BadSamaritan

Not to bad of a rig there Mad. Much better than your average pre-built POS machine. Also, for some awesome starting equipment, join the Dark Brotherhood. Kill one innocent person, then you have to go kill an old man, then they give you a tight set of armor that looks like a ninja suit. I'm also their third mission for me right now, but I think I might have to restart, as I screwed up my custom build. I chose marksman over security. What a waste.

I hate to say it man, but I have to. It's in my blood. OWNED!!!!

So far, so good. Graphics are amazing, sound is superb. The in-game tutorial is easy to understand. Also, Patrick Stewart is the first voice you hear, which is awesome.

I have been awaiting this game since I heard about it.

You were thinking of Baraka. The only people who played him were worthless punks that did the blade slash over and over once they had you in the corner.

41 *cripwalks*

(Editors Note: I think i have kept you all in suspense for long enough. Maybe three or four posts to go, and this part of the arc will be complete. Now, on to preparing for the final battle of this arc.) Admiral Ackbar looked over the reports, and sighed. While he had never cared for Admiral Cortviss, he was a capable commander, and respected throughout the fleet. His loss would be felt for a long time. And at the same time, he was the third highly placed person in the fleet the be removed from the chain of command in as many months. The death of General Ibliss had been a demoralizing blow, as had the very sudden resignation of Colonel Antilles. And now with Cortviss captured, voids were beginning to appear in the fleet, voids that would be hard to fill. As Ackbar sat there, he heard the chime to his door ring, and he looked up. He pressed a buttondoor slid open, and Han Solo walked through the doors. Ackbar smiled seeing him. Han, and the other hand, tried to smile, but failed miserably. It looked as if he had been through as much hell as Ackbar had been through in the past weeks. "General Solo, it is good to see you." Ackbar said, and Han sat down in one of the chairs across from him. As he sat down, he waved at Ackbar non-chalantly. "Don't start with that Admiral. I resigned years ago. And no amount of bribery will get me to take the title back." he said, and he leaned back in the chair, starign at the Admiral. "Although I have heard rumors that some people in high places wouldn't mind seeing me back in uniform. And truth to that?" Han asked, and Ackbar simply stared at him for a moment, and then nodded. "Yes, there has been talk. The Empire has been getting restless in the past few weeks. They have been making jabs at our fleets here and there. And they have scored a few victories that have left some holes to fill. And with the Empires new found reliance on pirates, smugglers, and other underworld sources, we would like to have someone with knowledge of such things to help us combat such tactics." Ackbar said, and Han scratched his jaw slowly, deep in thought. "So, the Empire is taking the Zsinj approach now, are they? Strange, I never saw Pelleon as being the type of person to go that route. " he said, and Ackbar nodded. "That is because he hasn't. Someone else is now in command of the Empire. Our Intelligence sources have indicated it may be a Grand Admiral, or someone posing as one." he said, and Han sat up in his chair, his hand gripping the arm rests tightly. He only had one thought on his mind, one that sent chills down his spine. "Thrawn?" he asked, but Ackbar shook his head, and Han relaxed slightly. If anyone was capable of turing the war against the New Republic, they both knew that Thrawn would be more than capable of doing it. It was one of the constant fears that everyone had, one that they both doubted would ever go away. "No, it isn't Thrawn. These kind of tactics are below him, nto to mention he spurned the wrath of several smuggler groups when he was in command. This is someone else." Ackbar said, and Han sighed. "Another fake Grand Admiral? Why would Pelleon hand over control to a fake? That makes no sense." Hand said, adn Ackbar sighed. "That is the entire reason we are where we are at. We have no idea who is control right now, and such cannot adjust our tactics accordingly. And since we have loss Antilles, Ibliss, and now Admiral Cortviss, the three best tacticians who have first hand knowledge of such tactics are no longer at our disposal. Hence the reason we are asking you to return to service. Unless you think you can convince Colonel Antilles to return?" he asked hopefully, but Han simply shook his head. "I wish I could Admiral, but I can;t even get ahold of him. He went to Bespin, then to Nar Shadda, then I lost contect with him. I have heard rumors about a merc squadron on the outer rim, but that is about it." he said, and Ackbar nodded. "That is what intelligence has told me as well. He is currently leading a squadron of former X- and B-wing pilots out on the rim, hunting down pirates for systems plagued by them." Ackbar said, and Han nodded. "Well, if I get ahold of him, i will tell him he is needed back here. But he felt pretty spurned by the council, especially you. I think it will take more than this to bring him back. besides he is doing some good out on the rim. Hunting pirates is something we really don;t have the forces for." Han said, and Acbar shook his head. "Sadly, I must agree. I just hope we can bring him back. But until we do, would you at least consider taking a temorary commision as General, to help fill the void?" Ackbar asked hopefully, and Han sighed. He leaned back his head as if he were in deep thought, and then shook it slowly. "I know I am going to regret this, but sure. As long as I don;t have to lead any task forces against a Super again. I had enough of that with Zsinj." Hand said, and Ackbad smiled. "I assure you, I will do my best with that one request. And since we have tabs on the Reaper at all times, I don;t think it will be a problem. Welcome back to the navy, General Solo." Ackbar said, and Han nodded. "You know, Leia is going to kill me when she finds out. I promised her I wouldn't do this again." Han said, and Ackbar laughed. "Yes, you did. But she will understand that you are needed. Also, it was her that made the suggestion in the first place." he said, and Han chuckled. "I should have known. Either way, I suppose I should be getting the old uniform out. Any idea where I am to be stationed?" he asked, and Ackbar shook his head. "currently, we are shifting forces arounf to compensate for recent losses. I