<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Joe better not have started without me...<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Many thoughts of different sizes, shapes and forms were passing through the head of Teak Mandune at that moment, but this particular one stood out above all the rest as being something to deal with quickly, as it required immediate attention. The battle-hardened Vice-Admiral had been in his quarters when the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Tyrant<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> had dropped out of hyperspace, and was now moving as quickly as dignity allowed him towards the awaiting bridge. Obviously, <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> someone<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> had forgotten to awaken him as to their current position when the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Tyrant<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> had departed the wormhole-like surroundings of hyperspace, from it's starting point of Sluis Van where Chimera Fleet had been based before receiving orders for this mission. The orders had come quite startlingly, he thought, from Emperor Fearsons himself. Not only was this highly unusual, an Emperor ordering his fleets around personally, but the specific orders to depart immediately had unfortunately come in the middle of the night, thus the reason Vice-Admiral Mandune had been sleeping in his quarters for the duration of the hyperspace trip.
Perhaps it was the Emperor's way of making a new ally feel welcome? After all, this was Chimera Fleet's first operation under the wing of The Rogue Empire. No, this was probably going to be the first, and only, time that orders were sent directly from his Lordship. Still, it was strange...

"...sir," a timid voice crept around the corner Teak had just turned, reaching his ears before he changed pace again down yet another of the Star Destroyer's many corridors. Hesitating, he moved first his head, and then his whole body in an about-turn to see who had called his name. Looking up at him from a small distance away was a scrawny man, obviously in his early twenties or late teens, wearing the standard uniform and carrying a datapad in his left hand, which hung hesitantly in a mid-air offering to the Vice.

"Yes?" Teak replied, after taking in the details of the mans youthful face, which accompanied a set of oddly timeworn eyes.
"Uhh, this is for you, sir," the man answered his Vice, bringing his arm up quickly and handing the datapad to Teak before taking a step backward and seeming to cower in the Vice's presence. Teak glanced at the man again for a brief second until his gaze fell upon the lump of dull metal resting in his palm.

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Tyrant internal messenger service: Bridge to Vice-Admiral Mandune...

Vice, we have exited hyperspace, and are currently engaging enemy ships. Your presence is requested on the bridge.

I regret that this message could not reach you sooner, but due to the haste at which we were forced to depart Sluis Van, internal comm system repairs that were scheduled had to be postponed. Once again I apologise.

Capt. Veilding<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

After reading the message, Teak looked again at the crewman before him. Now he realised the purpose for his fear. Inability to reach the Vice before he left his quarters, thus a partial failure of the assignment. Teak new the feeling could be hard for new recruits, as he had, like everyone else, been one at some point in time. No time for that kind of thought now, though. He would have to console the messenger later, if at all. It seemed that the Admiral had already started, and Teak did not wish to miss any more of the "fun".

Assuming the messenger, another glance at which revealed his nametag to read Lt. Bjork, had come from the bridge, as that was where the message had originated from, the Vice instructed Bjork to accompany him to their common destination. Without comment, the Lieutenant fell silently into step behind Teak, who made fast headway towards the bridge. In a matter of moments, they had arrived.

Teak stepped silently out onto the bridge, observing from the entrance all that was happening, and successfully managing to remain anonymous among the controlled chaos that had ensued from the brief but rewarding encounter with <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Emancipator<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. There were obviously minimal casualties, and the Admiral seemed to have handled the situation well, as always.

From his vantage point in the corridor opening, the Vice was able to survey the happenings on the bridge. He looked first to the comm officer, who was busy communicating orders to the rest of the fleet. From there Teak's eyes shifted to the tactical officer, who was currently occupied and seemingly happy with relaying statistics of the minor encounter to Captain Veilding, who was in turn standing just behind the man, staring over his shoulder. Coming up behind the Captain, Teak saw Lt. Bjork, datapad in hand, moving swiftly across the bridge he called home. There was a brief transaction between the Lieutenant and the Captain, before Veilding looked up and over the bridge to where Teak had positioned himself in the doorway. Swiftly dismissing the tactical officer as yet another technicality, Captain Veilding started marching smartly across the bridge to greet the Vice. Teak, in turn, left his observing spot and walked forward towards the Captain. They met, exchanged salutes, and Veilding wasted no time at bringing the Vice up to speed on the current progression of battle.

When Veilding had finished his minority briefing, Teak dismissed him much as he had done the tactical officer, and strode to the viewport where Admiral Schmoe stood, hands clasped tightly behind his back, eyes fixed firmly on the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Emancipator<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->.

"Sir," it was the Vice's turn to initiate the salute. Admiral Schmoe returned it as he turned to face Teak, a smile bracing his lips upon seeing his friend.

"Dispense with the pleasantries, Teak, we've got a war to win," the Admiral's reply was swift and to the point.

"Sirs!" the comm officer called to the Admiral and his Vice, "Incoming transmission from Emperor Fearsons."

