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Riven Galaxy- Cataclysm Nebula
Topic Started: Aug 8 2011, 07:35 AM (420 Views)
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If science wanted to watch the building blocks of the Universe at work, all they would need do is set up an observation post here. Chaos incarnate, the nebula is highly unstable, tempestuous, and filled with hidden planets.

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"And now, with the strength of our will, they do call upon us to prevail against the corruption of all unbelievers"
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-The trio of beings within the Matrix were not privy to the wonders taking place outside the Genesis machine. Designed to seed an existing universe with life, the Matrix was never designed to create a universe from the flotsam and jetsam of empty space. The initial draw consumed the two hives anchored to it's moors, and would have done the same to the incoming Titan fleet had it not jumped away in time. As it was, it was a magnificent sight-

-light and dark, space and vacuum, for an instant they were condensed and packed and taken apart and put back together all at once. Then, at the key moment of highest conflict, everything was released in a sudden cacophonous rush. Matter ignited, frozen debris shattered and reformed, gasses combined and separated in a time lapse fast forward series of events that would normally have taken hundreds of millions of years. In a few short hours, nebulae were forming, pockets of gravity and the halo of stars expanded, forming individual systems that equalized themselves by making planet bodies to spin and take up the cosmic dance of polarity-

-within a solar day, entire systems were starting to balance out, planet and moon surfaces cooling and changing, the pre programmed variables in the genesis effect taking shape, plant life and single celled organisms multiplying and covering the habitable worlds with a veritable menagerie of new life. The machine did not have the input for the higher life forms, and so this was where life stopped it's fast forward growth, instead turning to plants, and atmosphere, and reaction to sunlight in various wavelengths-

-within the matrix after thirty six solar hours, there was but one console lit and showing a blinking indicator. After all the shaking, the roaring, the bone jarring explosion and rush of power, the small blinking light was like an anchor of sanity and reality. The Warden, mask in place, slowly pulled himself upright from where he'd been thrown on the floor, nightshade eyes peering around in the near perfect dark. He heard the sound of stone on stone, as Alpha pulled himself out of a pile of rubble from a fallen girder, his own mask in place, emitting a low clicking rumble-

-the two wordlessly accessed themselves and each other, while looking around the dust filled room. Aside from the support strut that had fallen there was no structural damage that they could tell, and by keying a 'general query' command into the blinking console, received a notice that the drive was empty of data, and the vacuum engine was once again gathering and building. Without programming data, however, the drive would be useless, like an engine without a ship to be placed inside to drive and power. Snorting to himself, he realized why the Primary had wanted the creation of their home done prior to handing it over fully operational to Pride; it was a one time use back up machine, never intended to be a solitary structure.-

-glancing around, the Warden moved then to a half fallen catwalk, and with one hand reached down to heft it up and toss to the side like it was made of plastic. His nightshade eyes took in Pride's coughing dust covered form, made one cursory examination with eyes, mind and scenting for blood. Finding no obvious damage, he walked away to the blue/black material that covered one of the doorways, forming an airlock of sorts-

"Stay here... I will check external stability..." -Alpha growled his discontent at being assigned as babysitter, but complied, passing his time by examining his bruises and abrasions. Within the airlock was a single tunnel, leading into a hollowed out section of the foundation they'd turned into a makeshift dock. A single Shadow scout was nestled neatly into the dock, facing the web work of an external barrier. The Warden pressed close to the thin membrane, peering out and stretching out with his mind. Feeling no further vibrations of explosion or shifting, he got into the scout, made sure the airlock was sealed, and left the dock area to make a single patrol around the outside of the matrix-

-he was not prepared for what he saw; gold and yellow and red gasses swirling about like a living sea of vapor, tossed on cosmic ethereal winds, broken by occasional streaks as meteorites shot through the gasses leaving burning trails like tears from a golden god. For a time he just sat in the scout, drifting and watching the tumultuous nebulae heave and churn, then finally sent out the signal to his Queen. Area was ready to return for retrieval-

