Triage PBEM (me, Lazerus, dacole)

[Arcainite]

Lazerus that is terrible!

Your writing about the Hive is so good it's making everybody else look bad! lol.

[binTravkin]

Your writing about the Hive is so good it's making everybody else look bad!

Good ol' Laz, lol!

[Lazerus]

lol its not that good, fun writing it though gives the game abit of character to remember it by.

[dacole]

Zak paced in the situation room as he waited for word then finally it came. "The unit has arrived at the hive's shores provost, they are heading for the security links" Zak's paceing speed increased, they made it through the hive's sea patrols now the hard part starts he thought. "Uploading the infiltration virus--encontering heavy resistance four units down and two heavily wounded returning to the ship" Zak cursed under his breath and clenched his fists though the city seemed to have just been founded it already had probe defense. "Put the feed on main speaker" said the Provost "Returned to the ship heading for University territory-hive ship encountered mak.." Then unmistakenly the sound of lazers could be heard coming over the speaker and then static. "Turn off the speaker" quickly the speaker was shut off and silence filled the room. As the silence stretched on an aid quitly wishpered "The chairman is on the line for you provost"

Runnin his hands through his hair, and blinking "Clear the room" The provost replied and then when the room was cleared he answered the call. "Chairman it is truly a pleasure to see yo.." "Enough of your flattery provost your truly pitiful attempt to inflitrate our datalinks has been thrawted, I assume you know this means war between us"

"Now chairman don't be hasty, I thought the tragedy of earth would have taught you the value of a proportional response." "I assure you this was not a prelude to an invasion. My offer of a peace treaty was ignored so I thought it best to see what you were up to. My desire is only to coexist peacefully with you though the Spartans have made tempting offers, and the stories I hear from refugees fleeing your borders keep me up at nights. However I again offer a peace treaty as well as the Peacekeepers and the Morganites comm frequency as a gesture of good will, I assume you will respond in kind." Pausing Zaks face turned dark and his voice lowered. "However if you do not you will find my scientists and citizens quite capable of turning their minds to war. Undoubtedly the Spartans and segments of your population would welcome such a development"

Turn sent to Arcan (See Laz isn't the only one who can write...I did help out with the spartan chronicles after all -

[Arcainite]

2178

I wonder if by the time I finish this, Laz won't have already sent the turn on lol...(now I really wonder since I've been helping my fiancee look for her engagement ring....pray for us that we find it)
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Deep within the underground leadership glen....
Arcainite stroked the fronds of the friendship fern tenderly under the steady hand which had lead his faction lo these 177 "turns" of Planet. "So, they tried to poison the friendship fern with toxic spores....these Morgans are the worst kind of scum. Too bad for them, we are wise to virtually any and all xeno and conventional botanical sabotage!" The leader shook his fist. "Reports?"
Fir: "Worm converted and heading towards the last visible crash pod on land. We'll know what is in there by the next turn of the Planet. Terraforming is continuing near the bases. The Worm Crossing signs have been a success. Energy funds have been pouring into our trust fund, the World Worm Friends (WWF), through our citizens' donations."
Oak: "Our trance synthemetal unit, designation Acorn 1, fell to the gutless surprise attack. Acorn 1 was able to take out one of their units before he succumbed to the ambush of the superior numbers. Our best fighters are moving into position for defense and to bolster Operation Bunny Rabbit. Never fear, sir, the acorn doesn't fall too far from the tree!"
Willow: "No attempt at communication was made to try to find a peaceful solution before the Morganites made their move. I tried to warn you about -"
Arcainite: "Willow. I wanted to see the good in humanity! I hoped that after what happened on Earth and then on the Starship Unity that we, its survivors could all get along harmoniously. Just because the Morganites are evil now doesn't mean the factions he won't give us the comm frequencies for are! One bad apple doesn't mean the whole tree is rotten. We will prune out Nwabudike Morgan and allow other life to take his place. Continue. Spruce?"
Spruce: "Morale among the citizenry remains high despite the fear. They are removed far enough away from the action that I don't think it's struck home to them that the Morganites would probably sell their own mothers to take over our businesses by any means available to them. Operation Bunny Rabbit has been slowed, but a new outpost has just been created at our forward march and another one will center our fungus operations."
Arcainite: "Excellent. Everyone prepare for...not just the war...but the fruit it will bear us." His hand fell from the fern and it began to grow as the council clapped.
-Gaian Arcainite
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PS - we found the ring in the washing machine.