"Put it through."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Suddenly a escort carrier appeared. it's sudden appearence seemed to surprise the bridge crew but the Admirla and Vice didn't seem surprised at all.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
"Order Captain Borks to lainch all the tie fighters and then return to Sluis Van." Admiral Joe said to his comm officer.
"Yes Sir" he replied
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> the escort carrier began disgorging Ties. 4 squadrons of Bombers followed by 2 squadrons of Interceptors. Than as quickly as it had appeared the escort carrier returned to hyperspace<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
"Sir" said the Tie controller "Is there anything specific you want the Tie's to do?"
"Nothing at the moment besides having the Interceptors cover the bombers."
"Then signal the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Emancipator<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> tell them to bring one of the shuttles over." Said the admiral to his comm officer
Then to Vice-Admiral Mandune "Vice-Admiral Mandune you have the bridge."
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Without another word he strode down to the bridge and to the docking bay where he was met by the shuttle.<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
"Take us to the Disruptor." he said to the pilot.
"Yes Sir"he responded.
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> And with that Admiral joe Schmoe left the<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> Tyrant<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> .<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

OOC: Im really sorry guys, my ISP was down for over 24 hours!!)


Bria nods to Jaina, heting the slght bag over her left shoulder which holds herexplosives and remote detonators, " Alright, no sweat" She heads down twards where the generators are housed, preparing a detonator along the way, while looking for any signs of opposition.
She finds the generators, and a smug grin crosses her face."Im always up for a challenge", She takes off the bag, and sets to work, fastinig the explosives to various spots on the generators, rigging them to all go off simeultaniously.Once they are all in place, she grabs the single remote detonator, and turns on her comlink, and speaks to Jai" Wer set, just say when"She then heads back for the ship.

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Was talking to the gaurds, shareing a new dirty joke she heard to entertain...gets Bria message and nods, takeing her leave<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->... "Duty calls, boys."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Smirks and runs back to her ship...com's the boys above in the YT2400's on her way:<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->
"Listen up, Squad. You guys in the circleing ships? Go on to Yaga City...drop those missile boats and haul arse out off this stinkin hole and get back to Fearson's ship. Do you copy?"

A young man's voice replies, "We read you, loud and clear, Commander...see ya back at the house."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Jai smirks and enters the MJF, still talking on the com:<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> "Good deal, kid. While you do that, I'll bring up the rear while Bria sets off those toys of hers....Darklighter out."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Jai sat down in the pilots seat of her cockpit and looked out the viewport just in time to she the 2 YT-2400's go zooming overhead towards Yaga City.
"Well, here's goes nothing..."

She lifted the 'Millennium Jade-Falcon' off of the landing pad and zipped after the rest of the Squad. "Ok Bria, do your stuff."
Set her attention on flying and prepareing to drop those missile boats........<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Bria watched the MJF lift off, the rpulsor lift sent a warm breeze her way, and ruffled her short pale brown hair.She turned back to the directio of the geerator comolex, and held the detonator outstretched before her, and took a deep breath, " Here goes nothing, "
She hit the button, and an instant later, the ground beneath her began to shake, and the area thundered. A smile played across her youthful features.
"Mission Complete" she dropped the detonator, and was almost thrown to the ground as the shaking intensified tenfold. She blinked in suprise, and decided now was the best time to get the hell out of there, as the generstors started a chain reaction of explosions...
She headed for safety, wonderng how Jaina was doing...

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Felt a ripple in the nearby Force from the exploding generators, grinned slighty at the thought of 1/3 of this mission was over.

She then set her attention ahead as she saw the 2 YT-2400's swoop over thier targets and drop the missle boats...she knew she was going to regret this, but came over her target and dropped her's as well...not a split second went by before Terex--one of her squad--came over the groups linked coms..."Mission accomplished, boats dropped; lets go home, BossLady."<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

"Good job, boys. You go on to the <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> "Disruptor"<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->. I'm stopping off to grab Bria and then I'll be right with ya. Darklighter out..."

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Jaina screamed under and past the other 2 ships, makeing a beeline back to Bria, sat down in the pre-arranged spot on the landing pad and lowered the gangplank, waited axious and nervous for Bria to run onboard so they could leave....<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Snake made his way through the riot-ridden streets of Yaga City.He got to his shuttle and found it half-destroyed..it was no longer able to fly.He accesed his helmet's internal comlink and sent a transmission to Commander Darklighter.

"Commander Solo-Darklighter,this is SolidSnake i'm on my way to your landing location.My shuttle has been destroyed by the crazed citizens of Yaga City.My ETA is five minutes."

Bria ran headlong for the ship as is approached,feeling the ground beneath her give way as she went. Beside the apparent danger, she couldnt help but smile.
She leaped for the ships ramp, and turned from its safety to look at the damage she caused."Hmmm....not bad"
She walked aboard, shoving her hands into her pockets, whistling....as she headed for the cockpit

OOC note: those missile boats were dropped in pre-planned places so the Rogue Empire could pick them up and do whatever with them...they werent used yet, just set down.

IC:
<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Heard Snake's message<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> "I read you--loud and clear--Snake. We'll be waiting. Cm'on aboard. "

<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> Swiveled in the captian's chair and gaped at the damage Bria had done, look at her as she sauntered in the cockpit, "Well well well, kid...not bad for your first mission. It will be a bit before we can go, have to await another passenger."

Drums her fingertips agianst her thigh, the MJF ready to go in a second notice...wishes Snake would hurry...<!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->

Snake's cyborg exoskeleten gave him almost superhuman strength.He was running <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--> fast<!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> untill two guards with high-powered blasters stepped in front of him.He drew his vibroblade from the sheath across his back and slashed the first guard across the chest.

He raised his arm-gun and shot the other in the face.He ran untill he was at the MJF.He walked up the ramp and went directly to the cockpit.He nodded his thanks to Jaina for waiting for him and sat down behind Bria.