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The Conquistar

Ha! I finished Conquests and decided to make a new one. The only characters from before are myself, Claw, Shinyso, Shonar and maybe Evaluator. Defalcon's asked to join, you can too

The lonely black wastes of space were studded with glittering stars and spinning debris. In the background, an icy, white planet hung. The silence was absolute, for sound does not travel in space.
Not a year before, this scenic and tranquil place had become a killing ground. If an observer looked carefully, they would see that the debris was actually the scorched, blackened carcasses of destroyed starfighters, that the largest pieces were parts of capital ships. Now and then the junk would collide, before spinning away in a new direction.
The full horror would dawn with closer observation. This had not been a simple clash between pirate bands. An entire fleet had been destroyed here, with at least four capital ships and hundreds of smaller vessels lending their hulks for inspection. A full scale battle had occured here, with only one side walking away. This was the graveyard of the Deathstorm Fleet, the cemetary of fighter pilots.
A black ship appeared out of hyperspace, identified as the Phantom Eclipse to any watchers. In truth, the warship was property of a mercenary named Coppertop, a well known fighter and pilot. At present the ship carried three passengers; Coppertop herself, her partner, copilot and gunner, Claw, and her friend and fellow warrior, Shinyso.
They navigated the debris field with ease, headed for the planet beyond. Keenrei had been the site of a battle between Coppertop and the Deathless One lord, Beren Deathwreaker. Only Coppertop had walked away. And although the black ship vanished quickly from sight, its' legacy remained.

Keenrei was a planet with devastated, ice-coated cities that lay abandoned to the elements. Two of Coppertop's companions had died here, sacrificing themselves to stop Beren's tyranny.
The Phantom Eclipse showed clearly against the white snow as it landed. A bronze-furred, grey eyed rabbit materialized from the snow-blown buildings. He wore a blaster as if it was part of him, with the unconscious ease that comes with proficiency.
The ramp descended and a tall, grey-furred rabbit with green eyes and tightly braided black hair strode towards the newcomer. A black rabbit moved like a spectre beside her, hand on his saber hilt.
"Shonar," she said coldly. "What passes?"
"They gather," the other said. "They are preparing to move."
"I must find my companions - new ones," she replied. "The others will be watched - and some are lying low." The grey-eyed one nodded and said urgently, "go. I cannot remain here for long; they may be tracing me too."
"Find out. We cannot afford to be found."
"I will. Go now."
The grey rabbit turned and said something to the black fighter before they left. A moment later, the Phantom Eclipse rose up and flew away, leaving the bronze-furred one standing in the blowing snow.

So, everybody sign up now!

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Crystal, once again. And Splitter. Maybe Indigo.

Glad to see you writing another story, CT. I'm positive this one's going to kick as much asd as the last one.
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Foo, Acid, Electrik or Phish.

Pick any combination you would like.
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Woo, a trilogy! I better get to work =P.

Are you going to try to keep the "conq-" pattern in the names? The only other one I can think of is "Conquistador", the name for the spanish soldiers that conquered mexico in the 1600s (and I'm pretty sure it's spanish for Conquerer).

I better go read Conquests so this story makes sense...
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Or "To Conquer"...
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Or "To Conquer"...
"Conquistar" is "to conquer". I assume that the alternate spanish endings apply to that (e.g. Conquistas = You conquer). A Conquistador was a spanish term for a conquerer.
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That was originally a suggestion for a title, but OK...

I'm having enough trouble with French, I don't need to fail Dutch and Spanish too!
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me please =\...
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Awesome.

Gah, thread hijacked over a name, lol. I suggest something different from 'Conqueror' and 'Conquests'. Make it fresh.
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Originally posted by defalcon I suggest something different from 'Conqueror' and 'Conquests'. Make it fresh. [/B]
There's already 2 conq- names, why not make it 3?

We'll just have to wait and see what CT picks.
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(I've read the previous two, just in case you were wondering. Just never posted.)

I guess that is all I have to say in this post. You could have me, but you already said no more people from your last story.
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Neh, I phased you out last time. I'll put you in if you want.

