[Roleplay] Flames of War

[Chaosy]

"Do I Really look that young to you? I'm flattered."

Naturally, Aedari did not have an identity card, she knew about their existence though as Requiem and his sisters had been caught due their lack of them. She could have stolen one of course, but the picture would betray her. What she could do however was to make it seem like she had one. Aedari could not cast illusions, but she got a scroll with a premade spell inscribed to do the work for her. It was a pity because the scroll was likely more expensive than most of the weapons in the store.

As Aedari seemed to look through her pockets and a simple handbag. "Give me a second, I'll find it. I don't need it for words alone though. What model would you suggest for someone whom is not too experienced. I don't dare to say how good he is exactly, but he only got a few years of combat training I figure some weapons are more difficult to handle than others."
She casually pointed at a random weapon in the store which seemed rather heavy. She hoped to shop owner would look for a second as she reached for the scroll in the handbag. The scroll did not release any visual effects but she still proffered if he looked away to be completely safe.
"Ah, here we go." she took up what seemed to be a legit identity card showed it to dealer.
As long as he did not run the card through a scanner it would not be discovered. Not that she cared too much, she merely wanted a hint to which weapon to steal if she was discovered, or worst case scenario buy it from the black market. Though she honestly intended to pay for a weapon if it went smoothly.

Still detecting her scam was unlikely, from what she gathered most people just gave the card a quick glance after all there were no need to refuse a customer, even suspicious ones would benefit them in the end.
Yet she wanted it to go smoothly, she manipulated the blood in his veins slightly, altering the flow to make his body feel calm and at peace, she was even considering to put a bit of lust in the mix but she figured that would not be needed. After all she was an unarmed beautiful woman, him being suspicious in the first place was.. highly unlikely. Aedari deemed the odds to be heavily in her favor, though it was expected.

Due her feeling safe about the situation her mind drifted away after she got her hands on a modern weapon, then what?
She could go straight to the rebels of course but she felt like she needed to practice with said weapon somehow. She could shoot with a bow on an acceptable level, aiming with a pistol should be slightly similar so she would not absolute crap, but hitting an enemy further than 10 meters away with 100% accuracy would still be to ask too much.
However.. she did not necessarily have to fight on the front lines to support the rebels, a rebellion was so much more than mindless battles. Securing valuable supporters through various means was equally important. Maybe providing rations. If she tried to keep to different jobs she'd have time to practice with the weapon in the meantime.

Then there was the issue of proving herself to the rebels, her gut was telling her they'd be very careful to accept outsiders. Even if she looked like some of the elves now, she still had no proof of loyalty, she'd have to do some deed to prove that she fought for their cause. Rather then them giving her a mission and that one being unfavorable it would be better to do the deed before coming there in the first place.
She could blow up some important building, that would likely be fairly easy.
All things considered it didn't even have to be an amazing deed, one cannot be too picky when hiring average soldiers after all they should be desperate for more manpower at this point.

Basically using Acupuncture from within, without needles.
I also think like I am trying to kill a fly with a nuke, it should not be a big deal to foll an average merchant. Though I am a bit paranoid thanks to my earlier visits you and I got different views about how strict security is

 

[Edge45]

Hey Directive, mind if I join a character with your faction, not the rebels, but yours
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Marie teleported into Jupiter, at the lands of the Pherithian Empire. Just by an alley in a certain town, a magnetic disruption began to shake the area, just in an instant, Marie was teleported there, the alley people were afraid and began to run, unbeknownst to her of where she was, she disguises herself with a cloak. She then takes a walk on the streets.

Hearing lately a lot of commotion, she tries to figure out what's happening in town. She took notice of a street merchant, she gracefully walks there, taking the hood of her cloak out of her head, her long dark red hair gently flows, and she was prepared to deceive her target.

"Oh, what a lovely lady, may I do something for you, or perhaps I could invite you inside." The merchant as he thinks in his own world.
"Would you care to look in my eyes, and tell me how cute and beautiful I am." She requested to the merchant, with a young and innocent voice, but her glowed in bright red, reflecting the merchant himself, he was left in a trance.
"Oh, milady, you're the cutest, and the most beautiful woman, I have ever seen, I will answer you, anything you want, and give you anything I have." The merchant uncontrollably says to Marie.
"Oh, how sweet of you." She giggled and asks "Now, would you kindly tell me, what's happening in town?"
The merchant answered her questions, one by one. Finally hearing enough, "Thank you so much, as a reward" Marie gives the merchant a rose. And as the merchant holds it, he fell to the ground, dead, yet remained unknown to everyone. "What a sweet man" she said and she takes in her hood and gracefully walks on the road. Only thinking on what she's gonna do with her former beloved...

 

[Cherrymage]

@Edge: Yes, of course! More people in my faction = more fun!
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"Do I Really look that young to you? I'm flattered."
The weapon dealer simply smiled at her, but then looks straight in her eyes. One can tell that he's still looking for an identity card, though.

"Ah, here we go." she took up what seemed to be a legit identity card showed it to dealer.
As long as he did not run the card through a scanner it would not be discovered. The weapon dealer simply take a brief look at the identity card, after a few seconds, he nodded and gave it back to Aedari, saying, "Okay, you've passed the check. So, are you looking for a simple and practical weapon?"

He then continued, "I would recommend the PK-27 Laser Pistol. A user can easily defend himself from bandits and other assaulters, plus it's light and convenient too. However, you need a few (unchargeable) batteries of lasers for it to work."

The dealer didn't tell much about the weapon, since he's assuming Aedari's supposed partner has received a few years of combat training and he's supposed to know about this weapon. It can be quite powerful if used effectively, and even better if Aedari is going unnoticed. It would make a great assassination weapon, being silent and able to fry most troops with ease.

The PK-27 is not as effective when dealing with armors though. They have some difficulty piercing the suits of Pherithian troops (but still able to deal quite some damage). The weak lasers are totally useless against most combat vehicles but the fragile Falcon Prism Hovercrafts.
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As time passed, the Tavern Putsch was growing stronger and soon it spreaded to the entire neighborhood. Numerous Ghee Hin members has turned against Deroc and rallied behind Eric, and it only got worse for the Pherithian authorities as Eric's supporters keep on increasing their numbers like no tomorrow.

