Arturus was thrown off his bed as the ISD rocked under the heavy fire from the second rebel battleground that had entered.  A secondly blast came within seconds followed by emergency klaxons ringing everywhere.  The rebels had managed to bring their second group behind the battle and were engaging the imperial capital ships without too much resistance.  Arturus managed to get back to his feet and grab his datapad.  "So much for not engaging in fleet operations anymore."  He muttered as he grabbed his pistol and ran out of his room towards the hanger.

When he arrived, he could see technicians and pilots scrambling.  It looked as though they were preparing escape shuttles and transports just incase the worst happened.  The problem was, the interdictor was still out there and the imperial fighters didn't have hyperdrives.  Arturus ran towards his TIE Interceptor, pushing a button on his datapad as he ran so that the ship would be open and system online by the time he reached it.  He climbed into the ship and hit the the repulsorlift activator before closing the hatch.  As the fighter rose from the hanger deck, he quickly slipped into his flight suit and pulled on his helmet and oxygen mask.  He strapped in and guided the fighter towards the exit as quickly as humanly possible and hit the accelerator full on the second he cleared the magnetic screen that kept the atmosphere inside.

The fighter quickly accelerated to full speed and he raced towards what remained of the imperial fighters as they engaged the corvettes from the first battlegroup.  The battle seem to race towards him at lightspeed, within seconds laser fire burst all around him as the fighters and ships from both sides exchanged heavy fire.  "Here goes nothing"  he said as he pulled hard on his flight stick, inverting the fighter as he raced towards a group of X-wings that still remained from the first battlegroup.  The X-wings spread wide and open fire on him and the TIE bombers behind him that were making their run on another corvette.  Arturus spun his fighter and pulled up hard firing a quad burst into the side of the X-wing on the right as the fighters passed each other.  The X-wing's engines on its left side exploded sending the fighter spinning wildly before exploding a second later taking out one of the bombers with it.  Arturus dove down towards the corvette the bombers were targeting and straffed the now shieldless hull of the corvette.  A series of small explosions burst on the top of the hull as he knocked out the corvette's heavy top gun.

Arturus pulled up and spun around towards the direction of the remaining X-wings.  He scanned his radar and noticed that the rebels were sending a sizeble number of their fighters from their second battlegroup to engage.  "Fighters approaching, 210 degrees, 9 o'clock"  Arturus said over the commlink as he jinked to avoid fire from the corvettes.  He openned fire on one of the two X-wings before breaking hard to the left and looping around slowly, coming in behind the one of the left.  The X-wing dove to the right but it wasn't as nimble as the interceptor.  Arturus spun 180 degrees and dove down on top of the X-wing converting it quickly into a ball of fire as the rebel pilot was unable to evade the fire of the interceptor.

Arturus pulled up to engage the next X-wing only to dive back down as the area around him suddenly erupted in intense red fire from the approaching rebel fighters.  One squadron broke off to pursue the bombers while the second split to engage the remaining interceptors.  Arturus pulled up from his dive and pulled up quickly, doing a wild loop and coming down behind a pair of X-wings.  A TIE interceptor flew in from the left began to engage the X-wings from the side.  "Chip form up with me."  Arturus said as he jinked to avoid fire from one of the two remaining corvettes.  Chip fired another burst at the x-wings before quickly forming up on Afyon's left.  The X-wings were now flying one in front of the other and before began to dive to avoid the interceptors.  "Cross-roll over and dive down before crossing back."  Arturus ordered.  The two interceptors openned fire and barrel rolled over top of each other as they dove down to chase the two X-wings.  The rear X-wing never completed his dive before the rear part of the fighter was incinerated by the combined fire of the two fighters.  The interceptors quickly levelled out behind the other X-wing and the two crossed again, their fire connecting against the fighter whose pilot was evading in vain.

Arturus broke off and pulled up hard, firing a burst at an A-wing sending it crashing into the blown out shell of one of the corvettes.  He skimmed the bottom of the shell before diving down and pulling back out from underneath it and right behind another rebel fighter.  The fighter ignited a few moments later as he shredded the rear engines of it.  The explosion ripped apart another member of Beta squadron.

"Attention all fighters, the taskforce is under heavy attack, draw the fighters away from the cruisers and engage the enemy ships at point blank range."  Japheth ordered from the imperial command ship.  Arturus broke hard to the right to avoid a pair of rebel A-wings.  He turned quickly and began to race towards the imperial ships.
 
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FM/ESN_Arturus/Nazgul 1-2/Phoenix Wing/M-SSD_Atrus/VE/VEN/(=a=)(=sa=)(=jcpa=)(=scpa=)[MC:1][SV][BRC][LSM][LoC]

(OOC:You forgot my NPC wingman on the cruiser!)

      Chip eased his Interceptor down on the flight deck as a medical team rushed across the hangar. They carefully pulled Laguna out, set him on a strecher, and carried him off to the infirmary. The techs were doing some quick tune-ups to the Interceptor, and Chip took the opportunity to much on some snacks. Ah, food. Dang, that tasted good. Heh, Chip loved food far more than he should. He sighed and nodded when the crew chief told him he was good to go.

      He strapped back into the seat as the top hatch was closed. Alright, back into the fray. He brought the power level back up and lifted about 3 yards of the deck. He stopped just infront of the screen. Well. Here goes. Power up in all systems. Throttle... full!

      Chip shot out of the hangar, immediately spotting Dag trying to get an X-wing off his tail. Chip formed up behind the reb, doing his best not to hit Dag in the process of killing this rebel retard. Two bolts nipped the S-foils. The X-wing broke off his pursuit and looked to be trying to regroup his his flight. Well, that just wouldn't do. "Dag, your six is clear. Come about 270 degrees and let's hunt this son-of-a-crack-whore down."

