Hello, and welcome to Pirate!, my first RP at this site. It will detail the rise of the Space Pirates, following their almost complete wipe-out at Zebes following Super Metroid. There's a difference in this RP to the others, though - rther than playing as Samus and co., or any other generic good guy team, in this you ARE the Space Pirates. Now we'll finally begin to understand their motives. The Galatic Federation calls the Space Pirates evil - what do the Space Pirates call the Galactic Federation? You're about to find out.

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Intro

A brief flicker of neon lights, a mechanical screeching. A jarring thud that could be felt through-out the frigate. A hiss, the hiss of hydraulics shifting, of a airlocked seal opening. Then, an ear-splitting cry, of anger and rage, wrath and fury. Blue light shone from the strange glass tube, a good six metres in height and width, that was set into a complex computer system. Within the blue light, a foetal shape could be seen forming. Erratically, the shape jerked, making that enraged cry, a high, discordant note, once more.

The light dimmed, faded, revealing a terrifying sight. A huge creature, somewhat like a pterodactyl, purple scales covering its skeletal frame, lies within. It appears to be asleep, eyes closed, muscles loose. Suddenly, the eye flicks open, an awful yellow staring eye, and the long beak opens, and once again releases that piercing note!

Utruq began to power down the cloning machine, and turned off the cerebral restorer, then carefully edged towards the tube. His work appeared to have been succesful. He tapped the glass nervously. The fierce head of the creature snapped round, and it eyed him beadily.

"Lord Ridley? Can you hear me, and understand me?" Utruq asked.

Ridley cocked his head, then moved with lightning speed, shattering the glass with his beak, and smashing out of the tube, wings raised, fire visible in his breath. He shook a few times, sending a viscous fluid from inside the cloning cell splattering into the surroundings.

"You have done well, Urtuq."

The voice was deep, and a harsh. It jarred the ear, and reinforced the notion that you were nothing. Urtruq almost cowered, but Space Pirates never showed fear. Lord Ridley would not tolerate it.

"Thank you, Lord Ridley. Are you aware of the current state of events?"

"Aran. Samus Aran. She wounded me, so badly. I could feel naught but pain. And then... there was fire, and then, I was here..." Ridley hissed, flexing his claws.

"The Hunter... she killed the Mother Brain, and destroyed Zebes. This is the only frigate left, and we don't even have a full task force." Urtruq reported.

"Good." Ridley announced, before pacing past Urtruq in the direction of the command bridge.

"Good, my lord?" Urtruq queried. Why would the almost total annihilation of their race be good?

"Yes." Ridley replied. "With Mother Brain gone, we can start again. The Space Pirates were once mighty, but we were lead astray. The Mother Brain, the Dark Hunter... too often we have followed a leader who has destroyed us. Their ways were not our ways. But now, we shall start a new Empire, under my command alone! Prepare the crew, Trooper Urtruq. In fact, from now on, Commander Urtruq - go use the DNA manipulation cell to upgrade your bioform to Commander, the access sequence is Varkleiner."

"Thank you, sir!" Urtruq could barely hide his excitement. The bulky, muscled form of a Commander would soon be his! He exited, in order to activate his new body.

Ridley looked out the great windows, into the depths of space, contemplating his fate with a vicious glee.

"Beware, you pitiful inhabitants of the universe", he whispered to the vast blackness, "for we are coming. And we shall not stop, and we shall not give mercy, and we shall never be defeated! For we are back, and we... we are Pirates!

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For this RP, you will need new unique characters, which MUST be Space Pirates. You all share a common backstory - hatched in the cells on the Pirate Homeworld, you have served the mighty Space Pirate legion all your life. All of you were involved in the fight with the Federation on the Homeworld in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and you all succesfully escaped to Zebes. You were in the Frigate Azrael, in orbit around Zebes, when it blew up. None of you have received any promotions yet - you are base Pirate troops. However, you may embellish your backstory or explain it in greater depth, provided you follow the basic outline set out here.