(Forgot to tell you one thing, Eric was supposed to have his pale elf body, but for unknown reasons he managed to retrieve his human body)

Nearly all of the Peacekeepers and Riot Troopers were slaughtered by the extremist rebels within within an hour or two, the rebels possessed powerful weapons and a great deal of advantage against the outnumbered and overwhelmed Pherithian police.

"Now's the time! We have completely crushed Deroc's peace-loving weaklings, and now we're going to seize the City Hall!!! We will overthrow Deroc's corrupt regime--"

"after eternity?" a furious, high-pitched voice rang behind the hysteric crowds of extremists. An elusive aura of deathly tension and terror filled the air as dozens of large silhouettes appeared from the dark and surrounded the hysteric crowds. Eric and the crowds were surprised for a moment, as pairs of fierce eyes glowing in furious orange glared at them.

The figures moved in closer and revealed knife-eared elves in shiny suits of crimson hues, aiming their deadly rifles at the crowds.

"Cr.. Crimson... Vindicators???"

"Yeah, and now you are going to be punished dearly...... FOR CHALLENGING MY AUTHORITY!!! Taste the wrath of Azlariah, fools!"

"Fear not, all of these so-called Vindicators are nothing but fearful perverts hiding behind Azlariah!!! Let's rock!!! We have the approval of the crowds!!! And even some Quartermasters supported our rightful coup! Hyaa~~"

Two dozens of Quartermasters rushed to the front and began opening fire toward the myriads and myriads of better trained and much zealous Crimson Vindicators along with Plasma Cadres and Cake Minions. Though the extremist Quartermasters were outnumbered by much superior troops, they were able to withstand the constant punishments due to the support from healers and other extremists. But surely they couldn't hold for far too long...

 

[Chaosy]

Nooo
It's hard enough to win without your help edge!


the weapon dealer simply take a brief look at the identity card, after a few seconds, he nodded and gave it back to Aedari, saying, "Okay, you've passed the check. So, are you looking for a simple and practical weapon?
"That would make me worry less, yeah." Aedari said before putting the fake-id back in her handbag.

He then continued, "I would recommend the PK-27 Laser Pistol. A user can easily defend himself from bandits and other assaulters, plus it's light and convenient too. However, you need a few (unchargeable) batteries of lasers for it to work."
Aedari felt like it was a good weapon for her, maybe not perfect but still good. The obvious downside was the batteries, she didn't prefer to have to deal with shops that often.
"Um.. that feels slightly unreliable." she said with a nervous smile. "Let's assume I buy this. PK-.. 27. I think it would be good to have another one that didn't need charging, maybe a different model entirely." (something like a smg)
"If you can't recommend anything on top of that, I'll just go with said gun. How much for it, by the way?" after a quick moment of silence she added "I guess I should have asked that before, shouldn't I?" with a giggle.

 

[Cherrymage]

"Um.. that feels slightly unreliable." she said with a nervous smile. "Let's assume I buy this. PK-.. 27. I think it would be good to have another one that didn't need charging, maybe a different model entirely." (something like a smg)

How much for it, by the way?" after a quick moment of silence she added "I guess I should have asked that before, shouldn't I?" with a giggle

"Well, the batteries can last for quite a long time, one battery can allow for four shots every day for up to a month (30 days to be exact; 120 shots total). One PK-27 Pistol costs 500 Pherithmarks (about 1500 US Dollars in real life), and each battery costs 100 Pherithmarks."

"However, if you insist with an easier model for you, we have the PMP-6 (laser SMG)," the dealer paused and pointed at a black SMG with green glowing stripes, and afterwards continued his speech "which uses lighter and smaller (more portable) batteries. They are cheaper as well, however this gun costs about 5500 Pherithmarks."

(If Aedari has insufficient money,) "If you can't afford the PMP-6, you could either go with the pistol, or try the cheapest gun here -- the MG 42. Though invented around two centuries ago, this gun can still strike a serious blow to normal attackers."

 

[Chaosy]

"That'll be too much for my wallet." Aedari responded. After all, she had only robbed a horny drunkard, she'd have to steal more in order to buy an SMG. Still, she could steal the gun itself at a later date.

"I'll take the PK-27 then. Along with six of those batteries." she stated while digging in her handbag once more. After a few seconds she'd take up the money she'd stolen before and offered it to the dealer.

 

[Edge45]

Sheesh, you guys sure are active late night.
@Chaosy: don't worry, my girl will help you out, in the mean time of course
Royal blue will be the color of this char of mine
"Har har har"
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Arriving from the Pherithian's citadel, the Flardyrn Headquarters. A man with white hair, with the uniform and longcoat of white with blue stripes, with a white-ish pale skin. And a red leather hat with a feather attached to it. He introduced himself to the Pherithian Command, recently taking and achieving an S score of his test.

"Hello to you all, Pherithian Commanders and Generals. Who work day and night for the security and glory of our empire, I introduce to you all, I, Forde Aslan."
He said, and bows to the commanders and Generals impressed on his manners and vigorous aura.

Marie, walks in front of a building, she keeps up a smile, as she continues, she noticed a seemingly deathly aura (Aedari). Thinking it might be his target, Edge, she goes inside the building. Where she saw a blonde haired woman, to no surprise, she walks forward keeping her smile...

 

[Chaosy]

It's just afternoon over here, that's why.
Aedari looked over her shoulder as she heard footsteps of Marie entering the shop.
As she did not know the woman she turned forward once more after a brief look. She was just about done anyway.

 

[Edge45]

Marie arrives in front of the dealer, beside Aedari. "We have a nice weather today hmm?" She said to Aedari, she then closed her eyes, waiting for Aedari to be finished with the dealer.

 

[Chaosy]

"Hm, yes. I might have chosen a 'bad' day to shop for things like this. Should've done it on a rainy day."