      "Gotcha, boss. Coming around now."

      Chip left the kill shots to Dag. He needed the experience. Chip mostly just gave some cover fire to keep the guy from dodging away, and a few shots to help lower the shields. Well, that was the end of one more rebel. The galaxy was better off by one. "Alright, let's get back and give the capital ships some cover."
 
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XO/FL/WO2 Chipmunk Man/Kaph 9/Phoenix/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)[LoC][MC:1][LSM][MC:1]

"Well ask anybody, I'm a pretty good guy,
And the 'looks-decent' wagon didn't pass me by.
There ain't nothing in my past that I'm tryin' hard to hide.
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why:
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town?"
                     -Joe Nichols

(OOC: Back from leave, time to post:P)

Laguna awoke from his slumber in the Interceptor.  He was thrown again into the side of the fighter by another quick turn that Chip made.

"Cut that off man...My head already hurts enough..." Laguna said angrily.

Chip tried to advert his attention from the fighter he was chasing for a moment.

"Ahh, looks like you are back again.  We have been hit a few times, but we are sidetracked from getting you to the Devastator.  Hitting these Corvettes is the best thing we can do now, to give us a clear path to your rescue."

"Hows the rest of Nazgul," said Laguna

"They're fine.  As I told you before, Shaz is flying around with Jack in his fighter, while Jack is somehow remote controlling the actions of his Tie Aggressor.  Dirk and everyone else just took down a Corvette."

Laguna let out a sigh of relief, then slapped out of his joy.

"Let's get out there, and get those other Corvettes." he said.

"Alright, here we go!," Chip said as they rolled to the right again.  "Oh, and hold on."

Laguna lifted his arm that was useable up, and held his ground.  The fighter spun as they flew towards one of the Corvettes.

Pieces of the exploded Corvette were flying towards the others in the group, just barely taking down their shields.  Laguna watched from the back of the interceptor, as the battle played out in front of him.  Ties exploded as X-wings tailed them, but were caught by more Ties from behind.  Everything seemed as total Chaos as the fighter surveyed the battlefield.  Pieces of rubble, floating bodies, and the battle still raged on....

Laguna though back to his times with CorSec.  On one of his missions, he would take a captured X-wing, and engage one of the small smuggling groups in the vacinity, with a suprise attack.  After he had hypered in, he saw the smugglers shipsj were in ruins, and everything was scattered.  A few of unknown ships came in to view.  Laguna blasted them a few times, and hypered back out.

Chip was bringing his fighter around with the rest of Kaph as they were making their attack on one of the damaged Corvettes.  Will was laying down a heavy fire, and the rest of the Squadron was either trying to hit the engines, or keep the enemy fighters off of everyone.  A small explosion triggered in the engine, slowly ripping apart from the right side.

Chip was startled by more fire coming from his rear.  Laguna braced himself as Chip whipped the fighter around in an arc, attempting to get behind the X-wing that was attacking.  It was moving very fast, making hit and runs on any fighter that it could, to take them off of their flight path.  By the way he moved, Chip could tell he was a skilled pilot, but he had never met the likes of Chip.

The fighter lunged forward even more, spinning in and out of rolls as Chip tailed the X-wing.  A huge explosion rocked the fighter as the Corvette ripped apart.  Pieces flew everywhere, one taking out another tie.  Chip fired a few bolts into the X-wing, but making a small effect.  The snub-nosed fighter spun more and more, escaping from all of Chips bolts.  Laguna became weezy in the back.

The sound of barfing made Chip notious inside as Laguna unloaded into the back of the fighter.

"Come on man, keep it under control..." Chip said panting.

The sounds of barfing picked up.

"Make sure that doesn't hit me!" Chip yelled in the back of the fighter.

"I'll try...." said Laguna.

(This shouldn't affect anything, it's just what the flight was like to the devestator, from my POV.)
 
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Laguna Loire
Leader of Nazgul Flight 3
Vast Empire Navy
FL/LCRW Laguna/Nazgul 3-1/Wing I/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Ex-soldier turned journalist, Laguna is a strong willed man with amazing energy. His compassion for the unfortunate drivers him to help the weak and bring down their oppressors.

Just as suddenly as the second group of rebels showed up, a fleet of about 7 cruisers of pirates showed up just out side of the battlefield, almost directly behind the rebel fleet. They were probably hoping to loot from the battle after it was over and get what ever they can. But the unexpected incoming of the second group of rebels had dragged the battle longer than expected.

When the pirate ships exited hyperspace, they lingered on for about a few minutes before realizing what was happening. Then when their commanders finally came to their senses, all turbolasers that were within range to hit the rebel ships opened fire upon the rebels, releasing all hell upon them. Along with a large wing of different fighters that they had probably accquired through their years of pirating.

The incoming of the pirates had suprised the rebels also. by the time they started to turn away and face the pirates, their ships had already taken much damage. Turbolazers of red and green went back and forth between the two fleets. Will saw that it is now a prime time to attack the rebles now that their attention had be diverted to both sides as they were being sandwiched by two different enemies.

"alright guys, lets form up and show the guys on the ships some more fireworks." Will said over the com to Chip and his flight members."Maybe we can even get Nazgul to get a run on a different ship as well."

"It looks to me that they are already making their run." Chip replied.

"right. Then, full throtle and and attack speed."

"right behind you boss." Kam said excitedly.

the two flights of Kaph flew to their nearest target at full speed. coming from the side of another Interdictor, Will loaded his missile chutes and fired two of his "smart missles" right into a docking bay of somekind, used for comercial transports by the looks of it, as it exploded from the inside where the missile contacted hard surface. The other five interceptors also each fired a long series of linked shots into many turbolazers that didn't seemed to have anyone maning them. after two more runs on the Interdictor's engine, the whole ship exploded allowing the flying debris to be used as shots on their ships.