-returning to the Matrix device, he docked carefully, sealed the airlock and returned to the central chamber to find Pride trying in vain to pat out the dust in his white suit. The Warden inwardly shook his head at the vanity of the pretender's species, but outwardly was upright and composed as he spoke- "The fleet will arrive shortly. You are welcome to the genesis machine and all it's functioning consoles. The airlock will continue to function until such time as you replace it with something of your own, which I'm sure you'll be want to do. You will be towed back to Pegasus space and left in an area of your choosing, and as aggreed, we will withdraw entirely from the Pegasus galaxy, and prepare for the confrontation with the Titan we know is coming..."
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Lord Pride looks dumbfounded as he looks distant and says,” You must be mad, you intend to drop me back in Pegasus?!?!? I am a fugitive now, I have an adrift matrix and nothing else, no fleet no troops, no planet. Atlas will find me and rip me to pieces! This whole deal was dependent on you eliminating the Titan. You have betrayed me!” Lord Pride walks to a console and begins to study the read out as he says,” This thing was never meant for hyperspace travel, it will not survive another trip, no….NO I demand to see your Queen…THIS WILL NOT DO!!!!!!!
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-The Warden tilted his head, like a bird of prey when it hears something on the ground below it's perch that catches it's interest.- "What did you expect to happen when you began this little insurrection against your patriarch? Did you think you would stand by and watch as we bled, and fought, and died, so that in the end you could claim victory without soiling your own hands?" -he started advancing on the dusty white suited man and his nightshade eyes narrowed- "did you really think the cost of this battle would be so little that you could stand idly and watch in comfort and luxury behind your ships, and your men, and your decadence?"

-Alpha stepped up and put a hand on the Warden's chest, halting his advance, but not breaking the Warden's line of sight. He radiated, for once, with an emotion beyond implacable calm and composure.- "You vain, impudent, immature little parasite... You are in no position to make demands of anyone, let alone the Primary. If anything you should be begging for an audience with her, pleading for a chance to be in the same galaxy as she. You said it yourself, you have no fleet, no army, no resource of any kind left to bargain with... It's time you faced the facts of your existence, and the choices you have made."

-Alpha gave him another push, and a low clicking rumble, and the Warden shoved his hand away, turning away with a swirl of his great coat's train, and stalked out of the chamber. The massive, brutish warrior turned his now battle scarred mask to look at Pride, and gave another of those odd, clicking rumbles, stepping closer with unnerving silence-

"You truly do not understand the depths of retribution, do you?" -the painfully deep voice said, muffled from under the mask- "All your life all you have known is the service of others, your reputation, your power over others. Your need to see Atlas dead is .. what? A childish rebellion? A misguided attempt to lash out for some wrong doing? Do you know what it is to see extinction? Have you even any true fear of Death? Not dieing, not falling in battle, but Death? The final moments? Or is that notion so far removed from your thought process because of your technology that it does not even factor into your realm of possibility?"

-he stepped away and moved over to pick up his disguarded chest piece, hefting it and straightening an edge here and there, his back half turned- "I was not born, I was made. I know this, I accept that I am a creature, a creation." -he turned his masked head back to Pride, the expressionless mask all the more imposing for the deep rumbling voice- "But I also feel the edges of my world, through my people. I feel the limitation of our numbers, like reaching for water when dieing of thirst, only to fall short by mere inches. Your father did that to us... like a mad butcher hacking randomly at a piece of meat. No thought, no purpose, just because..."

-he took the time to don the dented and scratched and scored armor, adjusting his shoulders under the weight as he turned to fully face pride- "your father will feel these things in return. He will feel the universe shrink around him, the light will dwindle until dusk, and oblivion are all that remains. And when his dispair wells within him, my Queen will tear his heart out, and feast on it before his eyes, and I will be there to watch the light fade ... for all time..."
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Lord Pride nods and says,” I hope to be there as well, but what you and I want has never been done. Atlas is truly the “All Father” I do not doubt that even now he is anticipating our next move, he will no doubt come for us, but we must be ready, we need a plan, sending me back to the Pegasus is folly, for surly I am the greatest single weapon you have in your favor right now.” Pride floats closer to the massive warrior and says,” I humbly…ask, that you allow me to have an audience with your Primary, we can still be of great use to one another, of that I am sure.” The humbles Goa’uld lord swallows hard as he tries to maintain his façade of superiority and not think of being in the grasp of the Titan Atlas…..
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-the large brute regarded him a moment then leaned forward with that odd, clicking rumble muted behind the mask- "Of that only you are sure, but it is not my place to decide such things. She comes even now, and calls us to her, and I live to obey ..." -he prodded Pride through the airlock through which the Warden had already gone, and the low anxious screeches of the Shadow Scouts' engines were echoing back to them like the den of some nightmarish monster. Once aboard, with the Warden piloting, they exited the makeshift dock, and made one slow glory pass around the outside of the Genisis machine. One wall, covered in mist, showed an image of what was outside the ship-

-in the chaotic, swirling gasses and cosmic storm, were hundreds upon hundreds of ships. The full might of the Wraith Armada, brought to bear in one group, the 'four armed' inverted squid looking Leviathan prototype just overhead, while behind it and circling like a killer whale amid the sharks was the black hulled Hive, Obsidian, to which their ship headed-

