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Offline WeatherOp

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
It's dead, isn't it  :(

Dead? Naw, I'll add eventually, just too much going on right now.
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Offline Hellstryker

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
Famous last words  :sigh:

 
Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOT ANOTHER ONE! DAMNIT!

 

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
It's not dead! IT'S NOT DEAD!!! Right? :shaking:

 

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
Seriously.

It's been ten days.

Chill.

 

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
:wtf:

Just be quiet and wait.
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Quote: Tuesday, 3 October 2023 0133 UTC +8, #general
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
People take this "death" thing too dramatically. Eventually, we all die.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

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15:51 < Achillion> yes
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18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
People take this "death" thing too dramatically. Eventually, we all die.

And say hooray! :D
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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
Chill is right, I should have the next piece up pretty soon.  ;)
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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
I don't want this to die because it enthralles me in the same way as The Journey of The Forgotten did until that died! I just don't want to be left hanging like that again!

 

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I don't know, maybe he just hasn't gotten far enough yet, but JotF was arguably the best fan fic -ever-

 

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
This one's stuck on a cliffhanger. It makes waiting all the more difficult.
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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
This one's stuck on a cliffhanger. It makes waiting all the more difficult.

Why not play FreeSpace 2 while you're at it? :drevil:
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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
Chapter 3: Shades of Crimson

System: System: Beta Aquilae(Delta Serpentis jump node)

May 17, Year 2371, 01:16 hours.

Bridge: GTD Vega

The mood was somber among the bridge crew. Simms stood looking forward occasionally seeing the manned repair ships fly past the screens. The bridge was quiet, except for the sounds of chairs moving, keyboards and the occasional door opening/closing.

"They are all relived to get out of that with their lives." Simms thought.

The Vega and the Creative had managed to limp back into Beta Aquilae, and now was waiting for reinforcements from the now alerted GTVA forces to arrive. "How could they have pulled that off? He constantly rolled over in his mind. In fact there was only one option.

Hollis walked up, handing Simms a clipboard.

He didn't take it

"Talley of losses" Hollis said with sadness.

"Three fighter wings, three bombers, twenty-seven pilots MIA, presumed KIA. Ninety-seven crew members killed in the exchange with the Mythic. Outside scans indicated damage to armor in sections ninety-two through one hundred and forty-five, with four decks sustaining light to moderate damage. The Creative is docked with us, and is awaiting repairs"

Simms still did not stir. Hollis set the clipboard on the terminal near him and walked off.

The elevator buzzed and Hanley entered the bridge.

"I'm sorry all that took place, Peter."

"Sorry? Simms looked over his shoulder.

His speed was astounding, in one quick motion Simms grabbed Hanley by the throat, throwing and pinning him against the wall. His six foot, four inch frame easily lifting him off the floor.

"Sorry?!" Simms growled through his gritted teeth.

"My crew, my servicemen, my friends..." Simms slammed him against the wall again.

"Their death means nothing to you!"

Hanley choked and sputtered.

Guards grabbed Simms and pulled him away, causing Hanley to fall to the floor coughing and gasping for breath.

"We had too.." Hanley coughed

"it was our only choice"

Simms lunged again, the guards struggled to hold him back, the whole bridge crew staring.

"Your only choice?! What acceptable reason would allow you to sacrifice all those crewmen."

Hanley pulled himself up into a chair, still trying to catch his breath.

"In private....I'll tell you in private"

Simms threw his shoulders back, and the guards released him. Obviously steaming, he walked to the elevator.

Private Quarters

A knock at the door.

"Come in"

Hollis walked in, lights off again, the only light coming from a running computer. Simms was sitting in his chair looking out into the stars.

"You needed me?"

"Yes"

Simms spun his chair around and motioned him to sit.

"I just wanted to tell you that you made the right call back there. I was too blinded for revenge, I have no doubt it would have led to the death of us. I see more everyday that I have chose the right man to take of this vessel."

Hollis didn't say anything.

Another knock, the door opened and Hanley walked in. Hollis started to stand and leave, but Simms motioned for him to stay put. Hanley sat down in the chair next to Hollis.

"Answers, you want answers" Hanley rubbed his chin.

Simms saying nothing leans back fully into his chair.

"Operation Hollowpoint, SOC section four, classified far above top secret, mission specs only available to top officers in the GTVA."

