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by Admiral Breetai » Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:46 am
something new out for you guys...basically a tribute to your awesomness can't out do you..so i may as well hope you enjoy it. i threw out a shout out to the Legacy era with the Joker squad.
Im'pec is gonna join Thanagars party soon and Toq will slay a great many smugglers. Ent E hope you like the tribute to TOS era Klingons with the engineering skills.
"I did meet him in battle and I saw two men, who he was and what he was now and I grieve for such a fractured soul, I do not even know if an honorable death can heal such a spirit" Im'pec to Ambassador Jaina solo "memories of my grandfather"
Endor:
“Anakin! You’re breaking my heart; you’re walking down a path I can’t follow”
“YOU LIAR!!”
Why did it everything hurt? Oh that’s right whatever that thing was that called itself a god of order had somehow managed to deflect the power of his master back all around them, Vader was absolutely certain that, that was impossible but it had happened. He was sure what organic tissue he had left was ruined and mangled more than it already had been and he cursed himself for not protecting himself better. His failure was merely one in a long line of failures that had made up his life, impotent of youth, the arrogance that came with success far beyond his years. The impulsive rage that had prompted him to kill his beloved wife as she stood before him teary eyed and pleading. The rage that had prompted him to turn on a man who was a brother to him, the horror of realizing one betrayed not only the love of your soul mate but the memory of your father who with his dying breath had begged that you be trained in the force to save the light from the darkness. The hatred that overwhelmed his soul and took hold of his very being, the projection, the rage all the Jedi who underestimated him and never acknowledged his greatness, how good it felt killing the little ones how satisfactory robbing the innocent of their lives had been, the joy and pleasure he felt when he cut down the few Jedi who survived the order punishing them for daring to underestimate him and dismiss him as an arrogant child. The shame and utter self-hatred that he now felt for himself looking back on his complete and total petulance and what it had generated, the regime he now was a part of and all that he had to do on a daily bases to survive, the pain his life support caused. Anakin was gone replaced by a rotten corpse calling itself Lord Vader, a Sith lord trapped in the position because he had resigned himself to the reality that there was no going back now and all he could hope to do was kill that vicious old bastard who brought him here at the end. Nothing but self-hate and murderous intent for two decades the broken dark lord had lived off of that. But in that battle he stood before a being that came from outside their sick little game of galactic risk and challenged the master of the force himself and managed to actually win. His mind pondered that reality before blackness took him over again and he had begun to realize that perhaps there was another choice for him, a part of him dared to hope. Dared in the face of the Grand Admirals who desperately fought to protect a Galaxy while Palpatine sat like coward in his ivory tower and watched waiting for his technological terror to be built, Vader was disgusted not only was this contrary to the way of then Sith but it defied everything he once was and what his son now was striving to become. Vader relaxed in the healing tank as sedatives were pumped into him again, he felt tissue mending and old scars fading he thought he saw the outline of Grand Admiral Seras gazing at him. More than once he saw Guylos looking at him deeply concerned. Which he thought was odd, they had met only once prior to his transformation into a walking corpse and he recalled acting arrogantly dismissive while Daren through his own skill and control over his emotions had won victory. This single meeting produced the concern of a Veteran soldier gazing at a comrade a brother in arms? Why? Then it hit him that was right, some people sadly actually believed in the cause and fought as though they were surrounded by believers and not being used by a mad despotic sorcerer.
The drugs began to take effect on Vader as this new experimental technology began to patch him up drugs that must have really begun to affect his mind for him to be pontificating like some fool who dared to think he had a chance to fix this mess his comatose master created. As the drugs began to take affect his vision blurred and darkness over took him in that deep healing sleep his mind wandered and he saw a vision perhaps of that which was yet to come?
It aboard a space station of some kind, Vader hurt worse than ever! But it was a good kind of pain the type of pain the body needed to feel when it had been asleep and limp for so long. Vader was exhausted his new robotic lungs working overtime to bring oxygen to the blood, Vader realized one of his arms was torn the armor of his suit shredded sparks flew and what stood before him was some type of giant that seemed to him larger than the tallest Wookie. It was bloody wounded from a battle that he could only guess was fighting between the two warriors for hours, but this being for some reason was smiling a jovial grin he looked happy, worse he looked friendly as though he was doing his best to help Vader remember who he was. That must have enraged him because he attempted to choke this giant with the force only to have a powerful silver fist shatter his helmet and send him reeling. “Awaken sleeper! Awaken to the fires of honor and war and remember who you are” came a roar so deep so meaningful filled with such power Vader began to feel himself desperately wishing for such an enemy. So long had it been that he could truly face a creature worth fighting, worth killing.
