A Sci-Fi Roleplay

[MrDrake]

"Ah yes, your records....I have seen them, but I am not impressed still" Blackbeard spoke with a grin upon his face "Besides, there is always a first time for everything"

"Look, Blackbeard, what is it that you want?" Firefly then decided to ask.

Blackbeard glanced over to Firefly "They say that the old Blackbeard from the 1700s was in it the money and all that sort of stuff, but I'm not like that....it just seems to be such a waste, why take something as simple as money when one can take something such as a human life? Something that is much ore valuable than material possesions"

[f-22 "raptor" ace]

"What do you mean,' frank asked.

[JitteryDragon]

'He means killing us, plain and simple,' Raiven said bluntly. He looked up at the screen, and the cold hearted machine that was on it. 'I find it hard to beleive a machine like yourself would find the lives of others such a valuable material. Only the most cold hearted people would ever consider life a mere material possession.'

Of course, Raiven had seen many of those kinds of people in his life as a cop... just never on the presidents viewscreen, looking down upon him. Usually it was Raiven doing that, bringing down the tough guys of the galaxy. However, this time it wasn't the case... and he felt nervous, though he did not show it on the outside. He kept his cool, his glasses hiding his eyes and his black trenchcoat covering most of his body.

'We... are... so... screwed,' Isodor muttered to Raiven. This certainly had been quite a day for the little purple alien... and it just kept getting better and better.

'Damn, he's ugly,' Whisper uttered out the side her mouth to Zoe. 'Who the hell is that thing?'

[MrDrake]

Blackbeard let off a chuckle "You aren't as dense as you appear to be Earth cop"

Firefly then spoke up "Be that as it may, we will hunt you down, and we will destroy you"

"Oh, I do welcome that...I welcome that with open arms" Blackbeard chuckled back.

"I don't know actually, but you're right, he is rather ugly....that....and well....he kinda looks scary too...." Zoe whispered back to Whisper.

[JitteryDragon]

'I'll say...' Whisper replied with a small nod. 'You know, he kind of reminds me of a pirate, one of those ones from the... uh... well, that time when they had those boats with sails on them and stuff.'

Isodor shook his head as he listened to her from across the room. 'People really need to get their history straight.'

Raiven was still focussed on the screen. 'So, I suppose our mutual lizard friend is just a lackey of yours? I suppose he's just here to make life that little bit easier for you, whatever it is you plan to do with us, hm?'

[MrDrake]

Blackbeard just grinned back at Raiven "A lackey? No, more like....a partner, as you humans would say"

Zoe just gulped "Well, yeah, but still, if he was from back then....then....isn't he an immortal or something like that?" she asked Whisper, not actually knowing that Blackbeard was a cyborg.

Blackbeard looked over to Zoe and Whisper as well, grinning towards them, his eyes flashing red for a moment before they returned to normal.

Zoe gave off a light, quick scream as, without thinking, she grabbed onto Whisper's hand, just to at least, grab something, holding it rather tightly too.

[JitteryDragon]

'Yep, that's a cyborg, alright,' Whisper said rather bluntly. She noticed that Zoe had grabbed onto her hand, rather tightly... it didn't bother her, however.

'A partner, you say?' Raiven asked. 'So, you both have something to gain benefit from out of all this? I must wonder though, is our destruction truly your goal, it seems a little difficult, considering that humanity is spread far and wide across the galaxy... and not just Earth.'

Of course, Earth was birthplace of human kind. It was also true that Earth was the nerve center of many of our opperations. But it was the fact it was our home that meant something to all people, no matter where they lived.

[Noname]

"We will not permit an innocent to come to harm" Alpha suddenly spoke, addressing the crowd, but looking at Blackbeard. Something in his voice set Alpha off, as if he  Everyone else was quite surprised. The Guardian robots had been silent for a long while, standing there like statues.

"We have been programmed to hunt down the guilty and either neutralize them or see that they are prosecuted in a manner according to law." Delta added, suddenly moving again. Were these things programmed to move only when they had to?

"I have recorded events here as they have transpired." Omega told the other guardians using a private channel of communications that no one save the other two could "hear" it, even if it was just a series of numbers used to convey an event. "If we need to present evidence before a court, I would suggest that you two do the same." The Alpha and Delta agreed.

