The Revolt of Loxius

[Zayan]

*With one last mighty push from Zayan the child slips out.  With all that she has been through she passes out from exhaustion.*

OFF: may want to tend to her broken arm and burned hand eventually.

[Zaphan]

Zaphan could no longer control her insatiable curiosity and in the shadow of impending doom, she considered that there was no better time.

"General Zayan, as I will probably die soon, you tripped up on a secret past of yours.
Seeing as there doesn't seem to be a destraction coming anytime soon, I would like to know how you are so sure you can get us out of this, I have always wondered about the past of the legendary Zayan.
Pleeeaaase!!!"

Zaphan grins cheakily...

[Ardeth Wildcat]

Ardeth grinned, scenting Blaze, and leapt lightly, landing softly and silently on the other side.  He aimed a laser gloved hand at a guard who had seen him, and silenced him before he could speak.  He then slowly worked his way around, silencing those that saw him.

[Blaze]

<Blaze looks around and kneels picking up what looks to be a locket of a Loxian female and what appears to be her remains, also taking in the room there was desecrated bodies of Loxian males and females thrown across the room, some were pinned up like they were trophies on stakes, others looked as if they were eaten bye something.  Looking over the bodies Blaze stops in front of one of them vaguely recognizes one of the bodies of a young female looking vaguely like Zayan's sister*

<Looks to Ardeth>

"Zayan wont like this when she finds out about this.  These government scum might have sunk to a all time low.  Government cover up most likely.  We best get out of here now.  Put the charges up around this prison room, we must bury them, and get revenge for this honorless massacre." Blaze then set down his pack and took out several charges set for remote detonation.

"Lets set these up." Blaze's ears picked up on what sounded like a childs voice from beneath the floor boards.

*Blaze finds a trap door that was roughly hewned and primitively hidden, inside the small confinement were 2 smaller children who were the only witness's for this slaughter*

"We will get answers later, lets get these kids away from here, lets take them outside and set up the charges." Blaze said with a growl.

[Ardeth Wildcat]

"Locks, best when cooked well." Ardeth said, tapping that laser glove.  Ardeth's speedy walk was keeping up with Blaze's run.  He could sprint rapidly, reaching rather amazing speeds.  "I'm also good at knocking doors over, but it's loud.  I've looped the cameras, when I hacked the system, so they'll not see us sneak in, do our job, and slip out, racing back to our starting spot.  And how will we get back, the fighter, or the Transporter?"  Ardeth spoke softly.

[Blaze]

"Ardeth get the 2 kids out of the underbrush, Malcolm on the ship, you know how to fire ships weapons ?, come with me.  Ill prep the ship for launch."

<<Okie, Ardeth get the kids now we wait for Taurik, Zayan, and Zaphan to post>>

[Zaphan]

OOC: Yeah but we can crash it first, what did you think of my previous post? http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

IC: Zaphan had no luck with the engines what-so-ever, they were going down and going down hard, unpowered.
However she had one last trick under her sleave and even that was flimsy at best.

Zaphan quickly ran back to the bridge as fast as she could, once there she took a deep breath.

=A=Ship wide=A=

"Buckle up boys and girls, this is going to be rough; Zayan I'm sorry, but the Drak'kai's had enough and there's nothing I can Frelling do about it."

=A=Bridge Out=A=

Zaphan, configured the retro-thrusters and AG generators to slow and cushion the decent.
The crippled vessel nosed into the Loxius atmosphere at a hard 45 degree angle, Zaphan doing her best to keep it steady.

She punched into the navigation sensors, the softest place to land as the Drak'kai plumeted through the icy Loxian air at 750 meters per second.
Zaphan gave a 2 minute burst from the braking thrusters, every 3 minutes to slow their decent and to compensate for the mass to air to wind thermal ratio.
The outer city plains came quicker than expected, so Zaphan adjusted the braking thrusters for continuous flame, as she also adjusted the antigravity generators for maximum effect and tried to maintain the shields to help cushion the blow.

After a moment it was all over, most of the bridge was submerged in ice and soil.
The engines were completely dead, but luckily the auxillary Sarium Krellide power cells were fully charged and maintained heating and lights, despite some of the lights flickering from burnt out relays and ruptured EPS conduits of which the fire sppression system had already under control.

