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A Story from the Vendetta Universe By Tehnare
Well, I like to write stories in my free time, not sayin im the best, but I thought id share a story with you all because i really enjoy this game. So, here goes...
*story takes place in a space station bar somewhere in Vendetta Space*
Man 1: Hey Tehnare, tell us another one of your stories!
Man 2: Yeah! We're bored as hell! Nothin excitin' ever happens here.
*other comments urging can be heard*
Tehnare: Alright alright, fine...lets see here.. what story haven't I told you all yet..
*He thinks for a moment*
Tehnare: Ah, i know...d'i ever tell you guys about the time I went hunting for a Queen bot?
*murmur's start up from the group of men at the bar*
Tehnare: No eh? Well buy your selves another drink men, 'cuz its a good'n.
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It was a few years back.. I was doing a few trade routes 'n stuff, nothin big. I had my own team, we called our selves "The Fearless Fighters". Now you may laugh at that, but we thought we were tough shit. I tell you. We would go around hostile sectors just lookin for fights. Our team consisted of me, and my three buddies Koya, Barnes, and Big Man. The last guy was pretty well rounded if ya get my drift, but still a helluva fighter.
One day, Koya comes up on the intercom sayin he found the location of a Queen Hive bot. "This is the chance of a life time!" he said, "We could be famous if we took it down!" I told him he was a dumb-ass for even thinkin about it. "No one's ever returned from huntin a queen stupid! Its damned near impossible!" Says I. Well, iono how he did it, but he convinced me and the gang to do it. Hes a real smooth talker that Koya. Ill have to tell ya one day how he smooth talked his way into gettin a ragnarok for only 10 credits and 2cu's of ferric ore. But anyway, so we all grouped our cash together n bought ourselves Ragnaroks. Its big, armored, and has tons of gun ports, its perfect for goin up against a queen; yeah, right. Its a god damn floating brick of death is what it is. So, we arm our rags with the best weapons we could find. We used all our connections with different factions to get the best missiles, guns, batteries, paint, you name it, we got it. Costed us a fortune. Once we was all armed and ready to go, we shot off into the depths of space.
*takes a swig of beer*
The coordinates for the queen bot were way off in unmonitored space, where pirates hung out. Lucky for us, we never did run into any. Barnes came close to smackin into a 'roid though, cuz his lazy ass was sleepin'. But basically that was the worst of our travel to the queen bot. Ok, so, here we were, one sector away from the queen bot. We all stopped in front of the worm hole. "Guys" said Big Man, "If we dont make this out alive, I want yah all to know, that you're all the best ive ever known". "Quit talkin like that Big Man, we aint gonna die as long as we hit 'er fast 'n hard" shouted Koya. Well, by that time, I was pretty scared. I always heard the stories about the dumb fools who went after queen bots and never came back alive. They were all young, and cocky, just like us. They had huge teams and a lot of war tactics they thought would work, just like us. Don't be spreadin this around or nuthin, but I tell you, before I hit the warp button, I said a little prayer, just incase..
*Gets out a cig, lights it, takes a long drag, and blows it out slowly. The men around him sit quietly, drinking beer and waiting for him to continue*
*Fwoooooooo...* Yeah. So we all counted down from five, and at one, we hit our warp buttons and shot off to meet our maker. *shakes his head slowly*. We were so stupid. Even while we were in the process of warping I was sayin to myself "god damn what am I doing?! Im so stupid!" None the less, we arrived at the sector, and there she was. A big ass thing, with legs and huge green eyes, and a metallic orange robe. High pitched squeals and static rushed through our intercom systems and we all rushed to turn them off. "Shit! Turn off you're intercoms! Y'all know teh plan!" said Koya. That, my friends, was the last time I ever heard him, or any of my other friends again. God, it was pathetic. The queen released hundreds of bots and they all rushed out to meet us. We all fired wildly, filling the void with bright flashes of lasers and missiles. I looked to my left and saw Big man's ship bust into flames as three bots shot at it and one collided with it. I screamed in pain and anger, calling my friend's name out as if it would bring him back. I flipped my com link back on and yelled out "Big Man's dead! We gotta pull out! This is fuckin crazy!" but I didn't get a reply, and I couldn't wait very long, the static and high pitched squeals were killing me. I quickly shut off my com link and did a barrel roll to avoid fire. I turned around and let hell break loose on my persuers. They bursted into colorful blossoms of red and gold; debri everywhere. Suddenly I was blown back by a large blast, probably from the queen. My left wing was shot and my ship was smoking. I quickly boosted around and came face to face with the queen bot. Oh god, it was like staring into the eyes of the grim reaper him self.
