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Dark Haven 2 - Chapter 12

Post by crunn » Sat, 24. Jun 06, 20:16

Chapter 01 (Survivors)
Chapter 02 (Excursions)
Chapter 03 (No Place Like Home)
Chapter 04 (Rising)
Chapter 05 (Politics)
Chapter 06 (Seepage)
Chapter 07 (Getting Back)
Chapter 08 (Set Up)
Chapter 09 (All We Have)
Chapter 10 (Sphere)
Chapter 11 (Fray)

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DARK HAVEN 2

Chapter 12 (Addition)


Discoverer (Olrasin)
(A few miz earlier)


'This is not going well.
I've lost strafe, coms, shields down to sixty percent and I've barely touched any of them.
The steering pulling to the left is throwing all my shots off.'

Olrasin turns again to avoid more incoming fire. He lets loose a stream of his own shots, most of which hit and destroy the first target.

'Ah... A discoverer heading this way, fast.
I hope its here to help.
No coms... I suppose I'll find out in a few sez.'

'It's firing...
On the Xenon, good.'

The other Discoverer charges at the second Xenon ship firing a great many shots.
Olrasin turns and fires a few shots of his own. The combined fire shreds through the second targeted.
Number three and four close in on Olrasin again, both firing. Most of the shots hit, strip his shields to zero and cause minimal hull damage.
The second Discoverer, after some manoeuvring, destroys the third then both Discoverers target and destroy the final Xenon fighter.

Olrasin breathes a heavy sigh of relief.
'The other pilot is moving his ship in front of mine, close, nose to nose.
An Argon. He wants me to follow.
ok, suits me.'

...


Discoverer (Pierson)


'Just one Xenon M, then its back to Teladi Way.
This shouldn't be difficult, I hope. Just try not to get hit.'

The gap quickly closes between Pierson and the Xenon M blocking the gate to safety.

'2K... entering firing range.'

The blue-white bursts of weapons fire are already streaking from the enemy ship.

'Ok Pierson don't try anything silly. Nice and calm take it out and get home.'

Pierson, still at maximum speed strafes upward to avoid the incoming fire, then lets loose with a volley of his own.

He passes over the Xenon as it begins to turn and accelerate.
Many of his shots connect before it moves out the way.
The speed and manoeuvrability of the tiny Argon ship is far beyond that of the Xenon medium fighter. The

Lieutenant wastes no time in turning and accelerating back for another pass. He begins firing again as he enters range, but suddenly stops. He peels away, out of firing range and turns back to look. The Xenon ship has stopped moving.

'What is this? Scanning..,
The AI has abandoned ship. I never understood why they could or would do that, very peculiar. I never did capture a

Xenon ship before.'
"Incredible!"

'Good the Paranid will be here in a mizura, the two L's will be here in three.'

'Tapping into the Xen M computer...
accessing...
taking computer control...
Excellent, all Mine.
Now best send it out before the L's get here, set auto pilot, Command - Navigation - Dock At - Teladi Trading Station Teladi Way.
I wonder what equipment survived...
5MW Shield, 2 Rudder Optimisation, 6 Engine Tuning, 3 Silkworm Missies, 88% hull and top speed of 83.'

"Nice"

'Oh, and rename it incase the Jubilee shoots it down before they realise.'

"Ehh..."

'What to call it?...
Anything will do for the moment.

"Ok.
P I E R S O N S H A N D S O F F
Accept. That will do."...

'My XenM is leaving the sector now. The Paranid almost here.'

Pierson moves his ship to the event horizon of the gate but waits for the Paranid before jumping.

'Xenon getting close, but we will be away in plenty time.'

A few sezuras later the Paranid disappear through in a flash and the Lieutenant follows.

...


Discoverer (Olrasin)
(Two mizuras earlier)


'I hope he has noticed the M blocking our way.'

'What!! He's pulling away from me. Is he leaving me?
Oh, he is tilting the ship. A signal?
Maybe he is going ahead to take care of it himself.'

'Ah yes.
Nicely dodged...
He is doing very well, far better than I could have...
And a capture. I'm glad he showed up.'

'I'm almost at the gate now.
There are two L's not far, coming this way. Still, I can outrun them even now.'