I don't really know what to call this one. We'll see how it develops.
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Whee! *Just finished putting Conquests into a word file*
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Hey, defalcon, do you want to join? I mean, for real this time, not just a cameo? Because I can put you in.
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Yes I want to join!

Profile is on page TWO of the "Everybody's profiles" thread.

Oh, and you should get ICQ/MSN/AIM
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'm not allowed.

Okay. KRSplat, Kaz, Acid and maybe Electrik, Crystal, 'm not sure about Splitter or Indigo, and defalcon.

Hey, Rad posted here, maybe he wants to join too!
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Hey, Rad posted here, maybe he wants to join too!
Er.. go ahead if you want... my profile is somewhere in one of those profile threads.
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Okay, got it.
Interesting mix of characters here ... be cool to see where this goes.
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Yay for the magic users...!

Have you thought of a name for the story?
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Name is good.
Once the story gets underway I'm sure one will pop up.

Edit: *maybe* me? aww darn

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Hey, I wrote a story and finished it, and it still doesn't have a name!

Not to say that CT won't come up with one, I just suck at thinking of a name.

EDIT: yay! I'm in!
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Maybe, to complement my "Everyone's characters" thread, I'll make an "Ideas for a Name for Stories and Stuff" thread. Y'never know, it might actually get people somewhere.
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Okay. Use the nondescriptive description of me that you already have... if you feel like a change, you could just use the picture in my signature and say I generally spend all my time using a computer.
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I wana be in it!

Pleeezzz???
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No, defalcon, you're very definitely in.
Zazz, I really don't know. We'll have to see.

Defalcon Phoenix was in a bit of trouble.
Breathing heavily but still prepared to fight, he held his sword ready and eyed his opponents irritably.
There were four of them, armored and relatively fresh. Although Defalcon was well armed and skillful with his chosen weapons, he tired quickly. They seemed to be counting on this.
One was a dead-eyed, expressionless rabbit with two long knives and light armor; he was agile and acrobatic, bouncing in under Defalcon's guard and somehow avoiding his blade. Despite that he had not yet touched Defalcon with his knives.
The second was a lite, sleek lizard, white as snow and with the same dead eyes. This one bore a double-pointed javelin, and had avoided Nightwind by slinking and slipping under, above and around every slash. His tough hide was his armor, but not so tough that Nightwind couldn't slice him open, if he stood still for a moment.
The last two were lumbering turtles, neither as agile not as intelligent as their companions. Both bled from from numerous slashes inflicted by Defalcon. He took solace in the knowledge that he hadn't even activated his blades yet.
Badly one sided, he was afraid.
In his favor.
He slid his second sword out of the sheath with a rasping screech. The rabbit and the lizard gathered themselves to attack once more. Taking a deep breath, he activated both Nightwind and Nightfire.
Both blades burst into cold blue flame, halting both of his assailants for a moment. With a grimly satistfied smile, Defalcon attacked instead.
When he was finished, he was also alone.
Sliding his swords home, he nodded coolly to his slain opponents. "You needed a bit more work on that guard," he told them. "Too bad you chose to practice on me."
He turned and strode away, kicking a dagger out of his path. It rand softly as it struck against the side of a building.
Defalcon glanced up at the dying sun, which stained Medivo's ruins, already red, a deep crimson. A slight mist had risen, swirling around the ankles of his black boots. Less than a year, and nature had already taken over.
He strode over the stone-paved ground, feet crunching on withered ivy, Nightwind being used occasionally to bat a vine out of the way.
His surroundings were making Defalcon nervous. He'd seen what it had done to those dead-eyed attackers - it was like they had lost their minds or been reduced to something less than before.
One the other side of the ruins Defalcon found what he was looking for. An old skimmer lay, half buried in vines, propped up by a few blocks of stone. It was rusting and outdated, but Defalcon was confident he could fly it.