believe you will be placed near the core at first, to get you caught up on current regulations. After that, we will move you closer to the front as needed." Ackbar said, and Han nodded. "It's great to be needed. But why can't it ever be for a game of Sabaac?" he asked, and he walked out of the room. After he left, Ackbar leaned back in his chair, and sighed. No matter how many years passed, it always eemed the heroes of the past had to save the Republic. he wondered what would happen when these heroes were no longer in place to do such things. He just hoped that would be a day far into the future. ******************************************************* Admiral Pelleon looked over his newest reports, thinking to himself carefully. They had managed to salvage one of the Destroyers from their most recent battle, all the other vessels were being turned into spare parts for other vessles, most notably the Lusankya and Gaurdian. Noth vessels were coming along quickly, and were due to be done with all major repairs within a few weeks. Which fit perfectly with the grand Admirals' plans, whatever they were. It still irritated him that Teshik was not letting him in on what his immediate plans were, but teshik noted security as being the primary reason, which Pelleon could understand. Suddenly, the doors to his office opened, and Grand Admiral Teshik walked in, along with Admiral Tavira and Admiral Drommel. Admiral Pelleon Stood quickly, and began to salute, but teshik waved him back into his seat. "No time for that, Pelleon. The time has come for us to begin the next phase of our war. We have nipped at the NEw Republic for long enough. Recent movements of their fleets show they are preparing to bolster their defenses, and perhaps prepare for an attack. This cannot be allowed to happen." he said, and Pelleon nodded. He motioned for them to sit at his desk, which they all did. Pelleon once again took his seat, and picked up one of his data pads. "Yes, I have noted this. Admiral Voon'tai has moved his main force away from the front lines to Kuat, apparently for a fast refit and some minor repairs to his vessles. Also, it seems that General Solo has ben returned to service. Currently, e beleive he is still on Coruscant, but I am certian they will move him to the front lines after not to much longer." Pelleon said, and Teshik nodded. "Very true. Having Solo back in command will be interesting. I have read the reports on his war against Zsinj, and I think he could be a thorn in our sides if we allow him to be. But he will have to wait for another day. Our top priority has become Admiral Voon'tai, and his task force. Voon'tai is in command of the second fleet as a whole. If he moves his fleet against us, we will be hard pressed to halt him. Hence th reason we are going to strike before he has the chance." teshik said, and Pelleon nodded. "This would be a commendable idea, but how would we do that? His task force is more then enough to handle any force we have used so far. And he is a ver capable commander. I have faced him before, and he nearly bested me." Pelleon said, and Drommel nodded. "Yes, he is good. But, we have something he doesn't have. Super Star Destroyers." Drommel said, and Pelleon looked up suddenly. "You can;t be serious. The Reaper is battle ready, but the Lusankya and [i[Gaurdian[/i] are both far from that level. What use would they be in a battle?" Peleon asked, and Teshik smiled. "Ah, that is the beauty of it. They do not have to enter the battle to be of any use. All they have to do is draw away a few vessels, allowing us to strike at our main target." he said, and he placed a small datacard into a slot on the table. He tapped a few buttons, and a hologram appeared above the table, showing a massive space station, surrounded by massive warships, all of them appearing to be drydocked to the station. "You mean to attack Voon'tais' task force when it is drydocked? In Kuat?" Pelleon asked, and Teshik nodded. "Yes. Basically, we use the Gaurdian and Lusankya together to draw away as many defending vessels as we can from the shipyards. We then jump in with a second force, and attack the station. His force will still be docked, and therefor very vulnerable. If we plan it right, we will eliminate the head of the second fleet, destroy a number of vessels frm that fleet, and seriously wound the New Republic by depriving it of valuable shipyards." teshik said, and Tavira nodded. "Kuat if the second most heavily defended system in the New Republic. They have more then enough vessels to handle such an attack. What makes you think they can;t just sperate their defences into two forces?" she asked, and Teshik nodded. "A very good point, one I have thought about. That is the entire reason we will be using all three of our Super-class Star Destroyers. The New Republic has in the past used a large amount of vessles to combat them, tow of them wil cause them to use even larger forces. I think three of them will send them into a panic. One which not even Voon'tai will be able to control." teshik said, and Pelleon nodded. One Supr-class was a bad sign. Three of them would be a nightmare for any commander. "Where will we draw support ships from? Surely we cannot draw enough vessles from our own forces to attempt such an attack, The New republic is bound to notice that many vessels going missing." he said, and Teshik smiled. "Ah, that is the beauty of it. They won't even know they are gone. I have contacted our freind Admiral Kayn, and he has agreed to loan us a number of his Victory-class Star Destoryers, enough to cover the ones we will be using. Along with twelve of our own Imperial-class Destroyers, and twice as many smaller vessels, I think we will have more then enough firepower for the operation." he said, and Pelleon nodded slowly. "And at the same time, we will force Admiral Kayn to join us fully in our war, as the New Republic will eventually figure out where the excess Destroyers came from." he said, and Teshik chuckled. "You are learning quickly, Admiral. Now, let us get to the guts of this plan, to make sure it actually works they way we want it to. I would hate for this to be the operation that blows up in our faces." he said, and one by one, they began to talk about possible problems with their newest plan, and how to fix each one. Several hours later, each Admiral stood up, satisfied with their plan. It was a sound plan, one that would bring the Empire one step closer to their long term goal of victory, and to their short term goal of destabalizing the New Republic until it imploded.

