RPG Story:Death of the Devil
Desolace
RPG:
In a swirl of light that was quickly drawn back into massive gaping portal, a ship exited, its hull being visibly stretched as it left the threshold that led to another galaxy, bound to this one by the magic of technology.
It passed through a set of scanners which identified the ship through the markings of the hull. Although it had seen grave battles and was repaired, there was no mistaking the sorely missed emblem of the Unified Space Intelligence.
The identification of the Stealth Project Ship was logged as the ship disappeared into the intense nebula and plasma fields, leaving the range of the scanners.
The chime normally would have awoken Kerok. But like many others, he didn't sleep much anymore. With Tryst in the shape that it was, his LCM wasn't fully functional. Cina had left shortly after arriving in the Beta Spiral, leaving him feeling very alone. So the chime rang in his quarters, loud and obnoxious.
<"Major Admiral">
Seccour cringed. The title these days disgusted him. Titles were intended for those who deserved them. He was a deserter. Leaving his ships, his stations....leaving his people behind to fend for themselves in a Darkarian infested galaxy, to be hunted like prey.
No.
He was no more a man than the highest ranking officer of a once proud force that defied the greatest threat to humanity. He would change that. He vowed and swore oaths that he would change what happened.
Laying on the floor, he moved a wing and sat up from his bed.
"Yes," he said softly but quickly. It was a curt reply, and the officer on the other end could tell.
<"ETA Tryst is 45 Minutes.">
"Thank you."
Tryst. USI's graveyard. He didn't know why he was returning to Tryst. Maybe it was to find some hope that Mariah was still alive. Or even Catherine.
He closed his eyes again, her image was burned permanately there. He saw her when he was awake, he saw her when he slept. She invaded his dreams, and his thoughts.
But even so, he didn't know anything of her fate. The vile creature inside him gave him no clues. Was she Rayne these days ? Had they done something to her when they attacked ? Was she even alive...
These were the questions he asked himself nearly every minute of the day for the past year since they attacked. But even so, he couldn't shake the awful guilt that plagued him worse than the sorrow of the loss of his family.
Lilly.
The last mission on earth, the Darkarians attacked on two fronts for Seccour. Lilly was literally snatched right as the attack on tryst was commencing.
He regretted the order almost as soon as he said it. Leaving her behind on Earth with...
The thoughts made him nauseous. It wasn't what they were doing to her. It was that he left her to their cruel and perverse ways. He didn't necessarily leave her to die, he left her to suffer, to live in agony worse than any creature that had ever lived. This he was sure of.
Fully upright now he walked into his wash room and used a small amount of precious water. The ship refueled back in the Beta spiral but he wasn't sure of their next supply, if any. He had a few locations of unmanned Expletun stations that still had some supplies, but they still had to get there. All of this was of course contingent on a success of their mission.
The water did well to wash away the sorrow from his face, although his eyes could not lie. Taking a last look in the mirror to ponder everything, as He had done every day since that fateful day, he finally closed his eyes with a resolution and left for the bridge.
- Bridge **
The doors silently opened. His small crew was on the bridge, dutifully working. They looked as he did, worn and tired. Their uniforms were dirty and needing repair. But they did their best to appear clean and kept.
The view screen shown nearly the same thing it had when they left, except this had no Darkarian ships. Looking away from it as he approached the command seat, he ignored what he already knew.
Desolace.
"Send Coordinates to the STNN for Galaxia," He gave the orders as he sat down taking his place on the bridge.
"Aye, sir." came the response. The viewer shifted to a magnified view of the STNN gate suddenly shifting and opening its corridor to the STNN near Galaxia.
NRPG: It begins. I will be posting more as well as Dale, who is helping with the coordination of this plot. You'll find your tags soon ;)
Major Admiral Kerok Seccour Command/Aegis Division USI Stealth USI-0001
