Pandora's Box: Chapter II (IC)

[Naval Monte]

Deep Space Nine
IMC Boarding Party


When Elizabeth saw the giant robot be dropped inside the station she did what anyone in her position would do when seeing a real mecha for the first time, gawking at the machine like a brain dead goldfish as it stared emptily at a human for the first time. Elizabeth return back to reality when a bolt of energy nearly hit her at the right foot, making her jump back in surprise.

Elizabeth soon got her gun aim at the aliens and began to open fire on them as she followed Brynn and her titan with the others. Elizabeth would see some of the aliens turning invisible and cursed as her extra sensory powers couldn't show them to her. "Oh great they have cloaking devices. Yeah that is fair." Of course she ignored the fact that her side has someone using a giant robot.

"I have one spell that might work but I have no idea if it also works well against technological means of invisibility" Elizabeth took a few shots from her gun before she removed one hand from the gun. Elizabeth lower the middle finger and ring finger while crossing the thumb under the raised index finger and began to touch her lips and forehead, chanting softly as she does with her eyes closed.

When Elizabeth open her eyes she can now see the formerly invisible aliens. "Fisher there is one to your left. Jameson dock!" Elizabeth shouted as she can see one alien was going to shot Jameson, the witch opening fire at the alien before he can press the trigger on his gun, most of the bullets hitting the armor but one tore through the alien's left eye and through it's head.

Elizabeth gave the soldier a smile. "You can thank me later." Elizabeth looked back at the battle and follow close to the titan as Brynn lay down a path of destruction. "Brynn I think a few of the aliens are trying to take advantage of their invisibility because I see some fleeing to the door." she shouted so the pilot can hear her.

[Demincia]

Deep Space Nine
IMC Boarding Party

Once the Stryder Titan was on the field, the tide of the battle turned. The soldiers focused their attacks on Brynn, but the bodyshield stopped the rounds from affecting the hull of the Titan. The XO-16 was far better at stopping the soldiers than the infantry weapons, and they realized this quickly. Their cloaking mechanism might have hid them from Brynn's Titan optics, but just like regular Pilot cloaks, Blisk could still see them thanks to the augmentations. "You think cloaking's gonna save you, yea?" he called, still putting shots on target, even though they were invisible "Think again." When Elizabeth yelled that some were headed for the door, Brynn turned and looked at it. She trusted the witch was right, and fired a cluster missile at the door.

With the enemy pushed back for now, the shooting quickly stopped. Brynn turned back towards the group, and the hatch on the cockpit opened up. "How'd we do?" she asked. "Lost some marines, some others got wounded." Fisher said, kneeling over a soldier that got hit in the arm. "What's the plan commander?" the Pilot asked. The South African tapped his comm. "Blisk to all units, the docking bay is secure. Prepare for second wave insertion." When he was done, he addressed the boarding party directly. "Oi, listen up. Some of you marines are staying hear to hold this bay so Second Wave gets in without a hitch. The rest of us are splitting up to take this station, room by room if we have to." He pointed at Fisher's squad, "You lot, you're with me, we're hitting this hallway here." he said indicating on the map. He looked up at Brynn in her Titan. "Pilot, you take the civvie and clear this one here, aye?" he said. "Sir!" she replied, and her robot saluted. "Let's go lass." she said turning to the witch as the hatch closed.

[Naval Monte]

Deep Space Nine
IMC Boarding Party

What was once a group of aliens fleeing from the door was a smoldering mess as barely anything remain of the once nightly soldiers of the Dominion. Once the fighting was done Elizabeth walked to the door to find anything left of the aliens and found some broken pieces of bent and melted armor and charred pieces of flesh and organs. "At least now I have proof that some of those tossers were trying to run away."

Elizabeth began to walk back as Blisk began to tell everyone his plan, the witch now having a cigarette between her lips as she smoke. When Brynn said that she was with her she nodded. Elizabeth was impressed that Blisk can also see the invisible aliens and knew that he had her go with Brynn to help her take out any aliens that would be invisible to the Titan's optics.

"Maybe I should be in the titan with you so that way a sniper won't easily take me out?" she suggested as she took out the magazine to see how much bullets she has left in her gun. "I need more ammo."

[Demincia]

Deep Space Nine
IMC Boarding Party

What was once a group of aliens fleeing from the door was a smoldering mess as barely anything remain of the once nightly soldiers of the Dominion. Once the fighting was done Elizabeth walked to the door to find anything left of the aliens and found some broken pieces of bent and melted armor and charred pieces of flesh and organs. "At least now I have proof that some of those tossers were trying to run away."

Elizabeth began to walk back as Blisk began to tell everyone his plan, the witch now having a cigarette between her lips as she smoke. When Brynn said that she was with her she nodded. Elizabeth was impressed that Blisk can also see the invisible aliens and knew that he had her go with Brynn to help her take out any aliens that would be invisible to the Titan's optics.

"Maybe I should be in the titan with you so that way a sniper won't easily take me out?" she suggested as she took out the magazine to see how much bullets she has left in her gun. "I need more ammo."

Brynn looked back down at the witch as she spoke. She scooped her up with one hand and brought her in front of the cockpit at eye level. The hatch opened, revealing the cockpit interior "I mean, I've only got the one seat, so it'd be an awfully tight fit, so you have to pick between safety and comfort." Brynn said. When Elizabeth mentioned being low on ammo, Brynn turned around and dug behind the seat. "Let's see here..." she said, looking for something. "Ah, there you are." She pulled out a few more magazines and handed them to the witch. "Lucky you I forgot to take them out last time I used that gun."

[Naval Monte]

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Elizabeth only responded with her eyes being raised once the giant robot scooped her up but she wasn't afraid of being dropped, she trusted that Brynn would make sure not to allow that to happen. When the hatch open Elizabeth frown when she saw the interior. "Bloody hell did they rob props for the next Alien movie?" she jested as she looked at some of the retro-looking computers inside the cockpit.

Elizabeth grabbed the ammo and replaced the old one for the new, tossing the old magazine to the ground and hearing it land on the floor. The witch looked back at the cockpit and thought on whether or not she wanted to be inside or not, whether to be safe or to freely move around? The welsh occultist sighed. "Make room love, I rather live through the cramps on being stuck inside this walking tincan than to have a hole through my chest." Elizabeth walked inside the cockpit, placing the gun down close to the chair and sat down on Brynn's lap.

