Triage PBEM (me, Lazerus, dacole)

[binTravkin]

You guys should at least lose with pride not just disappear.

[Arcainite]

2186

Until the Believers land in my territory, I have not lost anything. Things are a stalemate between myself and the Morganites but I do plan to hurt them...oh yes....

[binTravkin]

So, what's the problem with moving on?

[Lazerus]

Dacole misspelling arcainites email address

[Lazerus]

Hive Report 2186:

**Braodcast Open Air**

Provost Dacole this Jong-Hui speaking on behalf of the Great Chairman Lazerus. You are again offered the chance to surrender to our benevolant Chairman, your defences have been annihilated and your destruction is imminent. Academgorodok has already fallen and soon you will be engulfed. Renounce now your insane notions of democracy and swear allegiance to the Hive and by the Chairmans mercy your citizens will be spared to live in peace on the continent you have claimed. Failure to do so will result in the Hiverian armada being unleashed with not one bright day to be seen in your factions future.


**Message Ended**


2186 to Dacole

[Lazerus]

Come on guys talk to each other, whats with the constant holdups

[Arcainite]

Point taken

I just need to receive the correct year. Please send correct year dacole, I have no ill will towards you. Neither Lazerus nor Dacole are in my plans at the moment because I have not encountered either one of them yet. If I can keep Sister Miriam from becoming an enemy I think I can beat back CEO Morgan.

[Arcainite]

Waiting for my turn

Still waiting for the latest round.
Arcainite@aol.com

[Lazerus]

Does dacole check poly these days ?

[Lazerus]

2187 to Dacole

[Lazerus]

Some RP from last turn, not received 2188 yet

Hive Report 2187:

Holostation Pravda Broadcast in the Hive

Citizens of the Hive take a brief rest from your toils and sing praises to the Chairman and the Hiverian military for they have conquered both the Spartan and University Headquarters !
This year will go down in history as the start of a golden age for the Hiverian might is ushering in a utopian dream for all those under the Chairmans wisdom.
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However we also have some sad news to report to you this year, as the great General Kai-Lu has fallen in battle. Reports from a Needlejet scouring the city show he was last sighted fighting single handedly against seven Spartan soldiers including Santiago herself. A nearby buildings collapse prevented backup from aiding the General and his body was found amongst 4 others, Santiago was not one ...
Chairman Lazerus has declared a day of mourning will take place for the late Generals funeral.
Raise your hands and salute him citizens and be proud of what he has achieved for the Chairman and for the Hive.

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Earlier that week at Sparta HQ

General Kai-Lu observed the area, most of the Spartan buildings were fairly low rise, rectangular shaped and no decoration. Windows were evenly placed along most of the buildings, a basic small shape with simple wooden frames and the only lights were from the sparse dull glow of the lamps positioned on each street corner. Were the glow from the alpha centauri stars not present and the city abit more tightly packed with a more communal feel it might seem like any newly founded Hiverian base.
Earlier air strikes had opened up a breach in the Spartan perimeter defense which Hive soldiers now trickled through. Several dozen buildings had been seized with an old Spartan mess hall now being used to coordinate the Hive incursion. Four Spartan soldiers still lay on the floor their eyes transfixed to the ceiling with nerve staples clearly protruding from their temples and neck, the veins around them swollen and discolored. Hiverian personnel took little notice of the four, stepping over them but giving a slight nudge as they did so to further push them out of the way.
At the back of the hall a woman screamed insults at the two Hiverian soldiers that held her against the wall, calling them lesser men and that their corpses would be mutilated and flung from the Great Cliff when the Spartan army reinforcements arrived. She continued to struggle until a Shadow Guard walked over and grabbed her by the throat almost snapping her neck as she was lifted a clear two feet from the floor, the nerve staple gun placed to her head and fired. The noise of the flesh being pierced, metal scratching against bone and the clink of the gun as the next staple was loaded into position satisfied all in the room as the womans screaming ceased immediately.

Commander Jinzo : “Sir are you sure you should be here ?”

Kai-Lu : “Santiagos in this base commander, I want to be there when she’s captured and made to submit”

Jinzo : “Very well General, reports have her still holed up underground in the central command center with her Myrmidon bodyguards. It appears she wasn’t expecting the perimeter defenses to be preached by a force this big”

Kai-Lu : “Have the needlejets destroy buildings in the northern sector to try create roadblocks, hopefully we can keep her trapped in there or force her to come south into us if she attempts to escape, meanwhile press forward.”

Next day

The ground rumbled as the procession of Spartans came streaming out of the command center and from the two nearby barracks, rovers, infantry, anti aircraft guns all top speed making a hasty withdrawl to the roads still available. A loud groan filled the streets as a chunk of the building collapsed from the continued artillery fire, the concrete smashing down onto a rover which was mid-air from flying up the ramp in a bid to escape before the entrance was sealed, its nose was crushed to the ground leaving its rear wheels spinning wildly. The glass shards poured down, a nearby soldier howling in pain as his arm was almost severed from his body before a further piece embedded itself in his skull ending the pain. Hastily made bunkers occupied the roadsides, a select few given the honour of fighting to the last to halt the Hive force pursuing them, they fired an almost continuous stream from their gatling lasers keeping the Hive forces pinned in place or burning straight through the plasma armour of any that attempted to make a dash across the streets.