He saw other things, he saw a grizzled old Eagle fight his son in a misunderstanding as an old Jackal spoke in riddled and lies with the mad priest
Were these visions of things yet to come? Or was he hallucinating? The drugs have must have affected him worse than he thought.
Kashyyyk –
“Are you guys sure about this?” private Orland asked drinking distilled rot gut made by the local garrison “ I reckon so” came the reply from Anson Trask another of the Stormtroopers who were now sitting lazily over a crate of weapons. “I mean the fething Moff did take a bit of a tumble didn’t him?” Anson said sipping from another bottle, he looked out at the jungles the wild life what a huge and weird world this was, he had been stationed on the planet for six months and already he despised the imperial Moff in charge but at the same time he never lost his love or fascination with the planet itself. The wild life here was so lethal it forced the native sentient species to become impressively reliant and quick witted despite being a peaceful people, their love for the home land was so strong even as slaves they returned for their rituals and festivals. “So what we doing now? This show leaderless” A stall gaunt bald headed one asked as he walked up “We’re without a Moff because some Grand Admiral threw him out of a building?”
“Something like that Vax” the reply came from behind them and every one immediately looked up and seemed to come to a sort of casual attention. The man who stood above them was blond and bearded middle aged and hard looking, his eyes were piercing and dark black circles under them gave him the scowling look of a badger like predator, he was called Hardcase a nick name GA Thanagar had bestowed upon him during the clone wars and one that stuck. “We’ve got a mission boys” he said “Grand Admiral Guylos made some friends who hate the Dominion as much as we do” he said with a scowling raspy tone to his voice. “Sir we get a fighting partner sir?” Orland asked, Hardcase nodded “in fact we’re going to clean up a smuggling ring that’s been funneling money to a traitorous sect in our own Government and we’re gonna do it with their help” he said grinning.
“Sir” Anson said getting up “ that’s pure nonsense we don’t need know stink’n chaperone to clean up a mound of filthy sell outs” he said “heck send me in I’ll be back before dinner” he said grinning which caused laughter and jeers. “Oh is that so” the voice was slurred sultry and incredibly sarcastic. Vax instinctively reached for his weapon but stopped dead when he saw a blade materialize out of seeming thin air and press against Orland’s throat. Something grabbed the troopers arm and twisted it in a powerful grip. Every one stood up alarmed and pointed their blasters at Orland who flinched then looked as a figure slowly formed as though a personal cloak had come off, she was tall her figure hour glass like but powerful, she wore a metallic breast plate with what he’d later come to know as the Klingon standard. Her forehead had a series of ridges on it and she gnashed a pair of fangs at him “You breathe so loud I could shoot you blind” she replied licking his cheek “little man” she sneered. Vax eyed her intensely personal cloaking technology was a Dominion asset! All around them others began to appear tall powerfully built humanoids all with the same standard on their armor, weapons were drawn. Hardcase eyed his men intensely. “And you smell so bad I could find you even with that fancy gizmo on” the female turned her eyes slightly to see a fiery red headed female with a heavy gun of some type pointed to her head. It seemed they were at some type of stalemate she growled sneering at the human female who unflinchingly held weapon on the ready. The humanoid who was beside Hardcase smiled and then looked down at the man “it seems that not all your men are worthless commander” he said and then there was loud laughter from the beings. The female grinned and nodded to her human counterpart and withdrew her blade before walking off towards a bottle of the rot gut.