The witch tried to make sure that she wasn't near any of the switches and buttons inside the cockpit, lest she cause the mech to do something that would get someone hurt or killed by mistake. "Are all of the titan's cockpits like this or just this one?" she asked, curious about the mechs. Elizabeth would ask if Brynn felt that having her sitting on her lap was awkward but she knew the woman enough to know that she wouldn't feel like that.

[Demincia]

Elizabeth only responded with her eyes being raised once the giant robot scooped her up but she wasn't afraid of being dropped, she trusted that Brynn would make sure not to allow that to happen. When the hatch open Elizabeth frown when she saw the interior. "Bloody hell did they rob props for the next Alien movie?" she jested as she looked at some of the retro-looking computers inside the cockpit.

Elizabeth grabbed the ammo and replaced the old one for the new, tossing the old magazine to the ground and hearing it land on the floor. The witch looked back at the cockpit and thought on whether or not she wanted to be inside or not, whether to be safe or to freely move around? The welsh occultist sighed. "Make room love, I rather live through the cramps on being stuck inside this walking tincan than to have a hole through my chest." Elizabeth walked inside the cockpit, placing the gun down close to the chair and sat down on Brynn's lap.

The witch tried to make sure that she wasn't near any of the switches and buttons inside the cockpit, lest she cause the mech to do something that would get someone hurt or killed by mistake. "Are all of the titan's cockpits like this or just this one?" she asked, curious about the mechs. Elizabeth would ask if Brynn felt that having her sitting on her lap was awkward but she knew the woman enough to know that she wouldn't feel like that.

Brynn was still slightly surprised, but mostly expected Elizabeth to ride with her. "Warning: An unauthorized presence is in my cockpit." warned the AI. "Relax Vanessa, I invited her in." Brynn said. The AI replied with a simple "As you wish, Pilot." Brynn hit a button on top of the cockpit, and the hatch closed, causing the cockpit to temporarily go dark. The inside of the hatch lit up, and the display turned on, showing everything that the Titan's optics saw. "Just please don't hit anything, especially not that lever between your legs, that's for the ejector seat. I'd rather not break my neck on the low ceilings today." she said as the Titan started to move again, and drew its chaingun once more. "This is Overton, we're Oscar Mike, over.." she said over the radio. "Copy that Overton, crush anything that stands between you and signal. I don't care if it's an alien bastard or something that looks human. Assume all contacts are hostile. Tac-Six out." Blisk replied.

[Naval Monte]

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When the AI began to react hostilely towards Elizabeth being inside the cockpit was became frightful on what the AI would do, breathing a sigh of relief when Brynn manage to get the AI to let her be. "Thanks for the save. I wouldn't want to be at the other end of the chaingun barrels by a jealous AI." she said with a teasing tone, more to calm herself than to make any jokes.

When Brynn mention that the lever between her legs was for the ejection seat she moved her legs further back and away from the lever. "At least you have a helmet along with both body armor and regeneration. I'm the more fragile one in here." the witch muttered under her breath. As Overton and Blisk talked with each other the witch said nothing until they were done. "I will act as your second set of eyes for invisible eyes for 3 hours. That is how long the spell will last before I have to cast it again." she told Brynn.

[Demincia]

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When the AI began to react hostilely towards Elizabeth being inside the cockpit was became frightful on what the AI would do, breathing a sigh of relief when Brynn manage to get the AI to let her be. "Thanks for the save. I wouldn't want to be at the other end of the chaingun barrels by a jealous AI." she said with a teasing tone, more to calm herself than to make any jokes.

When Brynn mention that the lever between her legs was for the ejection seat she moved her legs further back and away from the lever. "At least you have a helmet along with both body armor and regeneration. I'm the more fragile one in here." the witch muttered under her breath. As Overton and Blisk talked with each other the witch said nothing until they were done. "I will act as your second set of eyes for invisible eyes for 3 hours. That is how long the spell will last before I have to cast it again." she told Brynn.

"Aye, Titan optics aren't as good at seeing cloaked enemies as a Pilot is. If I wanted to see them, I'd have to get out and kill 'em the old fashioned way." Brynn said. "You asked about cockpit sizes, unlucky for you this is the smallest of them all. The other chasis are all one seaters too, but they have slightly more room in them since they're bigger." Brynn pulled up a HUD element showing the Titan's status by body part. "It's the smallest of the three, but it's the fastest. Perfect for Expeditionary Forces." she said, closing the image. "It's also the newest of the three, but there's testing going on of a second generation of Titans based on the first one. Supposed to be cheaper, but I think I'll stay where I am." she said. She'd heard that the Gen 2 Titans based on the Stryder platform were ridiculous, but she didn't put much stock in the rumors.

[Naval Monte]

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"Well aren't you glad to have me around?" she said with a grin as she turn around to look at Brynn. When she explained that all of the cockpits look like the one she was in but much larger because she was in the smallest one. "Just my luck I suppose. So they are making new ones that are said to be cheaper than this one. Why do I have a feeling those new titans aren't going to be as good as this one." she turn back to look at the projected screen. "We'll see how good those new titans are once they are out on the field. For now let's go hunt down some aliens."

[Legokiller]

Exoterra

With the captain and high members of the Exoterra left the bridge to embark towards Deep Space Nine, the crew dubbed as the Bridge Bunnies took over the operation. The royal advisors, who were black and white cats with golden crescent moon bald spots on their forehead, took the lead. Luna, fare more anxious than ever, not only have to fix up the ship’s AI, but the red alerts made her panic. “Luna, we have a breach in one of the civilian quarters!” Artemis the white cat yelped.

“Activate emergency barrier, and begin lockdown at sector-C2 now!” Luna replied. If the loss of life didn’t ruin her mood, then the fact that the head scientist Trista’s family was at the now destroyed quarters. The casualties were stacking up, and unidentifiable at this moment. The Exoterra’s emergency barrier began to form over the breach hull to prevent anything from escaping into the depths of place. Metal doors sealed the existed way to prevent people from being spaced out, and the lockdown processor began. Only the maintenance shafts for the drones had access, and only the emergency drones got sent out to collect the bodies off the spaced civilians to be returned inside.