 

[Edge45]

"I see, perhaps I should not have come as well. But anyway, I'll wait after you're finished."

 

[Cherrymage]

Wait, Flardyrn Headquarters is not national capital of Pherith Empire by the way, it's New Malacca and Deroc's Command Spacecruiser lies there.

(replying)

 

[Cherrymage]

Though Flardyrn Headquarters is the regional capital for the Elvenhood of Flardyrn subfaction, and this is where Azlariah resides (but bear in mind, she can leave immediately without trace and move to a secret bunker should the worst happen).
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Arriving from the Flardyrn Headquarters. A man with white hair, with the uniform and longcoat of white with blue stripes, with a white-ish pale skin. And a red leather hat with a feather attached to it. He introduced himself to the Pherithian Command, recently taking and achieving an S score of his test.

"Hello to you all, Pherithian Commanders and Generals. Who work day and night for the security and glory of our empire, I introduce to you all, I, Forde Aslan."
He said, and bows to the commanders and Generals impressed on his manners and vigorous aura.

"Greetings, Commander Forde." other commanders welcomed Forde with a friendly smile. However the top generals and elites of Pherith Empire was nowhere to be seen, as they were having a meeting in a closely sealed room (you can't hear anything inside unless someone there is ranting really loud). One can request entrance via Deldrach or a bell though.

"Are you looking for Cakemaster Deroc and the top elites? I'm sorry, but they were busy holding a conference there," a commander pointed at a corridor. "Walk past the corridor and you'll see the planning room."

 

[Edge45]

Oh, well then, my char will still be at Flardyrn HQ

"I see, thank you sirs." He salutes his fellow commanders. "I will be serving our proud empire, I look forward to work with you all together." He released a gazed of loyalty to everyone in the room, proudly he took off his hat and bows, as his right eye covered with an eyepatch have now been seen, with a scar ranging there towards his right cheek.

He then waits for orders from the Pherith high command.

 

[Chaosy]

"He's just gonna hand over the gun I bought and I'll be done."
Meanwhile she pulled out a small vial which she took a large sip of before returning it to her handbag.
Afterwards she asked, "looking for a weapon for yourself? streets aren't safe these days."

 

[Cherrymage]

Back in the conference room...

"Kuchenkaiser and dear nobles, we have a new commander with great potential coming over here -- Herr Forde Aslan," a bright voice coming from a tough guy announced to Deroc and his elites. "Please call him inside, Moritz. Azlariah and I would like to meet him."

"Heil, mein Kuchenkaiser,"

Not long afterwards, Moritz reached the guest hall. He approached Forde Aslan and saluted. "Greetings, Herr Aslan. I am Moritz, and by the way, the Cakemaster wishes to see you in the planning room."

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<Kuchenkaiser? Sounds cool... Perhaps I should ask Azlariah about a title change. Cakemaster sounds so silly... now I have found a badass title for myself,> Deroc thought as he smiled. "Oh wait... I totally forgot about the goddamned Putsch. Let's wait for Forde Aslan,"

 

[Edge45]

"At once." Force replied and salutes. He then goes into the planning room. "Hail, Cakemaster, ladies and gentlemen." Forde saluted, "I am Commander Forde Aslan, and I live to serve our great empire." He then bowed with great loyalty.

"There's never a safe place" Marie replied. She continues to wait...

 

[Chaosy]

"True enough." Aedari commented then remained silent.
In her mind she got occasional feeds of information for Sapphire, only regarding the rebels. Though Sapphire's Observers could not gather too much information in the cities as they would get shot if they went too close. In the end she merely got vague hints of the events, such as "violence in the south-eastern part of the city, armed, likely rebels. The rioters confronted by dozens of officials."
In the end she didn't need any specifics yet.

What interested her more personally though was the meeting Deroc held with his more trusted servants. However the Observers had not managed to get close enough to hear a single word yet, she had no high hopes of it's success either but potential holes in security should be exploited, naturally.

 

[Cherrymage]

"At once." Forde replied and salutes. He then goes into the planning room. "Hail, Cakemaster, ladies and gentlemen." Forde saluted, "I am Commander Forde Aslan, and I live to serve our great empire." He then bowed with great loyalty.

Deroc seemed to be impressed greatly by Forde, and displayed a smile on his face. "Great. Let's take a seat here, we have important things to discuss," said Deroc while showing Forde an empty chair in the middle (of the front row).

"Okay, Forde, the situation is tight and long story short. The damn traitor Eric Calderon was stirring up social unrest across the nation, inciting riots and sabotages against us. Things are really screwed up, and chaos is now all over the place. And now, Eric even attempted to overthrow our great empire and incited many of our people to rise up against us!"

The other generals and commanders then explained the situation to Forde, and will answer his questions regarding the situation.

Suddenly, several rapid knocks and a desperate voice was heard, "Mein Kuchenkaiser und Elfenkaiserin! Many of our finest warriors perished fighting against the partisans, and the partisans have broken through a wide front. The situation is getting out of hand, and it only gets worse as more and more of Ghee Hin triads joined the Putsch!"

"Huh?!?! That is simply impossible... How can a bunch of crazed weaklings crush our mighty troops?!" Deroc looked at Moritz in surprise. Azlariah reacted in disbelief, "Shouldn't my Crimson Vindicators be fending off these troublemakers? I can't believe it,"

"Ja, it really happened! Even dozens of Crimson Vindicators were slaughtered by the revolters!"

"What?!?!" Azlariah was deeply shocked to the point that she almost jumped out from her skin. "Are... you serious, Moritz?"

"Ja, how can I lie to my Kaiser and Kaiserin?"

Azlariah immediately filed into a rage, spouting thunderstorms of fury and banging the table like a child; while Deroc tried to calm her down. "Azlariah, calm down please!"

Upon hearing Deroc, Azlariah silenced herself but her fury remained behind her burning eyes.

