Everyone had quieted down and the room had a uneasy air about it.
Elder 1: Members of the Guild, our world as we know it has changed with the decimation of the Space Forces' Fleet. We are now the Dominant Power in the Galaxy and we should make ourselves felt.
Elder 3: But we can't do that until the Space Forces have been truly destroyed, which means we must attack them and make the Earth ours.
This brings a ring of Chaos to the room as pirates either voice their opposition or their acceptance at this idea. I walk up to the front of the dais.
Elder 4: The Elders recognize Howard Crassus.
Everyone quiets down as the Elder speaks.
"Elders; This is truly a time of rejoicing at the fact that our greatest enemy is now severely weakened, however I state that we should not attack the remnants of the Space Forces."
Pirate: Just because you're a scared shit who didn't come to the aid of Haven IV doesn't mean you speak for all of us.
I turn and pull a blaster out from under my robes with quick speed then point it at the pirate's face. The blaster is charged and set to kill.
Elder 7: ENOUGH! CRASSUS! MARKER!
Two of the Elder's Guards comes up to us and point swords at my throat and Marker's. I pull up my blaster and power it down then reholster it.
"I am no coward."
Elder 5: Then perhaps you can explain how not long after you left, Haven IV was attacked and you continued to Haven VII instead of returning to Haven IV?
I turned to the Elders.
"It was a command decision. At the time I didn't know all the information I do now. Instead of charging into a situation where I could've endangered my ship and crew, I went on to Haven VII so that I could inform them about what happened so they could be on alert. And also so I could make the transaction with the Ion Cannon, which if I remember correctly is the sole reason why we're even meeting today."
Elder 2:...and for that we're grateful to you and those that died at Haven VII to do that. But the fact is that you didn't come to the aid of your fellow Guilders. This sort of casts a shadow on you.
"Shadows I can deal with, Elder. I stand by my decision then and I stand by my decision now: we should not attack the Space Forces. I have the "distinct honor" of having fought with them during the Earth/Vegan war. I know how they think and how they fight. But they've never been this bad off as they are now. They're a wounded animal and those are the worst kind. They'll fight us with everything they have...including using themselves if need be. We need to let them get a air of confusion by us not attacking them then we strike and decimate them."
The pirates question each other as these ideas I put up, but the sound of the Lead Elder moving his chair out from under him as he stands up got everyone's attention.
Elder 1: You speak from experience, Crassus. However this is a golden opportunity for us to finally make them impotent and regain our control of Space. We can't pass this up. The Elders will now vote for attack or withold.
One by one the Elders voted and there was many pirates that were happy at hearing more and more attack votes than withold votes. When it ended, the votes were in favor of attacking the Space Forces. I shake my head slowly at the way things are going. But then I hear something from the Lead Elder.
Elder 1: The decision has been made...and as Lead Elder, I name Howard Crassus as the Commander of our Forces.
I turn and everyone just stares at shock at the announcement.
Elder 1: As he has said before, he has fought with them and has intimate knowledge as to how they fight. I can think of no one else better to command our force than you.
I open my mouth to voice my protest but his look in his eyes just shuts me up and I drop to a knee.
"Very well. I'll have a plan available within 4 hours."
I get back up and everyone makes way as their "Commander" leaves. Vandal leaves with me as I exit the room and take off my robe.
"The shit has just hit the fucking fan."
Vandal follows me back to the Virsyon and Angel. We power up and take off from the planet, heading back to the
Fortuna..the new Flagship of the Pirate Fleet.
OOC: Ok, here's my specs on the Virsyon...finally.
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Name:
Gundam Epyon Custom (aka Gundam Virsyon as of 23/01/2002)
Number:
HS-13MSC
Height:
Head-17.4 m
Total-20 m
Weight:
Empty – 12 tons
Fully loaded – 20 tons
Material:
Luna Titanium with Gundanium Alloy (50/50 mix)
Power plant:
Minovsky-type ultra compact Reactor rated at 8,500kw
Propulsion:
Minovsky Drive Thrusters x 2 sets – One located in Horizontal flaps of Wings for MS mode, the other located in Hidden Skirt Pack when in MA mode.
Vernier Thrusters and Apogee motors x 15 (Only for maneuvering & backup propulsion)
Weapons:
-Strike Claws x 2 – Located on forearms. (Can fold back when not in use and folded out in flight mode.)
-Claw Beam Cannons x 2 – Located between claws. Linked to reactor, based on VSBR Technology. Can be adjusted for different rates and strength of fire.
Extremes:
Low speed/Wide dispersal Mega particles – Wide amount of superficial damage to many.
High speed/Narrow dispersal Mega particles – Strength and appearance of Laser beam, able to destroy and cut through any armor and penetrate any I-field shielding.
-Beam Shields x 2 – Located on underside of Claws’ main housings. Claws must be rotated up for shield to be activated. Both shields can be combined to create one powerful beam shield bigger than the MS but enough attacks on it will make the shield generators falter and fail.
-Epyon Beam Sword x 1 – Located at same place of Orig. Epyon, but also equipped with VSBR Technology, allowing to be as long as 200' when used.
-Epyon Heat Rod x 1 – Located on back of MS. Can be used as a tail in MS mode, but in order to be used as a melee weapon, one hand must be sacrificed to have end hooked up in place and this renders that side's claw and cannon inoperative until heat rod is removed.
-Double Mega sonic Cannon x1 – Twin barrels located in chest above cockpit. Power of weapon equivalent to Gundam Double X’s Twin Satellite Cannons. Can only be used as a last resort. Once power is fed from Minovsky reactor to the Cannon, all power is cut off from Virsyon save Min. Life support and one backup generator to restart the Minovsky Reactor.
Durations:
Main Power and sensors online – 90 sec’s
Beam Weapons online – 30 sec’s after Main Power
Minovsky Flight system online – 30 sec’s after Beam weapons
Cockpit – Epyon style with no monitors and HUD display in helmet. All sensor data available through helmet
Computer – Anaheim Electronics Special equivalent to Cray 4 Supercomputer. Not enhanced to extent of Zero system or Psycommu system but does have adaptability and massive data storage capacity. Talks are underway with Professor Silver in updating computer with SANDER: Silver’s Advanced Neural Development, Extension, and Reinforcement system. Would increase abilites exponentially, however more information not available at this time
Tech Specs:
MS/MA:
Ground: 5/NA
Air: 7/8
Space: 10 (+2)/10 (+2) +2 due to Minovsky Drive System
Reaction Time: 10 (+1) /10 (+1) +1 due to partially enhanced system.
Weapon Attack: 4Claw/5Rod/6Cannon/7Sword/10 (+1) Cannon (+1 Cannon due to Ultimate Weapon Status)
Defense: Low side of 6/7 with shields.
All info necessary for VSBR, Minovsky Craft Tech and other Gundam-related info acquired are available… ©2001
http://www.mahq.netInfo on SANDER © and ™ 2002 by Alex (Silver Adept) Byrne. Info available upon request.
This Document © and ™ 2001, 2002 by Howard “The Duck” Seelye.
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