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RielFury
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posted September 07, 2001 04:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
Since he was old enough to shoot a blaster, Ashard Duran had aspirations of excellence in The Vast Empire. While other boys and girls were playing on the playgrounds, Ashard was in the combat simulator, shooting down X-Wings with all he had. His skill increased, but his mother didn't understand. His father, the Captain of the Carrack Light Cruiser Dominant, was killed by a pair of Rebel sabateurs, so when he turned seventeen, he decided to exact his vengeance. Taking on the name Riel the Furious, he flew his modified TIE Interceptor that he spent the last three summers saving up for to the nearest Imperial Recruitment office. While there, he was injured when a Rebel Fighter Pilot shot down his ship in a lower atmosphere ambush to kill key Imperials. Badly burned, the medics didn't think that young Ashard would live. All the Bacta treatments in the galaxy didn't seem to help the poor lad. One day, while lying unconcious in the med wing, a young man much like him came in. Looking at the holopad beside the bed, he saw that Ashard Duran had an alias. Looking about to make sure no one was watching, he unplugged Ashard's life support and watched the life go out of him. Out of the med wing that day walked a new man, Riel Fury reborn. That very day, Riel Fury found an imperial officer named Piett.

"I heard you were interested in joining the Empire's Navy," Piett told Riel.

"That's true," Riel replied. "I have very much to offer the Vast Empire. Just give me one chance to prove to you that I am the right man."

"Okay, I'll put you through recruit training when we get to HQ."

The way Riel saw it, by putting that poor fool out of his misery, he did the Empire a favor. Ashard Duran was too weak, but Riel Fury was just right.

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

[This message has been edited by RielFury (edited September 07, 2001).]

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Bear
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posted September 07, 2001 04:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bear   Click Here to Email Bear        Reply w/Quote
2nd Lieutenant Aaron Le'pue, known to his friends as Bear, having been re-instated as Kaph Squadron Commander after his period of AWOL, walked into the small room with a file in his hand. He put the file on the small square table, and took a seat.

Bear looked across the table at the tall, handsome young man, leaning back in his chair and smiling. He opened the file slowly and delibrately, and placed his Officers Blaster Pistol on the table next to it.

"Hmm.. your dad was killed then?" he said in an official sounding voice.

"Thats right, sir. Years ago." The man smiled at Bear, looking right into his eyes.

Bear suddenly realised something he had not realised for a long time. When he had joined the VEN, he had been just like this man.. looking for refuge, but knowing he would go far. He had met a young 1st Lieutenant, g5, who had shown him the ropes. Quickly, Bear had been promoted, reaching the rank of Navy Captain. He had resigned his position, losing his rank, and going down to 2nd Lieutenant, but now Bear saw his mirror image.. someone who was going to go far.

"Hmm.. Good fitness, logic skills, common sense, pilot skills.."

"Yes. Been training since I was a kid." He grinned widely, revealing an unclean set of teeth.

Bear stroked his chin gently, then closed the folder, holstered his pistol, and stood up.

"Get yourself cleaned up, Crewman. And report to me in 30 minutes." He gave the man a while to sort himself out.. Bear had a lot to do.

"Thanks." Riel stood up, revealing himself to be 3 inches taller than Bear. He grinned again, and walked out the room.

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10 minutes later, Bear found his Petty Officer, Kaek. He stood close to him and gave him the file.

"I want that man in Kaph." He whispered.

"Yes, Commande.. Lieutenant.. Sir.." the young man stuttered. He had just met Lieutenant Bear, and had heard a few things about him. The speed of his promotion was intriguing, but his demotion to 2nd Lieutenant? This made Kaek wonder. Was there something going on behind the scenes?

"Thank you, Mr Kaek," Bear walked off, stroking his chin "God damn it, I need a shave."

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SC/2LT Aaron "Bear" Le'pue/Kaph 1-1/1/m/SSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=) [BRC]

Kaph Squadron Commander
Former SCCOM
Navy Chief Idiot (self-appointed)
Awarded with the VE Navy Get a Room Award

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RielFury
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posted September 07, 2001 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
"Man, I wish I had time to brush my teeth before that meeting," Riel told one of his non-navy friends over his comlink. "I don't want to give the wrong impression."

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Stretching his long arms over his head, the newly recruited Riel Fury rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

"Uh, I knew I shouldn't have taken Zed up on that offer to go drinking," he said to himself. As he remembered, Zed out drank him by a lot, and didn't even seemed phased. "Well, I guess I can forget being the alcoholic of VE. I guess Junkee I might be able to pull off. Eh, not worth it."