Deroc looked at Forde, saying "Sorry, but sometimes my lady can't control her emotions. Now, I really need you and other generals to settle the chaos,"

 

[Chaosy]

When Aedari was offered her gun she just stared at it for a few seconds, moving her hand up and down slightly trying to get a feel of its weight.
"Pleasure doing business." she stated with a casual almost joke-like salute before turning around to exit the shop.

Walking around with a gun in her hand would likely draw attention so she put it in her handbag as she walked. "Do women really bother to use this troublesome thing?" she thought to herself.
She needed an holster instead of the handbag, it was too hard to reach for the weapon otherwise yet, entering another shop was not something she wanted so she thought of alternatives. Sewing one herself should not be too difficult if she got her hands on some leather or cloth though it would be a clumsy one without proper tools.
She could also try to steal one, but the ones living in the shady parts of the city were typically to poor to have a holster so she'd have to steal from the main districts where law enforcement were much stricter.
The first approach seemed more pleasant, with that in mind she headed down once more towards the shady districts, hoping to find some ragged clothes that someone trashed.
After almost two hours of searching she found a jacket on the ground, though it was barely a jacket anymore it just a piece of cloth with a lot of holes.
She leaned against the closest wall as she brought up a needle made of bone along with thread from animal innards. She usually used that for sewing wounds. With that she started to create a holster for the weapon to strap across her thin back.
While doing so she kept her eyes on the needle and her ears busy listening for people who might have followed her. She was very paranoid due Genesis' previous encounter with the empire, the security was overall very strict. The empire was in a unstable state so maybe that would cut her some slack but she didn't dare to assume that would be the case.

 

[Edge45]

Deroc seemed to be impressed greatly by Forde, and displayed a smile on his face. "Great. Let's take a seat here, we have important things to discuss," said Deroc while showing Forde an empty chair in the middle (of the front row).

"Thank you, Cakemaster." Forde then sits in the chair and hears the discussion.

....

Deroc looked at Forde, saying "Sorry, but sometimes my lady can't control her emotions. Now, I really need you and other generals to settle the chaos,"

"I understand, Cakemaster, Lady 'Azlariah', and to you all fellow commanders and Generals. Something must be done with these rebels, and I have a suggestion..." Force paused for a moment then continued "...to secure the future of our empire, we must purge all its enemies. We must launch a full sweep assault at the rebels, kill every last one of them... forgive me Cakemaster, that came out of nowhere for me...
Force finished himself feeling guilty.

After the mysterious woman (Aedari) left, Marie then gazed upon the dealer, she takes off what covered her right eye, and seduced the dealer without anyone noticing.

"Oh handsome one, your membership card please" She requested to the dealer. Freely and uncontrollably, the dealer gave her a membership card, and fell asleep, not remembering if he ever saw the red beauty.

She receives the card and left... quietly in the shadows... She follows Aedari...

 

[Cherrymage]

The membership card can allow Marie to access only seven warehouses of ammos and supplies.

"I understand, Cakemaster, Lady 'Azlariah', and to you all fellow commanders and Generals. Something must be done with these rebels, and I have a suggestion..." Force paused for a moment then continued "...to secure the future of our empire, we must purge all its enemies. We must launch a full sweep assault at the rebels, kill every last one of them... forgive me Cakemaster, that came out of nowhere for me...
Force finished himself feeling guilty.

"Hmm... Most of these people are simply fooled by Eric's crappy propagandas and should be reeducated. But still, Eric deserves the worst punishment..." Deroc paused for a moment and snorted as he thought of Eric, "We can't make him slip away from punishment, he must suffer for messing with our empire!"

Moritz added, "And if we slaughter the rebels in a cruel way, we are only giving more propaganda materials for Eric..."

"The situation is getting worse, and I need you, Forde and Moritz to put an end to the Putsch and quell the riots." He then continued, "Don't worry, Forde, Moritz will guide and help you in your first task,"

The unrest continued to spread toward the northern parts of Bolehland peninsula. The partisans have completely crushed most of the Pherithian troops and are now heading toward a military base.

 

[Chaosy]

The crafting process process was slow one. At least if she wanted it to look half-decent. The worn cloth was bad enough on its own, rushing to save time would not help the quality at all. In fact she feared that it would get ruined by the slightest touch unless she did her work properly.

While she continued to patiently work on her holster she hummed silently.
Every now and then she picked up her new gun to compare the size and shape to her creation to make it a perfect fit. She quickly returned it however, she did not want others to see her with it. The weapon should serve as a surprising factor after all.

Once she finished she'd stand up slowly and message her buttocks which was numb due her uncomfortable position she had been sewing in. She brought up her transformation potion from her vial and took a sip from it before returning it to the handbag. She then strapped her holster over her shoulder making the gun fit nicely on her back beneath the cloth. It was a bothersome process due her not removing the clothes while she did so. Even if someone peeked they just get innocent glimpses of skin.

She then started to walk further into the more shady districts. It did not take her long to find some young and dangerous looking lads which she casually approached.
As things would have it, they were smoking. It would not be surprising if they were drunk or high as well but regardless Aedari did not worry.
"I'll take your lighter and a pack of your cigs for twice as much as you payed for it." she spoke out. Aedari then manipulated their blood flow to make them lean more towards accepting her offer. She took out the last of her money from her handbag and waved it casually in front of the lads. "I don't got all day!"
The lads actually made a large profit from that deal, they were likely smoking some really cheap stuff and thus Aedari had likely payed at least four times its value. Provided that they actually bought it in the first place.
Now, all she needed was some oil for her first act of non-magical terrorism.

That would be much harder to find due it not being as common. From the basic information she had about the empire and it's high tech was that their machines often used oil, not always as fuel but as a material to make the cogs move smoother so to speak.
Thus her best option seemed to be some kind of workshop, likely a poor one with less high tech equipment which relied on older methods.
While she walked around randomly, hoping to stumble across such a shop she brought up one of the cigarettes put it in her mouth before lighting it.
She took a deep breath - big mistake - which was followed by almost a minute of constant coughing. "How the fuck do they tolerate this?!" she exclaimed between the intense coughs, she put one hand against the closest objects to not lose balance.
While her body slowly but surely got used to the cigs, Aedari thought of ways to get her hands on this oil (once she found it) while seeming innocent. After all she could not buy it now since she used her last money, minutes ago.

