Defender_16

Fascinating. I never knew that the jet from the Supermassive ones were so darn HUGE!

Barbarian of the old Republic Newest music video for 'Crazy' Donky Kong's new ESRB rating

We got a TON of snow here that last big storm. I took some pictures but our digital camera doesn't do so well when it comes to light levels. First team to build a snowman wins.

Life goes on... +++ Ardent's Destroyer group jumped into the Bonadan System in tight formation and moving at close to flank speed. Two Squadrons of Tie Bombers launched from the other Destroyers and formed up in defensive positions. As they sped farther into the system 6 of the remaining 8 Escort shuttles launched and joined the defensive screen. "Com and Sensors, keep your eyes and ears open." Instructed the Admiral. "Why haven't we tried hailing the locals yet sir?" asked Wintle, again acting the part of the concerned officer. "The Corporate Sector has always done things a little differently from The Empire. They care about absolute profit no matter what, even if it means breaking The Empire's laws. If we come in fast and hard like this it will look to them like we're moving in for bombardment. A little reminder about what happens to the disloyal." "I see sir." "Also, I'm hoping to draw out any ships they have present so we can give them the combat data directly." "Detecting Civilian contacts through the inner system sir." reported sensors. "How many are we talking about?" asked Dorja. "Somewhere close to one hundred sir. Most of them are transports of various makes or shuttles. We also have some larger Luxury Liners in orbit above Roonadan." Once the sensor officer had finished the com officer spoke up. "Sir we have an incoming Transmission. Audio only." "On speaker." An older stern sounding woman's voice issued from the speakers. "Bonadan Traffic control to inbound Imperial Battlegroup, welcome to the Corporate Sector. Please state your business in system for documentation purposes." The Admiral went to the forward station to look out the forward viewports then lifted his com. "This is Admiral Dorja in command of The Imperial Battlegroup Ardent. We're here as part of a larger investigation into the Hypercom blackout plaguing this part of the galaxy. We'll be entering low orbit of Bonadan as soon as possible at the orders of the expedition Commander." "Thank you Admiral, but as per CSA emergency guidelines recently put into place we'll require an extended flight plan for the duration of your stay inside the Sector." Well played Dorja thought to himself. The CSA government was attempting restrict any and all flow of information to the rest of the sector with the exception of what they allowed. It was a good idea if one wanted to keep the civil population in line or simply to prevent a panic. He regarded his upheld com for a second then replied to the Traffic controller. "Our flight plan in the Corporate Sector is classified under section eight of the Imperial Fleet Deployment Restricted Information Act. No further flight plan information will be forthcoming. Ardent out." Wintle regarded the Admiral. "Was that entirely wise sir?" Dorja nodded. "It will give us the response we want. Helm, maintain flank speed." The Imperial Battlegroup continued it's drive into the inner system and soon they were closing in on the world of Bonadan itself. "We will be entering Bonadan's Gravity well in less than five minutes." reported sensors. "Helm, reduce speed and angle the ship as though for planetary bombardment. Same orders to the rest of the fleet. Com, switch to the latest encryption scheme." A chorus of "Aye sir" echoed across the bridge. If Dorja had been waiting for a response from the CSA fleets they didn’t have to wait long. Not ten seconds after they entered the Gravity well the sensor officer called out that hyperspace reversions had been detected. Two groups, each consisting of an old Vic and Two Marauder Corvettes reverted at the edge of the Well. "Not so unprepared after all. How many fighters have they got?" "Sixteen total sir." replied the sensor officer before a noise from his console drew his attention back. "Additional CSA forces coming around from the far side of the planet" "Numbers?" "Three Vic's, four Marauders, four Etti light cruisers and three full squadrons of IRD's" "Looks like they have their defences in order after all." said the Admiral Wintle shook his head. "I'd hardly consider IRD's and old Vic's a match for the Vong sir." "Leading Victory Destroyer is hailing us sir. Again, audio only." "On speaker." "This is CSA Taskforce One Oh Three to Imperial Battlegroup Ardent. We request that you change course immediately and enter a high orbit." "About time. Do as he says helm. Com, start transmitting the Vong data package." 088

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Carrack Cruiser and Victory Destroyer remain the fastest starting Imperial ships with a hyperdrive of 60:60. Carrack is faster to build and replace. Fastest ship *period* in Rebellion is the Assault Transport with 50:50. Again, as previously stated requires a lot of research and resources.

