The door to the lounge opened with a hiss and in rolled TwinFury's R2 astromech droid, "Fletch the Trashcan". The irate little droid was emitting a barage of shrill beeps and whirs. Twin came rushing in just as Fletch activated his buzz saw and began to attack Lonewolf's R7. "Fletch," shouted Twin. "Stop it, you fool!" "What's wrong with your droid?" asked Lonewolf. "Well, he's rather perturbed that you ripped off his name and gave it to your droid." replied Twin. "You see, I bestowed the name of trashcan upon little Fletch when he was purchased last November and he's not partial to sharing." "Oh." said Lonewolf. "What he actually said, though, was 'It's getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes.'." said Twin. During this quote Kain entered the lounge, fresh from the simulators. The poor pilot was so utterly disturbed by the droid's comment that he turned around and walked right back out.
 
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FL/PO1 Twin Fury/Sting 2-1/Wing Two/ISD II Devastator/VEN/VE(=A=)(=JCPA=)
"Less Worry. More Fury!"
"You have flys in your eyes."
"Booyah!"

Rusty was quite delighted to have completed the mission. He met up with Liquid back at their quarters, with the annoying protocol droid following him to assure that Liquid knew what the foul-mouthed wookie was saying. Rusty: “YIPPY F***ING SKIPPY! WE WON!” Liquid: “Watch that language, boy!” Rusty: “I’ve got at least 130 years on you, don’t be callin’ me boy.” Liquid: “Shut up, you overgrown ewok!” Rusty whips out his Ryyk blade, in case anything got ugly. But he soon realized that Liquid had just been joking around, and had squinted at the site of that big sharp blade. Rusty sheathed his Ryyk and examined the mission on his computer. Rusty: ”TIES! TIES! That’s the best they can do? We’re gonna get this the first try, this is simple!” Liquid: “Don’t get over confident, these guys are renegades and have their heart in this to take us out.” Rusty: “Bulls*** ,this will be simple. Nothin’ like pasting some renegades with green!” Rusty ran outta the room, ready to get drunk again, he seemed to fly better that way…He met up with Lone Wolf, who had been getting some hot chocolate, and Rusty quick got himself some Corellian Whiskey and made sure that Lone Wolf got some alcohol in his system before the next mission. Rusty: “Lone Wolf, don’t get that wimpy drink, at least get a beer, this non alcoholic crap you’re drinking is bad for your health!” Lone Wolf just rolled his eyes…
 
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EFM/SCRW Rustichituk/Aegis 3-3/Wing 1 (Phoenix)/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)

I made my way from the sims toward my quarters. I wanted to check my messages and then head to the officers lounge. I ran inot the newbie pilot Rusty, rather akward fellow. He was already drunk and said he was making another beer run now. He eagerly offered me a drink, but I smiled and refused. After I reached my quarters, Seven, my assistant droid, informed me of the lack of messages so I began towards the lounge. After a brisk stroll through the hallways of the Atrus I came upon the officer's lounge. It was packed, which was usual. There were multiple groups of people spread throughout the room, but one in particular attracted my attention. It was the Lusthawk's table. It appeared that Gravin and Kain had made some kind of bet. I hurried made my way to the table and there was a drinking contest ensuing between the two men. Between everydrink, Kain would shout, "Lusthawks!" and then knock back a shot. Gravin would then comeback with, "Viper!". It looked as if the contest had just started and might not continue too much longer. Darkhawk began to take bets. I decided to put my money on the larger of the two, and of course, the Lusthawk.
 
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ESCM/1LT Michael "sk8guy" Rose/Aegis 1/mSSD Artus/DEF/VEN/VE
     (=A=)(=MA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)(=UCPA=)[-BRC-][-VC|E-]

