<span style='color:blue'> "Aww yea. Here we come to kick some **** you ugly little ****!" *starts to build them* "Commander, are you going to need someone to spot for these cannons when their done? If so, I volunteer." </span>
<b><span style='color:green'> *I hand shade his pistol back.*
"Thanks man, that thing came in handy, and it was fun to shoot with a pair of weapons. Anyway, im gonna help those seiges, cause i jsut wanna go home and sleep, eat a steak, see more porn. Screw the kharra, and the TSA. They can all go to hell. *under breath* Why the hell did i need to sign up. Mom said no."
*I go over to the first seige cannon and place my hand on the now forming frame.* </span>
Im assuming that nothing goes through the floor in the real life eh? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> </b>
<span style='color:white'> "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?!" * Ed is reminded of the "Seige cannon" conversation * "Alright, I'll get to building." *under breath*"betcha he would let me mess with his turrets if i got cetrififed..." *Ed helps in the construction of the seige, the reassuring pings of the sentry calming his nerves.*</span>
<b>O_o...well, why don't u turn off your FriendlyFire systems and then jump infront of a siege cannon when it fires? That would be bloody... <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:orange'>*walks over to armoury to restock* "S**t, I used up more ammo than I thought!" *walks over to Jammer* "How the **** could you survive under the floor, these things can rip through TSA nano-armour like paper, how can metal help? Unless you were lucky enough that they didn't come through here with Enhanced Sight."</span>
Here's a bit of background info for my character and since Xect hasn't said anything about my wrist blades, they'll still be here until he says otherwise.
EDIT: wrist blades are gone as is my military history. <b>Private Darkness, an Australian from the small Queensland town of Toowoomba, joined the TSA as a way to get more money fast. Already skilled in Hapkido, a Korean style of Martial Arts, he hoped that it would help him during a mission.</b>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>*Glances up at Ed's outburst* "I told you you'd like the siege cannons. Not much use against moving targets, but put it near an alien building and BOOM! Straight through walls, too. Not sure how it works myself, I'm a field medic, not a weapons tech. Ask Terran, he'd have some idea." *Grabs pistol from Lucid* "Thanks buddy. Good to see you got some use out of it." *joins Ed constructing one of the siege turrets* </span></span> <b>Hey Karma, try getting a little too close to the shockwave <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
<span style='color:white'> "The metal grating isnt what stopped them from devouring Jammer, I assume he kept moving, probably made it near the Atmospherics, the scrubbers acted like a barrier and the emergency lockers down there re stocked for 6 people for a month, more than enough for Jams to live off of. I stook to the vents for a while too, till i discovered that the AP rounds i had dont penetrate the foot thick bulkhead.... the structual integrety system is still online, we couldtry to blow a hole in it and nothing would happen..." </span>
<span style='color:brown'> "Theres a whole smuggling network down there, and this is the only access point. I kept moving. They bite mean, but they're not all that smart. :-)" *looks thoughtfully at the weapons* "I'd say the best we have here would be these old United America rifles. Semi-Automatic, good stopping power. Watch out for the reload though, its only 20 rounds." *tosses gun over.* "And yeah, here's a knife too. Basic hunting/utility knife." *hands it over* </span>
<span style='color:red'>*Bypases armories systems to program in some hollow point revolver shells, marked with a red stripe, and some x point marked with a black stripe, and all with a little snowman insignia on the fireing cap* *loads special amo into diferent bags* "You wanted shotie slugs? Sure, why not." *thinks about the contraband slugs hidin in cigar case* "Actualy, I'll take one of those old style shoties." </span>
<b>um viper, hate to tell you but even if you could mod ur magazine to handle hmg bullits, your lmg cant load em, you just made yourself a useless weapon.</b>
<span style='color:blue'> "Yay...I have a knife again!" *looks at the American Rifles* "You know, if you remove the capacitor, those rifles will be able to go full auto...but that would only screw the reload over even more. Like in that really old war called 'Vietnam.'" "Ah, the Siege Cannon! Its a weapon that produces and stores soundwaves, until they reach an extremely dangerous point, and then it releases them in a wave towars the target, accounting for any obsticles the sound wave might have to go through to reach that target. Since that is cheap and easy to do, and technology today can make outstanding engines, you can like prevent alien growth within an entire quadrant with one of these. TRANSLATION, this entire area will be alien structure free in no time." </span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"What Terran said." *grins* *walks over to armory and tweaks it slightly, pulls out two explosive-tipped clips for his LMG and pistol* "Oh yeah, Ed, i'm keeping a spare medpack for ya, just in case."</span></span>