Saw I am Legend. The ending was unexpected but I still thought it was a decent movie overall.

I... just... I... dont know what to say. I knew he wasnt doing that good lately but. Damn. EDIT: That last time I was talking to him he didnt really say how he was doing. He was more worried about his Brother who was about to ship out. (To Afghanistan I think.) I'd promised Paul I'd put him in the story I was working on. Back in late October and early November we planned out most of it but I never got around to puting it all together. Still could be awhile but it'll happen. http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Defender_16/DEFCON/Avatar-Conway128.jpg

I heard that Vader was asking for snow.

Nooooo!! Obi-wan wears the beard in this franchise.

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...I'm not really understanding your question there budious. EDIT: (_$*)_%*&%#%ing damn. My wrist is too screwed up from work to do this myself now. I wish I'd just done it then instead of waiting.

No Tex, I think what he's hoping for is a uniquily awesome item. Is there any way we can give it Planetary Shields or Ion Cannons? I never actually checked if you can edit it's stats in RebEd or not. It is a structure after all. Although with already unique properties. EDIT: Hmmm.... Kano, while it will probably never work for the Empire I'm wondering if it might be possible to assign it construction capabilities for the Rebels to us it as a Shipyard. Programmers? What say you?

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+++ Ardent and her fleet reverted to real space for the first time in days without the assistance of an artificial Gravity Well. For the moment not fighter launched from the bays of any of the Imperial Capital ships. "How far out are we?" asked Admiral Dorja. The Nav officer seemed fairly certain for a change when he reported; "We're still just outside the edges of Aparo Sector sir. Right on target." Thank the Emperor, Dorja whispered to himself silently. He'd feared that the fleet would have been thrown off course after being yanked out of hyperspace so many times by the Vong Gravity Mines. The strain put on the hyperdrives was bound to have soon added up if they'd continued like that much longer. Commander Wintle looked down into the crew pit. "Com, have you established contact with the Corporate Sector holonet?" "Having difficulty sir. We're getting something but there's not enough bandwidth this far out. We'll have to wait until we're closer." Dorja shook his head. "By the time we're closer we'd be further ahead to just use subspace radio. Let's not bother." He put a hand to his chin and thought. "Send out four of our Escort Shuttles on scouting runs, each with two Assault Gunboats for protection. They're to rendezvous with us at Bonadan." "We're not going straight to the Sector Capital?" questioned Wintle. "Bonadan sits at the end of the Hydian Way. There's sure to be a CSA fleet parked there with what's going on. We should be able to tell how things are going in the sector by how many ships are present." Escort Shuttles dropped from Ardent's Main Bay and then linked up with some of the Gunboats before jumping into Hyperspace on different vectors. "Set course for Bonadan." +++ Uwlla Iillor looked out from the bridge viewports of the Destroyer Blacken. She hadn't been aboard a Star Destroyer in years, back when she'd been serving the Empire... and being repeatedly passed over for promotion. "The General will see you know Captain." called out a junior officer from the back of the bridge. Soon she was sitting down in the Captain's ready room which the General had taken over at the moment. Iblis checked that the door was locked then slid out a blocky carrying case and pit it on the desk in front of Iillor. "Captain, in this box is our new secure means of communications. It doesn't require hypercom. Everything you need to know about it is on a data pad that's with it. The information on it is eyes only and must be destroy once you're finished reading it. If your ship is captured or boarded that device is on your list of things to destroy. Don't leave any trace of it for the empire to find. I took the liberty of enclosing a small thermal detonator along with it for you." "Thank you sir." "Don't thank me yet Captain. You have more experience with Interdictor type ships than anyone else in the Rebel fleet, I cant think of anyone else better for the job. I'm giving you command of Craven Net, please rename it as you see fit. We're also going to start renaming the rest of our Destroyers soon." "I suppose I'll go with Rebel Net sir." "As good as any." Iblis stopped talking when he realised his comlink was going off. "I've got the storage units with my secure com's rigged with motion sensors. Feel free to watch." The Corellian picked up a box much like the one he'd given to Iillor but this one had a blinking red light on the front of it along with the name 'Iella' printed next to it. Iblis pulled out an ovoid shape from inside and held it up facing him in one hand. Iillor could see that the side of it the General was looking at had morphed into a face. "Garm here, what have you heard." Iella Wessiri's voice emanated from the device. "The Mercenary base in the Sluis sector has been destroyed. I don’t have any way to tell right now if any of them escaped but I do know they were attacked by a Sovreign the Heresiarch." "Have they thrown a Sovreign at Kre'fey's position yet?" "No. Heresiarch was supposed to be part of the same group that already attacked Bothan space but was broken off to form a new force when an uprising started in the Sluis Sector." "How much time to we have?" "Not long. I'll get back to you on how much but you should have a week minimum before she get's underway." "You're right. That isn't a lot of time." Before he could ponder that however Iella continued. "'Paradise Lost' has already started her run up the Rimma. She should be in the Minos Sector by now. Tycho is almost finished mopping up. If you want I can get him to send Gavin up to the Elrood Sector early." Iblis shook his head. "Tell them to secure the Sector first unless the local Imp forces start trying to drag it out. We may need the X-wings though. Have them ready to head out." "I'll let them know. Wessiri out." After putting the box and the com creature away Iblis turned back toe the Starship Captain sitting across from him. "There are a lot of Imperial personnel that still have to be shipped off of Rebel Net before she becomes operational. If you can, try and convince some of the crew they're on the wrong side. We need the extra people." "Aye sir." 087

