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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on Apr 22, 2013 14:34:27 GMT 1
Mass effect: genocide
300,000 years ago....
The Arthenn prospered across the system Zelene. Their home world appears to be Helyme
They had settlements in the system, including Ephos (a dead planet ravaged by kinetic impacts) and mining technology above the gas giant Gaelon
They where wiped out by an unknown cataclysm....
Chapter one On the planet Epho
Auud quo stared at his monitor, it showed that the drill was extracting vast amounts of Element zero (the miracle element) which was good, they're homewold's dwindling supply of the priceless element needed to be met head on. The drill was designed by alimani corp, a big company in one of the seven houses of excavation, Auud worked for this company, it payed well, so to speak, three platinum coins an hour to be exact, the Arthenn government is sorted out into houses Seven houses of making Seven houses of law Seven houses of leadership And so on, this government had worked steadily and efficiently for thousands of years, but Auud thought That this so called government was a lie, this "government" prevented the seven houses of exploration from leaving the home system, even though we had the technology to leave many years before, but Auud was just a insignificant miner, they're was nothing he could do to speak out against this, at least the leader of the seven houses of exploration is on the home world doing something about it right now Once the drill was finished he turned off the machine, it was a long day and he needed to stop early. The planet Epho was cold and decollate, the surface temp was -41 celsius Good thing a atmospheric mass effect field kept it at a reasonable temperature, 34 degrees
They discovered mass effect technology deep under Helyme, the home planet When they discovered it they found a chamber, inside where a couple of monitors, and two crypts, on the crypts they're where two messages When the Arthenn scientists decrypted the messages they said "Walk among these works" and know our greatness" And on the other crypt it said, "Monsters from the id" The second message always raised concern in his Mind, what did it mean? A warning? A war? All but one of the monitors was out of commission, the one that was still working was badly damaged and corroded the scientists got data from it before it short-circuited, the data for mass effect technology, meaning fields, FTL travel, and biotics. and some star charts and planet data and the guessed world of The creators of the technology, the planet Junthor
He never understood what the messages meant, but he had far too little time in his day to concern himself with such things. When he stepped out It was still cold, but it was good enough, he smiled when he saw his co-worker, Calese, she was typical in every way by Arthenn standards. (The Arthenn had gray skin with empty black eyes and a triangular-shaped head, with four fingers) "Skipping out early again Auud"? She asked, "yes" he said simply, "no surprise" she said with a smile, "lets go" he said, "where to"? She inquired "Anywhere but here" he said wistfully, "oh come on" she said playfully "your Job isn't that bad" "yeah your right" he said back, they walked in silence for a couple of minutes then Calese broke the ice, "do ever wonder if you could be more"? "Sometimes" he said back, "I mean all I do is press a button and that's the days work", "true" she said back, but just say to yourself "if I'm going to be a miner, I'm going to be the best damn miner that ever lived." "Thanks", he said, They arrived at his apartment, and he said bye to Calese and walked up the stairs to his apartment got his key and opened the door if, only she knew.
