The Gang of Five
Howdy, everyone!

The member joining awards for 2019, 2020, and 2021 have been posted. We admins would like to thank each and every one of you who have made the forum their home over these years. It is because of people like you that the forum is the welcoming place that it is. :)

The forum supporter awards for those who maintained the forum on Patreon in 2023 will also be up shortly. Again, thank you all for what you do to keep our little corner of the Internet online!

A Sci-Fi Roleplay

MrDrake · 357 · 34469

f-22 "raptor" ace

  • Member+
  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6848
    • View Profile
A flight of 12 ship flew toward zarcon's fleet. They were broadcasting Prussian marching music on all wave links. "All units you are cleared to attack focus on the drones,' an electronic voice with a German accent said.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
Isodor's face went pale. 'Wait a sec. Where's Rai? Why isn't he here?'

Whisper looked around the room of the ship. 'Good question. I have no idea why he would be lagging behind,' she said, pondering a little.

'Oh great,' Isodor said, arms raised. 'Now he's gone and got himself into trouble, hasn't he? Always one guy who gets stuck behind the others.'

'Be glad it isn't you for once, Isodor,' Whisper said with a chuckle, trying to keep the mood up. She trusted her father enough to be safe.

Isodor just grumbled something unrecognizable in return.

'You look awful, Isodor,' Whisper said. 'Seriously, you've gone pale in color... and not to mention your legs are shaking like branches. You've probably done something to them... lay down and I'll have a look.'

'Since when did you become a doctor?'

Whisper faked thinking, her finger on her cheek and eyes on the roof. 'Ooh, about ten minutes ago... I'd say.'

Raiven was more than inclined to make a bit of noise as he was shot again. It was perhaps not the most pleasant experience he'd ever had... and his grunt of pain signed that.

Still, he looked over to Blackbeard, and Zarcon's body. 'He's a little bit cold by now,' Raiven said. 'Too bad you didn't arrive to save the poor bugger, was beginning to like him...'


Noname

  • The Gang of Five
  • *
    • Posts: 13178
    • View Profile
    • http://z6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/index.php?act=idx
Alpha heard the call for help. Still floating in space, the guardians prepared to infiltrate the ship.

"Delta, search the underside of the vessel for an entrance."

"Roger, Alpha." With that, Delta was off the the ventral side of the ship.

"Omega, you search the top of Zarcon's ship."

"Understood. Where shall you search, Alpha?" Omega replied as he powered up his jets and sped away in the direction of the dorsal side of the massive warship.

All communication was handled by means of numbers and instant transmission of messages; even if the robots used sound to "speak", it would not work in the near vacuum of space.

"I'm not going to look for an entrance point, Omega..." Alpha began powering up his laser as he "spoke"

"... I'm going to MAKE an entrance."


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
Blackbeard just let off, yet, another chuckle "Oh, don't be so quick to judge, he can indeed be saved" he spoke as he looked back to Raiven, placing a foot down onto Raiven's chest.

And that's when T-5.0 shot him in the back of the head.  She had made it to the area of where Blackbeard and Raiven were.

Blackbeard was indeed shot as he turned to face T-5.0, taking his boot off Raiven's chest as his wound already healed up in an incredible pace.  T-5.0 shot Blackbeard a few more times in the chest, only to realize it was of no use, as said wounds already started to heal up.

"I'm afraid that you have lucked out" Blackbeard spoke to T-5.0 as he walked forward, shooting her in the arm as he approached her before the two of them were locked in hand to hand combat, Blackbeard already getting the upperhand as T-5.0 spoke to Raiven "You must get out of here while you're still alive, get back to the ship, I'll keep him busy....I may not survive, but at least you will" she spoke before she was knocked aside with Blackbeard still after her.