[MrDrake]

"Indeed, it is true that you humans have moved away from Earth as well, moving to other planets, however, is it not true that Earth is the humans' birthplace? That no matter where one species move to, their original planet will always be their home.....then again, I doubt anyone else will miss a planet such as Earth" Blackbeard chuckled as he looked to Raiven.

He then glanced over to the Alpha, Delta and Omega again "Look at yourselves though, programmed to serve mankind, and how do they treat machines such as yourselves? Inferior to that of those who had created you....what do you gain from it? Satisfaction? It is just a human emotion.....something machines don't need" he told the three of them with a light chuckle again.

Zoe on the other hand, continued to hold onto Whisper's hand, but not as tightly as before, yet, not even realizing it herself as she just looked at Blackbeard still, shaking a little still, especially if Firefly was going to take on Zarcon as well as Blackbeard.

[JitteryDragon]

'That is true,' Raiven said, narrowed eyes staring up at the cold hearted figure. 'Indeed, the loss of our homeworld would have a crushing effect on our morale. However, humanity has a way of coping with loss. We have lived through many trials that have seen us divided, and yet here we stand. We have seen the world change around us, and yet we adapted. We have seen our darkest side, and lost so much in the process, and yet we have overcome.'

He took a breath. 'You should know this, given that you named yourself after one of us. A man who fought till the end, even when the odds were against him. That attitude is not lost on us, after so many years have passed. In fact, I would say we have become stronger. So if you want a fight, Blackbeard, we'll give you one... oh yes, we'll give you one.'

'Hell yeah!' Whisper shouted, raising her hellrifle in her right arm, though her other still held onto Zoe.

Isodor just whimpered. 'We are so... screwed.'

[MrDrake]

Firefly had enough as she cut off the conversation at that point before addressing everyone else "Something needs to be done about both Zarcon and Blackbeard, if they are working together, then we're going to have a tough time stopping them"

Zoe spoke up at that point "Um, what about the President, can't we ask him for a bigger ship for everyone to fit onto?" she suggested, still holding onto Whisper's hand.

"Hmm, yes, it's possible...." Firefly glanced over to a bodyguard whom had entered "Go and get the President, we need to have a talk with him, it's urgent, we have just finished talking with Blackbeard"

The bodyguard nodded, knowing how dangerous blackbeard was, rushed off to go and get the President.

Moments later, the President had returned "I understand that Blackbeard had gotten hold of you, so, he's in this invasion as well?"

Firefly nodded back "Yes, it seems like that, it seems like he and Zarcon are working together in order to simply destroy the Earth....so we have a request from you Mr. President, we require a bigger ship"

The President simply nodded back to the group "Very well then, if you are able to take on this threat, then take one of the ships we have here, it should be big enough for everyone here"

[JitteryDragon]

Whisper jumped at the mention of a ship. 'Oh, awesome. We get a badass ship, too?' She grinned very excitedly. 'This is the best say, ever!' She was so excited she even hugged Zoe, though that was typical of Whisper. She had a habbit of hugging strangers at random when she was happy, since the young private usually had a pretty cheery attitude.

Well... until Raiven intervened. 'Actually, it might not be the best day ever, since you're not coming with us.'

Whisper's grin was wiped clean off her face. 'What?'

'This isn't your mission. It is better you stay here in safety.'

'This is humanity's mission, dad. And you might have noticed, I'm a human too.'

Raiven nodded, though his face stayed serious. 'A young one, though. You have a life ahead of you. This isn't anything like what you see in your army training, Whisp.'

She let go of Zoe's hand, and marched straight up to her father. 'You think you know anything about what I do in my training, dad? You're too busy fighting crime and all that to know what I do.'

'That isn't my point. My point is-'

'That is your point!' She yelled in his face. Raiven hardly moved at all. 'You dont give a crap about what I do! if you did, you'd spend less time with your purple buddy over there- no offense, Iso.'

'None taken,' Isodor replied, waving her off.

'- and you would spend more time with me! You remember me, right? Your daughter!'

'I don't want to lose you!' Raiven shouted. The room was silent, and it took Raiven a second to realise he was arguing with his daughter in front of the president. he wiped his hair back, as well as some sweat that was forming from all the stress of this day.

'I'm not a little girl, dad,' Whisper said after a short moment. Before Raiven could reply, she hoisted her hellrifle on her shoulder, and walked out of the room.

'I know,' Raiven said quietly. He looked over to the others, 'so, should we take a look at our ship?'