The character submission form is below, and below that are further details.:

Name:
Species:
Class:
Height:
Weight:
Age:
Physical Appearance:
Personal Items:
Personal History:


Name:

Species: Space Pirate [Cannot be changed]

Class: Pirate Trooper / Shield Pirate Trooper / Pirate Aerotrooper / Pirate Grenadier [See below for details of each class]

[Pirate Trooper]
[Light and maneouverable, they are equipped with a basic beam weapon that can shoot long range projectiles, and that can also form a short beam scythe suitable for melee attacks. A Dash Jet system allows them to propel quickly forwads over short distances, and also to hover briefly. The advantages of Pirate Troopers is that they are fast, balanced in both melee and long-range fighting, and can move quickly and hover. The disadvantages of Pirate Troopers is that they have low health, and can't stop incoming attacks except by dodging.]

[Shield Pirate Trooper]
[Like Pirate Troopers, they have a basic beam weapon complete with projectiles and scythe, however, it also has an energy shield attatched. This shield can deflect long range attacks, however, it comes at the cost of the Dash Jet, and also hinder movement. It is an improvement over the older models because it can't be ripped off (although it can be destroyed by heavy impact weapons). The advantages of Shield Pirate troopers is that they can stop most long range attacks, have high health, and are good ranged and melee fighters. The disadvantages is that they are slow to move, and can't hover.]

[Pirate Aerotrooper]
[Aerotroopers are outfitted with a beam gun capable of shooting ranged shots, and a dual missile launcher that can fire two missiles at a time. They also have a Flight Jet system, that allows them to fly, attatched to their backs. However, they have no melee weapons, and the Flight Jets are unstable at times, occasionally exploding when damaged. The advantages is that they are extremely fast and can fly, and are extremely good long-ranged fighters. The disadvantages are that they have low health, and are awful melee fighters, especially in enclosed spaces.]

[Pirate Grenadier]
[Grenadiers are equipped with a grenade launcher that shoots highly explosive grenades, as well as bulky shoulder-plates complete with impaling spikes, allowing for a lethal body-slam. However, the grenades can badly damage the Grenadiers if fired at close ranged, and the Grenadiers are greatly slowed down by this equipment. The advantages is that they can inflict high damage, and are excellent melee and ranged fighters. The disadvantages is that they have to be extremely careful with their weapons, are very slow, and have low health.]

Height: (x.xx) metres [Between 1.95 and 2.65 metres is normal range]

Weight: (xxx) kg [Between 90 kg and 125 kg is normal range]

Age: xx years [Between 18 and 40 is normal range]

Physical Appearance: (insert description here)

[Your pirate can have significant variations in appearance. You may choose his or her skin colour, of which any tone except black and white may be chosen. Facial features are widely varied - does your pirate have a beak, a reptilian mouth, mandibles? What type of arms does it have - a crustacean like pincer, a two-fingered one-thumbed hand, a one-fingered two-thumbed hand, claws? What eye colour does it have - any colour is acceptable. Is their equipment personalised? How so? And so on.]

Personal Items: (insert list here)

[Any items your Pirate owns. No weapons, just personal items, such as lockpicks, wrenches, and other such items a space pirate may have]

Personal History: (insert personal history here)

[Remember to use the basic layout detailed above!]

PM any profile submissions to me, and I'll either approve them, or tell you to rework some things. :metroid:

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My Characters

Name: Urtruq
Species: Space Pirate
Class: Commander
Height: 2.95 metres
Weight: 140 kg
Age: 31 years
Physical Appearance: Urtruq is tall, bulky commander, perfectly suited for combat. His skin is red, with a slight grey tinge around the stomach, legs and forearms. His face is refined and smooth, with a reptilian mouth and yellow eyes. His arms are two-fingered and one-thumbed.
Personal Items: Mae'in Hologram - a small hologram of his former breeding partner, Mae'in, who was killed in the explosion on Zebes.
Personal History: Urtruq was involved in raids on the Chozo early in his career, before being demoted and sent back to the Homeworld after a raid went wrong, and some Chozo escaped to warn their fleet. He helped defend the Homeworld hen the Federation attacked, and even briefly saw the Huntress in person, before escaping to Zebes when it becam apparent all was lost. While stationed on Zebes, he met his soon-to-be-love, Mae'in. He was sent to the Frigate Azrael to look out for approaching battle fleets. Later, Zebes blew up, and he initiated Project ReB, reviving Ridley from cloned cells.