The sun had set by the time he finally righted the vehicle. He noted that the powerpak was half full and wondered how far he was from civilization. He turned it around and then switched it on.
The old speeder roared to life, humming with power. Defalcon tensed -
- as it promptly quit.
He sighed and slumped against the rusting speeder. The half-darkness would have been difficult to penetrate had he not possessed exceptional night vision.
Therefore he saw what many might have missed or dismissed.
Something glittered in the shadows - not like metal, but like water. There was one problem with this conclusion - the thing was shrouded in complete darkness. No moonlight touched the spot.
Curious, Defalcon rose to investigate.
Between two pillars hung a glittering spiderweb of light. It made him think of an ancient portal he had seen before, one that could have its' destination changed.
Cautious now, he lobbed a stone into it. It did not come out the other side.
No cloud of darkness descended to devour him; no crawling thing from the Abyss attacked. He warily stepped through -
- to find himself in the War Tavern, surrounded by veterans of war and ace pilots, all trading stories of their exploits over drinks.
"What?"
He glanced back; there was solid wall.
"Weird. Whatever."
He strode over to the portal to Shador, a planet with a dying sun and perpetual gloom. But before he could enter, he was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Defalcon?"
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good! Very good! Me likey!

But when am I going to be in it?
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Great hook. Awaiting for more... who did that stone hit XD?
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You know, reading your work has made me a better writer.
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Oh, and I claim the first page =7.

Now now... it doesn't matter who posted first or owns this thread... all that matters is that I bothered to get it first ^^.
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Woohoooo! Yay, it's-a me!

Awesomeness so far. Portal to the tavern huh? Wish I had one to school, then I wouldn't have to spend an hour on a bus.

Write more soon. And a title.
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Portals are über-l33t. Teleporters are better though.

Especially UT's Translocator. I'll never get over that.
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lol, know how you feel, defal. 45 min for me.

Title, title ... *riffles through dictionary* still thinking.

Now we get to meet Crystal Summer, aka 4I Falcon.

"Defalcon? What are you doing here?"
He turned to find himself facing a young rabbit, a few shades darker than his own sky-blue coloring. Her eyes, however, were lighter than his - a bright green. She was shorter than he.
"Crystal Summer," he said. "I didn't expect to see you here either."
"Yeah, but I came in by the door," she remarked pointedly. "Youre arrival was a bit less convenient."
"I found an old portal," he said offhand. "Wanted to see where it went."
"Yes, I saw a rock thrown from a solid wall and I thought to investigate further," she agreed. Then, "why Shador?"
"What?"
"It is a doomed world. Its inhabitants cling to their home for as long as they dare, but soon Shador will be consumed by the sun, and the Shadorians forced to flee. Why go there?"
"Well ... I just came from Medivo, I know Carrotus, I dislike Tubelectric, Keenrei's too cold, Hellantra's too hot, Colonia's too old fashioned, Shellia's too swampy, Lohar's too empty, Firen's too far, Raxizil's too bright, but Shador is just right. Got my drift?" He took a breath. Crystal laughed quietly, then glanced over his shoulder.
"Hey," she called out, "looke who the cat just dragged in!"
Coppertop stalked in, followed closely by her two friends Claw and Shinyso. The last had his saber drawn and bloody, while Claw looked ready to murder anyone who looked at him the wrong way. It was clear that they had just been through a fight - it showed in the deliberate, wary movements, the nervous glances, the bloodied blades. The mercenary grimaced.
"Crystal. I don't suppose this place as a different way back to Kilanphor? I need to get back to my ship, but the door is well guarded."
"Nope," Crystal said, and Defalcon shook his head slightly. Copper glanced at him appraisingly, noticing the same about him that he had seen with her.
"Looks like you've seen blood recently," she commented. "Where were you attacked?"
"Medivo," he said. She grinned.
"I see. Whose speeder were you stealing this time?"
"I wasn't!" he protested indignantly. She laughed. FInally Crystal asked, "what happened to the rest of your friends?"
"They're off doing whatever," the mercenary replied. "Ducky, in fact, is here." She waved and recieved one in return. "But I got information that some fanatics are trying to wipe us rabbit scum out." She gestured at the Tavern; indeed, most of the patrons were rabbits.
Defalcon shook his head again. "So what are you going to do?"
"Nobody attacks me and gets away with it," Copper said. "But I know there's a lot of them. My friends are too well known; they've already helped me take down two would-be rulers. I need some fresh help."
"And here I thought you were a loner, Coppertop."
"I am - in the cockpit. But I'm also a mercenary, Defalcon, a prfessional fighter. Even Claw, Shinyso and I can't take on an entire army."
Crystal blinked and then smiled slightly. She pushed her hair back. "Well, maybe I could help you. I'm not well known, but I am an excellent sniper."
"Count me in," Defalcon said with a shrug. "I was looking for excitement anyway."
"You've found it," Shinyso said. Claw shook his head and looked away. Copper grinned.
"Excitement? You look like a walking arsenal," she teased. "But less of one than Zazz Darkfist, of course."
"Nobody," he said, "can match Darkfist for sheer amound of destructive devices."
"Hey, I heard that," someone called from the direction of the bar.
"True. Okay, first step is getting back to the Assassin/Phantom Eclipse. Kilanphor is pretty dangerous, watch your back."
"I always watch my back," Defalcon sniffed with mock indignation. Crystal snickered and recieved a sharp glare for her trouble.
"You've been here for about ten minutes," Crystal pointed out. "Surely they would have dispersed by now?"
"You'd think so, wouldn't you," Defalcon agreed.
"One way to find out. Come on."
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Uh, am I shinyso? Because that's what I used to name myself in War Tavern storys..:/
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Probably If you were on the JMMB.

