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Sat, 03/29/2014 - 17:05
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Captain-Llama-Bra

The cruiser slipped out of warp space like a knife through flesh, driving a hole through reality. This form of travel was reckless, only ever attempted by the fool-hardy, warmongering Morai. The ship was dotted with weapons, utilitarian looking. A single spire rises out of the haphazard structure, and a Morai Captain sits at the top.

Inside, the Captain laughed to himself. They were about to begin the bombardment on the Isoran homeworld, a small utopian planet known only as Isora. It had an odd history, a forgotten colony of humankind. When Man's empire collapsed, Isora had kept to itself, running off the supply of energy mined from their sun. The Morai wanted the sun, and they wanted glory in battle. This invasion brought them both.

He peers at the mirror on the far side of the room, inspecting himself. Aside from the simple polished ebony plate he wore, a jagged crown dotted his head. He looked like an embodiment of death.

"Serf!" He barks sharply, summoning in a servant. The cowering, hooded figure hunches down as it walks in.

"Yes, mlord?" The serf asks nervously.

"How soon until we can commence the bombardment on the capital city?" He demands sharply.

"Mlord, Lord Draxxus told us all that he would start the bombardment, as customary to the Warhost Leader- Nghh." The serf was cut off, as he rose from his throne. He picks the slave up by his neck, and holds him there. His cybernetic implants increase his strength exponentially. He lifts his up, and with one gesture crushes his spine. The life leaves the servant's eyes, and he tosses the corpse aside like a rag doll.

"Gun crews." He growls into a receptacle on his command throne. "Lock on the atomics on the city. I want nothing standing after the first volley." He says.

Lord Captain Ner'Grall leans back in his throne, and watches as fire blooms on the planet side.

Sat, 03/29/2014 - 17:09
#1
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Valorai
Heart of Valor.

10/10 would 'scape again.

Sat, 03/29/2014 - 23:13
#2
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Feline-Grenadier
...

One does not simply mine the su-

Well, it's the first time I've ever heard of that.

Sat, 03/29/2014 - 23:50
#3
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Hexlash
Hey.

If you're tearing through reality, let's not question the viability of performing mining operations on a giant nuclear fusion furnace, okay?

Anyways, that was a beautiful start ^_^

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 01:22
#4
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Hearthstone

What Hex said. :)

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 01:25
#5
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Feline-Grenadier
@Skye-Lightning

Poke!

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 01:29
#6
Hexlash's picture
Hexlash
Isn't it late for you guys? <_<

Skye?! :o

Too bad Vinny beat me to the poke...

Poke#2!

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 05:55
#7
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Captain-Llama-Bra
Chapter 1

Harold slides out of bed, roughly pushing off the covers. He steps out, and his feet hit the roughly tiled floors.

Ugh, I should NOT have partook in all that alcohol last night. He thinks to himself, as he throws on a pair of loose fitting pants and a T-shirt.

He steps out, and glances around his sparse little room. A few minimalist couches and chairs sit in the corner, forgotten. He had gotten the bundle for cheap. Artwork of a nude woman was hanging crooked across the opposing wall to his bed, the tack holding it in had long since decayed and slipped to the left.

I guess at my own going-away party, it was okay. He thinks again.

Harold, was about to take a month-long vacation with his fiancee. He worked a mundane job, holed up in an office most of the day. He peers out the window, at the spires around him.

Most of the buildings were huge, intimidating spires. They had rounded tops, and were sleek and elegant. A series of rivers runs through the city, acting as roads. Running across them, were sleek, knife-like craft that drove their prow through the water, and were kept floating using hover technology that Harold doesn't fully understand.

He roughly slings his satchel over his shoulder, and prepares to go to work.

Oh man, the country is going to be AWESOME! He thinks to himself, having never left the high walls and buildings of the Capital of Isora.

He steps into an elevator, and selects the first floor. The elevator descends without making any stops.

Odd...

He steps to the lobby, and closes his eyes as he hums a tune to himself. Opening them, he steps out to the street...
..and immediately dives to the side.

A spire had just crashed near him, missing him by inches. He looks up, as several battleships blot out the sun.

A particularly large atomic rocket sails through the sky, aimed at the centre of government for all of Isora. All fifty-two thousand officials and leaders inside perish as it caves in on itself.

A non-nuclear rocket destroys his apartment, and Harold's leg is pinned. He watches as the second wave of explosives destroys the beautiful city...

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 16:32
#8
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Hearthstone

Good, good.

@Vin & Hex - nice to see you guys, too :) I just needed to...take a break from SK immediately.

Sun, 03/30/2014 - 16:58
#9
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Captain-Llama-Bra
Sufficient Clearance Realized. Beginning Upload.

Clearance authorized... beginning data stream.

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Energy Mining: Harvesting plasma from the Sun, and converting it.

The Country: Uncivilized parts of Isora. The wilderness. Save for power plants and resorts, these barren locations are empty.

Atomic rockets: A barbaric practise used by Morai. Massive rockets loaded with poisonous radiation and explosive are hurled at the target.

Warp Space: A dangerous way of interstellar travel, used only by Morai. It is illegal, of course.

Warhost: A temporary assortment of Morai forces.

Bombardment: The process of bombing a target from geosynchronous orbit.

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