<span style='color:white'> "Ah, my spleen thanks you." * Ed looks around in the Smuggler's nook again, spies box labeled "WARNING: DO NOT OPEN"* "Hmm.. this looks interesting..." * Ed picks up a crowbar from inside the closet and pries open the box, thousands of Pokemon cards fall out* "What the heck is this crap?!?" *Ed places the lid back on the box, walks away* "Well, at least i got a melee weapon now..." *holsters crowbar*</span>
*sees Tiber tie his knife to the barrel of the shotgun* "Err, I wouldn't do that. Since the buck comes out in a cone, I'd put the blade no so far out. The buck will clip that pointy edge of your knife right off <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->..." </span> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <b>Its not buckshot... its slugs.</b>
<span style='color:red'><i>*Gets a whole bunch of shotgun slugs from the armory.* "Thanks Frosty." *Sees marines building sieges* "Alright, lets <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo--> some <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> " *Goes to help build cannons.* </span></i>
<span style='color:white'> *Ed watches as the frist seige is brought online* ".. so, is this all it does? just spin and ping occasionally?" *gets back to work on the other seige*</span>
<span style='color:brown'> "Hey, you guys are the trained TSA... you tell me. Ask your little computer headset how we can get it to work." *looks at pokemon cards* "... don't ask." *walks up to unbuilt seige and holds out wrists* "At least I can be of some use..." </span>
<span style='color:blue'> "Just like artillery...something needs to spot for the cannons. There are two options, human or radar. If we use human, I will spot. I hope to down the hive and save Silent, as he seems to be in the hive room, alive somehow." *looks at the pokemon cards* "Umm...bootleggers have a soft side for anime?" </span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"Pokemon cards? Heh. My family opened a time capsule one of my ancient relatives had left and some of those were in there." *moves to the second siege with Ed* "You don't expect them to shoot at something they can't see, do you? And Terran, Silent will be able to spot for the sieges from the hive room, if the commander can get to him. We're still gonna need to hold the fort here once we start sieging the hive. Three turrets won't do jack against a fade."</span></span> <b>Grr. The stupid forum stopped sending me updates.</b>
<!--QuoteBegin--Lord Darkness+Jun 29 2003, 12:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Lord Darkness @ Jun 29 2003, 12:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>Private Darkness.....[description of a war hero]</b> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> <b>Nah, not good. You'll have to realize that you are more or less perfectly normal. No huge katanas, wolverine blades. This is still the NS universe, not a kung fu movie. Soldiers still die, guns still beat knives. Sorry.</b>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:blue'>"But silent's in there, you dont need to go in as well, he can spot the hive for us.</span></span></span>
<span style='color:red'><i>"Only if his armor is giving out a signal though right? And last we heard, it wasn't. Just ping the hive, that way we can see if Silent is there, plus no one has to stray from the group." *Second siege comes online* "Alright comm, we're ready. Let's start the devastation." </span></i>
<i>Commander: "Ouch, this is getting tough. You people need to get together before we fire that siege. If you're hit by a full alien assault, you're dead meat. You need to get silent out of there, he can't survive spotting alone. Also, it seems Marik is still buried from the crash, but not dead. You might want to get him out of there, you'll need all the help you can get."</i>
<b>For the third time, xect, I DONT HAVE A KATANA!</b> <span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>*touches headset* "Copy that commander" "He's right, Silent certainly will not survive if we start sieging the hive. The Kharaa will spot him and take him down. If I may make a suggestion, we should have a team of three move in and get Silent out. The rest, hold this position and get Marik out." *Has an idea and touches his headset again* "Commander, can you take the siege turrets offline while we move in and get Silent, then bring them back on when we fall back? That way they won't have any idea until we're in a position to defend ourselves. Or do you want us to spot, instead of obs scanning?"</span></span>
<span style='color:yellow'><b>"I'll go and get Marik. Whos with me?" *into armour* "Or comm do you want to wait for everyone or after we are done with the hive before getting Marik? He wouldn't last long if we don't get to him soon.." *Pulls out LMG and pistol, holding one on each hand*</b></span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"uh, Penguin, Marik's buried under all that." *points at pile of data disks and shelves* "Unless you're talking about Silent in the hive room."</span></span>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>"It'd be wrong to ask people to do what you wouldn't do yourself. I'm in on the rescue mission." *to Ed* "We may need this medpack out there, if we do I'll get the commander to drop another spare. I don't want you tagging along to the hive room, you're unprotected and know more about this ship than we do. You too, Jammer." *touches headset* "Commander, rescue team is ready to move."</span></span>
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"Aww yea. Here we come to kick some **** you ugly little ****!"