[MrDrake]

Zoe looked over to Whisper whom had walked out of the room and decided to go and follow her "Wait up Whisper...." she ran over to her before speaking again "Um, are you going to be coming with us? Cause I would like it if you do, I mean, you seem to be good with guns and all that sort of thing....better than me anyway"

Firefly looked over to Raiven "I know she maybe your daughter, and that you care deeply for her, but if she can fight, we will need her, we need all the help we can get against this threat" she told him rather sternly.

The President, on the other hand, just remained calm throughout the whole situation as he spoke up "I would take all the help I can get son if I were you" he then looked over to Firefly "We have two energy cells for your suit as well, they'll be on the ship, along with anything else you guys shall need, do not hessitate to ask me, I will be happy to help out in anyway that I can"

[JitteryDragon]

'Excellent,' Raiven said. 'We should get going as soon as possible, they sure as hell wont wait for us.'

He went for the door. 'if, you'll just excuse me for a moment,' he said to the others as he left the room.

'Wait up, Rai,' Isodor said.

'Stay here, this doesn't concern you,' Raiven said sternly from just outside the office.

'Oh...' Isodor replied. 'Well, be like that, you big mean... person!'

Raiven found Whisper in the hallway, not far from the Oval Office. She was there with Zoe.

'Heh, guns aren't that hard to use,' Whisper said the Zoe. She looked her hellrifle over in her arms, 'just point and shoot, they say. To be honest, though, all it takes is a bit of training.'

Whisper winked at Zoe. 'I'm just a private at the moment. I do all the shooting, and the other guys get all the fun.'

That was the problem with the army, there was a lack of females in the core. Women still served the majority of other duties, such as technical or cooking... and such. However, the defense authorities had rewritten the laws to accept women into the core of the army. It was still hard work, no going easy on her just because she was a girl. In a way, she liked being pushed to her limits... but she hated being stuck with so many men. All they did was holler and whistle at her, like the ugly brutes they were.

'Still, I would liek to come... but my dad.' She pouted a little, but then sighed. 'In a way, he's right. He's just looking out for me, like a parent should do. but he still thinks I'm a little girl who needs help tying her shoes... for example.'

'No, it isn't like that,' Raiven said. Whisper turned to face him, somewhat surprised.

Raiven continued. 'Look, I want you to be safe... you're all I have left, Whisper. But, I realise that you're right. If you came all this way without fear, then it's obvious you're ready.'

Before she could get excited, though, Raiven held up a hand. 'This doesn't stop the fact that this mission is dangerous. Are you ready to accept that?'

'Of course. I'm going to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and it just so happens that I'm all out of...'

She reached into her pocket. 'Oh wait, I still have some,' she said, holding some gum in her hand. 'Go figure.'

'Alright, Whisp... you can come with us,' Raiven said. he was immediently embraced by his daughter.

'Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!' She replied. She then turned to Zoe and winked. 'Hell yeah, looks like I'm coming with ya after all.'

[MrDrake]

Zoe seemed to be rather happy that Whisper could come along with them as she just hugged her back without really thinking.

Firefly looked to Isodor as the President spoke up "Well, Isodor isn't it? You should go ahead and get yourself accustomed to the ship you'll be flying, you and Frank there are the ones who will be sharing the flying abilities on the ship" he then looked over to Firefly again and gave her a nod before looking over at Alpha, Delta and Omega "You are now in the hands of Raiven and his team, obey whatever they say and remember to keep them safe too"

Firefly nodded back to the President as she headed out of the door to make her way to the ship as she was to get the energy cells for her suit to reacitave it.

Zoe looked to Whisper again "Um, one thing....can you teach me how to fire a gun properly? I've never been that good with them, I've only fired one once before, and that was it"

[JitteryDragon]

Isodor at least had something to be excited about. Flying was just one of his skills, so he might as well go find out what exactly he was going to be piloting. With but a little twitch of his antenna, he was out of the room and onwards to his new vessel like a homing missile hunting its prize.

He passed by Zoe, Raiven and Whisper in the hallway without a word.

'Off to see your ship, I suppose?' Raiven asked. When he did not get an answer, he just nodded to himself. 'That's a yes.'

Whisper smiled at Zoe. 'Yeah sure, I'll show ya how to fire a gun. Oh, and how to actually hit things with it, too,' she said with chuckle. 'If we're going to fighting some evil force, we might as well all be trained in the art of war.'

