Roleplay - The Pirates Revenge:
Written by Greeny of the Terran Empire.
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Chapter 7

 

Greeny looked at himself in the mirror.  He had always enjoyed wearing the armour of the Emperor.  The armour was incredibly tough, in fact it was a common myth that if you were wearing that armour whilst a Battle cruiser landed on you, you would suffer no lasting damage, although Greeny had no intention of testing this theory.  It looked deceptively weak to the untrained eye, as it was thinner even than the light armour given to cadets at the academy.  It was completely black except for the Golden eagle on the left hand side of the torso, although this was usually hidden by the sleeveless black trench coat that Greeny wore over the armor to give him a more imposing look.  He walked over to one of the windows and looked down on the city. The north side was heavily damaged, but the south side was untouched.  He stood there for a few seconds before turning around and walking over to the weapons rack in one of the side rooms.  He picked up a bolt pistol and strapped it to his right hip, and then picked up his custom disintegrator.  Disintegrators were far from standard issue, and even when they were occasionally used they were massive weapons.  However this one had been custom designed for Greeny himself, and so was no larger than a standard plasma rifle.  He checked that the power pack was charged and walked out the door back to the rest of the councilors.

“You there!” Cold Fire said, pointing at at the Terran standing behind a console at the front of the command deck “How long until the entire army is transported?”

“At the current rate, about an hour.  Master,”  Said the Terran pirate “Two hundred thousand pirates can easily be destroyed by the Terran Empire and even if they cant muster more than a few thousand defenders, ground based weapons can destroy that kind of army easily…”

“What’s your name Terran?” Asked Cold Fire, leaning back in his chair.

The Terran turned and looked directly into Cold Fires hooded face “Reaper” He said, shifting uncomfortably.

“Ironic” Said Cold Fire, producing a bolt pistol from his robes and firing off a single shot into the Terrans forehead. “You there” He said again, this time pointing at a Genus who was sitting at a side console, obviously doing his best to look busy. “Take over his job”.

“Yes master” The Genus said bowing slightly and hastily moving to the console.

“How many of our ships are left in orbit?”  Cold Fire asked.

“Seven” The genus responded, “All Invincibles”.

“Ok, alert me when the army has been transported”.  Cold Fire said, standing and strolling out of the command deck.

“Yes master” Replied the Genus again.

 

“Ok, well communications are still down, and so we can’t efficiently tell the army where to be or even what they are up against.”  Greeny knew this wouldn’t be easy, Terrans weren’t famed for their ability to fight in close combat.  And the city’s army was mostly reserve troops with little, if any, real life combat experience.  But at the same time he was sure of victory.  This was the Imperial City, the heart of the Empire, and Greeny knew that every Terran would fight to the death to save it.  “Plus the Stormguards haven’t got back from Bootes yet.  I have no idea what has happened to them, but we must assume for now that they are not coming.  So, what does that leave us with?”

“Well, we have the defense fighters, and the army, but they are scattered and unorganized, they will be slaughtered by the pirates.” Narses said gravely.

“But a single Terran is worth a dozen of their pirate scum, we have the best fighters in the galaxy!” Shouted Dennis from the back of the room.

“Yeah, don’t believe every bit of propaganda you hear Captain.  Terrans are weak in close quarters, why do you think we like to smash our opponents from our Invincibles?”  J0E said, looking out of one of the windows at an explosion in the city.

“In any case” Greeny continued, “We need to get…” But he was interrupted by a massive explosion.  “What was that?” He shouted out.

“Palace shield at seventeen percent sir!” Called out an Ensign standing by a console.

“How many ships do they have left?” Narses asked.

“Only one Invincible, it heading to the palace.” The Ensign said.

“Do you think it can be destroyed before it gets here?” Asked J0E, scratching his eyebrow.

“No Admiral, it has diverted all power to its engines and shields.” Replied the Ensign “It will be here in two minutes.”

“They are going to ram us!” Chad said, following the path of the Invincible across the sky.  Greeny half-ran over to a communications console, he pushed the button to transmit a message.

“Sir, communications are still down” Narses said quietly “We need to get out of here, the shield can’t take being hit by that much force.”  Greeny looked at Narses, and then looked out the window at the rapidly approaching Battle Cruiser.  He sighed.

“Very well, we won’t be able to get out in time through the main exit, we will have to use the teleporter device in the throne room.”  Greeny said, turning and running towards the throne room.

 

“How long until the shields around the Palace are down?” Cold Fire asked.

“The Invincible will hit the shields in about one minute, Master.”  Replied the Genus.

“Good, when they are down transport me to the Pride.” Cold Fire said rising from his seat and moving silently off the command deck.

 

“Impact in seventeen seconds Emperor” Narses said, looking at his chronometer.

“Damn, we aren’t going to make it out in time” Greeny said, stopping, he could clearly see the Invincible now.  “Shoot that window” He said, pointing at a window directly opposite from where the Battlecruiser was rapidly approaching.

“Sir, we don’t…” Started Chad.

“Now!” Greeny shouted drawing his bolt pistol and firing at the window.

“Yes Sir” Several of the Terrans said in unison as they opened fire on the window with their standard issue assault rifle.

 

“Five seconds Sir, I am activating the teleporter, Good Luck” Said the genus pirate.

“Same to you Captain Darius”  Said Cold Fire, emphasizing the last few words.

 

The window cracked and then shattered.

“Three seconds ‘til impact sir!” Narses said looking over his shoulder “Err, approximately”.

“When the shield collapses jump” Greeny said, as his hair danced around in the wind.  The Building shook and Greeny turned around.  The battlecruiser hit the shield and began to break up, the noise was deafening.  The shields glowed a pale orange before collapsing.

“Now!” Greeny shouted at the top of voice.  He jumped out of the window and was blown forewords by the force of the explosion behind him.  He knew he was dead either way, but at least this way there was a tiny chance of survival.  Greeny flipped over in the air and watched the top half of the Palace begin to collapse. 

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