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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on Apr 22, 2013 14:36:13 GMT 1
Chapter two
On the city Uae on the planet Helyme 2 days earlier
Tetrus was the leader of the seven houses of exploration, he had just about had it with the governments "don't leave the system it's too dangerous" crap, in order to survive as a race we needed to leave the system, they're was no other way, they're home planet is already suffering from over-population, and and lack of mineral recourses, in other words, the planet was dying. He had to do something, that was why he was here, to do something about it First, he would speak to the house of leadership, and try to convince them that leaving the system was the right thing to do, then if that didn't work he would talk to some of the other houses and try to convince them to help him convince the houses of leadership of the idea, and if that didn't work, he would ignore the houses and go anyway, isn't that the point? He was the leader of the seven houses if exploration, that means to explore, not smile and wave when the house of leadership hands his ass to him, as far he could tell his whole company was behind him, as far as he could tell. He walked up to the front gate of the main house of the seven, the building was huge, the second biggest in the city, it was fifty stories high, and completely white, with narrow windows, once he reached the gate he showed his ID, the security guard looked bored, he scanned his ID and waved him on his way He walked across the courtyard to an elevator, he stepped inside and pressed the button for the 30th floor, it was a glass elevator so he could see out for the long climb, it was a beautiful planet, it could be kept that way if only they would listen to him, The elevator arrived at its destination and he stepped out, He looked around and took a seat in the waiting room, it was a drab waiting room nothing but a couple of chairs, and a monitor that showed the house leaders dealing with current events. On the monitor The orbital defense master was sitting across from the leaders asking for permission to build more defense stations, "for what purpose"? The leader in the middle asked, "if we make first contact with a sentient species and if it goes badly I want to be prepared", said the master plainly,"I frankly think this is a waste of recourses", said the member on the right, "I concur", said the one on the left, " "but we need this"! Yelled the master, "it's only a matter of time before we Leave the home system anyway"! "The leader of the seven houses of exploration is going to be speaking next"! Tetrus frowned, this really didn't help him, he did support the master however. The one in the middle said, "that's another matter to be discussed" the the member on the left spoke next "we can't afford the recourses" "I agree said the leader on the right" "If we are all in agreement", the middle one looked at his comrades, they nodded "then this meeting of the leaders is adjourned". "Good day you bastards" the master said through gritted teeth.
Not a minute later a beautiful assistant showed him the way to the leader's chambers. On the way he saw some paintings on the walls, depicting all of the leaders that ever existed, some where thousands of years old, the last painting showed the current leaders, those where about eighty years of age, the average life-span of a Arthenn was about one hundred and seventy years, Tetrus was sixty seven.
When he arrived the leaders looked at him distastefully, he sat down, "lets get down to business", said the middle one, "yes let's do" he said with a forced smile, "As you know, I am here to discuss the possibility of leaving the home system to establish a colony, "have you found a suitable planet for colonization"? inquired the right one, "yes, in the system tasale," this system has six planets altogether", "most very useful for recourses, colonization, and expansion of our power", said Tetrus confidently, "what if a race has already taken over this system"? Asked the middle member, "we will be cautious to prevent such things" he said with a rough tone, " how?", inquired the left leader, "we will send a small scout ship into the system first to see if they're are any sentient life forms" "what will we do if they're are sentient life forms"?, the right leader asked plainly, "if they're are, we will simply find another system for sanctuary" "they're is also an astroid belt in the system, hopefully rich with element zero, he said, and before the leaders could speak again he said, "don't you see?, if we don't leave this system we will perish as a race!, our home planet in a thousand years could be a dead husk of its former self ! "Who would fly this ship"? Asked the left member, annoyed. good thing he came prepared for this kind of thing, "five people have been hand picked for the job" he said, They looked skeptical but the middle leader asked, "do you have a list of pilots and crew?" "yes" he said simply, "read them out", said the left member "Ok, here are the names", illi sa Eway seli Gai qu Kile eve And, Auud quo "I'll send you they're dossiers, he said, He pulled out his knowledge tool, and sent them the dossiers. They're was a couple of minutes of silence as the leaders looked over the information, "The middle one spoke first, "I'm interested in this Auud quo, the dossier states that he was a military Pilot during the Epho colony uprising, it states he took place in several military campaigns, the most prominent, the battle of Gaelon, the dossier says he piloted a single seat fighter during the battle and took out several enemy fighters, his