Name: Ridley
Species: Space Pirate (highly altered DNA)
Class: Ptero Lord
Height: 5.65 metres
Weight: 220 kg
Age: Unknown
Physical Appearance: He's Ridley. You should know.
Personal Items: None
Personal History: He's Ridley. You should know.


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I'll start when I have 3 other Space Pirates.

:)

Hope you enjoy the RP!

OOC: Sounds interesting, I'll join has soon has I think of a good pirate name.

Name: Craglok
Species: Space Pirate (Duh)
Class: Aerotrooper
Height: 2.95
Weight: 123 kg
Age: 23 years
Physical Appearance: A tall, poorly armored pirate. His skin is a grayish blue color and his eyes are a bright red. Of course he doesn't have much armor, he wouldn't be able to fly then.
Personal Items: Nothing really, just a federation marine helmet which he calls his trophy.
Personal History: Craglok is a ruthless killer, that is why he climbed up through the ranks so quickly. Once he got to aerotrooper status, he refused every promotion offered to him, even from Ridley. He had been apart of the attack on Norion and was considered to be one of the most dangerous pirates in the whole legion. When the federation attacked the homeworld he was enraged. After the attack and escape, he was stationed on Frigate Azrael, where he was enraged even further when Samus destroyed Zebes afterward.
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The light faded, and Craglok stepped out of the cell, having regained his status of aerotrooper. He hissed.
"So? What now? I expect there will be some kind of an announcement from Lord Ridley. Considering the situation, it will probably concern Zebes and the hunter. . . " He left the room and proceded to his quarters. 'Mrrrrr, we should've killed her while we had the chance. Now look at what's happened.' He thought.
As he entered his 'room', he saw Utruq zoom by.
'Now what's going on here?' He stopped and looked the way Utruq had went. 'A promotion? How interesting this is.' He thought.
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OOC: What do you think of Craglok so far? Well, it'll have to wait, I don't want to miss the new 'Wolerine and the X-men' episode. Wow, no one else has commented yet? How very sad. . . .

Accepted. Welcome aboard!

Now we just need two more pplz.

Uh, are we allowed to use more than one pirate? Cause if we can, I do have another one.

Name: Anistrafens
Species: Space Pirate?
Class: Mutated pirate trooper
Height: Approx. 2m
Weight: Approx 5kg
Age: Should be 23 but dating ages him at 2576 years old.
Physical Appearance: Looks normal except for the fact that his skin is tinged red and you sometimes see another form in his outline.
Personal Items: A damaged suit of strange red armour that corrodes all it comes into contact with and glows blue in the cracks and gaps between plates.
Personal History: The only servivor of the Semikron incident, he was a core checkpoint security guard and was most likely exposed to the antimatter, but his current state was caused by more than that,it is possible he has been possesed by something.

Did you put part of your acount name in there on purpose?
Anistrafens

It has deeper meaning than just that. I didn't put it in just for vanity, it has story significance. And the pirate's name was different before the Semikron incident (I'm not going into detail as the pirates have little intel on what happened).

Not accepted, Strafehunter. I'm sorry, but a large part of this RP is the fact everyone is just your ordinary Space Pirate - the basic salt of the eart, commoner, peasant, cannon fodder type person. Your characters will become great and feared in time, but for now, they are just starting out in the Metroid Universe.

It's a nice entry though, why not try remaking the character and resubmiting?

Name- Phygris
Species-Space Pirate
Class- Pirate Trooper
Height- 1.95 meters
Weight- 100 kilos
Age- 20
Physical Appearance- With a dark blue skin shade, and four separate mandibles, Fraxus is a formidable sight. His armor is standard fare.

Personal Items- nothing much, expect for a fallen Pirate Elite’s breastplate.

Personal History- Phygris is still fairly new to the ranks and enjoys close quarter combat as apposed to mid range. However, he is much of a techie and has made pirate ships do maneuvers that a ship has never performed before. He keeps a Pirate Elite’s breastplate, as a memory of his fallen commander, Capt. Zernan. He also likes to snipe if the opportunity is presented, but although his skills are above average, they are no means elite. He hopes someday to become a Stealth Pirate Commando, and hone his skills with the energy blade. (Echoes era Commando)

Accepted. :3

One last person required.