TRN/ADT sk8guy/VEDJ/m/SSD Atrus

     "Unleash the power of the Dragon!" - Michael "sk8guy" Rose

Rogue woke up feeling like his head had been stepped on by an AT-AT.  He got an analgesic patch from the draw in his bunk side table. He slapped it on his forehead and laid back down to let it work.  After a few minutes, he sat back up without getting nauseous and with the pain in his head down to tolerable amounts. He then dragged himself to the head attached to his room and took a long shower with the water as hot as he could stand. After finishing his shower, shaving and doing the other things he had to do to make himself presentable, he put on one of his black flight suits, strapped on his blasters and other gear and headed to get something to eat. He got a big breakfast, the opposite of his usual fare, and two cups of coffee, found an empty table, dropped into a chair and starting eating. None of his fellow Aegis squadron members were in the mess hall yet, but not to his surprise. Of himself, PJ, and Kain, Rogue thought he had had the fewest drinks during the competition between Kain and Gravin and he remembered having something like twelve drinks. At least only Kain and Gravin had to be taken to the med bay to have their livers worked over by the 2-1B’s.  Then Rogue remembered the bets DH had taken on the contest and how, since both contestants passed out after 29 drinks, DH kept all the money.  Rogue thought at least, I only 20 credits, this time. He finished off his pancakes, sausage, bacon, and hash browns then went and got two more cups of coffee. He drank them faster then got a fifth cup as he left the mess hall and headed for Aegis’ ready room. Upon arriving near there, he hit the head located just down the corridor from it, then walked into the ready room. He made it to his assigned chair and dropped into it, then looked around the room. No one was in here either. “Oh well,” he thought to himself. He got up and got another cup of coffee from the pot at the back of the ready room, got whatever paperwork was in his box, then dropped back into his chair to sort through the stuff. After getting through about half the paperwork, Rogue looked up as a naval rating came in to the ready room. He went to the duty board behind the duty officer’s desk and loaded a message onto it, then left the room, never even seeming to notice Rogue. The message came up on the board seconds later reading: All Aegis Squadron Pilots Report to the Simulator room at 1000. Rogue checked his watch for the current time; it was only 0830 so he had an hour and a half til he had to be in the sims for the next mission. He then refilled his coffee cup and returned to his chair to finish his paperwork and to wait for one of his squadron mates to show up.
 
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FM/2LT Rogue/Aegis 2-2/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE/ (=A=)(=SA=)

I awoke from my nice sleep, ready to go and refreshed from the drinking party last night. I hit the refresher and then headed to the Lounge for some breakfast. I got there, and surprised there was no one else in the room. It seemed odd. Usually the placed was bustling with business. I shrugged it off and ordered some bear claws and half a dozen wild weasels. Within a few minutes the serving droid returned and I ate up. After the heartiy breakfast I made my way to the Aegis ready room. There was nobody there so I decided to go check out my stocks. I went to the nearest terminal and looked them up. I had lost mad money and now became depressed. I scrolled through the disappointments then I saw a nice little blinking ad at the bottom of the page. It said, Said depressed from your stocks. Click here to cheer up. I decided to see what it was and clicked. The ad took me to a site filled with naked shaven wookies. They were in all kinds of funny and bizarre positions. It was hailirous. I laughed a good while then closed my connection to the terminal. The ready room was just around the corner, so I returned. Once again the room was empty except for Darkhawk, who seemed hard at work, and Rogue who was passed out and leviating above his desk. I thought that odd, but sat down and began to review the new Aegis orders. The mission didn't seem too hard, but hey, anything can and does happen. I was there about five minutes and Darkhawk still hadn't noticed me. I decided to pull out my toy Airsoft Pistol. I cocked it back silently and aimed for his spine. I pulled the trigger and a tiny plastic BB shot out at the Commodore. He screamed in shock and pain, then turned around to see me sitting there, gun aimed at him.
 
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EFL/1LT Michael "sk8guy" Rose/Aegis 5/mSSD Artus/DEF/VEN/VE
     (=A=)(=MA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)(=UCPA=)[-BRC-][-VC|E-]

DJK sk8guy/Eagle1-7/VEDJ/m/SSD Atrus

     "Unleash the power of the Dragon!" - Michael "sk8guy" Rose

LoneWolf strapped on the familiar restraints of the simulator. The cockpit began to close, sealing darkness within the capsule. The screens all around suddenly flickered to life, giving off their glow. The Aegis pilot picked up the gloves in his lap then pulled them tightly on, they were a snug fit. He then took the tie fighter helmet on the other side of his lap and secured it on scince the simulator would be top-of-the-line, in every way.  It would simulate the G’s, oxygen levels, and practically everything else a real combat would, given a few exceptions. The command stick tracked up to his black grasps as he activated the flight systems, the simulated deck of the Atrus appeared on screen, dim red lights seemed to be the only source of light, scince the craft was supposed to be disabled. In such an unlikely case back up generators would come on line giving only minimal power. It would be up to them to make sure the Imperial ship was in safe hands. LoneWolf played with the switches atop the command stick, which had a Combat Multiview Display, bulging squarely on top the joystick. He made his final adjustments already locking on to the enemy traditional Tie Fighters. "They will feel the wraith of the empire this day!" LoneWolf announced going along with the sim to help get the full effect of battle. Soon all the Aegis members were in their cockpits, even the ones who technically should of not been flying.  LoneWolf looked in front of him as a tie advanced wiggled out of the hangar bay like a drunk bantha. " I got to restrain these boys from drinking before planned missions." In all realism LoneWolf began to feel the fear of loosing again as it seemed the squadron’s march declined to a walk. "Come on Aegis lets kill some traitors for good old Palpatine!"   ----------------------- EFL/ESN Lonewolf/Aegis 2-1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[SRC][VC:Ebony] CM/DJK LoneWolf/Sith/Eagle Sect/VEDJ Army character: Ares "Strong men don't give hope, or weaken at the knees at the sign of impossiblity; rather they stand up to face it and dominate that obstical."