To help bring down the Jem'hadar battleship, the Exoterra moved to have a front angle at the ship and deployed its powerful Photon Lances to charge up. In a few minutes, the Photon Lances would fire a constant blue particle beam in a short amount of time. In the meantime, the kinetic guns aimed at the battleship, firing projectiles at it.

Airlock
DS9

Two dropships from the Exoterra arrived into the Airlocks, which caught the attention of the White Heart Duo. Another fantastic space ship like the Titan dropship, and the Covenant one with actual aliens. When the Exoterra ships landed, the doors open to pour out colonial marines, to colorful magical girl team.

“Wait, is that Sailor Moon?” Akari asked Crystal. Well it has to be, given the moon bling on her outfit. Especially the boots.

“Likely darling. But we should get back on track and…” Crystal was interrupted when Sailor Moon realize that the angel noticed who she is.

“Hold up miss.” Sailor Moon approached Akari, surprised and skeptical towards the young lady. “How did you know my name? We only just met.”

“Eh?” Akari eyes shrank, baffling her words a little. “I-I… Well, um, a little birdie told me.” In truth, Elizabeth mentioned Sailor Moon to Akari during a confrontation about her angel powers.

“A little birdie told you?” Sailor Mars raised an eyebrow. “That’s quite hard to believe.”

“Given we’re traveling across the multiverse, it’s possible that she and the others might have heard from us in some way from other versions of ourselves to fictional media.” Sailor Mercury dedicated.

“Well I did watch Madoka, but-” Akari stopped when Crystal groaned a little.

“I don’t think that will help.” Crystal interjected. However, that failed since Sailor Moon groan as she knew exactly what Akari is talking about. “You watched Madoka? Aww, I thought you want an anime about me.” Sailor Moon whined. It was the one anime she cried so much she hated it, but love it too.

“Calm down Serena, you shouldn’t be crying over that.” Sailor Jupiter said.

Sailor Venus chuckled in delight. “Now girls, we got a mission to do and there’s plenty of baddies to deal with.” Sailor Venus looked at the White Heart Duo. “And we’re here to help you guys.”

Crystal squeed a little, as Miyuki was a fangirl for magical girls like Sailor Moon, while Akari nodded. “Cool!”

Sailor Mercury coughed as she activated her blue visor. “Given we’re expecting heavy resistance, my misty spells can help provided cover.”

“Not to boast or anything, but my whiteout spell can be useful to block out their vision darling.” Crystal added. Sailor Mercury smiled a little and nodded.

“Sounds great girls, we’re totally going to need it.” Sailor Venus replied. “Now, let’s follow behind Revan and stay alert.” The magical girls and marines begin to follow Revan and co from behind.

[Talchyon]

The Morgana
J.D. Lange

Morgana

The commander didn't see much of a reason to take the rifle from J.D. mainly because of the current situation and because the rifle on his hand was a traditional rifle and not a pulse rifle, he would allow J.D. to use one until all of the aliens were dead which by that point he would have to return the weapon back.

The Commander and the other soldiers all have pulse rifles, which both them and the alien's weapons were the source of the electronic sounds that J.D. heard yet with the former the sounds of conventional gun fire can still be heard from them. Some of the soldiers took the weapons from the aliens while the Commander did not join in, he rather stick with a weapon he is familiar with than to try out a new weapon.

As he lead the other soldiers and as far as he is concern an armed civilian he and the others can hear someone banging on the metal doors down the hall and saw a few drones fly by them from the other hall. The Commander lead the group down the same path that they saw the drones and as they got close they can hear gun fire.

The group saw the drones being open fire at on while also firing at the aliens. The Commander ordered the soldiers to press their backs at the wall as they walk close to the site where the drones were fighting in. As the gunfight kept going on some of the aliens turn on their cloaking devices and began to sneak out of the gunfight, while others just stayed close to trick the drones into thinking that they left.

Once the drones think the area was clear they stopped fighting and began to enter the hall. The Commander began to lead the group down the hall. The soldiers and drones began to investigate on the bodies to insure they are dead. The commander saw the video feed from the drones and saw what happen with the aliens. "Shit! Be careful guys these fuckers have cloaking devices wit---" The commander never had a chance to finish what he wanted to say when a bolt of energy tore through his chest, killing him instantly. Other bolts shot at the soldiers and drones and as panic set in the soldiers began to open fire wildly as they tried to take out the invisible aliens while running away for their dear lives to find cover, more falling from enemy fire.

One drone flew close to a spot where it saw a bolt fire off and self destruct close to the area, killing and injuring some of the aliens as others were killed by lucky shots from the panicked soldiers. As the soldiers took cover most began to throw grenades at the halls, causing more explosions as one of the surviving drones began to shot grenades from it's launcher. The soldiers waited for a while before anyone can think on going down to the hall, the scent of burnt bodies hung in the air.

One soldier departed from the group and stayed out in the open and to check the room that the aliens tried to enter in. The soldier found a few more soldiers guarding researchers, doctors, technicians, engineers, and janitors. More soldiers began to join in the hall as the sprinkler systems began to rain down on the hall, putting out the flames and washing down the soot and ash that was on the walls. The floor was covered with burnt bodies and machine parts.

As the soldiers began to go down the hall one of them had their head blow up to many pieces by another energy shot. The soldiers began to open fire at the hall as they knew that more invisible aliens were down there as they began to move down to the room that the previous group tried to enter in.

It was not a boarding party, it was a massacre. What had started off as a risky battle situation was ending up in gore and carnage. I felt like I was going to be sick, if the adrenaline in my system hadn't been amped up so high. But some of those sick images I don't think I'll ever get out of my mind.

These weren't only alien soldiers. They could turn invisible too. And teleport apparently. That's what one of the soldiers yelled at me while we were running down the hall. While the Morgana itself was doing its part to take care of itself, what with several armed drones, acids, and so on, the human casualty number was steadily climbing. Trained AEGIS soldiers were being torn apart. And I was basically helpless. No way to see invisible foes, and something told me that shooting around blind on the Morgana without being in their system would probably have the ship target me as an enemy and not as a friend.

And, hell, it's not like my microtech could do anything, either. What was I to do, go out into some corner and shed my form and put on a new one? Track someone's DNA that I had on file? Though I did want a sample of these giant combat lizards on two legs. I'd have to see how I could go about getting one.