I'll reconsider my chaaracter.

Phygris gripped his energy blade. It was finaly time. Time to show the universe his power. He just brushed past tropper, wait..... Commander Utruq? "our legion must be in poor shape if promotions are given out left and right...." Phygris thought. "Oh well, time to rejoin my squad" and with that he walked towards squad Epsilon II's room..... only to find no one there
"I keep on forgeting" muttered Phygris "My squadmates were all massacared by a surprise attack by the Federation. dang them!"

Name:Kazvik
Species:Space pirate
Class:Pirate Trooper
Height:2.11
Weight:107
Age:19
Physical Appearance:dark grey skin. hands are two fingers one thumb. orange glowing eyes.
Personal Items:salvaged cloaking device
Personal History:Kazvik has been serving the pirates for about 2 years. Even tho hes a Pirate trooper, hes been side trained as a shadow pirate by high command in secret. they think he has the potential of becomeng a worthy assasin and maybe the one to finally destroy samus.....

This takes place after Metroid Prime 3 - there is no Phazon left, and no life-forms will show any forms of Phazon degeneration or other side-effects. Rejected, but only just. A slight re-work, and you'll be good to go.

YOu have an extremely demanding criteria Crab_helmet. No special powers eh?

Yeah, it has to be that way. These characters are all just ordinary fighters. Make any of them special, or out of the ordinary, and the story won't work. This story is about how they became great. ;3

there, better??? <_<

Yes, much better. Accepted.

I'll give Strafe a day to redo his character, but I'll start tomorrow regardless.

EDIT: Never mind. Strafe, you can still join and applications are still open, but I just want to get this thing off the ground. :3

Here we go. I'll double-post so that my RPing is separated from this OoC stuffs. One off, I promise. :3

The few remaining Space Pirates lined up, broken, battered, exhausted, floating in the depths of space. Before them, stood Ridley, a terrifying sight against the bleakness of the vast universe beyond. He raised his jaws, a piercing shriek shattering the air, before looking at them, fire in his eyes, his tail lashing, muscles taut.

"We're at our limits. We are the last. The Hunter murdered all the rest of us, and now we rot in space. We don't even truly have enough of us to man this vessel. We can't keep going like this. There is only one way for us to get out of here, past the Federation blockade that now surrounds this galaxy.

We're going to hi-jack a Federation ship."

A ripple of shock and dismay passed through the troops. Ridley turned his back to them, wings flaring, and looked beyond, caught in his thoughts. Then, he turned to face them, and spoke with steel in his voice, his words speaking of fire, and blood, and death, looking them in the eyes.

"Look. We have one shot, one opportunity. This everything we've got. One moment. Will you capture it? Or just let it slip?

Failure is not an option! This is our last chance! We're on the edge, walking the line between failure and death, and triumph and glory! Lose yourself in the moment!You have the chance to be at the rebirth of the legion. We will attack GFS Olympus, at the edge of this galaxy, and we will take it down! You only get one shot, so make it count. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime!

Now, arm the raiding vessels. Phrygis, head the first boarding party, Kazvik, head the second boarding party, Craglok, head the third. You each will have a squadron of four other Pirates. Commander Urtruq, you will command Azrael, and launch the final attack. Remember, you need to take out the ship operatives. Destroying the ship itself would seal our fate."

Urtruq nodded in acknowledgement.

"What of you, Lord Ridley?" he asked.

Ridley smiled, an awe-inspiring sight, a horrible mish-mash of fangs.

"I'm going hunting!"