'And through we go.'

"Entering System Teladi Way"

"Teladi Way?"
'That's not good... well good for me. Bad for the rest of the galaxy.
That puts Dark Haven only three jumps from populated space.'

"Uh-Oh..."

A large shape looms before Olrason.

'Ah, the Jubilee. I might have guessed.
Here we go. Nose to nose again.
He wants me to dock with the Jubilee.'

"I understand." Olrasin nods.

...


Jubilee
(Two mizuras earlier)


"Still nothing from Pierson. I'm starting to get worried." Captain Hall says.
"Ensign contact..."

"Incoming." The Lieutenant interrupts.

"Ready weapons."

"Xenon M. Ready to fire, Captain?"

"Hold your fire.
Notice, its not hostile.
And the name."

"...Ah, 'Piersons Hands Off'"
*Chuckle*
"Do you think he is clearing the sector for us?" Jokes Lieutenant Keswin

"Oh probably. You know Pierson, a furious cyclone of destruction." Hall laughs.
"Ensign contact..."

The Lieutenant interrupts again. "Incoming...
What do you think this time? 'Piersons Destroyer Back Off'"

"You might be right.
Good point though, we are very close, if something big comes through.
Put us in reverse."

The young Ensign speaks up this time.
"Maybe he is towing a Xenon Station out."

The three laugh as they watch the screen

The two Discoverers emerge.

"He is right, its our old Discoverer, and our new one.
Ensign contact..."

"Incoming call."

Piersons voice is heard
"Hello Captain, thanks for not blowing my ship away.
Look who I found."

"Monroe?"

"No is a Paranid. No idea who. The coms are out and most of the ships systems are damaged or destroyed.
I think we should speak to him, I'll have him dock first."

"Very well. Security will meet him in the docking bay."
Hall nods to the Ensign who contacts security.
"Lieutenant Pierson, you dock after him then meet me in my office. Bring the Paranid."

"Yes Sir.
Oh Captain there are two Xenon L's, should be coming through the gate soon, there will be time to dock if we hurry."

The coms are cut.

"Lieutenant Keswin, once the Paranid has left the Discoverer instruct it to disengage and move clear for Pierson to dock. Send it back to the Omicron Lyrae Shipyard for repairs.
As soon as Pierson has docked bring us out of the nebula. I'd rather face the L's in open space."

"Yes Sir."

...


Jubilee (Captain Halls Office)


The Captain is sat at her desk waiting, pondering how a Paranid came to be in that Discoverer, and in that sector.

The Door chimes, she instructs it to open.

There stands Pierson, a security guard and the Paranid.
The guard waits in the corridor, the other two step in and sit opposite the Captain.
Once the door shuts and everyone is settled she speaks.

"So... who are you?
And why were you in my ship?"
Asks the Captain sharply, referring to the Discoverer.

The Paranid pauses before speaking.
'How much should I tell her?...
Everything?...
Maybe not everything.'
"My name is Olrasin. I am head of Paranid Intelligence."

Hall glances down at the console and presses some buttons.

Olrasin continues.
"I was in the Discoverer because of a small incident involving your Captain Monroe."

'Then he is alive.' Thinks Pierson.

Hall glances down again.
'He appears to be who he says he is.'

"He was floating in space near the Discoverer. So I picked him up with the intention of rescuing him and bringing him home.
He had other ideas.
He clubbed me over the head knocking me unconscious then dumped me into space.
I awoke some time later to find he had taken my ship. So I took the abandoned, and badly damaged Discoverer.

Then I began to make my way back here.
I ran into some trouble with the Xenon. Lieutenant Pierson saved my life with his timely arrival and remarkable combat skills."
Olrasin nods another thank you to Pierson.

Pierson laughs inwardly.
'Remarkable combat skills.
Monroe is acting stranger still.'

"You expect me to believe that one of our most respected Captains attacked you for no reason then stole your

ship?"

"No, probably not. But he left this."
Olrasin turns his head around to show the Captain his head wound where Monroe's wrench left its mark.

Pierson flinches at the sight of it.

"You should go and see the Doctor when we are done here." Comments the Captain.
"What are you, the Head of Intelligence, doing all the way out here? I assume you were in X8."
'I'll call it X8 for now.'