"This is it? No welcoming committee?" Defalcon sounded slightly disappointed. Crystal ignored him. She was actually slightly relieved that there were no enemies; she preferred long-range markmanship to close-range battle. Copper seemed concerned, though. "Keep alert" was all she said, and Crystal knew that the mercenary expected an ambush.
No laser fire came; no grenades were thrown. Defalcon shifted and glanced over at Shinyso, who stood tensed and ready. Claw glanced around nervously.
"How many were there originally?" he asked, noting a few bodies in the alley below. Copper glanced at him.
"Maybe twenty," she said in a low voice. "I touched a few, got one. 'M not sure about Claw or Shinyso."
The rasping grate of steel on steel was muffled; Shinyso's saber was instantly in his hand. Finally he turned.
"They're out there," he told them. "Sixteen of them, that building. They're waiting for us to show; they're not aware that we're here."
"We have the advantage then," Coppertop said in satisfaction. Defalcon looked at the warrior curiously.
"What are you, some sort of telepath or something?"
Shinyso nodded absently. Defalcon blinked in surprise. He had not expected to be right first try.
Crystal Summer ignored Defalcon. She was busy fixing a scope onto her blaster pistol. Then she looked up at Shinyso.
"Where?"
"Top floor, three windows from the left, lower righthand corner," he said, pointing it out. She nodded and took a careful aim. Then she gently squeezed the trigger.
The blaster had a bit of a kick, but she held it steady as an anguished cry cut across the gathering dusk.
"Got him," she announced. "Any others that I can reach?"
"Last window on the right, a floor from the top," Shinyso directed. Again she aimed and fired -
- "He ducked!" she said, indignantly. "He ducked when he was supposed to stand still! He ducked and made me miss!"
"It happens," Claw said quietly, the first words he'd spoken. "Try this one." He pulled out a small blaster and handed it to Crystal. She took it gingerly and holstered her own pistol.
Claw's blaster blew both the window and part of the wall out. Crystal looked from the blaster to him incredulously. "Well, I got him," she said in a small voice. Claw took his blaster back.
"Protec," was all he said. Crystal's eyes widened slightly.
"Oh."
A wild yell split the gloom; Copper sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Here we go again -"
Defalcon got her attention. "Come on - we can beat them! Start running!"
Crystal followed him just as he followed Copper. Claw vanished into the shadows somewhere and Shinyso deliberately lagged to protect their backs.
Claw was waiting at the foot of a ramp that led down to the grimy streets. Copper turned at the top to signal to Shinyso.
A line of enemies separated them, and she signalled anyway. Shinyso had his saber out again and was clearly fighting for his life, but inexorably was being driven back to the edge of the building.
Nodding to show that he understood, the black rabbit took another step back.
Suddenly he sheathed his sword, spun, and dove off the side of the building.
Defalcon stared for a moment before Copper grabbed his arm and dragged him down the ramp behind her. He shook her off and began to run on his own, demanding to know what had happened.
"Why would he do that? We could've gotten to him in time! Man, if all your friends are like that it's no wonder you're looking for new ones."
"Shut up and run," Copper said acidly. "You'll see why he did it when we reach the bottom."
Crystal, who had not seen Shinyso's apparent suicide, was ahead of them. Her blaster was in her hand but she held her fire.
Claw was waiting at the bottom. He glanced at Copper questioningly, and she nodded. Crystal asked, "where's Shinyso?"
"He went and chucked himself off the building," Defalcon said in disgust.
"He's not dead," Copper told them. "Shinyso is full of surprises."
Defalcon muttered "I'll bet" but held his peace as they followed Copper and Claw to where the Assassin, now renamed Phantom Eclipse, was.


