The Revolt of Loxius

[Taurik]

Captain Taurik materialized on the surface of the planet Loxius. Unable to sense his destination from orbit, he had put himself right into the center of the life activity he could feel. Unfortunately, that happened to be the public square, in which also resided several military officers and soldiers.

"Hey, you there!" yelled one officer. "Identify yourself!"

As the man, accompanied by his subordinates, approached Taurik, the Vulcan quickly delved into the depths of the officer's mind, finding his decision and perception centers and grasping them.

"I don't believe there's any need for that," Taurik said.

The officer looked at him a moment, then shrugged. "Yeah, you're probably right."

The ease with which this was achieved led Taurik to believe he may be able to extract information from the man.

"Excuse me, sir? Where might I find a woman by the name of Zayan?"

The officer turned on his heel. "Zayan? She's under classified lockdown! Only top brass would know about her! Say, who are you? Tell me, now!"

Taurik realized he had pushed his luck too far. There would be no manipulating this situation. The Vulcan summoned a powerful blast of psionic energy, and hurled it at the officer. The Loxian flew across the square, promptly breaking his back and neck after colliding with the wall of a building.

A short, similar exertion was necessary to eliminate his comrades. Taurik proceeded to strip the lead officer of his uniform, so that he could change into it himself. The task of altering others' perceptions of oneself was much easier if the only anomalous factor is one's face, after all. After hiding his commbadge and khala hilt on his person, Taurik proceeded to continue in his search.

[Ardeth Wildcat]

"Scans say the prisoners are on... the surface, sir." Ardeth said, pulling his cloak sleeve over the bright screen of the wrist computer.  He leapt again, his tail giving him supreme agility and balance surpassed only by gyroscopes, which didn't let him tuck and roll when he needed to.  A bright green beam shot from his gloved right hand, leaving nothing but ash from the guard foolishly looking at him.  This blew away easily.  Growling softly, he flashed a signal to Blaze, near invisible.  the dim light glinted against his 4 metal fangs, sitting with a mouthful of real teeth.  He wanted fangs when those 4 were taken out from battle damage.  2 flashes, an all clear.

[Blaze]

*Blaze ran closely behind Ardeth carrying the child with him that was hanging from his neck and sitting on his pack, Blaze called a halt to ardeth, as he pointed to the shadowy figure in front of the ships door, the light of the moon shone down on top of the figure showing the very likeness of Ardeth, Blaze just stood there showing no surprise at all, but let the child down and motioned to both children to hide in the underbrush, Blaze then took the kid from Ardeth and put him on the ground as both children scurried off to hide in the underbrush*

[Ardeth Wildcat]

Ardeth snarled, hating his 'perfect' brother already.  He got the fun stuff while Ardeth was dumped on watch duty.

[Baphomet]

**Vulcan Shuttle Kelata**

The computer indicated that the ANTS had finished the superficial damage, so Baphomet cloaked the Kelata and moved back into the approaching forces, this time with all weapons armed.

But before she would decloaked, she considered the logical thing to do would be to take out the rest of the AAC's.
Doing so with several strafing runs, every single AAC became balls of plasma and decending debris.

Baphomet decided then to concentrate on the remaining battle tanks and APC's, as the ground forces are not much of a threat to the Kelata.

Baphomet took the Kelata up high above the forces nad decloaked the vessel and brought the subspace shields up to full strength.

While still out of range, Baphomet programmed a sequence of of attack maneuvers.

Once complete, Baphomet let the computer take over.
The Kelata increased speed to full atmospheric impulse and fired a full volley of Phaser fire, Meson pulses and Quantum torpedoes.

Every single APC was obliterated along with every battle tank bar one which had maneuvered, either on purpose or accidental, when the Kelata began it's preprogrammed attack.

Several of the tanks, during the attack run, managed to fire upon the Kelata but with only minor damage to most of the systems, Baphomet calculated that the odds of the Kelata and herself surviving thecontinuing battle was slim at best.

But as Surak once said: "The needs of many, out weigh the needs of the few, or the one."
She considered that the logical thing to do was continue regardless, as many lives depend on her to keep going with the attack.

[Dyien]

<Loxian Homeworld>

A small scout/light cruiser varient vessel drops from a hyperspace event window into transorbital orbit. The Avenger, under the Command of Dyien has been watching this system for sometime.

As the Avenger enters orbit, the cloaking device goes offline for 2.056 seconds to recharge and then comes back online as they decend into the planets atmosphere.

[Dyien]

<Blaze Location>

After a Orange transporter haze disappears, tons of military supplies are seen by Blaze and his team. A message was laying on one of them in holo form.

Dyien appears on the holo.

"Have fun, I want these back in one piece."

[Randall Sanchez]

OFF: I take it Zayan is in labour already?

*Sanchez hears the screams of Zayan echoing through the corridors.*
"Oh my... is someone torturing her?? No, she doesn't sound like that, she... she... oh no, is she in labour???"

