain out there, there were his guards, and I couldnt tell who was who, so I tazered all that i could untill the battery ran out."Myrrdin answered cautiously. He didnt want to mention that he accidentally tazered himself also, his arm was numb from the thing, now he realized more than ever before that he had to find a bathroom NOW!!! "Um....Sir," he asked Argon. "yes Myrrdin, what is it now?" Argon replied. "Can this transport go any faster?" "Why do you ask?""Well the thing is, ive got to take a leak, big time" Myrrdin replied. Argons eyes got wide, he stepped backward and almost crushed Patricks foot. "You heard him, go as fast as this thing will let us go, we need to be back at the base yesterday!!" Argon yelled to the pilot. ************************************************** They got back to the base faster than Myrrdin thought possible, he rushed to the dormitorie as fast as he could. He threw open the door and ran past the beds, the door to the bathroom stood in front of him. Myrrdin pushed open the door and ran to the closest urinal. ************************************************** As Myrrdin was washing his hands at the sink he heard a noise behind him, in the urinal right next to the one that he was just in. Opening the stall door he saw a rebel with a blaster pistol waiting for him to do just what he did. Myrrdin had fallen into a trap and he didnt know what to do to get out. "Hands up you damn trooper," the rebel said to him. Myrridin put his hands up so fast that it startled the rebel, that was all he needed. Myrrdin reached out with his right hand and grabbed the pistol from the rebel, turned it around and fired into his knee, as it fired Myrrdin realized it wasnt a blaster pistol at all, it was a slugthrower camoflauged. "AAAAHHHH!!!!" the rebel screamed as Myrrdin blew out his knee. Myrrdin smiled a little at this. [OOC: i gotta go to school now but you guys can continue from here, thnx Patrick for saying i was good competition you are too. Myrrdin out.]

  Patrick was laying on the rough, but soft mattress of his bunk in the four bunked room. He was listening to GodSmack on his headphones. He seen his telephone ring so he answered.   "Hello," he asked. It was the girl he seriously had a crush on, and no I am afriad it isn't Merrick. He continused to talk on the phone with her. She was having a bad night . Her parents wouldn't let her go to a party, her hair was in a mess, and she had gotten in a car wreck. How bad of a night could one have?     They talked for about 30 minutes until she told Patrick the bad news. She was going to stop talking to him because some little *censored* that she thought she liked had told her to not talk to him anymore. Patrick was aghast by this statement. He didn't know what to say and she hung up the phone on him. Patrick just laid there stunned the whole meaning of the thing had not yet sunk into his head.. She had dumped him...     ****************************************       Myrrdin was in the hospital ward with the Rebel who wasn't getting as much as attention as was needed. Myrrdin was throwing water on all the medical droids and demanded pretty women to doctor him not any "Metalic Preprogramies".  Enjoying all the women Nursing him back to health he forgot all about his time in the bathroom with the rebel for now. {OCC: I am sorry ppl I would type more but I am too stressed right not because my part of the story was true. I don't know what to do right now So I am going to go to bed and I wish all of u a good night.}     
 
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TRP/LCPL Patrick/2SQD/2PLT/1COM/1BAT/1RGT/VEA/VE
Member of the Dreaded Knight Squad.

Argon sat in Fury's office with Fury and Fish(his XO), drinking some of Fury's famous liquor and discussing their latest mission. "So,"said Fury,"they're not sure if they got him?" "Oh, I know they didn't get him,"said Argon,"they were supposed to capture him, not just tazer him and leave him there.  Don't worry, I talked to them." "Well,"said Fury,"as soon as Myrrdin's back up, do you think you could give it another try?" "Heck,"said Fish,"we could give it another try without Myrrdin, let him enjoy those pretty young nurses he's been demanding." "Okay,"replied Fury,"and that reminds me, you ever figure out what's with that Rebel who shot him?" "As far as we can tell, he managed to sneak past every security system on the base,"said Argon,"either he's very good, which his attempt on Myrrdin denies, or he got very lucky.  Anyways, I'm due to meet the troops in a half hour for another attempt at that Rebel Commander, but this time, Fish can stay behind, because I'm going." Fish and Argon left without another word needed. "Hey Argon,"said Fish once they were back in the hall,"did you return Geist's gun yet?" "Not yet,"said Argon,"I might have to make myself one of them before I return it." Discussing Geist's collection of weapons, they headed off to the briefing room. [OOC: What you guys have got so far is pretty good    Meet at the briefing room, but don't play out the briefing, I'll do that.  Just play out yourself waiting for the briefing    Just so you know, we're going to try to capture the commander this time, not just tazer him  ]
 