fighter was chewed up pretty badly, but he was brought in by the dreadnought Kati des, after the last of the rebels where defeated he left the military to be a miner,on epho, why? "With his military record he could've landed any high-paying job he wanted to" said the left member, "I think he became a miner to work like the average Epho citizen, "either way it doesn't matter" Tetrus said, "I need him to at least try out for the job", "ok Tetrus you have your ship", said the middle leader, "and if all goes as planned a colony" and you're right our planet is dying, we are just a race that clings to the old ways, its time we wised up" the left leader opened his mouth as if to say something, but wisely closed it again, Tetrus got up and bowed "Thank you" he said politely, "and just one more question" the middle leader said, "what"? Asked Tetrus, "have you contacted Auud yet?" "I have an agent on her way now" he said, it always felt good to be one step ahead of the leaders, "Then this meeting of the leaders is adjourned"
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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on Apr 22, 2013 14:37:29 GMT 1
Chapter three
On the planet Epho
Auud stepped into his apartment, the lights where off, he didn't remember turning them off, a thought occurred to him and he slowly went towards the pistol in the cabinet, before he made it the lights came back on and a woman with a gun appeared, she said, "don't even think about it" (an assassin obviously,) he thought "or what"? He said, "we'll to put it simply ill shoot" she said back, he replied with a biotic "shockwave" the dark energy slammed her against the wall, before she regained her footing he grabbed her gun, pointed at her and he said "now, if you are a biotic you can show it anytime", she just glared at him, "ok then" he said "lucky me"
Docking station Giani orbiting Gaelon
Once the meeting with the leaders was over he traveled to his most secure station, Giani, it was a gateway out of the system, and a sentinel always on guard. Tetrus looked at the light stealth frigate plans on the monitor, "it looks like a good ship", he said "but"? Inquired the designer, "they're are no weapon systems on it" he said plainly" before the designer could answer he said, "I want five dark energy cannons, and a point defense system", he added a "just in case", the designer nodded, "very well " "What should we name her?" Asked the designer, "that's a good question" Said Tetrus, "the ship is taking a big , leap" said Tetrus the leaptus? That's a good name. "We'll shall start construction" immediately "Sir, you have a call", said the designer
Auud pointed the gun at his captive, and asked, "who do you work for?" I work for the Arthenn navy", she said with a smile, "why are you here, and what do you want, he asked, not lowering the gun, "I'm here to recruit you"," you will be paid well", she said, forget it" he said, "it's not a military assignment", she said, rolling her eyes, "we need your piloting skills", she said, "what's the mission"? He asked, making his implants flare, "We need your flying experience for a exploration project, when she got no response she said, "the leaders have finally wised up, we are leaving the system", he was obviously skeptical, after what felt like hours of pondering he Said "really"? "Yes, really", she said, annoyed, "we have discovered a suitable system for colonization and mining, "the system Tasale", she said, "How do I know your navy" he asked, holding the gun with a new purpose" "I know that the first person you killed was Yuuo vxi, I also know you used a high caliber sniper rifle to kill him" she said with a grimace, she felt dizzy, otherwise fine, it was a light shockwave, "that still doesn't prove anything" he countered, "you could've gotten that info from a information broker" "Fine, just a second a need to call someone" she pulled out her tablet and pressed a few buttons and she gave him the tablet, on the screen was the face of the leader of the seven houses of exploration "son of a bitch" he said, "yeah", the leader said she's not lying" "As the girl has explained to you, I need you for a mission, Can't say more, not on a insecure line" "meet me on the space station Giani. And with that the call was over, The woman spoke, as she got up on her feet, she said, "oh yeah and by the way I am a biotic, before he could object a "throw" send him sprawling on to the floor She then said "now where even". Then he said, "fair enough". She helped him up on his feet, and said "c'mon, Tetrus is waiting for us", "Never got your name" he said smiling ,"it's Vespa, Vespa Cali
As soon as the monitor was shut off Tetrus commanded one of his servants to make guest quarters for Auud and Vespa, It would be at least a month before the Leaptus would be completed, until then Auud would haft to brush up on his flight skills, and biotics "all of the requested crew have agreed to the mission, his information source said", probably because it pays well, he thought in the back of his Mind, "very good", he replied, The station he is on is one of the most prominent in the Arthenn navy, it is shaped like a knife cutting through space, it had a mass accelerator cannon and a heavy point defense system, it could be put into action on a moments notice. The Arthenn navy was expanding drastically, In its arsenal it had, twenty six dreadnoughts and fourteen mass accelerator cannon stations like Giani, and five dry-dock and refueling stations, and a mix of cruisers, frigate, destroyers, Etc. All because of mass effect technology, amazing he thought, if it wasn't for the discovery his race would still be stuck on the home world.
