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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Jan 22, 2011 16:17:02 GMT -5
Alinatie said quietly in the lift "I know you want to know what happened to that.
Well that was due to me not trusting Wentanie she was our bomb smith. I got this and other things from the blast as I tried to figure out her charges worked"
Alinatie indicated his fur where it didn't lay down.
He shrugged "While I was out she mined a bridge, seven tanks and thirteen trucks with troops were being sent to my rebel base...my people were very worried that the bridge did not fall...I heard that Wentanie said wait."
"The leefin engineers checked the bridge and found it save...she had eight small mines hidden...only one tank got over and we had anti tank weapons.
She dropped the bridge with style and very little explosive."
Alinatie smiled "As a terrorist attack it was brilliant as the road bridge fell onto the rail bridge, taking it down and the mass of the two took out the communications and electricity to half the isle."
Alinatie said quietly "Now I have to tell her I am dieing."
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Jan 22, 2011 17:40:08 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio
"Nope, I can't stop you. I kind of understand.
"But yes, let's just enjoy that."
Well shit. Didn't expect this. Where's my ship's counselor when I need him?
General IX
I have to ignore that. I hate talking about death. I have seen far too much, and caused too much, of it.
"Took out communications and power because of one bridge? That's a strategic fuck up, to be honest. Unless of course you all were on the side with power and comms and the enemy was on the other."
I ran through my countless war memories.
"Heh, I was never considered a rebel, as I'm sure you have guessed. Yet I have put down many rebellions. Many. Welhan is an unpopular leader and is dead set on maintaining his power.
"Well there was a rebellion on a Rim World. Those are the planets outside most of the Empire's authority. So far away that they can't be properly managed. Corrupt, usually poor, and always dabbling in the black market. Slave trading, drugs, anything really.
"Anyway, whole planet revolted. Welhan sent the... 480th Armored Division. Put me in command. Just so you know, I love tanks. Anyway, we were moving into the capital. Cities are never good places for tanks, and this fight proved it.
"I enjoy riding in the top hatch so I can see everything. I also have one of those big hats. Heh, thank the gods for bad snipers. .90 caliber round went right through it. That got me in a tank faster than 'OH SHIT' could pass as a thought in my head.
"Then came the anti-tank fire. I was leading a column of... about 20 tanks into the city. 15 gone immediately. Mine was hit but we just picked up the pace. Have to at least try to get away. Just as we made a turn, a rocket hit us in the back. Engine exploded, but I got out just before that, as did two other soldiers. We got into a building.
"I noticed that my leg was, to put it bluntly, shredded from the shrapnel. Anyway, all any of us had were pistols and no more than 4 extra clips. Rebels were closing in on us, so we headed up the stairs as fast as possible. Not easy for me, but I managed it sort of.
"Up twenty floors, rebels ten below. Still heard the gunfire from the rest of the soldiers and the one or two tanks. Oddly, we came across the guy that shot me. Or tried to. I killed him quietly and took his sniper.
"We waited. The rebels heard no gunfire and I was able to, more or less, make them think the sniper was still in position. The three of us sat up there and waited. I took the occasional shot just to hopefully thin up resistance.
"Well the 480th ended up retreating from the city and calling for reinforcements. The Emperor was fairly angry, to say the least, at me for failing to take the city back.
"We were up there for three days getting food and water from the rebels that thought I was the sniper. Oh it worked wonderfully being able to hide the wound. Since we were real soldiers, by that I mean professionally trained and not just picking up guns to fight, we were given much more than we needed and were able to plan ahead if we never got down for a while.
"Anyway, three days later we were awoken from the roar of bomber engines. Idiots were flattening the city and guess which building was hit.
"Well the three of us ran. I swear, despite the pain, I was determined to get the hell out of there. Shredded might have been a bit of a exaggeration, but it was pretty messed up.
"Anyway, long story short, tower came down on us when we were on the 6th floor. I was trapped in the rubble for a week according to the medics. One soldier died in the collapse, the other was near me, died two days before rescue.
"They actually had to remove my right leg in order to get me out of there. That's why I have the cybernetic instead.
"Heh, long story to tell how I lost my leg eh?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Jan 22, 2011 18:35:50 GMT -5
Wentanie smiled "You have more than most lasses"
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Jan 23, 2011 23:43:54 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio "Well... uh... yes... that's true. What's the point of bringing that up though?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Jan 29, 2011 21:25:14 GMT -5
Wentanie just smiled "Nothing really."
She thought "Well other than the obvious, but lets leave that"
She was beginning to like Luca "Right the easy and dull way up or the quick way up, we might bet the guys if we take the quick way up." she smiled having noticed an access panel.
"You can hold your breath for one and a half minutes and don't mind getting a little wet?" Wentanie asked innocently.
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Tailinto smiles "This kinda food is normal here, we eat what we wish, no rules...well some but they are kinda obvious. In fact we view taste as a sense worth restoring as you can miss so much from life, like hearing, sent and sight. Well if you were a feline and have no sense of tastes a lot of your sense of sent is lost."
Tailinto was noticing that Nakhi didn't seem to react to many dishes. Some were hot enough to effect the checks but not the the very sour stuff.
Tainlinto ventured "You really can't taste anything?" she had a paw on his back and her tail about him like it was something massive like finding someone was blind.
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Jan 29, 2011 21:52:50 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio
"Hmm... minute and a half is short. Sounds like fun. What is it exactly?"