Just then, with the rest of the soldiers I had bumped into earlier, those that were left anyway, we were being ambushed. Sights too disturbing to see seared themselves onto my mind. I took my alien rifle and began firing at some of the spots where I thought I had seen blasts coming from. Fight fire with fire. Yelling, I saw one of my shots hit an enemy, not enough to kill him but enough to let us know something else tangible was there in the corridor, and I nicked it. A few blasts came my way, and my impact field (the generator now running at a decreasing 62%) gave those an interesting affect. The blasts made kind of a calliope color effect for a few moments, and then dissipated. Meanwhile, each blast I took felt like I was dizzy and going to be sick. I don't know what it was. My impact field was keeping me alive, but it was also a weird feeling.

I had an idea. I keep lots of things with me for various jobs I do, because I always think a rough plan is better than a smooth one, and I always want a way out. So I took out one of my specialty cables. These babies are small, hand-held short rods that expand at the touch of a button. Once they expand, they can drop down like a loose cable. (And given that I've sometimes had to leave an aborted job by rappelling off a roof, that is always handy). But they can also expand like a stiff rod. It would shoot out, and let us know if there were enemies in our path. I signaled to one of the soldiers who had now taken command, and explained my idea. He looked at me like I was nuts, but eventually gave me the ok to try it. Getting a clear path, I flicked on the expanding cable, and it shot down the corridor. And hit something. The soldiers behind me fired. I think they got it, but there must have been more than one because a blast from another part of the corridor started firing at us. And since I was taking point, my impact field got the brunt of it. My head felt light and spinning, and I looked down at the digital number on my generator. Now 58%. Hang on, baby. We're not done yet. Flicking the reverse on my cable, it snapped back to my hand. And then it was time to try it again. Here goes nothing.

[Demincia]

"Well aren't you glad to have me around?" she said with a grin as she turn around to look at Brynn. When she explained that all of the cockpits look like the one she was in but much larger because she was in the smallest one. "Just my luck I suppose. So they are making new ones that are said to be cheaper than this one. Why do I have a feeling those new titans aren't going to be as good as this one." she turn back to look at the projected screen. "We'll see how good those new titans are once they are out on the field. For now let's go hunt down some aliens."

Brynn kept walking through the halls, finding no enemies. "Boy, this sure isn't suspicious at all." she said. "You'd think they'd try a little harder if they were setting up an ambush." She looked around, then down at the scanner. Suddenly the radio came to life with the sounds of gunfire. "Ten-Double O, we're taking casualties!" Fisher called. She heard Jameson somewhere in the background yelling too, "They're trying to corner us!" Brynn quickly tapped her radio, "What's going on? Where are you? How many are there!" she said. All she heard back was indiscriminate gunfire and people yelling orders. Blisk's voice came in next. "Oi! Hold em back marines! We've got a Dreadnought on the way, that'll push these alien bastards back to whatever hole they climbed out of!" he yelled. Brynn was confused. "Dreadnought? The hell's he mean by that?" she said to herself, trying to think. "I don't know anything about a bloody Dreadnought." She looked over at one of the monitors to her left, "Vanessa, what's he mean by a Dreadnought is on the way?" The AI's face appeared instantly. "Unknown, Pilot. My systems have no mention of a Dreadnought, other than them being an ancient class of warship."

[Naval Monte]

The Morgana

The cable would hit yet another invisible soldier and once it's location was found bullets from the AEGIS soldiers would begin to overwhelm the alien until it finally fell. The soldiers would soon gain assistance in the form of rovers and drones that would arrive and begin to attack the invisible aliens, yet they weren't the only ones to arrive.

From other levels of the ship's other boarding aliens manage to trigger the seals that were containing spirits that were under AEGIS's control, freeing the unseen spectres and letting them loose to attack the aliens. As the robots and humans began to fight against the unseen aliens the spirits began to possess some of the aliens, making them turn on their own comrades and open fire on them.

Soon the only aliens left standing were those possessed who shown themselves to the soldiers and robots, throwing their weapons to the floor and going down on the floor. Even with the aliens no longer being a threat they were not spared as soldiers and bots open fire on the possessed aliens, releasing the spirits possessing them and allowing them to go off to find more victims to possess.

The soldier that was now in charge of the remaining squad that J.D. was with turn to face him. "Thanks for the help. So how did you get those fancy toys of yours?" he asked. The other soldiers began to take the bodies of their fallen comrades to the room along with the aliens to clear up the floor in the halls.

"Looks like our more unusual security systems are now being used if what just happen is any indication." he said as he look down at the bodies of the aliens that seem to have surrounded. "If you don't want to keep on fighting then I suggest you stay in that room." he used his rifle to gesture the room where the civilians, security guards, and dead bodies were in. "Let's just say things are only going to get worse from here on out." the soldier warned, the warning not just being used for the aliens who were attacking the ship and her crew.

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Deep Space Nine

"Yeah. I can't see any of them and I mean it. I can't see any aliens that were being invisible to the Titan's optics. We're alone." Elizabeth can feel that something wasn't right. She suspects that the soldiers were most likely forming a trap since they would know that attacking a giant robot out in the open would be suicidal.

Yet as she tried to figure out why the attempt at an ambush was lackluster the radio came to life with both Fisher and Blisk telling the two that they were under attack. "I wouldn't be surprised if the Dreadnought is some new titan. But right now we should worry more on saving your friend's and boss arses than some mystery weapon." Elizabeth said to both the AI and the pilot.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

Edges of Unknown Space, The Solar System, Terminator Universe
Erich/T-1000
Space. Nothing else was in his view, but space, the stars, and the tiny dwarf planet of Pluto in the distance. Flying what would have been an age-old relic if not for his upgrades, Erich flew his modified HK-VTOl, which he had named the Julie, across the emptiness of space. Recently, human satellites had found a strange power source, and they were planning to send an expedition to explore it, but luckily, Erich intercepted the news. So, he jumped into his ship and travelled to the unknown power source. How long did it take? Minutes? Hours? Days? He didn't count, he never counted, what matters is that he eventually reach it.

What he found was some sort of giant station structure of some kind. It seemed more advanced than anything he'd ever seen, despite analysis identifying it as being almost millions of years old. As his systems were analysing it, Erich suddenly felt something in the old station's systems, some sort of switch. Well, what the hell? Why not? Erich "flicked" the switch and suddenly the station came alive, some sort of green portal or something appearing. Analysis bases it as most likely some sort of portal, to where he didn't know. Well....what the hell, Erich didn't have much to lose and he was getting bored of normal human culture. As his ship zoomed right into the "gate," Erich muttered something. "In for a penny, in for a pound," Erich muttered as the ship was enveloped.