BTW, if you read Conquerer (or were in it from the beginning) you'd probably remember that Shinyso could fly in Ninja's profile.
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Yes, that was me. ;)

Sweet story.
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The hangar was dark and grimy, open to the sky and elements. Copper paused in the doorway.
"I doubt that we've beaten him here, Claw."
:"I should think not," Shinyso said coolly, stepping out of the shadows. "You took long enough," he added. Copper rolled her eyes.
"And, of course, you're completely flawless and perfect. I'm sure you meant to get cut off from us and forced to fling yourself off a skyscraper."
"Startled them though, didn't I? Took their attention off you."
"Yeah, well, I think we're just lucky that you're a quick thinker and stupid enough to carry it through."
"Desperate measures."
"Oh, yeah, I'm sure."
Defalcon shook his head. Full of surprises, indeed. He looked up at the Phantom Eclipse. The black warship was a lot bigger on the inside than it looked, sleek and maneuverable. He'd seen it before, but not this close.
Copper gave him a knowing look. He assumed that she had to get a lot of those looks for her starfighter.
"Like it, do you," she said. "Well, you'll be taking your turn at the controls as well; my admission fee. That is, if you're up to handling her." She shot him a sly look.
"I'm a decent pilot," he said calmly. Crystal shrugged.
"If your weapon systems are up to standard, I can manage."
"Then there should be no problem," Copper said decisively. "I know you were trying to avoid it, Defalcon, but first stop is Carrotus. Just a brief stop, mind."
"Right. Make it short. Real short."

Carrotus, green and blue and brown and white, drew closer in the viewport. Defalcon had to admit that it was a beautiful world - but so boring. A peaceful place was not an advantage when you were not a peaceful person.
So when she said it was a short trip, Copper couldn't know how relieved Defalcon was. Or maybe she did; she and Claw certainly seemed bored enough. Shinyso (whose miraculous survival Defalcon still couldn't figure out) was always on edge.
As the Phantom Eclipse landed in the bright sunlight, Defalcon found himself wishing he was on Shador, where his exceptional night-vision gave him an extra edge. Not that he had poor day-sight - the opposite was the truth - but all too often bright light revealed or concealed important things.
Crystal had pointed out that the trip to Kilanphor had been unnecessary; Defalcon and Coppertop had traded knowing looks. Only another pilot truly understood the attatchment between a pilot and her ship. Crystal had not pressed further.
Now, as Defalcon stood, he wondered where Copper intended to go that could not be reached by portal ...


In case you're wondering, Assassin is now Phantom Eclipse.
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I haven't been to the War Tavern in forever..but today I just happened to click on this thread. *sob* and i..*sob* found..my character "shinyso" was still remembered after all these years..
*sheds a tear*
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I wouldn't mind being picked up at Diamondus. I am there visiting my Aunt Ethle right now, if you need an excuse for me to be there. My char N0 (Use him, not nobody) is on the second page of everyones characters.
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