They were about to move onto the next Interdictor, when Will caught another unknown group of TIE space superiority fighters making their way twards Kaph. "Unkown TIEs, please identify yourselves" Will requested over the com. nothing came back. Will adjusted the frequencies a little to make sure that he had it correct, and tried to contact them again. Still nothing came from their squadron commander.

But once the unkown squad was within range, everyone knew. it was a squadron of pirates. That is one of their stradegies when the battle was not yet over when they had arrived. send out fighters of the different enemies and attack them from behind when they are not expecting anything and thinking that whoever that is behind them were on their side.

Once the Interceptors were within range, the whole squadron of Tie space superiority opened fire on the Interceptors and the Avenger. "Holy @$#%! Break off! Break off!" Chip yelled over the com. "They are pirates! not Imperials! Break off!" Imediately Kaph splited in every dirrection. Soon the pirates were left behind as the Interceptors sped up and out ran the simple space superiority Ties, and formed back up.

"Shazam, come in. Shazam." Will called over to Nazgul.

"Yea? What's wrong?"

"watch out for Unidentified Ties, chances are, they will be pirates, not Imperials. We just got attacked by a whole squadron of Tie space superiorities, but we out ran them. They may possiblly have better ships, i dont know. So, keep your eyes open."Will warned.

"copy that, i'll forward your message to everyone, thanks."

"no problem."
 
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-(William the Conquerer)-
We are still here because we conquered our enemies, and we will do it again!
FL/SCRW Willtconq/Kaph 2-1/Wing I/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE (=A=)

When Jack heard that a pirate fleet had entered the battle, he was worried that it was more Rebel backup. But when Jack saw the assorted group of fighters heading toward the Rebels, he assumed it was some bounty hunter's fleet - maybe Dengar or another one.

"They are pirates! Not Imperials!" Chip had yelled over the comm.

"Wait a second... I've seen that marking on the ship in the front of the pirate battlegroup before," Jack said.

"Who are they, then?" Shazam asked.

"Hold on a second," Jack said as he flew toward the incoming wing of assorted starfighters. He flew up beside the leading starfighter, which was a CloakShape Fighter. Jack tried to contact its pilot.

"Unidentified pirate group," Jack said in Basic, "Please indentify yourselves."

Jack heard a strange voice come over the comm. It was in the Trandoshan native tounge, which meant they surely weren't Rebels. Jack tried his best to try again in that same tounge. Jack got an answer this time.

Jack flew away from the pirate fighters, now fighting a group of Rebel B-Wings. Shazam's voice came roaring over the comm.

"Jack, what are you doing?!!" Shazam said.

"I found out who they were, sir," Jack said and emphasized "sir."

"Who are they?" Dirk asked.

"They're Trandoshans. I mean, at least the pilot in the lead CloakShape. My guess is that they were pirating around here and got pulled out by that last Interdictor," Jack said calmly.

"I hope you're right, Jack," Willtconq said, Jack having no idea why he was on Nazgul's channel.

"Come on, then, guys," Shazam said. "Jack says they're Trandoshans, at least some of them. Nazgul Squadron, backup has arrived!"
 
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Revenge is what holds this galaxy together. Without it, the universe would be a boring place.
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Jack Nebulax, Vast Empire Imperial Navy.
XO/FL/SCRW Jack Nebulax/Nazgul 2-1/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/Defensive Fleet/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Jack Nebulax, Planetary Governor of Ullyr, Directorate Network (http://www.directorate.net/)
PG/MAG Jack Nebulax/Ullyr/Phare/Empyrean
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Jack "Zax" Nebulax, Commander of Nemesis Wing

"Ten-four, good buddy," he said coughing out the last words, his wounds had not seen thier last just yet.  The battle seemed to have turned very tense but slow all at once and Shazam had a clear line of sight to Kaph squadron as they pulled around and headed towards the rest of the imperials.

The battle was, of course, carrying some gruesome casualties, both sides after losing many men, were pulling back just a little to ensure thier own safety.  The space between the rebellion cruisers and thier own was increasing while in the center there had been a furocious battle carrying on as everyone were simply watching. 

The pirates had basically showed up unnoticed by the rebels, probably because they were so engrossed in thier fighters duking it out with the enemy, but it appeared the silent newcomber had really no plans at seeing all the remaining ships.  Surelly, this could not be the remains of the battle, the ships were too great in size and numbers to have been simply lost...  After about a half second of just looking, the pirates realized they were in the center of a still frantic battle. 

After consulting thier leader, or leaders really because two or three seemed to disagree as to what should happen, but the turnout ended up unanimous.  Take what you can but don't wander...  As long as the two sides continued to oppose eachother, they wouldn't worry about being ganged up for the lives of the men who flew the fighters had a real mission and were going to be un-decided, unsure of what they had to do...  What was necessary was most likely going to blur just a bit.

"Nazgul squadron...  We're going defensive, follow me..." Shazam said, a bit tired from the effects of his medicines.  Maybe I should see a doctor, he thought to himself, hopefully the wound isn't as severe as it felt...  Gliding around the strenuous battle scene, Shazam found himself glancing down at the burn whole in his side.  No need to bite my lip though, one of those drugs just cut off the feeling to my lower left side...  Slight burning sensation though, its the bacta tank for me; everyone had formed up on his wing and resembled a tide which was beautiful to look at but suicide to step in front of...

The pirates were currently seperating and making thier way to the smaller ships, most rebels because the imperials had put so much distance inbetween themselves and the massive rebellion navy.  Japheth was probably having a feild-day, he figured as an image of the VEN officer sprinting from console to console and then calming himself down and trying to think constructively.  He couldn't blame someone in the bridge for getting a bit edgy when they have to sit amongst the choas of everyone reporting and reporting, then thiers the orders that must go out along with the strategic stuff which you could barelly understand anymore... 