He walked out of the barracks and saw Piett walking toward him. "You know what, Piett? I saw this guy named Jedi that looked almost exactly like you..."

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

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Bear
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posted September 07, 2001 05:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bear   Click Here to Email Bear        Reply w/Quote
Bear was in his office, sucking on a pen. It wasn't really an office, just a space between a pile of boxes in the back of his hanger. His new TIE Fighter was in the hanger, and his TIE Interceptor was next to it. He had never given the Interceptor back after he went AWOL from Viper Squadron, but let it gather dust in the hanger.

Bear noticed a small bug climbing up his leg. He jabbed the pen down on it, causing it to squelch into a little pile of yellow slime.

"Damn bugs." He sucked on his pen, and looked around the hanger.

Everything seemed how it had been a month ago, when he left.. TIE's around the hanger, blasters on the wall... the usual junk you find in Imperial hangers. A photo of Kelly, Bears sweetheart, was on the box which served as a desk. He smiled, and saw a bug climb over the photo.

"Damn things!" He jabbed the pen down on it, causing more yellow slime.

He noticed another small bug, climbing on a box next to him. He jabbed the pen down on it. More yellow slime.

There was one climbing on to his shoe.

"DAMN THINGS!" he shouted, and pulled out his officers pistol. Taking careful aim, he pointed it straight at the bug. Point blank range, and he couldn't miss. He fired.

The bug exploded into a small ball of yellow slime. So did Bears foot.

Yellow slime went everywhere. Right up his battle dress. On to his face. Across the boxes. Even on to the side of his Interceptor. It splashed on to his blaster, and on his hair.

Bear screamed, dropping his blaster, causing a bolt to go straight through a box of explosives. The box exploded, throwing Bear across the hanger, and into a TIE Fighter. He was still screaming, yellow slime pouring out of his foot.

"KAEK!! MALIK!! ARRGHHH!!"

Captain Fury, of the Army, smashed into the side door of the hanger. He was followed by a couple of troopers, who looked stunned at the blackened corner of the hanger, and even more stunned at 2nd Lieutenant Bear, covered in yellow slime.

"Bear?" Fury said in a shocked voice.

"The.. damn.. bugs!" Bear managed, before blacking out.

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SC/2LT Aaron "Bear" Le'pue/Kaph 1-1/1/m/SSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=) [BRC]

Kaph Squadron Commander
Former SCCOM
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Awarded with the VE Navy Get a Room Award

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COL Argon Viper
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posted September 07, 2001 05:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for COL Argon Viper   Click Here to Email COL Argon Viper        Reply w/Quote
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Fury
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posted September 07, 2001 05:39 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Fury   Click Here to Email Fury        Reply w/Quote
Fury looked down at the skittering pilot and shook his head. "Damn flyboys aren't happy unless they're shooting at something...even themselves." Since he was headed for a company meeting, most of the squad leaders had been walking with him. Looking over at one of his troopers, he gave a slight nod.

Cosmic was well known for being a natural attractor of blaster bolts and was the only person Fury knew of who could make mix drinks that tasted like bacta - on purpose. Thus, he was always handy to have around in case of a medical emergency.

As Snake and Demi Wraith held Bear down, Cosmic whipped out three medkits and a syringe of painkiller. After applying a local anesthetic, he did a rudimentary debriding of the shattered foot, bound it, and wrapped it up neatly. Clearly he had practice with this sort of thing.

Meanwhile, medics were on their way to do a more thorough examination. Fury looked at the trio as they got up. "He'll live I guess," replied Cosmic.

"Fair enough. We're late and Daishi and Argon will have already eaten all the snacks. Let's get you something to clean up with." With that the troopers left the room, with only Snake pausing to take the blaster charge out of Bear's pistol. You just couldn't be too sure.

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CPT Fury
CMP CMDR/CPT Fury/1PLT/1CMPY/1BAT/1REG/Tadath/VEA/VE [IOC][SOTE]
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RielFury
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posted September 07, 2001 05:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
Waking up from yet another late night drinking binge with Zed, the newly promoted LCRW Riel Fury stumbled into the mess hall.

Coffee in hand, he took a giant gulp. "Ah, what's this," he choked. Out of his mouth he pulled a yellow bug out of his mouth. "What the?" he was saying when the bug bit him.

"OWww!!!" he screamed in utter pain....