Jinzo : “General we’re not going to catch them at this rate”

The frustration in Kai-Lus face was evident that this was true.

Kai-Lu : “Get whatever aerial forces are still in Fort Liberty and get them patrolling those roads north of here, whatever air power we’ve got still overhead get them targeting the lead Spartan rovers and meanwhile just get this damned base captured and burn that flag up there”
Referring to the massive 20foot Spartan banner that still weaved in and out of the air currents atop the spire of a nearby building.

A needlejet screeched past the Hiverian forces pinned near the command center chasing the Spartan escape column, firing its missiles at will. Spartan foot soldiers were blown against the wall, their bodies broken from the impact while a rover was turned into a burning husk, its motion still carrying it on until it swerved hitting a post. A streak of light from the anti-aircraft guns severed the wing from the needlejet sending it almost 90 degrees into a building, its frame crashing down scattering the infantry below as they jumped to avoid the wreckage.

Pilot : “Coming in on approach.”
The pilot tapped his headphones for some noise, the occasional static hiss and positional updates had ceased. Then came the coded beeps, a priority message.

Chairman Lazerus : “Pilot you are authorized to equip chemical weapons.”

The pilot looked down and could still clearly see the laser fire from the street fighting taking place between Hive troops and the Spartans protecting the fleeing Santiago.
Pilot : “Requesting repeat on that order sir, Hiverian personnel and the General in vicinity”

Chairman Lazerus : “Equip your chemical weapons, this is the Chairman.”

Pilot : “Acknowledged Chairman, for the Hive”

Several minutes later

“Those missile strikes didn’t sound right” Kai-Lu thought as time seemed to slow around him; it was almost like being in a meditated trance state. Kai-Lu could feel the air slowly filling his lungs, the electrical response in his brain making its way down when they had reached capacity and then the air slowly exhaling out. Then he felt it, or atleast imagined it because he knew you don’t actually feel a thing, it was weird almost like the first breath of fresh air after being trapped in a smoke filled room. What was next was imminent of course; exposure levels now way too high, he would however have to endure seeing all those soldiers whose eyes were now focused on him die first as he was a talent, his body would repair itself, but not fast enough. Kai-Lu looked at each of the soldiers’ eyes, some confused by what was happening, others shock, resentment, despair. They began to keel over folding in two as the convulsions began. He bowed his head down and tried to block out the noise, focusing instead on his arm lifting the laser up, his hand shaking as the nerves began to take on a life of their own. Kai-Lu looked straight down the barrel and fired. His head arced back and his body followed, he seemed to hang mid air for a moment giving the blood a chance to spray ahead before gravity took effect and his corpse fell to the ground.

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Extract from Chairman Lazerus' Personal Log, Week 40, 2187

Recent reports on the two fronts show both wars are entering their final stages. The loss of Kai-Lu at Sparta Command was regrettable but he like any other is replaceable and the chance for a quick end to the war was high enough to warrant the attempt on Santiagos life as she fled.
Kai-Lu had served the Hive well and even more so by dying at that time, any more fame might have caused his popularity to cause future unrest amongst some of the drones whom endlessly call for a change of leadership and this would have been problematic. This risk was taken into account. Still .. I'll miss our duels but there are greater needs then friendship.
Pravda has been ordered to suppress reports of what happened at Sparta Command; the people will be told it was a glorious victory, Hiverian troops fighting hand to hand to gain the streets. The truth was a little different of course; estimates of around 60,000 dead civilians from the nerve gas, thousands more from the military on the outskirts. Large parts of the city have been rendered inhospitable until a cleanup can take place, but for now only the essentials such as a command center and the perimeter defense are needed.
The University proposal of a truce and that they retain their sovereignty is a mockery of my position and as such their HQ has been conquered along with masses of their scientists killed and data seized in covert actions before they could flee, there was little of use in the base, but it will send shockwaves throughout the population.
That incompetent fool Lal and his misguided ways seem to have had an easy life on planet, some sort of jungle providing masses of food to his bulging population .. the greater threat however seems to be from the planet itself. Reports show sea tides will rise over the next 20 years and an increase in fungus growth along with mindworm attacks are taking place ... perhaps it is time to try and contact this planet mind again.

[Arcainite]

2188

A time of great diplomacy and another Morganic probe bites the dust!
Treehuggin' Arcainite

[Lazerus]

2188 to Dacole

Im now at war with everyone bar you lol

[binTravkin]

That sounds very Lazeristic..

[Lazerus]

Lal actually attacked me, very nice of the peacekeepers to blow up some defenseles crawlers ! and miriam + morgan got sick of my atrocities soon i'll have cities within range to gas Lals 160 pop to hell though