Shazam had met several bitter bridge-mates who'd been through to many battles, you'd think it was just a laid back job...  Oh well, there was plenty to be looking out for besides the casualty rate and the... 

"Nazgul Squadron engage those modifieds, do not let them take a hit at any of our ships.  The Vestrent has taken heavy damage and is unable to sustain thier shields...  Do not lose that ship..."  Japheth was urgent with this message, and it wasn't a result of the bitter co-workers either.  Checking out the remaining imperials, Shazam gathered there was a lot to lose from anymore destroyed cruisers. 

"You guys heard him, lets get thier before they do.  I am telling you now, these guys will try to confuse you and throw you off guard.  Split the group and expect some serious trouble for yourselves...  Here they come!"  Anxiety was setting in and Shazam couldn't help but be fatigued now that the wound seemed to be showing its true nature, an ugly infection of some sort was moving about the burned tissue from his hip. 

From the eyes of the pirate's eyes, the Vestrent was horizontal and Nazgul squadron continued a steady drift downwards in a spread V.  Directed to pick a target, each imperial pilot loosened his grip on the  controls but kept very watchful of the surrounding fighters, especially the one to the direct left or right, depending on where you were positioned from Shazam who sat cautiously in the center.  The pirates had made themselves 2d and leveled out the playground as well.  A duel then...

Unaware of the type of skill the pirates possesed, Shazam decided he'd attempt to take out as many as humanly possible on the first run, even it out since the group appeared to have about six more than that of Nazgul Squadron.  Four of the incoming stayed back a bit, extremely stressed about what would be coming thier way.

Upon reaching targeting range, the imperials took careful aim and sat at a throttle of around five percent.  All Nazgul fighters were directed to fire carefully and as preciselly as possible to make some damage without forcing them to scatter.  A couple fighters found themselves trapped and just started randomly firing before fried by the now combined fire of two imperial fighters.  After letting off three shots each, the fighters calmly switched to the fighter inbetween the person to the left and themselves.  After these fighters were taken care of, quite leisurly taken care of...  Each of them increased to about sixteen percent throttle, trying not to stray away from the ship they were supposed to be protecting, and re-targeted the ship in which they had fired upon first.  These ships were not because they had been flying passively while watching thier freinds get scorched. 

The tactic was simply known as 'patience'...  As calmly as possible, you would pick off your enemy from a distance, going man to man, then double teaming, then man to man...  At this stage though, it was a bit different, assuming the enemy would speed up considerably to get to thier actual target, the 'patient' fighters would not kick it in and intercept the fighter to thier direct right while on an attack pattern to destroy those ahead. 

Following the pattern of the confused and disoriented pilot under heavy and eratic fire, the pirates rushed ahead and Nazgul flew out to meet them.  By this time, the modifieds were close enough that they would lose very little ground by pushing it to full.  Shazam was leading the pack and was also the only one to meet the target he was heading towards.  Assuming he would be attacked from the side, the head of the enemy group, began to drift to one side to attempt a stray away from the undisclosed attacker.  However, his real enemy stayed true to his target and the modified, more surprised than ever, was suddenly being fired upon by linked cannons in one of its most vital areas.  He was finished before he had time to evade...

(You guys can deal with those who survived the 'patient' attack...)
 
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*Flash Was Here...*

CMDR/WO1 Shazam/Nazgul 1-1/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF/VEN (=A=) [LoM] [LSM]

Jack's TIE Aggressor was taking heavy fire. Still being in Shazam's fighter's cockpit, he wished that he could jump over into his beloved TIE. These pilots, the pirates that had came in, they seemed familiar. For some reason, Jack trusted them while everyone else didn't.

Jack spied a group of B-Wings and Y-Wings heading toward the Devastator. "Sithspawn!" Jack cursed into his comlink. "Rebel bombers headed for the Devastator! They'll peel it apart! We have to do something!" Then Jack switched off his comlink. Jack hooked up a bunch of extra life-support systems, still control his TIE by remote-controll.

"What are you doing?" Shazam asked.

"I'm going to plug a few extra systems into my fighter's computer. I learned this from Dac Valdre," Jack said.

"You mean that guy that tried to kill you on Thyferra?"

"Yep, that's the one."

Jack plugged some more things in and got ready to launch his bomb chute. The enemy fighters were still far from the Devastator. If he could blast them in time, there would be no threat.

Jack sped his TIE Aggressor toward the enemy bombers at full-speed ahead.

"I hope this works," Jack said as he plugged in one last cable and pushed a small button on his right mechanical arm. "Come on, come on..."
 
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Revenge is what holds this galaxy together. Without it, the universe would be a boring place.
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Jack Nebulax, Vast Empire Imperial Navy.
XO/FL/SCRW Jack Nebulax/Nazgul 5 (2-1)/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/Defensive Fleet/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Jack Nebulax, Planetary Governor of Ullyr, Directorate Network (http://www.directorate.net/)
PG/MAG Jack Nebulax/Ullyr/Phare/Empyrean
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Jack "Zax" Nebulax, Commander of Nemesis Wing

The group was trying thier best to stay close to the cruiser, but when forced to swivel from area to area trying to protect parts of the ship from the pirates, it was hard to stay the same distance without creating a gap from time to time. 

The Vestrent was still trying to recover deflector shields of some sort and of any size hoping to get them in time to save themselves.  The onslought from the outside continued as the pirates decided to group up and force a run into one area at a time, this would overthrow anyone who stood in thier way since it would be very difficult to get enough...

Shazam, seeing the strategy at hand, now directed his fighters to clump as well, he himself looped upwards and spiralled around freely until he faced the oncoming fighters.  On Shazam's radar, there was no sign of allied fighters other than those who were attempting to protect the devestator, but there was a voice which Shazam recognized well. 

