Open Orbit

*Xeonon receiving a written message from one of his men on board the SV10 had simply said they someone was hailing him. Not hearing a response but just static he assumed someone had been mistaken and sent a rather wordy message full of cursing towards the woman who sent him the message.*

Sorry someone must have been playing a joke on me. Where were we?

*Aren uses his fighters cloaking technology to make his ship disappear during the flight to the SV10. Once only a few hundreds feet away, Aren drops the cloak and then seconds later flies into the ships hanger. Giving the ship over to his R4 unit, Aren leaps from the vessel while it is still some feet off the ground and moving.

Aren lands on the hanger floor and does not skip a beat, he fluidly moves with his momentum and through the force finds Xeonon....

Aren begins sprinting across the hanger*

<< Xeonon....prepare yourself >>

*Xeonon felt his name being sent to himself through the force and opened his feelings to see what or who was looking for him, his thoughts led him to his own ship. Looking at Vito he raised an eyebrow and nodded his head.*

Listen I need to go attend something on my ship if you will excuse me. Solomons.

*Having memorized the path he took to get to the confrence room Xeonon then made his way to the hanger and flew to his own ship.*

<< Who ever you are wait there I am coming. >>

*Once there was no opposition to be meant, Aren looks around the hanger and then sits crossed legged at the center of the chamber. He begins gathering the force to him and preparing for the battle to come. Aren holds one of his lightsabers in his right hand, his thumb over the ignition button.*

*The shuttle landed with slow metallic smoothness once the ramp opened Xeonon disembarked first to see the figure of Anven sitting on the floor with his saber glowing.*

What brings you here... Anven

*Although they had only met once on Aaragu his faced remained in his head, something about his nose had made him stick.*

*Aren's eyes open and he calmly stands, his lightsaber not turned on but at the ready. He looks Xeonon up and down...nothing had changed about him, he was still just a boy following the corrupted ideals of a collapsing Empire.*

" Solomon...where are the children Jayden left with you?"

*Aren wanted to spit when he said the name...for the Solomons where like a bad cough, irritating and easy to spread. But that would soon change*

Your children are safe on Khomm. I left them there to be trained by someone who was more experienced than myself. Why?

*Xeonon could not help but feel the better than thou attitude that radiated from Aren. Of course this came from most people these days. Still Xeonon stuck to his guns and by this time his four Solomon brothers Fenix, Santiago, Damien and Augustus had gotten off the ship and stood behind Xeonon.*

*Aren grins slightly revealing an elogated canine that was acustom to his species. He then begins to focus the large amounts of energy he had been gathering, Aren was ready to end this for he now knew where his children where...so the disposal of the Solomons could now commence.

Aren's thumb moves down and the crimson blade of his lightsaber comes to life. His eyes become like fire as Aren focuses on the darkside and allows the energy he had gathered to flow through his body.

Aren's left arms lifts with great speed, his palm soon is envelpoed with crackling red lighting as an energy spere quickly forms. Aren the lets go of his rage sending a beam of Force Destruction at the Solomons*

*As Arens crimson blade snapped on the five already strung out men where ready. Fenix was the fastest to draw of all of them and shot off two shots of his DL-44 towards Aren's chest before running to take cover, the other three took running pot shots with the same guns all heading to get behind the shuttle that they had just left.

Xeonon on the other hand sprung into action a few moments before the snap hiss of Arens blade was heard having sensed part of his malicious intent figured that an attack was coming and using the force he sent out a force wave, that would catch the attack sent out by his apprentices father. Figuring that this attack would be enough to disable or wound him Xeonon was surprised when a red wall formed in front of him. Running out of the way his wall held long enough that no one was injured when it was overpowered.

Taking out on of his own blades the silver sheen met the crimson light.*

Why are you doing this?

*Aren's force destruction rips through the air, the blaster bolts are consumed by its power and it breaks through Xeonon's force attack for nothing would withstand Aren's fury. The Force Destruction impacts the shuttle behind Xeonon causing a a rather large explosion to fill the hanger....

As the smoke clears and flames die down, Aren can see Xeonon standing in the debris...his silver bladed lightsaber glowing brightly. The man would be fairly injured or severely weakened from taking a blast of force destruction head on.

Aren uses the force to sense all the beings in the hanger helping him anticipate their actions,*

" The Solomon heard has grown to large and destructive...for its own health it needs to be culled. "

*Aren was right Xeonon had not escaped unscathed his left arm was injured probably broken or worse. His breathing was labored but he would be able to stand his ground for a little while. Culled? Strong? Aren must have been out of the loop the Solomon clan was weak and on its last legs, the five in the room may be the last of them. Not knowing if the four who had taken cover where alive that made Xeonon more dangerous as he would not let this line die off. Not moving conserving his energy he drew on the force to give him strength where it was fading.*

The only bad apple was Gabe and no one has heard from him in months. Because of this destruction I MAY BE THE LAST!