*starts to build them*
"Commander, are you going to need someone to spot for these cannons when their done? If so, I volunteer."
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"Thanks man, that thing came in handy, and it was fun to shoot with a pair of weapons. Anyway, im gonna help those seiges, cause i jsut wanna go home and sleep, eat a steak, see more porn. Screw the kharra, and the TSA. They can all go to hell. *under breath* Why the hell did i need to sign up. Mom said no."
*I go over to the first seige cannon and place my hand on the now forming frame.*
</span>
Im assuming that nothing goes through the floor in the real life eh? <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> </b>
* Ed is reminded of the "Seige cannon" conversation *
"Alright, I'll get to building." *under breath*"betcha he would let me mess with his turrets if i got cetrififed..."
*Ed helps in the construction of the seige, the reassuring pings of the sentry calming his nerves.*</span>
"S**t, I used up more ammo than I thought!"
*walks over to Jammer*
"How the **** could you survive under the floor, these things can rip through TSA nano-armour like paper, how can metal help? Unless you were lucky enough that they didn't come through here with Enhanced Sight."</span>
Here's a bit of background info for my character and since Xect hasn't said anything about my wrist blades, they'll still be here until he says otherwise.
EDIT: wrist blades are gone as is my military history.
<b>Private Darkness, an Australian from the small Queensland town of Toowoomba, joined the TSA as a way to get more money fast. Already skilled in Hapkido, a Korean style of Martial Arts, he hoped that it would help him during a mission.</b>
"I told you you'd like the siege cannons. Not much use against moving targets, but put it near an alien building and BOOM! Straight through walls, too. Not sure how it works myself, I'm a field medic, not a weapons tech. Ask Terran, he'd have some idea."
*Grabs pistol from Lucid*
"Thanks buddy. Good to see you got some use out of it."
*joins Ed constructing one of the siege turrets*
</span></span>
<b>Hey Karma, try getting a little too close to the shockwave <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--></b>
</span>
"Theres a whole smuggling network down there, and this is the only access point. I kept moving. They bite mean, but they're not all that smart. :-)"
*looks thoughtfully at the weapons*
"I'd say the best we have here would be these old United America rifles. Semi-Automatic, good stopping power. Watch out for the reload though, its only 20 rounds."
*tosses gun over.*
"And yeah, here's a knife too. Basic hunting/utility knife."
*hands it over*
</span>
*loads special amo into diferent bags*
"You wanted shotie slugs? Sure, why not."
*thinks about the contraband slugs hidin in cigar case*
"Actualy, I'll take one of those old style shoties."
</span>
<b>um viper, hate to tell you but even if you could mod ur magazine to handle hmg bullits, your lmg cant load em, you just made yourself a useless weapon.</b>
"Yay...I have a knife again!"
*looks at the American Rifles*
"You know, if you remove the capacitor, those rifles will be able to go full auto...but that would only screw the reload over even more. Like in that really old war called 'Vietnam.'"