The group of modifies now closed in with thier remaining seven fighters, they hadn't expected such losses early in the game but kept to it despite a logical battle plan.  This was the first actual sign of an idea by the group of pirates yet and unfortunetly it seemed to be clever enough.  However, oblivious to the fact a lone fighter had begun tailing them for about half a minute, the pirates surged forward at an increased speed with weapons ready. 

Shazam, cannons still linked, began to move sparringly toward the head of the group at a moderate speed.  At about the time the modifieds found they were in firing range, there was a loud bleep as Art suddenly turned on his weapon systems and began a full array of fire onto battering ram.  Shazam now streaked ahead as well as the entire squadron, spreading only slightly just when the pirates began to try and escape.  The tyrranical fire erupting from behind them was vicious but smart when aiming at the lower right portion of the group, forcing them to slugglishly move up into the sights of Shazam.  As if a magnet had been placed on each of the groups, the Nazgul leader a group his own, the two attracting sides seemed to be a track for the beams of energy spouting from the cannons on Shazam's ship, leading right towards them. 

They scattered but were soon entangled in a snarling cage of burs, realizing they were trapped within the imperials.  The pirates were finished, but the unforseen danger of another group attacking the Vestrent soon became apparent. 

Suddenly feeling foolish for leaving no one behind, Shazam shifted his ship around to get a final glance at the craft which they had protected heartilly for the last twenty minutes or so.  Instead of pirates though, it was a struggling group of X-wings who were returnging to thier own ships, bitter from the dogfight which had just ensued with them as the primary target.  They flew steeply, then pulled out before reaching the ship and just let off a few blast for shits and giggles...  Without knowing exactly what they were doing and at some pretty slow speeds, they simply passed without thinking twice.

Within two seconds time, the ship suddenly shuddered and fell within itself and bursting into a fireball as the engines ignited under the stress within.  The three X-wings were enveloped in a brilliant fireball that blinded Shazam a moment or so.  He had failed...
 
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*Flash Was Here...*

CMDR/WO1 Shazam/Nazgul 1-1/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF/VEN (=A=) [LoM] [LSM]

Jack rocked back and forth in Shazam's fighter while the enemy squadron, under the callsign "Jewel," attacked them. One of the many thoughts racing through his head was that he had underestimated them and considered them more of a friend than an enemy. Even though they took care of some of the Rebels, they were launching an attack on the Devastator.

"Sithspawn!" Jack cursed into his comlink, trying to get his fighter, which had been severely damaged, to bring its lasers back online.

"Jack!" Shazam yelled. "Stop fooling around with that fighter of yours! It will get us killed!"

Jack ignored his commander, still playing with the controls to his fighter. With a "Yahoo!" scream, his TIE Aggressor shot behind the pirate's Jewel Squadron, and one by one blew them out of the air.

In a while, out of the near 30 pirates chasing them, only three TIE Bombers, four TIE Interceptors, and a modified pirate Z-95 Headhunter remained. Willtconq, leading Flight Two of Kaph, took care of the rest.

Still, the ISD Devastator was still in trouble when two Rebel Corellian Corvettes, eight B-Wings, and ten A-Wings raced over to stop it from reaching the edge of the damaged Interdictor's range and jump to hyperspace.
 
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Revenge is what holds this galaxy together. Without it, the universe would be a boring place.
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Jack Nebulax, Vast Empire Imperial Navy.
XO/FL/SCRW Jack Nebulax/Nazgul 5 (2-1)/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/Defensive Fleet/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Jack Nebulax, Planetary Governor of Ullyr, Directorate Network (http://www.directorate.net/)
PG/MAG Jack Nebulax/Ullyr/Phare/Empyrean
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Jack "Zax" Nebulax, Commander of Nemesis Wing

(OOC: Lol, bye Judy!)

Bright light shone into Laguna's eyes as he awoke in the recovery room.  Everything was white.  For once, no pain shot through his body, only confusion.  He lifted his head up, and looked down his body.  He twinkled his toes to make sure he could feel everything, then sat up.

Thoughts flashed back once again of the entire battle.  The capture, the cutting of the arm, and the rescue.  Laguna looked down at his harm, to see it looked normal again.  But it didn't feel normal.  The feeling was entirely gone in his arm, but he could still move it.  It was mechanical, not human, but only the bottom half from his elbow.  The rest still had feeling.

Laguna lifted up his arm, and moved his joints a few times.  The arm moved a little quicker than before.  Laguna lifted his hand up, and slammed it into the table he was sitting on.  A large dent creased down in the metal.  This arm was incredable.

"Wow, credit to the guy who made this thing for me!  Its even better than my other arm!" Laguna said to himself with excitement.

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Laguna exited the medical room, dressed in his regular clothes.  Doctors and nurses tried to stop him, but he pushed to the crowd, looking for answers.

After arriving at the bridge, an stared out the long window, surveying the battle.  The Vast Empire was on the run, being defeated.  Laguna could see 2 Corvettes pursueing, along with some A-wings, but that was it.  They were almost out of the damaged Interdictors range of gravity wells.  Laguna spotted a familiar site, Shazam's Star Viper, along with Jacks Tie Agressor, and Dirk in his fighter.  Owoemana followed close behind, and Arturus was off somewhere else.  Laguna thought for a moment.  The new recruit, Judith.  Where had she gone? Chances are she is just tailing behind, but Laguna thought of the worst.

Laguna whipped around after looking at the battlefield.  He ran back to his quarters, and slipped on his flight suit.  He rushed towards the Hanger, being blocked by mechanics everywhere.  They were still preping for the evacuation if it was needed.  The Klaxons were still going in their loud, familiar tone, as they had been the whole battle.