The Hub
As Erich reentered space, there were suddenly red flashes and sirens. His ship systems had been short-circuited by the amount of energy received during the crossing. Erich cursed, his luck always seemed to be on the rotten side these past few hundred years. Attempting to take control of his failing ship, Erich saw a massive space station, bigger than most other human ones. Seeing as he had little choice, Erich raced towards the Space Station. Spotting what seemed to be a hangar, Erich made a flight for it, just as his ship's systems finally failed.

The ship crashed into the hangar bay, metal screeching against metal and sparks flying everywhere as the former Terminator Vessel glided across the Hangar floor, before finally slowing down and coming to a halt, smoke emitting from it. Erich quickly got out of his ship and grabbed his weapons, placing the Berettas and Heckler & Kochs in his self-made trenchcoat, and strapping his Plasma Pulse Rifle to his shoulder, holding it on his hip. If the entities in this station were hostile, he'd be ready.

As Erich forced himself out of the exit, he turned to see his ruined ship. "Well, you've finally run your course." He said to no one in particular. "It was an honour serving with you." Erich did a quick salute gesture towards the ship before looking around, seeing if any life form was in the hangar bay.

[Demincia]

Deep Space Nine

"Yeah. I can't see any of them and I mean it. I can't see any aliens that were being invisible to the Titan's optics. We're alone." Elizabeth can feel that something wasn't right. She suspects that the soldiers were most likely forming a trap since they would know that attacking a giant robot out in the open would be suicidal.

Yet as she tried to figure out why the attempt at an ambush was lackluster the radio came to life with both Fisher and Blisk telling the two that they were under attack. "I wouldn't be surprised if the Dreadnought is some new titan. But right now we should worry more on saving your friend's and boss arses than some mystery weapon." Elizabeth said to both the AI and the pilot.

Brynn tried to find where the attack was taking place, but no one was answering her, they were too busy fighting. The Stryder ran down the hall, with Brynn looking for a way to cross into another hall safely. She found a large door that they might fit through, but it was closed. "Ah hell, the access must be on the other side." she said. "Wait here, don't touch anything." she said as the hatch opened, and Brynn slid out from under the witch and jumped to the ground. "Pilot exiting, AI mode engaged. Be safe out there." Vanessa said, taking a defensive stance. Brynn walked through the smaller maintenance door, and the large door slowly started to open. The sound of gunfire sounded a lot closer, and the Pilot turned around. "Fuckin hell!" she said, and started running for it. "I am following your lead Pilot." Vanessa said and the Titan started to walk on its own after her. Brynn opened another door and they found themselves in the middle of the firefight they'd been searching for. "Shit!" Brynn tried to get back to the Titan, but a nearby explosion knocked her off balance, hitting the ground with a thud. She looked around from her position on the ground and saw several Marines she didn't know bleeding out on the ground, and others being dragged to safety. Vanessa opened fire on the enemy to try to cover them, but she couldn't see them all.

Loud crashes echoed through the hall, as it sounded like something massive approached. Brynn glanced over trying to find the source of the noise, realizing it came from behind them. Brynn saw that her Titan wasn't reacting to it, and it worried her. "Where the hell is Blisk!?" she said looking around, noticing the merc was nowhere to be seen. The steps neared, and were now accompanied by a loud whirr, and the Marines were glancing back too, with some readying Archers in case of the worst. What came through the door, was a Titan unlike any she'd seen before. It appeared to have started life as an Ogre, but it was different than any Ogre Brynn had seen. it was blood red, with a large skull on the hatch. It carried a giant minigun that was spinning, causing the whirring noise. It opened fire, with a deafening roar as spent casings poured out the side of the rotary cannon. The Jem'Hadar quickly turned their focus to what must have been the Dreadnought, and concentrated their fire on it. From its gun though, sprang a large blue particle shield that provided cover for the Titan as the gun chew through its ammo belt. The remaining aliens either retreated or fell, and the Titan stopped firing. The hatch opened up, and out of the cockpit jumped Kuben Blisk. "Legion AI mode engaged, providing backup." said the Titan, as it scanned the area. "Status report." Blisk said, though the Marines just stared at the Titan in awe. "Oi! I said status!" he yelled.

[Brusia]

Revan
Deep Space Nine
Promenade

After Geralt addressed Revan, the Jedi replied: "Indeed, I could sense little other than aggression and rage coming from these beings; unfortunately even with Bastila's Battle Meditation, I don't expect the enemy is going to surrender. And don't worry, this isn't my first time walking into a well defended enemy base; I know to be cautious from experience." After he'd finished speaking, he kept his blade ignited and at the ready and continued pushing forward with the rest of the group following close behind. Things had been ominously quiet for the past couple minutes as the group made their way through the seemingly abandoned Promenade and towards the station's Operations Center; no doubt even those without magic or a sensitivity to the Force would get an increasingly eerie feeling as they moved along.

The silence was broken when Geralt again spoke to Revan, asking why he had decided to go for the enemy's command center. Assuming he must not have heard the discussion about the station closing in on the fleet's location, Revan stated: "I guess you might say it's a confidence born of necessity; the station is still moving towards our fleet, and if we can't stop it before it enters into firing range while our forces are still engaging the enemy ships then we won't likely have a fleet left to support us at all. Our only other option would be to attack main engineering, but from the schematics, that looks to be even more difficult to get to than the command center."

After a few more moments of walking, Revan suddenly sensed the same feeling of aggression he had when they'd first engaged the enemy at the airlock, and he motioned for the group to stop. Quickly but quietly moving towards a source of the aggression, Revan suddenly stopped and thrust his lightsaber forward; resulting in a sudden shout and a Jem'Hadar decloaking and falling over dead. As he dropped, three dozen other Jem'Hadar armed with Kar'takin suddenly decloaked a short distance in front of the group, and after the First shouted "For the Founders!" the Jem'Hadar charged towards the multiversal group in an attempt to engage them in melee combat. Having seen the groups which were decimated by Enari and the others' attacks at range, the Jem'Hadar First planned to envelop the boarding party and engage them at close range, but once the ruse failed, he felt he had no choice but to charge his enemies the old-fashioned way...