[Zayan]

*Outside on the battle field the Exile and Rebbel forces break through the remaining ranks of the Government.  Soon after the last resistance of the Government is squashed.  The reign of the Loxian Government at an end, the Loxian people begin to pick up the pieces.  The dead are seperated from the wounded, and prepaired for burrial by those able.  Families long seperated by the Government find each other, some joyiously, some in sorrow. There is much work for the newly free Loxian people and much help needed to get them back on track.*

[Zayan]

*At first the revolt was going well.  The Loxian Government was not prepaired nor expecting an orbital attack by the Loxian Exiles.  In the first pass the Exiles mannaged to take out two flagships, one battleship, and at least 50 small fighters.  The element of surprise gone, the Government counter attacked.  The Exile ships were swift for short distances and very manuverable.  They were built more for gurilla fighting, something that is good for fighting in the Dark Passage with all the asteroids.  In open space their ships dodged around the Government ships like pests.  Out of nowhere came more Government ships, there was twice as many than there were to begin with!  The Government fleet created a net to crush the Exiles with.  Soon every Exile ship was dodging for their lives.  One third of their number were vaporized.  Seeing they were out numbered Zayan gives the order to draw back to Vontak Nor.  The remainder of the Exiles attempted to break free from the killing net.  Half of them were able to escape, at the cost of their comrads who's ships were damaged and crash landed on Loxius (Zayan's ship was among them).  The remaining one third of the Exiles were not persued, as the Government quickly gathered any serviving criminals from the crashes before they could get underground.  The crash servivors were not given any medical attention.  Those who would die from their wounds were tried for treason and exicuted on the spot.  The Exiles were cramed 20 to a cell the wounded with the unwounded (though badly brused).

Zayan was fourtunate that all she had was a broken arm (yet she was unsure of the well being of her child).  As a mother she hoped beyond hope that the child of her love was still alive.  Yet as she was to be tried then executed, Zayan could only hope that her child was dead.  As they would cut any unborn child from its mother, to raise in their military hospital, before the mother's execution.*

[Zaphan]

Zaphan heard the intonation in Zayan's statement and did her best to surpress her instiable curiosity, with a modicum of success.

"Yes General, I can definately fly her and my adoptive uncle adapted the Impulse engines with Subspace field inverters;
Just hold onto something when I activate them."

Zaphan smiled...

[Zayan]

Wait we need to go to the tactical room so I can input a code in the security system.  The code will activate a testing sequence check to make sure that everything is working properly with the security system.  It is not much, but with the program running the defences can't fire and no one in the compound ops will see us going to the hangaar.

*Zayan stops for a moment to tie the rifle to her broken arm with the weapon's strap.*

This way, follow me.  We are not very far from it.

[Taurik]

(OFF: Holy goodness, you two post fast!)

"I see. Excellent thinking, General."

Taurik eliminated a guard as they turn the corner, hitting him with a powerful burst of psionic energy. The guard died of impact trauma almost immediately.

[Blaze]

OOC**Dont worry Ardeth, Soon you will have the fun, sense the Loxian corrupted government wont allow Taurik, specially Zayan, and Zaphan to escape the prison in one peice http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>.  So there should be atleast a patrol heading our way soon http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>.  The fun is about to happen http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>.

IC**

*Taking the next hour to cut threw the back of the ship near what Blaze thinks is the cargo bay, with a loud sound carrying thud the peice of metal falls inward, Blaze took up a ready position with his phaser rifle*

<Blaze to Ardeth>

"Ardeth, im entering now.  Keep an eye out for trouble.  The loxian government wont let these 3 to escape.  If needed fall back to the crashed ship and take cover."

<Blaze out>

*Blaze proceeded threw the corridors of the ship checking each room carefully.  Blaze signaled for Malcolm to secure the door and Blaze would proceed forward alone.  Blaze continued from the rear to the cockpit carefully checking each room, but when Blaze got to one of the rooms Blaze veiwed an unexpecting thing, it was Taurik and Zayan*

"Taurik, whats going on here?" As Blaze said this he took off his pack and handed Taurik a medium sized medical kit, then noticing Tauriks smashed arm, took a hyperspray out of his pack and injected Taurik with it, then grabbed his pack and put it back on, then grabbed his rifle.

"Taurik, I just injected you with a nanite serum.  It should start to repair your arm soon.  That medical kit should help you.  I have 2 others with me.  How many more people are aboard ?"

<Blaze to Ardeth>

"Seal the ship and activate the ships internal and external weapon systems.  We will be moving out soon, but it seems that the Exile General is pregnant.  We may need to bunker down here."

<Blaze out>

[Baphomet]

**Vulcan Shuttle Kelata**

Baphomet new it would be a while before the shuttles could reach the surfice, given the Starfleet shuttles' inferior engines and therefore decided to bombard the Loxian army with more of the Kelata's superior weapons.

As a Vulcan and designer of the prototype Kelata class vessel, she could not take pride in her work as that would be an illogical emotion, but to her the Shuttle was satisfactory for it's purpose.
Which is the first in a series of Kelata class vessels designed for surveillance, but could also take the place of a battlecruiser if needed.

With this in mind, Baphomet set a strafing run at the Loxian army, first to decloak above them and fire a spread of Quantum torpedoes fore and the aft as rising to a vector of 45 degrees and away from the army cloaking again.
As she did this 5 more battle tanks were either irrepairably damaged or obliterated, as several hundred Loxian ground troops met their maker via highly charged plasma.

Baphomet, knowing that she would have to keep this up for a long time, checked the compliment of Quantum torpedoes and decided it was time to change to the Meson canons.

She then configured the Shuttle for a decloak/recloak strafing run, as the army decided it was time to fire wildly in the air with the tanks as the APC's and ground troops moved on.
The AAC's were still trying to find their attacker, running diagnostics now then, due to conclusion their optical sensors were 'seeing things'.

Baphomet engaged the strafing run, as the shuttle decloaked it took several hits from the tanks, reducing the shields to 90%.
The Meson canons fired, causing the some of the tanks and an APC to be crushed under micro-gravity wells.

The Kelata cloaked again, as ANTS (Autonomous NanoTech System) began their task of repairing the damage caused by the last attack.
Baphomet took the Kelata to a safe distance for the repairs to ensue, while watching the Loxian forces on the sensors.