Then she suddenly remembered a vague note about something that was called "gas" apparently it had the same effect with fire as oil would have. And gas would likely be easier to find as it existed in simple hair sprays, she could use such a thing to make a simple and small flame thrower. The only drawback would be that it was hard to look innocent while using a flamethrower. And she also had to be there all the time while using it, unlike oil which she could just pour over a large area and then leave it burning and let it spread on its own.
Fire caused by gas would also be easier to put out than oil fueled once, though Aedari did not know that.

 

[Edge45]

"As you wish Cakemaster" He saluted to Deroc before he heads to Moritz "Sir Moritz, may our mission be successful."

 

[Chaosy]

Done. Extended my post two times, it's finished now.

 

[Cherrymage]

@Edge: An incomplete info about Pherithian arsenal can be found here.

"Okay, we got to move to the scene now, Herr Forde, let's rock,"
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Moritz arrived at the region a bit earlier. He quickly set up his base and is now building up his forces. Moritz has sent a battalion of his troops and a platoon of basic combat vehicles to defend Forde's base against partisan attacks.

A contingent of Light Infantries and Rocket Infantries, under Forde's command, are stationed to secure the area of valley. Afterwards, an initial vehicle platoon arrived (again under Forde's command), consisting of a Pherithian MCV for base construction, nine Tick Tanks, four Mobile Repair Vehicles and five Stryker IFVs. A starting fund of 10000 Pherithmarks was provided.

"Reinforcements have arrived. Quickly build up your base and assemble your troops, commander. We don't have much time to waste, the partisans are moving." a deep, rasping sexy voice (Deldrach) advised.

Some of the "normal" partisans are roaming around the nearby lands outside of the hills.

Deldrach: "Warning -- the partisans have captured our military outpost in the north. Be wary, they can now utilize some of our own technologies against us."

INFO: The starting area for Forde is in a valley, with surrounding cliffs and hills as natural defenses. There are a total of four chokepoints leading to the area, the southern one is secure but it leads to the inner parts of Bolehland.

There are two secured mineral fields nearby, within the secure circle of hills, however they are not as rich as those outside. There are also other mineral fields outside the valley, unfortunately these fields are surrounded by partisans and other neutral bandits (tl;dr: with great resources comes great risks).

The mineral fields within have some sort of trees or diggers to replenish harvested minerals. Some fields outside have these, some don't.

 

[Edge45]

Hehe, looks like I get to play RA again in words style,

"Roger that, Sir Deldrach"

"Alright boys, to action." The PMCV is established at the center of the valley, and then builds a Plasma Generator. To quickly get resources, Forde orders the construction of the P Resource Refinery on one of the mineral fields. Then after the construction, another Plasma Generator has been built, followed by another P Resource Refinery. "Now that we've established our resource lines, let's deploy."

With that, the construction of the P Barracks has been done. Training 15 LightInf and RocketInf,
Meanwhile, the pre-deployed units have already been given the order to secure a north mineral field.
The first sight of the Partisans, "Alright men, enemies, 10 o'clock, engage, none survive." The strike force quickly secures the area, "Established an outpost here, get our MCV ready to move"

...

 

[Chaosy]

Luck would not be on Aedari's side this time around.
She could not seem to find anywhere she could steal some oil, as such she resorted to hair spray instead.
Your average street whore likely had a fair share of that. It would not be too hard to find them either, just follow the flow of men. Eventually she would arrive at a whorehouse ignoring the 'casual' flirting between clients and whores downstairs, Aedari went straight to the second floor, she licked her lips as some pleasant sounds were heard through the doors she passed, due her good hearing that came with being an elf she could tell if one of the room were empty or not. She put her hand on the handle and was just about to push the door open when someone called out to her. "Hey! What are you up to, bitch? that's Vanessa's room she's not working right now." a somewhat muscular man turned out to be the source he was likely working as a manager or something. Aedari turned around to face him. "What a way to speak to your clients. I had business with Vanessa last night, I forgot my hair spray. This hair doesn't look amazing by itself y'kno?" Aedari explained as she pouted.
"But you're a woman." the man stated as he crossed his arms with a suspicious look on his face.
"So what?" Aedari replied defiantly "What if I swing that way?"
The man's eyes grew slightly bigger in surprise, likely imagining some dirty scenery. "Of course, of course. I am sorry, ma'am just be quick, you're technically not allowed up here unless you've paid."
Aedari entered the room and grabbed the first hair spray she saw on the makeup table the one called Vanessa used. She then quietly left the whorehouse, now she just had to select a building to burn.

Whorehouses did not have a register of customers due the clients not wanting to give names, in fact most of the regular customers used an alias anyway so Aedari could get away with such lies, no one would bother to steal hair spray anyway. Additionally people tend to be less suspicious around pretty girls.
Except Aedari apparently.

Just going by some stereotypes, obviously I don't know how a real whorehouse works.

 

[Daffa]

Okay, I am back. All my factions are removed by this post.

Gotta rewrite from zero then... Guess I'm going to pick a side to play at start.

Anyway, Edge45, please confirm your current faction name.
As well as everyone else. I have no time to read all the pages I missed :/

@Directive255 and Edge45
Mind if I drop between you guys? I'm referring to Edge45's battle.

 

[Cherrymage]

......

Meanwhile, the pre-deployed units have already been given the order to secure a north mineral field.
The first sight of the Partisans, "Alright men, enemies, 10 o'clock, engage, none survive." The strike force quickly secures the area, "Established an outpost here, get our MCV ready to move"

"Deroc's little brats are coming! Brace yourselves, the Pherithian Imp-Asses (Pherithian Imperial Army) are coming!"
"There, the damned mischief-makers! Teach them a good lesson them, Herr Forde!" Moritz responded.
"Good afternoon, little mindless slaves of the elf-whore Azlariah! Come on, let's show us what you've got!"
"You will be punished for your mischiefs, in the name of our Kaiser and Kaiserin!"