Zaphan sat there waiting for her body to stop shaking and after a while, with her body and voice still shaking, activated the intercom.

=A=Ship Wide=A=

"I-I-Is e-everone okay, sound off please...uh...everyone okay? Zayan?; Taurik?..."

=A=Bridge out=A=

Zaphan didn't want to risk another subspace communication is case it was picked up by the Loxian government, so she adjust the tranceiver to give of a static burst of 3 pulses repeated every three minutes.
Hoping that the Federation vessels the sensors showed in orbital combat would be able to pick it up as a destress call, but the Loxian Government would dismiss as background noise.

Zaphan did something she would never thought she would ever do and never do again, she fainted...

[Zayan]

*Zayan is slightly consious and sees alot of blood smeared on the walls.  Unsure of where she is or what is going on she begins to freek out.  Beleiving to be back at the Temple massicar.  Zayan has another contraction that brings her back to the pressent.  Unable to see clearly she tries to yell.*

Get away...... from me and.... my child!

*Zayan reaches for a weapon, anything that she can get her hands on to keep them back.  Her hand grasps nothing but air.  Just then the ship rocks with an impact on the hull.  The battle for Loxius has reached them.*

[Taurik]

"Very well, commander. Stand by for my order. Taurik out."

Drawing his energy sword, Taurik looks at Blaze beside him, and then to the advancing army in the distance.

"Our odds seem astronomical, do they not?"

[Nonir]

=/\= Nonir to Baphomet =/\=
"We are in formation and awaiting further instruction, Sir."

*...Suddenly Robert shuttle is rocked back and forth as it is hit by a barrage of surface to air anti-aircraft missles. Shields on the aft port dorsal side of the craft fail and the impulse on the port side is destroyed and the impact cuased the shuttle to fly into an uncontrollable spin to the surface. Robert attempts to regain control but all fail...*

[Ardeth Wildcat]

Ardeth's eyes glowed yellow with fury as he took his laser glove and fired a powerful burst that swept away a lot of Loxian Soldiers. He growled out, "That's for my family's honor."  He cranked up the power on the glove, and fired, blowing up a tank and taking out a group of soldiers.  "And that is for my brother." he said.  He reached to his left arm, pressed a button, and whispered, "Hal!  Can you hear me?!"  A crackly voice came through the minorly damaged speaker, "Yes, I can, father.  I'm coming to you.  Just give me a while to find you, and I'll be there." Hal told him through the speaker.  A splash of midnight blue light illuminated the dark shell of Hal 2000 as he motored up to Blaze and Ardeth.  "You called." came his small, quiet voice as he picked up a small weapon.  "Downloading files to operate this weapon.. Complete." he said, pumping lots of weapons fire out there, a small laser type weapon doing damage.

[Zayan]

OFF: Me and Sanchez will be busy in the comming weeks and unable to post.  Remember Zayan is not to be moved from the planet until after Sanchez sees her.
The battle will end shortly after Zayan and Sanchez are back together (and Zayan gives birth).

[Taurik]

"There is combat in the nearby city, I can sense it. Mr. Matthews, I need your shuttle and several volunteers."

[Zaphan]

As Zayan was having her contractions, she squeezes Zaphan's arm who was with her the whole time trying to make things comfortable and also guarding the General as well.

"OUCH...Thanks Zayan for sharing your pain with me... HEHEHE!"

*Zaphan grinned cheekily*

Zaphan had dropped the Compression Rifle she was holding at the time, but made no move to pick it up, expecting another squeeze any moment.

OOC: Sorry I haven't posted as Zaphan for a while, hope this fits in.

[Blaze]

*Comes into the room as the Doctor was tending to the newborn*

"Dont mean to literally sound heartless, but Ardeth has powered up the Sword of Justice, we can get her into the crude medical bay board my ship, then get out of here.  Captain's, I highly reccomend we get out of here right now.  Or those soldiers will break threw the lines.  And slaughter everyone in there path.  So if shes stabilized, lets go." Said Blaze in a hurried but calm voice.