Multiversal Fleet
Approximately 600,000 kilometers from DS9

Fires were breaking out all throughout the Battlecruiser, as it shook from the weapon impacts of the multiple ships attacking it; systems were beginning to fail one by one, and the Vorta Captain, along with many of the other crewmen, were dead. The Jem'Hadar First who had assumed command had every intention of fighting to the end however, and though the weapons were already down, the impulse engines were still functional enough to make one last ramming attempt. With the Morgana facing them, they became the vessel's target, and the helmsman prepared to charge directly into the vessel...

Captain Benjamin Sisko
USS Defiant
Bridge

As the Defiant dropped out of warp in a last, desperate attempt to preserve the minefield, they were surprised to see that a battle was already going on. After looking out the viewscreen in something of a state of shock for a few moments, Sisko ordered: "Report!"

Chief O'Brien pressed a few buttons on his console and informed the Captain: "Sir, scanners can't identify the unknown vessels, but they appear to be engaging the Dominion vessels..."

"And from the look of that debris field, it seems they're putting up quite a fight" Dax interrupted "I'm reading several destroyed Jem'Hadar and Cardassian vessels, and the Battleship looks to be heavily damaged."

"Maybe they're some of the Dominion's enemies from the Gamma Quadrant?" Nog postulated.

"Unlikely" Dr. Bashir replied "The minefield is still in place so I don't see how they could've arrived here."

One of the consoles began to beep and O'Brien stated: "Sir, it looks like that Battleship is powering up its impulse engines and preparing to ram one of the unknown vessels!"

After taking a deep breath, Sisko stated: "Well then, I suppose we should give them a hand. Dax..."

"Already on it Captain" Dax replied, as she began piloting the Defiant towards the Battleship "Let's just hope it's true what they say about 'the enemy of my enemy...'"

Sure enough, a few moments later, the Battleship leaped forward at high speed as the last of its power was diverted into the impulse engines and the vessel charged towards the Morgana. Before it could impact however, the Defiant targeted its weakpoints with quantum torpedoes and phaser cannons, destroying the ship just in the nick of time. As the Battleship's wreckage scattered about, Sisko ordered that a channel be opened to all of the unknown vessels, then stated:

"This is Captain Benjamin Sisko of the USS Defiant to unknown vessels: identify yourselves and state your intentions."

[Demincia]

IMS Rampart
600,000km from Deep Space Nine
Vice Admiral, Designation: Spyglass

Spyglass observed the effectiveness of the Covenant's weapons, and made a note to try to learn how they operated how they worked. Such a weapon would be a great help in the fight against the Militia. The fight quickly turned in favor of the Multiversal Fleet, largely thanks to the efforts of some of the aliens. The Rampart's guns didn't do a whole lot of damage to the shielding of the ships, but once they were taken down, they were finally able to score hits on the hull. Then, another unknown ship appeared. Spyglass prepared to order the ships to target it, but it finished off the weakened battleship. It must have been who those ships were originally fighting before they arrived. There were a few seconds where Spyglass kept the guns at the ready in case they wanted to join the fray, but instead they sent out a hail asking for their intentions. Not out of the woods yet, it would seem. Battle Projections placed a high probability on this encounter turning hostile as well, so Spyglass kept the weapon systems ready. No one had answered the hail yet-likely because they couldn't process all of the information as fast as the AI- so the Vice Admiral took it upon himself. "I am Vice Admiral, Desgination: Spyglass of the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation. We have come on a mission of great importance. The space station is housing kidnapped personnel that we are seeking to recover." The captain would likely not believe the truth about the Hub and Ascendants, hopefully by telling the truth, albeit vaguely, it might save them some time that would be wasted on yet another explanation of their situation.

[Jraden]

The Witcher
Revan's information had proved useful and valuable, but Geralt wasn't much for awkward small talk in missions, so he simply said "Hmmm...." and stayed silent as their group moved forward.

Geralt's heightened hearing allowed him to sense enemies were ahead of him, not as quickly as Revan and some other magically attuned people, but quickly nonetheless. After Revan had killed one, theee dozen others had decloaked, and Geralt immediately killed one that was in his line of sight with a perfect headshot. Seeing the groups charge, Geralt drew his other pistol and began to fire at the charging groups, killing two more and shooting a few others. But they closed the distance quickly, so he put away with his guns, quickly drew his steel sword, glowing dark blue with Runes, activated his Quen Shield, and charged ahead with Revan.

While Geralt was an excellent swordsman, he had nothing compared to the Force-enhanced Revan, but he still did his best to keep up. Detecting Geralt was less skilled in melee ombat than Revan, a group of four Jem'Hadar charged him, and Geralt switched to a defensive position to keep them back as they surrounded him. But they wieleded strange axes, which Geralt easily counterattacked and defended himself from, fending off all four of his attackers in a rather impressive display of swordsmanship and skill, as he struck out quickly, taking them down one at a time, allowing him to focus on the remaining ones

The quartet had surrounded him, and Geralt fended off their attacks, making sure to adapt to their fighting styles. Eventually they grew agitated and tired they couldn't kill him, and were doing their best to swarm and flank, so Geralt strategically let its blade hit him, because his Quen Shield activated, releasing a spark of energy that stunned all of his opponents. Now was his opportunity to finish them off.

Geralt swung around, decapitating one, and as it's head was flying he then went around and stabbed the one who hit him through the stomach. One of the Jem'Hadar had already shrugged off the stun Magic and charged, and while Geralt was using one hand to keep the sword in the Others stomach, he used his other to release a stream of Igni which set the Jem'Hadar ablaze, then stopped, used both hands to pull out his sword, making the Jem'Hadar it was sheathed in fall forward as he did a two handed sideways slash which cut the flaming humanoid in half, because he didn't really like burning sentient creatures to death.

The other not injured Jem'Hadar charged, swinging downwards, but Geralt caught the blade and kept it pinned to the ground. He looked he creature in the eye and said "Damn you're ugly", before he brought his sword upwards, completely ripping apart the Jem'Hadar as his sword slashed vertically upwards through its stomach, chest, throat, and face, and it fell down as it's insides spilled out:

Turning around, he saw a lone Jem'Hadar charging him, so Geralt quickly used Axii, using it at such a powerful level it's Sign of Power shone in the air as he placed its mind completely under his control, then he instructed it to kill all of the other Jem'Hadar before it died. With that done, Geralt went to assist anyone that would require his assistance with fighting off these reptilian humanoids.