[Lazerus]

Turn 2178 sent to Dacole (and 77, yeah i realised attached wrong turn)
Leaving things in pockets heh sending it to me at 6am definately wont get played straight away


Hive Report 2178:

Somewhere in the Hive
Several hours now the Chairman had sat in his private sanctuary deep in meditation. This room was one of his more decorated, a large throne like chair crafted from hybrid oak but painted a deep black sat underneath two large intercoiled golden dragons. The Chairman however preferred to sit on the floor, comfort made the spirit weak.
In the war chamber several of the council members have been pounding the floor nervously now waiting for the Chairman, nobody was ever told which room he would be in, he merely picked one at random. Such action avoided interuption of his meditation and made assassination attempts on his life while he slept an impossibility.

Several more hours had now passed and Chairman Lazerus' mind began to stir, the events of the past few weeks entering his mind. The Spartan war gaining pace and soon to end once the Hive unveiled its new weaponary. The University attacks on Hiverian security links and subsequent peace offer.
The latter thought became an image, the Hive; a giant blue sphere crushing the black arrows dug into the ground like spears, the University, two small white curled swords crossed together cutting small pieces out of the Hiverian back.

Chairman Lazerus concentrated on the Hive, the sphere halted or seemed to, the front half pressed on, whilst the back began to pull away towards the swords threatening to crush them. The swords tried to penetrate into the sphere only to be blunted and thrown back. Lazerus continued to watch, a spectator in the proceedings of his own mind. The swords moved back and lay to the floor, several more shapes appeared, the yellow triangle and the shining star.
The past and present he thought.
The star began to glow brighter,shards of light slicing off chunks of the Hive sphere. The pieces however did not melt away into the darkness, they slowly moved away and around the star growing as they did, three fold, ten fold and then a hundred fold. The number and size of each sphere grew until the light of the star could no longer be seen. This would be the future plan.

Chairman Lazerus - "Jong-hui are you in the chamber?"

Jong-Hui - "Yes Chairman, all available members are here and have been waiting for some time"

Chairman Lazerus - "Then they can wait abit longer until I arrive"

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Hive War Chamber

Chairman Lazerus - "Be seated Comrades ... Provost Dacole has made us an interesting offer, he has approached us offering comm frequencies to both Morgan and Lal aswell as a treaty. Our exclusion of negotiations with the University and the threat of war has caused them to begin reconcilliations. I admire the Universities willingness to tamper with the human genome in order to improve the species however the fact that they were foolish enough to instate a democracy means they can never be fully trusted. The common man is easily tricked and propganda could allow any anarchistic insidious drone to lead the University and such an action would damage my position as leader of the Hive. However the treaty has its advantages in that we know from coded SOS signals the Gaians are being attacked by the Morganites, this means only that insane fanatic Miriam needs to be found and I can impose my authority on all of planet via the council they all cherish so much. It is therefore my will that the Hive accepts the treaty and urges Provost Dacole to impose tighter controls on his people, failure to do so will result in consequences in time."

[dacole]

What no response to my roleplay...? Thought I left you with a great opening...

[Lazerus]

gonna do it after dinner

rough lines if you want to get yours done - treaty accepted, put up with you for now, have a grumble at you running democracy heh

[Arcainite]

2179

Turn sent to Laz.

[Lazerus]

2179 to Dacole

[Lazerus]

Do we need a resend somewhere ?

[Arcainite]

2180

Turn sent to Laz.