Phygris faced his soldiers. He unsheathed his energy blade. He let out a roar "Pirates! This is our battle. I know we have faced enemies far greater than this. However, we are heavily out numbered. We have but one chance."
"What is it?" asked one timid pirate
"Its simple. We are going to board the Olympus, while they are firing escape pods. Our Azrael will terrify them, and we will board in the confussion. You all have a role. Our role is to infiltrate to the cockpit, and kill anyone foolish enough to stand in our way!"
And with that, Episilon III was born

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Phygris piloted the boarding craft. They had destroyed a few federation ships, but the majority were attempting to destroy the Azrael. A few escape pods had lauched, just in case. And so, in the milling confussion, the Emblazer docked within the Olympus, catching a few GF soldiers off guard. The hatch swung open, and the pirates charged, with Phygris in the lead
"This is the start of a new beggining!" yelled Phygris "This is the dawn of the Age of the Pirates!"

Craglok brought his boarding party in after Kazvik, and charged out with his group.
The GF soldiers fired all they had at the charging pirates. Craglok jumped over those ahead of him and attacked his enemy.
"At last, revenge!" He shrieked as he took out a group GF soldiers.
He quickly killed his enemies, and was just as dangerous and ruthless as the other pirates remembered. Yes, yes, kill them all! was the thought that ran through his mind as he killed them all.

Urtruq stood his ground as the Azrael shook, the air reverbrating with the sound of buckling steel and awful clashes and scrapes of raw metal. The bulkhead of the ship collided into the Olympus, leaving a gaping wound, into which the few remaining pirates on the Azrael entered, firing off lethal blasts from the plasma cannons they held.

Urtruq himself turned on his energy blade, a whip-thin blade of light. As he entered, some defense turrets fired in his direction from the ceiling, catching him unware, blasting him backwards, badly scorching him, and killing one of his boarding party. He hissed as the pain caught him, then rolled behind the thick metal walls of the corridor, shielding himself. His two remaining pirates followed him quickly, a hail of sparks following their movements.

Urtruq carefully pulled an EMP grenade from his pouch, one of the few remaining, sharply jerked the pin, and threw it in the direction of the turrets. There was a small explosion, and strange blue lights seemed to ripple outwards. The turrets fell silent, their blinking lights switching off and their gun barrels retracting. Utruq gave a terse cry of triumph, before dashing beyond the turrets, and signalling his men to follow. Just as they did so, the blast doors beyond opened, the blue covering disappeaing, and the metal sliding open.

Some GF troopers ran in, shooting as they ran, intent on wiping out the pirates. Utruq carefully took one down with a low shot, scything through the troopers bodies. One of the other pirates ran forward with an energy blade, and succeeded in slashing down two of the troopers, their blood evaporating and flesh sizzling as it hit the blade, before he too was brought down. Urtruq then grabbed a nearby crate, and forcefully threw it at the midst of the three remaining troopers, knocking them to the ground.

They did not get up. Instead, their heads were promptly sniped from their bodies by the final remaning pirate trooper.

Together, Urtruq and the trooper cautiously approached the door, and entered. They appeared to be in the bridge. The navigation computers stood beyond them, and before that, the wide windows that showed the vast reaches of space. Huddled against the glass window, a GF trooper was shielding a female Navigator. He seemed unable to shoot. Utruq ran over to them, blade drawn.

The trooper ran at Urtruq, but Urtruq knocked him aside.

"Please, please, spare her! Anything, just, spare her! I will help you, I will do anything --"

His words were in vain. Urtruq thrust his blade bodily into the navigator, and watched her body jerk into lifelessness. The trooper stood stock still for a moment, then spoke, his voice sounding as though it was coming from a long way away.

"I curse you, pirate. One day, you shall understand love, and somehow, I shall take that love from you, and show you what it feels like."

"It already happened." grunted Urtuq, wiping his blade, and walking towards the trooper. "Your kind killed all my kin."

"Because you killed ours..." whispered the trooper, as Utruq raised his blade. "Where will the fighting end? Why can't we put down our weapons? We feel the same emotions - love, hate, joy, sorrow. We share the same wants, needs, and pains! If you prick us, do we not bleed? Surely, pirate, we can share a common bond - our humanity?"

"Bad choice of words." Urtruq replied coldly. "Humanity kills things." With this, he decapitated the trooper with a flick of his wrist, the blade lashing out.

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A small group of troopers dashed along the shafts under the floors of the Olympus, engaged in a desperate battle with the Epsilon III group, lead by Phrygis. They had killed almost half of the six strong team he lead - in these small enclosed spaces, it was difficult to maneouvre, and you never knew when a GF trooper was hiding around the corner. Phrygis moved warily down the corridor.

