posted April 25, 2000 03:25 PM               

A junior officer approached Admiral Jackal with the news of their imminent arrival at the attack site.
"We are currently 5 minutes from the location of the Rebel fleet, Sir."
"Excellent...notify the XO and Fleet Commander as well."
"Yes Sir!"
As Captain of the Devastator, Admiral Jackal was apprised of much of the general information coming in and out of his ship a few minutes before Scarecrow and Atrus were, and he liked it that way. He knew the XO and FC would be on their way and arrive just as they came out of hyperspace for the attack.
Admiral Scarecrow arrived first, followed closely by Admiral Atrus. Both were ready for the planned ambush and took their places on the command bridge. The entire fleet was ready for action as soon as they emerged from hyperspace. All squadrons were to be launched immediately upon arrival and support craft were on alert.
A bridge officer began the countdown, "Three...two...one...mark!"
Suddenly, the lightstreaks ended and the fleet was looking at a huge Rebel supply group. There were numerous freighters and cargo haulers all carrying supplies for the Rebellion. The defensive escort was composed of several Corvettes, a Light Cruiser and plenty of fighters. As if on cue, all of the fighters from the Devastator swarmed out of the launch bay and headed on an intercept course for the fighters and ships. The Rebels, caught by surprise, attempted to launch their remaining fighters to engage the Devastator's. The two groups of fighters closed on one another with tremendous speed, while the capital ships drew within firing range. The fighters began the engagement first and.....

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Admiral Scarecrow
FC/Admiral Scarecrow/HCN-1/ISD-II Devastator/1ESF/VEN/NI[=A=][DSM][T/D Scythe]

posted May 02, 2000 08:39 PM               

"What a glorious battle this is becoming!" said Admiral Scarecrow
"Yes, we have taken them quite by surprise. This will be easier than we
thought" said VA Atrus
"This might be a good time to try our new squadron, Sir."said RA
Nightflyer. "It appears we have the advantage right now, we should press
it."
"Hmm...yes, that is a good idea and what a wonderful testing ground." said
AD Scarecrow "One if us will have to remain behind, however, to stay in
command of the battle. So...who is willing to stay on the bridge while the
others go out and play with the Rebels? Jackal? Nightflyer? Atrus?"
A bemused smile crept over Scarecrow's face because he knew it would not be
him that stayed behind.
"Fine then, we will allow fate to decide", said Scarecrow after a moment of
silence had passed. "I have three Standard Issue Imperial Straws here, one
of which is cut shorter than the others. Each of you will choose one of
the Standard Issue Imperial Straws from my hand, the one holding the
shortest will stay behind. Atrus, you pick first"
VA Atrus looked at the three SIISs in Scarecrow's hand desperately not
wanting to be the one left on the bridge. He had made some special mods to
his TIE Phantom and wanted to try them out in a live combat situation. On
impulse, he suddenly reached for one of the SIISs and pulled it out of
Scarecrow's hand. Since it was the first SIIS picked, he had no idea if he
had won or lost at that point.
"RA Nightflyer, you may pick next. This will tell us who stays and who
goes." said Scarecrow
Nightflyer looked at the two SIISs left in Scarecrow's hand and tried to
see in his mind which one was the shortest. Realizing the other Admirals
were all looking at him, he sighed and pulled the SIIS on the left out. As
he pulled, Atrus held his standard issue Imperial Straw out in front of him
to better judge the size of the one Nightflyer was taking. With the SIIS
abotu half-way out, it was already over. Jackal, who never got to
participate in the drawing, would stay on the bridge. Scarecrow, Atrus,
and Nightflyer quickly made it to the hanger where their fighters waited
for them. The fighters still smelled of the new paint that was used to add
the Raptor symbol. Atrus climbed into his TIE Phantom cockpit and began
takeoff procedures, while Scarecrow and Nightflyer did the same in their
TIE Defenders. The three fighters shot out of the hanger bay and proceeded
directly into the fray...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Admiral Scarecrow
FC/Admiral Scarecrow/HCN-1/ISD-II Devastator/1ESF/VEN/NI[=A=][DSM][T/D Scythe]

