((Sweet 😄))
"I am eternal, Captain Nerx. Or at least I shall be. Every time I feed upon life, the force in me grows stronger. I see clearer. Grow more knowledgeable. I shall unravel the secrecy of life. Defy death. Lhok knew of this quest, yet doubts me. My intentions of summoning him here to the bridge, is simply to remind him of my power. It has been millenias since he saw a sample, so freshen his memories I will"
He was clenching his fists, staring towards the ground. His crew and minions were entitled to their opinions, their views, for as long as it did not directly question the power of Rhonin. Telling him what he could not do would take its toll on the speaker. He raised then his head after having thought for a while, turning his head towards the captain.
"The Rule of Two, captain Nerx. What do you know about it? Why two?"
"The Legacy of the Sith? This brings up fascinating thoughts. Although the legacy of the Sith is of no particular interest to me, the legacy of Rhonin is. Perhaps should I take some of my knights under closer teachings. Offer them apprenticeship. Or .... perhaps the three that I sensed upon awakening. The power magnitude of those three combatants dwarves the strength of my knights. Perhaps am I to embrace them, rather than erase them"
Rhonin turned silent as Lhok entered the bridge. Lhok kept his head low and fell to his knees. Rhonin raised his head and turned around to face Lhok.
"Raise your weapon, Lhok. Draw it and fight me. Attack me with your blade, like you attacked my power with your words. You will learn your place, as well as the place of your tongue"
Lhok rose to his feet with a sigh, as he drawed his vibro-blade. As he clenched onto it, he took a deep breath.
"Yes, m'lord"
And then he charged with his weapon raised as he ran towards Rhonin. As he had started running, Rhonin turned to face captain Nerx.
"Tell me, captain Nerx, when you are seeing this, what are you thinking?"
"Emotions is a fascinating thing, captain Nerx. I've always been interested in the might of emotions. In the behaviour of people in various scenarios"
Lhok reached Rhonin and with a roar swung his vibroblade towards Rhonin. Upon impact on Rhonin's armor, the blade shattered, but Lhok pulled a second blade from his other side and went for another strike. Rhonin lifted his hand and Lhok was launched up into the air, where he floated.
"Lhok attacks me when I ask so, because he is afraid of me. He came to face me here on the bridge for the very same reason. I asked him to do so, and out of fear did he obey. Many of my minions follow me out of fear. Others follow me out of love. Some because they respect me. There are people in my ranks thanks to greed. Others out of lust. Emotions are the pillars of existence, and by the time our journey has ended, all types of emotions will be under my command. There is a reason for all emotions to follow someone. One just has to find it. Luckily for my cause, I'm a creative man"
Rhonin lowered Lhok to the ground, and Lhok gave out a sigh of relief as he fell to his knees and gasped for air and coughed.
"But the point here and now is that Lhok doubted my might. A doubt he never again will experience"
Rhonin lifted his hand towards Lhok. Unwillingly did Lhok stand up, as if his body as controled. Again, unwillingly did Lhok lift his blade and placed it against his own shoulder. Powerless to control his own body, he started screaming as he by his own hands started seperating his own arm with his own vibroblade. Slowly. As it after a minute or so dropped to the ground, Lhok fell to his knees with tears by pain was falling down his cheek. His bloody vibroblade fell to the ground by his side.
"What did you do, disciple Lhok?"
"I .... removed my own .... arm, m-master Rhonin"
"Why did you do that?"
"Because .... Because I d-.. d-.. deserved it"
Rhonin grinned, before facing Nerx again.
"Fear"
[Obsidian Fury granted me permission to join in with the Unit of Rhonin as minor characters (Upon my request), so I will play along in the acts circling Rhonin. If a character I improvise will grow in depth, I will create a character profile. I want you all to know that unless a character profile is created, all characters I introduce are killable without my approval 🙂 Some might even be created with the sole purpose of dying. Now that you have been 'warned' and are aware of the situation, I will sneak my way into the roleplay. For the record, I am expecting no interaction until I have created a profile. Currently, I just want a touch of things]
Second Lieutenant Lei turned away from the scene as the man severed his own arm. Instead she turned to watch the galactic map, even though it was not of much help since their current destination was blank as they were beyond the Outer Rim. The galactic map did not reach this far, but any view was a more pleasant view than a man cutting his own arm however. Their new lord and master surely gave her the creeps, but she tried keeping her mind on other things by keeping herself busy. As a filler of time, she brought up her datapad to watch the ship status.
Originally posted by Jedireaper
Hetar quickly released a torpedo with a proximity setting and threw his fighter into a corkscrew while bringing his speed up to combat standard, looping underneath the droid fighter, reversing straight at the torpedo. "Strike one." Hetar brought the X-wing about.***
Nerx smiled. "Dersaan V is a little know planet out of the way of the Empire but busy enought to start our search for what ever it is you are looking for. We should also be able to update our database at the local Imperial shipyards at Sluis Van." He smiled. ((I have an interesting senario for that))
yore actually moving away from it, so you couldnt have done this unless you turned around, again i will allow this.))
the droid turned so that it spun off to the side at high speed, avoiding the torpedo. its main pod turned towards the torpedo and it launched its own to blast the other one away, then it turned in hetars direction and folowed behind, firing off ts cannons again. this time with a better lock.