Suddenly, the thin metals shaft walls to his right buckled then fell to the floor, and three troopers walked through, guns blazing. Phrygis and his three troopers fell back towards the corner, before one of them was brutally caught in the crossfire of two shots. Phrygis himself was caught a glancing blow, leaving a searing burn on his shoulder.

Urtruq had commanded they must take the engine room, and turn off the engines. At the moment, none of the pirates had any idea how the navigation system worked, and before her death, the navigator had set the course to return to GF territory, far beyond Zebes. Unless they could turn the engine off by reaching the main shaft and switching off the power conduits, the GF could find them, and kill them.

However, this was proving difficult, as a few remaing troopers still infested the shafts. It was all down to Phrygis and his team.

(OoC: I want to see what you can achieve, and how well you can write a battle scene. Take it from here. :3)

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Craglok's group had been less succesful. They had entered a part of the Olympus further back, which had swiftly entered an emergency lock-down, as a few GF troopers tried to defend it. It was now necessary to kill every remaining GF force in this area to clear the blast locks on the doors. Craglok ran down another corridor, then, suddenly...

Craglok felt the pain burn through his body. He looked down, to see an a sharp metal pipe protruding through his chest. The GF trooper who had seemed to be defeated, gunless and on the floor, just a few seconds ago, scrambled backwards, still scrabbling for another piece of debris with which to maim his opponent, before realizing the broken water pipe had more effect than he had thought.

Craglok spat out a thin trail of blue blood. The battle with the troopers had been fierce. Only he, and this troopers, still stood. He went to aim his gun, but found the pipe had also glanced through that, severing the power. His movements felt weak, and pain jarred his every movement. The opposing trooper carefully stood, shoulders squared, arms ready.

"Looks like you and me are doing this the old-fashioned way!" the trooper spat, before leaping at Craglok.

(OoC: Again, another fight scene to see how well you write. This one is different from the other in that the first is a gunfight. This is a fist fight. You are much stronger and bigger than the GF trooper, but you are quite badly wounded, and slower. See how well you can do this. :3)

[ooc: You are absolutly evil CrabHelmet, but fine.]
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Craglok felt the pain still going through him as he fought back. He was suddenly knocked down by the trooper who kicked him across to another part of the room. Gasping for air, he stood up. "I'll. . . . uhuh. . . . kill you!" He ran as fast as possible at his enemy, only as fast as a human could go, and punched the trooper in the face, shattering the glass visor. The trooper covered his face due to shattered glass piercing through his skin.
Craglok let out a muffled laugh, and coughed up his blood. The trooper recovered and attacked Craglok, who couldn't as easily dodge as before. He threw the trooper into the wall and attacked with another punch to the chest. The trooper gasped from the pain in his heart and kicked Craglok away. He puched him again.
Craglok wasn't going to lose to him. He punched and kicked the trooper and than threw him at the wall again. The trooper couldn't hold out against Craglok.
Craglok limbed over to him. The trooper looked up. Craglok held a sharp broken metal pipe.
"My turn." He hissed.
The trooper's life was ended with the metal pipe thrust through his chest. He instantly died.
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[ooc: The trooper, not Craglok.]