The hanger held only a few fighters.  A few regular Ties, and two bombers.  Laguna searched around for something else.  There was one lone Interceptor in the corner.  It didn't quite look like a tie interceptor, some kind of modified craft.  It was more aerodynamic, more sleek, smooth.  Deadly.  It was a Hornet Interceptor.  Laguna sprinted towards the newly aquired fighter, but was stopped by a superior officer.

"You can't go out there, you just got out of recovery," the officer prompted.

"Who's gonna stop me?" Laguna said back to the officer.

He hesitated for a moment, then his eyes fell back on Laguna.

"Go" was all he said.

Laguna fell into the seat of the fighter.  It smelled so clean, like it was new.  Laguna had heard of these kind of fighters before.  They were only manufactured for the best of the best in the Imperial Navy.  It was a REB killin machine, something that was like a legend, unstoppable.

The fighter came to life as Laguna flew across the dashboard, prepping for flight.  His radar filled with red dots, and green dots.  He keyed the engine, and the fighter slowly lifted into the air.  Laguna shot the throttle forward, and bursted out of the hanger, into the battlefield.

Laguna switched around the frequency on the radio.  He placed it on the Nazgul private cahnnel that was made in previous emergency situations.

"This is Nazgul 9, I am back" Laguna said through the com.

"Well, nice to have you back," said a familiar voice.

"Shaz.  Whats the report?"

"Well, we got these Corvettes on our asses, and the pirates are tied up with the Rebels.  We are trying to clear the area of fighters before we engage the corvettes.  We are almost out of the Interdictors gravity well area."

Laguna though back to when he was surveying the battlefield.

"What happened to Judy?" Laguna saidi discouraged.

"Shes...shes gone," Shazam said sadly.  "Rest her soul"

"Ugh...." said Laguna

"I got Jack in here, he's remote controlling his Agressor from my ship.  Crazy isn't it?"

Jack's voice could be heard bickering in the background about Shazam's last comment.

"!@#%" Shazam yelled.  "They're all over us"

"Engaging" said Laguna

The A-wings were riding Shazam and Jack from behind.  They were laying down the fire pretty heavy.  Laguna put some energy back into his engines as he tried to catch up with the dogfight.

Shazam broke to the left, twirling and twirling out of the laser fire.  Jack's Agressor continued on, attempting to take out the other group of A-wings.

Laguna pulled hard right as the A-wings came around into his range.  Transfering his engines back over to his lasers, he tried to keep on the tails of the trio of A-wings.

Once the lasers were charged, he fired into the group of A-wings, splitting them apart, and getting a few shots in on the shields.  This craft manuevered so much better than a regular tie, and even an Interceptor.

The tie on the left seemed to struggle a little, so Laguna split off for attack.  Once he was on the tail he fired three burst of lasers into the A-wing, ripping it into pieces.  He pulled up on the flight stick, spinning through the fire, as he met another one of the A-wings.

The red bolts caught the side of Laguna's fighter as he pulled out of the debris.  "DAMNIT!" Laguna yelled as he tried to get out of the attack from the A-wing.  Things twirled in front of him as he tried to get control of his craft again, when another scream came through the com.  The last of the Alpha Squadron ties met his death as he smashed into the side of a corvettes.

The A-wing tried getting more shots in on Laguna, but none of them hit the target.  As Laguna was trying to get around behind the A-wing, green bolts flashed from behind, ripping the A-wing apart, piece by piece.  Owoemana had got another kill, making him an ace.

"Nice kill Mana" Laguna said in relief.  "Thanks"

"No problem, just looking out for a fellow pilot"

The rest of the A-wings slowly met their death, either by Laguna, Shaz, Jack, Dirk, or Owoemana.  The Squadron formed up after a long dogfight.  The figters were gone, but the corvettes still remained.


 
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Laguna Loire
Leader of Nazgul Flight 3
Vast Empire Navy
FL/LCRW Laguna/Nazgul 3-1/Wing I/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Ex-soldier turned journalist, Laguna is a strong willed man with amazing energy. His compassion for the unfortunate drivers him to help the weak and bring down their oppressors.

(Ok this is my first time so go easy on me if this sucks)


As Eeth Koth sits in the Kaph SQ locker room he can hear the battle raging on out side and all he can do is think about what his flight instructor said to his flight the last day of training.

"Ok boys and girls we are at war and some of you will never see your home world or families again that is no lie we live in Space and die by fire your only family is the pilot fly your wing so watch their back and they will watch yours".

Little did he know that he would be thrown into the shit his first week on the Devastator

Eeth is broken from his daze by the loud speaker

ALL PILOTS REPORT TO THE HANGER DECK ALL PILOTS REPORT TO THE HANGER DECK.

Eeth grabs his helmet and heads to hanger deck

As he enters the hanger all he can see is old beat up light duty TIE fighters he run to the best looking one its name on the side read Firefly.  As he jumped in the crew quickly strapped him in as the cockpit closed the chief yelled bring her back to me.  Eeth gave him the thumbes up the crew cleared and Eeth punched it a screamed out of the hanger and into space.

He looked down at his radar and seen and set a heading for the green dots it's was Nazgul SQ he switched to their com net and waited for the right time to jump in.

Kaph 2 to Nazgul 5

This is Nazgul 5 who is this

This is Eeth and im heading to you what's the plane Nazgul 5

As Nazgul 5 tell Eeth the plan his ship shacks and his rear shield drop a little bite

CRAP NAZGUL 5 I have a bandit on my tail

Nazgul 5 answer back come down rookie remember your training and blast him.

Eeth pulls back on the stick and put full power to the engine and come up behind the bandit and unloads every thing he has with in second then enemy fighter was engulfed in a ball of fire.

GOOD JOB ROOKIE now get up here with us and help take out this corvette target its reactor and send them rebel scum straight to hell.

