Distress Call

[Validus]

A vortex opened in the darkness of space, the phthalo blue and dark purple would of been a strange sight in this void of space, had there been someone to observe it. A Hypernia Class Fleet Destroyer exited the vortex and started to drift, tumbling end over end there was an explosive fire in the aft section of the ship which was extinguished as soon as the oxygen had dispersed in the surrounding space.

A spark flew from a power conduit in the aft section of the main bridge, "Damage Report!" yelled the Captain, who was grabbing onto a railing trying to make his way to the fire suppression system.

A woman who was sitting in a chair near the front of the bridge looked down at a computer, "We do not have contact with Decks 3 threw 8, 14 threw 23, and 25 threw 30. Kyl is reporting that there is a massive hull breach in the aft quarter of the ship. Main engines are offline and stabilization thrusters are not responding. We are adrift,"

"Ok, do we know what happened?" asked the Captain

"Sir," said a young man sitting at the central console at the front of the bridge, "I just felt a big bang then Kyl brought us out of the Vortex and here we are. There was no warning just BANG!"

"Thank you Sub-Lieutenant," stated the captain. "Commander Shelby, I want you to work with the Marines and start a ship wide search for wounded. Also try and make a venture down to the engine room and see if we can get the intercom up,"

"Yes sir," said the woman who gave the status report.

"Ok, Pyle. I want you to send out a General distress call. Hopefully their is a patrol near by who can respond quickly."

"Aye Captain."

A wave was sent out from the ship carrying a message, "This is the UTS Icuto we are declaring an emergency. Requesting any and all assistance." The message was repeated ever 2 minutes.

~Thanato

[Khem]

"Greetings Icuto, this is TS Zion 1, we have recieved your call for aide. we are willing to provide help and a tow to a fine guild repair facility. are you prepared to be boarded?" the voice was monotone and masculine.

 On the Icuto's screen was a rather large battleship unlike anything they had ever seen. it was obviously one of the guilds many prototypes, not yet available for sale. The Transport and Science Guild logo of a winged test-tube was displayed prominently.

[Feniexia]

The Clearwater VII Patrol Cruiser was navigating in a mostly unknown nebula field as suddenly, the communication antennas registrated a something.

"Commander! Incoming message." Akira Misoshi, communications officer, shouted.

Commander Ikari listened to the message. "Send a exploration ship to them." he said calm.


Ten heavily armored elite power armor marines, commander Seito Tenshi (male), pilot Ayae Suzumi (female) and medic Kay Darkley were send with a small armored transporter near the UTS Icuto.

"Whoa, they look bad...what might have destructed this ship THAT badly?" Kay almost shouted from surprise. "Hmm..."


Silence. All looked trough the windows to the wrecked destroyer.



"Suzumi-san, open a ComLink channel and request landing permission." Commander Tenshi ordered.

Ayae nodded and pressed some keys on her keyboard.

"Connection etablished."

"Here speaks E.S. Kazuo. We are here in the name of the Feniexian Empires Space Forces to examine the situation and provide help if possible. Please open up your landing ports."


OOC: I know, japanese names are evil...it´s hard for non-asiats/japanese-speakers (or those which are learning it, like me^^) to get the gender of the person out of the name o.O .

[Dysanii]

The large, grim form of the DSA Destroyer Cayuga was nearing the crippled ship. A distress signal had been picked up, and in the immediate space only an unknown patrol vessel and ship of the Transport and Science Guild had been identified.

It appeared that it was a lucky day for the crew of the Cayuga. The damaged ship would be packed with technology that could be stolen and used for the glorious advance of the Imperium.

Powering its weapon systems, the Cayuga edged closer, as hundreds of Kyxarii prepared for boarding action. Their mission: to capture the ship and harvest all useful technologies. No prisoners. No survivors. Ruthless and efficient.

Such was the way great empires were built.

[Validus]

"Sir, I am detecting three vessels, wait four vessels. The last vessel to arrive is giving off the signature of a Mark twelve deep space probe, home ship is, hell It is our sister ship the Pasture. The probe has gone," Stated the Sensor operator. "two of the ships have taken up orbiting patterns. The third appears to have weapons armed."

"WHAT!" Yelled the Captain, looking across the bridge at the operator. "Combat Status?"

"Not good, Captain. We only have 2 working guns and they are 40 centimeter kinetics. Active armour is down. All engines, thrusters, well anything that can move this ship are down." stated bridge engineering liaison.