[The Imperial Warglorian Empire]

The Hub
Erich
As Erich walked up the steps, he found himself in what seemed to be an elevator. Pushing a button, the elevator opened and Erich walked in, looking at the rather unfamiliar scheme, he pushed a random button and the elevator went up. As the door opened, Erich looked around, his optics searching every crack and possible ambush spot, his Plasma Rifle on his hip, aimed in front of him. As he continued down the hall, he looked around. This place, though a bit abused, was more advanced than anything he'd ever seen, heck, even more advanced than him! And he was supposed to be the pinnacle of infiltrator technology.

As he progressed on, something caught his attention in one specific room. He went into it, and found himself in a relatively dull looking room, with what seemed like sensor panels on the side. Erich scanned them, and what he found was interesting. From what he could process, it seemed that this room was specially designed for making holograms! And from his calculations, they could make solid ones too! This made Erich feel giddy, especially since holograms was a type of tech he'd wanted to see for some time. Unfortunately, as he scanned the room, it seemed that the only thing that could activate it was via voice command, and from the other sensors he found, only organics could do so.

Oh well, he'd check out this room more another time, but for now he still had to find where the hell he was. So he walked out of the room, and walking down the hall, hoping to find a room with some kind of main computer to access.

[Osnil Returns]

Golbatman
Golbatman turned back to the group behind him, consisting of multiple young teenage girls talking about anime. Something about magic and spells caused him to raise his eyebrows. If ever they were to turn on him, he would need to classify their spell-casting as either Fairy or Dark, unless it was elemental, in which case, it wouldn't be hard. The angel was most definitely Fairy Type; a quick attack from Golbat would work well.

But planning for betrayal wasn't the only motivation. Another lay in learning what they could do so that they can discover how to best use them in combat. If they could provide cover, he could go head on to attack them with his Pokémon.

He dropped back behind to talk with the girls in order to learn more about them. Appearing behind them, he said, "You should be more quiet. We're on a battle station and heavily outnumbered. If they were to all attack us at once, we'd be dead no matter what powers, magic, or weapons you have."

[Rostavykhan]

The Hub
Erich
As Erich walked up the steps, he found himself in what seemed to be an elevator. Pushing a button, the elevator opened and Erich walked in, looking at the rather unfamiliar scheme, he pushed a random button and the elevator went up. As the door opened, Erich looked around, his optics searching every crack and possible ambush spot, his Plasma Rifle on his hip, aimed in front of him. As he continued down the hall, he looked around. This place, though a bit abused, was more advanced than anything he'd ever seen, heck, even more advanced than him! And he was supposed to be the pinnacle of infiltrator technology.

As he progressed on, something caught his attention in one specific room. He went into it, and found himself in a relatively dull looking room, with what seemed like sensor panels on the side. Erich scanned them, and what he found was interesting. From what he could process, it seemed that this room was specially designed for making holograms! And from his calculations, they could make solid ones too! This made Erich feel giddy, especially since holograms was a type of tech he'd wanted to see for some time. Unfortunately, as he scanned the room, it seemed that the only thing that could activate it was via voice command, and from the other sensors he found, only organics could do so.

Oh well, he'd check out this room more another time, but for now he still had to find where the hell he was. So he walked out of the room, and walking down the hall, hoping to find a room with some kind of main computer to access.

Iko, Yoshi, Wellington - Conference Room

"Well come on then! Or not!", Marie whined, turning to run back to the holodeck. At the window, Iko tilted her head. "Perhaps we should investigate this?", She said, turning to Yoshi. "It could be of interest, possibly."

Though while the two considered following, Corporal Wellington was already ahead, navigating the hall again, until she saw a seemingly normal Human gentleman approaching from the other end of the hallway. She continued her march without a word until they were roughly six paces away, when she nodded and greeted him. "Good morning, or Afternoon.", She stated. "Or whenever it is. No good clocks I've seen here. You're with the others here then, I suppose?", She asked.

[Naval Monte]

Deep Space Nine

Elizabeth stayed silent as Brynn to get into contact with anyone from the marine team that her friends were in. When the two saw the door and found that the hatch was at the other side she did as Brynn instructed and just like how the AI told Brynn to be safe the witch did the same. Elizabeth just sat down on the seat as she tapped her fingers on her knees as she waited for Brynn to open the door, looking bored as she waited her friend to return back.

When the AI spoke and began to control the mecha Elizabeth knew that Brynn found trouble, the witch shouted Brynn's name when she saw the pilot being knocked to the ground by an explosion. Elizabeth can also hear the noise from within the Titan and wonder where it was coming from behind, it didn't take long for her to see the crimson Titan that was the enigmatic Dreadnought.

"Knew it, the damn thing was a new Titan." The witch was proud that her prediction was correct but she couldn't celebrate yet as she needed to save her new friend from being killed. "Hey Vanessa was it? Mind helping me save Brynn's arse?" She grabbed her gun. "Open the hatch so I can join the fire fight while I tell you where the invisible aliens are. Maybe we can convince Brynn to come back inside of you so she will be safe?" She told the AI, hoping that she was willing to listen to the mage.

---

Morgana

As the battle inside the Morgana contuine to rage on the hangers containing the frigates were close to being cleared out of all enemies, soon AEGIS will be able to provide reinforcements for those in the space station.

As the damaged battleship was goi g towards the Morgana Hex asked for the statues of the particle cannons. "We can fire them now ma'am." As the ship drew close Hex ordered the twin cannons to fire.

Yet as the cannons chafed the battle ship was destroyed by another ship. Hex tried to get the order for the cannons to cease but it was too late as the particle cannons fired off at the space station. Yet the beams began to dissipate before it can reach the station, making everyone in the ship sigh in relief.

The new ship however still had many retractable turrets and missile pods along with functioning rail guns aim at it encase the new ship turns out to be hostile, even as the hailed at them and Spyglass explained the situation, even if what they revealed was a lie. "My name is Hex of the Morgana. Our ship has been boarded by a large numbers of unknown hostile lifeforms. We can not assist our comrades until the hostile parties close to the hangers have been taken care of." She explained.