By the time Eeth caught up with Nazgul SQ the corvette was already smoking. 

Eath saw Nazgul 5 making a run on the corvette so he fallowed him in just as he was about to make his attack run a xwing popped up on Nazgul 5 tail

Kaph 2 can you clear my tail

Roger that al ready on it Nazgul 5 Eeth let 5 good well placed shots lose and saw them rip the fighter apart

Thanks rookie know let go finish off that corvette  as they both completed their attack run the corvette started to loose its orbited and roll on its side "All fighters pull back" Nazgul 5 commands.  As the corvette explodes

Owemana did it take out the other corvette

Hell yea it did they are both on fire

WooHoo GOOD JOB every one Eeth yells over the com

Easy Rookie it's not over yet Nazgul 5 yells


 
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Eeth Koth
We Live in Space and Die By Fire.
FM/CRW Eeth Koth/Kaph2 /Wing1/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VE

      Chip skimmed along just 15 meters from the Devastator's hull, with Dag another 15 above, behind, and slightly to the right. He hoped the rebs wouldn't spot him here until it was too late. Where had they come from? Last time he had checked they had been scambling to keep the pirates from shredding their capital ships. Which, Chip thought, had been far to close to getting creamed to allow an attack like this. Humph. Maybe the thought of taking out an ISD was considered an acceptable trade to them.

      The rebs had two corvettes nearby. One was smoking, flaming, and basically screwed. But the other was still in decent condition. What had he heard said? 90-something percent hull? Chip was too busy keeping tabs on this new pirate squad to check. They were a few clicks out still. Closing quick, and getting ready to turn on their warhead targetting systems. Well. That just couldn't be allowed.

      "Chippy. Chippy, ya there? Man, where is ya?"

      Chip would have bounced for joy in his seat at the sound of his friend if he hadn't been strapped down by the safety belts. "T'ilc! Crap man, where the heck have you been? We're getting pounded out here. There's a pirate squadron getting ready for a warhead run on the Dev. I'm just at the tip of the ship, top-side. Get on my wing, man."

      "Gotcha. I's theah in a minute."

      Chip chuckled to himself. T' had always had some trouble with talking. That had gotten him into a good bit of trouble with some up-tight officers, who insisted on perfect pronunciation. Plus, the guy had a tendency to drink just a little more than was appropriate... They'd been flying together since Aegis squadron. Hmm. Damn, that thought made Chip feel old again...

      T's personal fighter formed up on Chip's left wing. Alright, the pirates were just one klick out before they'd be able to start targetting the Devastator. It would take a little while for them to get a lock, but the margin between now and when they'd be launch-capable had Chip worried. Would he make it in time to get them to break off? It was going to be close...

      His little flight was at max throttle. It was one and a half clicks before he was in cannon range, and the pirates had only 7 seconds left before they'd have a lock. "Damn! We're not gonna get there in time! Get ready to shoot down the warheads."

      "But sir, that's nearly imposible!"

      "Stuff it Dag! The glass is half full! And "nearly imposible" leaves that near chance of making it!"

      One second. Suddenly a burst of cannon fire obliterated the lead pirate, and one of the Z-95's flying wing. A TIE Advanced burst past the wreckage as the pirate squadron scrambled out of the way. Jack! He'd transfered all his shield power into his engines and gotten behind them! "Jeez Jack, nice one."

      "Thanks Chip. Hey, watch it, two of them have your tail!"

      Two bolts wizzed past Chip, one more contacting his shields and two burning intp Dag's shields. "Take evassive!" They broke off, one Z-95 tailing Chip, the other following Dag. Til'c was left free, and mistake that the pirate on Chip's tail would not have the chance to repeat.

      The idiots must have been beyond stupid to try to fly Z-95's against the VE's upgraded TIE Interceptors. The Z-95 "Headhunters" just couldn't hack it. Didn't have the speed, manueverablity, nor the firepower. Headhunters were more like flying coffins than anything else. T' tore through the guy's shields in no time, then landed three bolts directly into the engine ports and one more to the R2 unit. After the explosion, the only thing left was the cockpit and nose cone spiralling off into space like a spear.

      But the second had better luck. Dag was still a rookie pilot, and better TIE or not, couldn't shake him. "Sir, he's right on me! I've lost shields!"

    Chip jerked starboard as hard as he could, coming about 170 degrees. He was almost directly infront of Dag, at just the slightest angle. Dag was blocking his shot. He couldn't freaking shoot! Two more bolts passed Dag. Then a third hit the left strut. With out his shields left, the cannon bolt tore through the strut and snapped off the left panel. Chip fired...

      ...and hit the headhunter square in the cockpit. The pirate slammed straight into Dag's wreckage, and the whole mess exploded in a brilliant flare, then died out as the last bits of oxygen from the life support systems burned out.
 
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XO/FL/WO2 Chipmunk Man/Kaph 9/Phoenix/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)[LoC][MC:1][LSM][MC:1]

"Well ask anybody, I'm a pretty good guy,
And the 'looks-decent' wagon didn't pass me by.
There ain't nothing in my past that I'm tryin' hard to hide.
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why:
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town?"
                     -Joe Nichols

The battle became very intense as the VE fighters held off the pirate and Rebel fighters trying to attack the ISD Devstator as it made it's way to the edge of the damaged Interdictor's range.

Luckily, the Star Destroyer's cone-shaped bow had just gotten ready to touch the invisible line separating them from freedom.

Still, a group of pirate fighters under the callsign "Diamond Squadron" raced toward the escaping Imperial Star Destroyer.

"Okay, Nazgul Squadron," Shazam said into his comlink, "This might get pretty bumpy between the pirate fighters and that Interdictor's range end."

Jack only heard silence before the screaming roar of pirate fighters blasted their lasers, breaking that almost-serene silence.