"Ah, the Siege Cannon! Its a weapon that produces and stores soundwaves, until they reach an extremely dangerous point, and then it releases them in a wave towars the target, accounting for any obsticles the sound wave might have to go through to reach that target. Since that is cheap and easy to do, and technology today can make outstanding engines, you can like prevent alien growth within an entire quadrant with one of these. TRANSLATION, this entire area will be alien structure free in no time."
</span>
*walks over to armory and tweaks it slightly, pulls out two explosive-tipped clips for his LMG and pistol*
"Oh yeah, Ed, i'm keeping a spare medpack for ya, just in case."</span></span>
Ill edit then......
* Ed looks around in the Smuggler's nook again, spies box labeled "WARNING: DO NOT OPEN"*
"Hmm.. this looks interesting..."
* Ed picks up a crowbar from inside the closet and pries open the box, thousands of Pokemon cards fall out*
"What the heck is this crap?!?"
*Ed places the lid back on the box, walks away*
"Well, at least i got a melee weapon now..."
*holsters crowbar*</span>
*sees Tiber tie his knife to the barrel of the shotgun*
"Err, I wouldn't do that. Since the buck comes out in a cone, I'd put the blade no so far out. The buck will clip that pointy edge of your knife right off <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->..."
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<b>Its not buckshot... its slugs.</b>
<span style='color:red'><i>*Gets a whole bunch of shotgun slugs from the armory.*
"Thanks Frosty."
*Sees marines building sieges*
"Alright, lets <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='siege.gif'><!--endemo--> some <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> "
*Goes to help build cannons.*
</span></i>
".. so, is this all it does? just spin and ping occasionally?"
*gets back to work on the other seige*</span>
"Hey, you guys are the trained TSA... you tell me. Ask your little computer headset how we can get it to work."
*looks at pokemon cards*
"... don't ask."
*walks up to unbuilt seige and holds out wrists*
"At least I can be of some use..."
</span>
"Just like artillery...something needs to spot for the cannons. There are two options, human or radar. If we use human, I will spot. I hope to down the hive and save Silent, as he seems to be in the hive room, alive somehow."
*looks at the pokemon cards*
"Umm...bootleggers have a soft side for anime?"
</span>
*moves to the second siege with Ed*
"You don't expect them to shoot at something they can't see, do you? And Terran, Silent will be able to spot for the sieges from the hive room, if the commander can get to him. We're still gonna need to hold the fort here once we start sieging the hive. Three turrets won't do jack against a fade."</span></span>
<b>Grr. The stupid forum stopped sending me updates.</b>
<b>Nah, not good. You'll have to realize that you are more or less perfectly normal. No huge katanas, wolverine blades. This is still the NS universe, not a kung fu movie. Soldiers still die, guns still beat knives. Sorry.</b>
*Second siege comes online*
"Alright comm, we're ready. Let's start the devastation."
</span></i>
<span style='font-family:Courier'><span style='color:green'>*touches headset* "Copy that commander"
"He's right, Silent certainly will not survive if we start sieging the hive. The Kharaa will spot him and take him down. If I may make a suggestion, we should have a team of three move in and get Silent out. The rest, hold this position and get Marik out."
*Has an idea and touches his headset again*
"Commander, can you take the siege turrets offline while we move in and get Silent, then bring them back on when we fall back? That way they won't have any idea until we're in a position to defend ourselves. Or do you want us to spot, instead of obs scanning?"</span></span>
*into armour* "Or comm do you want to wait for everyone or after we are done with the hive before getting Marik? He wouldn't last long if we don't get to him soon.."
*Pulls out LMG and pistol, holding one on each hand*</b></span>
"Unless you're talking about Silent in the hive room."</span></span>
*looks around*
"Anyone else?"
</span></i>
*to Ed* "We may need this medpack out there, if we do I'll get the commander to drop another spare. I don't want you tagging along to the hive room, you're unprotected and know more about this ship than we do. You too, Jammer."
*touches headset* "Commander, rescue team is ready to move."</span></span>