posted May 04, 2000 04:57 PM               

Onboard the Devastator.
"Dang it, I wanted to be out there, piloting my own ship!" shouted Crysus
"That draw was rigged! I know it! Just because I stepped down from the SCCOM position, they left me out of the loop!" Crysus snarrled at the deck officer.
"We'll just have to show them how this is done. Move to within range of the Corvettes, and send a transmission for backup," Crysus ordered.
"Allready sent a transmission for help," said the Deck Officer proudly.
"Allright, let's make some fireworks. Target a corvette and launch missiles and lasers." Ordered Crysus
"Target acquired, firing!" said the Deck officer.
The ship surged with the sound of a battle going on outside, the power of the lasers firing, made the hull echo, with the pure essence of battle.
"One corvette Destroyed, Sir. Shall we target another?" asked the Deck Officer.
"Yes, take them out one by one." ordered Crysus
"Yes, Sir," said the Deck Officer with a ring in his voice.
"Sir, an incoming message from Field Marshall Majere." said the communications officer.
"I'll take it in my quarters, keep me informed on the battle." ordered Crysus
"Sir, yes Sir," replied the officer.

Crysus walked in his quarters and comfortably sat down in his personalized chair. He got up, and turned on his comlink.
"Crysus reporting in Sir. What did you want?" asked Crysus
"How is the battle proceeding?" asked Majere.
"Good sir, we have suffered minor causalties and have almost annihilated the entire rebel group." replied Crysus with confidence.

In Scarecrow's Tie Defender-
"Woah! What was that?" shouted Scarecrow not used to being in a fighter during battle.
"Heh, just an explosion, Sir," replied TJ.
"Sir, your being targeted," said TJ "I got him don't worry."
TJ quickly dethrottled and did a sharp 180 degree turn towards Scarecrow and his persuer. He then slammed the throttle on full and persued the A-wing fighter that was trying to get a missile lock on Scarecrow.
"TJ, you better hurry up!" said Scarecrow.
"Almost have him targeted Sir, just hold in there." replied TJ
TJ pulled his fighter to within 3 meters of the A-wing and let out a blaze of laser fire missing with every shot but one. The A-Wing disengaged and went after TJ. He pulled behind TJ and let out a blaze of laser fire, nipping his wing. TJ lost control and went straight towards a disabled X-wing. Acting on impulse he held down his firing trigger and the X-wing exploded in a big ball of fire as TJ's ship glided through the flames untouched.

posted May 04, 2000 05:32 PM               

---Back outside---

"TJ, are you okay?" asked Athran calmly.

"Yes, fine, just a little shook-up." TJ replied. His face was still white after almost dying in the vacuum of space.
He adjusted his controls and went back at it, slowing down and dropping in behind an A-Wing. He quickly finished it off
and went on for more.
The battle began to lighten as the Devastator took out the corvettes one by one. The Rebel�s support fire was diminishing and soon there
would be no more hope for them.

---Lorn 4---

�Send a message to High General Crysus informing him that he will be in charge of the Vast Empire for the next couple of weeks.� Ordered Majere. �As
soon as you get done sending him his message, send one to Scarecrow alerting him that he will be in charge after Crysus.�
The officer nodded his head and went to go deliver the orders to the communications department.
Majere settle back into his chair and monitored the battle from his office.

---Scarecrow�s Cockpit---

A red light began to flash to the left of Crow�s vision.
Crow jerked his ship to the right and began to twitch in his seat.
�A message from Majere?!?! FOR ME!?� he screamed aloud.
A few days back he had someone install a personal �Majere Messenger� into his cockpit. And he was actually getting a message.
�Ohhhhhh goodie!� he quickly hit the red button that was flashing and the small �buzz� sound turned off and was replaced by
the voice of an Imperial officer. The message relayed what Majere had said earlier in the day.