"Worthless, insignifigant model...." Blackbeard spoke as he grabbed her by the throat and rammed her right through a wall of the ship, well, through a few walls of the ship before letting her go.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
That was enough for Raiven. The question for him was whether he could actually get to the ship. Indeed, this wasn't the first time he had been shot... but it certainly was the first time he had been shot in the foot and the hip. It made running away just that little bit more difficult... and by little bit he actually meant A LOT.

He used the walls to push himself along, leaving a small trail of blood. From where he was, he had a decent idea of where the ship was. The Kre'Iax had led them to the prison from through this hallway, and it was enough to get him back.

'Dad!' Whisper cried from the side hatch. She immediately ran out to get him as he limped out into the hangar.

'I'm fine. We need to go... soon.'

'What's the matter?'

'Blackbeard is here. And he's pretty pissed, too.'


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
"Wait, Blackbeard's here?" Zoe asked as she looked over with a bit of a gulp.

Meanwhile, Blackbeard had tossed T-5.0 aside with a smirk upon his face "Such a waste of metal..." he chuckled as he looked at her for a few seconds before he turned and started to walk off, looking to passing Kre'Iax "Get Zarcon out of here, I still have plans for him"

The Kre'Iax obeyed Blackbeard as a few of them headed off to where Zarcon's body was whilst Blackbeard started to make his way to the ship where everyone else was.

Zoe limped over to where Whisper and the others were "Shouldn't we get out of here now?" she asked as she looked out to where the ship was looking, and saw him approaching "It's him!"

Blackbeard was indeed starting to walk towards the ship, still smirking as well and yes, something about him was looking rather pissed off as well.

Well, that was until he was attacked by a flying crate, one that was rather big as T-5.0 looked towards the ship and nodded to them before turning her attention back to Blackbeard.  She was indeed, sparking a bit as Blackbeard kicked the crate away, his wounds already healing up.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
'Damn it all to hell and back,' Raiven said. He turned, and headed for the cockpit. 'Iso, get us out of here!'

'Working on it,' Isodor replied, flicking a few switches. 'Might want to stand back a little, guys. I'm sealing the door, since the main one got cut off...'

With that, he pressed a small button to his right, and the main exit was sealed by a secondary iron door. The sounds of lasers and destruction was quieted, replaced with the hum of the warming engines... an eerie sound, given what was happening outside.

'Wait a second!' Whisper shouted. 'What about the T-5.0?'

Raiven glanced over to Whisper, but it was only a glance.


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
"We can't just leave her here" Zoe told Raiven as she watched T-5.0 and Blackbeard still going at it.

However, T-5.0 managed to knocked Blackbeard away, long enough to rush for the ship, to which Zoe spoke again "Open the door Iso!" she seemed to order him.

Blackbeard got back to his feet once again and walked over to his gun, picked it up and shot T-5.0 a few times right in the back.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
'Got it,' Isodor quickly replied, slamming his finger onto the button that opened the doors.

SHHHHHHRRRP, the iron door slid open. Whisper was waiting behind the door with her arm outstretched. She watched as the T-5.0 was shot in the back, and let out a shout. 'Come on!'

A cry from behind. 'Whisper, get down!'

Her father... she ducked down.

Raiven held a rocket launcher. 'Smile, you son of a b-'

KATCHEW!

The rocket arrowed through the air, towards Blackbeard. It wouldn't kill him, but it might just buy them some time... as much time as a explosive projectile could buy.


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
T-5.0 stumbled into the ship as the rocket was fired at Blackbeard.  Zoe limped over to T-5.0 "Are you okay?" shhe decided to ask her.

"I'll be fine...." replied T-5.0 as she sat up against the wall of the ship.

Blackbeard on the other hand, was struck by the rocket and practically exploded, to which Zoe exclaimed "You killed him!?" she spoke, sounding rather happy.

However, parts of Blackbeard seemed to turn to liquid and slowly started to form up in a puddle on the floor, to which T-5.0 spoke up "He's not dead...." was all she said as her back was indeed, sparking by that point.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
As the puddle began to reform, and shape itself into an all too familiar form, the door sealed shut once more.