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

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Zed
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posted September 07, 2001 05:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zed   Click Here to Email Zed        Reply w/Quote
Zed looked at the bugs

hmm,.. must be someting in the sugar,.. better see the doc,.. they say that it'll make your head larger,.. well rumour or rumour, will find it out very soon.

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Anywhere can be heaven as long as you have the will to live - Ikari Yui
Pleasure is a sin, and sometimes sin is a pleasure - Lord Byron
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Bear
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posted September 07, 2001 05:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bear   Click Here to Email Bear        Reply w/Quote
Bear opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling. He was lieing in the medical room, on a hard bed.

To his side, was a doctor.

"Am I alright?" Bear asked.

"You'll live. We had to.. take off the foot. You've got a bionic one." the doctor replied sheepishly.

"Damn.." Bear said. Suddenly, his vision changed. It was wider, and there was a sort of fine mesh over his eyes. He also had no control over his limbs.

He tried to scream, as his hands went down to the pistol and fired at the Doctor. The blaster didn't fire. Bear smashed it over the Doctors head, and his foot came out and kicked him in the nose. There was red blood all over the mans face.

Bear was still trying to scream as his body involuntarily bent down next to the injured and unconsious man. Some king of tentacle shot out of Bears belly button, and went straight down the doctors throat! It came straight back in, in a single quick movement, and Bear blacked out.

Several hours later, he woke up. The doctor was standing over him, ticking a piece of paper. He had a plaster over his nose, and a small trail of yellow slime was on his upper lip.

"Jesus.." Bear said. But he had been given a general anaesthetic, and he fell asleep.

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SC/2LT Aaron "Bear" Le'pue/Kaph 1-1/1/m/SSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=) [BRC]

Kaph Squadron Commander
Former SCCOM
Navy Chief Idiot (self-appointed)
Awarded with the VE Navy Get a Room Award

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RielFury
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posted September 07, 2001 08:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
By this time, it was mid-afternoon. Hanging in the lounge with other pilots, Riel still feels rather ill. "Man, I've never had a hangover quite like this,"he said.

Of course, Riel got drunk yet again. "Mayn, I nid to quiyt thith," he slurred. As he tried to stumble out of the bar, he bumped into Captain Fury of the VEA.

"Sorry thar pal," Riel apologized. "I dint min to." Feeling his stomach rise, he then proceeds to vomit all over Captain Fury.

"Why you little...!"Fury shouted. With a hard right, he knocks Riel in the nose and drops him to the deck.

Riel checked his nose, and realized that his blood was yellow. "What?!" he said. Fury was looking down on Riel with a puzzled look on his face.

"Two yellow bleeders in one day,"he said perplexed.

Still rather pissed from the punch in the nose, Riel rises and pops Fury on the nose to and walks out of the bar.

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

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Zed
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posted September 07, 2001 08:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Zed   Click Here to Email Zed        Reply w/Quote
Zed sittin' in the counter of bar and saw the whole thing and said to himself
"Kids these day, they do anythin' when they're drunk,.. better get ready for that kid's court"
and then Zed yelled.
"The Bet now open,.. the kid gonna be kicked out from VE 1:7, not gonna be placed on any squad 1:5, gonna taste Fury's sweet personal revenge 1:3"

-Zed

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COL Argon Viper
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posted September 07, 2001 09:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for COL Argon Viper   Click Here to Email COL Argon Viper        Reply w/Quote
Argon was coming back from the meeting where he and Daishi had eaten all the snacks when they saw some of those insects crawling around them.

One of them climbed up Daishi's leg and tried to bite him.

Luckily, Dai's armor was enough to stop it, and he quickly crushed it.

For some reason, most likely biology(Argon is a Whiphid), they avoided Argon, not even trying to get through his very thick fur.

"What the heck are these things?"asked Daishi,"and why do they look so familiar?"

"You're thinking of Drochs,"replied Argon,"remember, Deathseed Hive Virus?"

"Oh yeah,"replied Daishi,"why do these things remind me of them?"

"No idea,"said Argon, picking one up,"but I think we might want to check them out, remember what they said happened to Bear because of them?"

Suddenly, RielFury came down the hallway, staggering drunkenly, and with a scowl on his face.

Argon and Daishi made room for him to get by, but instead, he attacked Daishi.

Reacting quickly, Daishi dodged the attack as Argon swiftly restrained Riel.

"What's gotten into you?"asked Daishi.