---Athran�s Cockpit---

�What in the world?! Scarecrow! Look out!� Athran shouted into his comlink.
He could see Crow�s ship heading straight for a corvette.
Soon Crow pulled up and dodged the ship. �Thanks Athran� just listening to a message from � I mean� I was fixing my control panel� umm. Yeah, that�s it.�
�Yes sir.� Athran replied.

Athran dodged a missile coming in from his port side and slowed his engines in order to slide behind some fighters.
�You�re mine now!�
His finger tapped the fire button and the familiar flashes of light shot out of his ship, striking the X-Wings he had targeted.
�This is too easy Alpha. Let�s head for some bigger game!� Athran ordered his squadron.
The squadron packed together once again and headed for the B-Wings that had targeted the Devastator.

---Onboard the Devastator---

�I think I am going to go back to my quarters and take a bubble bath and read a book.� Jackal said to a stormtrooper to his left.
The trooper just stood there trying to hold back his laughter. Jackal walked down the hall and entered his quarters.

posted May 05, 2000 06:14 PM               

An escort patrol around the cruiser was just finishing another loop of the ship...
"Damnit.. I want to be out there where all the action is!!" A newbie shouted through the squad frequency "But, Noooo we got stuck with es--" All the sudden his transmission got cut off as two space bombs hit the bridge of the very ship that they were escorting.

"Mother of a hutt, where in the heck did that come from?!?" Shouted out one of the squad members.

Green blasts started tearing through the ships one by one as the three pronged fighter with a vicious raptor painted on the side uncloacked wrecking havoc.

"Haha, loooosserrs!" the VA said outloud in his cock pit, "Stupid rebels"

When the escort squad was wiped out the fighter formed back up with the rest of Raptor squadron back into the fray.

"Beeautiful shot!" shouted out a pilot from Alpha squadron.

"Got a bogey on your six, two"

"I see him", Atrus replied as he shot out a flare missle, hitting the X-wing in the cock-pit hatch

Atrus stared at his screen and saw the numbers of the rebels rapidly decreasing.

All the sudden an explosion rang out behind him, and he looked at his sensors. "Heh, Thanx, One." Atrus said as he cloacked again heading towards the next cruiser.

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Admiral Atrus 'Nix' Hexum
Vast Empire Navy, Starfighter Corps Commander
Vast Empire Dark Jedi, Deputy Grand Master
SCCOM/VA Atrus 'Nix' Hexum/HCN-2/VEN, =A=
DGM/SP Atrus 'Nix' Hexum/DC-2/Sith Order/VEDJ
{Starcraft Warlord}
{Force Commander Warlord}

posted May 07, 2000 06:27 AM               

*Athran's Cockpit*
"TJ, what are you doing,"
a voice said over the speakers. Immediately, Athran targeted
TJ's fighter and saw he was headed
straight for a hole in a corvette. Suddenly, three A-wings were on
TJ's tail and he had no way to dodge.
Athran sent a private message to
Scarecrow who was less than a
kilometer away from TJ and suggested
that Scare should relieve the pressure.

"Why? He can pull out and fly
towards the fighter mass,
someone'll blast the A-wings," Scarecrow
replied to the suggestion.

"Trust me Scarecrow, I think he
knows what he is doing," Athran
insisted, "But he didn't expect
so many fighters."

"I hope your right," Scarecrow
sighed.

*TJ's Cockpit*

"I hope this works," TJ muttered to himself. Suddenly, out of no-where
three fighters flew in behind him,
"Uh-oh." Time was winding down,
dodging and weaving TJ somehow
was able to stay alive and stay on
a course towards the hole. Sadly, the
A-wings were all still on his tail.
Suddenly, two bright flashes and there
was a single A-wing behind. Noticing
the pilot of the TIE, TJ said,"Thanks Scarecrow."

"No problem," Scarecrow replied,
"but thank Athran as well."