'Hang on tight, ladies,' Isodor's voice echoed throughout the ship. He pushed the controls, tightened the throttle... which would begin the Athos' exit from this godforsaken warship.

Whisper hugged her father. 'Damnit, dad! Why did you stay behind? Look at you!'

'Ugh, stop squeezing so tightly,' he responded with a groan.

'Oh, right. Sorry,' Whisper replied, letting him go. 'Here you were going on about how I might get MYSELF killed, and you nearly-'

'Yes, I get it, Whisp,' Raiven said, panting. 'I made a mistake, but we got out of it didn't we?'

'At what cost?' She replied, her arm outstretched at all the others. 'Valria is badly hurt, Zoe is badly hurt, T-5.0 is in pieces, Isodor is hurt, and-'

'Iso? What's happened to him?'

'Apparently I broke my legs or something,' came a reply over the intercom. 'Though to be honest, I don't know what she's going on about. Can't feel a thing... although my legs do feel a bit numb.'

Raiven faced Whisper, and touched her face. 'You're safe, I see.'

'Yeah, that's me,' Whisper replied. She looked around at the others all around her... she felt somewhat terrible for being the only one unhurt in this room.


Noname

  • The Gang of Five
  • *
    • Posts: 13178
    • View Profile
    • http://z6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/index.php?act=idx
Alpha's laser impacted the hull of the massive warship. Although there was no sound from the outside, the orange laser could be seen, felt, and heard on the inside.

WHIWHIWHIWHIWHIWIHWHIWHIWHIWHI- BOOM!

The vacuum of space was let into the vesssel's cargo compartment for a second, before a shield was thrown up around the breached area, restoring the integrity of the environment.

"This is Alpha. I'm in. Calling all friendly units, biological or A.I. Repeat, this is Alpha. I have breached the hull and am inside of the warship." If a robot could sigh, this one would have done it by now. No one else was coming in. Delta and Omega were still out in space, and Heron was not picking Alpha up.

"Alright, time to do this myself." Alpha thought, inasmuch as he could think about 'himself.' With his wings still extended, the white-and-red robot charged through the halls, cutting through the air inside the ship, moving at a frenetic pace.

A pace not unnoticed by Heron, who mistook something moving that fast to be an incoming missile. His programming was less than perfect.

"Warning! Warning! Income projectile! Shields up!" This message was broadcast over the PA system of the Athos, and it was audible in the hanger of the massive ship itself!

Everyone who was present turned around to find Alpha smash THROUGH the walls and approach the nearest threat his sensors detected, which happened to be nothing less than Blackbeard!


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
Blackbeard reformed and turned around to see none other than Alpha approaching "Well now, another tin can to fight....very well then, I shall entertain you" he spoke to Alpha as straight away, he raised his gun at Alpha and fired a few shots at him, only to find no effect on it.

Blackbeard tossed his gun aside and reaced for his belt and grabbed his energy sword that he also carried, activating it as he continued to look at Alpha "You should feel honoured that you can fight me....this better prove to be entertaining however....otherwise, this fight may be over before it has even begun...."

Zoe looked outside to see Blackbeard and Alpha at a stand off at the moment, just watching on in amazement actually "Come on, you can beat him...." she uttered to herself as she looked to Whisper and the others before she sat down onto the ground, not being able to stand up anymore at the moment as she rubbed her wound a little bit.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
Whisper wrapped her arms around Zoe. 'This should interesting. If anything can take out that ugly bastard, it would be one of those badass robots. Hey, I got you this.' Whisper handed Zoe what looked like an ice pack. 'It's good for soothing pain, could do quite a fair bit for your leg. I would usually use them after a long day of training, but my medical officer told me they have a whole range of uses.'

Raiven, too, watched what was happening outside. 'Get that son of a bitch,' he silently said to Alpha, clutching his hip. Though he could not hear him, Raiven prayed just a little for a good outcome.