[Lazerus]

Hive Report 2180:

Great Dunes of Chiron
Kai-Lu scrambled out of his rover hobbling along as he dragged an unconciouss comrade with him into the rocky terrain, his left leg soaked in blood from a six inch piece of synth metal still petruding from his thigh.
The well trained enemy and the terrain was making each advance a painful experience, even his own squad of rovers had taken a battering.
Kai-Lu felt his leg grunting as he did,
"in too deep, need a medic"
he thought as he tore off a shirt sleave and bandaged around the wound minimising the blood loss.
The suns scorching heat began to bear its mark as he felt the sweat forming on his brow, the rover still sat there, Kai-Lu was surprised it hadn't exploded by now but he'd have to take the risk of retrieving water and a comm from it. Every step he took he felt as though his weight was increasing, "Keep going you fool just abit longer" as he neared the rover he could feel the cool air flooding out from it and the last few steps became so much easier.
"Comm ... water ... pistol rounds ... medkit"
he muttered as he smelt the fuel leak.
Limping away from the rover the back of his mind hesitant to leave the cool air which had become a sirens song in his head, trying to draw him to his death. The soldier still lay there unconciouss infront of him baking even in the shade.
"Come on soldier wake up"
Kai-Lu sighed as he nudged him with his boot before slowly kneeling down trying to keep his left leg straight as he did. Still no response, pulse weakening and the skin on his face becoming taut and scaly.

Kai-Lu - "Hive assault force, somebody in the area xx,yy swing by and pick me up, bring a medic with you"

Soldier - "Copy that General, are you ok?"

Kai-Lu - "Yes, just a shrapnel wound, keep your concentration. Whats the situation out there?"

Soldier - "We're suffering losses but inflicting twice as many General, enemy numbers still high though, impossible to tell the difference between the desert and the blood flowing everywhere"

Kai-Lu used a nearby rock to hoist himself back onto his feet dragging the soldier further into the shade before letting him settle in a small cave barely 5 feet deep into the rockface. Two water canistors all full, easily enough to last untill help arrived. The water sparkled like pearls as it shone in the sun moistening the soldiers lips as Kai-Lu carefully trickled it down before place a damp cloth over both their heads. He knew however unless the soldier woke up very soon and took a drink there was little point wasting water on a dead man.

Kai-Lu - "Hive command, authorisation code Fire73Alpha92 come in Hive command"

*Static hissed back.*

Kai-Lu - "I repeat Hive command, authorisation code Fire73Alpha92 come in Hive command"

Unknown Voice - "Comrade Kai-Lu, coming upto your position now"

Kai-Lu - "Akawi ?! Why wasn't i made aware of any rover or infantry reinforcements heading this way?"

Akawi - "Rovers? heh no chief, watch and learn, your ex-apprentice has some new toys. Delita squadron form up on my left, Capra on my right, Mazuko squadron fire up your booster packs and scout ahead try herd them together."

Heads arced upwards as the black streaks shot across the sky unleashing their payloads, columns of fire erupting throughout the Spartan positions. The scenes reminiscent of the Earth wars, bodies being helplessly thrown about by death reigning from above. Explosion after explosion rocked the Spartan positions for hours on end as the Hive ground force pressed on with the now far superior firepower covering them.

Akawi - "Running low on fuel, damn theres still atleast 10 battalions down there. Kai-Lu, i'll be back soon with several dozen more squads once they've relocated to the front line to clear your path, hang in down there"

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Hive Holo-newstation Pravda broadcast

Citizens of the Hive beware the University ! For the Hive is now at war !! Provost Dacole has refused to accept the glorious Chairmans treaty offer and has constantly referred to aiding the wicked traitor that is Santiago.
Rejoice! for the Hiverian air force has again sunk University ships entering our waters.
Vigilance! remember to keep your eyes open citizens for the University may be weak but they are a cunning foe, if you see anything suspicious report it immediately to your nearest police unit.
Victory! The Hive will succeed against all foes for the guidance of the Chairman will ensure safety for us all.
Glory to the Chairman !
Glory to the Hive !!

[Arcainite]

2181

Turn sent to Laz.

[Lazerus]

2181 to Dacole

poor Spartans got a right hammering