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You may need to hit Refresh on these for them to sync. Picard on Who want to be a Millionaire John Doggett - Metal Man classic NES in Lego(And some not so classic)

Solid Snake is based off of who? MGS5 will star Solid Snake's Cat. MGS4 staring Stan Lee as Snake.

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The fall of Scientology begins. ....HELL YEAH! It's started at last. Death Note + Futurama

The "Downfall" fad continues with a Matrix spoof. Hitler refuses to cooperate Hitler's & crew rock out to 'Toxic' Hitler loves Matzah ...and pizza too Moving on: Aragon makes the call

+++ Byuran ke Shia snap rolled his Tie Interceptor out of the way of a laser burst from a Rebel Ugly. The roll brought him across the path of another Imperial fighter spoiling their shot. In the past day or so Byuran had seen more heavy combat than most people or pilots from Adumar saw over years of duels. The initial battle back on the Rimma Trade route had been nearly a straight turn fight. Few on either side were able to score killing hits, so busy were they at trying to avoid their own pursuit. This fight was different. They'd launched without having time to form up like the Imperial instructors had taught and he didn’t appear to be the only one caught out of position. With less Rebel fighters present it should have been easy to kill them off but now there was the problem with other Imperial craft back-stopping any missed shots. Byuran knew he was fortunate enough to be flying one of the few Interceptors present upgraded with shields. Most of the nobility back on Adumar had quickly learned the usefulness of the added defences for use in duels and those that flew with the Empire often paid out of their own pockets to have even a basic shield thrown on. Ship board requisition officers and flight techs were never happy with the arrangement however due to the added strain on the Ion engine's reactor and the parts to maintain them. After a handful of tight turns and loops to avoid both enemy and friendly fire he formed up off the wing of a Tie Bomber that was making a run towards the Rebel capital ships. Before they reached range however the Bomber fired a torpedo and then pulled hard. A pair of concussion missiles streaked in and hit the underside of the bomber, the second penetrating shields and hull before exploding. A Razor fighter streaked through the wreckage firing it's lasers on another bomber farther back. Byuran hauled back on the pilot's yolk, and despite having to dodge more fire was soon on the Rebel fighter's tail. As it closed in on the next bomber the Rebel fired it's chin mounted Ion cannon dropping the Tie's shields. Byuran fired, his paired laser blasts slamming the aft shields of the Razor forcing it to change course and getting off only one shot at the unshielded bomber. As they both sped by, the Adumari pilot realised that the Bomber's torpedo launcher had been destroyed by the hit it had take. The Bomber turned back and headed for it's carrier. The Razor that Byuran pursued however wouldn’t give up. The pilot rolled and turned in seemingly random directions all the while snapping off shots at other distant Tie fighters. The Interceptor's lasers hammered through the tough shields burning a hole through one wing and then the Rebel was suddenly accelerating. At first he thought that it was jumping to hyperspace but soon it's brightly flaring sublight drive dimmed measurably back to normal levels and it turned in behind another Imperial craft. "Lieutenant ke Shia to Squadron leader. One of the Rebel fighters just put on a huge burst of acceleration to avoid my fire. I've never seen the likes of it before." The Major responded after a minute, breathing heavily as he always did after coming out of a high G maneuver "The Rebels must have equipped some of their fighters with SLAM's. 