Yet Another Tale Of A Marine

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  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    edited June 2004
    Hrmmm? Do you mean that the sniper rifle is to powerful?

    It IS a proto type and being tested, think of a HMG X 5 (100 damage), thats how much it does.
  • BloodBallBloodBall Join Date: 2003-07-11 Member: 18098Members
    edited June 2004
    Very good work, keep it up, i wanna see how this ends <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    "Cleanse the intruders my skulks!" Kalar roared out, his voice strengthened by the Habon. A dozen skulks sped off from there sleeping 'quarters' or, wherever a skulk felt like sleeping.

    Kalar 'saw' the skulk's progress as they went on top of the roof of the trapped marines. Kalar awaited there attack with impatience.

    "Remain calm men!" Lamdeer knew he had to raise their spirts quickly, he could easily blast the door open but he wasn't certain which one would take out the in-built grenade, the controls to the suit were very easily learned but still were foreign to him, then he heard several tiles open obnoxiously loud.

    "Sir, incoming!!!" the HA began firing off rounds in the once quiet room, Lamdeer turned around, quickly turning off his heat vision, to see several skulks swarming the HA that spoke out loud, they tore his helmet off in a frenzy, he was downed even as he shrieked.

    Lamdeer shot with combat honed reflexes, his gauntlets sprayed the experimental weaponry, another shriek. . . death, blood, blazing weaponry, warning of bullet reserves...

    Lamdeer realized he was shooting at nothing but carcasses as he saw at least a dozen skulks collasped upon the now dead rookies, several of the skulks even managed to get to him. . "Odd, this is not myself. . " Lamdeer began to clear his mind and then the suit's voice spoke up.

    "Warning, bullet self-replinishment will now proceed, temporarily shutting down gauntlet ammunition feeder."

    "What....I had at least 200 bullets in each. ." Lamdeer shook his head in confusion and saw the doors behind him were opened, inviting him to face the perils of the outside world, Lamdeer waited for the gauntlets to click as the bullets were replenish, and he went out the right door, leaving the desolation behind, not before learning basic movement and shooting.

    "Round three soon my marine." Kalar was once again in a good mood again, he'd personally kill this marine in the Triad Generator section of the ship, Kalar got up from the chair and began walking towards the room, a nice change of pace instead of exhausting himself in blinking.
  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    edited July 2004
    Lamdeer stealthily went down the corridor that hummed with activity, mindful of several traps that were beforehand encountered and cautiously walked down the hallway, intent upon the railing that would allow him to observe the rest of the room.

    Lamdeer finally got to the railing of the so said hallway and stared in awe at the generators that seemed to pulse with power, none of the infestation was able to grow around here oddly enough, even a spare sludge node was oddly empty . . .

    Kalar saw, though, the human gaping at the generators, the cloaking field that was given to him as a gift was shut off by Kalar, he would not hide as many of his soldiers have.

    The human was impressive enough, a fine specimen. At least 6'1, he towered in an. . odd suit never seen before, it looked identical to a HA but moved with a grace that shouldn't of been, Kalar then saw the fine folds and bends as the suit allowed natural, unimpeded movement.

    "So human, we finally meet." Kalar revealed himself, he was on top of many a linking pipe into the generator in front of Lamdeer, he bowed mockily and spoke swiftly, "I'm Commander Kalar."

    "I would advise that you beg now before you lose a fatal amount of blood." Kalar then added with a very low growl.


    The fade that appeared before Lamdeer barely made him flinch, the fade was unique, the sublte differences were crystal clear to Lamdeer.

    Keener claws, the skin was a lighter black, even his legs were more well formed. . but his eyes were the most defining feature as they were glaring at Lamdeer with actually felt contempt, and also appeared to be at least 8 feet tall.

    "Begging? I believe I will spill your entrails and watch you suffocate upon your own gore before I would beg Kalar." Lamdeer then bowed, "Private First Class, name is Lamdeer."

    A chuckle came from Kalar, a dangerous one.

    "Brass and firey, odd you're not cowering. . . oh well, I will butcher you at my pleasure anyways." with that Kalar jumped off the pipe claws swiping down upon Lamdeer.

    Quickly re-acting, with the aid of the suit, Lamdeer shot several shots off upon Kalar's torso, however, Kalar seemed to of disappeared.

    "Swiftly you move Lamdeer, a private? You are either modest or a liar." Kalar's voice was a mere whisper, but that whisper carried throughout the room.

    Lamdeer sensed the movement to his right and quickly back stepped/jetted as Kalar's claws came slashing upwards, only hitting Lamdeer's left arm, he heard the suit's voice once more, Lamdeer shot at Kalar yet again with the same effect as before, however, Kalar didn't talk this time.

    "Warning, servere outside damage indicated on left arm, repairs are currently sterilized, Cause: Lack of nanites, wait for regeneration of nanites Private Lamdeer."

    "Damn . . ." Lamdeer knew how much force was needed to cut through a HA's armor, Kalar was incredibly powerful, even for a fade.
  • GHANzGHANz Join Date: 2004-02-05 Member: 26118Members
    Niiiice. btw, im confused about the ammo-can the suit actually create ammo out of thin air- or does replenishment just mean the suit reloads automatically from some spare pack not visible on the suit?
  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    Well, theres a very limted sludge pack that constantly reproduces, much like the sludge nodes RTs are built on, nanites use this sludge to morph it into bullets, so, it is created out of this sludge which is constantly reproducing but is contained in a special packet.