Raiven rolled his eyes, Whisper wasn't taking this seriously, but what could he do? This wasn't like teaching your child about drugs, or teenage life... this was a battle, and how many fathers had their daughter come with them to a war?

He decided to let her be, and went out to see the ship they would recieve.

Isodor nearly fainted when he saw it. 'Oh... my... gosh,' was all he could say when he arrived.

[MrDrake]

"Um thanks" Zoe smiled back at Whisper "That would be really nice to learn about it, especially from someone like you" she added on with a small little laugh too, yet, keeping her smile upon her face still.

Firefly walked off the ship, her suit now active once again as she walked over to Raiven and Isodor "Impressive is it not?" she asked them

[JitteryDragon]

Isodor was jumping up and down, more like a child than a mature creature. 'Yes, yes, yes! I'm so damn excited... all I've ever piloted was stupid little police cruisers. Now, I get this!'

'Try not to go too crazy, Iso,' Raven said. 'Remember, we still need a pilot, not a child.'

'But look at it!' Isodor said, his arms pointing at the massive vessel. 'It's a giant freaking ship, with lasers bolted onto it and everything!'

'Yes, I noticed,' Raiven replied, rolling his eyes.

Isodor made his way closer, gazing up at the massive hull. 'So, pretty,' he said, poking the side of one of the landing legs.

'I'm going inside,' Raiven said to Firefly. 'Try not to let him get too excited, please.'

Meanwhile, back in the hallway, Whisper just kept smiling. In all honesty, she was just glad to have someone near her age joining her on this adventure. It was always men, or really old women... or young alien women, in the case of Firefly, she quickly added in her mind. And not to mention it gave her something to do, showing Zoe a few tricks of the trade as they passed by the long boring hours of flying.

Still, she didn't even know that much about the girl in front of her... barely anything at all. Whisper had to admit to herself that she was nervous to ask. The way Zoe behaved didn't suggest good things, but Whisper decided it was best not to ask until she got to know Zoe a little better.

[MrDrake]

Zoe just smiled back to Whisper still, taking in what she was being shown before she decided to speak again, but about something else "Um, I just want to say, I'm sorry if I've been acting....different, it's just that I, well, I haven't....how do I put this?" she gave off a sigh and decided to just tell Whisper, so she was at least up to track with her at least "I...used to be a slave....that is, until Firefly freed me from it all, with the help of Raiven as well, and well, I just don't know....how to act around others properly or anything like that and I'm sorry about it all"

Zoe sighed again, yet, still kept a small smile upon her face as she was indeed, remembering her time as a slaver....it was indeed, rather horrible as she bought her knees close to her stomach, wrapping her arms around them and resting her chin upon them.

Firefly nodded to Raiven as she looked to Isodor "He's right you know, shouldn't get all that worked up about the ship" she said as she placed a hand on Isodor's shoulder as well, giving him a quick smile too.

[Noname]

The guardian robots had complete knowledge of the ship they had been given. It had been transmitted to them. Alpha took the lead in explaining it to them.

"We have been assigned a medium-sized star cruiser known as the Athos, which is a Hyperion-class cruiser built in the Atlanta shipyards. The tasks on the vessel are largely automated, enabling it to operate on a smaller crew. Assuming that any one you have any skill in handling a ship, we should have difficulty in operating the vessel. Specifications are-"

"I'll handle it from here, Alpha" Omega interjected. "The ship is very fast, running at 40% faster than the average ship of its class, outfitted with twin ion engines and a quantum generator to power them. Additionally, it comes with hyperion-class laser turrets, helios-type missile systems, and powerful shields. I would go into the specifications, but I know that would simply bore all of you."

"It should not take us long to get used to the Athos" Delta added, while projecting a holographic image of the ship. The Athos was shaped like a metal bat with green armor plating covering its exterior. Sleek and powerful, the blue light from the engines was quite distinctive, and even in the atmosphere, the vessel made very little noise while traveling through the air. In space, it was highly maneuverable, and came with the latest features, such as nanobots which could repair the ship, savant-series computer systems (the most advanced kind) and a covering which rendered the hull nearly impervious the the friction of the air when taking off from or landing on a planet.

"Who here is the leader of the group?" Alpha asked. "We will follow all directives given so long as they do not conflict with the law or with our inbuilt morality codes."