'SubLight Acceleration Motors.' It usually drains power from the weapons." As Byuran looked he noticed that the Razor that had escaped him wasn’t firing it's Ion cannons like before. "Sir, they're drawing power from their Ion cannons to bower the booster." "Thanks for the update." replied his commanding officer. With a flick of a switch the Adumari pilot redirected shield power to engines. He still had about a minute before the shields faded away completely and the slight speed boost might let him catch his enemy. "You're mine Rebel." Byuran growled out as he closed in. The Razor in his sights was trying to get behind another Tie Bomber that wasn’t co-operating, rolling and dodging in much the same manner the rebel himself had been. He set lasers for quad fire and watched the distance scroll down below a kilometre on his HUD. The first quad shot knocked down the still weakened aft shields and the second blew off the fighter's tail fin. Before the Lasers could cycle for a third shot however a pair of Ion bolts struck his now unshielded Interceptor from below. Blue lightning crawled over everything and most of the displays blew out. When the lightning faded after a few seconds everything inside the cockpit was pitch black. No sound or vibration carried through the fighter from the engines or reactor. Stars drifted past outside the transparisteel canopy as the fighter slowly turned. When at last the battle came into view again through the viewport Byuran noticed that things had changed dramatically. The Three Rebel Star Destroyers had caught up. +++ http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h293/Defender_16/Vindicators.jpg "Target that lancer!" Demanded Iblis as the ship shook from Turbolaser hits. The entire Imperial force was now coming about, changing targets to the Destroyers that had showed up nearly point blank off their aft. Blacken opened fire on most of the smaller Imperial ships including the Lancer class Frigate while the other Two Destroyers attempted to separate the Dominator from her escorts. Blacken's gunners hit the Lancer's sublight drives repeatedly and soon the pounding dropped it's aft shields and damaged her engines, leaving it drifting in space. Coercion and Death's Shadow both hit Craven Net with full broadsides, nearly dropping the Interdictor's shields in one blow, but her Captain found enough emergency power to keep the forward shield up. Around all of the Captial ships the fighters tore into each other. Pash Cracken's A-wings sped through the fighting leaving burned out fighters and general destruction in their wake. Most of the Imperial Tie bombers were caught out on the far side of the engagement attempting to Torpedo Smuggler's Folly. When the rest of the Rebel fleet had arrived the two Corvettes and converted Bulk Cruiser changed course, charging out into the clouds of Tie craft. The Rebel Tie bomber force fired what Torpedoes and missiles they had left into the Vindicator Cruisers and then began strafing runs with lasers and Ion cannon. When one of the cruisers lost shields from missile hits both Blacken and Coercion struck it with a combined broadside. Most of ship's portside batteries were blown open to space and the bridge complex exploded. When the shields on Craven Net at long last fell, some three squadrons of fighters and the Destroyers began pounding her with Ion cannon fire. Iblis looked carefully over the situation. The Vindicators could still cause a lot of damage on their own, but they didn’t stand a chance at catching Smuggler's Folly and taking down her Gravity well if they hoped to escape. He turned to the com officer who asked; "Transmit surrender requests sir?" "You guessed it." He said. "Have any of the damaged ships indicated they want to surrender yet?" "No sir, but the damaged Vindicator has ceased fire." At that same moment the last lights on Craven Net died out. "Sir, the other ships are now transmitting surrender protocols." "It's about time. Find some spare crew to put aboard those ships. We'll need some combat teams and a skeleton crew to move them into orbit of Coyn. If Captain Iillor's reports about the local populace are accurate I'm sure the locals will be more than happy to give the Imperials a fair fight with these ships." 086

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1) Give Thrawn command of the entire Imperial Star Fleet 2) Massive Imperial Causulties and Destruction of the Borg force 3) ??? 5) Profit!

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