The Light Behind the Shadow

I like where we were about to go Oasa, unless Rooster you think otherwise. Your pretty strong Oasa and if we let you escape this time again then there is no telling when we will be able to stop you again.

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"To the death!"
"No! To the pain!!"

If ya'll stopped to wait for my moderation, it's on the bottom of the second page.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 11-30-2000).)

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it's time for NewTechnologyWhichSolvesProblems™!

Unbeknownst to our valiant përses, the B.P. is crewed by 63 large, muscular, and very surly Voinans - Voinans who carry around a 84mm neutron pistol at all times.

Oasa quickly boards a Voinan transport* and instructs his crew to fight to the last man - and self-destruct the ship if they can take out the Good Guys' heroes. Voinans, when payed enough, are very loyal you see. And too stupid to realize money isn't worth anything when they're dead.

Waving one last goodbye to his beleagured ship, Oasa escapes from the B.P. undetected. He sets a course for the west side of Ursla, where no one will be able to find him.

Six hours later, Oasa quietly lands in a grassly glade. Taking out his Fuzz-prod, he stuns eighty Fuzzes and throws the unconscious animals into the transport's cargo holds. Then, before he leaves, Oasa detonates a FuzzBomb^. He then departs quietly back to the V.E.S. Bonemangler with the only fuzzes left in existence. Just as the transport achieves escape velocity, Oasa catches sight of a blinding flash of light on the ground. Ah, my lackeys must have blown themselves up, he considers. I hope they took those awful përses with them.

The three remaining cruisers in high orbit quickly initiate a hyperjump. By the time the devastated survivors of the explosions on Ursla notice, Oasa is three jumps away, safe from the Azdgari fleet.

"Commander Grishk, lay in a course for Borb Station. They'll be expecting us. And make sure we don't encounter any pesky enemies. Go the long way if you have to."

Two questions now torment the Good Guys: where have the Fuzzes gone, and why....

continued tomorrow - and I'd appreciate it if rooster would assume I got to Borbtropolis OK with my Fuzzie cargo.
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*crescent fighter with the armor of a Voinan, weaponry removed
^sorta like a smoke bomb, but it kills Fuzzes. All of them. On the planet.

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I suppose the part of the story you'll be telling now is the fight against my gophers on the B.P. and subsequent council and hunt for me.

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Timeline granted, i will accept that chain of events. But, i hate to go back and fill in story. So, we got out of the BP and regrouped with the fleet during this time. Of course, i can't accept that all fuzzes were killed, maybe on the planet but there are smaller groupings all over Miranu space. Sorry if that was involved in your master plan. Rooster takes a warship to the surface, and salvages the BP, including the necessary parts to repair our damaged vessels, now under the name Corocian Alliance. Buba contemplates the Corocians next move, we must move fast and there is no time to regroup. We'll have to rely on strategy to win this fight...

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 11-30-2000).)

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

Unfortunately, Oasa forgot completely about "Someone Else". If you can remember, Captain Carnotaur was hunting around the galaxy for someone to help him and Intimidator (Carnotaurs father) capture six Voinian cruisers on Earth.

Anyway, Carnotaur finally found out a way to do it. He had four Renegade turncoats attack the Sol system, while in all the chaos Carnotaur himself went down and captured the six Voinian cruisers. While the UE were still busy with the Renegades, Carnotaur and his small Azdgari fleet snuck out. Once he snuck out, Carnotaur joined the rest of his fleet, 4 Azdgari warships and 7 Azdgari Aradas. The fleet was waiting in an uninhabited system near Voinian space, when suddenly Oasas fleet jumped in. Since Carnotaur had already outfited the entire fleet with new cloaking devices, he ordered them to cloak, and see where Oasa was going.

They followed him to Borb Station, and then Carnotaur waited their, invisible to their sensors. The new cloaking devices didn't take up as much energy, and so they could remain in cloak for an indefinite period of time with their enhanced fuel scoops. And so Carnotaurs fleet waited, and sent a transmission to The Intimidator, telling him what happened.

Intimidator then told the others...

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!

Posting may now continue...

Sorry Carno, but you can't dictate where Oasa chooses to go. You'll have to wait until he makes a move. Trust me, i want to get him too, but those are the rules and they brought us this far. Timeline denied.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

Unfortunately, I DID NOT DICTATE WHERE HE WENT!!! ALL I DID WAS FOLLOW HIM!! HE WAS ALREADY GOING TO BORB STATION!!! I SAW HIM SAY THAT!!!!

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To Escape Velocity: Nova and Beyond!