All nearby partisans rush toward the advancing Pherithian troops and immediately strike Forde's troops. The partisans prove to be an equal match for the PIA troops, as many of the partisans once served the Space Force, plus they are also armed. However, Forde should really be grateful, as these partisans are just the beginning and there are no rebel Quartermasters nearby (yet).

As a crossfire ensues, one of the partisans attempts to flee and quickly dashes toward the northeast. This particular partisan runs as fast as a deer and he acts in a suspicious manner...

 

[Chaosy]

Mine's still Genesis.

 

[Cherrymage]

Mine's still the good ol' Pherith Empire, but keep in mind, a partisan movement (don't worry, after this event only one side takes control of the Pherithian Nation) has happened in the northern Pherithian Bolehland.

Here's a summary of what happened:

• Leo Akastenix's Shadowridge is having a war with the animatronics.
• Linnea, the former Amber, brought the Genesis to the northern borders of Pherith. She demanded the death of Azlariah Sunfeather (the Drama Kaiserin) before her forces retreat, Deroc turned down the offer and a duel between Deroc and Linnea ensues...... (troops of both sides did nothing but watch)
• Linnea was killed in the duel, and Genesis is chased back to their realm.
• A new Amber was chosen.
• Before these, Genesis has razed the "Blue Empire" (sorry, Edge, I forgot its name) to the grounds.
• Edge struck a deal with Sapphire, and he attempted to infiltrate the Pherith Empire. But his attempts ended in failure, he hijacked a Fleenzub Fighter and morphed it to The Dead Pherithian...
• Many squadrons attempted to chase Edge's tail, but failed and Space Force General Solomon sacked many pilots within Pherithian ranks due to his embarrassment.
• Meanwhile, economics in Pherith Empire got fucked up seriously, and bankers are manipulating the money and fooling the people...
• Many citizens of Pherith Empire lose faith in their government (due to economic problems, rise of bankers' plutocracy, purging of pilots......). A partisan movement is started. Poor Deroc and Azlariah became their scapegoats.
• The partisans were having a secret meeting in a tavern somewhere in the north, but all of a sudden they ignited a Putsch and soon riots spread to the northern provinces.
• A new commander (controlled by Edge45) -- Forde Aslan, joined the Pherithian Imperial Army. His first mission is to deal with the partisans.

 

[Chaosy]

Question: @Directive
Are the majority of the buildings in your faction made out of steel etc?
I was thinking of burning down a somewhat large food storage but it might be made out of un-burnable material.

 

[Cherrymage]

Most of them are made of metals, yeah.
But a few of the warehouses are made in weaker metals, and there are still civilian buildings made of bricks, so there should be no problem.

 

[Chaosy]

With other words I'll have to burn the food instead of the storage itself, thanks for the quick reply.

 

[Cherrymage]

P.S. I think we need to keep track of story development in a summarized list. I will create a pastebin about this later

 

[Chaosy]

Aedari picked up a simple plastic cup which was laying on the ground, she then went to the main library and entered the ladies' restroom where she simply filled the cup with water. She then went to one of the corners of the library and put some water on a few random books, she then pulled out the hair spray and the lighter to make the primitive flamethrower which she used on the semi-wet books. Due the water it would take a short while before the fire grew large enough to get noticed.
She had a window of at least 15 seconds to get away from the location, she turned around and walked to another separate location within the library where she used the 'flamethrower' again without the water though.
She then headed for the security room, she leaned against the wall outside the door.
Once the guards noticed the fire one remained behind to call authorities while the rest ran to delay the fire which grew at rapid pace. They were in such a hurry that they did not noticed that Aedari stopped the door from closing and entered the almost empty room she walked light on her feet towards the guard that was busy with the phone. She brought up the gun from her holster before firing from behind at point blank range making it a one-shot kill. She was fairly certain no one would hear the sound of the gun in the midst of chaos. Even if they did, they'd be busy with the fire.

Regardless she transferred the camera recordings of the last two hours to an simply disc which she found in the room. She then exited the library before turning towards the rebels' HQ, she had a vague idea of its location shouldn't be that hard to find.


That's a decent idea.

edit:
Do you want to reply to this or should I continue on?

 

[Cherrymage]

I will reply to this, and by the way where's the library? Is it a normal library?

 

[Chaosy]

I had nothing specific in mind, just an average library where the commoners can enter. Not the royal exclusive kind of library.

 

[Cherrymage]

The pastebin is here, but the works are not finished yet. Would anyone here like to contribute to the log?

It also looks somewhat messy. Perhaps we should divide it into periods and acts (and put them into hidden tags)?
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She brought up the gun from her holster before firing from behind at point blank range making it a one-shot kill. She was fairly certain no one would hear the sound of the gun in the midst of chaos. Even if they did, they'd be busy with the fire.

Most of them didn't hear the gun, however a few Blood Elves there heard the gunshot but they weren't aware of the gun. "Did you heard something?" a Blood Elf commoner asked.

"Nope," a human replied. "We have to run until--"

The guards then guided the folks inside to escape the burning library. Fire alarms were screaming like hell, but unfortunately for the library owner and the folks there were no sprinklers to put out the flames. They had no choice but to let many of the books perish in the flames of fury, but the folks inside were safe and able to escape to safety.

She then exited the library before turning towards the rebels' HQ, she had a vague idea of its location shouldn't be that hard to find.

The partisans don't have an official HQ, but since one of the taverns of the north is where the Tavern Putsch (duh) began, they were most likely active there. As they captured a military outpost in the north, they may likely also set up their HQ up there.

 

[Chaosy]

"That went smoothly.. gotta buy the newspaper tomorrow." Aedari mumbled as she went over the information gathered by the Observers.

After quite a bit of trial and error Aedari would eventually end up not too far from said tavern. She approached it while lightning up another cig, it was an unhealthy habit to start smoking just to have a reason for the lighter. However Aedari's body were crafted and could be cleansed when (if) she returned to the Underworld.
If it still served as a tavern as a front she'd simply have a seat and listen to other conversing while having a drink or two.
Otherwise she'd simply ask whoever stood guard where the recruitment took place.