*becomes silent for a moment, as if in a trace, just starring at nothing, thinking about the incident. In length he snaps out of it and continues*
Lord it was horrible. My friends were gone, my new ship, ruined..and here I was, face, to, face, with this mechanical monstrosity that has consumed so many traders' and fighters' lives. I looked down at my display and saw that I still have two more loads of chaos missiles. I hit the brakes, and turned around, boosting for my life. I looked behind me and saw the queen, boosting after me. After a bit, i turned around, lined my sites up between the beast's eerie green eyes, and pulled the trigger. But happened made my heart sink. "How could this be?!!" I wondered, "Why now of all times?!!". I looked down at my display and saw "missile bay jam". I looked back up and saw the queen boost right over me. Its long metal legs scraped my beaten ship and spun me out of control. It was no use i thought. I cursed and cursed, and hit my joystick with sadness and rage. I steadied my ship and saw the queen coming back for me, with her giant green eyes of death. I literally sat back, and watched her come at me. "This is it. This is how im goin' out" I thought. I thought of my dead friends, all the time we spent, and how I hated Koya so much for ever bringing me into this in the first place. This was stupid, it was insane, it was....suicide. As I sat back, waiting to join my friends as hell's gates, I noticed on my HUD radar that there were no asteroids here... I had an idea. I never tried it before and I wasn't entirely sure it would work. I brought up my map up and chose a random spot in space. As the queen bot drew closer and closer, charging up its gun, ready to take me down I roared a battle cry and hit the warp button. "THIS IS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS AND THE LIVES YOU HAVE CLAIMED!" I shouted and then....Bam. My ship shot straight through that queen like a plasma shot through water. Ripples formed around my ship and tore the queen inside out. A split second later an incredible bloom of light formed behind me. I looked back to see the spectacular sight for only a second and then i left that sector. The sector that was the grave of my friends, and my victory. Forever.
*puts out the almost used up cig in an ashtray and takes another swig of beer*
After that its all pretty blurry. I blacked out once I jumped into safe space. Some trader found my smoking and bashed up ship and rushed me to the nearest station. To this day boys, I still regret going to hunt that queen, although I attained an incredible victory, I paid an awful price. Now I no longer listen to stories of idiots who meet their doom from hunting a queen bot, I tell them. And that, gentlemen, is my story.
*The bar is silent, and many are shaking their heads, others talking in whispers, and some still, just shocked, starring at him*
Well, its about time I headed out. Im supposed to be deliverin' a package to some station here, and i'm sure they're worried ive run off with it. Heh.
*Tehnare leaves the quiet bar, leaving behind him, a somber atmosphere*
*story takes place in a space station bar somewhere in Vendetta Space*
Man 1: Hey Tehnare, tell us another one of your stories!
Man 2: Yeah! We're bored as hell! Nothin excitin' ever happens here.
*other comments urging can be heard*
Tehnare: Alright alright, fine...lets see here.. what story haven't I told you all yet..
*He thinks for a moment*
Tehnare: Ah, i know...d'i ever tell you guys about the time I went hunting for a Queen bot?
*murmur's start up from the group of men at the bar*
Tehnare: No eh? Well buy your selves another drink men, 'cuz its a good'n.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was a few years back.. I was doing a few trade routes 'n stuff, nothin big. I had my own team, we called our selves "The Fearless Fighters". Now you may laugh at that, but we thought we were tough shit. I tell you. We would go around hostile sectors just lookin for fights. Our team consisted of me, and my three buddies Koya, Barnes, and Big Man. The last guy was pretty well rounded if ya get my drift, but still a helluva fighter.
One day, Koya comes up on the intercom sayin he found the location of a Queen Hive bot. "This is the chance of a life time!" he said, "We could be famous if we took it down!" I told him he was a dumb-ass for even thinkin about it. "No one's ever returned from huntin a queen stupid! Its damned near impossible!" Says I. Well, iono how he did it, but he convinced me and the gang to do it. Hes a real smooth talker that Koya. Ill have to tell ya one day how he smooth talked his way into gettin a ragnarok for only 10 credits and 2cu's of ferric ore. But anyway, so we all grouped our cash together n bought ourselves Ragnaroks. Its big, armored, and has tons of gun ports, its perfect for goin up against a queen; yeah, right. Its a god damn floating brick of death is what it is. So, we arm our rags with the best weapons we could find. We used all our connections with different factions to get the best missiles, guns, batteries, paint, you name it, we got it. Costed us a fortune. Once we was all armed and ready to go, we shot off into the depths of space.
*takes a swig of beer*
The coordinates for the queen bot were way off in unmonitored space, where pirates hung out. Lucky for us, we never did run into any. Barnes came close to smackin into a 'roid though, cuz his lazy ass was sleepin'. But basically that was the worst of our travel to the queen bot. Ok, so, here we were, one sector away from the queen bot. We all stopped in front of the worm hole. "Guys" said Big Man, "If we dont make this out alive, I want yah all to know, that you're all the best ive ever known". "Quit talkin like that Big Man, we aint gonna die as long as we hit 'er fast 'n hard" shouted Koya. Well, by that time, I was pretty scared. I always heard the stories about the dumb fools who went after queen bots and never came back alive. They were all young, and cocky, just like us. They had huge teams and a lot of war tactics they thought would work, just like us. Don't be spreadin this around or nuthin, but I tell you, before I hit the warp button, I said a little prayer, just incase..