Gest turned and eyed Orland she shook her head “are you alright” “yes ma’am I think I’m in love though” he said which caused her to shake her head and walk off to take point beside her CO. Hardcase eyed them all “alright boys you met our help, their Klingons and they are natives to the Dominions home galaxy and have fought them in the past” he said “this is Captain Toq going to second in charge of this mission you hear? Anything not addressed to me you address to him” he said the creature who eyed all of his men sternly and then the Stormtroopers “I am Toq of house Lorgh” he said “I now take my place among you though my loyalty is to our commander I speak for you all” he sneered “do no dishonor my voice” he said in a low growl
Vax eyed him intently, the man had a very powerful way about him and when he said that he got the feeling that this thing would even go out of his way to defend them with his life if he felt the need was present. Die for them fight even the commander for them, these were a stranger people but he could see his comrades charged by the declaration impassioned. Hardcase looked at them all “get yourselves familiar with your new unit mates because first thing tomorrow we clean out a nest of traitors “ Hardcase said and then eyed them all intently “then we’re cleaning out dominion trash all, over this damn galaxy” he said
Vax who grew up a thief in the Coruscant under levels flinched at that the idea a bit intimidating but he could see the fire burn in his comrades eyes and grinned “looks like we’ll finally be taking the fight to the Dominion” he said
Outer rim territories- 700 hundred years ago
They crept along the rock face silent and swift, moving and making hardly a sound as they darted towards the main facility, Yoda eyed the sentries stationed outside a group of seven grubby faced drunkards, their leader sat like a king on a crate, he was a mighty human some seven feet tall and incredibly fat, a long round thick beard and loose shaggy hair was loose around a gnarled form. He had an ax Yoda could tell was made of lightsaber resistant materials. Yoda made a mental note to take that one while the others handled the rest, “look there young one” Vi’retess was talking to a young Jedi Knight, the knight focused and saw pens full of young women and children weeping and sad broken now and kept to be shipped to their new owners. Frowning the knight looked at him “you have great vision” she said Vi’retess shook his head “absolutely horrible eyesight “ he said touching his ears ‘fantastic hearing” he winked and then moved back his coat and began taking out a series of pieces of metal or plastic at his side combining them together he created a make shift rifle.
“Mmm through the front I can lead them” Yoda said “Do you want me to go in around the back alone?” Vi’retess asked Toda quirked an eyebrow “risky that will be” he said the Vorta nodded “yes but at the same time worth it” he said “you lead yours in the front, I would think that the shock of seeing Jedi warriors storming like that will focus most of them towards you yes?’ he asked grinning Yoda chuckled “impressive your bravery is” he teased before nodding to the others “on my mark move we do”
Vi’retess nodded walking forward skulking in the shadows and moving off, how these force users responded would be interesting.
Deep Space – present day
Im’pec let out a loud belch and took a piece of his long main and wiped some food from his gnarled lips and stood up, his arms creaking his back twisting making cracking sounds as he sighed loudly and lazily before walking forward. He walked along nodding to his men and aids before sauntering towards the command chair, The Vessel was smooth and opulent as was the trend of the vessels aligned with the house of Martok (soon to be imperial house he surmised) opulent and soft, Im’pec much preferred the forests of Kashyyyk roughing it in the wilderness and fighting the monsters deep down inside. One of his aids moved towards him and bowed “Dahar Master!” “Kora” he said nodding to her , pretty little thing (apparently a bastard daughter of his thank Kahless that she let him know that with an upper cut when he had grabbed her rear earlier) She grinned “ah! You remember my name this time” “I do have many children” he said in his defense which was true a dozen by his wife and perhaps eighteen daughters running around that were bastards. “That you do” she said laughing before eying him “Lord Rozhenko calls” she says. Im’pec nodded his eyes alight with fire and pride he nodded “in my personal chambers” he said walking off towards his chambers.