@List
Clever design to use colors for certain types of information.
The battle at the gateways that made Linnea hate the drama queen is quite important since the rest doesn't make sense otherwise.

 

[Daffa]

Okay, updated the shit out of the first page.
Also, the registration thread is NO LONGER USED.

Time to join the fray.
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Somewhere in very distant place, out of Jupiter...

"You're sure about this?" A young woman said to a young man with a blue colored jacket. The man nodded calmly as he typed some code into a mysterious machine.
"I'm working with this machine. I promise I will be back." The young man replied to the woman with a faint smile. The young woman looked in displease as the man finished typing the codes.

"I will be back, and that's a promise." The young man said. The machine started to activate and lightning bursts appeared around them.
"Till then." He said as he went inside the machine.
Just as the man entered, the woman saw a keychain dropped. But when she picked it, the man and the machine already disappeared into thin air.

Jupiter, present time...

A machine, which looked more like a structure, suddenly appeared at the outpost of Pherith Empire, precisely Moritz' base from thin air.
"Ugh. That hurts my head..." The man inside muttered as the machine comes to a stop. Seemed he has yet to realize the mess he's going to face...

 

[Edge45]

Har har, senior Daffa has join again

"Contact, partisan strike force incoming!" An infantry said. "There's a lot of them!" Another infantry said. "Roger that, create a circular perimeter, Tick Tanks, provide cover for the infantries, IFV's and infantries, position yourselves behind the tanks. Hold your position, we'll be sending reinforcements." Forde replied to his strike force.

"Alright, time for us to go!" While the strike force were busy holding their perimeter, there are already another strike force built and ready to move. This time, Forde joins the fight, he readies his sword, a very silver-shining scimitar. He also has another sword behind him, but this was black and has a skull at the handle's tip. He brought with him a black revolver fully armed. "Alright mates, move out!" Forde then orders his new strike force and himself to aid at the defending strike force.

While the base itself constructs more troop production buildings, then prepares to move out as well.

With Aedari entering the tavern, Marie continued to follow, she covers herself with her cloak. "My my, what a rough place to go for a beautiful lady" she said to herself before she enters the tavern and takes a seat on the side.

 

[Daffa]

Anyway, anyone keeping layout of the Jupiter?

 

[Chaosy]

Nope, these days I am kinda cheating. I just say "go to the border of xxx (faction)".
How I get there is not important most of the time.

I understand that saying that you come from the western border (for example) which means you have to walk through a jungle and that the first big city is x etc, etc. However you need a really good map to do that. While we have a map for the continents themselves we don't have the controlling faction with cities/terrain etc.

__________


In Sanctum, Amber slowly started to regain the majority of his consciousness. While he could walk, he had to proceed slowly to not lose balance, his mind was a in complete mess as well.
With great effort he managed to bring himself to his desk, he then started to draw due his mind what it was he used long slow strokes to allow his mind to catch up. After a while it could become clear that it was of a person, it would not exactly be difficult to guess who if you knew his personality.
Regardless, it kept him entertained - for a while. From time to time he took the drawing into the inspecting it with a critical view, He let out a disappointed sigh before continuing, clearly not satisfied.
Amber would have pretty good drawing skills, not good enough to draw life like pictures but he was still at a very high level.

The occasional attendant entered the room to see how he was doing but they all left quickly as he seemed fine and the merging was still underway, even if it had started to slow down it would just last for a day more at most.
Except drawing, Amber spent his time with nothing more. The only exception was to request the reports the scouts had submitted, he was relieved to see that Deroc hadn't made any advancements. He considered to send some of the scouts deeper, making them go undercover to gather information. It would not be too hard since they actually looked like normal humans if they hid their wings. However if they got caught Deroc might be tempted to strike which was not something he wanted to encourage. In the end he was stuck, for now he tried to think of options but his mind was not a good enough state to do so, thus he continued with his drawing.

 

[Cherrymage]

After quite a bit of trial and error Aedari would eventually end up not too far from said tavern. This tavern, named Burgdorf, is quite large, but not as gigantic as a beer hall. Due to the putsch, the tavern was not as populated as before, though several offices of the partisans are located inside the tavern, and a few exhausted partisans went here to relax themselves.
Otherwise she'd simply ask whoever stood guard where the recruitment took place.

"Are you joining our glorious putsch? That's great, let's register in the bar counter," said a partisan but due to his lust, he couldn't help himself but keep staring at Aedari.

Meanwhile, the others were slightly attracted by her beauty, however after a few seconds of glance they turned back and continued their chats. "Ah, more and more of our awakened people are joining us! Time to kill the Cockmaster Deroc, assault his elf-whore Azlariah and slaughter all the elves and plutocrats in the empire!"

"Yeah, our putsch will be inevitable! Azlariah and her slave Deroc can't do anything to prevent their downfall! Hail to our great victory!"

"Azlariah the Whore is actually secret agent of the so-called 'Genesis', being sent here to doom us all. Look, they are all elves!"

But a few minority of partisans felt something wrong within Aedari. "Wait, I feel there's something wrong with the sexy lady there..."
"My heart feels that she's... unreliable to us..."
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Jupiter, present time...

A machine, which looked more like a structure, suddenly appeared at the outpost of Pherith Empire, precisely Moritz' base from thin air.
"Ugh. That hurts my head..." The man inside muttered as the machine comes to a stop. Seemed he has yet to realize the mess he's going to face...

The Pherithian troops were astounded with a mix of curiosity and suspicion, and surrounded the machine, aiming their guns. Moritz then broadcasted his voice toward the machine. "Uhh, what is this machinery? How..." He noticed a man inside, "Who are you, Herr? What are you doing here in Pherithian military base?"
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While the strike force were busy holding their perimeter, there are already another strike force built and ready to move.

The nearby partisans strike back with no fear at all, blitzing and swarming Forde's troops with their intense firepower and manpower. They held the upper hand, because they are almost as tough as an average PIA troop yet they are more numerous. Not to mention, the partisans have captured a military outpost...