*Gets out a cig, lights it, takes a long drag, and blows it out slowly. The men around him sit quietly, drinking beer and waiting for him to continue*
*Fwoooooooo...* Yeah. So we all counted down from five, and at one, we hit our warp buttons and shot off to meet our maker. *shakes his head slowly*. We were so stupid. Even while we were in the process of warping I was sayin to myself "god damn what am I doing?! Im so stupid!" None the less, we arrived at the sector, and there she was. A big ass thing, with legs and huge green eyes, and a metallic orange robe. High pitched squeals and static rushed through our intercom systems and we all rushed to turn them off. "Shit! Turn off you're intercoms! Y'all know teh plan!" said Koya. That, my friends, was the last time I ever heard him, or any of my other friends again. God, it was pathetic. The queen released hundreds of bots and they all rushed out to meet us. We all fired wildly, filling the void with bright flashes of lasers and missiles. I looked to my left and saw Big man's ship bust into flames as three bots shot at it and one collided with it. I screamed in pain and anger, calling my friend's name out as if it would bring him back. I flipped my com link back on and yelled out "Big Man's dead! We gotta pull out! This is fuckin crazy!" but I didn't get a reply, and I couldn't wait very long, the static and high pitched squeals were killing me. I quickly shut off my com link and did a barrel roll to avoid fire. I turned around and let hell break loose on my persuers. They bursted into colorful blossoms of red and gold; debri everywhere. Suddenly I was blown back by a large blast, probably from the queen. My left wing was shot and my ship was smoking. I quickly boosted around and came face to face with the queen bot. Oh god, it was like staring into the eyes of the grim reaper him self.
*becomes silent for a moment, as if in a trace, just starring at nothing, thinking about the incident. In length he snaps out of it and continues*
Lord it was horrible. My friends were gone, my new ship, ruined..and here I was, face, to, face, with this mechanical monstrosity that has consumed so many traders' and fighters' lives. I looked down at my display and saw that I still have two more loads of chaos missiles. I hit the brakes, and turned around, boosting for my life. I looked behind me and saw the queen, boosting after me. After a bit, i turned around, lined my sites up between the beast's eerie green eyes, and pulled the trigger. But happened made my heart sink. "How could this be?!!" I wondered, "Why now of all times?!!". I looked down at my display and saw "missile bay jam". I looked back up and saw the queen boost right over me. Its long metal legs scraped my beaten ship and spun me out of control. It was no use i thought. I cursed and cursed, and hit my joystick with sadness and rage. I steadied my ship and saw the queen coming back for me, with her giant green eyes of death. I literally sat back, and watched her come at me. "This is it. This is how im goin' out" I thought. I thought of my dead friends, all the time we spent, and how I hated Koya so much for ever bringing me into this in the first place. This was stupid, it was insane, it was....suicide. As I sat back, waiting to join my friends as hell's gates, I noticed on my HUD radar that there were no asteroids here... I had an idea. I never tried it before and I wasn't entirely sure it would work. I brought up my map up and chose a random spot in space. As the queen bot drew closer and closer, charging up its gun, ready to take me down I roared a battle cry and hit the warp button. "THIS IS FOR ALL MY FRIENDS AND THE LIVES YOU HAVE CLAIMED!" I shouted and then....Bam. My ship shot straight through that queen like a plasma shot through water. Ripples formed around my ship and tore the queen inside out. A split second later an incredible bloom of light formed behind me. I looked back to see the spectacular sight for only a second and then i left that sector. The sector that was the grave of my friends, and my victory. Forever.
*puts out the almost used up cig in an ashtray and takes another swig of beer*
After that its all pretty blurry. I blacked out once I jumped into safe space. Some trader found my smoking and bashed up ship and rushed me to the nearest station. To this day boys, I still regret going to hunt that queen, although I attained an incredible victory, I paid an awful price. Now I no longer listen to stories of idiots who meet their doom from hunting a queen bot, I tell them. And that, gentlemen, is my story.
*The bar is silent, and many are shaking their heads, others talking in whispers, and some still, just shocked, starring at him*
Well, its about time I headed out. Im supposed to be deliverin' a package to some station here, and i'm sure they're worried ive run off with it. Heh.
*Tehnare leaves the quiet bar, leaving behind him, a somber atmosphere*
I wanted to go home early this day...
...
I order another beer and drink it. In silence.
How much brave young people have to die untill this queens will be beaten forever...
...
I order another beer and drink it. In silence.
How much brave young people have to die untill this queens will be beaten forever...
this is pretty cool, and I liked how you incorporated the warpkill in there ^_^ Anyways nice job!