[Demincia]

Deep Space Nine

Elizabeth stayed silent as Brynn to get into contact with anyone from the marine team that her friends were in. When the two saw the door and found that the hatch was at the other side she did as Brynn instructed and just like how the AI told Brynn to be safe the witch did the same. Elizabeth just sat down on the seat as she tapped her fingers on her knees as she waited for Brynn to open the door, looking bored as she waited her friend to return back.

When the AI spoke and began to control the mecha Elizabeth knew that Brynn found trouble, the witch shouted Brynn's name when she saw the pilot being knocked to the ground by an explosion. Elizabeth can also hear the noise from within the Titan and wonder where it was coming from behind, it didn't take long for her to see the crimson Titan that was the enigmatic Dreadnought.

"Knew it, the damn thing was a new Titan." The witch was proud that her prediction was correct but she couldn't celebrate yet as she needed to save her new friend from being killed. "Hey Vanessa was it? Mind helping me save Brynn's arse?" She grabbed her gun. "Open the hatch so I can join the fire fight while I tell you where the invisible aliens are. Maybe we can convince Brynn to come back inside of you so she will be safe?" She told the AI, hoping that she was willing to listen to the mage.

Brynn stood up, rubbing her neck after hitting her head on the metal floor. "Bloody hell." she grumbled. The Marines stopped looking at the Titan and focused on picking up the pieces after the assault. Brynn joined them, and saw several soldiers lying dead on the floor. "Damn." she said quietly. Fisher reported the casualties to Blisk, who called for a CASEVAC dropship to come to the station. "Keep an eye out, they're not done with us yet." the mercenary warned as some of the soldiers carried the bodies back towards the hangar. "What's with your new toy?" Brynn asked, motioning towards the silent Ogre. Blisk looked at her, then back at the machine. "That? That's a Dreadnought. An experimental Titan, based on the Ogre chassis. It's built to break any defense it comes up against. Hammond Robotics calls it... Legion." Brynn looked it up and down. "I'd heard about the Second Generation Titans, but I had no idea they'd have something a crazy as this."

Vanessa didn't exactly respond directly to Elizabeth, instead the hatch opened and the only thing the AI said was, "Protocol 3: Protect the Pilot." The witch jumping out of Brynn's Titan got a couple of curious glances from the Marines, and Brynn turned to face her. "About time you join us, eh?" she teased. "I doubt that's gonna be the last of 'em. But if they try to come at us now, well they're just royally fucked in the arse with two Titans waiting for 'em." Brynn walked among the Marines again, finding the rest of her squad sitting in a corner.

[Naval Monte]

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Elizabeth just took the reply from the AI as her agreeing with the witch on her own way to help out in her scheme. As the witch jumped out of the tian and got a couple of stares from the marine she waved at them, swaying her hips as she does.

When she reach to Brynn. "Your alright love?" The concerned witch asked. When Brynn mentioned the second Titan she turn to look at it. "Don't get too cocky. We don't know what they might have in store for us. For all we know they may have their own giant robot in their arsenal or weapons that can destroy a Titan." The cautious witch warned.

[Talchyon]

The Morgana
J.D. Lange (in the form of a distinguished, older man)

The Morgana

The cable would hit yet another invisible soldier and once it's location was found bullets from the AEGIS soldiers would begin to overwhelm the alien until it finally fell. The soldiers would soon gain assistance in the form of rovers and drones that would arrive and begin to attack the invisible aliens, yet they weren't the only ones to arrive.

From other levels of the ship's other boarding aliens manage to trigger the seals that were containing spirits that were under AEGIS's control, freeing the unseen spectres and letting them loose to attack the aliens. As the robots and humans began to fight against the unseen aliens the spirits began to possess some of the aliens, making them turn on their own comrades and open fire on them.

Soon the only aliens left standing were those possessed who shown themselves to the soldiers and robots, throwing their weapons to the floor and going down on the floor. Even with the aliens no longer being a threat they were not spared as soldiers and bots open fire on the possessed aliens, releasing the spirits possessing them and allowing them to go off to find more victims to possess.

The soldier that was now in charge of the remaining squad that J.D. was with turn to face him. "Thanks for the help. So how did you get those fancy toys of yours?" he asked. The other soldiers began to take the bodies of their fallen comrades to the room along with the aliens to clear up the floor in the halls.

"Looks like our more unusual security systems are now being used if what just happen is any indication." he said as he look down at the bodies of the aliens that seem to have surrounded. "If you don't want to keep on fighting then I suggest you stay in that room." he used his rifle to gesture the room where the civilians, security guards, and dead bodies were in. "Let's just say things are only going to get worse from here on out." the soldier warned, the warning not just being used for the aliens who were attacking the ship and her crew.

My expanding cable trick worked. Good thing these babies can stay firm at great lengths. They easily bumped into some of the invisible teeth-lizards (as I'm calling these invading aliens, because of the teeth they have on the outside of their jaws). And that led these AEGIS guys to hunting season when they knew where to fire. I'm not saying it was a perfect set-up. But hey. It's working. And my impact field generator is still going strong at 53%.

The new commanding officer liked my cables, too. Ah, the power of microtech. "Yeah, I like these babies. I just picked 'em up on my homeworld. Knew where to look. They've come in handy more than once." (Like, the time that I had to rappel off a 3000 story building that was on fire because my cover was blown. What a night. But I'm not telling him that).

Looking over at the dead bodies of these teeth-lizards, not to mention the number of AEGIS soldiers who would never be returning home, I tried to take stock of the situation. Could stay back with the civvies and not risk going out. But, my little cable trick had worked and was leading our immediate party to better odds. Plus, I still had plenty of juice in my impact field generator. So, of course I had no problem going back out with the soldiers. "I think I'll come with you guys. We had a good thing going with my cable trick and your weapons.

"But of course, one thing I'd like to request if at all possible. I think we need to interrogate some of these aliens, so we're going to need some survivors. We can't kill 'em all. No matter how much avenging losses in a grudge match might sound good. We need information." And I needed to touch one of these living teeth-lizards, so I could get a DNA sample and keep it on file. Who knows when such a form might come in handy? Of course, I couldn't tell him that. Hell, I didn't even know if my microtech could copy one of those sucker's DNA. But it was worth a shot...