"Lets hope some Dominion ships get here soon. Open a channel to the TS Zion 1," ordered the Captain.

"Its going to be shitty but lets give it a try,"

"Thank you for the offer but we are awaiting assistance from the United Dominion Stellar Navy. We would like it if you could stay in case we need to evacuate to Icuto." The captain signaled to cut the line, "Now open a channel to the Feniexians,"..."Our landing bay is down, due to massive decompressions. However we are working to get it online due to our Wing stationed in the bay. Thank you for your assistance."

OOC: The Hypernia Class Fleet Destroyer is a State of the art Fleet Destroyer. . . A Fleet destroyer is on par with a light cruiser but is a tad bit smaller and has less armour.

~Thanato

[Feniexia]

"No problem. We will call for reinforcements to evacuate your ship and protect it from pirates. This is a very dangerous area here. Many criminals and terrorists." Ayae replied.

"Switch to Wait Mode, Suzumi-san. This might last some times, and we shouldn´t waste our energy." commander Tenshi ordered.

Ayae nodded and pressed some keys on her keyboard. "Just a standard operation..." she thought.

The Clearwater VII Patrol Cruiser "Sakura" began to change her course to the wreck of the UTS Icuto."

[Validus]

OOC: I have designed the Hypernia Class Fleet Destroyer and I will have that on here later today when I scan it into my computer... I will also update with the Class of fighter which I will feater later in this RP. . . provided the Icuto is attacked...

~Thanato

[Khem]

"we are willing to stay we shall manuever to a position above your ship. with respect to the dominion we shall watch over you. would you mind if we called our own back up to help guard your ship incase anything gos wrong?" came the monotone voice of Transport Grand Foreman Jet Forbes.

the hulking mass of the Guild ship moved itself in a position above the Icuto, all weapons were set to standby and all sensors were switched on.

onboard Jet looked to his underlings and wondered if they minded laying down their lives for a fools errand.

[Validus]

"Shit," said a man working under a console in a gray jumpsuit.

"What is it Spacer?" asked the captain.

"Well sir," responded the spacer. "We have lost all external communications."

"Which means we are mute. Damn, lets hope the Pasture gets here soon."

All of a sudden a red light started blinking on a schematically layout of the Icuto. Soon after that there was three loud blows of a warning siren. "BLOODY HELL!" yelled an Engineering Officer as he ran over to the engineering console. "OH CHRIST!"

"What is it Commander?" asked the Captain.

"We are leaking atmosphere in the aft quarter. Over 130 people are stationed in that section. We need to get them out of there FAST!"

"Do we have internal Com?"

"Not in that area of the ship, sir!"

"Damn it, Were is Commander Shelby and the Marines?"

"They were in that section, last time they checked in, before we lost communications with that sector." the Commander looked down at the control panel and pressed some keys, "Sir, if we don't seal off the venting sections we will loose the ship."

"Wait as long as possible then seal it off. I am going don there." The Captain ran toward the Bridge access door then stopped and turned around, "Commander, you have the bridge."

~Thanato

[Dysanii]

The Kyxarii began hitting, beating and headbutting each other, psyching themselves up for the ensuing chaos. Allthough an unruly bunch, they always got the job done no matter what the cost. No sacrifice was too great in the name of the King and the Imperium.

Suddenly red klaxons starting blaring, and a Dysaniian voice began repeating, "All Kyxarii report to boarding craft. Prepare for boarding action."

The distinctive red armoured sergeants began ordering their squads on to the transport vessels, and the rabble raced to their stations, a chorus of battle litanies roared in to the air.

In space, dozens of silver, smooth craft fired from the sides of the ship towards the disabled destroyer. Upon impact, they smashed into the armour plating of the ship and wedged themselves in tight. Inside the corridors of the ship, where the breaches occurred, a foamy fluid was fired around the breach, sealing any small openings left. The doors of the craft exploded open, and Kyxarii began pouring out.

A group of black armoured special operations Kyxarii, about 25 in all, started to use cutting equipment on the doors of the bridge, hoping to take command of the ships main control systems. They turned on active camouflage, and primed grenades...

* * *

On board the Cayuga, the Captain ordered an encrypted message to be sent to the small battle group it had broken off from to expore the distress call. The message read, "Come quickly. Ship found. Hostiles close. Praise the King." It would have been preferable not to call the patrol to him, but afterall, these Guild types could never be trusted to keep out of anything.