It wasn’t long that the entire squadron formed up, the scattered formation of nine fighters closed up and began going after the first squad. Surprise was momentarily their’s as each member surprisingly took one down. The remaining three scattered to give cover for the other escapee’s. LoneWolf took several we’ll aimed shots, each however only partially burning the enemy craft. He pulled his nose up just ahead of the flight path and cut it off with a fireball of eyeball debris. It had been a while scince he had taken out any eyeballs. The remaining two pulled in back at him giving as much hell as they could muster. His shields flexed down to hundred fifty nine. He quickly looped behind them to take one out, it flew in a crazed spin and managed to take it’s companion out. LoneWolf grinned, feeling the power of the moment, the shear ability to perform such maneuvers in the vacuum was what gave him every desire to improve. The Tie Advanced whirled around back to lead position, leading the front of death to those who oppose the might of the empire. The crusade engaged another squad this one, however, was prepared, and scrambled. LoneWolf realized that another squad had broken from the flee to engage two on one. LoneWolf danced his craft having picked up a fighter, soon another joined from the other squad. It became clear that the impostors could surpass if they gathered all their strength, the distance grew rapidly adding to the pending tension. LoneWolf tried to break off but found green lasers directing him otherwise. "Man these are a bit more skilled than I thought!" he moved to pick a tie off, only managing to pierce its panel. "team up and clear each other’s back!" a hit splattered against his shields draining power from his comp for a moment, he hit a key targeting a random fighter then noticed something odd, "Hey one of these squads has our old tie fighters!" he quickly recalled the old aegis squadron which was only equipped with modified tie fighters, with shields, and a small boost of speed. The thieves were leading the escape route, for the other squad. "Riel this is an interesting joke."
 
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EFL/ESN Lonewolf/Aegis 2-1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)[SRC][VC:Ebony]

CM/DJK LoneWolf/Sith/Eagle Sect/VEDJ
Army character: Ares

"Strong men don't give hope, or weaken at the knees at the sign of impossiblity; rather they stand up to face it and dominate that obstical."

I whirled around onto the tail of Akath, letting him destroy the old Aegis TIE fighters. IT brought back memories to see them flying sround, just too bad they weren't being flown with great skill. It almost made me feel sorry. Anyway, Zakath cleared two of the old TIEs no problem, but the two of us had picked up a couple of dancing partners. "Zakath, stay on those fighters. I'm gonna loop around and show these guys the Imperial Tango." I said as I reduced speed and jerked my control stick hard left. One TIE stay behind me while the other tried to stay on Zakath. I painted him green and let loose a careful blast of quad green laser fire. I had to be careful not to hit Zakath by accident. I tapped the Force and made my shots more accurate, sending the fighter into a an orange ball of dust. The TIE behind me slowly pummelled my shields with laser fire. I looked and noticed they were down to 25%. I had to stop getting so distracted. I fixated all my attention on the enemy and began to manuever around on his tail. I stayed with him through his evasive manuevers and jukes. I got a good tone, and fired a quad burst of deadly laser fire into his hull. The ship stayed together, but merely flew straight. I had either taken out the manuevering jets or the pilot. I moved in for the finishing blow, and the TIE exploded into a gaint fireball. ----------------------- EFL/1LT Michael "sk8guy" Rose/Aegis 5/mSSD Artus/DEF/VEN/VE      (=A=)(=MA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)(=UCPA=)[-BRC-][-VC|E-] DJK sk8guy/Eagle1-7/VEDJ/m/SSD Atrus      "Unleash the power of the Dragon!" - Michael "sk8guy" Rose