'Trying to see how much he knows.' Thinks Pierson.

'Odd, she's calling it X8. I'll play along.' Ponders Olrasin.
"Yes. Our Military High Priest of Vengeance sent me in to find out what these aliens are. Whether they pose a

threat and if the Paranid Military should get involved."

"And?"

"Bad.
Yes.
And Absolutely.
I will be reporting that the full force of the Paranid should be immediately put to defeating these enemies."

"I didn't see you in the sector." Pierson states.

"I was some distance out."
'He cant know about the cloak. But could he guess?'

Pierson thinks. 'Still, he had to have passed right by us to get into Dark Haven.
Sensor jammers?
I wont push it, he seems to be on our side.'

Hall takes charge of the conversation again. "Back to Monroe.
Did he destroy the gate?
And where is he now?"

'Oh dear Captain, of course he destroyed the gate. Why else would Olrasin be taking the long way home through

Xenon space.' Pierson inadvertently shakes his head, no one notices.

"Yes, he destroyed the gate. If you scan the Discoverer you will find a Jump Drive melted into the engine.
That is how he made his escape at the moment of the explosion.
As for where he is now, I was unconscious at the time so I can't be sure. Though he did say something about going back, back into X8."

'I'm worried about Monroe.
What actually happened to him while he was inside the Spore.' Pierson looks across at the Paranid's wound and notices that it is bleeding again slightly.

Olrasin continues. "I may have trouble convincing the High Priests now, all my video records were in my ship."

"I will speak to the Admiral and see about getting you a ship back to Paranid Prime.
I will also ask if you can take a copy of our records of the battle."

"Thank you Captain."

"The security guard will show you to the medical bay."

Olrasin and Pierson both stand to leave.

"Pierson wait a moment."
He retakes his seat and the door closes behind the Paranid.

"So Lieutenant, what do you think?"

"I think he is hiding something.
But what Paranit isn't hiding something?
I believe what he did tell us was the truth, and that that's as much truth as we can expect."

"I agree. I think we can trust him to try to convince the Paranid to fight with us.
I think he is on our side."

'On our side... not so sure about Monroe.' Pierson thinks.
"What about Monroe?"

"Monroe is out of out reach now. I think he knows what he is doing.
He saved us once by destroying the gate. Maybe he is trying to repeat that and destroy the other."

'Hmm...'
"Perhaps."

"Ok thanks Lieutenant.
Back to the bridge, I've a call to make."

...


Pegasus (Monroe)


The tiny cloaked ship emerges back into Dark Haven.

"I have returned, my friends."

...


Black Ship


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Re: Dark Haven 2 - Chapter 12

Post by steveo1259 » Sat, 24. Jun 06, 23:15

"I have returned, my friends."

...


Black Ship


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what the hell?

( soz came out a bit wrong,)

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Post by KiwiNZ » Sat, 24. Jun 06, 23:18

Great read! And do I love the end of it. :lol:
Yes, nice capture there, the XM was my favourite ship in X. Will be interesting to see what Monroe is up to. Is he really 'back home' or will he cause the black ships damage?

Looking forward to the next installment! :thumb_up:

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Post by Mastermue » Wed, 28. Jun 06, 17:13

Fantastic read crunn! :D

sat on the edge of seat waiting for the next part!

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Post by Nuwanda » Mon, 10. Jul 06, 21:52

crunn!! how you been m8?! man its been a long time...after Dark Haven was done i decided to come back to check on your second series but i never got around to doing that. Then all of a sudden it struck me today! So i came on looking for it....i'm way behind i know, but i'll wait a bit longer until the entire series is done i guess (if its not gonna take too long). Till then, i'm downloading the pdf of the first part again...cant get enough of Dark Haven!!
Cheers!

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Post by sapleas001 » Mon, 10. Jul 06, 22:13

Good Job Crunn! I really enjoyed it! Can't wait till the next chapter :D :D :D

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Post by crunn » Sun, 23. Jul 06, 16:25

Thanks guys 8)

Mastermue wrote:sat on the edge of seat waiting for the next part!
dont fall off :wink:

Ch13 will be up today

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