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
"No, I can't. Before I had my armor, I was exposed to chemicals and stuff nearly daily. Messed everything up."
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Jan 30, 2011 1:12:59 GMT -5
Wentanie smiled and went over to wall and pulled at a panel, it opened she looked in and opened something. She looked at Luca, as she was pulling stuff out of something and asked "how heavy are you?"
"You see we are going to ride the water system in a probe, not too safe but I know where this main goes and it goes right to the top. Oh yeah let air out of you lungs towards the top. and when we stop we break out..well when it becomes G1 then swim to the light to your left not up and you'll be fine."
-- Tailinto smiled at Nakhi "Well first thing tomorrow we are going to get that fixed. some nation fix eyes in a hurry, we can fix you olfactory and taste organs quick here."
She smiled "your missing so much, lick how good you smell" she nuzzled his shoulder.
Then said quietly "This has probably been a waste of time for you."
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Jan 30, 2011 1:28:41 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio
"How heavy am I? I think... 180 or so. Maybe a little more. Haven't been especially active anymore."
I listened to the explanation.
"Now this... this does sound fun. Potentially dangerous, but fun nonetheless."
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
"Waste of time? Not at all. Food is food, even if I can't taste it. I got to see a bit of culture in your country. And I got to spend the night with a beautiful woman. I think this night has been fantastic so far.
"Getting those fixed does sound like a good idea of course. How much does it cost?"
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 4, 2011 20:36:55 GMT -5
Wentanie smiled as she lobed some more stuff out of the capsule before climbing in leaning back .
She smiled "Well dive in, mile and a half mile straight up in one minute twenty, we will have about ten seconds air in here with both of us so best get as much oxygen in your system as possible. Providing I did the maths right."
"Then again I will have to explain to Alinatie why I am naked and soaking wet...but it won't be the first time" she gave a wicked smile. Before taking deep breaths.
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Tailinto shrugged "I s'pose I the foreign office will cover it. Yeah they will, with the budget coming up they always like to get on the good side of the treasury. Well that and giving someone of a foreign nation two senses never goes wrong in the international crap."
She started to play a claw over Nakhi's chest "You do know if I ever find who this beautiful female is I will have to beat the crap out of her." she said softly smiling.
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Feb 5, 2011 10:31:59 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio
If she did the math right? That's not encouraging.
Still, I got in.
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
"Well, I would have... IX would have paid for it. Knowingly or not.
"And why would you hurt yourself?" I laughed.
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 5, 2011 20:51:44 GMT -5
Wentanie smiled "I always add a bit for error, I'm an engineer of sorts after all."
Then she got serous "throw your weight to the left when I close this."
Wentanie took a couple more deep breathes and shut the top of the capsule.
She shouted in the some what confined capsule, now and shifted her weight.
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Tainlinto laughed "Do you know how corny that sounds?...It's OK I like corny, you think a freak like me is beautiful?"
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Feb 5, 2011 21:24:00 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio
I did as she said and shifted the weight.
I wonder if I should talk.
Probably not.
Colonel Nakhi Welhan
"Well... yes. I wouldn't call you a freak. There's much more in the Empire that could be called a freak.
"You're different, but still beautiful."
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 6, 2011 18:10:36 GMT -5
Wentanie threw her weight the sam way and the capsule was thrown into the up ward stream of what in the pipe. They were quickly under G forces in excess of four G. The capsule accelerated to over sixty miles an hour going straight up. Wentanie had mad the capsule a little lighter than she had planned.
She said quietly "We are going up a bit quicker then I planed, save air."
--- Tailinto smiled "I can't believe how corny you are" and placed and placed a paw about Nakhi.
"I can see two options, we go to this club to night or you can come back to the place I have for a drink...I have no idea what it looks like.
Obviously I am curious as to see what a first class place looks like."
She laughed "I've never what first class stuff is, politicisations rarely see them . Me boss has one and It appears I have one. You see for some odd reason people keep trying to bribe us...we take them but we never honor them. As political types we suck, we don't stay bought down south."
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Post by The Anean Star Empire on Feb 7, 2011 14:25:42 GMT -5
Captain Luca Rio I simply nodded to save some air. Colonel Nakhi Welhan "Well, the bar sounds good. "If you want to see first class, another time obviously, I have to bring you Gracaria's Imperial District. The one on Haroma, not on Earth. Anyway, that's the most upscale, high class restaurants and bars and such in the entire Empire. "But, anyway, yes, if you own a bar I would love to see it. If it's a bribe, that's doubly good I think. Everyone loves free stuff."
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Post by Kingdoms of Cal on Feb 7, 2011 19:14:58 GMT -5
Wentanie shouted "We're there" as the capsule hit the top of the upper reservoir.
"Swim towards the light, we are gonna get wet." she said as she pulled a bung out of the side of the capsule flooding it before she pushed the top off it. The water was cold but Wentanie made for the light she could barely see.
Her age was showing as she could not swim very fast. ---
Tailinto smiled "I don't own the place, my job means I'm not allowed to make investment. It's not in law, but it's being decent, I could make a fortune by making investments before I announce stuff. All my money is held in trust that I can't touch. The guy that runs it for me is a good guy, but I can't tell him about anything...I'm an odd thing, an honest politician. Salato and Alinatie are too, they care about the commonwealth too much to do otherwise, not that they haven't paid for it...no good deed ever goes unpunished."
"So want to go to this club or back to mine...I wonder if you dance worse than me." she kissed Nakhi.
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