Personally, I would love to see an animated X-Wing series. I <3 starfighter novels.

If I new the name of the video, I would be able to find it myself. I searched through over 30 pages of vids last night with no luck at all. After some more searching, and some research, the clip was supposedly supposed to have suffered the same fate as the Christmas special, but like the special, continues to live on in illigitimate copies. As for a synopsis, the slip basically goes like this. A quote from the Journal of the Whills appears, then fades away. The Star Wars logo appears in a different font than the one we know, and then the scrolling text appears. Everything after that is the same.

Ok, I ask for very little from you all, but I really need to find a certain video that is lurking somewhere out there on the interent. It is the vid of the scrapped scroll text from Episode IV that Lucas originally had planned, but altered for reasons unknown. The strange thing is, all the text is the same, the only difference is the font of the words "Star Wars", and a small quote from the 'Journal of the Whills'. It is the quote I am most interested in, as it refers to Luke as "The Son of Sons". (Or perhaps it was "The Son of Suns"?) Google Video is where I saw the clip first, but since then it has vanished. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you all for your time.

Tibana. It's spelled Tibana.

Talk about being drunk all you want, Evo. Until you get your lips stuck to a beer can due to the freezing temperatures out on the lake, you are not a true drinker. Minnesota, where fishing and drinking go hand in hand as the state pastime.

Quicktime? Bleh.... I think i shall wait until you encode it in something else. Quicktime makes my stomach churn.

Hold on, gaming as in video games, or gaming as in AD&D, V:tM, Rifts, and all the classic PnD games? You have to be carefull, as when I see the word 'gaming', I think PnD, not computer and console games. Also, ever have any problems with your boomerang coming back? (Sorry, listening to classic 60's music right now and I couldn't resist)

I can do it several times from my home computer. I am slowly becoming one with the intraweb.

You people need an excuse to drink? Rookies.

Hi, my name is..... is....... GYAHHHHHH!!!! WHATCH OUT FOR THE BUNNIES!!!!! *falls to the ground and whimpers* Keep the bunnies away.... Please keep them away....

I would take offense to that, but I am way to tired to even bother. Also, this is not my doing. I have no clue why we would have that many visitors.

Interesting facts about black holes: The power output of a black hole is so great, that if you could harness the energy of one second, it could power all of New York City for ten years. Black holes die slow, painfull deaths. The more energy the put out, the smaller they get. The smaller they get, teh more energy they output. They are the only known 'suicidal' celestial objects. The event horizon of a balck holes is not the 'abandon all hope ye who enter here' that is popular belief. An object can orbit forever within the event horizon if it can acehive a perfect orbit, but it cannot get further away.

That's awesome. The more we know about that planet, the better. Because in a few hundred years, this planet will be trashed, and humanity is going to need a new home. Although frankly, if we can't take care of a great world that was handed to us, I somehow doubt we will do any better with a world we have to jumpstart back to life. And yes, I have a very dim view of humanity as a whole, and its long term chance of survival.

My day went like this: 7 AM - Alarm stereo goes off. A roll out of bed, walk across the room, turn it off, crawl back into my nice toasty bed. 8:30 AM wake up, realise I have 30 mins to get to work. Call work, say I'm going to be late, saunter to the kitchen for breakfast. 8:31 AM - Realise my breakfast of cold pizza and beer has already been devoured. Damned roomates. 8:32 AM - get dressed, out the door. Lock myself out of house, without smokes and wallet. 9:15 AM - Get to work. Punch in. Walk into freezer. 6 PM - Walk out of freezer, very cold and extrememly frustrated with upper managments inability to realise the limitions of their freezer. Much yelling ensues between my boss and I. Write-ups for insubordination quickly follow. 6:55 PM - Arive home, crack open freshy purchased beer. Turn on computer, light much needed smoke. Relax and prepare for tomorrow. [Emo]God, I hate my life. [/emo]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7255661301905279600&q=Star+Wars *snickers and runs off*

*sits upon his throne of skulls, spiked whip in hand* Who is daring enough to challange me? Speak now, so that I may whip you for your stupidity!!

It counts as both overall. Sadomaschistic tendencies are good for the soul....