Hanley tossed a packed file onto Simms desk knocking over a picture frame.

Simms not satisfied, doesn't pick it up.

"Ok, let me put it simple, fraud, deception, the bending of truth, that is Hollowpoint" Hanely growls out.

"Deception?" Simms whispers.

Hanley takes a breath, and pours himself a glass of liquor from Simm's desk.

"Operation Hollowpoint began three years ago as, well, a sting operation."

Hanley gulped the drink.

"I know you are familiar with Bosch, yes, good. Well, apparently things are deeper, far deeper than you could possibly think. Do you even know the history of our old NTF rebellion leader? Try it, research it. You will find a good pilot, who rose through the ranks, to later become the commanding officer of his own ship five years before starting the rebellion. Nice clean record."

Hanley pulls out a piece of paper out of the file.

"Here is what you don't know. Look at his enlist date. Notice the date on the file is on the exact date GTA forces destroyed the Hades and overthrew GTI forces."

"Pardon me, but I don't see what that has to do with anything." Hollis mumbles out.

"Wait and see my good man, wait and see. Ok, to cut a long story shorter, at first SOC didn't see anything convincing either. That is, until four years before his rebellion. That is when SOC gained clearance to open extremely classified documents."

Hanley pulled another file out.

"Daniel Erickson, private first class, GTD Finality. Pulled from active duty to serve in the GTI. First class pilot. Presumed KIA in the battle against the Hades. Or so it has been written. But, the truth is not always what is in history books. The truth is Erickson defected back to the GTA before. Using his information, the pilots of the GTD Soyakaze were able to hunt and eliminate the Hades. In turn, he would receive full pardon and be received back into the forces of the GTA. Not only that, his identity would be changed so he could not be traced. Bosch and and Erickson are the same."

Simms rubbed his head.

"Confused, good, let me make that worse as the story just gets better. Other pilots say Bosch was insane, they tell that he would wake up at night screaming as if attacked by imaginary foes, to only suddenly quit, and then spend hours writing in his journal. The answer to that was not clear at first, but upon further study we found the likely culprit deep within the files of the GTI logs."

"Apparently during the Great War, he was part of team inserted into a Shivan freighter. Shivans decimated his team. When back up finally got in to finish off the remaining Shivans, they found him, alive, un-harmed but fully incoherent, babbling, among the bloody dismembered remains of his squad. The only survivor."

"He recovered for the most part, but was always babbling nonsense. Then he disappeared after the war, grabbed by the GTI. For what reason we cannot attain, no files are left on that subject."

"I'm still confused what does Bosch have to do with any of this." Hollis asked.

"Everything, he has everything to do with this. Let me try to clear things out. If you recall the Aquitaine recovered both crew and the schematics of the ETAK device. Among the crew recovered was David Faulkner, chief lead of science aboard the Iceni. Well, the Data was sent immediately to A'thor for his scientists to begin deciphering, while the crew were debriefed and put into holding. Then things get sketchy, the data reached the Alter Horn successfully, and security cameras show the scientists along with A'thor began to decode it. Three hours later, A'thor leaves the ship, pleading a engagement. Then at 9:00 hours the security detail picks up a transmission from the ship, apparently a crew member claimed to have a bomb on board, and three minutes later the ship is destroyed by a charge detonated in the fusion reactor fuel stores. All data was lost."

"I thought all data of that importance was backed up and sent to several ships for safety reasons." Simms tapped a pen on his desk.

"According to all operating procedures that is the case, and all procedures were followed. The quirk comes for the fact that no other ship received it. We have all records of it being sent by the Aquitaine. Then even still the scientists on board the Horn backed it up accordingly based on the security cameras."

"So, it was tampered with?

"Yes, by someone with security clearance far above level Alpha and the details become even clearer. After the incident, Special Operation Command was given clearance to investigate, however nothing was found other than a series of bad circumstances, and as we all know, doesn't happen. Then new light was shed on the subject six months later. Faulkner was tried in the military courts, he wouldn't hire defense nor speak anything to intelligence. He was found guilty of treason in court of law and was sentenced to death. Two weeks before his execution date, A'thor pays him a visit. Apparently, he wanted to give Faulkner one last chance to confess and delay or even repel his execution. Cameras indicate A'thor and Faulkner talked for three hours, however no audio feed was allowed due to a deal A'thor brokered so that nothing Faulkner said could be held against him. After the discussion, A'thor remarked that Faulkner never renounced his decision to join the Neo Terran Front, and that has was and I quote, a troubled person with an incoherent mind. Under A'thor's orders, Faulkner's execution date was moved up and he was executed by lethal injection the next morning."