The wildly struggling RielFury gave no response except to struggle even harder.

Daishi was considering what to do next when he noticed a few things.

First, the place where Riel had been hit earlier was still dripping yellow fluid.

Second, his eyes were now completely dissolved in that yellow color.

And third, he was crawling with insects that seemed to respond to his uncontrolled fury and were swarming across the floor at Daishi...

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SGT MAJ Argon Viper
Fallen Angels Squad #2
"Everyone dies, it's just a matter of when, where, and how"
"History is on the move captain, those who cannot keep up will watch from a distance, and those who get in our way, will not watch at all"---Grand Admiral Thrawn
"And the horror continues..."---Talon on the Fallen Angels
"Stay out of our way or we will QUOTE you!!!!!"---Argon Viper

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RielFury
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posted September 07, 2001 10:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
"Bacta treatments are the only way to cure him," the medic said over the unconcious Riel.
"Whatever it takes to get him back in a TIE Fighter again," Bear told the med-droid.

After bacta treatment and rest, Riel went to the office of Rear Admiral Sithspawn. After waiting patiently for an hour and impatiently for two hours, he was finally admitted into the office.

"Have a seat," Sithspawn said. Riel sat in the rather rigid seats. "What did you want to see me for?"

Pale and drawn from his illness, his voice came back weakly. "Well, the recent influx of these insects have given me an idea. If we infect a rebel prisoner without his knowledge, and let him escape to a Rebellion held planet, we could infest the entire Rebellion."

"I'll check with my superiors, Fury," Sithspawn said. "But I think that it would be safe to say though, that it is a probable tool against the rebs. At worst, they'll use a lot of bacta curing it and hurt their economy. Good Work Riel,"Sithspawn said.

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

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Bear
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posted September 08, 2001 05:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Bear   Click Here to Email Bear        Reply w/Quote
Bear was in the VEN Officers Mess. It was completely deserted, as the Navy was very quiet these days.

He was staring into a glass of Scotch.

"I shouldn't be drinking.." he said, as he took a small sip.

He put the glass down on the table, stared again at the Scotch, and walked out the room.

Captain PJ, Bears Wing Commander, grinned, then picked up the glass and put it down in one gulp. His grin disappeared, and he stared in amazement at a small bug in the bottom of the glass.

PJ's eyes opened widely, crossed, then closed. He vomitted, and blacked out.

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SC/2LT Aaron "Bear" Le'pue/Kaph 1-1/1/m/SSD Atrus/1ESF/VE/VEN/(=A=) [BRC]

Kaph Squadron Commander
Former SCCOM
Navy Chief Idiot (self-appointed)
Awarded with the VE Navy Get a Room Award

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COL Argon Viper
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posted September 08, 2001 08:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for COL Argon Viper   Click Here to Email COL Argon Viper        Reply w/Quote
Over the next few days, Argon and Daishi, the only two soldiers proven to be immune to the bugs(Daishi by his armor and Argon by his biology), went around the base collecting as many of them as they could.

Durring this collection process, there were a lot of people who began acting strangely.

Anakin decided not to take too many chances, so the VEDJ and the two immune Fallen Angels were called in to round up these people and put them in bacta baths.

When the HC decided that they had enough bugs, everyone was removed from the facility, given a bacta bath, and the facility was sprayed over repeatedly with insecticides.

However, as they returned to the base, no one knew for certain that the bugs were truly dead from the pesticides....

...But they knew that they had a secret weapon ready to use against the Rebellion...

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RielFury
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posted September 08, 2001 03:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for RielFury   Click Here to Email RielFury        Reply w/Quote
As usual, Riel was sitting in the bar. Downing some straight Vodka, he thought he saw yet another one of those annoying bugs. "Is this ever gonna end?" He said and spit some of the vodka on the bug. Amazingly, the bug burst into flames at the touch of the vodka. "Cool," he said, drunk as a fourteen year old girl after a case of beers.

Later that day, in his room, one of the bugs flew and landed on him. After one taste of his rather alcohol rich blood, it burst into flames. Curious, Riel went to get a BAC test.

".2 BAC, Riel," the medic said. "It seems that the bugs are allergic to drinking a large amount of alcohol, which is a lot cheaper than bacta. Good job Fury."

Despite the news, Riel walked away dejected. The plan to infest the Rebellion might not work after all. To be in the rebellion, you'd have to be drunk all the time.

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Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over bored and self assured
Oh no, I know a dirty word---Kurt Cobain

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