OOC- I dislike you crab helmet, you only gave me 4 pirates
Phygris and his team had taken cover behind the debris, three other troopers had come to reinforce the original three, and their energy blasts were slowly melting their cover.
“Pirates, our only chance is to snipe a few of their head. Wait until my first shot”
Phygris leaned out of cover carefully, so that only his eyes and his mandibles showed. He poked out his gun and carefully shot a burst, which struck one GF trooper in the head, killing him instantly.
Suddenly a hail of gunfire blast out from his pirates, killing one other GF trooper and knocking out another. However, one of his pirates charged out, thinking that it had been won
“Pirate, No! “ Phygris shouted
But it was too late, a burst of gunfire ripped through his body, killing his pirate
“So it’s down to four on three” Phygris thought grimly. Both forces were hurt, but the GF were keeping a steady barrage that pinned down the pirates, while they advanced slowly.
Then Phygris had an idea “Pirates” he yelled over the comm. system “Kick up your debris and use it as a shield!” Phygris lifted his up, and charged towards the GF troops, who were momentarily stunned by this maneuver. One slash, two, and two GF soldiers were down. Another went down, blasted by his pirates, and the remaining one wounded.
“Please” he begged, “I’ll tell you everything”
“Okay” Phygris agreed “Tell us where the engine room is”
“It’s over there” pointed the GF trooper
“Thank you” said Phygris, before smashing the GF trooper’s head
“I hate those who betray their own kind” murmured Phygris
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Phygris and the remnants of Epsilon III carefully tread down the hall. The engine room was just around the corner, but enemies could be anywhere.
“Tread quietly pirates, there could be anyone, anywhere”
However, the way to the engines was miraculously clear
“Finally, a stroke of good luck. Geurta, cut the engines”
“Yessir” said the pirate trooper
However, the moment the engines had been cut, 10 GF troopers burst into the room, blasting the remaining three pirates
“Commander Urtuq, this is Phygris of Epsilon III. Requesting immediate back up. We are in the engine room, and a firefight could destroy the engines permanently, as well as the possibility of an explosion, due to the fuel gel stored in this room”

OOC- Crab Helmet, your a commander, so you have red phazite armor, as well as the ability to teleport
And pay attention to the unconscious GF trooper. He/she's not dead yet

[OoC: Well, I do my best to be evil. Wouldn't be any fun if I wasn't, was it? :P Everyone likes life or death battle scenes.]

As the dead trooper collapsed to the ground, the lock on the blast locked door opened, revealing the ordinary door behind. Craglok staggered through, to find himself on a balcony, high up in a room filled with what appeared to be the main power conduits for the energy room. Below him, he could see Phrygis, and his two remaining troopers, and beyond that...

...he ducked down as a haze of fire rattled past him. Then, he felt the balcony buckling beneath him, and the metal beginning to heat. They were shooting the underside of the balcony! If it collapsed, he'd be done for! How was he to stop this happening, with his energy cannon broken?

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Urtruq sighed as the message came in on his com link.

"Delth, secure the navigation room, and keep it under control. I don't expect there to be much trouble, though - most of the remainign GF Forces appear to be in the engine room."

"Sir, yes, sir." Delth affirmed, moving down to the entrance door to the navigation room, his cannon covering the entrance, ready to stop anyone trying to enter.

Urtruq turned on his short range teleport, locking it on to Phygis's genetic signature. There was the brief moment of discomfort that accompanied teleportation - the odd feeling that your insides were travelling faster than you were, and odd woozy sensation.

He arrived a second later, welcomed by a fusillade of fire from the GF Troopers. He quickly pulled out his cannon, and sniped one, before quickly moving for cover behind an energy conduit. The GF troopers couldn't afford to shoot at the conduits - if the power went, the pirates would have succeeded regardless of what the Troopers could do. However, the pirates couldn't afford to do so either, as they would need the engines to be turned back on later, once the navigation system was under control.

Stalemate.

Then, from above him, he heard a cracked groan, to see Craglok wounded on the balcony. The GF troopers immediately began to shoot the supports. Urtruq looked to his left, but saw Phrygis and his two pirates trapped behind the other energy conduit. This didn't look good. The GF Troopers outnumbered them, and it wouldn't be long before they were rushed.

Then, came a piercing screech, and one of the GF troopers was snatched up, and thrown to the ground, his body mutilated. The GF forces turned only to find Ridley behind them. They fired their guns at him numerous times, and dark burns discoloured Ridley's hide, but then he roared, a terrifying sound, and leapt at the troopers, scattering them to the ground. Then, a swipe of his lethal claws ended the lives of a further few troopers. Seeing the troopers in disarray, Urtruq quickly ran out, energy sword drawn, and sliced down a few of the troopers. The remaining pirates followed him, and soon, the GF troopers had been cut down where they stood.

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"The Mission appears to have been a success..." hissed Ridley, satisfaction in his voice, as they stood in the navigation room.