-all around, sword shaped Cruisers, and spider like Shadows zipped here and there, making readings, getting bearings, adjusting their ships to be able to fly in this celestial mess of nebulae and forming space. It would only be a matter of time before they could go anywhere, and start exploring their new home. The Scout landed aboard the Obsidian Hive, and the Warden said nothing as he disembarked, once again in control of himself apparently, walking upright, regal and composed once more-

-Pride was escorted in front of Alpha, and as they walked through the knee high mist that covered the floor he realized this was his first actual foot upon what was considered the Flagship for the entire race. Even with the completion of the Leviathan Shadow Hive, this ancient and aggressive structure was still the heart and pride of the entire fleet. It had seen more years than most people Pride knew, more battles than even he knew, and it would probably see many more before it's final days.-

-There was no scent of decay in the air, or half broken down walls as were seen on Hives he'd previously seen. This was a healthy vessel, well maintained, well provisioned, a bastion fortress of it's own. He passed row upon row of stasis chambers filled with backlit shadows of people. Hundreds of thousands by the looks of it as he passed one high vaulted chamber and lead into a long dimly lit hallway. They stopped at a thick arch, covered in an elaborate multi layer webbing, that slowly withdrew like a curtain. The Warden entered first, followed by Pride, who was stopped a few paces into the room by the large hand of Alpha on his arm, keeping him a set distance from the slowly turning throne.-

-the great wing backed seat swiveled at it's base with the sound of creaking leather and flesh, and the Primary was brought into view, reclining lengthwise with her head leaned against the curved back, almond shaped eyes half open as she gazed upon the trio from face to face, then slowly, as if drawn by strings, rose to her feet and glided down the few steps. The Warden and Alpha both fell to one knee with fluid grace, and reached up with their right hand to sweep the white hair away from the left side of their necks which they bared to her in a symbolic gesture-
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Lord Pride levitates several inches from the floor and watches as the Warden and Alpha kneel, he makes a displeased expression and waits for the formalities to end before he floats forward and with a grunt says,” With all due respect your highness I have delivered my end, you now have your own unassailable galaxy, at least until Atlas find you, which he will, his own experiments with galactic phase and multi-dimensional flux are the impressive.

But what of me, I cannot return to Pegasus, I am without any forces and Atlas waits for me, perhaps, we can still be of some use to one another?” Lord Pride floats closer, his cloak dragging over the tops of the Warden and Alpha’s head as he drift to with in inches of the Primary and says,” Together in this cold dark place we can build an Empire to rival any to ever come before, the two of us with our powers will be unstoppable…”
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-the Primary reached up and took hold of Pride's lapel and dragged him back down to eye level with her as her own eyes narrowed, As she spoke, there were tones that almost sounded exactly like Pride's own voice spoken back to him- "What about me? What about me? Me, me, me..." -she shook him a bit and bared her teeth- "This is no longer about you! You knew that the moment you made the agreement. Your father's life will end in due time... the only need I have for you is already fulfilled... Together... ha.. we are as incompatible to each other as can be. There can only be one ruler here, and you are not the kind that will take orders from anyone but your own ego..."

-she let him go with a slightly forceful push and moved past him to touch first the Warden's bowed head and then Alpha's, glancing over a shoulder at Pride with still narrowed eyes- "You who have been served and serviced your entire existence no nothing of service yourself. Anything I involve you in directly I run the risk of backfiring from some twisted scheme to come out more powerful than I so you can have the upper hand once more. With what is at stake now, I cannot risk that.. "

-As the Warden stood, he was silent, but he sent his will and thoughts to share with her and the large warrior who stayed kneeling- "We cannot simply let him go either, my Queen. He has seen too much, and he is a valuable commodity against our enemy so long as his own life is at risk."

-the Primary stroked the Warden's chest with a low curring purr, then turned to look down at Alpha and stroked his hair- "And what do you think?"-the large brute looked like a child as he rested his head against her exposed thigh and that odd, clicking rumble emanated from under his mask-

"He fears the Titan enough to do what is in his own best interests.. I agree with Warden, so long as his personal life is at stake, visibly, he will act to protect it."

-nodding, to Pride it seemed like she answered an internal question of her own. She turned to face Pride and crooked a finger at him- "The Matrix is yours ... it may not be what you had hoped after being used, but it can still have it's uses.. Many planets and habitable moons have already been scouted out... the genesis machine will be taken to one of these, and you with it. You will be secreted away, with a handful of my scientists. There you can plunder the mysteries of the machine to your black heart's content, while I build the foundation for the force that will darken the skies of the Titan's Empire and suffocate every ounce of life from his existence..."