Unlike the rest of the ship his room was not ornate it was simple wood chairs that could comfortably support his gigantic frame a simple bed and images of all of his children and his beloved wife who somehow still managed to look beautiful after all he had put her through. Still Im’pec felt the need to be a little formal for his master, throwing on a crimson robe the color of Alexander’s house (which he noted was the color of human blood) standing before the holographic projector his eyes focused as slowly an image of his master appeared. Alexander still had his dirty blond hair (a trait of his human heritage perhaps?) still had that slim form that concealed surprising power, his voice was still melodically deep and powerful for one so small and his masters eyes were still as lethal as ever. “Im’pec my friend” he said and they embraced “you’ve gained some muscle tone and lost the gut” he said laughing Im’pec nodded laughing “ah, yes I must thank you and Drex my lord for this excursion has been most joyous! I have learned much here, and had a great opportunity to fight many worthy enemies” he grinned “hunt many great hunts” he said laughing “I wish you were here” he said. Alexander grinned “Vi’retess is a dangerous enemy yes?’ he asked Im’pec nodded “I have prepared a data pad full of his speeches and tactics” he said and then grinned, this was their stunning achievement their one up on the Federation, based off their stolen research they had created a way to make temporary wormholes just large enough for communication they stayed open for several days which was a blessing, as the energy requirements to create them were astronomical and not easily concealed (indeed they usually had to create them near binary star systems or preferably quasars) “good, good” he said “what has happened so far” he asked “Well The Dominion has taken to aiding these Rebels but one faction remains silent” he said Alexander nodded “the Dominion has fought viciously those who lead them here are much different than those who lead them at home” he told him “and they have made surprising gains conquering an area the size of the alpha quadrant inside of six months” he said “but it seems both sides are holding back, something was supposed to be ready but not and they are both fighting like starving beasts now, the cruelty and trickery is unprecedented on both sides” he said “but their leaders are clever I found some that would be open to serving our goals so long as we are honest with them” he said
“Really that’s refreshing” Alexander said and then smiled wickedly “oh they are fighting back now aren’t they my old friend?” he asked Im’pec nodded and his eyes seethed with passion “the one they call the “Ram” is fighting that demented preacher and gaining a victory streak” Alexander grinned at his friends predictable eagerness – you are a colossus of foolishness my friend but that is why you will be my instrument of change- he thought and smiled of all his pawns this was the only one aside from Drex he truly cared for, and the only one he was willing to indulge. After gazing at him intently and making Im’pec squirm like a child waiting for a present Alexander laughed “I have something to say, it is confirmed and they are coming” he said Im’pec nodded. Alexander eyed him intently “Rainbird is with them” Im’pec grinned “ah excellent! “He said “may he side with those who hide that we may have a proper three way!!”He roared with sheer joy at the prospect of fighting his friend again. “Be cautious my friend” Alexander replied “I do not want you to die before your time you are more a brother then a servant” he said and Im’pec smiled at the human emotion, How Alexander could be so Klingon yet so human at the same time always amused him. “in light of this fact” he began “I want you to take your flagship one Vorcha and six Birds of Prey and seek out this Ram and his fleet join him in battle” he said “let us see how far they are able to get against the enemy”
Im’pec’s eyes lit up intensely this had been something he was waiting for, hoping for and the silver hand and nodded “thank you my lord” he grinned “I suppose you wish me to render aid, to bring forward great publicity for the Klingon Empire” he asked grinning Alexander nodded “among the great warriors of this galaxy” he said with a playful smile “and make sure they know just how powerful we really are” he added his tone hid a hint of menace in it. Im’pec nodded gravely “an example then to which side?” he asked “both” Alexander said Im’pec nodded and then grinned again “then I will seek out Grand Admiral Thanagar and offer service of the Klingon imperial navy to the great Ram of the Galaxy” he said “and we will burn a path of glory and legend across the stars”
Alexander nodded his eyes lighting up “and the low the great silver hand of the empire brought his mighty sword down and he laid waste to the lowly clones and their godly masters and with a thousand funeral pyres he and the Ram doth consecrate the stars and usher in ten thousand years of glory for the Klingon Empire and her mighty Galactic Vassal” he said and they butted heads “Qa’pla! Old friend”
“And you my battle brother may the courts never cease to challenge that mind of yours’ he said and they both laughed before the hologram cut.
On the bridge everything was routine until the giant burst through the doors almost tearing them out as he did so. Im’pec began to sing a great tune of adventure and eyed them all “get word to Captain Toq tell him to be ready to stay close to Pellaeon and Guylos for soon he will join them in battle” he roared “as to us! Be ready for soon we depart!”
‘For what my lord!” one asked Im’pec grinned “To the front lines” he said his voice was low and in a whisper “ For soon we will all kill a god” he said grinning as their laughter echoed across the cosmos.