Isodor watched from a view screen inside the cockpit. 'Wow. This is like Holovision on a Friday night,' he said as he devoured some chips.


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
Zoe smiled to Whisper "Um, thanks....is there anyway I can repay you for all of this? Because I do want to somehow, but I don't know how...." she told her as she put the ice pack onto her wound.

Meanwhile, at first, it seemed that nothing was to happen, that is, until Blackbeard made the first move, rushing forwards, his energy sword at his side before swinging it at Alpha, whom in turn, bought out two of his hidden blades as Blackbeard's sword struck said blades "Now, let's see what you are really made of" he chuckled.

Alpha continued to block all of Blackbeard's incoming attacks and attempted to strike him back, the two of them seemed to be rather evenly matched at the moment, Blackbeard even, very lightly, scraping his sword along Alpa's composite exterior "Not bad....for a pile of scrap that is" he chuckled as he continued to assult Alpha still, so far, not seeming to lighten up one bit.


Noname

  • The Gang of Five
  • *
    • Posts: 13178
    • View Profile
    • http://z6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/index.php?act=idx
Alpha charged up his lasers and fired at Blackbeard. The damage was extensive. It looked like this might be a one-blow fight. All he would have to do is to take another blast and... and... NO! Blackbeard began to reform.

The guardian knew that this was going to be a long, protracted fight. Fighting liquid A.I. unit like this one was difficult. Normally, a laser could be used to superheat the fluid, but Alpha detected a cooling system. The other primary strategy was to freeze it, but that was not an option at the moment. The third strategy was what no A.I. wanted... a battle of attrition. Sooner or later, one side or the other would have to give.

"Zoe! Isidor! If you can hear me, get OUT of here! I'll catch up when I am able!" he yelled, using the unfamiliar medium of sound in the air. A crude form of communication, but an effective one.

Turning all attention to Blackbeard, Alpha extended his blades and sliced the liquid A.I. This was repeated again and again until Blackbeard's own blade parried Alpha's stabs and threw the guardian back. Jetting into the air, Alpha used his mass plus the force of gravity to slice Blackbeard in HALF, from his head to he bottom, only for the A.I. To piece itself back together in two seconds.

"Feeling confident, aren't we, chrome-dome?" Blackbeard spat. He was using sound to communicate! Sound! That was something biological units did. How uncouth. He really was a pirate.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
Isodor sat back up in his seat as soon as he heard his name. He got his hands back onto the controls, staining them with salt and oily fingers. 'Okay, okay. Can we go now? Or am I going to have to stop us again? No? Good. Hold tight, kids.'

He hit the throttle, thrusters bursting into life with a crackle and whistling flame.

'Woo yeah!' Isodor cried out like an excited little kid. The events that had just transpired certainty hadn't taught him much... but one thing was for certain, his back leg was beginning to go very numb... and not just because the seat wasn't built for a three legged alien. He decided to pay no attention to it, and instead focussed on getting the Athos out of this damn place.

Raiven was jolted by the sudden push in acceleration, and braced himself halfway down  the wall. Whisper was quick to notice this, and rushed to his side.

There was a mix of anger and worry on her young face. 'Dad, you really should be lying down on a bed or something, you idiot.'

'Tell me something I don't know. A little help, if you please, Whisp.'

Whisper turned to Zoe as she helped her father up. 'I'll be back in a second.'


Noname

  • The Gang of Five
  • *
    • Posts: 13178
    • View Profile
    • http://z6.invisionfree.com/Fantasy_RP_Board/index.php?act=idx
The Athos left the hull of the warship, and was soon out into space, it was not without an unexpected guest.

WHAP!!

Delta had been hit by the ship as it left the enemy's gigantic vessel! "He" was now on the front of the Athos, traveling WAY faster than he wished to.

"Gahh! Comp-Computer! Savant Series Computer of the Athos! Heron! Stop the ship! I'm on the front!"