This time, Forde joins the fight, he readies his sword, a very silver-shining scimitar. He also has another sword behind him, but this was black and has a skull at the handle's tip. He brought with him a black revolver fully armed. "Alright mates, move out!" Forde then orders his new strike force and himself to aid at the defending strike force.

Upon the sight of Forde, the partisans, being unaware of Forde's true powers, bursted out laughters. "What??? A swordsman?!?! Seriously?!?!? Is that the greatest of what Azlariah got?"

"Our rifles can kill you within minutes, before your swords had a chance to reach us!" Another partisan then continues, Oh, speaking of temporal displacement, we have the good ol' Tiger VI tanks! We have access to impressive blueprints in the past!"

A few scrappy-looking Tiger VIs slowly drove toward the PIA troops and steamrolled them easily. Despite the unimpressive and outdated appearance, these Tigers are still formidable opponents. Although a lot slower, they have much thicker armor than an average Tick Tank, which can withstand lots od damage. And its shells could deliver a good punch to even the heaviest of armors.

Forde could exploit the slow speed of these Tigers somehow.
"Huh? These tanks looked awfully familiar..." Moritz commented. "Aha! Tiger VIs! The former United Reich's latest main battle tank. These partisans must have stolen the blueprints or something. Don't worry about their toughness, they are as slow as turtles and you can use some Spiders to kill these Tigers,"

 

[Daffa]

As surprised as Moritz' army themselves, the man is shocked to see Moritz presence.

"Who am I? I rather ask who are you to enter my personal teleporter!" The man is annoyed by Moritz presence. Though his eyes signals he's rather confused than annoyed.
"Sorry." He calmed down a little. The clothing he's wearing has a symbol of M, sort of insignia. Below it, there's a set of letter, forming the word "Magus".

"You're saying a military base? Where am I actually?" He asked rather politely to Moritz.

============

"You're pretty nifty to decide coming here at last, old friend." A man sitting on the throne talked to himself. He then chuckled.
"Are you alright, master?" His personal guards suddenly looked at their chuckling master.
"Yes." He replied calmly. "And time for the Oceania, after all this time turtling near the Pherith Empire almost come." He exclaimed with a laugh.

Around the eastern side of New Malacca territories, several planes suddenly appears as they drop bombs across the borders.
"Glory to the Oceania!"

 

[Edge45]

"Our rifles can kill you within minutes, before your swords had a chance to reach us!"

That they said, a second later, as Forde rides in a Tick Tank. He instantly disappears and leaves a silver flash, he suddenly appears at the talking Partisan. Time seemed to have slowed down as Forde is at beside the Partisan. "Before you can start commenting on old fashioned weapon users, you might wanna watch your tongue." Forde leaves a grin, as the Partisan can't move due to the very slow moving time. "..." Forde said his last reply to the Partisan only he can hear.

That second passed, Forde returned at the Tick Tank, unnoticed by many of his men. A soldier riding the Tick Tank that Forde rides noticed "Sir? What was that, you just..." Forde replied to the soldier "Oh nothing"

Right at where the talking Partisan was, he was beheaded by only a second. Shocking the nearby Partisans and left with fear as a very cold air just passed them.

"Huh? These tanks looked awfully familiar..." Moritz commented. "Aha! Tiger VIs! The former United Reich's latest main battle tank. These partisans must have stolen the blueprints or something. Don't worry about their toughness, they are as slow as turtles and you can use some Spiders to kill these Tigers,"s

"I see." Forde notices that not only they're slow, but they have a very weak spot. Forde commandeers his Tick Tank, and aimed at the very hole of one of the Tiger's barrel. "Fire!" The Tick Tank fires and hit its mark, it went inside the barrel of the Tiger, and it exploded. "Holy shit" the Tick Tank driver said. The rest of troops was left in awe as how good is Commander Forde's aim is.

Forde came out of the Tick Tank. And the nearby troops increased their morale. "That showed them, soldiers of the Empire, charge!" Forde releases a battle cry and his troops were greatly morales and started to break through the Partisans.

"Yeah!!" The Pherithians cried. "Line up Tick Tanks, IFV's behind, infantries beside, move!" The Tick Tanks formed a line, the IFV's were behind them, Infantries beside. After awhile, the Partisans were starting to be overwhelmed. Gaining them closer to the surrounded strike force that holds their perimeter.

 

[Daffa]

My new faction is Oceania.

By the way, their pastebin : http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/pastebin.php?id=u2q3nw
As a note for everyone, Ocean Jet are by far equal to (approximately) Kirov in original Red Alert 2. Logically, difficult to knock out. Hence they attack only in few (4 or 5 usually) rather than en masse due to their defense (and price...)

Gold is expensive for Oceania, keep that in mind.
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Things going for Forde's forces well. Suddenly, a pack of Ocean Jet (as of now, they're unidentified) appeared at the skies and drop a hail of bombs, destroying many tiger tanks, tick tanks, IFVs, and killing many infantries of both Partisan and Forde's army.

 

[Chaosy]

"Are you joining our glorious putsch? That's great, let's register in the bar counter," said a partisan but due to his lust, he couldn't help himself but keep staring at Aedari.
"That's my intention. Smoke?" she offered her lighted cig as thank you for the information. Accepting would make it an indirect kiss.
Usually Aedari would embrace those that lusted for her - weird as she was, however that was one of her key traits which she had to keep under control while disguised. Still she was aware of the attention she usually drew.

But a few minority of partisans felt something wrong within Aedari. "Wait, I feel there's something wrong with the sexy lady there..."
"My heart feels that she's... unreliable to us...
"Don't worry lads, I just returned from burning down a good chunk of a certain library I got it all recorded on this disc. It'll be in tomorrow's newspaper as well - oh right, I killed one of the guards as well though I don't got that recorded, but it'll likely be in the newspaper as I said . I suspected y'all wouldn't trust an elf like me, but I assure you I want Azlariah dead as much as you."
She'd then follow the first gentleman to the counter.