==Command Center==

Vito could tell something was not right when the man left the room. The mysterious fighter that entered the space above Dubrillion, disappeared into the hangar of the other mans ship. He thought it could be somewhat hostile so he order the phantoms to keep circling the ship, trying to get all the information they could. The weapons were aimed at the ship and ready to blow it to hell.

Royan kept blasting out orders trying to make sure they would kill any and all enemies. Now that they were allies with this mean, they had to keep this relationship going. So helping them would be his greatest concern. The ships guns from the Providence started to aim towards his newest allies ship and waited for something to happen. As soon as he felt their ship was being overrun, he would blow it up.

*The exited hyperspace and hurried towards the planet.* *The Captain was panicking, how had they found him? How were they following him? What would he do next? The last engagement had cost him most of his fighters but no major damage to the capital ship itself. His plan was now to land on the planet and shut everything down before the enemy could catch them up. The bridge crew knew how desperate the situation was, they were nervous about attempting a re-entry move at this speed but they knew they had no choice.* *The huge capital ship shot at great speed towards the planet, aiming to re-enter somewhere near the northern polar region. However it was not to be. Just a few moments later three capital ships exited hyperspace quite close. The Vivisection, Maelstrom and Indomitable had been following the other destroyer for a while in hyperspace and were now ready for round two. The Victory and Majestic-class ships immediately opened fire on the Saboath as the Interdictor activated it's gravity well generators, there would be no escape this time.*

*Lord Ranis was on board the Maelstrom, much to the appreciation of the bridge crew of the Vivisection. He had taken command of this operation since its inception and had chosen the most powerful vessel to serve as his flagship. The most powerful but not the largest, something that irked him somewhat but he got over it. The compact Majestic could easily take out ships double its size and in a one on one, the Vivisection would be swept aside easily. He made sure that all the Captains knew the plan, capture, not a kill mission. This is why not all weapons on every ship were currently firing. After the shields failed they would only fire ion cannons, soon he would have it!*

*The Sabaoth Destroyer had fought well, out performed what Lord Ranis would have expected from such a foe. This ship was clearly a mighty prize. The pirate vessels had switched to Ion cannons several minutes ago when the shields of their prey had fallen. The Vivisection and the Maelstrom had to use their tractor beams to stop the ship falling into the upper atmosphere of the planet below. Now, they were reeling her in to board her.* *Reaper boarding teams were standing by on the capital ships, Ranis didn't like sending his ground forces out in shuttle to board ships, they were far to vulnerable like that. It did not take long for the Destroyer to be positioned between the two mighty vessels, the Interdictor was some distance away providing starfighter cover for the boarding action.*

*The hull was cut away at by the boarding lasers but not in the usual places. They would not be coming through an airlock or convenient place where defenders could mass, oh no, they were coming through the hull itself into the superstructure directly. There they could work their way around defenders to the key parts of the ships. Then they would demand a surrender or kill everyone on board, which one mattered little to Ranis.*

*The meagre security forces on the ship were no match for the battle hardened pirates. They ripped through the hull and were inside the superstructure in minutes. Minutes after that they had exploded into the occupied parts of the ship, behind where the security were expecting. The fighting did not last long and soon it was only a small contingent left on the bridge that were holding out. The Reapers has them cornered but the Captain and his officers had with them a strong unit of security guards and a small armoury with them. This had stalled Lord Ranis' plans for a quick operation, they had been stuck for about twenty minutes now. He decided to take things into his own hands. He was on his way to resolve the situation with his team of Black Guard.*

*The armoured Echani strode swiftly along the corridors of the captured capital ship. Behind him followed his team of nine elite Black Guard warriors. They had been with Ranis through many conflicts and as a team they were formidable. They were all armoured much the same, the characteristic black, spiked armour that made the Bloodrage Pirates feared throughout the galaxy would protect them well. Their weapons also spiked, bayonets attached, were fully charged and were about to be tested once again. No words were spoken between the comrades in arms, they knew what was about to happen and their survival was far from guaranteed.*

*They could hear the sounds of weapons fire from along the corridor and they could see the make-shift medical centre that had been set up across the hall from the main entrance to the bridge. There were so screams as emergency medical treatment was being carried out, not good for morale. However morale changed instantly when they saw Ranis and his reinforcements. They would finish this fight for sure and quickly found their way to the front line, the wide open double doors onto the bridge.*

*There was no waiting, no orders, only chaos. Ranis and his team threw in gas grenades and strapped on their own respirators. Once the gas had become a thick fog in the room they went in. Rushing in, ducking and weaving randomly to avoid the blind firing from the defenders. The infrared goggles on their helmets meant the enemy didn't stand a chance. They were cut down mercilessly as they fired blind into the smog. It was all over in less then five minutes.*

*The clean up took less time than the fighting and soon the skeleton crew that had been carried in the Vivisection's cargo bay made it's way on board. Most of the Reapers left along with Lord Ranis and the holes in the hull were crudely sealed. With most of the planet below unaware of the hectic battle in orbit, the Pirate ships left. The Sabaoth was on a different path though.*