Diamond Kisses! How've you been? 😄 ))
Nerx picked up the bloodied vibro-blade and looked over the weapon for a moment, then motioned the security detachment forward. "Take him to medical bay three." He ordered and watched as the man collapsed from blood-loss.
The fleet troopers dragged Lhok from the bridge.
Nerx brushed his uniform and looked Rhonin in the eyes. "A nesessary lesson. Shall I have the arm surgicaly replaced?" He tilted his head to Tai. "Lieutenant Commander Tai, prepare for a battle drill, about time we had one." He nodded to her. "Fifteen minutes."
"No, captain Nerx. Only prevent the bleeding, without adding a replacement. For the work he is assigned of doing, he needs only one arm."
Rhonin was crossing his arms as Lhok was dragged out from the bridge, before meeting the eyes of Nerx. He nodded and raised his head as the captain spoke to the lieutenant commander, listening intently. He turned then to the commander and nodded his approval to her.
[Been good thank you. How are things with you? 🙂]
Lei arched an eyebrow as she was commanded to commence a combat drill. They were in the middle of hyperspace, had been away from civilation more years than she bared counting and they were under the command of a madman that could probably decimate armies by himself. She failed to see the necessity in the matter. Although she was puzzled by the command, she without a second thought leaned forth over the communication center and opened a speaker link: "Attention all military devisions. Clearance by Lieutenant Commander Lei on authority of Captain Nerx. Adopt battle stations. Full preparation and station scan T-Minus 15 minutes"
Lei stood up straight again, turning to Rhonin and captain Nerx in a saluting manner: "Battle preparations in progress as you commanded"
Nerx nodded and followed Lhok's trail of blood off the bridge. "You have the bridge Commander Tai." An obvious promotion.
Lieutenant Ceras Kerv looked at her commander expectantly. Indeed they hadn't been back to civiliation for several years and the last combat they had had was against an interesting organic obsessed species called Yuuzahn Vong. That had been three years ago, so the crew, although well trained and conditioned, were possibly rusty and probably out of prectice. Maybe fifteen minutes was overkill. She glanced at Rhonin.
Rhonin watched as the troops on the bridge started to move as they had been trained to do, although obviously slightly disoriented and rusty. He followed them with his eyes and turned his head to face captain Nerx as he promoted the lieutenant. He had a look around, watching now Commander Lei for a moment and then Lieutenant Kerv where she stood. They werent the only ones watching him either, as just about everyone on the bridge had taken a pause to observe the ongoing activity.
Rhonin with heavy steps started walking towards the throne of his, the metal beneath him quaking after every step. As he reached the throne, he pressed down another of the buttons, but before speaking did he turn to watch captain Nerx. He then turned back towards the throne and held the button down.
"Attention, Knight Zluhr of Rhonin. Make your way to the bridge by force, any means necessary. Your objective is to disarm the officers on the bridge"
He released then the button and stood up straight, turned around and walked back to where he at first stood. He turned around once having reached captain Nerx and had his back against the window, looking in the direction of the bridge doorway as well as where now Commander Lei was located.
"Warn your men, commander. Knight Zluhr is an agile, talented human with two San-Ni staffs and the force as weapons. He wears a black robe with my emblem and an as black mask. Lethal force advised"
A smile landed on Lei's face as she was promoted and she nodded happily as he 'gave' her the bridge. She was about to get back to the status reports when Rhonin started moving, and she pretty much froze in place. The man did creep her out majorly, although she showed no such emotions whenever he was looking. Instead she silently followed him with her eyes as he made it to his throne. Then a chill went down her spine as he ordered one of his men to make it to the bridge by force. Why would he do such a thing? She clenched her fists in frustration, but sighed and nodded as he spoke again. She turned then to the communication again, leaning over it and opened the link once again: "Attention military devisions. There is a hostile on the move, going by the name Zluhr. Physical description is a black robe with the emblem of Rhonin, a black mask, dual San-Ni staffs and is said to be athletic. Lethal force is permitted. Remain on stations, but prevent him from reaching the bridge"
Lei turned to captain Nerx and nodded as she stepped forth, walking up at his side by the holographic map. She had another look on her datapad, following the various status reports that stations provided. She adjusted the map to overview the ship and more specificly, the areas of relevance. She had another look on her datapad before lifting her hand towards the holographics: "Oh he is good. He is moving rapidly, having passed numerous stations already- here, here and here. According to the reports, he has not yet brought upon us any casualties and he is moving fast. He has passed the most southern flight bay right here, and is by the turbolift in the same sector. Given his rate of movement and the remaining distance and stations, if he survives, he should be here in a few minutes. Estimated T-Plus 7 minutes"
Commander Lei grabbed the helmet of a stormtrooper that stood by her side, putting it on in order to get a communication link where she stood: "Division five, make way to highlighted sector and intercept the attacker. High mobility. Our foe is a close-combat fighter. Lethal force prioritized. Take him down, and keep yourselves in motion. Defensive movement"
Lei removed her helmet and turned to look at Nerx where he stood by her side. She forced a smile on her face as she waited for the next report, which would be the engaged combat report from division 5.