"If A'thor was behind all of this, why was he not arrested and tried?" Hollis said after downing a glass of liquor.

"Accusing a high official well in the GTVA counsel would be utterly pointless. Besides we have no doubt that A'thor was monitoring all the back channels and would have picked up on anything regarding him. But, we have no doubt he has at least a copy of that data, and arresting him would not get it, we needed to milk it out of him. So, SOC went another route, forming the operative branch Black Light completely off the record, and even according to the highest security doesn't exist. It was a program ran completely behind the back of the GTVA. Using this sect we were able to monitor A'thor without any consequences."

"The formation of branches un-approved of the GTA High Counsel was banned after the GTI Rebellion under th."

"We didn't have time to worry about that. This data is incredibly important, for reasons I cannot even discuss. Back to the matters before, Black Light recorded some interesting developments, A'thor would vanish for weeks, where exactly he went is still being researched. However, it was noticed that A'thor became increasingly hostile to the idea of rebuilding the Jump node to SOL.  It was then that the top operatives of Black Light gave to go ahead for project "Hollowpoint" as a blind experiment, on the surface a portal re-connecting Allied Space to SOL, however deeper it was much more. Aurora was a class C intersystem Gate.."

"Intersystem?! You are telling me we lost all those brave men defending a base intersystem gate? Simms slammed his fist on the desk, rattling the contents.

"Unfortunately, yes, the structure was designed to hide any aspect of what it really was, a trap. The portal was coded with the original jump coordinates to SOL, and was built the exact same spot."

"How can you swallow the deaths of those men so easily?"

"Look!" Hanley said sharply. "The the fact that those men died is regrettable, but this is far more important than both you and me and this entire vessel. We had to do what we had to do to force his hand, and it worked to perfection."

Simms leaned back into his chair.

A small alert beeped.

Hanley looked down and picked up his PDA.

"Looks like things just escalated."

Hanely stood up and walked to a large panel, and turned it on.

A woman at a news desk was speaking.

"Breaking News out of Ribos, Science Minster Paul A'thor has locked down the system claiming a breach of BETAC by several side branches of GTVA command. Minster A'thor claims that several GTVA branches have become corrupt regarding interrogation tactics, un-lawful monitoring, and assignation attempts, along with the misuse of military funds. Wait, we are receiving word that A'thor is briefing the media on this, and we take you to it."

The view cuts to a older man at a podium, with reporters and other officials around.

"My friends, we have been the victims of injustice by several branches of the so called GTVA. To which all are in full breach of BETAC in several sections. We have evidence regarding these issues. The GTVA has used countless resources to fund illegal and disgraceful actions and experiments. They have put our honest military soldiers, pilots, and sons into harms way for the use of guinea pigs alone. I cannot stand for these actions anymore. Thus for the safety of my men, my forces have closed off Ribos temporarily until these disgraceful dogs we called leaders for so long be put into trial and pay for their actions. So let us end the terror of this government and recreate a new system that works to the gain of us all..."

Hanley turned the screen off.

Both Simms and Hollis are standing.

"On to phase two gentlemen. Mr. A'thor knows he has been played and is not a happy man at the moment" Hanley remarked.

"What do we do now?" Simms his voice low.

"We wait, it's his move."
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Yesss! :D :cool:

 

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Re: FreeSpace: Secrets Revealed
This could be a campaign. ;7
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YES! I was waiting for a new chapter for some time now. :)

 

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Shame I can't read it properly due to it being in pirate!
But it lives! Yay! :D
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Shame I can't read it properly due to it being in pirate!
But it lives! Yay! :D

Arrr!  Quotes be yer friend!  Just copy th' text into yer favorite text editor, an' read it tharr!
    
EDIT: This 'ere be fail.  Quotes be showin' up as pirate still :sigh:

EDIT2: Walk th' plank!  It seems teh work sometimes.
« Last Edit: September 19, 2008, 12:43:18 am by blowfish »

 

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Why's everbody speaking in pirate?
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