On The planet Epho
Auud and Vespa left the apartment and took Auud's car to the transportation center, Auud still didn't trust her yet,he kept his powers ready, Vespa noticed this, but chose to ignore it, after all, she did hack into his apartment and point a gun at him, so she really couldn't blame him for mistrusting her, it was a long silent car ride, they drove by miserable slums plagued by diseases, famine, and murder garbage was piled up everywhere, "no wonder they rebelled", she whispered, "I'm sorry what"? Asked Auud, "it's nothing", she said, once they passed they passed the slums, they drove by a morgue, a hospital with bullet-holes in the sign, and a couple of other buildings, she wasn't paying attention at that point, she just stared strait ahead, Once they reached the transportation hub, they booked passage on the katai neo, a small transportation ship, going out to the orbital helium-3 mines above Gaelon, once they reached the mines, one of Tetrus's agents is supposed to meet us there, and take us to Giani. They walked up to the airlock where a security guard scanned them, after a moment of scanning the security guard asked them to step aside, he said "you both have biotic implants" Auud replied with, "it's not like we can take them off" "I know", the guard said, "you will be sealed in a special chamber that even biotics can't tear down", the guard obviously wanted us out of his sight, "that's fine" Auud said, "ok, The guard said, he took us though the airlock, we waited while the pressure was normalized, and we stepped into the ship, it was crowded, full of people and cargo crates, "no time to look around", the guard said impatiently, we then followed him to a big steel door "step inside please", the guard said, "the ship will be off the ground in thirty minutes"the guard said, "good day"Auud said sarcastically, the guard just nodded, the room was just like the rest of the ship, accept for the the huge metal door and walls, they're where plenty of seats to chose from, they found a seat cluster with a table and waited for the ship to take off. About a half an hour later the ship jerked suddenly, which made them both jump, and it then took off, Auud was staring out the window at his home as it started getting smaller, "Are you okay? Vespa asked, with a concerned look, "yeah" Auud said, not taking his glance away from the window, she put her hand on his shoulder, "you'll be fine" she said, "yeah, you're right" he said, taking his gaze away from the window, They then heard a voice over the intercom "we well be jumping to FTL in one minute, stand by" "probably the captain" Auud said, They soon felt the sudden jerking motion as they went into FTL, The captain's voice sounded through the speakers again, "we will be orbiting Gaelon in thirty minutes
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Post by A Normal Pathfinder on May 9, 2013 0:38:16 GMT 1
Chapter four
The ship was slow, even for FTL speeds, but half an hour was a short time considering they had gone millions of miles in that space of time. After about fifteen minutes in Auud asked, "do you want a drink"?, "Sure" she said with a smile, "I'll have some Arthenn red wine", "Good" Auud said, "that's the most expensive thing on the menu" "Is it really"? She said playfully, "Yes" Auud said through gritted teeth, "what will you order"? She asked, "I'll probably have a black hole sun" Auud reached up and pressed a button, they waited for about a minute then an attendant stepped through the door, "is there something I can get you"? She inquired, with a fake smile, "Yes, a black hole sun for me, and Arthenn red wine for the lady" "yes", it will ready in a minute", the attendant stepped out, "Lady"? Vespa said, raising her eyebrows, "we'll you are", Auud said defensively, "true", she said back, " "Tell me more about the ship we are going to fly" Auud said, "it's a prototype with a stealth system, they didn't want weapons on it originally, but Tetrus changed that," "Good", Auud said with a devious smile, "very good"
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