All posts by Eureka Enderborn

Jaukoehai raises his shield high and takes point.

<div class="quote"><i>TheShade6 wrote:
Slade nods, "expecting any surprises when we step out of the valley?"</i></div>
<p>"If we were expecting the surprise, it wouldn't really be surprising." </p>

<p>(I am back. Faenor hasn't killed me, has he?) </p>

Is it too late to join?

<p>"Sir, the only people in our so-called government not wearing armour are dead. We have nothing but soldiers, and people who supply those soldiers, waiting for the day they can become civilians. And now you're telling me that when we finally liberate Mars from these tyrannical self labelled order bringers, some off-line group is going to claim ownership of businesses, mines, farms, and all the like?" </p>

<p>"Oh, don't worry about me. Getting hit is what I do, in a way." </p>

<div class="quote"><i>TheShade6 wrote:
"Funding, technology, weapons, the whole works. Everything you need to take down the savages with minimal casualties on your side."</i></div>
<p>"Funding? Money is mostly useless to us as a government. But the rest of it... Why are you offering us this? What do you get in return? And why are you coming to us instead of one of the proper nations on Mars?" </p>

<p>Jaukoehai laughs. "Oh, just stand behind me. You'll be fine." </p>

<p>"I shan't. Rather, I shall instead hope for the opportunity to be rid of some." </p>

<p>"Well, you came here in an actual spaceship. That somehow disappeared upon landing, not that people didn't see it coming and won't be coming to investigate. This indicates a level of technology that hasn't been seen on Mars for a long while. I'd have to be an idiot to not listen to what you have to say. What is your proposition, Jack?" </p>

<p>"How did you find us, Jack?" </p>

"I suspect both. Battlefield alchemy seems to be a rather dark practice."

<p>"Sweet, so you'll let us knock you out with chemicals?" </p><p>"Don't be an idiot, get out the blindfold." </p><p>He is blindfolded and led over a surprisingly long distance, until he's sat down in a cold metal chair. The blindfold is removed, and he's sitting in a classic interrogation scenario. There's a man he can't quite make out due to the light shining in his face. </p><p>"Name." </p>

<p>"How the..." </p><p>"We're either taking you into the base blindfolded, or we're going to knock you out with chemicals." </p>

<div class="quote"><i>TheShade6 wrote:
He looks almost insulted, "you would assume I flew here without proper precautions? There's no need to worry."</i></div>
<p>"Who doesn't notice a spaceship? How do you not notice a spaceship?!"
</p><p>Another soldier steps forward. "Enough. The general is going to want to speak to him." He took out a canister. "Are we going to blindfold you, or do you want to do things the difficult way?" </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Elestan Larcalaite wrote:
The Federatiomn has sent a delegation to you, Shade has sent someone to Eureka, who has conquered some city on Mars and I have crushed some pirates.</i></div>
<p>Actually, we sacked a town, rescued the citizens and left.
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<div class="quote"><i>TheShade6 wrote:
He continues to walk down the ramp, "well, you are a hard bunch to find. That's good, very good. I come with no foul intentions, I bring only... mutual benefit"</i></div>
<p>"So you flew a spaceship toward our secret base? Nobody on this planet has seen a spaceship in decades! Do you see why this might have been a bad idea?!"
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<p>(Nevermind!) </p><p>In moments, the spaceship is surrounded by several proper military grade tanks and quite a few tilt-wing fighters, all with their guns pointed at the ship. Following them come several squads of Republic soldiers. </p>

<p>(NRM headquarters is really, really secret. That's the only reason it's still actually alive and stuff. Maybe come down near one of the still moving NRM convoys?) </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Patrick.vtap wrote:
<div class="quote">Eureka Enderborn wrote:
Jaukoehai, seeing Artoria's difficulty, has his horse trot over to hers and helps her direct the beast. "Part of the key to making a horse do what you want is being confident. You have to know you're the master of the horse, for it to know you're the master. If you're timid or uncertain, it won't want to listen."</i></div>
"I'm just not very good with horses." She says as she attempts to direct the horse into a trot. "How did you get to be familiar with horses, anyway? They must have them wherever you came from, then." </div> <p>"I guess so. I don't know, I knew how to do a lot of stuff when I showed up. Riding various animals was one of them. Also some basic first aid, and of course, how to fight."
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