Sunday, November 20, 2011

Ghosts of the Past

After the construction of the Oblivion Reaper, Vorgen Cyphon had noticed some odd behavior from his partner Kaliyo Djannis. While she had been cool and confident on previous operations, she received news that shook her to the core. When asked, she told him that the Omega Strikers, an infamous group of warlords she had double-crossed had finally tracked her down. The Strikers were based out of an artificial moon called Hell's Ember and possessed entire armies at their command. Taking a large army with him, Vorgen set out to eliminate this threat. Using their own forces as a distraction, Vorgen and Kaliyo entered the mercenary base. With the rest of the soldiers fighting the Sith, the two were able to square off against the warlords. With a series of blaster shots and punches, Kaliyo was able to defeat all but the last of the warlords. As she was about to be finished off, a blaster bolt cleaved through the back of the warlord's head. Then the moon began to collapse. As the two headed toward the Black Rose, a metal beam fell forward and bored a hole through Vorgen's cybernetic heart. Now hobbling to the ship he vaulted the Black Rose into hyperspace. There was no proper time to heal however, as a Republic Retrieval Squad was nearby. Eager to capture the Empire's most valuable agent, they boarded en masse. Using all his skill, Vorgen held off eighty-two trooper squads to buy Kaliyo time to escape. Launching her escape pod was his last action before going unconscious.