After bringing the last of the wounded to the hospitals Buba wipes the sweat of his forhead. It seems almost unreal that the only world he could truly call home was half in ruins. Walking to the shipyard he borrowed a Miranu Heavy Freighter to haul his heavely damaged Azdagari Warship back to Ursa for repairs. Going over the damage report he notices many of his stolen outfits had been turned to scrap metal by Oasa's fleet. Replacing the outfits would be difficult and dangerous and Buba didn't feel like going through the trouble. Walking up to the shipyard manager Buba handed him his docking card and said with much disapointment, "Scrap it." As Buba walked out of the shipyard he stopped as a farmiluar figure approached him.

Oh and a note to Oasa. I will avenge my home world and return the Fuzzes.

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"As you wish."

(This message has been edited by Bubaganoosh (edited 12-01-2000).)

Oh...My bad 😕, sorry. Timeline granted, as long as you wait for action from oasa now before making anymore moves, Carno. Thanks for catching me on that.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-01-2000).)

Rooster was coordinating the efforts to reassemble the fleet. He had brought together the now repaired Saratoga, 6 Aradas, and 2 crescent warships with azdaras in bay over Ursa. Rooster had lost only 7 crew members, but he did more than account for it and the other crews with revenge-driven Ursans. The Comm officer notified Buba of the situation, gave him the fleet signature, and included a recorded request from Rooster asking him to join as soon as possible and command one of the CWs. Rooster (as he enjoys to do) once again moved to the con. With a pressing of some buttons, waving of his arms, clench of his fingers, and push of his hands forward, the Saratoga locked signatures with the fleet and they all entered the jumpstream toward Voinian space...

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-01-2000).)

I don't see how Carno could have tracked me if his character didn't know where I was going - Carno himself knows because of my post, but his përs wouldn't. anyways, I guess he can be cloaking in Voina for a while...

Buba: you won't be getting back your fuzzes because I'll be systematically slaughtering the ones I was not able to initially destroy. 😉

Will post my part in an hour or two.

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My ruling is that Intimidator's fleet should be only on it's way to Borb as is the Corocians.

CONTINUATION: Rooster calls back to the command on Ursa, where he asked they reserve fighters to prepare for another attack. He instructed 12 CFs to report to Miranu space to prepare for a possible attack on the Fuzz farms. As the Corocians move closer to Borb, Rooster boards one of the other ships for a special attack...

(I suppose if Oasa's gonna be gone, we'll have to stop the immediate battle. Any other stuff (Alien's ships, etc.) want to act now they can.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

(This message has been edited by roostersw (edited 12-01-2000).)

where else do fuzzes live? I thought they were only on Ursla. Please inform so I can decide if I need to lay the smackdown on the Miranu.

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There is no exact reference, and there isn't anywhere else you can buy em, but i don't think you could wipe the whole population just with one planet. I'd imagine there are small plantations all over Miranu space, would ya'll? If you don't then we can revoke it.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

I'm gonna drop out since yall are posting wayyy to much for me....

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...
Alien's famous tongue...
"Vionions?? Voinioniommoins?? Viks? Veggies? Vegetables? Oh wait, that's a hewman plant...
SEARCH..... THEN...... ASK!!!!

Sure, but feel free to pitch in whenever you feel like. You can do one post a day if you want. I'm skippin out for a bit, i'll be back in a little while.

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It is not fear that will destroy you, but the absence of it.

Being a Fuzz expert I will give you a little information on the Fuzz population.

The Fuzzes originate from Ursla; however, soon other races realized their usefullness (don't ask me HOW they use then) and decided to engage in a Fuzz Trade. During which ships from both the Miranu and United Earth Goverments made frequent runs to Ursla. They captured the cute little fuzzies and shipped them back to their planets. They set up special Fuzz Trade shops in Mira and (I forget the UE world in which they sell them). Soon a group of enviromentalists protested against the mistreatment of the Fuzzes and soon set up a colony on the planetoid next to Ursla in the Feviry system. They became known as the FLF (Fuzz Liberation Front). So in conclusion... Fuzzes are only found in Ursla roaming free; however, some can be found at Mira and (UE Planet) that are already in captivity and being sold on the market.

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"As you wish."

I might. Watch out for surprise raids from the hinwar...

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Very funny, now beam down my clothes. These ladies look rest-less..... uh-oh...
Alien's famous tongue...
"Vionions?? Voinioniommoins?? Viks? Veggies? Vegetables? Oh wait, that's a hewman plant...
SEARCH..... THEN...... ASK!!!!