Heron was taking this very calmly.

"Your attention please. It has come to my attention that Delta has been hit by the ship. If you wish to bring the engines to a halt, please do so now. Thank you for riding on the Athos.

A little too calmly.

For his part, Omega has seen the ship leave and was struggling to catch up.

Meanwhile, in the massive warship, Alpha and Blackbeard continued their struggle. The guardian fired his missiles into the pirate, blowing large holes into the liquid A.I. Before Blackbeard could react, the red and white warrior inserted his blades into each of those holes and sent each blade in the opposite direction, in effect, chopping Blackbeard to pieces. This did not stop the pirate, however.


MrDrake

  • Littlefoot
  • *
    • Posts: 6390
    • View Profile
Blackbeard stood there, looking at Alpha with a rather cold look "Do entertain me as to what else you are able to do in a futile attempt to try and kill me" he chuckled lightly as he stepped forwards towards Alpha.

He was indeed, rather confident, his sword at his side as Alpha opened fire on him.  Blackbeard stagged a little bit, but continued to advance towards Alpha, his wounds already starting to heal again.

Zoe on the other hand, looked to Whisper and just nodded a bit to her before she staggered to her feet "I'm going to....go lay down...or something" she spoke as she begun to limp off to one of the spare rooms before more or less collpasing onto the bed.

T-5.0 however, glanced to everyone else as she stood up "I too shall return, I must go and repair myself...." she spoke as she headed off further into the ship to where she was first activated and started to work on her wounds, even taking her top off to do so....which she didin't seem to care enough to wear anything on underneath.


JitteryDragon

  • Petrie
  • *
    • Posts: 589
    • View Profile
'Right, stay here...' Whisper said to her father as he lay in a bed. 'And don't even think about getting up or I'll keep you down.'

Raiven gave a groan. 'I trust that you would actually go through with that... so I'll just have a sleep.' He looked over to the now empty injector upon a desk. 'Once those drug settle in, I'll be fine.'

'Good, I'm off to take care of your squib buddy, then I'm... I'm off to get some rest.'

Raiven tilted his head. 'You hesitated.'

'It's nothing, dad.'

'Don't go hiding things from me, Whisp. Please, not in a time like this.'

'It's nothing, okay?' She said, rather annoyed. She turned, and made her way to the door.

'It's Zoe, isn't it?'

Whisper stood at the door in silence. Then a moment later, she faced her father. 'Night, dad,' was all she said before she hit the light switch and closed the door.

Isodor pulled back on the throttle. 'Ugh, I can't go a minute without something hitting this ship. Get off, you damn robot,' he said, pressing the windscreen wipers on, in an effort to get Delta off the front.

'Hey squib, hold still,' Whisper said from behind, making Isodor jump a little.

'Don't do that! You should know by now I hate it when- OW!'

Whisper began to poke him in the back rather sharply. 'Does it hurt when I do that?'

'Of course it bloody well does! What the hell are you- OW!'

'How about now?' She poked a little lower.

'Ow! Stop it!'

'And... now?'

Isodor went silent. 'Do that... again,' he said.

She pressed her finger just above the area where his back leg connected to his higher hip bone, essentially part of a squibs spine.

'It's rather...'

'Rather what?' Whisper asked.

'...Numb...'

Whisper shook her head. 'Well, there's your problem Iso. I'm not a medical expert, but you might want to get that checked.'

'Uh huh,' he replied, leaning back in the chair and wheeling around to face her. 'And what happens if I don't?'

'You won't be walking for quite a while.'

With that, she left the room, leaving Isodor to stare at the closed door in silence.

Whisper then made her way to the room in which Zoe had gone into. The door slid open. 'Whew, what a day, huh?' Whisper said as she entered the room. 'How are you feeling? Any better that now you're lying down?'

She placed a hand gently on Zoe, and looked into her eyes with a smile. 'Hey, we're all okay. We made it.'