I was relieved once Darkhawk got that bogey off my tail. It had sneaked up behind me while I finishing off that last one. I had a hard time shaking him too. Now that I was free of that tail and my wingman thanks to Darkhawk, I took up the pursuit of a group of TIEs. They were pretty far out and nearing closer to the frigate. It was up to me to get them before they could get safely inside. I throttled up and prepared to engage them. I switched to missilesand painted one of the bogeys red. I fired a dual burst and moved on to the next on in line. I got a red tone on him as well and fired. Now I was too close for missiles and switched back to my lasers to finish the other two off. The missiles hit home, out the corner of my eye I saw them, and I smiled. The other two TIEs broke off to engage me, but I quickly corrected my course to stay behind them. A quick quad burst finished one off, leaving only one left. Suddenly me shields began dropping fast and they glowed white from a constant pummeling. What is going on? I thought. I checked my scanners and saw no tails on my craft. Then I realized I must have stumbled into the firing range of the frigate. I was told not to engage, but I was in pursuit of a TIE. I quickly switched to missiles, my last two. I tapped the Force and used my feelings to guide my crosshairs toward the last TIE. I fired two quick single missiles and turned to run back to the rest of Aegis. As I raced away from the firgate, I saw an explosion behind my ship, the missiles had made contact with their targets and I didn't have to tango with that deadly frigate. Now we only had to keep any other from going that far. I smiled as I returned back in the fray of the battle.
 
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EFL/1LT Michael "sk8guy" Rose/Aegis 5/mSSD Artus/DEF/VEN/VE
     (=A=)(=MA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)(=UCPA=)[-BRC-][-VC|E-]

DJK sk8guy/Eagle1-7/VEDJ/m/SSD Atrus

     "Unleash the power of the Dragon!" - Michael "sk8guy" Rose

I checked my scanners and realized there was only about a full squadron of TIEs left. They had almost reached the safety of the frigate; that meant we had to take them out. I also noticed the positions of the Aegis fighters. Most of them were closing in fast. Finally, I checked on the statis of the frigate, it was plotting the course for hyperspace, ready to abandon its fighters. I commed up Lonewolf. "The frigate is preparing for hyperspace. I think it's going to abondon the rest of the fighters." I then throttled up and closed the distance between myself and a sluggish TIE fighter. "Let the frigate go. The will live to tell of the might of the Vast Empire. Try and finish off the fighters before it jumps." Lonewolf responded to all of Aegis. He then proceeded with a battle cry and went  blazing into the fray. I returned his battle cry and went full throttle towards the nearest TIE. I hit it with a quad burst and it exploded. I yelled a victory cheer and got several more in return. After a few minutes of the onslaught, the frigate jumped out the system.  Only three TIEs remained and they instantly surrender once the frigate left. Then Lonewolf said over the comm to the TIE pilots, "The Vast Empire doesn't show mercy." and shot the TIE down. I was shocked that he would do that, and then got the nerve to comm his personal frequency. "Why did you do that? They had already surrendered." He merely laughed and said in reply, "Riel's orders. He said that he wanted all the fighters dealt with and an example made of what happens when you disable the Atrus." Having said that, he then switched frequencies and we headed back toward the Atrus's hanger bays.
 
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EFL/1LT Michael "sk8guy" Rose/Aegis 5/mSSD Artus/DEF/VEN/VE
     (=A=)(=MA=)(=JCPA=)(=SCPA=)(=UCPA=)[-BRC-][-VC|E-]

DJK sk8guy/Eagle1-7/VEDJ/m/SSD Atrus

     "Unleash the power of the Dragon!" - Michael "sk8guy" Rose

I pulled up close to the Dark Lord of the Sith, nudging him mentally to buy us all a round. I knew he would give, he almost always did. I only needed to tempt him a little. "Hey Darkhawk, I bet I can drink more than you!" I said, prodding his mind a little more persistently. "I bet you can't," Darkhawk said, pushing back with a less than friendly nudge. "We'll see if you buy, ok?" Liquid said, shoving back with his mind without even knowing it, and Darkhawk being unprepared, thinking he had won, had taken a knee. I laughed and wondered towards the lounge, telling the bar keep that Darkhawk would be paying for all of Aegis's drinks that night. And boy, can Aegis drink! I played pool with the boys as we all sat lounging around, waiting for the next set of orders to arrive. I began to move over towards Darkhawk, wondering if he could actually still play pool after being a no-fun officer for so long. "Hey, DH, wanna play some pool?" I asked, pushing him with my arm. "Sure, money's up, let's rack it and crack it baby!" DH shouted with an exclamatory remark, acknowledging that he was ready for it.
 
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ADJ:NTO/IA/EFL/WO1 Liquid/Aegis 3-1 (Aegis Nine)/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)

TRN /AD Liquid/Krath/TBA/VEDJ/(VP)

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