-as she glided out of the room and into the hall, the Warden at her back, Alpha stayed where he was, looking after her a moment then up at Pride as he stood to his full height. The Primary was already sending out inquiries, orders, new tasks and plans, but for the moment, there was no direct need for Alpha. So, being the Hunter Killer he was, he defaulted on his primary task; defense of his people, and the biggest threat to them now, was standing before him-
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Lord Pride stood upon the stormy and turbulent world, the skies cracked with vicious lighting as he looked up from his perch on a cliff and watched the gargantuan Wraith ships slowly lowering the Matrix into a secure and well scouted position on a plain only a couple of miles from a frothing sea. Lord Pride holds the edge of his cloak from the biting wind and scowls as he levitate ad begins to float the slowly lowering Matrix. A flash of lighting right behind him startles him.

He turns to see black smoke rising from a hole in the ground and a figure emerging from the crater. The figure floats out of the crater and Pride’s breath catches as he says,” Wrath? Brother!!! How did you get here?!” Lord Wrath’s black greatcoat shimmers in the lighting, the Goa’uld symbol filigree glows on his coat as his deep red cloak moves about him. His long white hair flows, but not in accordance to the wishes of nature.

He floats closer to Pride and looking over his shoulder to the Matrix grins as he says,” I see you have been busy?” Pride shrugs and says,” You are different? Atlas?” Wrath shakes his head and says,” I have been amongst the Ascended, I have seen things that our pea brained dinosaur of a father could not comprehend.” Pride chuckles and says,” So your ascended?”

Wrath looks divided as he says,” Not quite, I am more powerful now then ever before, but I have not reached the pinnacle quite yet.” Pride shakes his head as he says,” Good for you, but I have to try to save my neck.” Wrath places his hand on his brothers shoulder and says,” You are doing fine Pride, keep doing what your doing, things are about to change.” Before Pride can follow up Lord Wrath vanishes in a column of black lighting……

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Lord Pride floats through the hallways and corridors, he reflects deeply on the things he has seen and heard from his brother as he floats into the main hall and looks about at the Wraith science team working at the panel and consoles. He looks at the Wraith and a sour look passes over his face as he thinks,” Practically a prisoner, curse Atlas, curse the Primary….I could tear them all to pieces with a thought, yet this is what I am reduced to.” Lord Pride slowly reaches out with his hand to do rage induced harm…….
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-The Warden paused as he was walking down the lengthy hall way leading away from the flight deck aboard the Alpha Shadow Cruiser he'd unofficially claimed as his own, and closed his eyes. He felt the waves of empathic and telepathic outcries from the planet below, and then the silence afterwards. His eyes opened, and he altered his course, headed now to the bridge control, and reached out further than the orbit of the planet-

"He could not contain himself more than a handful of minutes... instructions?"

-he felt the caress of the Primary's mind touch his, and give wordless, visual instruction, which he passed to the crew of the Cruiser as he entered the command bridge. The wide spider like ship twisted on it's axis, having been leaving the planet, now it turned and faced the storm ridden globe and the maroon color lighting flashed as information was fed onto projections of cascading mist along the walls-

"Fire..." -the outstretched 'arms' of the ship seemed to pulse with power as the cannons came to life, and a volley of blue energy blasts rained devastation on the grounded Matrix structure. The Warden had to exert his will and control to stop the ship from sending a second volley, and reigned it back, turning it about and exiting the system with the newly calibrated hyperspace, meeting the Obsidian hive in transit out of the tempestuous nebula and toward their new central home point already plotted out by scouting parties-
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Lord Pride slowly opens his eyes as the firing subsides, he looks about the Matrix’s control hub.. Everywhere thee bodies of Wraith soldiers and scientist lay strewn about, many with their necks broken at strange angles. Lord Pride quickly moves to a control panel and looks down to see the red blips that are the Wraith ships moving away quickly. He looks puzzled as he moves to another panel and sees a blinking indicator. He touches it as the screen goes from scrolling numbers to cut away diagram of the entire Matrix, complete with a glowing layer over the top of the structure.

Lord Pride exhales loudly and laughing yells triumphantly as he realizes the Matrix’s shields had kicked on in response to the Wraith aggression, no doubt a sub routine of the defensive protocols. Lord Pride levitates down the long winding corridor and reaching the end runs his hand along the frame. The door slides open smoothly as the smoke and debris of the attack are still floating in the air.

The heavily ionized air reverberates with the lighting as Pride looks about to see the damage inflicted by the Wraith. Where the still glowing shield ends the ground has been scoured clean, all the way down to the bedrock. The cliff long blasted away the seawater not flows into the gaping chasm creating a roaring waterfall that completely surrounds the Matrix.

Lord Pride watches as the shield deactivates and looking out upon the drastically altered landscape says,” Now, let us go to work shall we?” From the shadowed doorway behind him the form of Lord Wrath drifts out as his demonic voice says,” Yes brother, let us not delay, we now have one more galaxy to add to the list……”
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