"Come on, come on!" Jack yelled at his TIE Aggressor, which was slowing down. But a flip of a switch caused it to speed past Shazam's StarViper and slingshot around it, speeding around it so it was on a parallel course to Ruby Squadron.

The pirates had aparently figured out what the TIE was doing, so they split up, making themselves better targets for all the surviving VE fighters as they shot toward their prey. Jack tried to keep his starfighter on the tail of a pirate CloakShape fighter as Shazam's StarViper raced off for another.

Jack heard a voice come through his comlink. It was Chip, and he was saying: "News from the Devastator! They've reached the edge of the Interdictor's range!"

Laguna's voice came over next. "How much longer until we're clear for hyperspace?"

"Don't know," Chip replied.

"I guess we'll find out soon," Willtconq said.

"Not soon enough," Jack said as he spied a group of Rebel A-Wings, B-Wings, and X-Wings head toward the Star Destroyer and it's path to freedom.

"Attack!" everyone said at the same time, observing the Rebels Jack had pointed out.
 
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Revenge is what holds this galaxy together. Without it, the universe would be a boring place.
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Jack Nebulax, Vast Empire Imperial Navy.
XO/FL/SCRW Jack Nebulax/Nazgul 5 (2-1)/Wing 1/mSSD Atrus/Defensive Fleet/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Jack Nebulax, Planetary Governor of Ullyr, Directorate Network (http://www.directorate.net/)
PG/MAG Jack Nebulax/Ullyr/Phare/Empyrean
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Jack "Zax" Nebulax, Commander of Nemesis Wing

      Chip sat on his bunk, with Til'c leaning against the doorframe. Chip was cleaning his shotgun. Again. Ah yes, the repulsive smell of cleaning solvent and rust-preventative spray had now filled the room. Chip half hated the smell, and yet it reminded him of his love for his guns. Particularly his slug-thrower collection... He owned several now, including a sniper rifle, some blasters, and this shotgun. Maintaining them was becoming an enjoyable habit, even when they weren't dirty.

      "Chippy, you's gonna wear them things out."

      "Well, I've got more money. If I do, then I'll get new ones. 'Sides, what else am I gonna spend my money on?"

      "Send it home?"

      Chip's eyes narrowed. His voice was almost a growl. "You know better than that."

    "Eh, yeah." T' looked away, seeing that several of the pictures Chip used to have on display were missing. It had been a while since the two had last met, and Chip had certainly changed since his time in the Academy. And since his time in Aegis. Humph. Well, Chip couldn't be blamed. Probably the only thing that had kept him from blowing his own head off had been the need for revenge. And even after Chip got it, if he got it, T' wasn't sure that Chip wouldn't just go a head and finish himself off then.

      Chip looked back at his shotgun. Hmm, almost finished. It had been scrubbed clean of powder residue, and properly lubricated. He worked the action. Smooth and quiet. He gave it a few sprays of Sheath Rust Preventative. Dang, that stuff worked like magic. All that was left was to wipe off the excess, and put the gun back in it's place. The oily smell worked its way into everything, makey the room stink somewhat, but it protected the guns so well that Chip loved it anyway.

      Til'c took a step into the hallway, then turned around. "I's goin' for some food. You wanna come?"

      Chip sighed. "Yeah, sure. Just let me try to wash some of this solvent off my hands."
 
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XO/FL/WO2 Chipmunk Man/Kaph 9/Phoenix/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE/(=A=)(=SA=)[LoC][MC:1][LSM][MC:1]

"Well ask anybody, I'm a pretty good guy,
And the 'looks-decent' wagon didn't pass me by.
There ain't nothing in my past that I'm tryin' hard to hide.
And I don't understand why I gotta wonder why:
What's a guy gotta do to get a girl in this town?"
                     -Joe Nichols

The hydrospanner fell to the ground as Laguna tried making some adjustments on his newly aquired Hornet Interceptor.  He had claimed it as his own, and purchased it.  He spotted Shazam and Jack exiting the hanger.

"Guys, wait up," Laguna yelled to his two fellow pilots as they brisked through the doorway.

Shazam and Jack stopped for a moment and turned around.  Jack looked discouraged, and Laguna picked up a bad vibe from him.

"Jack, whats up man?" Laguna asked.

"Ahh, not really anything.  We'll talk about it later.  I say we go do something to get our minds off this whole thing that we just got done with..." Jack said.

"Nah, I need to go rest up.  I like just recovered before the end of the battle, and my body isn't used to this 'arm' I have here.

Shazam nodded.  "I think we should all go get some rest.  We are at a holt for a while.  I'll just put the message out for all of us to meet sometime this week and figure out what our new orders will be.

Both Laguna and Jack agreed, and went to their seperate bunks.  Upon arrival at his room, Laguna checked the time.  It was really early in the morning, if their is morning in space he thought.

There was no day and night in space.  Back on Correlia, there were days and nights.  Fun with his friends, good memories.  Until he joined CorSec with his father.  Things were going just fine until he was 16.  His father had been in CorSec for years, but was called on a new assignment.  One of the sort that he had never done before.

Laguna snapped out of his daze of a flashback.  He was taught by his old teacher that memories were bad.  They held you down, made you live in the past.  It was one of the worst things that could happen to Laguna right now.  With all of the things that had just happened in the battle.  The lost of his natural arm, the war cries of the soldiers on the M-80, dieing.

It was a whole new life.....
 
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Laguna Loire
Leader of Nazgul Flight 3
Vast Empire Navy
FL/LCRW Laguna/Nazgul 3-1/Wing I/mSSD Atrus/VEN/VE (=A=)
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Ex-soldier turned journalist, Laguna is a strong willed man with amazing energy. His compassion for the unfortunate drivers him to help the weak and bring down their oppressors.