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Argon Viper
"History is on the move, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way will not watch at all" - Grand Admiral Thrawn
"How boring life would be if everyone felt the same way we do..." - Argon Viper
"Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses" - Carl G Jung
"The way of peace is always better than the way of war, it's just not as fast" - Argon Viper

OOC: Sorry to hear it, guys. Women have screwed me up more than anything else over the years, so I have an idea of what you're going through. Drink is a start, but don't let it be the end. IC: Fish sat in his quarters with another quart of coffee and the latest batch of intelligence reports. Going through them so far, it seemed as though the rebel commander, a colonel by report had gone to ground somewhere in old industrial sector. After the disaster with the train, he'd got scared. A few keystrokes and pictures of the sector flash up on the screen in front of Fish's eyes. Pictures of crumbling warehouses and factories, a still-standing legacy of the population's early culture. The last survey of the area listed it as off-limits and scheduled for demolition, but the invasion had put a stop to that quicksmart. There were old style sewers underneath the area, leading out underground toward the main city. The last known entrance was close to the train ambush. Most of the links to the city proper had collapsed or had been removed, but an accurate map of them had not really been kept. Fish pulled off a hard copy of a satellite photo and some of the more promising shots from the air and sat at his desk. He took a mouthful of coffee and pulled out a pen. Looking at the area, he could see any number of defensible locations, but four really stood out. An two warehouses, a droid factory, and a smelting plant. All four had good views as they sat on crossroads, and all four had at least three sewer entrances. The warehouses both had roofs, though the factories had them half removed, probably to get some of the more useful equipment out. Still, that meant a repulsorlift craft could land in there and be nearly invisible to the satellites. Scribbling a few notes on the edge of the pictures, Fish took another draw from his coffee and started drawing sketches, making a plan. This was going to be a long night.
 
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Ramon Stonefish

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"Good morning, Knights," said Argon from his position at the front of the room, "This is the briefing for the next stage in our mission. I will now turn the stage over to Stonefish to give you the full briefing." Argon stepped off the small podium and Fish stepped up, pressing a control that flashed a satellite image up on the screen behind him. "You can see here the old industrial sector approximately two miles northeast of the last known location of the rebel commander, that being the train ambush we set up last time," he began, "Our intelligence leads us to believe that the commander has holed up here with the remains of his bodyguards, numbering perhaps ten. There are four buildings I have picked out as likely locations for a hideout." The projector sequentially showed the two warehouses and two factories Stonefish had identified last night. "This mission will be a simple sweep and clear. Any and all hostiles encountered are to be taken alive, so don't go shooting anything that moves, and definitely don't blow the whole area to pieces. We are going in at 0800 hours, that's one hour from now. We will divide up into four teams, Argon and Brakiss will be Team Alpha, Patrick and Myrrdin, Team Bravo, myself and Maul will make up Team Charlie and DarkHelmet, Blondie and Scout will make up Team Delta. Alpha will sweep through the target zone from the North, Bravo from the East and Charlie from the West. Delta will be our snatch team waiting on the South perimeter and grabbing anything that comes their way." The projector flashed again and showed the remains of the train they had blown up a couple of days ago. "You can just about see on the top left of this picture a sewer entrance. This is how we believe our target made it to the industrial area unnoticed. These old sewers stretch under most of the area and are largely unmapped. To cut off this route, we have placed a fan at this entrance with a high grade knockout gas feed behind it. This has been in place for the last four hours and by now the sewers should be fairly well filled with stun gas. If you go down there, take a gas mask. That is all, get prepped and get to the transports, let's move!"
 
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Ramon Stonefish

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OOC: Well, that was interesting. I give the "Get the Colonel" mission. You change the "Get the Colonel" to "Get the Colonel but don't let Fish in on it" cheers!
 
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Ramon Stonefish

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