[Validus]

"sir, one of the ships are launching craft." Yelled the sensor operator.

"Which one is it," asked the commander under a console fiddling with wires.

"Its the unknown ship sir. The one that didn't make contact. I estimate 5 minutes until we are surrounded."

The Commander got up off the floor and walked over to the sensor control panel. Looking down at the screen the Commanders eyes went wide. "Oh my god." He turned around, "SOUND ACTION STATIONS!" Three loud sirens were heard threw out the corridors of the ship, luckily that part of the internal comm was still active.

"Sir?" asked the sensor operator.

"Boarding party," responded the Commander. "Arm your self now! As soon as they hit seal off the bridge. Someone find the Captain!"

**Aft Section**

"Captain!" Said the startled engineer working on the door.

"Commander Shelby?" asked the Captain.

"She made it out sir, but we still have over one hun-" He was interrupted by the sounding of Action Stations.

"What the hell?" The Capitan looked around, "Action Station Protocol, MOVE PEOPLE!" The Captain ran down the corridor to the nearest Armoury. upon arrival he armed himself and then headed back up to the bridge.

Half way to the bridge the ship was rocked by multiple impacts knocking the Captain off his feat.

He could hear the sound of Gunfire in an adjacent corridor. He pulled the pistol from the holster.

**10,000km Out**

A Vortex opened up and a ship exited, on the side it said in big bold letters 'PASTURE'. Its giant engines lit up and it steamed towards the crippled Icuto.

~Thanato

[Dysanii]

"Die FUCKERS!" yelled a zealous Kyxarii as he was ripped to shreds by live rounds, only after throwing his grenade at the hostiles, a resounding "BOOM" and multiple screams filling the air.

The cohorts of Kyxarii had initially made significant progress in their advance; taking many by surprise, they had gained good footholds throughout areas of the ship. However, now the enemies had slowed them, and bitter close combat had erupted, turning the ships corridors into killing zones.

A plan was in motion to end this resistance. A squad of Viikyr, elite Dysaniian shock troops, was making its way towards engineering. It was hoped they could use the engines and directly cause the ship to make a dangerous jump (as it was in such poor condition) to an unknown vector of space, making sure no reinforcements could help the crew against the overwhelming numbers of Kyxarii.

At the bridge, the special operations team had nearly cut through the doors. As the doors caved in, several screamed "for the King!" before running in, only to be pulverised by rounds. Their fellows, now more cautious, threw in a handful of grenades before charging in to destroy the elements of the command crew that were still alive.

* * *

In space, the Cayuga had finished heating up its new prototype weapon systems. Moving backwards slightly from the force, the Cayuga released a deadly volley of plasma at the new oncoming vessel, drawing it into space combat before it could send troop reinforcements to its crippled ally...

[Feniexia]

"What...damn! Look there!" Darkley, watching the space trough the lookout windows.
"Fleet activity."

"That seems not good...terrorists?" Tenshi asked over his ComLink-featuring headset.

"I´m unsure. It looks like some foreign ship."

"Call for more reinforcements. And send them a warning, Suzumi-san. They should have the opportunity to flee before we crush them."


"Unknown ship, you are entering Feniexian controlled territory. Identify yourself. Stop all further military actions, or we will have to destruct you."

[Dysanii]

"Unknown ship, you are entering Feniexian controlled territory. Identify yourself. Stop all further military actions, or we will have to destruct you."

The Captain of the Cayuga replayed with a personal transmission to the unknown ship.

This is DSA Cayuga. We have picked up no signals dictating this is infact your space. We do not threaten your ship, your people or your territory - this is a private matter. Firing on our ship with no distinct purpose will be breaking the Rules of War. If you have any honour, you will abide this sacred code and not attack a ship of Dysanii.

[Validus]

As the weapon impacted the Pasture the energy was absorbed by the Active Armour.

A man standing in the middle of the bridge, "Target attacking ship Return Fire all batteries." He turned around to the sensor stations, "What is the status of the Icuto?"

A woman citing at the central control console for the sensors was looking at a read out, "Massive hull breaches in the Aft and bow sections, engines are running cold, also it looks like it has been leached." Her eye's went wide, "SIR! She has been boarded."

Outside the Pasture was firing Volley After Volley at the attacking ship.

~Thanato