    Sludge is used in many of the suit's functions, one for fuel, one for ammo, and several other for other things, such as self-repair, but, since the scientists were concerned of the sludge overloading they made a timer on how long it takes for the sludge to reproduce, and Lamdeer hasn't reached the limt for the self-repair/ammo re-filler yet.
  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    edited July 2004
    "Lam....d....hive....destruction, overran......" the commander's voice kept clipping into Lamdeer's ears, his voice sounded as a man without hope.

    "Sir?" Lamdeer kept a look out but was serverely concerned, he knew from the commander's tone he was near death.

    "...hip......of khaara........linked ours... . .. . . I....I....iniated Code4......A....9."

    "Self destruction of the ship. . . I only have fifteen minutes!! Sir, is that wise?"

    A plate groaned beside Lamdeer and quickly Lamdeer shot at it, not connecting with the flesh he expected to be cloaked, now he hestated in listening to his commander.

    "Amusing.....your commander has failed, I have won, this game of ours is over, I have <i>won</i>." Kalar's voice grew louder as he spoke, and then he roared in triumpth, his voice seemed to bounce around the room.

    "Khaara....ship......also.....also....*cough*....destoryed, as code.....4...A...9...d.d.d...ict...at.......e......s............................................" the line fell silent, Lamdeer felt his head fall in sadness, then a rage slowly gave him strength, a cold murderous rage.

    "I will end your conflicting emotions human, to spare you such a complicated action." Kalar's presence was felt, his voice seemed to of changed, a lack of confidence?

    Lamdeer saw to late as Kalar mere meters away from the tile he shot at, Kalar tackled Lamdeer, even the suit couldn't keep him stable and he fell crashing down, the loud <i>thump</i> made Lamdeer cringe in pain as he saw crimson from the pain.

    Kalar spoke as he raised his claws for the killing blow, his body posed over Lamdeer, "Game over, I have commanded much more well then your commander..."

    As the claws came down, Lamdeer heard church organs...

    "Catalyst injection, Cause: Emotional emergency."

    Lamdeer knew what to do in that split second, before the catalyst and the killing blow came Lamdeer kicked upwards and sent Kalar back a few inches, the blow was so great that he heard Kalar's groan of pain.

    The catalyst started to take effect, taking advantage of Kalar's momentarily stunned phase Lamdeer unloaded his ammo directly into Kalar's torso....

    "Kalar...my champion......you must live, my hive gifts are being stripped away even as I die, the information must be taken to The Mother, quickly....redeem yourself..." the hive mother sighed and fell silent from death.

    Kalar only somewhat heard the hive as he felt the blows of the bullets much more heavily then before, an arm was shot off, his torso had several holes through it now and even one of his legs were about to collaspe from lack of matter.

    "You win. . . this round, a commander knows when he los....e...s."

    Kalar felt his very matter being sucked through the process of redemption, his being had only 67% of it's original mass as he felt the Habon's mind presence....it wasn't healing him.

    "I must escape. . the habons are dieing with there surperior." Kalar limped/crawled his body which was in Computer Core to an escape pod that the previous owner himself installed for his personal use, hidden 'cleverly' underneath the chair.

    Weakily opening the trap door, his blood making a very easily trackable trail Kalar entered the pod, his blood made it very uncomfortable, also his lack of senses disturbed him as he entered the launch codes to his original home world, he hoped it was correct.

    "Please take a seat, freezing occupied persons for guariteed anti-age loss."

    Kalar felt the frost close in upon him, he was safe now as he heard distant explosions, his body wouldn't die on him now.....

    Lamdeer was stunned by the fade's escape, his gore was still there to remind him this wasn't a dream and then he heard an off distant explosion.

    "Warning, ship self destruction, sending user suit to closest escape pod."

    Lamdeer felt the suit animate itself, moving into the previous room that he recovered the suit in, and past the battle field of the lerk corridor, then the suit picked up pace as another explosion was heard. . . Lamdeer stopped thinking coherently as the drug took him over completely.

    Entering Maintenace the cameras later would tell Lamdeer that a full assault took place, his commander laid his back against a command chair, he bled to death from a stomach wound with a skulk right on it, he didn't have the energy to move it off. All of his fellow marines died in the assault to several fades, a few lerks, massive amounts of skulks, one onos, and apparently a dozen of gorges.

    The suit placed itself in a secret hole that not even the commander with the space station's blue prints saw, it was a more advanced model and shot itself off towards the planet Lamdeer came from training.

    Thusly, the tides of the war have been thrown to chaos, a new proto type suit for the marines. . . the language and understanding of marine technology for the Khaara.
  • Commander_JAGCommander_JAG Join Date: 2002-11-05 Member: 6956Members
  • ThardinThardin Join Date: 2004-01-05 Member: 25081Members
    edited July 2004
    I have made several grammar and spelling changes, and will edit all my messages to Fixed besides story ones.
  • BulletHeadBulletHead Join Date: 2004-07-22 Member: 30049Members
  • Thats_EnoughThats_Enough USA Join Date: 2004-03-04 Member: 27141Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I wish I had read this BEFORE you posted "The Ways of the New"

    Incredible, your writing is truly amazing.
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