"Urtruq, Delth, Phrygis, Guerta, Vern, and Craglok." Ridley said, naming them each in turn. "You have all done well. We may have suffered heavy losses - I understand that most of our teams were killed, and Kazvik is currently in the medic centre as we speak - I understand you that your injuries have been mostly treated, though, Craglok? However, we have succesfully captured the GFS Olympus. This ship can travel at warp speed, and what's more, the GF won't suspect anything until it is too late.

Even better, it has an Aurora Unit. Once we implant a virus into it, it can tell us all we want to know about the navigation system. It shouldn't be too hard to hack - AU 313 was almost completely unprotected. Once we figure out the navigation system, we'll switch the engines back on, and head out of this galaxy for a while - it is much too risky to stay here.

From there, we can go back to old school - daring raids, and simple boarding parties. The way the pirates used to do it, before Mother Brain made us too complicated. We'll build our way up from there, and become great once more! Once again, gentleman, thank you."

Ridley nodded at them, then began to head towards the Aurora Unit chamber.

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(OoC: Well done, I like the way you handled those fight scenes. And as you wish, Sylux, the unconscious GF trooper is still crawling about in the ship somewhere, waiting for the opportune moment. Why don't you get your respective characters to know each other? After all, this is pretty much the "prologue" of the story. Any characters still alive now will probably be around for some time. So, feel free to ask questions of each, and of the NPCs - Delth, Guerta, and Vern.)

OOC- its always nice to have a rat in a ship. makes things more.... interesting. And Guerta's my puppet =) I created him. So I think, I'll construct his personality if you dont mind. And you need to pay more attention. Urtuq has Red Phazite Armor. Its almost unstoppable. check out how hard the battle in Prime 3 was.

Phygris went to the sick bay of the Olympus. Luckily the medical staff were robots, so there would be little/ no complications. All pirates had basic medical training, whcih Phygris had excelled at, but none of them could treat the wounds that Kazvik had recieved. He wandered the corridors, when he saw Craglok
"Hello" Phygris greeted "I would like to congratulate you on the success of your mission. Your quite the CQB specialist. I heard all about your battle."

(OoC: Urtruq has no Red Phazite Armour. This is long after MP3: C, there is no Phazite, Phazon, or Phaaze-related materials around. :3 He does have the teleport system, though. Also, no puppet characters. You can submit a second character if you want, but the NPCs are mine. :3 Although, having said that, fell free to submit a second character, as only two people seem to be involved in this. I'd like to see what else you could do. :3

Oh, and Kazvik is the medi centre because Pirate_Commander hasn't posted in ages. If he doesn't post within the next "chapter" (plotline, I guess) or so, I'll kill him off. I don't like doing it, but inactive characters weight stuff down.)

OOC- but I suppose they still have an extremely strong armor system. Fine I'll create Guerta. He's more of a minor character though. He's my supporting techie

Name- Gureta
Appearance- Standing slightly over 6ft, and weighing at around 180lbs, Guerta is an average looking pirate. He has a reptilian appearance, a three finger, one thumb clawed hand, and his face is vaguely crocodilian. He has quite a bit of armor on.
Character Triats and history- He is a brilliant tactician, an accomplished engineer, and is loyal to Phygris. He was once a commander of squad Delphi, but the entire squad was killed except for him in the aftermath of the Zebes Conflict. He is now reassigned to the new squad Epsilon III. His goal is to become the Commander of a Space Pirate Fleet.

OOC: Well, we CAN make a second guy? Well, I'm not going to though.
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Craglok turned his head. He pulled a piece of metal out his arm, and growled. "So? What about it. My promotion back to aerotrooper status didn't help, so what was the point?"
Phygris looked at him for a moment. Obviously the machines in the medical center already removed most of the metal embedded in his flesh. Craglok looked at Phygris again. "Besides, Ridley already promoted me for the mass slaughter." He laughed. "It would be the first one I've accepted for a while." He went back to the Azreal.

Phygris stopped and turned away. "A cold one, he is" muttered Phygris. He started walking back to Epsilon III's barracks, thinking, thinking, about what the future would hold

OOC- Im gonna throw in a couple of battle scene's soon, so hurry up and introduce